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DECEMBER 31 2017

of the Our Lady

Feast of the Holy Family

Jesus, Mary & Joseph

FIRST FRIDAY & SATURDAY DEVOTION

EPIPHANY

LIFETEEN

WITH MARY, SERVING CHRIST IN THE WORLD.

FEAST OF MARY MOTHER OF GOD

Mass Monday 9:30 AM English 11:15 AM Portuguese Tuesday No Mass

Wednesday 6 PM English Thursday 9 AM Portuguese Friday 9 AM Portuguese

Saturday 10 AM English 7:30 PM Portuguese

EPIPHANY Sunday 11AM Bilingual 6 PM English

Reconciliation Saturday 9 AM– 10 AM 7 PM– 7:30 PM Sunday 5 PM– 6 PM

Parish Office

Wednesday– Friday 9 AM - 5 PM 209.634.2222

2602 S. WALNUT RD TURLOCK, CA 95380 P. O. BOX 2030 TURLOCK, CA. 95381

Jesus, Mary & Joseph

Parish Staff Father Manuel Sousa Pastor

[email protected] Deacon Edwin Santiago Deacon

[email protected] Ashley Hendrex Parish Director Catechism Coordinator

[email protected] Zelia Freitas Administrative Assistant Music Coordinator

[email protected] Nellie Oliveira Administrative Assistant

[email protected] Connie Madruga Liturgy Coordinator

[email protected]

James Governale Youth Ministry Coordinator Confirmation Coordinator

[email protected]

CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP PRINCIPLES † GIVE TO THE LORD A PORTION OF YOUR INCOME † MAKE YOUR GIFT A SACRIFICE † USE YOUR CONTRIBUTION ENVELOPE OR ONLINE GIVING

† 5% TO PARISH & 5% TO CHARITY

Administration WEEKLY GIFTS GOAL: $10,500 SUNDAY COLLECTION: 12.24.17

$9,050.07

Outreach Stephen Ministers provide high-quality, confidential, Christ-centered care and support to people experiencing grief, divorce, illness, job loss, loneliness, disability, and other life difficulties. If you, a friend, or a relative would like to meet with a Stephen Minister, please contact Margaret Santiago 209.485.2235.

Valley Area Living Enabling Resources V.A.L.E.R Office 209.634.0380 Tuesday - Thursday 11 AM - 3 PM

Relaxation Exercises Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Seniors’ Gathering Thursday, January 4th 9 AM

“…as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive.” - COLOSSIANS 3:13

Forgiveness – one of the hardest things for people to do. It’s amazing how long we can hold

a grudge or be angry with someone. As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family, take this

opportunity to give the gift of forgiveness to someone - maybe someone in your family,

maybe a friend, maybe a co- worker or neighbor or, maybe yourself. Pick up the phone or

text someone right now.

Liturgy Formation Mass Intentions

Mondays 7:30 PM

Join us weekly for fellowship, worship, and spiritual nourishment through Adoration and Confession.

Grupo de Oração

Divina Misericórdia PORTUGUESE CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP

Thursdays, First Church 7 PM

Catechism Class Wednesdays

6 PM - 7:45 PM

Tuesdays 7 PM - 8:30 PM

Sundays 6 PM

Knights of Columbus #12847

Cold Crab and Pasta Dinner

January 13, 2018 @ 7 PM

Dinner includes all you can eat marinated cold crab, pasta, salad, garlic bread and rice pud-ding. There will also be soda and wine available.

For tickets, please contact Grand Knight Clemete Lopes at (209) 216-7415,

Leonard Costa at (209) 620-3338 or any Knight.

Monday • Segunda-Feira, January/Janeiro: 01 New Years Day / Dia de Ano Novo 9:30am – English For the intentions of Fr. Manuel Sousa on his birthday 11:15am – Português Pelas int. do Pe. Manuel Sousa, aniv. natalício Pelas int. de Nelia Oliveira, aniv. do baptismo – dos pais

Tuesday • Terça-Feira, January/Janeiro: 02 Não haverá Missa

Wednesday • Quarta-Feira, January/Janeiro: 03 6:00pm Teams of Our Lady, US Super Region for all members living and deceased

Thursday • Quinta-Feira, January/Janeiro: 04 9:00am – Português Por Manuel e Bernardete Luis, aniv. do casamento Friday • Sexta-Feira, January/Janeiro: 05 9:00am – Português † Almas do purgatório – de Natalie Gonçalves † Francisco e Isabel Luis e familiares falecidos de Odelta Luis † Pelos defuntos de João e Margarida Vitorino † António, Conceição e Rosa Luis – do filho e sobrinho † Frank e Eduardina Silveira – da família † Defuntos de Georgina Ourique Pelas int. de Peter & Catherine Freitas – dos pais Em louvor ao Divino Espiríto Santo – de Natalia Gonçalves Saturday • Sábado, January/Janeiro: 06 10:00 – English † Almas do purgatório 7:30pm – Português † Maximinio Borba – da irmã Serafina Jordão

Sunday • Domingo, January/Janeiro: 07 11:00am – Bilingual † Joe Jorge – from Silva & Smith Family † Duarte Alves Teixeira – from Honório & Helena Teixeira † Duarte Fernandes – from Sandra Brasil † Serah Sears – from Alfred Sears & Family † Tony Salvador, José & Guilhermina Gonçalves † Constantino e Noémia Couto – da família † Serafim Teixeira – from wife & family † Leonesa Dinis – from family † Francisco Galhano & Luis Sousa – from wife & sister † Grinoalda Dias – from family † Emidio e Eugenia Soares – from family † Teresa e Julio Cardoso e Jilda Fernandes – da família † Defuntos de João e Lassalete Ponceano † Manuel Matos e defuntos de Maria Matos † Alfredo Castro e Maria Adelina Garcia – da filha † Francisco Gomes – da esposa † Defuntos de António e Maria Carvalho † Adriano Fagundes, José e Alada Valadão – das família † Horácio Luis Oliveira – da família † Vitoria Augusta e Manuel Duarte Laranja – da família † Luis e Maria José Soares – da neta Ana Simões † João e Rosa Silva – da família † Francisco e Vivelina Silva – da família † Francisco e Delmina Mendonça – da família Pelas int. dos filhos de Irene Neves 6:00pm - English For the Parish Community

Give a Christmas gift that keeps on giving. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is a gift of

love. It’s a weekend of fresh air, the rebirth of romance, and new beginnings. If you’d like to make your Marriage

even more special than it already is – call now! The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is

February 16-18, 2018 in Lodi.

For more information visit our website at: https://www.stocktonwwme.org or contact John & Angelica

at [email protected] or 209-691-0603.

WALK FOR LIFE Saturday, 1.27.18

Ride the bus with other OLA parishioners

and participate in the Main Event

12:30 PM —1:30 PM

Register and info:

209.634.2222 | email: [email protected]

We welcome your donations

for the parish yard sale. Please

bring them to the Parish.

Yard Sale Parish Hall

Rain or Shine

Friday, 2.2.18

Saturday, 2.3.18

For questions, please call Rosa Azevedo 209.505.0273

LifeTouch Church Directory coming soon!

Soon you will be able to schedule your

family photos for early March. More

information to come. For questions,

please call Rosa Azevedo

209.505.0273.

Fourth Sunday of Advent In the first reading, God promises King David that his house and his kingdom will endure forever. It is through Mary’s “Yes” — “I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say.” — that the promise finds fulfillment. See Luke 1:38

What is Life Teen? As a Eucharist-centered movement within the Roman Catholic Church, Life Teen leads teenagers and their families into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church. With the Blessed Virgin Mary as our intercessor and guide, Life Teen seeks to unleash the fullness of the Sacramental power present within the young Church.

What are Lifenights?

Lifenights are weekly large-group gatherings for high schoolers that immediately follow the Life Teen Mass. There are three basic types of Life Nights: Doctrinal (a.k.a. Catechetical), Issue, and Social. Doctrinal nights follow the semester theme and break open a particular tenant of the faith. Issue nights deal with specific “real-world issues” that teens deal with (e.g. drinking, gossip, chastity, etc.). These nights help the teens see how their Catholic faith is relevant to every aspect of their lives. Finally, social nights build Christian community and friendships. Lifenights take place every Sunday from 7:30 PM - 9 PM.

How else are the youth involved?

High Schoolers at OLA are welcome to join us for Summit, a lectionary-based discipleship group that meets weekly on Monday nights at 6 PM. We read, reflect on, and plan to implement the following Sunday’s Gospel into our lives. Teens are also welcome to sign up to join a Discipleship Group (D-Group) that meets weekly to grow in faith and commu-nity. D-Groups last until the teens graduate, causing the teens and Core member with them to become a little family of their own.

What is the Core team and how do I join?

One passionate youth minister is great, but one person can-not minister to an entire youth group. That is where the Core team comes in. Core Members are adults who choose to re-spond to their baptismal call by serving young people. The Life Teen Program relies heavily on the time and talents of adults within the parish community, men and women who truly care about our youth, and who are selfless enough to make sacrifices that ensure that our young people come to know God through the love of Christ and the truth of the Sacraments. One question you have to ask yourself is, “Who can serve as a Core Member?” If you have that image in your head of what the perfect Core Member looks and acts like, get rid of it. There is no “one perfect” look. We’re looking for servant hearts, hearts that are form-able, not just the “perfect-looking” or the “perfectly formed” Core. One can apply for the Core Team by filling out the applica-tion below and having an interview with the youth minister.

Who do I contact for more information?

James Governale [email protected] 209.634.2222

We Care Shelter Season Volunteer to donate, prepare, and/or serve dinner for the Homeless Men. Serving is from 6:45 PM-7:30 PM.

Please contact Christine Dores to sign up for this season: 209.495.0586 [email protected]

The Outreach Commission & Faith Formation Programs delivered 50 Gifts Bags to the Men at We Care for Christmas. The bags included: body wash, 2 deodor-ants, toothpaste, travel mug, three pairs of socks, several washcloths, packs of tissue, gloves, a scarf (made by parishioners) a beanie (Teresa Gomes made 50), toothbrush (donated by Dr. Duarte's office), $5 McDonald's gift card, and hand-made Christmas cards from 2nd Grade Catechism class. The Hughes & Dores Families passed out the cards and bags. Some of the com-ments made while opening or after, "wow, this is awesome." "Reading the card really got to me." "Thank you so much."

First Friday Devotion 9 AM– 9 PM

First Saturday Devotion 9 AM– 10 AM 10 AM Mass

Never forget to invite Mary to be present in your remote preparation for Confession, your immediate preparation for

Confession. Even ask Mary to enter with you into the Confessional so that you make the best confession in your life.

Blessed Pope John Paul II called the Marian sanctuaries—Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe—“Spiritual clinics”. How true!

Lines of penitents await to meet the merciful Jesus in the confessional in these Marian Sanctuaries. Among the many

beautiful titles of Mary are the following: “Mother of Mercy, Mother of Good Counsel, Health of the sick.” Behind many

powerful conversions is of course the grace of God but also the maternal intercession of Mary! -Fr. Ed Broom

The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

is a feast day of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrating her as the mother of Jesus Christ.

January 1st

9:30 AM English Mass

11:15 AM Portuguese Mass

January 7, 2018

11 AM Bilingual Mass followed by procession and celebration in Parish Hall

All Catechism and Confirmation Kids

Please bring a gift for the live and silent auction following Mass in the Parish Hall. Your gift can be anything that can be auctioned including: delicious prepared meals to be enjoyed during

the event, wine, desserts, gift baskets, fruit, cheese and other fabulous items. We want your family to participate in this fun day!

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209.595.9084