Pastoral Staff / Equipo PastoralSunday (3rd Sunday of the month) will resume in October. Join us for our Annual Fall Fiesta! Rosaries for 40 Days for Life ... Marty Holley Woods Pray

Pastoral Office / Centro Pastoral

213 West Olive Avenue Lompoc, California 93436

Hours / Horario: Monday through Friday / Lunes a Viernes 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Closed for Lunch / Cerrado para la Hora de Comer 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Religious Education / Educación Religiosa

First Communion Program Thursday from 5:10 PM to 6:35 PM

Programa de Primera Comunión Jueves de 5:10 PM a 6:35 PM

Christian Initiation Please call the Pastoral Center for information Confirmation Program Sundays from 8:15 AM, ending with 10:00 AM Mass

Regular Confession Schedule / Horario Regular de Confesiones Second Friday of each month / Segundo viernes del mes 7:00 PM Fourth Saturday of each month / Cuarto sábado del mes 1:00 PM

If you need an appointment — Please call the Pastoral Center / Si necesita una cita — Favor de llamar al Centro Pastoral

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Baptisms / Bautismos & Marriage / Matrimonio Please call the Pastoral Center for information / Favor de llamar al Centro Pastoral para información

(6 month notice required for marriage / 6 meses de anticipación requeridos para matrimonio)

Times / Horario

8:00 AM

5:00 PM (English), 7:00 PM (Español)

8:00 and 10:00 AM (English), 12:00 PM (Español)

Sunday during 10:00 AM Mass Sábado durante la Misa de 7:00 PM

Pastoral Staff / Equipo Pastoral

Pastor / Párroco: Reverend Thomas S. Cook Permanent Deacons / Diáconos Permanentes: Miguel Márquez, Paul Nicastro, Jesús Rico, and Richard Stalder Religious Education Coordinator / Coordinador de Educación Religiosa: Juan Pablo Garcia Spanish RCIA Coordinator / Coordinadora de Iniciación Cristiana en Español: Alicia Lopez Business/Property Manager / Administrador General de Negocios y Propiedad: Frank Hain Administrative Assistant / Asistente Administrativa: Norma Solis Parish Secretaries / Secretarios Parroquiales: Maria Goreti Mireles Gonzalez and Agustin Jimenez

La Purísima Concepción School (K-8) Little Saints Preschool 219 West Olive Avenue Lompoc, California 93436

Phone (805) 736-6210 Website: www.lapurisimaschool.org Office Hours: School Principal / Director: Orlando A. León

School Vice-Principal / Sub-Directora: Julie Clement Administrative Assistant / Asistente Administrativa: Carla Adriana Salgado

Preschool Phone (805) 735-7226 Facility Number: 426213750 Preschool Director / Directora de Preescolar: Terese Munoz-Hill

Services (Mass) Misas

Daily / Diario (Monday through Friday) Lunes a Viernes

Saturday Vigil / Sábado-Vigilia

Sunday / Domingo

Liturgy of the word with Children (K-2) Liturgia para Niños en Español (3 años a edad de Kinder)

To leave a message please call / Para dejar un mensaje favor de llamar al (805) 735-3068, ext. 45

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, September 19th & Sunday, September 20th

Monday, September 21st: Carolina Sevilla † Tuesday, September 22nd: Soledad Barajas † Wednesday, September 23rd: World Peace Thursday, September 24th: Robert Smith † Friday, September 25th: Paul Manibusan †

Saturday, September 26th & Sunday, September 27th

Jennie Trejo †,

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15 min. Liturgy starts at 6 p.m. in the Church. Join us in offering petitions on behalf of our Armed Forces,

diplomats, foreign services and government leaders.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Wisdom 2:12, 17-20 Psalm — Psalm 54 Second Reading — James 3:16 — 4:3 Gospel — Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me (Mark 9:30-37).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Tuesday: Ezr 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday: Ezr 9:5-9; Tb:13:2, 3-4abefghn, 7-8; Lk 9:1-6 Thursday: Hg 1:1-8; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Hg 2:1-9; Ps 43:1-4; Lk 9:18-22 Saturday: Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a; Jer 31:10-12ab, 13; Lk 9:43b-45 Sunday: Nm 11:25-29; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-14; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

LITURGY

Religious Education 2015-2016

Classes Have Begun! First Communion & Post-Communion

Every Thursday at 5:10 p.m. and

Every Sunday Confirmation

Sundays from 8:15 a.m. to end with 10 a.m. Mass. All classes are held at the school classrooms.

English Children’s Liturgy Sundays at the 10 a.m. Mass, in the church.

Information: Juan Pablo Garcia, Coordinator Phone: (805) 735-3068 Ext. 23 E-mail: [email protected]

PARISH LIFE

CONFESSIONS Saturday, September 26th at 1 p.m. in the church

Saturday, September 19th 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. AND Sunday, September 20th 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Parish School Grounds

TICKET SALES FOR BBQ & RAFFLE

5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. * Parish Hall $10 Donation * Beef or Chicken

Tickets can be purchased at the fiesta.

Grand prize: $2,000 CASH!

Books of 12 raffle tickets each have a value of $10. If you buy the books, you receive 2 complimentary

tickets OR you may sell them for $1 each. All proceeds from both the Fall Fiesta and annual raffle will be used to subsidize our parish school. Thank you!

Eucharistic Ministers Needed

Have you thought about volunteering for a ministry at La Purísima Concepción Parish? Now is the chance! Become a Eucharistic Minister. This is a beautiful and rewarding experience.

A training session will be held on Friday, September 25th at 6 p.m. in the church. Any baptized and confirmed Catholic who has also received their First Communion and is living a life befitting the role is qualified to serve in this beautiful and rewarding ministry. Please do not think you are not worthy - none of us are - but the Lord has called us all to work in His fields and bringing His precious Son to the people of God is a wonderful way to answer the call.

Any questions or concerns, please call JoAnne Crofut (733-4396) or Louise Deveny (588-0506). We will be happy to answer them.

Scheduled Mass Intentions Three months at a time are open for a Mass intention, the current month & the two following, for a $10 donation per Mass. Visit the Pastoral Center to reserve your intention.

Happy Birthday Fr. Tom Congratulations!!!

This is the day the Lord has made... ~Psalm 118

LITURGY

Due to the fiesta in our parish, there will be NO coffee & doughnuts after the 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. Mass

this Sept. 20th. Our regularly scheduled Hospitality Sunday (3rd Sunday of the month) will resume in

October. Join us for our Annual Fall Fiesta!

Rosaries for 40 Days for Life

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas invite you to join them in praying the Rosary the following Mondays at 1:30 p.m. at the following locations:

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Sept. 21st at La Purísima Oct. 5th at La Purísima Oct. 19th at La Purísima

Sept. 28th at Queen of Angels Oct. 12th at Queen of Angels Oct. 26th at Queen of Angels

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SCHOOL SCRIP OFFICE SCHEDULE

MONDAY 8-9 a.m. TUESDAY 8-10 a.m. WEDNESDAY 8-9 a.m. THURSDAY 8-10 a.m.

FRIDAY 9-10 a.m.

DID YOU KNOW?

Back to school: it’s important to meet school staff As we go back to school, parents should take an active role in getting to know the instructors that will be caring for and teaching their kids. In the morning before school starts walk your children into the building to meet teachers and staff. Ask the teachers and administrators to explain how they plan to keep students safe, including monitoring of remote areas of the school. For more back-to-school safety tips and complete article from VIRTUS® email: [email protected].

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Immaculate Heart Radio, KIHC 890AM

VIRTUS — PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

Protecting God’s Children® Sessions

DATE TIME & LOCATION Wednesday, 10/07/15 6-9 p.m., Classroom #6

PARISH LIFE

Monday Night Adult Group: Defenders of Truth

Grief Recovery Method Outreach Program Wednesday Evenings from 6:30-9 p.m.

Starbuck-Lind Mortuary is sponsoring an accelerated, seven week Grief Recovery Method Outreach Program - a program of action for moving beyond death, divorce, and other losses. It is open to all adults in our community.

Where: Calvary Baptist Church, 3355 Constellation Road, Lompoc (Vandenberg Village). Class facilitated by Pat Grijalva, Certified Grief Recovery Specialist.

Start date is October 7th. Weekly attendance is mandatory.

Fee: $25 for book/materials plus $100 tuition. (Tuition is waived for any family served by Starbuck-Lind Mortuary, no matter how long.)

Must register by Friday, October 2nd by calling Starbuck-Lind at 735-3773. Space is limited!

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

Toward the end of the second century, a churchman in North Africa, Tertullian, described an early form of penance. Imagine if it had survived! There were three steps to this very public ritual. The unfortunate sinner was brought before the community in an itchy garment of goat’s hair. The communities of the day were small and intimate, and everyone knew everyone else. The shame of exposure for a big sin—murder, idolatry, or adultery—would have been profound. The penitent would beg the community for prayers of intercession, and then go sit in a place assigned to penitents. After this public confession, the penitent would be assigned some discipline, usually a relatively severe fast, or the wearing of distinctive garb. This remedy for sin was for a certain period of time, or at least until the bishop (every small community has its own bishop) judged that enough was enough. Then the person would be readmitted to the Eucharistic community, although Tertullian doesn’t tell us how. Probably the bishop tenderly placed his hands on their heads, precisely where they were anointed at baptism. We do know that the readmission of penitents to the Eucharistic table became in some churches a great celebration, and there are records from Spain of bishops leading penitents in a dance-like processional into the Eucharistic hall on Holy Thursday.

—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

PARISH LIFE

MEN’S PRAYER GROUP - Every Saturday at 6:30 AM

We meet in the Pastoral Center. All men are invited to participate in morning prayer group.

Join us for a time of prayer, reflection and Sharing of God’s Word!

CALLING ALL MARRIED COUPLES Feel blessed by your marriage in the Church? If so, we

would love to have you help us prepare engaged couples for marriage in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

For further information, please contact Candy Metoyer, at the Office of Family Life, at (213) 637-7250 or [email protected]. We Need You!

PARISH SCHOOL

The Lord upholds my life. ~Psalm 54

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Pray for the sick Grasiela Aceves Toni Adams Carol Anderson Mary Caruana Elizabeth Cazares Perry Coia Olivia Cormier Holly Coxsey Patrick Coxsey Anika Covarrubias Jorge Cruz Rev. Tomás Elis

Sans Leister Cindy Lewis Enriqueta Martinez Lydia Martinez Barbara Mascsak Julie Miller Pamela Mills Tereso Mireles Sebastian Alonso Mireles Carmelita Molina Joyce Morey Dn. Paul Nicastro

Darlene Fearon Carolyn Flint John Flint Joy Flint Alberto Gallardo Manuela Garcia Brenda Gonzalez Jean Gustafsson Sheila Holley Monique Kenolio Teresa Lara Joanne Leali

Virginia Perez Martha Citlali Ramirez Lozano Msgr. John Rawden Joyce Redd Carlos Reyes Deacon Jesus F. Rico Efrain Rivas Francisco Rodriguez Rosio Rodriguez Guadalupe Valenzuela Fe Weaver Dorothy Wethington

John Wethington Marty Holley Woods

Pray for the Souls/Oren por las Almas: Margarita Aguirre and Alejandro Lopez, Jr.

Para más información visite nuestra página de Internet al www.lapurisima.org

HORARIO REGULAR DE LA OFICINA DE SCRIP lunes & miércoles 8-9 a.m. * martes & jueves 8-10 a.m.

viernes 9-10 a.m.

Si este horario no es conveniente para usted, puede dejar su orden en el Centro Pastoral o en la oficina de la escuela. Su orden será surtida

el siguiente día de venta de Scrip. Se continuará vendiendo Scrip después de las Misas Dominicales de 8 & 10 a.m.

¡Gracias por Apoyarnos!

ESCUELA PARROQUIAL

Names on the list will remain for ONE MONTH ONLY, please call the Pastoral Center if you wish to keep a name on the list. Los nombres en la lista solamente permanecen POR UN MES. Llame al Centro Pastoral si desea dejar algún nombre enlistado.

ARTICULOS PERSONALES PERDIDOS

¿Después de haber partido de la iglesia de una Misa u otro servicio, se dio cuenta que olvidó o perdió algún artículo personal? ¡Posiblemente esté en nuestra caja de artículos perdidos y encontrados! Varios artículos han sido encontrados en la iglesia o edificios parroquiales. Estos artículos se han entregado en la Sacristía o el Centro Pastoral. Favor de contactarnos para ver si lo que usted olvidó o perdió se encuentra aquí, 735-3068.

¿SABÍA USTED?

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Los miércoles a las 7 p.m. en la iglesia.

FECHA HORA & LUGAR miércoles, 10/07/15 6-9 p.m., en la escuela

INFORMACIÓN PARROQUIAL

GRUPO COMUNIDADES DE FE Y VIDA Invitamos a parejas y familias a compartir con nosotros.

Lunes a las 7 p.m. en la iglesia. Acompáñenos también cada domingo después de Misa de

12 p.m. durante las Cápsulas Doctrinales donde compartimos temas sobre nuestra Fe basados en el Catecismo de la Iglesia

Católica y la Santa Biblia.

INFORMACIÓN PARROQUIAL

La próxima clase para quinceañeras será el

viernes, 25 de septiembre, 6:30 p.m., Salón St. Francis.

Encuentro Carismático

3 y 4 de octubre, 2015 9 AM—5 PM

Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building 100 East Locust Avenue,

Lompoc, CA 93436 Venta de Boletos en el Centro Pastoral

Donación: $10 Información: (805) 588-7352

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LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura —Sabiduría 2:12, 17-20 Salmo — Salmo 54 [53] Segunda lectura — Santiago 3:16 — 4:3 Evangelio — Jesús les advierte a sus discípulos que viene su pasión y resurrección, luego les enseña a tener humildad y sencillez como la de un niño (Marcos 9:30-37).

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Ef 4:1-7, 11-13; Sal 19 (18):2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Martes: Esd 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20; Sal 122 (121):1-5; Lc 8:19-21 Miércoles: Esd 9:5-9; Tob:13:2, 3-4abefghn, 7-8; Lc 9:1-6 Jueves: Ag 1:1-8; Sal 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lc 9:7-9 Viernes: Ag 2:1-9; Sal 43 (42):1-4; Lc 9:18-22 Sábado:Domingo: Num 11:25-29; Sal 19 (18):8, 10, 12-14; Stgo 5:1-6; Mc 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

LITURGIA

Todos los sábados en la Misa de 7 p.m.

EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA

CONFESIONES sábado, 26 de septiembre a la 1 p.m. en la iglesia

Educación Religiosa 2015-2016

¡Las Clases ya Comenzaron! Primera Comunión & Post-Comunión

jueves a las 5:10 p.m. y

Primera Comunión

Confirmación Domingos a las 8:15 a.m. para terminar con la Misa de

10 a.m. en inglés. Todas las clases son en los salones de la escuela.

Información: Juan Pablo Garcia, Coordinador de Educación Religiosa Tel: (805) 735-3068 Ext. 23 * E-mail: [email protected]

sábado, 19 de septiembre 11 a.m. a 5 p.m. & domingo, 20 de septiembre 11 a.m. a 4 p.m.

Terrenos de la Escuela Parroquial

5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. * Salón Parroquial Donación $10 * Res o Pollo

¡Premio Mayor: $2,000 EN EFECTIVO!

El talón de 12 boletos para la rifa cuesta $10.

Si usted compra los talones completos, recibe 2 boletos complementarios O puede venderlos a $1 cada uno.

Lo recaudado de la Fiesta de Otoño y en la rifa anual será a beneficio de la escuela parroquial. ¡Gracias!

EL DON DE LA SENCILLEZ

Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Feliz Cumpleaños Padre Tom

¡¡¡Felicidades!!!

Este es el día que hizo el Señor... ~Salmo 118

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

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—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

INFORMACIÓN PARROQUIAL