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St. Michael’s Catholic Church

Office Hours: Monday 9-2pm

T-F, 8:30-12:00&1:00-4:00pm Other times by appointment only

5882 North Ashley Lane

Stockton, CA 95215

(209) 931-0639 or (209) 931-6536

Fax: (209) 931-3621

Website: www.stmichaelpar ish.net

E-mail: [email protected]

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Schedule of Masses Saturday 7:15am&5:15pm Sunday 7:30am&10:30am Sunday 2:00pm Spanish Weekdays 7:15am

Holy Days English 7:15am, 6:00pm Spanish 7:30pm

First Friday Holy Hour 4:00 pm Mass 7:15am, 5:00 pm

November 19, 2017

ST. MICHAEL’S MISSION STATEMENT

St. Michael’s Parish is a Catholic faith community deeply root-ed in the Holy Eucharist. Through our faith and worship, we honor the Lord’s commandment to love Him and one another, to proclaim the Gospel and bring about a fair and just world for all people.

Pastor Msgr. Agustin Gialogo

In Residence Msgr. Richard J. Ryan, J.C.D.

Deacon Allen Moznett 209 598-4811 [email protected]

Deacon/Business Manager Edward Formosa 209 401-8378 [email protected]

Parish Secretary Diane McSorley 209 931-0639 [email protected]

Director of Religious Education Sr. Angelamaria De Leo, msc 209 931-2696 [email protected]

Director of Adult Faith Formation Roz Rine 209 931-0639 [email protected]

Director of RCIA Elena Molina 209 931-5390 [email protected]

Bookkeeping/Bulletin/Website Patti Saldaña 209 931-3128 [email protected]

Sacraments Confession: Saturday-4:00-5:00pm

Baptism: 1st & 3rd Saturday 11:00am English Baptism: 2nd & 4th Saturday 11:00am Spanish

Marriage: 6 months advance notice & Pre-marriage preparation required

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Perpetual Adoration Chapel

(Enter from Vestibule of the Church) For Adoration hours Please Call:

Roberta 931-3104, Jan 956-2861, or Jackie 931-2696 Bilingual

The following hours are available for permanent coverage. Tuesdays 3am-4am

Wednesdays 4am-5am

Veneration of the Relic of St. Faustina: The 3rd Thursday of each month

at 3pm in the church St. Faustina Chapel is open from

6:30 am-8 pm daily

KEEP IN MIND that the cr itical moral imperative at the moment is for the leaders of the world to work for peace. All leaders are called to serve as statesmen responsible for the common good of their own na-tion and at the same time for the wellbeing of the whole world. (Vatican Council II). “Me-first” divides nations, causes hostility, and creates distrust. Nuclear war will destroy humanity. The Gospel calls us to a change of heart de-voted to the hard work of securing honest and binding agreements for peace rooted in justice.

TENGA EN CUENTA que el impe-rativo moral más importante en este momento es que los líderes del mundo trabajen por la paz. Todos los líderes son llamados a servir como hombres de Estado responsables por el bien común de su propia nación y al mismo tiempo por el bien de todo el mundo. (Concilio

Vaticano II). Una mentalidad de "Primero Yo" divide a las Naciones, provoca hostilidad y crea desconfian-za. Una guerra nuclear destruirá a la humanidad. El Evangelio nos llama a un cambio de corazón dedicado a la ardua labor de lograr acuerdos honestos y comprome-tidos por la paz, arraigados en la justicia.

Pastoral Council Election this weekend:

There are two open seats for the council, vote for no more than two persons. The candidates are:

Alicia Amen, Lisa Misasi-Chang, Leonora Fields, Ted Kerr, Jesse Lopez, Francisco Loza, Alex Martinez, Jim Miller, Kevin Rine, Malia Tesimoni

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Annual Christmas Dinner

December 9, 2017 at 6:00 pm Father Meyer Center

Featuring: Christmas Carols, Kid’s games and SANTA!!!

In Celebration of the lives of

Jose Galvez Edita & Quintin Abellera

& Carlo Abellera

In Loving Memory of

Bruno & Frances

Malucchi

In Loving Memory of

Maria Luz Tirado Canchola

SPIRITUAL ADOPTION PROGRAM: Remember your spiritu-ally adopted unborn baby whose mother is considering

abortion, and pledge to pray for him or her every day that the mother will choose life for her child. The prayer is, “Jesus, Mary,

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the life of the unborn baby

that I have spiritually adopt-

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Ladies Guild News It’s that time of year that we now begin to pull our Christmas Boutique together . This year we need help with our bakery goods. We are asking our parishioner fami-lies if you can whip up some of your favor-ite holiday cakes, cookies, breads, etc. for our bakery. If you do not bake we also need donations of flour, ‘butter, eggs, etc. If you can help us out, Contact Norma Goonan at 327-0416 or email [email protected].

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St. Michael’s Ladies Guild

Christmas Boutique

Come by and shop for the Holidays

Baked Goods Christmas Decorations

Gift Items

Saturday, Dec. 3-6pm,-7:30pm

Sunday, Dec. 4-8:30am-2:00pm

Rose Liel Hall– St. Michael’s Church

Schedules for next weekend, Nov. 25-26

Lectors 5:15 PM Kathy Formosa, Myrna Aguilar

7:30AM Robert Hermann, Esperanza Scurini

10:30AM Patti Saldana, Yolanda Mafi

2:00PM Lili Martinez, Raul Mendoza, Jr.

Eucharistic Ministers 5:15PM Deacon Ed, P. Simon, M. Hobby

7:30AM J. Yturri, L. Scurini, C. Westphal

10:30AM Deacon Al, G. Saldana, N. Sallady, B. Filas, S. Misasi, C. Moznett, J. Perkins

2:00PM J. Esqueda, R. Medrano, L. Ma. Paniagua, N. Valencia, A. Valencia, R. Valencia, S. Valencia

Altar Servers 5:15 PM M. Rodriguez, M. Kaehler, R. Torralva

7:30 AM A. Bennett, A. Hughes, E. Renteria

10:30AM J. Silim, J. Smith, M. Picinich 2:00 PM R. Medrano, C. Medrano, F. Medrano

Weekly Collection Offertory $ 6,644.92 Candles $ 175.00

Please use your church envelopes!

Marriage Encounter Fall is a beautiful season full of color and crisp fresh air. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is like autumn because it’s a weekend full of fresh air, new beginnings and a time to rejoice in the beauty of your marriage and family. It’s a great time to rekindle com-munication and enjoy a weekend away. The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is February 16-18, 2018 in Lodi. For more information visit our website at: For more information visit our website at: https://www.stocktonwwme.org or con-tact John & Angelica at [email protected] or 209-691-0603

LOST!—On Sunday at Msgr. Gus’ installation recep-tion, a burgundy sild Japanese style 3/4 sleeve jacket was lost. Please return to parish office. It was last seen on the chair on the east side of the head table. Thank you.

Thanksgiving Day Mass Schedule:

7:15am

Lectors: TBA

Euch. Min.: TBA

Altar Servers: S. Ponce de Leon, F. Solano-Rosas, Z. McCormack

9:00am

Lectors: TBA

Euch. Min.: TBA

Altar Servers: R. Garcia, X. Garcia, I. Garcia

Joke of the Day!

Six legged turkey

A turkey farmer was always experimenting with breed-ing to perfect a better turkey. His family was fond of the leg portion for dinner but there never was enough legs for everyone. After many frustrating attempts, the farmer was relating the results of his efforts to his friends down at the general store.

“Well, I finally did it! I bred a turkey that has 6 legs!” said the farmer.

They all asked the farmer how it tasted.

“I don’t know,” said the farmer. “I never could catch the darn thing!”

In all things give thanks

There was a four year old boy who was asked to return thanks before a Thanksgiving dinner. The family mem-bers bowed their heads in expectation. He began his prayer thanking God for all his friends.

Then he thanked God for mommy and daddy, brother, sister, grandma and grandpa and all his aunts and uncle.

Then he began to thank God for the food. He gave thanks for the turkey, the dressing, the salad, the cran-berry sauce, the pies and cakes and even the Cool Whip.

Then he paused and everyone waited and waited. After a long silence, the young fellow looked up at his mother and asked, “If I thank God for the broccoli, won’t he know I’m lying?”

Four old Catholic women sit and brag about their sons. The first Catholic woman tells her friends, "My son is a priest. When he walks into a room, everyone calls him 'Father'." The second Catholic woman chirps, "My son is a bish-op. Whenever he walks into a room, people call him 'Your Grace'." The third Catholic mother says, "My son is a cardinal. Whenever he walks into a room, he's called 'Your Emi-nence'." The fourth Catholic woman says, "My incredibly hand-some son is 6' 2 with broad, square shoulders, good manners and impeccable style. Whenever he walks into a room, women say, 'Oh my God!'"

A little girl became restless as the preacher 's sermon dragged on and on.

Finally, she leaned over to her mother and whis-pered, "Mommy, if we give him the money now, will he let us go?"

Catechism classes are currently collecting non perishable foods to feed the hungry this holiday season. Please place your donations in the barrel located in the vestibule (front of church).

Readings for the Week Monday 1Mc1:10-15,41-43,54-57,62-63 Ps 119:53,61,134,150,155,158 Lk 18:35-43

Tuesday Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2Mc 6:18-31 Ps 3:2-8 Lk 19:1-10

Wednesday St. Cecilia 2Mc 7:1,20-31 Ps 17:1,5-6,8,15 Lk 19:11-28

Thursday Thanksgiving Day Sir 50:20-24 Ps 138:1-5 1Cor1:3-9 Lk 17:11-19

Friday St. Andrew Dung-Lac 1Mc 4:36-37,52-59 (Ps) 1Chr29:10-12 Lk 19:45-48

Saturday St. Catherine of Alexandria 1Mc 6:1-13 Ps 9:2-4,6,16,19 Lk 20:27-40

Sunday Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Ez 34:11-12,15-17 Ps 23:1-3,5-6 1Cor 15:20-26,28 Mt 25:31-46

Calendar for the Week Mon., Nov. 20 10 am Light Weigh LMC 7

Tues., Nov. 21 10 am Adult Bible study LMC 7,8,9,10 No CM classes 6:30 pm Tongan Choir practice FMC/PS

Wed., Nov. 22 No CM Classes No Parent Bible Study FMC 6:30 pm Charismatic prayer Spanish FMC 7pm Our Lady Queen of Peace in Chapel

Thu., Nov. 23 Thanksgiving –Office closed 6:00 pm Tongan Choir practice FMC/PS No Charismatic Prayer English LMC 8

Fri., Nov. 24 Office closed

Sat., Nov. 25 No activities

Sun., Nov. 26 No activities

Prayers for the Sick – Angelita Mamaril, John Podesta, Duke T., John Corry, Elisabeth Nicolini, Kathleen Brady, Debbie Kapina, Piedro Galagn, Ruth Hawley. Kenneth Morris, Martin Olivas, Gia Sam, Dottie Burdue, Marian Bond, Avery Piacentini, Lolo Murry,

Rosa Maria Santos, Louis Filas, Larry Silvieria, Merle Bowmen, Marie Parra, Cali Vanni, Harold “Gi” Raggio, Mark Fer-nandez, Corey Bowerman, Estela Flores, Vanessa Sanchez, Cathy Westphal, Pedro Alvarez, Valeti Fakava, Linda Bosche, Catherine Maghirang, Jaime Villarreal, Deacon Al Moznett, Enrique Parada, Lourdes Parada, Matt Lemos, Richard Hinojos, Jose Fuentes, Raymond Fuentes, Kasandra Nicole Valenzuela, Stella Mia Baez, Kelly Roddy, Pat Harris, Tom & Noelle Seesing, Lynda Ripley, Shawn Arnell, Diane Daugherty, & Sal Castellon. Please call the office to add your loved ones name for prayers.

Mass Intentions for the Week Saturday - Nov. 18

7:15AM Angelo & Maria Barbagelata+ Dennis Green+ John Burdue+ Aniceto Cortes+

5:15PM Souls of the Faithful Departed+

Sunday Nov. 19

7:30AM Gerry Guidice+ Dennis Green+ Adolph Del Prete+ Marvin John Ungab-intention

10:30AM Mass for the People (Missa Pro Populi)

2:00PM All souls in Purgatory+

Monday Nov. 20

7:15AM Lorraine Rugani+ Sam Mafi+

Tuesday Nov. 21

7:15AM Joao & Marie Ferreira+

Wednesday Nov. 22

7:15AM Jose & Rosa Vargas+ Tom Bielejeski+

Thursday Nov. 23

7:15 AM Gary Scannavino+ Lino Bozzano+ Lolly Bozzano+ Al Scannavino+ Madaline Scannavino+ Jack Bozzano+ 9:00 AM Steve Montion, Jr.+ Livia Clements+ Friday Nov. 24

7:15AM Joe Solari, Jr. +

Saturday Nov. 25

7:15AM Vic Solari+ Tom Bielejeski+ Ernie Podesta+

5:15PM Souls of the Faithful Departed+

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time The “worthy wife” described in today’s first reading is a perfect example of active stewardship, reaching out her hands to the poor and extending her arms to the needy.

La “esposa digna” descrita en la premera lectura de hoy, es el ejemplo perfecto de una active ad-ministración de los bienes de Dios, tendiendo sus manos hacia los pobres y extendiendo sus brazos a los necesitados.

There will be No Catechism classes next week in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Save the Dates:

November 26, 2017—Feast of Christ the King

November 27-December4, 2017-Pilgrimage to Mexico

December 2-3, 2017– Annual Ladies Guild Christmas Boutique

December 3, 2017-First day of Advent

December 8, 2017 Feast of the Immaculate Conception

December 9, 2017 –Annual Christmas Dinner

December 12, 2017 –Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 16, 2017– Misa de Gallo (Dawn masses) begin

December 16, 2017-Posadas begin

December 16, 2017 –Charro’s Christmas Dinner Dance

December 24, 2017-Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord

December 25, 2017-Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

January 1, 2018-Somenity of Mary the Mother of God

Catechism Review; Are you Smarter than an 8th grade Catechism student?: (answer in ads section)

Who was an English Jesuit poet who wrote vivid de-scriptions of the power and grandeur of God?

A. Robert Frost

B. Walt Whitman

C. Gerard Manley Hopkins

PERPETUAL ADORATION NEEDS YOUR HELP

We are in the process of registering volunteers for Perpetual Adoration and we ask all members of our Parish to consider. We have registration forms un-der the podium sign at the vestibule of the church. There is information attached to help you understand what Adoration is.

We offer shared hours for those who might consider a long term commitment. We also are in great need of substitute volunteers - those who would be avail-able to take the place of a permanent adorer who is ill or on vacation. Time periods convenient to you are offered. We urge you to check the bulletin board for substitute needs as well.

All of our current Permanent Adorers are required to re-register to update our data. All information submitted by current and new volunteers is strictly confidential. Our deadline is January 1, 2018.

Please consider this beautiful ministry. Your blessings from Our Lord are bountiful. Call Rob-erta, Jackie (Spanish) or Jan for questions and thank you.

Everyone is invited to A Joy-Filled Christmas music program on Saturday, December 9th at 6:00pm at St. Mary's High School at 5648 N. El Dorado St. in Stockton. This free event celebrates the joy of Christ-mas through music performed by local professional musicians, along with performances by student bands and choir. You don't want to miss this one! Email Mr. David Tanner with questions @ [email protected]

Congratulations to the families of:

Elizabeth Victoria Solano Rosas, Mason Alfredo Rodri-guez, Joseph Ramon Silva, Itzayana Yexalen Silva, Areya Alvina Valencia, and Drew Micaella Fuentes

Who received the Sacrament of Baptism during the month of October and were presented to the community at 10:30 am Mass on November 5th.

Each family received a gift of a St. Michael plaque.

Congratulation to:

Antonio B. Bares and Gemma C. Garcia.

Jason Lee Webb and Ann Collins Webb

Who celebrated the Sacrament of Matrimony this past Au-gust.

Carmel Apples-Respect Life Committee St. Michael’s Respect Life Committee will be in Rose Liel Hall today after Mass passing out your pre-ordered caramel apples. Please stop by to pick them up. Limited numbers of apples will also be available for purchase if you missed pre-ordering

St. Michael’s has a need for Altar Servers at all the English masses. Altar servers form a very important part of the Church and the parish is enriched by their dedication and ser-vice. Being an altar server is a very important respon-sibility and requires a sincere commitment by both the server and his or her family. Requirements: Must be a baptized Catholic and have received

First Holy Communion Be a parishioner of St. Michael Willing and able to attend training sessions Have a desire to serve the Lord and His people For those of you who have children entering the Altar Server Ministry: Welcome! We look forward to your child learning and growing deeper in their faith as they serve the Lord in this very special way. For those of you who are continuing on this journey: Thank you for your continued commitment to this ministry.

Gospel Reflection:

What gifts are ours to multiply?

The talent the gospel parable talks about is an amount of money, not a personal ability or aptitude. One tal-ent is equivalent to 6,000 denarii. One denarius was a day’s wage for the ordinary worker in Jesus’ time.

Anyone who worked six days a week for one denarius each day earned 340 denarii a year. To be entrusted with one talent is to have at one’s disposal the earning of an ordinary laborer for 17 years. The five talents the first servant receives would take 85 years for the ordinary laborer to earn.

What might be a wage today compa-rable to the one denarius per day a laborer earned in the first century? On a $10-an-hour job, a worker to-day earns around $20,000 per year. The equivalent of one talent or 17 years of earnings at $20,000 per year is $340,000. This is the amount the master entrusts to the third servant. The master entrusts the first servant with five times that amount, $1,700,000.

The master in Jesus’ parable is not giving the servants a pittance to test their trustworthiness to handle his affairs. They have received a wind-fall, like winning the lottery. The priceless windfall each of us has re-ceived is life itself.

The word talent, although it refers to an amount of money, is the same word in English that refers to our personal abilities and gifts, to all our

natural endowments and the qualities our families have nurtured in us. All of us have some artistic, athletic, and musical ability; some of us have dis-tinctive gifts in various areas of ca-pability. One can teach, another ad-minister, another inspire others.

Both the first and second servants in the gospel receive amounts of money equal to the earning of one or more lifetimes. This fact and the double meaning of the word talent urge us who hear the parable to identify the money amounts with all that God entrusts to us in giving us life, unique gifts, and family and friends whose lives we share.

We each have life without having caused ourselves to be. Our ancestors have invested themselves in relation-ships and efforts that bring us to be. Jesus invested his life in the human race, identifying with us totally unto death, opening to us all we can be-come in God. How do we use these extravagant down payments on our-selves? Sunday’s parable calls us to multiply the gifts entrusted to us.

The parable of the talents follows the rule of three, which is familiar in folk tales and jokes. This rule for plotting stories sets up a pattern in two events or two characters which a third event or character breaks. The rule of three focuses the point of the story on the exception to the pattern.

In the plot of Sunday’s parable three servants receive huge but different sums of money. The first two serv-

ants set up a pattern; both immedi-ately invest the money and double it. The third servant breaks the pattern by going off and burying the money.

At this halfway point in the parable, the servant who has received the least money, as suited his ability, had done the least with it. None of the three have squandered their money. The parable doesn’t tell us why the third servant buried the talent, nor how the first two so easily doubled theirs.

When the master returns, the first two servants again set up a pattern which the third breaks. Both an-nounce they have double the money entrusted to them. Both receive the same praise and promise of future responsibility. The master welcomes them into his hoy.

However, the parable focuses on the third servant who, when he faces the master, finally articulates his motives for burying the money. His failure to invest the money was not his fault, he says, but the master’s. His mas-ter’s harshness and readiness to take what was not his made the servant too afraid to use the money.

The master in the parable has no sympathy for the third servant’s fear or blaming but condemns his lazi-ness and orders him cast outside the community of joy to which he has welcomed the two other servants. The servant who already has ten tal-ents gets this man’s one.

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ly on our website at www.stmichaelparish.net . If you would like to advertise in this bulletin, please call: Patti Saldaña at (209) 931-3128 or email at [email protected] and most importantly, please let our advertisers know that you found them through their ad at St. Michael’s!

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