The Catholic Community of St. JosephSegundo Domingo de Adviento 2 December, 2015 TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Stand on the heights, Jerusalem; see your children rejoicing that

Second Sunday of Advent December 6, 2015

The Catholic Community of St. Joseph

877 N. Campus Avenue • Upland, CA 91786

Office (909) 981-8110 Fax (909) 982-8991 Emergency Number (909) 972-2132

E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: stjosephsupland.org

Second Sunday of Advent

Segundo Domingo de Adviento

2 December, 2015

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Stand on the heights, Jerusalem; see your children rejoicing that they are remembered by God. A merciful and just God leads Israel in joy (Baruch 5:1-9). Psalm — The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy (Psalm 126). Second Reading — May your love increase in knowledge to discern what is valuable that you may be blameless for the day of Christ (Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11). Gospel — John proclaims a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. All flesh shall see the salvation of God (Luke 3:1-6). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Sube a la altura, Jerusalén; contempla a tus hijos gozosos porque Dios se acordó de ellos. Un Dios misericordioso y justo guía a Israel con alegría (Baruc 5:1-9). Salmo — Grandes cosas has hecho por nosotros, Señor (Salmo 126 [125]). Segunda Lectura — Que su amor siga creciendo más y más y se traduzca en un mayor conocimiento y discernimiento de lo que vale la pena para que lleguen irreprochables al día de Cristo (Filipenses 1:4-6, 8-11). Evangelio — Juan proclama un bautismo de arrepentimiento para el perdón de los pecados. Todos podrán ver la salvación de Dios (Lucas 3:1-6) Salmo responsorial: Leccionario I © 1976, Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Litúrgica de la Conferencia del Episcopado Mexi-cano. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados.

PUT ON JOY Today, Baruch speaks of the splendor that lies ahead for the city of Jerusalem and for all of us, regardless of where home is for us. Throw off strife, he tells us, and put on joy. Like a favorite old sweatshirt, joy fits, and how warm it keeps us, even when the winds blow cold. Paul knows of this joy as he pens his letter to the Philippians, praying that they may grow in their ability to discern what is righteous and good. And Luke speaks to us of John, who was foretold by Isaiah and who sings a similar song—“Prepare the way of the Lord,” for salvation is at hand. A man ahead of his time, Baruch spent his days joyfully awaiting a distant glory. On this Second Sunday of Advent, Paul and John know that this glory is upon us. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

VÍSTETE DE GOZO Hoy Baruc nos habla del esplendor que se acerca para la ciudad de Jerusalén y para todos nosotros, sea donde fuere nuestro hogar. Despójate de conflictos, nos dice, y vístete de gozo. Como una vieja cobija favorita, el gozo nos queda a la medida, y qué bien nos mantiene calientes, por muy frío que sople el viento. Pablo sabe de ese gozo cuando escribe su carta a los filipenses, orando para que crezcan en su habilidad de discernir lo que es bueno y justo. Y Lucas nos habla de Juan, el que fue anunciado por Isaías y que canta una canción parecida: “Preparen el camino del Señor” pues la salvación está al llegar. Hombre adelantado a su época, Baruc se pasó la vida alegremente esperando una gloria lejana. En este segundo Domingo de Adviento, Pablo y Juan saben que esta gloria se acerca. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Monday, December 7, 2015 7:30 am Pro Populo 7:00 pm Pro Populo

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 7:30 am Joe & Gloria Alba 12:15 pm Mary Scott 7:00 pm Ints of Vasquez Family Wednesday, December 9, 2015 7:30 am Antal Antal 7:00 pm No Mass / Parish Penance Service at St. George Thursday, December 10, 2015 7:30 am Ints of Quang Oanh Friday, December 11, 2015 8:30 am Sean Navin Saturday, December 12, 2015 5:00 pm Cydney Simoni 7:00 pm Accion de Gracias Sunday, December 13, 2015 7:00 am Mary Leyva 9:00 am Alice Kaverman 11:00 am Florencia Gongora 1:00 pm Ints of Segura Family 5:30 pm Rebecca Diaz = Deceased

SUNDAY CATHOLIC TV MASS For The Homebound

9:00 am on KDOC Channel 56 (also on Cable-TV) Share the word.

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Mass Intentions

Prayer Requests...

Please remember in your prayers the repose of the souls of

Margaret Ems Mary Scott

Eugene Meiners Mark Frontain Doris Kotwica

May they and all the faithful departed rest in peace.

Praying Hands: How can you be a Minister to the Sick without ever leaving your own home? It’s easy!

Every week our bulletin has a list of people who have requested our prayers for healing, for hope, for courage and for strength. They need our prayers and they believe that our prayers are powerful. So, may I suggest that every day we pray for one person from that list. We can name that person as we bring our prayers to the heart of God and ask our loving God to lay His healing hands on them.

In that way, these people will no longer be names on a list, they will be people who are special to us and we can be prayer warriors in our own homes. Try it! Sr. Sheila

Sara Wheeler David Leon Al & Gloria Romero Joselyn Gonzalez Carl Thune Norma Seijos Carrie Rubidoux Bob Gonzalez Sam Leon Terri Ruiz Joe Leon Chayarne Morales Johanna Morales Armando Morales Connie Dedobay Thomas Dedobay Fernando Recio Bernarda Diangco Mary & Camryn Price Joaquin Montalvan Brian Stempson Irene Guevara Gilbert Rivera Jr. Arnoldo Pedrego Lucito Tiangco Judy Shepard Emilia Garcia Gina Settig Kurt Walker Eric Noise Cynthia Ramirez Rosemary Soltero Guadalupe Lepe Dolores Belmont Josephine Vidal Albina Serrano Martha Jaramillo Joshua Weston Rose Marie Fidler Beverly Brennan Donna Blythe Flora Magnon Larry Fontain Howard Wyman Enriqueta Mata Lourdes Gallegos Theo Frear Myrna Wright Patricia Higgins Jimmy Hughes John Behr Dat & Natalie Do Victoria Lucero Jennifer Webster Matthew Ryan Dora Morales Daniel Castillo Diana Delaware Rena Mac Neil Yadira Salazar Christine Valverde

Please call the Parish Office at (909) 981-8110 ext. 10 to add your loved ones name. Please note, names will be removed after three months.

This Week At St. Joseph Parish

MONDAY, December 7 Vigil Immaculate Conception / No Meetings

7:00 pm Vigil Spanish Mass Church

TUESDAY, December 8 Immaculate Conception / No Meetings

7:30 am English Mass Church 12:15 pm School Mass Church 7:00 pm Bilingual Mass Church

WEDNESDAY, December 9 Penance Service at St. George Parish 7:00 pm

THURSDAY, December 10 11:00 am Bible Study St. Ambrose 6:30 pm Theatre Ministry Church 7:00 pm Spanish Choirs St. Cecilia 7:00 pm RICA OLG 7:00 pm Tongan Choir Sacred Heart

FRIDAY, December 11

7:00 pm OLG Play Church

SATURDAY, December 12 5:00 am OLG Serenade 6:00 am OLG Mass followed by social in the Hall 3:00 pm OLG Procession 3:30 pm Confessions Church

SUNDAY, December 13 11:00 am Religious Ed. Sacred Heart

Go to stjosephsupland.org for more info!

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 35:1-10; Ps 85:9-14; Lk 5:17-26 Tuesday: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Wednesday: Is 40:25-31; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10; Mt 11:28-30 Thursday: Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, 9-13ab; Mt 11:11-15 Friday: Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47, or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 707-712 Sunday: Zep 3:14-18a; Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6;

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Is 35:1-10; Sal 85 (84):9-14; Lc 5:17-26 Martes: Gén 3:9-15, 20; Sal 98 (97):1-4; Ef 1:3-6, 11-12; Lc 1:26-38 Miércoles: Is 40:25-31; Sal 103 (102):1-4, 8, 10; Mt 11:28-30 Jueves: Is 41:13-20; Sal 145:1, 9-13ab; Mt 11:11-15 Viernes: Is 48:17-19; Sal 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-19 Sábado: Zac 2:14-17 o Ap 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lc 1:26-38 o Lc 1:39-47, o cualquier lectura del Común de la Santísima María Virgen

Catholic Community of St. Joseph

THE THEATRICAL MINISTRY OF ST JOSEPH CHURCH INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE LIVE PRESENTATION OF:

THE APARITIONS OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

Friday DECEMBER 11 at 7:00 pm in the CHURCH

    EL MINISTERIO DE TEATRO DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN JOSE

LO INVITA A LA PRESENTACION DE LA OBRA TEATRAL DE:

LAS APARICIONES DE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE

ElL MIERCOLES 11 DE DECIEMBRE A LAS 7:00 PM EN LA IGLESIA

Fr. Jerome “Jerry” Ochetti, Pastor E-mail: [email protected]

Fr. Timothy Do, Parochial Vicar E-mail: Fr.Timothy.D@stjosephsupland

Deacon Octavio Echeverria Ext. 11

Deacon Mark Lopez [email protected] Ext. 33

Jesus Maldonado, Director of Liturgy & Ministry [email protected] Ext. 19

Christina Berry, Office Administrator [email protected] Ext. 18

Joanne Garay, Bookkeeper [email protected] Ext. 14

Belinda Valencia, Receptionist [email protected] Ext. 10

Debbie Aud, Director of Religious Education [email protected] Ext. 29

Nellie Davison, Director of Parish Life [email protected] Ext. 16

Jose Valencia, Confirmation Coordinator [email protected] Ext. 26

Michelle Moralez, Young Adult Minister [email protected] Ext. 36

Carolyn Hite, Director of His Hands [email protected] Ext. 20

RCIA Ext. 12

Marlene Gonzalez, Altar Servers Coordinator (310) 429-2443 Daniela Perez, Altar Servers Coordinator (909) 975-1390

Maria Hermosillo, Quinceañera Coordinator Ext. 34

Vern Garcia, Wedding Coordinator (English) Ext. 23

Maria Hermosillo, Coordinación de Matrimonios Ext. 37

Sr. Sheila Reen, Ministry to the Sick (909) 949-9924

Prayer Tree (909) 949-7006

Please see the Parish website @stjosephsupland.org for additional Ministry contacts.

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday/Sábado 5:00 pm Vigil, 7:00 pm (Español) Vigila

Sunday/Domingo 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 11:00am , 1:00 pm (Español), 5:30 pm

Daily Masses Monday thru Thursday 7:30 am Friday 8:30 am

Misa en Español Cada Miércoles 7:00 pm

Holy Days of Obligation As Announced

Confessions/Confesiones Saturday: 3:30 pm (English & Spanish) or by appointment

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration 24 hours a day / 7 Days a Week

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November 29, 2015

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This week the RCIA ministry will be studying

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Regarding Suicide and Mass One of our parishioners wrote that they were a little confused about the Church’s stance regarding suicide. Apparently a friend who took their own life was afforded a Mass of Resurrection (funeral Mass) and this was questioned by our parishioner. I wrote: I’m assuming you’re asking “Does the Church recognize suicide as a sin”, and the simple answer is “yes”. As a child I was taught it was a mortal sin. But we have to recognize that culpability and desire to commit the sin affects the gravity of the offence. The Church in the pre-Vatican II past was quick to judge this sin as grave enough to forbid a Mass and even burial in a Catholic cemetery. In the years following, the Church has begun to look at state of mind of the person committing the sin. Much the same way the State looks insanity as a defense in murder cases. We as Church cannot determine the sanity of the person who takes one’s life, so we cannot judge the sin. Therefore we do not exclude suicides from the Mass of Resurrection or Catholic Burial. Severe depression tends to cloud one’s ability to process information in a rational sense. Is suicide a sin? Yes. Is it a mortal sin? It depends.

On Thursday, December 3rd The Boy Scouts of America, California Inland Empire Council, Old Baldy recognized Father Jerry as the 2015 North Star Award Recipient. Congratula ons Fr. Jerry!

A Prayer for the World Meeting of Families –Philadelphia 2015 God and Father of us all, in Jesus, your Son and our Savior, you have make us your sons and daughters in the family of the Church. May your grace and love help our families in every part of the world be united to one another in fidelity to the Gospel. May the example of the Holy Family, with the aid of your Holy Spirit, guide all families, especially those most troubled, to be homes

of communion and prayer and to always seek your truth and live in your love. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, pray for us!

Oficial Encuentro Mundial de las Familias Oración Dios y Padre de todos nosotros, en Jesús, tu Hijo y nuestro Salvador, que nos han convertido en sus hijos e hijas en la familia de la Iglesia. Que tu gracia y amor ayudar a nuestras familias en todas partes del mundo se unen entre sí en la fidelidad al Evangelio. Que el ejemplo de la Sagrada Familia, con la ayuda de tu Espíritu Santo, guía a todas las familias, especialmente aquellas con más problemas, como las casas de la comunión y la oración y de buscar siempre la verdad y vivir en tu amor. Por Cristo nuestro Señor, Amén. Jesús, María y José, ruega por nosotros!

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2. Poinsettia Sales— Sundays December 6th, 13th, 20th. Following all Masses– Sell 3 get 1 hour

3. Christmas Toy & Food Giveaway, Sat. Dec. 19th 8:30am till 12pm in the hall

4. Family Christmas Celebration– Sunday, Dec. 20th

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5. Church Christmas Decorating– TBA

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Friday, Dec. 11th 7pm

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Saturday, Dec. 12th 5am

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GAMES:

Family Christmas Bingo

Place Baby Jesus in the crèche

Family Karaoke

Christmas Cookie Decorating

Gift Exchange: Please bring a wrapped $5 new gift ,adult to adult, child to child and a visit from Old Saint Nick

Sunday, December 20, 2015 In the Our Lady of Guadalupe Room 2:30pm-5pm

Adorn the Altar and give a loved one prayer with a beautiful Poinsettia Plant in their honor this Christmas Season. Can be purchased on Sunday, December 6th, 13th, and 20th on the patio following the Mass.

Thank you for your support! Pax

Please stop by one of the Giving Trees and be an angel this year to a needy child. Return new unwrapped gift item by Thur. Dec. 17th in the Family Life or His Hands office. Thank you for your support and love!

December 6, 2015

FIRST SESSION 5:30pm—6:30 pm (8 games) 1 Pack $10.00 2 Packs $15.00 3 Packs $20.00

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EVERY TUESDAY In the Parish Hall

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Thank you to the Talleres de Oracion group that volunteered their time and talent to our parish by cleaning the church. God Bless you! Gracias a Talleres de Oracion y Vida por su tiempo y talent al aseo de nuestra parroquia. ¡Que Dios Los Bendiga!

2nd SESSION 7:00 pm—8:30 pm (12 games) 1 Pack $20.00 2 Packs $30.00 3 Packs $35.00

Join us… - Pro-Life Annual Christmas party/mee ng on Friday, December 11th at 6:00 p.m. All are welcome to join us in planning next year’s events. Contact Dennis Catlin at 909-560-0348 or Maria McAfee at 909-908-2258 for more information. Please note: This mee ng will NOT be in the parish offices. - 2nd Annual One Life LA walk for life on January 23, 2016. We plan on taking the Metrolink from Upland to Olvera St. where the walk will begin. St. Joseph Parish T-shirts will be ordered for all who want to join us. If interested, each shirt costs $10.00 payable to Maria McAfee. Contact her by January 4th to

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