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MASS SCHEDULE Saturday/Vigil: 4:00pm

Sunday: 8:00am, 10:30am, 12:00pm (en español)

Weekdays: Monday - Friday 8:00am

Holy Days: as announced in bulletin

Adoration: Wednesdays & First Friday

8:30am - 12:00 Noon

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION/CONFESSION

Friday—5pm to 6pm

BAPTISMS Monthly—2nd Saturday 2:00pm

En Español—primer domingo 1pm

WEDDINGS Please make appt with Fr Michael at

least six (6) months in advance

September 18, 2016 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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855 E. Floradora Avenue Fresno, CA 93728

(559) 268-6388 Fax: (559) 268-0852 Office Hours: Tue - Fri: 8:00am - 4:00pm

Email: info@shrineofsttherese.org Website: www.shrineofsttherese.org

Religious Ed Office/Educación Religiosa

(559) 485-2199

STAFF

Rev. Michael A. Burchfield, Pastor

Rev. Flordito (Dhoy) Redulla, Sacramental Priest, Sunday Noon Mass

Cheryl Sershon, Parish Manager Cheryl@shrineofsttherese.org

Tuesday & Friday

Toni Walterman Office Asst/Wedding Coordinator

toni@shrineofsttherese.org Wednesday & Thursday

Maria Elena Cortes, Sacramental Preparation Coordinator

(en español) Mariaelena@shrineofsttherese.org llamar los miercoles, jueves, y viernes

Sheila Ryder, Sacramental Preparation Coordinator

Sheila@shrineofsttherese.org (English program) Wed, Thurs & Fri

Welcome/Bienvenidos

If you have not registered or would like to update registration information, please fill out this form. Please place in the collection basket or mail or drop off at the Parish office. Envelopes are sent only if requested.

Si no está registrado, o si desea actualizar la información de registro, por favor, rellene este formulario y coloque en la canasta de la colecta o entregarla en la Oficina Parroquial. Los sobres se envían sólo se solicita.

Name/Nombre

Address/Dirección/ Zip/Phone/el teléfono

Nuevo Feligrés New Parishioner

Request Envelopes

Por favor retire

Mon 9/19 8am Grace Saragoza

by Rosanna Saragoza & family

Tues 9/20 8am

Julio Sandoval by the Sandoval Family

Wed 9/21 8am

The Souls in Purgatory by a parishioner

Thurs 9/22 8am

Emerita Gan by The Gan Family

Fri 9/23 8am

Agapito Lopez and Lupe Lopez by Marcella Smith

Sat 9/24 4pm

In Loving Memory of Raymond Smith and Maria Carmen Lopez

by Marcella Smith

Sun 9/25 8am

In Loving Memory of Raymond Smith by Marcella Smith

10:30am

All Living and Deceased Members of St Therese Parish

by Father Michael A Burchfield

noon

Reading & Mass Intentions

Calendar

Eucharistic Adoration – Wednesdays & First Friday of the month Blessed Sacrament Chapel

8:30am - noon

Senior Luncheon 3rd Tuesday at Noon

Guadalupe Hall Call Barbara: 237-4855

Silver Threads Sewing Circle Thursdays 10am-noon

beginning 2nd Thursday Guadalupe Hall Call Eva: 486-4031

Senior Bible Study Fridays at 10:30am Guadalupe Hall Call Eileen: 229-0972

The St Therese Parish Guild 1st Wednesday of the month at 7pm in the Guadalupe Hall

Shrine of St. Therese Council 15122 Monthly Meetings 2nd Wednesday

Serving our Parish and Our Community Contact Theo Bluhm 559-276-7711

Grupo De Eventos Hispanos 1st Sunday at 1:15pm (following noon Mass) Guadalupe Hall Call Isais Zuniga: 558-7420

or Eva Casas: 486-4031

Matrimonia Encuentro Friday evenings

Call Angelica o Jose Medina 304-2319

Youth Group Follow the Light -Sigue la Luz

Every Friday at 6:30pm in Room 6 Miguel: 241-4453; Jorge: 475-2370;

Carlos: 304-0712

Talleres De Oración y Vida Todos los Miercoles 6:30pm—8:30pm Salon #2

Llamar a Rosalina Figueroa 907-9541 Virginia Ramirez 433-7823

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Prv 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17bc; Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b, 2abc, 3-4; Lk 9:18-22 Saturday: Eccl 11:9 — 12:8; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17; Lk 9:43b-45 Sunday: Am 6:1a, 4-7; Ps 146:7-10; 1 Tm 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31

Prayer Line Kathleen 473-9127 Línea de Orations Eva Casas 486-4031

Thank you for your offerings

September 11, 2016 $6,4,97.00 Budget: $6,857.00 Difference: ($360.00)

Gracias por sus ofrendas

You are invited to attend the TAIZE Prayer Service

at St. Anthony of Padua Church on Monday, September 26th at 7:30 to 8:30 pm

in the Main Church. The experience is hearing Scripture, singing,

praying, silence for extended periods of time, and Veneration at the Cross. The church is in

darkness. We sing, we pray and we meditate. Come and experience this special one-hour prayer service and leave in peace.

Matthew, the son of Alpheus (Mark 2:14) was a Galilean, although Eusebius informs us that he was a Syrian. As tax-gatherer at Capharnaum, he collected custom duties for Herod Antipas,

and, although a Jew, was despised by the Pharisees, who hated all publicans. When summoned by Jesus, Matthew arose and

followed Him and tendered Him a feast in his house, where tax-gatherers and sinners sat at table with Christ and His disciples. This drew

forth a protest from the Pharisees whom Jesus rebuked in these consoling words: "I came not

to call the just, but sinners".

The Gospel tells us “The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones”.

God has entrusted your spouse to your care – are you trust-worthy in that care? The last

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend® of 2016

will be presented at St. Francis Retreat Center, San Juan Bautista, CA on

October 21-23, 2016. For more information call Mary Jo and Rich Castello, at 1-831-200-3780 or

Email them at castellome1@gmail.com or register online at centralcawwme.org.

Jubilee Year of Mercy September 18, 2016 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mercy is one thing, malpractice quite another. Why, then, does the defrauded master in Jesus’ parable praise the devious steward? Jesus shows by example how to sanctify material goods: by placing all our resources, indeed our very selves, at the service of others. No matter how costly such service, or how minimal the return, such charity is the wisest investment, yielding a reward that is literally out of this world. For Amos and Jesus, authentic worship of God demands practical charity toward our neighbor. Paul, too, declares that the only worship acceptable to God is offered by a community rich in charity. Liturgy must be matched to life, “lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument” (1 Timothy 2:8). This Jubilee Year of Mercy challenges us to live as “children of light,” as devoted to self-sacrificing service as “the children of this world” (Luke 16:8) are to serving themselves, as enthusiastic for God’s kingdom of justice as we are about less-enduring treasures. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The Lord never forgets the sins of those who take advantage of the poor (Amos 8:4-7). Psalm — Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor (Psalm 113). Second Reading —Pray to the Lord, who wants everyone to be saved (1 Timothy 2:1-8). Gospel — Be trustworthy in all things. Serve God, the only master, not mammon (Luke 16:1-13 [10-13]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR OTHERS The Second Vatican Council has called us to envision the Church as the people of God. As a community of believers we are responsible for our brothers and sisters, their salvation, their journey of faith, their physical well-being. Many of the documents of Vatican II and volumes of work since the mid-1960s give us advice, guidelines, and encouragement to take care of one another: the poor, the elderly, the unborn, the broken, the infirm. Because Vatican II is part of our recent history—indeed many of us were already born—this may strike us as a new and revolutionary idea. But today’s readings show us the agelessness of the issue of social justice. Eight hundred years before Christ was born, Amos warned the wealthy not to cheat the poor. In Paul’s first letter to Timothy, he encourages all prayers to be for all people; and finally, the Gospel urges the wise use of money. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE is an annual pro-life campaign that has mobilized over 700,000 people worldwide, saved the lives of more than 11,796 babies in the womb, led to the

conversion of 133 abortion workers, and seen 73 abortion facilities close.

Please join us for an hour in prayer and fasting at a peaceful prayer vigil in front of

Planned Parenthood’s Fresno abortion facility (650 N. Fulton St.).

FROM September 28 TO November 6 The Central Valley is uniting with hundreds of

other cities around the world in this vigil; representing one of the largest and longest coordinated pro-life mobilizations in history.

To sign up or get more information visit: www.40daysfresno.org or

E-mail: juancarlos@rtlcc.org

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catechetical Sunday Monday: St. Januarius Tuesday: Ss. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang and Companions Wednesday: St. Matthew Thursday: Autumn begins Friday: St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

Año Jubilar de la Misericordia 18 de septiembre de 2016 Vigésimo Quinto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario La misericordia es una cosa y la negligencia otra muy diferente. ¿Por qué, entonces, el patrón robado en la parábola de Jesús reconoce a su trabajador hábil en los negocios? Jesús muestra con un ejemplo cómo santificar los bienes materiales: poniendo todos nuestros recursos, aún nosotros mismos, al servicio de nuestros prójimos. No importa que tan costoso ese servicio, o lo poco que podamos recibir a cambio, esa obra de caridad es la inversión más inteligente, que ofrece una recompensa que literalmente está más allá de este mundo. Para Amos y Jesús, la verdadera adoración a Dios exige obras de caridad útiles hacia nuestro prójimo. Pablo también expresa que la única adoración aceptable a Dios es la que se ofrece por una comunidad rica en caridad. La liturgia debe relacionarse con la vida “levantando al cielo sus manos puras, libre de odios y divisiones” (1 Timoteo 2:8). Este Año Jubilar de la Misericordia nos desafía a vivir como “hijos de la luz” —con dedicado servicio abnegado— tan entusiasmados por el Reino de Dios de justicia pero menos por los tesoros pasajeros; así como los “hijos de este mundo” se sirven a ellos mismos (Lucas 16:8). —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — El Señor nunca se olvida del pecado de los que hacen trampa a los pobres y abusan de ellos (Amós 8:4-7). Salmo — Que alaben al Señor todos sus siervos (Salmo 113 [112]). Segunda lectura — Reza al Señor, que quiere que todos se salven (1 Timoteo 2:1-8). Evangelio — Sé responsable en todo. No pueden ustedes servir a Dios y al dinero (Lucas 16:1-13). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario II © 1976, Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Litúrgica de la Conferencia

SOMOS RESPONSABLES POR LOS DEMÁS El Concilio Vaticano II nos ha llamado a imaginar la Iglesia como el pueblo de Dios. Como una comunidad de creyentes somos responsables por nuestros hermanos, por su salvación, su peregrinar en la fe, su bienestar físico. Muchos de los documentos del Concilio y volúmenes de trabajos desde mediados de la década del 60 nos dan consejos, guías y ánimo para ayudarnos unos a otros: a los pobres, a los ancianos, a los no nacidos, a los quebrantados, a los enfermos. Porque el Concilio Vaticano II es parte de nuestra reciente historia –sin duda muchos de nosotros ya habíamos nacido– esto nos puede parecer una idea nueva y revolucionaria. Pero las lecturas de hoy nos muestran que las enseñanzas sobre justicia social han existido siempre. Ochocientos años antes de nacer Cristo, Amós advirtió a los ricos que no engañaran a los pobres. En la primera carta de Pablo a Timoteo, él insiste en que todas las oraciones sean por todos; y finalmente, el Evangelio enfatiza la importancia de usar sabiamente el dinero. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

40 DÍAS POR LA VIDA es una campaña anual pro-vida que ha movilizado a más de

700,000 personas en todo el mundo, ha salvado la vida de más de 11,796 bebés en el

vientre, dio lugar a la conversión de 133 trabajadores de las clínicas de aborto, y ha

visto 73 centros de aborto cerrar sus puertas. Por favor, únase a nosotros para una hora en

oración y ayuno en una vigilia de oración pacífica en frente de la clínica de aborto

Planned Parenthood (650 N. Fulton St. en Fresno)

Del 28 de Septiembre al 6 de Noviembre El Valle Central se unirá a

cientos de otras ciudades de todo el mundo en esta vigilia; representando una de las movilizaciones coordinadas pro-vida más

grandes y más largas de la historia. Para inscribirse o para más información, visite:

www.40daysfresno.org or E-mail: juancarlos@rtlcc.org

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Vigésimo Quinto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario; Domingo Catequético Lunes: San Jenaro Martes: Santos Andrés Kim Tae-gŏn, Paul Chŏng Ha-sang y compañeros Miércoles: San Mateo, apóstol y evangelista Jueves: Inicio del Otoño Viernes: San Pío de Pietralcina (Padre Pío) Sábado: Santa María Virgen

“Be Filled” A Day Retreat for Women

facilitated by

Tanya Meneses Romero, M.S.

Begin the fall season by escaping for a day of reflection and fellowship in our own parish home. Come and join us as we take time to slow down and

be filled. We will have quiet reflection as well as shared discussion with other women. Women of all ages are invited and encouraged to come and

“Be Filled.”

Where: St. Paul Catholic Newman Center 1572 E. Barstow, Fresno, CA 93710

Cardinal Newman Hall

When: Saturday, October 8 9am until 3pm

Cost: $20 - includes lunch

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Phone: (_______)__________________________________

For information contact John Prandini, Director of Family Life Ministry, at prandinij@csufnewman.com or 436-3434 ext. 107

Make checks payable to St. Paul Catholic Newman Center and mail to:

St. Paul Catholic Newman Center, 1572 E. Barstow, Fresno, CA 93710 Attention: John Prandini