PARISH INFORMATION MARRIAGE: Contact the Parish office at (916) 452-0296 6 months prior to the wedding date. Marriage Prepara on classes are available. INFANT BAPTISM: Contact the Parish Office. Parents and godparents must a end class. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Contact the Parish Office regarding sick, elderly who are at home, hospitals or special care facili es. MUSIC: For Music Ministry, call Ben (916) 383-6155 RCIA: Process for adults and children of cateche cal age who are interested in joining the Catholic Church and bap zed Catholics wan ng to complete their ini a on sacraments of Confirma on and Eucharist. Please call Michelle Mills at (916) 806-6876 CFF: Catholic youth are formed through the Parish Faith Forma on Program (CFF). Cindy Blecha (916) 826-1328 BULLETIN: Our church bulle n is prepared two weeks in advance. All submissions are reviewed by the Pastor. Email requests to traci@stmarysacto.org no later than the Thursday two weeks before.

ST. MARY SCHOOL To enroll in Preschool or TK to 8th grade,

please contact principal, Laura Allen at the school (916) 452-1100 or find more informa on on our

website www.saintmaryschool.com

MASS SCHEDULE Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00am, and 6:00pm

Daily Mass: Monday - Saturday 8:00am; Saturday 5:00pm (Vigil Mass)

Holy Days: As announced in bulle n CONFESSION : Saturday: 3:30pm-4:30pm

Or by appointment PASTOR: Fr. Antony Vadakara, CMI

frantony@stmarysacto.org DEACONS: Deacon Luigi Del Gaudio, MSW

deaconlu@stmarysacto.org Deacon George W. Kriske

deacongeorge@stmarysacto.org BUSINESS MANAGER: Tracilyn Peters

Email: traci@stmarysacto.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:00 pm

INFANT MARY CHAPEL Open Daily 6:30 am-5:00 pm

Solemn Adora on: First Fridays 8:30 am-6:00pm PARISHIONER REGISTRATION: contact parish office

ST. MARY PARISH 1333 58th Street, Sacramento, CA 95819

Phone: (916) 452-0296 www.stmarysacto.org

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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today’s solemnity, the final feast of the Church year, is a youngster as feasts go. In 1925, Pope Pius XI was distressed by global political upheaval and the de-Christianizing of society. That year was a “Holy Year,” keyed to the sixteen hundredth anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, when the words “and of his kingdom there will be no end” were added to the Creed. The Pope explained that although most feasts had developed over many centuries, the Church sometimes provided a new feast to address new needs. He pointed to the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, showing Christ’s love and compassion in a time when many people embraced a cold and gloomy spirituality. Originally on the last Sunday of October, in the late 1960s the solemnity of Christ the King was moved to the last Sunday of the year. Fresh from baptism’s waters, we are anointed with chrism “as Christ was anointed priest, prophet, and king.” This feast is a key to our identity. On this feast, we recognize Christ as a king who breaks the usual mold of kingship, and who shapes his kingdom with our hands, our words, our deeds of love and service. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’

OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME (Continued) V. GLOBAL INEQUALITY 48. The human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together; we cannot adequately combat environmental degradation unless we attend to causes related to human and social degradation. In fact, the deterioration of the environment and of society affects the most vulnerable people on the planet: “Both everyday experience and scientific research show that the gravest effects of all attacks on the environment are suffered by the poorest”.[26] For example, the depletion of fishing reserves especially hurts small fishing communities without the means to replace those resources; water pollution particularly affects the poor who cannot buy bottled water; and rises in the sea level mainly affect impoverished coastal populations who have nowhere else to go. The impact of present imbalances is also seen in the premature death of many of the poor, in conflicts sparked by the shortage of resources, and in any number of other problems which are insufficiently represented on global agendas.[27] 49. It needs to be said that, generally speaking, there is little in the way of clear awareness of problems which especially affect the excluded. Yet they are the majority of the planet’s population, billions of people. These days, they are mentioned in international political and economic discussions, but one often has the impression that their problems are brought up as an afterthought, a question which gets added almost out of duty or in a tangential way, if not treated merely as collateral damage. Indeed, when all is said and done, they frequently remain at the bottom of the pile. This is due partly to the fact that many professionals, opinion makers, communications media and centres of power, being located in affluent urban areas, are far removed from the poor, with little direct contact with their problems. They live and reason from the comfortable position of a high level of development and a quality of life well beyond the reach of the majority of the world’s population. This lack of physical contact and encounter, encouraged at times by the disintegration of our cities, can lead to a numbing of conscience and to tendentious analyses which neglect parts of reality. At times this attitude exists side by side with a “green” rhetoric. Today, however, we have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. 50. Instead of resolving the problems of the poor and thinking of how the world can be different, some can only propose a reduction in the birth rate. At times, developing countries face forms of international pressure which make economic assistance contingent on certain policies of “reproductive health”. Yet “while it is true that an unequal distribution of the population and of available resources creates obstacles to development and a sustainable use of the environment, it must nonetheless be recognized that demographic growth is fully compatible with an integral and shared development”.[28] To blame population growth instead of extreme and selective consumerism on the part of some, is one way of refusing to face the issues. It is an attempt to legitimize the present model of distribution, where a minority believes that it has the right to consume in a way which can never be universalized, since the planet could not even contain the waste products of such consumption. Besides, we know that approximately a third of all food produced is discarded, and “whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor”.[29] Still, attention needs to be paid to imbalances in population density, on both national and global levels, since a rise in consumption would lead to complex regional situations, as a result of the interplay between problems linked to environmental pollution, transport, waste treatment, loss of resources and quality of life.

Mass Intentions Requested By Saturday, November 23 8:00am Florentino Bersola + Bersola Family 5:00pm Carol White + Family Sunday, November 24 8:00 am Al Franzoia + Wife & Family 9:30am Frank Puccinelli + Wife & Daughters 11:00am Alma Sewald + Daughters 6:00pm For our Parishioners & Their Prayer Requests Monday, November 25 8:00am Fr. Sijo Mary Ann Brizzee Tuesday, November 26 8:00am John Cecchettini + Gloria Gabrielli & Family Wednesday, November 27 8:00am Mary Velo + Lucchesini Family Thursday, November 28 8:00am St. Mary’s Past & Present CMI Priests Barbara Carvalho-Lehmann 10:00am Filipe Machado + Wife & Family Friday, November 29 8:00am Pisone Antonio Ve’a + Tracilyn Peters Elena Bertolani + Gloria Gabrielli & Family Saturday, November 30 8:00am Linda Brown Bruce & Elvira O’Day 5:00pm Joseph Lobue + Jeanette & Bob Hoover & Family Sunday, December 1 8:00am Robert & David Zarick + Joan Zarick 9:30am Jeremy Wright + Mom 11:00am Pete & Eva Barsotti + and Barbara Bernhard + Ernie & Idamarie Barsotti & Family 6:00pm For our Parishioners & Their Prayer Requests

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Dn 1:1-6, 8-20; Dn 3:52-56; Lk 21:1-4 Tuesday: Dn 2:31-45; Dn 3:57-61; Lk 21:5-11 Wednesday: Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dn 3:62-67; Lk 21:12-19 Thursday: Dn 6:12-28; Dn 3:68-74; Lk 21:20-28 Thanksgiving Day, Suggested: Sir 50:22-24; Ps 145:2-11; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19 Friday: Dn 7:2-14; Dn 3:75-81; Lk 21:29-33 Saturday: Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 4:18-22 Sunday: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-9; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44

You are a stranger but once. You are a child of God, redeemed by Our Savior, Jesus Christ. In God’s name, we welcome you. May you find friendship, peace and serenity in our community. If you are a visitor interested in joining our parish community or the Catholic Faith, please register as soon as possible using the form in the vestibules of the church or on our website. If you are returning after being away….

Welcome Home!

RESTART When you stop to think, don’t forget to start again. —Anonymous

Congratulations to Kennedy Whitney who celebrated her

Quinceaneras On November 9, 2019

Frank Lienert, Sr. John Drumm, Sr. John Adamo, Sr. Matthew Eaker Donald Kriske

Thomas Ray Boyd

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! Thank you to Dorothy Cruz for volunteering to help out in the parish office last week. Your help is truly and greatly appreciated!!

The clergy and staff of St. Mary Parish would like to wish everyone a very

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Parish office will be closed Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29,

in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Masses on Thanksgiving Day will be at 8am and 10am

LECTORS NEEDED Our Parish is in need of Lectors for weekend and daily liturgies. Lectors proclaim the word of God and is a wonderful ministry. Lector training is provided that includes a review of the revised Lector Directives, handouts and a "hands-on" reading at the Ambo. Once training is completed, the Lector is commissioned by the Priest and placed in the reading schedule. Lectoring enriches one's faith and provides a better understanding of the word of God. All Mass readings are available: Saturday, 5:00 pm, Sunday, 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am and 6:00 pm. If you have a gift of good speaking and a willingness to share that gift please contact the Lector Chair, Dale Walton, at (916) 920-2728.

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU !! Thank you to Suzie Rozewski with SFL Graphics who for years has donated her time and talent to design and create all our parish publications such as our Ministry Directory, Lent/Easter Schedule Cards, Advent/Christmas Schedule Cards, Festival Posters, Festival Raffle Tickets, Crab Feed Tickets and basically anything and everything we have asked her to do. Your help is truly and great appreciated!! Thank you also to our very talented Graphic Designer/Artist Rob Gold who for years has designed our Mardi Gras Crab Feed flyers. Rob has also agreed to help us out with additional projects such as designing our new November Crab Feed Flyer and our Parish Mediterranean Dinner flyer. Your help is truly and greatly appreciated!!

St. Mary Parish Family, together with the Pastor, welcomes Rev. Fr. Joseph Kuzhichalil, CMI as Parochial Vicar. Prayerful Best Wishes!

11/24/19 RCIA Children’s Liturgy of the Word Parish Baptisms Catholic School Majorettes 11/25/19 Divine Mercy Chaplet Prayer Request Group 11/26/19 RCIA St. Mary Adult Recreational Basketball 11/27/19 Centering Prayer Group Choir Practice 11/28/19 HAPY THANKSGIVING!! 11/29/19 Divine Mercy Chaplet 11/30/19 Confessions 12/1/19 RCIA Children’s Liturgy of the Word

OUR MISSION STATEMENT St. Mary Parish prepares and sustains its members and

guests for a life and eternity in the presence of God. In accomplishing our mission, we proclaim and

celebrate our salvation through Jesus Christ enlivened by the Holy Spirit, nourish our sacramental life

especially in the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist and demonstrate our faith worshiping, educating,

serving and encouraging vocations.

THE GIFT OF TREASURE With gratitude for the gifts they have received,

Parishioners and visitors made a joyful return to the Lord of the following:

November 17, 2019

Weekly Collection (including EOP) :$9,127.94* Weekly Goal (to cover expenses): $13,000.00

Please remember St. Mary’s,

your Spiritual Home, in your will. *This amount only represents weekly Sunday Mass

collections. Other sources of income (i.e. donations, building fund, etc.) are not included in this number.

Special Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Please be generous in this week’s special collection, which supports the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. In the United States, one in six people live in poverty. Through this collection you support programs that address the causes of poverty and provide a sustainable future for people across the country who struggle. In addition 25% of the funds we collect will remain in our diocese to fund local antipoverty projects. Please prayerfully consider how you can support this collection and work on the margins. More information about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development can be found at www.usccb.org/cchd/collection.

Altar Servers Needed Calling all parish students interested in altar serving: Are you an entering fifth grader or older? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to altar serve for Mass? Are you looking for a way to serve YOUR parish? We would like to invite you to become an altar server! Training will be provided in October. St. Mary School students will have training during school. Students from other schools will have training on an evening or weekend. Please contact Ava Conlin at 760-809-7932 (call or text) or ava_conlin@yahoo.com

Christmas Tree Lane Tickets Now on Sale Tickets are now on sale for Jesuit High School’s Christmas Tree Lane on Sunday, December 1. Join your friends for fun holiday shopping and entertainment! This timeless tradition features a festive fashion show with Jesuit seniors and their parents, St. Francis senior girls, delicious dining, and specialty boutiques where you can find one-of-a-kind Christmas decorations, gourmet foods and delightful treasures. This year’s event is being held at Jesuit High School. Tickets are available for both the Madonna Luncheon and the Dinner Gala. For reservations, visit jesuithighschool.org/CTL.

THANKSGIVING Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feel-ing. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. —Henry Van Dyke

Parish Mediterranean Dinner Results Thank you once again to our parish Stewardship Committee, Event Chair Alanna Butterworth and all the many volunteers, sponsors, raffle prize donors and attendees that made our Parish Mediterranean Dinner such a great success. Your efforts are truly and greatly appreciated. Total Income $5,404.75 Expenses $2,969.52 Net Profit $2,435.23

Are you unable to come forward to receive communion? If you or a family member are disabled or not feeling well, please ask one of the ushers prior to Mass that you need a Eucharistic Minister to come to your seat. Also, you may sit in the baptistry area on the right front side of the church and a Eucharistic Minister will come to you.

Prayer of St. John Paul II for Life

Our beloved Saint John Paul II, wrote a beautiful prayer for life pleading for our Blessed Mother's intercession to protect the unborn, the elderly, and for all who have suffered violence. In this prayer, we pray for courage to proclaim the Gospel of life with honesty and love during this critical time we live in. Each prayer card is priced at .04 cents if ordered in bulk. If you are interested in purchasing these prayer cards for your parish, please send an e-mail to respectlife@scd.org.

The Rite of Christian

Initiation of Adults

Do you have questions about the Catholic faith?

Are you thinking about becoming Catholic?

Are you Catholic but never completed the Sacraments of Initiation (Confirmation and/or Eucharist)? If you or someone you know has questions like these, contact Michelle Mills at 916-806-6876 for more information about the RCIA process.

Centering Prayer Are we a truly Christ-centered people?

“Without an abiding relationship with God, it is difficult to live an authentic and consistent Christian life.” - Pope Francis Come join the Centering Prayer Group every Wednesday at 9:45– 11:30am in the Holy Spouses Room on the ’M’ Street side of the church. 9:45am- Gathering 10:00am– Reading and meditation 11:00am– Fellowship with refreshments “Let the Spirit speak to your heart.” - Pope Francis For more information, call Maxine at 916-383-1142

Camp Pendola is hiring! Camp Pendola is looking for energetic young people (18+ years) to work this summer as counselors with children and youth between the age of 6 to 17 in the great outdoors, and within the Catholic spirit! Paid positions begin June 7th and finish August 16th. Online applications are available now at www.pendola.org/employment or contact Jennifer Campbell at (916)733-0135 for more information.

Advent Retreat: "The Art of Waiting" Saturday, December 14, 2019, 8:00am - 3:00pm St. Philomene Parish, 2428 Bell Street, Sacramento Advent Retreat for Catechists and Lay Ministers. The fourth phase of Christian Growth: As a Christian, I too share in the mission of helping people to welcome Christ into their hearts with Fr. Andres Emmanuelli, Cecilia Flores and Fr. Frank Velazquez. Register online for $30: www.scd.org/waiting Questions contact Teresa Donan • 916-733-0132 • tdonan@scd.org

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