1150 West Holt Avenue Pomona California 91768 • (909) 629-4101• Fax (909) 623-0265 • www.stjosephpomona.com

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH FOUNDED IN 1886

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday, September 3, 2017 My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God/ Mi alma está sedienta de ti,Señor, Dios mio

St. Joseph Website & Online Giving Link / Portales de San Jose y Para Donaciones Electrónicas http://stjoseph-pomona.org

HOLY MASS/SANTA MISA Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM English Saturday: 05:00 PM English, 06:30 PM Arabic Sunday: 08:00 AM English, 09:30 AM Español 11:00 AM English, 12:30 PM Español

CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES Monday & Friday: 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM Friday: 5:30-6:30 PM Saturday: 3:30 to 4:30 PM

ADORATION/ADORACION DEL SANTISIMO Every Friday: 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM

We at Saint Joseph are a worshiping multi-cultural com-munity, called to share our diverse God-given gifts, in order to grow in holiness and oneness, through the cele-bration of the Eucharist, preaching of the word, charita-ble service, and ongoing spiritual formation and conver-sion. We are brothers and sisters in Christ, led by the Holy Spirit, to witness God’s Good News to all.

Rev. Steven Guitron, Pastor Rev. Louis Gonsalves, Associate Pastor Rev. John Montejano, in residence Rev. Richard Van De Water, Arabic Chaplain Permanent Deacon, Margarito Barrios

GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1200 West Holt Avenue Mrs. Diane Gehner….……..……………….622-3365 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE …..629-1404 1200 West Holt Avenue, room 6 Mrs. Lillian Cervantes……….Level 1 Coordinator Elementary Age Sacramental Preparation Mrs. Sylvia Garcia…………..Level 2 Coordinator High School & Adult Sacramental Preparation FELICIAN SISTERS 1180 West Holt Avenue……….....................629-1308 VOCATION OFFICE……………. …(213) 637-7248

ST. JOSEPH (465850-W0260 POMONA, CA

In Our Parish This Week

Monday 4

Labor Day– Office Closed! Tuesday 5 Familias Unidas 6:30pm-9:30pm CSJ Practice Music Director Ning: 5pm-9pm MR Legion de Maria IC 7-9pm ME Spanish pre-baptismal class 7-9pm CH Wednesday 6 Legion de Maria Rosa Mistica: 10:00am-12pm CSJ Spanish Divine Mercy 6-9pm CSJ SVDP meeting 6-8pm Rectory Conference Room Thursday 7 Virtus Recertification 7pm AU

Friday 8 Lectores 7-9pm ME Familias Unidas 6:30pm-9:30pm CSJ Luz y Esperanza 7-9pm ER

Saturday 9 English baptism 10am CH Quinceanera mass 12pm CH wedding 2pm CH AACC 8-10PM ME

Sunday 10 Nueva Vida 6pm-9:30pm ER

Saturday 2 5:00pm Maria Antonia (RIP)

Sunday 3 8:00am Antonio Reyes (RIP) 9:30am St. Joseph Church 11:00am Jorge Boada (RIP) 12:30pm Leonardo Flores (RIP) Monday 4 8:00am Phon Bui (RIP) Tuesday 5 8:00am Joseph Canh Luu (RIP) Wednesday 6 8:00am Francisco Illingworth (LIV) Thursday 7 8:00am Felix Family (LIV) Friday 8 8:00am Maria Lustre Portugal (RIP)

Please pray for the Sick and Suffering in our Comumunity: Hilda Perez, Teresa Landos, Zoila Palomo, Jaime Haro, Maria Rodriguez, Juan Hernandez, Julia Hernan-dez, Ana Soledad Medina, Lila Landos, Cristian Landos, Morena Chacon, Mario Chacon, Sixto Rivera, Victor Julian Perez, Jose Cabral, Maria Gamboa, Maleah, Bryse, Xochitl Romero, Efrain Ayala, Rita Salvato, Manuel Aguayo, Maria de Jesus Gamboa and Barbara Barcelo and Maria Munoz.

PARISH ADMINISTRATION Business Manager …………...……… Valarie Liebel Secretary …….. …………………….. Aura Romero

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS & MINISTRIES

Book Store Manager – Lydia Figueroa .................... …860-5720 Couples for Christ – Arnold Neneth Reyes ……...…...896-6948 Director of Music – Ning & Joe Manahan……(951)442 –9455 Altar Society—Amparo Berumen……………...(951) 202-5399 Fellowship Sunday – Jose & Maria Mendoza………..902-9886 Filipino Ministry – Iraida Beltran-. ………………….210-7103 Finance Council Chair – Ceasar Mayor……………...622-4554 Lectors – Myrna Zambrano…………………………. 362-7233 - Thaliah Chavez……………………………..236-2079 Marriage Coordinator — Lourdes Morelos…………..843-8508 Pastoral Council Chair – Virginia Mendez …………..861-7687 Ushers – Adan Lopez ............................................... …620-5909 Vocation Angel – Ian Tompkins…………………… 709-5396. Bereavement Ministry Jesus & Barbara Quezada…...720-4269 Youth Ministry –Sylvia Garcia …………………..629-1404 PROGRAMAS EN ESPAÑOL ..................... Monagillos -Sandy Rodriguez ……………………….620-1860 Angel de Vocación – Isabel & Miriam Reyes …….....896-6948 Coordinadora de Boda – Lourdes Morelos…………. .843-8508 Coro Adulto Misa de 9:30a.m. – Margarito Elias… …263-7618 Coro Adulto Misa de 12:30p.m.– Andrew Batres...….623-3933 Encuentro Matrimonial – Ignacio y Ana Vega….……753-8614 Grupo de Oración – Alejandro Becerra ……………...236-8508 Estudio de Biblia—Adrian Morelos………………….843-8508 Ministerio Luz y Esperanza - Alejandro Becerra....... 236-9218 Grupo Guadalupano—Rafael Rodriguez …………….229-5137 Hora Santa Sacerdotal-Margarito & Rosario …………….….865-4750 Nueva Vida en Jesucriso - Gilberto Razo……………450-4427 Lectores – Fernando Rosales ………………………...620-4286 Legion de Maria Immaculada C.…Maria Vega……....917-1409 Legion de Maria Rosa Mistica– Reyna Sanchez ……..933-0371 9:30 Misa Ministro de Eucaristia-Enedina Vera……..917-5878 12:30pm Misa Ministro de Eucaristía – Ernesto Perea ………………………………………….. ….…(626)-533-9324 Quinceaneras Maria & Jose Mendoza… ……………..902-9886 Familias Unidas en Cristo-Alejo Ramos……………...542-5528 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS .................... Health Ministry - Sadie Ramirez……………………...629-4101 Divine Mercy – Imelda Bautista ............................. …244-6094 Knights of Columbus – James Sanchez ……………...633-4309 YLI – Bernice Critchfield ……………………….626-634-8314 St. Vincent De Paul-Roberta Mumm……………..…..469-9773

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Septiembre 3, Vigesimo Segundo Domingo Del Tiempo Ordinario

Queridos Hermanos y Hermanas,

Continuo compartiendo con ustedes la vida de San Jose como Esposo de Maria y padre adoptivo de Jesus se los present a ustedes como a un hombre emular es decir un hombre digno de imitar. ¿Por qué tenemos que hacer un gran cosa de un hombre de quien poco se sabe? Después de todo, excepto la historia de José y María encontrar a Jesús en el templo, a la edad de 12 años, San José no es mencionado incluso fuera de Mateo y de Lucas narraciones de su infancia e in-cluso son considerados por la mayoría de los estudiosos de la escritura histórica. Sencillamente, San José es importante debido al papel que desempeñó en la vida de Jesús y de María, y la nuestra. Como tantos santos, no necesitamos un montón de detalles de su vida para comprender el significado de su vida. San José era un hombre judío de su epoca. Vivió en el pequeño pueblo de Nazaret y se desempeñó como carpintero del pueblo. Sin la ayuda de herramientas eléctricas y un moderno taller, cuidó de la carpintería y de las necesi-dades de sus vecinos. Él podría haber tenido un nego-cio lo suficientemente grande como para emplear a otras personas y poder haber enseñado su oficio a los hombres más jóvenes, incluyendo a Jesús. Él parece haber sido bastante conocido en su comunidad de ori-gen, para cuando Jesús volvió a Nazaret, fue conocido como el hijo de José. Y como tantos otros pueblos de su día, Jose probablemente no viajo muy lejos en su vida. José también fue el esposo de la Santísima Virgen María. Pero sabemos por las Escrituras que el matrimo-nio no empezo bien cuando él descubrió que estaba embarazada. Este debe haber sido desbastador. Pero nos dan un vistazo de la clase de hombre que fue en su decisión de "divorciarse de ella silenciosamente." Sin duda él fue profundamente herido, pero él no podía exponer su vergüenza; la amaba demasiado. Por lo tanto, al ser un "hombre justo", él decidió hacer lo que creía era lo mejor para ambos. Sin embargo, sabemos que Dios premia su amor y le ayudó a aceptar la situa-ción, incluso si él no comprendio plenamente en el momento. Obedientemente, él tomó a María en su casa y ella se convirtió en su esposa. Como la mayoría de los maridos y padres, José no tienen un momento fácil. Fue una gran lucha. Seguire la próxima semana.

San José, ruega por nosotros! Padre Esteban Guitron

September 3rd, 22nd Sunday In Ordinary Time:

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

As I continue to share about Saint Joseph as the Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster father of Jesus, I present him to you as a man to emulate, that is, a man to imitate. Why do we make such a big deal of someone we know so very little about? After all, except for the story of Joseph and Mary finding Jesus in the Temple at the age of 12, Saint Joseph isn’t even mentioned outside of Matthew and Luke’s infancy narratives and even they are considered historical by most Scripture scholars. Simply put, Saint Joseph is important be-cause of the role he played in the lives of Jesus and Mary, and ours. Like so many saints, we don’t need a lot of details of his life to realize the significance of his life. Saint Joseph was a Jewish man of his day. He lived in the small village of Nazareth and served as the town carpenter. Without the aid of power tools and a modern workshop, he took care of the carpentry needs of his neighbors. He may have had a large enough business to employ others and may have taught his trade to the younger men, including Jesus. He seems to have been fairly well known in his home community, for when Jesus returned to Nazareth, he was known as Joseph’s son. And like so many other people of his day, Joseph probably did not travel very far in his lifetime. Joseph was also the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. But we know from Scripture that the marriage got off to rough start when he found that she was pregnant. This must have been heartbreaking. But we get a glimpse of the kind of man he was in his decision to “divorce her quietly.” He no doubt was deeply hurt, but he couldn’t expose her to shame; he loved her too much. So, being a “just man,” he decided to do what he felt was best for both of them. We know, however, that God rewarded his love and helped him accept the situation, even if he didn’t fully under-stand it at the time. Obediently, he took Mary into his home and she became his wife. Like most husbands and fathers, Joseph did not have an easy time. It was struggle. That’s where I will continue next week.

Saint Joseph pray for us!

Fr. Steven Guitron

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ST. JOSEPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1200 W. Holt Avenue Pomona, CA. 91768

St. Joseph Elementary School is now accepting registration applications for the upcoming school Year 2017– 2018 For Grades TK-8. Financial Assistance applications are available to those who fall into the guidelines set by the archdiocese.

• Fully accredited by WASC • Choir • Sports • Student Council • Child Care For more information and any questions, please call

the school office at (909) 622-3365

ESCUELA DE SAN JOSE Pomona Unase a la familia de la Escuela Catolica de San Jose 1200 W. Holt Ave.

Pomona, Ca. 91768 Estamos aceptando applications para el Año Escolar 2017-2018 TK-Octavo Grado. Asistencia Financiera las appli-caciones estan disponibles. Para familias que califican dentro de la guias de la Arquidioceses.

• Coro • Cuidado de niños en la tarde • Deportes • Plenamente Acreditada por WASC • Concilio Estudiantil

Para mas información llamar a la oficina de la escuela (909) 622-3365

Monthly Poor Box Report

Total collections for August 2017 was $290.92 of which $109 was spent on Fruit Juice,

Hygiene Products $93.00 and Bottled Water $81. Please donate generously Thank you for

your contributions.

Warn tweens and teens about selfie risks

Teens and tweens typically like to push boundaries and test their limits, but the new trend of tak-ing dangerous selfies has led to several tragedies. There are far too many people who think that taking a picture while driving, or standing out on a ledge, is more important than their own safety, and that getting “likes” on a photo makes the risks worth it. Talk to your kids about safety, smart choices, and being aware of their environment and sur-roundings, even when they’re using their smartphones. For a copy of the VIRTUS© online article “Selfies are More Dan-gerous than You Think,” email jvienna@la-archdiocese.org or call (213) 637-7227 For upcoming Virtus Training: http://virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0

Advierta a los adolescentes y preadolescentes sobre los riesgos de

los selfies

A los adolescentes y preadolescentes por lo común les gusta tomar riesgos y probar sus límites, pero la nueva tendencia de tomar selfies peligrosos ha llevado a varias tragedias. Hay demasiadas personas que piensan que tomar una foto mien-tras se conduce, o pararse en una repisa es más importante que su propia seguridad, y que obtener “likes” por una foto hace que los riesgos valgan la pena. Hable con sus hijos acerca de la seguridad, las elecciones inteligentes, y ser conscientes de su entorno y sus alrededores, incluso cuando están usando sus teléfonos inteligentes. Para obtener una copia del artículo en línea de VIRTUS © “Selfies are More Dangerous than You Think” (Los selfies son más peligrosos de lo que usted cree), envíe un correo electrónico a bmelendez@la-archdiocese.org o llame al (213) 637-7508.

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On September 9 & 10, 2017, the Bethlehem Christian Families will be here to sell their hand carved religious articles made of olive wood. The sale of these precious articles supports their Church Mission which is to main-tain the roots and the existence of the Christian Families who are struggling to remain in Bethlehem.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Closed

Monday, September 4, 2017 In observance of Labor Day

St. Vincent De Paul Donations

Thank you for your donations During the last few months. Our needs now are bottled water, milk, peanut butter, canned tuna, cereal, canned

fruit, ramen, rice, hygiene products for men and women, socks, and plastic forks and spoons. Thank you for your continued support.

Sunday, September 3, 2017

ST. JOSEPH/ARAB AMERICAN CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

Rev. Rick Van De Water (909) 865-6895

Arabic Mass: Saturdays at 6:30pm followed by Fellowship

Legion of Mary: 1st Friday - Rosary at 11:30 AM followed by Mass at 12PM

Bible Study: Fridays at 7:30 pm. (in houses)

For anointing of the sick, house blessing and other pastoral needs in Arabic, please call Fr. Rick

FIRST COMMUNION & RCIC PROGRAM

Orientation for those already registered is as follows: 1st year parents: Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 9am in the auditorium

2nd year parents: Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 10:30am in the auditorium

PROGRAMA DE PRIMERA

COMMUNION Y RCIC DE NIÑOS

La orientación para aquellos que están ya inscritos en el progama es en la siguiente fecha:

Sabado, Septiembre 30, 2017 a 9am en el auditorio para nuevos padres Para padres del segundo año, Sabado, Septiembre 30, 2017 a 10:30am en el auditorio

Rectory Office will be Closed:

Monday, September 4, 2017 in Observance of Labor Day

La Oficina de la Rectoria estara cerrada:

Lunes, Septiembre 4, 2017 en Oservación del Dia del Trabajo

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18; Ps 96:1, 3-5, 11-13; Lk 4:16-30, or, for Labor Day, any readings from the Mass “For the Blessing of Human Labor,” nos. 907-911

Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 4:31-37

Wednesday: Col 1:1-8; Ps 52:10-11; Lk 4:38-44

Thursday: Col 1:9-14; Ps 98:2-6; Lk 5:1-11

Friday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6 Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23]

Saturday: Col 1:21-23; Ps 54:3-4, 6, 8; Lk 6:1-5

Sunday: Ez 33:7-9; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

Lunes: 1 Tes 4:13-18; Sal 96 (95):1, 3-5, 11-13; Lc 4:16-30, o las lecturas de la Misa “Por la santificación del trabajo”

Martes: 1 Tes 5:1-6, 9-11; Sal 27 (26):1, 4, 13-14; Lc 4:31-37

Miércoles: Col 1:1-8; Sal 52 (51):10-11; Lc 4:38-44

Jueves: Col 1:9-14; Sal 98 (97):2-6; Lc 5:1-11

Viernes: Miq 5:1-4a o Rom 8:28-30; Sal 13 (12):6 Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23]

Sábado: Col 1:21-23; Sal 54 (53):3-4, 6, 8; Lc 6:1-5

Domingo: Ez 33:7-9; Sal 95 (94):1-2, 6-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20

Weekly Stewardship

August 26 & 27, 2017 $5,591.67

Thank you for your continued support!

Corresponsabilidad Semanal Gracias por su Generosidad

Agosto 26 & 27, 2017 $ 5,591.67

Septiembre 8

La Natividad de la Santísima Vigen María