MAY 7 2017

St Brigid Catholic Church 5214 S. Western Ave. LA, CA 90062 Phone: 323-292-0781 | Fax: 323-290-1254 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stbrigidchurchla.com

PARISH STAFF

Pastor ....................... Rev. Kenneth Keke, SSJ Spanish Ministry ... Dcn. Hernando Rodriguez Parish Manager .................. Mrs. Cheryl Pyles Director of Religious Edu. Mrs. Floy Hawkins Parish Secretary........... Ms. Claudia Edwards

MASS SCHEDULES Saturday: Sunday:

4:00 PM 7:00 AM 8:30 AM 10:30 AM Weekdays: 8:15 AM

Vigil English Español Gospel Bilingual

CONFESSION Saturday: Sábados:

3:30–4:00 PM Or by appointment 3:30-4:00 PM o por cita

OUR MISSION: We the Faith Community of St.

Brigid Catholic Church declare our mission is to know and imitate Jesus. We proclaim the reign of God in this community by preaching, teaching the Good News and celebrating our Roman Catholic worship. We witness the faith by demonstrating service and compassion for those in need. As Community, we welcome, honor and respect all people with the special emphasis on the culture and heritage of the African American and Hispanic Catholics. Infant Baptism: Prep Class for P arents & Godparents, 2nd Tuesday of the month; Baptism during Sunday Liturgy. Bautizos Infantiles: Clase de Preparacion para Padres y Padrinos, 2 º Martes de cada mes con el Bautizo durante la Misa del Domingo.

Religious Education (CCD): Saturdays, 9:30am – 11:30am, October thru MayEducación Religiosa: Sábados, 9:30am– 11:30am, Octubre a Mayo. First Communion & Confirmation: Tw o years preparation through the Religious Education Program. Primera Comunion y Confirmacion; Preparación de dos años Adults (Rite of Christians Initiation of Adults) RCIA: Please contact the Director of Religious Education, Mrs. Floy Hawkins to register.

Adultos (Rito de Iniciación Cristiana) RICA: por favor, contactar Floy Hawkins., Directora de Educación Religiosa,. Marriage: Please Contact the Priest at least six months in advance. Do not book the reception hall until the wedding date in the church is confirmed. Matrimonio: Contactar al sacerdote por lo menos 6 meses antes de reservar el local de celebración. Sick Calls: contact James Gibson: (323) 545-8172 Visitas a Enfermos: Mario Ardon: (323) 304-0194 Quincianera: Claudia Edwards from 9am —2pm, (323) 292-0781

SUNDAY MASS READINGS May

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Acts 2:14, 36-41 1 Peter 2:20b-25 John 10:1-10

CALL TO STEWARDSHIP

Weekly Deposits (Envelopes, loose, holy days, building maintenance, St. Vincent De Paul 4/30/2017: $ 4464.00

May

8 Monday

Acts 11:1-18 John 10:11-18

May

9 Tuesday

Acts 11:19-26 John 10:22-30

May 10 Wednesday Acts 12:24-13:5A John 12:44-50 May 11 Thursday

Acts 13:13-25 John 13:16-20

May 12 Friday

Acts 13:26-33 John 14:1-6

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday

4:00pm

For All Catechumens

Sunday

7:00am

For all First Communicants

8:30am

Por la Primera Comunion

10:30am

For all First Communicants

Monday

8:15 am

NO MASS

Tuesday

8:15am

For Hank Williams, Loyd Williams, Maudell Williams, Beverly Zuniga

Wednesday

8:15am

For Margaret Wilson, Bernadine Beatty, Kathleen Brooks

Thursday

8:15am

For Beatrice Corral, Maria Matias, Robert Mensey, Marian Parent

Friday

8:15am

For Beverly Robinson, Leonora Sandoval, Ezola Singleton

As St. Brigid parishioners, we embrace “stewardship” and welcome the opportunity to share our time, talents and treasure within our Faith Community and the greater local community we serve. We are proud of our many accomplishments, improvements, successful projects and programs which form the foundation of our “Call to Stewardship”. St. Brigid is OUR church and OUR family. We have been entrusted with the responsibility to maintain and preserve the physical plant of St. Brigid. We need and welcome your financial support and prayers as we make this Stewardship journey together.

Ministries Honoring their annual commitment 2017

Aids Ministry – Altar Servers Art/Environment Bereavement Drum Ministry Education Committee Emmanuel Eucharistic MinistersFinance Council—$250 Gospel ChoirGuadalupanos - $1000 Hospitality KPC, Council #259 KPC, Court #259 -$500 Lectors Legion of Mary Liturgy Committee Ministry Thru Prayer New Generation Choir Parish Council Religious Education Resurrection Choir Soup, Salad & Scripture Spanish Evangelization Spanish Lectors Spanish Ushers - $2000 St. Vincent de Paul Traditional Choir Tuesday Night Bible Study Usher Board Women’s Ministry Young at Heart ***************************************

WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING Doris Fork - $15,000.00

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This Week at SBC Parish Goal: $22,400 Amount Pledged: $11,104 Amount Paid: $8,519

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BE THE LIGHT OF CHRIST Together in MISSION

MAY 7, SUNDAY 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30

pm pm pm pm

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KPC Jr. Daughters, R 7 Hospitality Mtg, R 1 Drum Ministry, R 5 Technology Min. R 2

MAY 8, MONDAY 6:00 pm – ONE LA, R 7

MAY 9, TUESDAY 7:00 pm – Infant Baptism, R 4 6:00 pm – Citizenship / Esl Classes, R 1 7:00 pm – Gospel Choir Reh. Church

MAY 10, WEDNESDAY

To our newly confirmed, many blessings come to you on this, your Confirmation Day, and may God’s love be in your heart to strengthen you along the way. Christ’s invitation to share in His body unites us in His promise of salvation. Blessings on your First Communion. Attention all Ministry members working directly with our Youth, for a listing of upcoming sessions in your area of Virtus/Safeguard the Children, please visit: virtusonline.org. Make sure to select, Los Angeles Our Lady of the Angels Region (Archdiocese) 3 | St. Brigid Catholic Church

12:00 pm — Food Outreach 12:00 pm- Soup, Salad, & Scripture, Chapel 2:00 pm – Legion of Mary, Chapel 6:00 pm – Citizenship / Esl Classes, R3 7:00 pm – Youth Lectors, Church 7:00 pm – Emmanuel, R 7 7:00 pm – Traditional Choir, Church

MAY 11, THURSDAY 6:00 7:00 7:00 7:00

pm pm pm pm

— Citizenship / Esl Classes, R3 – KPC Joint Meeting, Hall – Resurrection Choir, Church – Spanish Evangelization, R 5

MAY 12, FRIDAY 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:00

pm pm pm pm

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Quincianeras, CC Altar Servers, Church Emmanuel, Hall OA, R 7

MAY 13, SATURDAY 10:00 am – Toast Masters, CC 12:00 pm – Block Club, R 7 2:00 pm – AA, R 7 4:00 pm – Postal Alliance, R 7 6:30 pm – Spanish Lectors, Church

~ REFLECTION ~

Our long Easter celebration continues today with what is traditionally known as “Good Shepherd Sunday,” because the Gospel on the Fourth Sunday of Easter always relates one of Jesus’ “Good Shepherd” sayings. Today is a good day to reflect on and be thankful for all the people who have been good shepherds in your faith life, and to pray for all pastors and priests as well as for vocations for the future of our Church

~ REFLEXION ~

Nuestra larga celebración de la Pascua continúa en este día que tradicionalmente se conoce como “domingo del Buen Pastor”, debido a que el Evangelio de este cuarto domingo de Pascua siempre relata una de las expresiones de Jesús sobre el “Buen Pastor”. Hoy se nos da una buena oportunidad para reflexionar sobre todos aquellos que han sido buenos pastores en nuestra vida de fe y dar gracias por esas personas; también podemos orar por todos los sacerdotes y pastores de la Iglesia, y para que haya más vocaciones en el futuro

Did You Know? 2017 marks 15

years since the establishment of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. The Archdiocese has made an ongoing commitment over the past 15 years to implement the Charter by providing education and tools to help protect children and young people from child sexual abuse and other threats to their safety. Since 2002, the Archdiocese has trained 300,000 adults and more than 1.4 million children. For more information, visit http://www.laarchdiocese.org/org/protecting Sabia Usted? Implementando el mandato nacional para proteger a los niños 2017 marca 15 años desde el establecimiento del Estatuto de los Obispos de la Conferencia Católica de los Estados Unidos para la Protección de Niños y Jóvenes. La Arquidiócesis ha hecho un compromiso continuo durante los últimos 15 años para implementar el Estatuto proporcionando educación y herramientas para ayudar a proteger a los niños y jóvenes contra el abuso sexual infantil y otras amenazas a su seguridad. Desde 2002, la Arquidiócesis ha capacitado a 300,000 adultos y más de 1,4 millones de niños. Para obtener más información, visite http:// www.la-archdiocese.org/org/protecting/

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7 Ways to Honor Our Blessed Mother Mary this Month Daily Mass. The absolute best way to honor the Blessed Mother is to honor, love and worship her Son. If you can, try to make an extra effort to get to daily mass. If you can’t make it everyday, try to go a couple of times during the week. Pray the Rosary. The rosary is one of the most powerful prayer on earth. Try and pray the rosary every day. Pray as a family as often as you can. May crowning. I f your parish (or a parish nearby) does a May crowning, do try to attend. Often there is a small procession and prayers but it isn’t usually too long. But, it is a lovely way to show Mother Mary our love for her. Pray a novena. Find a beautiful prayer that you can say each day in the month of May. A daily devotional starting May first w ill help guide your devotion to Our Lady this month. Take a pilgrimage. I f there is a M arian shrine not too far from you, going for a visit or day of recollection would be a wonderful way to honor the Blessed Mother. Some shrines offer different Marian devotions during May that you could participate in if it fits your schedule Short aspirations. As you go about your busy day, try to lift your heart up to the Lord and Our Lady and whisper a little prayer. Any of the invocations of the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary would make excellent aspirations. May flowers. I f you have a statue of the Blessed Mother, why not put some flowers at her feet? It’s a sweet way to honor Our Lady and let her know you are thinking of her.

7 Maneras Como Honrar a Nuestra Madre Santisima en este Mes de Mayo Misa Diaria. La m ejor m adera de honrar a nuestra M adre Santisima es honrando, adorando y amando a su hijo. Rese el Rosario. El Rosario es la oracion m as ponderosa en la tierra. Reselo en familia todos los dias. Coronacion de Mayo. Si su parroquia ofrece la coronacion a Maria, visitela. Es una manera especial de mostrarle a Maria nuestro amor por ella. Rese un Novenario. Encuentre una oracion bonita que le puede dedicar cada dia. Haga una peregrinacion, Si hay algun altar cerca a usted, visitelo. Algunos lugares ofrecen devociones diarias. Pequenos Rezos. Durante su dia agitado,intente elevar su Corazon hacia nuestro Senor y nuestra Madre Santisima, y ofrescales una pequena oracion. Flores de Mayo. P ongale flores a sus pies. Es una dulce manera de honrar a nuestra Madre y hacerle saber que estamos pensando en ella.

Children’s Column “Let

the Children come to me, do not stop them. “ - Matthew 19:14

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CALENDAR Youth Sunday Mass: 1st Sunday of the month: 10:30 AM Liturgy CCD Classes: Saturdays 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Parent Sessions: Date TBA; 7: 00 PM – 8:30 PM, Room 4

Dear Jesus, I believe that you are the bread of life, and that he who comes to You will never go hungry, and he who believes in You will never go thirsty. Thank You Jesus for loving me... CHILDREN’S CHURCH

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