Our Lady of Lourdes Parish 28th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 345 Oak St. Colusa, California 95932 October 10, 2010 (530) 458-4170, Fax (530) 458-8728 www.ourladyoflourdescolusa.com “The Lord has revealed to the nations His saving power.”

“El Señor revela a las naciones su salvacion.”

Mass Intentions: 10/08: Marshal Davis+, req. by Davis Family 10/08: Edward Buria+, req. by Rose Buria 10/10: Arthur Andreotti+, req. by Family 10/17: Prudenciano Valdez-Lopez+, req. by Family 10/19: Judith Lamphere+, req. by Marge & Bill Wallace

Lectors: (Coordinator – Irmalee Schumacher 458-4620) 10/09: Leslie V., Pat Buckley 10/10: Alicia Mena, Irmalee S.

Eucharistic Ministers: (Coordinator – Irmalee S.) 10/09: Raylene L., Jan G., Darlene W. 10/10: Sharon H., Maureen A., Dianne L.

Mass Schedule Saturday: Colusa - 5:00 p.m. English St. Joseph’s Mission st Sunday: Princeton - 8:30 a.m. Bilingual 1 and Center Streets, Princeton, California Colusa - 10:00 a.m. English Colusa - 11:30 a.m. Spanish Mission Statement We, the People of God of Our Lady of Lourdes, guided by the Holy Spirit, are called by Christ to Mon. (Liturgy of the Word): Chapel - 7:30 a.m. English proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God through Tues.-Fri: Chapel - 7:30 a.m. English prayer and sacraments and to witness the Gospel values of Thursday: Colusa - 7:00 p.m. Spanish love, justice, forgiveness and service to all. Confessions By appointment or Parish Center (& Chapel): 745 Ware Avenue, 458-4170 Saturday: 4:30-4:50 p.m. Parish Administrator: Father Arbel Cabasagan 458-8570 Sunday: 11:00-11:20 a.m.

Deacon: Miquel Fernandez 458-7815 Benediction and Adoration Principal: Barbara Genera 458-8208 1st Friday of the Month – 6:00-7:00 p.m. Colusa Website: www.theollschool.org Adoration (1st Tuesday of the month) Director Religious Ed: Dianne Luoma 530-845-9649 Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hispanic Coordinator: Eva Meraz-Robey 458-5963 Bible Study with Dr. Julian Delgado (weekly) Grupo de Oracion: Jaime Lopez 458-7511 Tuesday, 7-9:00 p.m., 75 Oak Tree Lane Music Ministry: (5pm) Maureen Andreotti 458-5563 (10am) Gloria Delgado 458-5121 RCIA with Dr. Julian Delgado (weekly) [Practice 2nd & 4th Thurs. 7:00pm] Wednesday, 7-9:00 p.m., Parish Center BEGINS 9/1 (11:30am) Jose Avila 458-7412 Martina Amador 458-8279 Grupo de Oracion: with Jaime Lopez (weekly) Pastoral Care Ministry: Alma Hickel 458-4826 Wednesday, 7-8:00 p.m., Chapel Louise Woodring 458-2515 Respect Life Coordinator: Rocio Meraz 831/207-0962 Altar Server Coordinator: Rocio Meraz 831/207-0962 Knights of Columbus Meets 4th Tuesday of the month, 7:00 p.m., Hall

the burden of the world’s sins, accompanied by the jeers and curses Parish Collections of the impious crowd. 10/02 – 10/08 The Crucifixion: “Forgive them Father, for they know not what they $2598.00 do." Jesus Christ, sinless victim and our Lord and Savior, dies an ignoble and cruel death, surrounded by thieves. “ It is finished. (Insurance) 840.50 Father, into Your hands I commend My spirit” Thank you for your support. Last weeks bulletin insert shows you how to recite a simple rosary, along with the less common prayers. Please come to our 2000 Hail Saint’s Feast Days this week: Mary’s Devotion this Wednesday to practice your rosary. For more information on the rosary, see the website of the Dominican Confraternity of the Rosary at www.Rosary-Center.org. 10/09: St. Denis and companions, Martyrs 10/09: St. John Leonardi Parish Ministries – Pastoral Care, Buen Samaritano 10/14: Pope St. Callistus I The ministries of Pastoral Care and Buen Samaritano (Good 10/15: St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin & Doctor of the Church Samaritan for the Hispanic Community) provide various 10/16: St. Hedwig, Religious services for those of our parish who are home bound, in the 10/16: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin hospital or in a convalescent home. Visits, phone calls, sending cards or flowers, as well as offering your time to run Notable among the Saints this week are St. Teresa of Avila and small errands or helping to prepare food are excellent ways St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. St. Teresa was a Spanish Carmelite nun, to serve “the least of My brethren” (Matt. 25:37-40). We also and important Catholic mystic. Her autobiography and her works bring Holy Communion to our community members who are The Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection are classics in the area ill or elderly. Our parish operates entirely on the generous of spiritual development and contemplative prayer. St. Margaret was help of volunteers, so if you can contribute some of your a French visionary and mystic who received, through visions of Our time, call the parish office and let us know what you can do Lord, the devotion to the Sacred Heart and the First Fridays devotion. in our Lord’s service! Both of these women lead lives of heroic sanctity and contributed much to the Catholic understanding of prayer and devotion.  The Rosary of Our Lady is not only Please Pray for the repose of the souls of our deceased effective in winning battles or Parishioners, Family, and Loved Ones, and especially for… overthrowing heresy. It is also a very efficacious way to promote piety and good Felix Meraz Marie Beeler will among the community. In the 17th Mary Margaret Davis Peter Grevie century, in response to complaints of sinful Judith Ann Lamphere Jim Hickel revelry in the public square, St. Louis de Montfort suggested erecting a statue of Our Lady in a niche overlooking the square, 2000 Hail Marys Devotion to Our Blessed Mother and reciting a daily rosary in front of it. Within a week, the sinful public antics October is a very special month dedicated to the Holy abated and large crowds had gathered to Rosary. Our Parish will sponsor a special day of prayer share in the prayer, completely honoring Our Blessed Mother with a day of 2000 Hail Marys.

We invite everyone to participate in this devotion which will The Sorrowful Mysteries are: be held on October 13, 2010 at 7:30 a.m. starting with the The Agony in the Garden: Our Lord went with His apostles to Holy Sacrifice of the mass and ending with mass at 7:30 in Gethsemane to pray. There He sees the immensity of sins of the evening. Both Masses will be celebrated in our church. mankind which he will expiate through his Passion and Death. “Father, if it is possible, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Your intentions and petitions written in The Book of Life will Thy will be done.” be included in this day of special devotion. You will receive more information regarding this prayerful The Scourging at the Pillar: Our Lord is scourged by a metal-tipped day in the coming bulletins. whip, His virginal flesh deeply wounded in reparation for all the sins of the flesh of an ungrateful humanity. Annual Fall Bazaar and Dinner The Crowning with Thorns: Jesus Christ is humiliated by the Roman The Sacred Heart Church of Maxwell will be holding its soldiers who mock him by dressing him in a red robe, with a reed for annual fall bazaar and dinner on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010, from a scepter and a crown of piercing thorns. Laughing and bowing 4:30-7:00 pm. Dinner is $10 for adults, $4 for children, and before Him, they spit in His face and strike Him with their fists. He children under three are free! There will be games, a silent suffers this in reparation for our countless sins of pride. auction, craft sales, and a raffle. Call Sacred Heart Church at 473-2432 for tickets & info. The Carrying of the Cross: Bent almost double by the weight of His cross, Jesus struggles up the road to Golgotha. He falls and is goaded on by the whips and blows of the Roman soldiers. Our Lord carries The Monthly Potluck will be on October 17, 11:30 am, at St. Bernadette’s Hall. Contact Marisol Aguilar through Faith Formation if you have any questions

Our Lady of Lourdes School Bake Sale Fundraiser Annual Fund Drive Faith Formation will be having its annual Bake Sale Fundraiser Our Lady of Lourdes School is holding its annual fund drive. with the Pastoral Care Ministry on Family Liturgy Sunday, Oct. Please contribute by sending donations to the school at 741 16/17th. This is our only fundraiser of the year which helps Ware Ave., Colusa, CA 95932. Donation envelopes can be provide materials for activities, supplemental materials for found at the rear of the Church families, and more. Donations of your favorite baked goods are most welcome. This is a great opportunity to showcase your HISPANIC FUND RAISING special recipes. There are over 150 children in our parish Faith Formation program, our largest enrollment.

The Spanish community is having some fund raisers after the 10:00 and 11:30 Mass. Last week they served delicious tacos of Youth Group Trip Carne Asada (steak), Chorizo (sausage), and Carnitas (pork) with all the fixin’s, nachos and cold drinks. They are raising funds for High school and young adults are invited to attend the On- the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration and for work on the old Fire Nor-Cal Jam at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in parish hall adjacent to the church. Your support is greatly Vallejo on Saturday, Oct. 16th. We are trying to get a group appreciated. together. For more information, see the flyers at the back of the church, or call the parish office. Grief, Compassion and Hope Pheasant Festival Monday, Oct. 4th, we had our third monthly meeting. It was well attended as we share our hopeful journey with each The annual Pheasant Festival is on Saturday, Nov. 13th. other. Truly, as Scripture proclaims “Blessed are those who Parishioners are encouraged to volunteer their time that mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Mt. 5:4) Our next st evening, so please give the school a call or come by the meeting will be Monday, Nov. 1 . For info call Valerie at school office and check out our sign up sheets. We also 320-5607. need items for our Silent Auction and homemade treats for the dessert. Raffle tickets are being offered by the Catholic Faith Formation Ladies Relief Society after Mass every Saturday and Faith Formation is going to have their annual All Hallow’s Sunday. Please support our fundraising effort by selling th Eve Party and Trick or Treat fun on Thursday, October 28 tickets to your family and friends. A packet of 25 tickets sell for the Pre-First Communion to Sixth Grade classes. We for $1 each, and we are planning to sell 5000 with your would like to have parishioners sign up for the children to do help. Raffle prizes are $300, $200, and $100 to be awarded Trick-or-Trunk in the south parking lot of St. Bernadette’s at the Pheasant Festival in November. Hall. Children will come dressed up in their favorite saint and fun costumes. Please call Dianne or Jennifer to sign up and they can give you more details. Blessing of the Animals

Family Liturgy The feast day of St. Francis of Assisi was Monday, October 4th, Father Arbel and the staff and students at Our Lady of At the Family Liturgy Sunday Mass on Oct. 17, the children Lourdes Parish School decided to honor the patron saint of in Faith Formation and Our Lady of Lourdes school who are animals and the environment by holding a Blessing of the preparing to receive their First Communion or Confirmation Animals ceremony. Students and parishioners were able to sacrament will be handing out Prayer cards to the bring their pets or a stuffed animal or photograph in place of parishioners before mass. If you receive a prayer card, their pets to school Monday morning to receive a special please pray for that child this school year as the he or she blessing from Father Arbel. We gathered in a semi-circle prepares for their holy sacrament. Parents please have your with pets ranging from a turtle named Little T to cats and child arrive 20 minutes early dogs of all breeds, sizes and colors to listen to a reading from the Bible, reminding us of the importance of loving and The Faith Formation children’s choir is a continued blessing respecting God’s creations. Father, joined by two fifth grade this year. Last week a couple children left practice singing students, blessed the eager pets with holy water. A joyous their way to class. The choir is always open to new singers. time was had by all, evident by the smiles on the faces of They meet at 3 pm in the Fr. Doner meeting room. students, staff, parents, parishioners and our celebrant, Father Arbel. Pictures can be seen at the parish website. Catechist Certification Training and Potluck Please send your submissions to [email protected] no later than the Wednesday prior to the publishing date.