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MEMORIAL DAY MASS TOMORROW, Monday, May 27 There Will Be Only One Mass Here at St 1305 Royal Avenue Simi Valley, CA 93065 Phone: 805 526-1732 Website: www.strosesv.com S I X T H S U N D A Y O F E A S T E R May 26, 2019 MEMORIAL DAY MASS TOMORROW, Monday, May 27 There will be only one Mass here at St. Rose of Lima at 9:00am. There will be no evening Mass or Confessions. The rectory will be closed. Mass at Assumption Cemetery at 10:00am Celebrant: Fr. Riz J. Carranza SCOTT HAHN COMING TO ST. ROSE OF LIMA CHURCH! THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH -TIME 9:30 AM Presenting “The Riches of Our Catholic Faith” • A Roman Catholic theologian • Former Presbyterian Pastor • Converted to Catholicism Easter 1986 • World renowned Catholic speaker • Regular contributor at EWTN • Featured on multiple Lighthouse Catholic Media audio presentations • Author of many books i.e. Rome Sweet Home, Catholic for a Reason For Registration & Details visit: stpaulcenter.com/simivalley. Admission $20. SACRAMENTS RECTORY PASTOR 1305 Royal Avenue ANOINTING OF THE SICK Rev. Joseph P. Shea Administered throughout the year. Please Simi Valley, CA 93065 [email protected] call the Rectory any time in case of serious Ph: 526-1732 Fax: 526-0067 Associate Pastor illness or going into surgery. Email: [email protected] Fr. John Moloney BAPTISMS st Tony Gammariello, PBM • 915-4614 [email protected] English: 1 Sunday of the month [email protected] Associate Pastor Arrangements must be made HOURS prior to Baptism. Fr. Gregorio Hidalgo Español: 3r Domingo del mes Monday to Friday: 9:00am—8:00pm [email protected] Saturday: 9:00am—5:00pm Es necesario hacer arreglos In Residence con anticipación. Sunday: 8:00am—4:00pm Fr. Jim Maher MARRIAGES Facilities Manager [email protected] Arrangements must be made least six months in Norm Ouellette • 551-3704 DEACONS advance. Please call or visit the Rectory. ANNULMENT ASSISTANCE Dn. Peter Wilson MINISTRIES Deacon Chris Ryan Dn. Terry Reibenspies [email protected] ADORATION Dn. Louis Fernandez Tom Lafferty ALTAR SERVER MINISTRY Dn. Chris Ryan [email protected] [email protected] Dn. Dave Lawrence EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY OF HOLY COMMUNION— SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION Mike Palacios Coordinators Monday & Wednesday 390-2354 George Lemos 9:00am—10:00am [email protected] Tony Lemos ([email protected]) Tuesday, Thursday, Friday EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS 4:00pm—5:00pm CHARISMATIC PRAYER MINISTRY OF HOLY COMMUNION TO THE Saturday: 3:00pm—5:00pm, Deacon Pete Wilson • 501-4535 HOMEBOUND 6:00pm—7:00pm Todd Sanders, Coordinator CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER GROUP Email: [email protected] HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION Ched & Lumi Cruz 584-6160 FAITH FORMATION Vigil: 5:30pm & 7:00pm Sandra Lemos, Director • 526-5513 Holy Day: 6:00am; 8:30am; 12:00pm; COUPLES FOR CHRIST [email protected] 5:30pm; 7:00pm (Spanish) Jose & Sandy Pizano LECTORS MINISTRY 522-7599 Tony Delgado • 584-6987 LITURGY SCHEDULE [email protected] Email: [email protected] Daily: 8:30am & 5:30pm LECTORS MINISTRY (Spanish) FAMILY ROSARY MINISTRY Saturday: 8:30am Nancy Kincaid 527-5383 Daisy Martinez • 813-5187 5:00pm (Vigil) Email: [email protected] Sue Michael 583-1747 7:00pm (Spanish) LIFE TEEN / YOUTH MINISTRY Sunday: 6:00am,7:00am, 9:00am, FILAM (Filipino/American) Adam Cross, Youth Minister 11:00am (Family/Children) Ched Cruz 526-8181 Email: [email protected] 1:00pm (Spanish) MINISTERIOS Y SERVICIOS 5 : 0 0 p m ( Y o u t h ) ICF (Italian Catholic Federation) PARA LA COMUNIDAD LATINA Ritamarie Downey, President Rectory 526-1732 SATURDAY JUNE 01, 2019 579-8970 MUSIC MINISTRY Clare Delto, Director • 526-1732 Mass Time Celebrant Priest Deacon KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS [email protected] COUNCIL #5803 5:00PM Fr. Gregorio Hidalgo Robert Smith, Grand Knight PASTORAL ADVISORY 915-7372 COMMITTEE 7:00PM Fr. Joseph Shea Cliff Wirtz 805-208-8970 LEGION OF MARY APOSTOLATE RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY SUNDAY JUNE 02, 2019 Cathy Sullivan 526-7628 Eileen Pratt • 582-9065 Mass Time Celebrant Priest Deacon 24 HR. LIFE CENTER HOTLINE RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR UNPLANNED PREGNANCY 6:00 AM Fr. John Moloney FOR ADULTS (RCIA) If interested in becoming Catholic or Call 1-800-973-7334 7:00 AM Fr. Jim Maher www.facebook.com/ if you are a baptized adult in need of 9:00 AM Fr. John Moloney Confirmation and First Communion please PregnancyCounselingCenter call: 526-5513 SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN 11:00 AM Fr. Gregorio Hidalgo Sandy Lemos • 526-5513 CHRISTIAN SERVICE (Interim Chair person) 1:00 PM Fr. Joseph Shea Penny Liberatore 581-0957 YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY 5:00 PM Fr. Gregorio Hidalgo Office: 805 915-4621 SEWING THE SEED *Occasionally the Celebrant may change. Michelle Keilty 526-1732 1325 Royal Avenue, Simi Valley, CA 93065 MOTHER CABRINI CIRCLE GIFT SHOP Dr. Jayne Quinn, Principal. Website: www.srls.org 526-5304 • 526-0939 (fax) Located in the vestibule; open before & after AFTER SCHOOL CARE (805) 428-8623 morning Sunday Masses & Thursdays 12— St. Rose School Alumni—Teresa Moran Runyon: [email protected] OR www.srls.org/alumni 3pm St. Rose of Lima School Congratulations First Communicants May 4, 2019 Emma Barber Ian Fraser Alfred Palomino Alyssa Cabal Alejandro Garcia-Ferrer Kalina Pham Sabrina Castro Suzanna Jackson Skylr Rizk Brenna Corcoran Jenella Ledesma Jozlynn Rodriguez Joril Daradal Grace Mackel Arielle Sandico Aidan DeWaard Carolina Magdaleno Valeria Soberanis Carter Dey Brianna Malyszek Ronald Terp Ryan Dion Sophia Martinez Isabella Torres Vivienne Doss Kade Monica Kennedy Vargas Seth Fabry Jacob Morse Mia Wang Natalie Fadel Brooke Mosqueda Reese Webb William Mungcal “A time to be born…” Ecc 3:2 le SATURDAY, MAY 25 Isaiah A Castro, Vanessa Espinoza, 8:30am Millennium Club Rosario Jimenez, Xavier Lozano, 5:00pm Alfredo Kaimo I Karen N Melgar and Jadelin E Ramos. 7:00pm Uriel Ruiz D SUNDAY, MAY 26 “A time to heal…” Ecc 3:3 … And pray for one another.—James 5:13-18 6:00am Adela Quiroz D Alexey Baikov Lamuza Family Ted Svoboda, Jr. 7:00am Gregory Lercel I Denise Burke Linda Larson Pat Thompson 9:00am Randy Tucker D Patricia Case Jennifer Lewis Anne Tootchian 11:00am Eric Rosas D Ruben Castillo John Linscott, Sr. Nathaniel Torres 1:00pm Thomas Ford D Robbie Chirigotis William Lloyd Steve Trujillo 5:00pm Peter Cerezo Juan, Jr. D Tad Cox Rachel Lopez Ernest Velasquez MONDAY, MAY 27 MEMORIAL DAY Shirley Craft Zoe Lowdermilk Thomas Velasquez Carmen Diaz Jeannine Mauss Carole Wayne 9:00am Guadalupe Garcia D Rhett Dupke Patrick Mauss Matt Weyhreter RECTORY CLOSED Karl Erickson Agustine Moreno TUESDAY, MAY 28 Fred Erickson Corinne Page 8:30am Minerva Loreto D Teodorico Estrada Casey Pilkington 5:30pm Esperanza & Benjamin Arteficio D Seth Fabry Alison Pilkington Joyce Fair Wren Pitstick WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Ma. De Los Angeles Flores Becky Putnam 8:30pm Minerva Loreto D Maxine Gardner Rosa Ramirez 5:30pm Basilio Dominguez D Garrett Grosslight Isaac Rico THURSDAY, MAY 30 Carol Guillen Mary Rodgers Cody Gorecki Jodi Runyon 8:30am Minerva Loreto D Alfredo Kaimo Nicole Sakaida 5:30pm Luisa & Gregorio Gopengco D Beth Kehoe Ray Scarpa FRIDAY, MAY 31 Anita Koller Linda Svoboda 8:30am Ester Pastores I 5:30pm Steven Velador Jr D Names will be deleted after 3 months, unless rectory is notiied. SATURDAY JUNE 1 “A time of war and a time of peace…” Ecc 3:8 Pray for those serving... 8:30am Millennium Club U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S.M.C. 5:00pm Adela Junio D SPC Kathryn Acquarelli Matthew Anaya Christian Ares Capt. Anita Brooks Sargon Bebla II Ian Buttke 7:00pm Sofia Gomez D Thomas Campbell Gregg Bell Shane Cotter SUNDAY JUNE 2 Patrick Croy Krysten Bohen Connor Dubach John Gebert Joseph Costanzo Michael Duran 6:00am Miguel C. Salazar D Thomas M. Gonzalez Jose T. Fernandez Nicolas Estrada 7:00am Dolores Sayoc I Brian Kiely Alex Knott Paul Gebert 9:00am Judy Ransdell D Macrorie Miller Alex Martin David Geller Ryan Osier Alexander Mackenzie Sgt. Colton Haney 11:00am Delgado Family I PFC2 Christopher Ramirez Nicholas C. Moreno Pvt. Leighton Gold 1:00pm Sylvester Espinoza D Omar Ramirez Jeffrey Olex Cole Hunt 5:00 pm Rosalind Callisto D Farley Raquel II Rafael Rodriguez Matthew Hunt Juan Ignacio Rios Ian Van 1ˢ ͭ Lt. Andrew S. King READINGS FOR THE WEEK Kaplan Sharpe U.S. Air Force Jim La Rosa Monday: A c t s 1 6 : 1 1 - 1 5 ; P s 149:1b-6a, 9b; SPC Steven Smith Tanner Aurand Bradly Melson Jn 15:26 — 16:4a PVT Sean Tarpley SPC. Anthony Caballero III Ricky Noone CPLCarlos S. Vela Sgt. Christine Campo Brian Olex Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Jn 16:5-11 CPL Gino Zarcone Cpt. Jeff Canfield 1ST SGT Casey Pilkington Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22 — 18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Kevin G. Sullivan SPC. Austin Cordon Ruby Sanchez Jn 16:12-15 USCG Melissa Hull Lt. Col Thursday: Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 1:17-23 or Kenneth Jacobskind Sean Fernando Jordan Sine Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23; Lk 24:46-53 (for Joseph Migliuri Chris Sinsheimer Ascension); otherwise Acts 18:1-8; National Guard Francisco D. Raquel, III Alex P. Valdez Ps 98:1-4; Jn 16:16-20 Sgt. Armando Peña, Jr. Vincent Russo Michael Woodham F r i d a y : Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; Col. Marilyn Rios Sisto Zele Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56 Saturday: Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-10; Jn 16:23b-28 “A time to die…” Ecc 3:2 Sunday: Acts 7:55-60; Ps 97:1-2, 6-7, 9; Rv 22:12- Pray for the souls of our faithful departed and their families especially 14, 16-17, 20; Jn 17:20-26; or, for Ascen- sion, Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 1:17 -23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23; Lk 24:46-53 “Helping Build Up the Domestic Church” The term “Domestic Church” refers to the family, the smallest body of gathered believers in Christ.
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