November 18, 2018

‘Santa Clara de Asis, a growing Catholic community, comes together to praise and worship the Lord while responding to the Gospel through service to others in the spirit of our Patroness.’

Santa Clara de Asis Parish Mission Statement Liturgy Schedule

Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses: 8:00 am , 10:00 am & 12:00 pm Greetings and Welcome! Weekday Masses: Mon - Fri 8:30 a.m. Weddings: Contact Fr. Fred 714-970-2149 Welcome to our home, Santa Clara de Asis six (6) months in advance ! May the peace and love of Baptisms: By Appointment. Baptism Prep: Call 714-809-0205 Father, Son and Holy Spirit be with you! Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:30 pm Anointing of the Sick: Upon Request We invite you to enter fully into the life of our Funerals: Ed Valenzuela 714-504-7936 parish community sharing our worship and love Adoration: First Friday of the Month 9am-6pm of Jesus Christ. Within this Bulletin is news of Food Collection for Sister Parish upcoming events, activities and opportunities Immaculate Heart of Mary: First Full Weekend of the Month which may be of interest to you.

Santa Clara de Asis Parish Office Contact information is likewise provided for all Reverend Fred K. Bailey, Pastor 714-970-2149 of our groups, organizations, outreaches and Father Seamus Glynn, Pastoral Assistance ministries. Feel free to speak directly with these individuals for more information. 22005 Avenida de la Paz, Yorba Linda, CA 92887 office: 714-970-7885 fax: 714-970-2618 www.scdayl.org Fr. Fred K. Bailey and the Santa Clara de Asis Pastoral Team After Hours Emergency Only: 714-312-0967

Diocese of Orange Sexual Misconduct Hot Line: 800-364-3064 Page Two November 18, 2018 Dear Friends: The 24/7 Christmas Carol channels are harking and heralding while reminding us that grandma once again got runover by a reindeer all while a newly minted Grinch and Cindy Lou Who (who lives in Whoville of course!) prepares to offer some mirth to the mix. BUT FIRST....wait for it....we have the BLESSED CALM and so far, most- ly uncommercialized, most excellent holiday of THANKSGIVING. Of course, dependent on what we make of the day, it is either festive, delicious and a pleasant time of being with family and/or friends...or it could be fraught with foods to be cooked, the Butterball Turkey-Hot Line to be called, traffic snarls on the way to the airport or camping out for Black Friday specials. I, for one, enjoy the day and all the preparations that go into it. A romantic at heart, the memories of Thanksgiving-pasts and the opportunities to make this Thanksgiving fresh and new are the things that excite me. While some guys get excited about Thursday’s football games (go figure) I am ener- gized by creating a salad of crab cakes with orange butter sauce. In any case, however and wherever you spend this Thanksgiving Day, please know....as I said last week, YOU are among the choicest of blessings for which I am most grateful. There are some ADVENT/Christmas dates you will want to get on your calendars: #1: The first one being our Advent Reconciliation Service which will be on Thursday, December 6th at 7pm. With upwards of possibly 10 priests available that evening, we will make quick work of helping you get your soul in mint condition by which to welcome the newborn Christ child. #2: On the following Thursday, December 13th, likewise at 7pm, we will again host our NIGHT OF STORY & SONG. An opportunity to slow down from the rush and seasonal madness that can overtake folks during De- cember, the NIGHT OF STORY & SONG is a simple opportunity to gather for the reading of a Christmas story by Seminarian Cheeyoon, interspersed with the singing of Christmas Carols. Plenty of Christmas cookies, wassail and hot cocoa make the NIGHT OF STORY & SONG tasty and satisfying....and it is FREE! #3: Sunday, December 16th (Gaudete-REJOICE) from 2:00pm to 5pm will be the annual Rectory Christmas Open House (5475 Bayberry Way). Please plan to stop by for a visit to enjoy this year’s holiday décor, carolers, as well as some treats from the Rectory Kitchen. #4: On Monday, December 24th there will NOT be a morning 8:30am Mass. Our Christmas EVE Masses are at: 4:00pm, 6:30pm and 9:00pm. The 4pm Mass traditionally has an abundance of families with children, who need to get home and tucked snug into their beds so they may dream of sugar plums and such. The 9pm Mass is more ‘adult centered’ with dimmer lighting accentuating a more ‘candlelight’ feel. The 6:30pm Mass for many is the ‘Goldilocks’’ Mass, not massively crowded, not too early and not too late. On TUESDAY, December 25th - Christmas Day Mass is at 10:00am and by 10:15 it is FULL. For both days, parking will be available on the dirt field as well as on the street, please use caution when crossing. With the holidays in mind, I recently had a conversation with our St. Vincent de Paul Chapter leadership, they like to meet on a yearly schedule so as to keep me updated on what they have been doing. Our St. Vincent de Paul volunteers are those entrusted with caring for those seeking aid/assistance for assorted personal or famil- ial issues. In some cases, it might be emergency shelter rent for women/children, it might be food assistance or helping those whose finances are precarious and they need a refrigerator or stove or water heater. In varieties of ways, the volunteers of St. Vincent de Paul are our FIRST RESPONDERS and they do a fine job of screening and evaluating so as to separate the fraudulent from the genuine (and believe me...the fraudulent are rampant during the holiday season.) I make mention of our St Vincent de Paul Chapter because you might be wondering if there was a worthwhile organization that could benefit from your holiday monetary donations...and I would certainly recommend our SVDP for your consideration. FRAUD ALERT!!! Last month a large number of people began receiving FRAUDULENT EMAILS supposedly from me (FKB), requesting their emergency help. The email would say something along the lines of it being an emergency and I needed help in procuring some GIFT CARDS from Amazon or some other vendor. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE EMAILS....they are phony and fraudulent. If you ever have a question as to whether some email you have received is genuine please contact our front office at 714-970-7885. Also, always check the actual email address from where the email is originating....mine is [email protected], if there is ANYTHING else added...it is a FRAUD. Thanks. That does it for this week...time to be about the things of THANKSGIVING, washing your outfit for the annual Turkey Trot, brining your turkey, braving the parking lot at Costco, changing the oil in the car in anticipation of any travel, making the beds for extra guests, picking up/making the pies...and all the while, being thoughtful of the things for which you are most THANKFUL...have a great week and remember, you are loved. FKB November 18, 2018 page three

November 17-18, 2018 Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Daniel 12:1-3 Hebrews 10:11-18 Mark 13:24-32 ‘In those days after that tribulation the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will be falling from the sky and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.’ Not necessarily the stuff of happy-go-lucky Hallmark-esque preparation for Thanksgiving but apt Scripture for the closing days of the Church year. Indeed, at many a Thanksgiving table later this week, stories will be told of those who have passed away during the last year; laughter will be shared and tears may flow in remembrance of those with whom life was shared. Woven within these sharings are the subtle reminders that everything has a beginning and an ending and those who are wise should prudently take note. As we personally recall the many things, abilities, people and opportunities for which we are most grateful, let us not forget to consider the state of our SOUL, of our relationship with Jesus. Throughout this past year, have we strengthened our Jesus-relationships? Have we been about the GOOD THINGS we have always told ourselves we ought to be doing? Have we helped to make the world a BETTER PLACE or have we opted out of helping to transform the world’s darkness into light and hope? As the closure of another entire year draws near, how have we made a difference in the world? To whom have we been kind, generous, compassionate? How are we different from who we were LAST Thanksgiving? Have we become more hopeful or more cynical? Looking to the future... what are the GOOD THINGS we really, really, really want to work on becoming in the year to come? We know not how much time we each have to be about the things we know are good...let us not delay or postpone for another year...

Thank you for sharing this pre-Thanksgiving weekend with our Santa Clara community. This weekend, CONCERN AMERICA is on site with a variety of Third World handcrafts for your possible purchase. Please take some time to peruse them, they make perfect hostess gifts for Thanksgiving and even stocking stuffers for the holiday parties coming our way. You are also reminded of the CHRISTMAS FLOWER envelopes available at the exits...WE WILL DO ALL THE WORK of obtaining the trees, poinsettias and wreaths by which our Hall will be transformed for Christmas...all you need do is provide the $$$$ by which we will pay for it! (Thank you for your generosity.) Please take a Bulletin home with you for other news and on Thanksgiving Day, please know that when I gather with my friends for the festive meal, of the many things for which I am MOST THANKFUL....YOUR FACES flash through my mind. Remember, you are loved. FKB

NOVEMBER BLOOD DRIVE CONCERN AMERICA CRAFT SALE Thank you to everyone who took the time on Wednes- THIS WEEKEND, On Saturday and Sunday, day, November 7th, to donate blood with the American th th Red Cross. Because of your donation, and the help of the November 17 -18 , volunteers for Concern other volunteers, we were able to collect 44 pints of blood. America will be here at Santa Clara de Asis with That gave us 140 pints for our 3 drives in 2018, Great Job! a Craft Sale featuring unique, quality handcrafts that provide us with the opportunity to purchase Of course, the real winners are the patients in our local conscientiously. The gifts we find for special events, Community in need of blood. Each blood donation can holidays, or to brighten our own homes are an help save up to three lives. Your donation is truly appre- exchange of caring with impoverished communities ciated by the blood recipients, their loved ones, and all of in developing countries. This year we have many us here at Santa Clara de Asis. new crafts from Bangladesh, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. Inspired by nature, these beautifully handcrafted textiles, ceramics and wood products, Mark you calendars now for our blood drives in 2019. honor indigenous traditions, and were selected to be The dates are: reminders that when a Concern America product Wednesday, March 13, 1:00 to 7:00 pm is purchased we are providing a source of income Wednesday, July 10, 1:00 to 7:00 pm to materially poor communities; promoting human Wednesday, November 6, 1:00 to 7:00 pm scale endeavors; eco-friendly work patterns; and fair Thanks again for your support of this vital program, working conditions. Concern America, is an international development organization based in Santa Ana, CA. (714) 953- Santa Clara de Asis Council 8575. You may view of selection of their crafts on page four November 18, 2018

Youth Ministry Program Weekly Newsletters are now being sent through Mail Chimp! If you are not receiving the weekly newsletter through MailChimp, please email Kirsten immediately! It will have valuable information, resources and reminders each week. High School Leadership Team – Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner: Tuesday, November 20th from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. in the Youth Room. Dinner Party attire requested, RSVP needed!! High School Youth Night #5 – December 2, 2018 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at church Youth Ministry Holy Hour – Friday, December 7th from 7-8 p.m. in the church. Sponsor Events: Teens, by now you should have selected a sponsor AND begun your yearly activities with them. Make sure they know about and save the date – December 16th for our first Teen/Sponsor event this year! Middle School youth ministry: MSYM Night #4 – Friday, December 14th from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Concourse! 2 hours of bowling, shoe rental and pizza dinner included! Drop off and pick up is at Concourse. RSVP, $10 and Permission Slip Required. Keep an eye out for the email with info on how to RSVP!

YOUTH MINISTRY YOUTH Middle School Ministry registration is open to all 6, 7, and 8th graders at the Parish! Please consider bringing your child for fun, faith and fellowship with their peers of Santa Clara! 2018-2019 Registration is now open! You can download the registration packet from our website or pick one up outside of the church office.

Men Interested in Diocesan Priesthood: The Vocations Office cordially invites you to the next Priesthood Discernment Meeting. The purpose is to familiarize interested men with the life, , and possible call to Priesthood in the Diocese of Orange. There is no commitment, other than the expression of interest to participate. The next Priesthood Discernment Meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12th on the first floor of the the Diocese of Orange Pastoral Center on the Christ Cathedral Campus. Please give serious thought to this invitation.

“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” (Mt 9:37-38) If you have any questions regarding the Priesthood Discernment Meetings, please contact the Director of Vocations, Rev. John Moneypenny at (714) 282-3046, or via email [email protected]. Priesthood Discernment Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. 2018-2019 Priesthood Discernment Meetings: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Wednesday, May 8, 2019 Wednesday, June 12, 2019 November 18, 2018 page five Involving lay people in the training of future priests Paris seminary to invite families to share meals and to enable future priests to meet those for whom they will later have pastoral responsibility Julien Tranié with Céline Hoyeau, - September 25, 2018 In keeping with a wish expressed by Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris, the seminary in his archdiocese is scheduled to open its doors to a number of families for certain meals or for shared evening prayer. This initiative is emblematic of an increasing — albeit still limited — involvement of lay persons in the training of future priests. When, sometime last year, Florence de Lacombe sat down at the table of the council of the Saint-Sulpice d’Is- sy-les-Moulineaux seminary for a first test, the members of the assembly, all priests, were somewhat surprised. “They asked me what I was doing there,” she recalls, smiling. The test was successful since this Catholic mother was made an official member of the council on Sept. 17, be- coming the first woman to obtain the right to vote in this restricted circle that decides on the orientation of the seminary and its choices. “I am also asked to take a new, different look at the seminarians,” said de Lacombe, who was taken on four years ago for a simple, part-time administrative job. “Sometimes I feel I say things that are a bit off the mark, but that can uncover aspects of a student’s personality that the priests hadn’t noticed.” “We want our lay teachers to play a great part in building our future priests,” said Father Emmanuel Goulard, superior of the Issy seminary, a quarter of whose teaching body is female. The appointment of de Lacombe is emblematic of a growing, even if still peripheral, involvement of lay persons in the training of future priests. The 2015 ’ Synod special assembly on the Family, and later the Ratio fundamentalis — the Vatican’s guidelines for seminaries — insisted on the involvement of women in the training of future priests, which it described as essential to the human and spiritual training of the seminarians.

Moving away from clericalism The calls by Pope Francis to move away from “clericalism,” considered as the source of many abuses in the Church, point precisely in this direction. Laying out the pastoral guidelines for his Paris Archdiocese in a Sept. 3 letter, Archbishop Aupetit asked the Paris seminary to develop deeper ties with families. In concrete terms, they need to be invited to share meals and prayers to enable the future priests “to meet those for whom they will later have pastoral responsibility.” The seminary’s superior, Father Stéphane Duteurtre, sees this as “a good thing” because this “additional inter- face” will make it possible to “show that it’s the entire people of who train their priests.” He feels the life of his institution is already in very close contact with lay people since the future priests of Paris live in the different houses of the seminary, all of which are linked to the capital’s parishes. Is this enough? In the Emmanuel community, some families share the life of the seminary by living within the walls of the training houses. “In Belgium, a couple and a nun have been living in the seminary for over ten years now,” said training officer (Continued on Next Page) PAGE six November 18, 2018

Involving lay people in the training of future priests (conintued) Father François Gonon. He feels this community of life is in line with the thinking of Vatican II. He, however, warns against any potential confusion of functions. “It’s the priests who are in charge of training the seminarians, not the others,” he said, while recognizing the need for a complementary perspective, particularly a feminine one, in discerning the aptitudes of the future priests. Could more emphasis be placed on the role of the laymen and women? For Belgian theologian Karlijn Demasure, women need to be able to teach not only psychology or sexology in the seminaries, but also subjects considered more important. There are enough female theologians or female judges in the ecclesiastic courts who could teach the future priests,” said Demasure, adding that their role also does not need to be limited to teaching. “In the vision of the Church as the people of God, everyone has their charisma,” she said. “And women have a specific charisma. They are able to judge whether someone is mature or not. As such, they should be able to participate more broadly in supervision and be involved in deciding whether to ordain a male priest or not.” From experience, she observed that having just one woman in the middle of a circle of men is not enough for her voice to be heard; they need to be many.

women of faith

Advent is near! Women of Faith, a faith sharing group of women in our parish, will meet on December 6th in Room A at 7 p.m. We will be discussing the Advent traditions and how we prepare room in our hearts for the Christ child and focus on this heavenly birth. Come and bring a friend as we begin this magical time of year when the presence of Christ is the best present we will receive.

heart to heart

Early Qualification Process Heart to Heart will meet on December 13th in Room C and D for a Christmas Brunch at 9 a.m. Come and Become Accepted to Mater Dei NOW! celebrate the birth of the Christ Child in our lives and Find out how at www.materdei.org/admissions hearts as we weave our lives through Advent. In the hustle and bustle of getting the house, the presents, and the dinner just right…it is even more important to get Entrance Exam – 1/26/19 our hearts ready to welcome this divine birth. Come and 7:45 in the Meruelo Athletic Center celebrate the most joyful time of the year with the women Register today at www.materdei.org/entranceexam of the parish for a morning of good food and friends. All women are welcome to attend. ad page if you have any issues with this submission, please call julie at 714-271-3642 ad page if you have any issues with this submission, please call julie at 714-271-3642 November 18, 2018 page nine

A Thanksgiving Prayer Parish Contacts O Lord our God, Faith Formation Adult Faith Formation Mary Chavez 714-970-7885x231 Baptismal Preparation Donna Wojciak 714-809-0205 Who supplies us with countless blessings, RCIA Mary Chavez 714-970-7885x231 lift up our hearts in gratitude and Children’s Faith Formation Emily Bent 714-970-7885x223 Middle School Ministry Kirsten King 714-970-7885 x225 thanksgiving. SCYM - Youth Ministry Kirsten King 714-970-7885 x225

Help us to remember the gifts we seldom notice, Administrative and Finance the abundance we take for granted, Pastoral Council Alvin Arellano 714-448-7166 Tad Dike 714-497-6549 the rich possibilities you provide. Suzie Dominguez 714-501-3407 Suzi Nicoletti 714-930-5405 Elaine Schurter 714-322-5060 For our daily bread, Pamela Seamster 714-692-2377 for water that is pure, Andrea Watanabe 714-496-0473 Frank Weber 714-227-4681 for houses to live in and friends to enjoy, Billy Wojciak 714-396-3264 we give you humble thanks. Finance Council Frank Weber 714-227-4681 Front Office Personnel Pam Melancon 714-970-7885x221 Bulletin/Calendar/Website Julie Paino-Montez 714-271-3642 For beauty and fruitfulness, Facilities Marc Jordan 714-970-7885x230 Fingerprinting/Safe Environ. Jennifer Mautino 714-315-0996 for healing and hope, Maintenance Ministry Karen Engel 714-809-2916 for the comfort of your presence, we lift our voices in joyful praise now and always. Pastoral Outreach/Community Service Eucharistic Minister to the Homebournd Mark & Carolyn Diederich 714-692-2256 Amen. Bereavement/Requiem Ed Valenzuela 714-504-7936 Beta Foster Care Thomas & Monique Vansuch 714-402-4547 Catholic Worker Rich Michal 714-779-7054 Men, come and join us! Heart & Soul Sal and Dolores Aduna 714-206-7449 Large Event Hospitality Maria McFarland 714-749-8169 “As iron sharpens iron, Post-Mass Hospitality Mike and Laura Curtis 714-403-5417 so one man sharpens another”. St. Vincent de Paul Laura Midkiff 714-970-7885x222 Liturgical Ministries The Men’s Ministry at Santa Clara is designed to give an opportunity for the adult men of the church to meet for Altar Servers Joe Sardina 714-694-0139 Eucharistic Ministers Frank Weber 714-227-4681 times of fellowship and mutual edification. We meet on Lectors Billy Wojciak 714-396-3264 the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month, 6am-7am @ Music Ministry Philip Parke 714-606-5479 Santa Clara. Breakfast will be served. We encourage all Sacristans Terry Eubanks 951-818-2124 Server Robe Washing Cindy Beyl 714-312-0909 adult men (21+) to come and join us! Ushers Rich Michal 714-779-7054

mass intentions Social Organizations Karen Crowley 714-272-0238 Dulce Alducente - Thursday, 11/22 Filipino Community Tessie Mowen 714-692-1021 Heart 2 Heart Mary Chavez 714-970-7885x231 Presentacion Mante - Saturday, 11/24 - 5 p.m. Women of Faith Mary Ann Miceri-Kusenda 714-312-0412 Knights of Columbus Bob Lindblom 714-356-7578 Childcare Lisa Reza 714-402-3751 Cub Scout Pack 1253 Scott Griffith 562-500-2790 Parish Weekly Tithe Report Boy Scouts Troop 824 Jake Lappin 714-865-8525

Social Organizations-Seasonal THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION Good Friday Prayer Breakfast Lisa Alonso 562-355-9878 TO THE PARISH! La Cena Sonja Gibson 714-624-5337 Gisela & Jason Mobraten 714-809-1630 -Weekly Income:

November 3rd-4th, 2018 $13,689.00 Tri Parish School November 10th-11th, 2018 $14,974.00 St. Francis of Assisi - Principal, Mr. Tom Waszak 714-695-3700 page ten November 18, 2018 High School Youth Ministry - Fall Retreat 2018

Thank you to our HSYM Staff, Leaders, volunteers, our awesome High School teens, and their parents for an amazing confirmation retreat! Just “Be”...!