Saint Junípero Serra Parish

A Catholic Faith Community

A Parish of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

42121 60th Street West Lancaster, CA 93536 Main Oﬃce 661‐943‐9314 Faith Formation Oﬃce 661‐943‐5912 FAX 661‐943‐6863 Website: www.saintserra.org

Administered by the Congregation of St. Joseph

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Pastoral Staff Schedule of Masses

Fr. Leo A. Dechant, C.S.J., D.Min.—Pastor OLC Monday to Saturday 7:00 AM. Church: Vigil Giampietro Gasparin, Norbert Joseph, on Saturday at 4:00 PM. Sunday 7:30 AM, and Sylvan Schiavo, all C.S.J. 9:30 AM , 12:00 PM, & 2:00PM Spanish,

Deacons Gary, Paul, Rito; Marvin

Parish Office Hours Sacraments & Devotions Monday and Friday 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM The Sunday Mass obligation has been dis‐ Saturdays 9:00 AM—2:30 PM

pensed indeﬁnitely. Currently Sunday

Masses are celebrated inside the church

with overﬂow crowd in the hall for

livestreamed Mass. Once at capacity, no‐

body can enter. Baptisms are currently

done outside of Mass and in Our Lady’s Chapel. Preparation is done at home St. Elizabeth Mission (SEM) with materials picked up in the oﬃce. 13845 Johnson Road, Lake Hughes, CA 93532

Only group Quinceañeras are available. † † †

They are done ONLY for people residing SEM Mass 10:00 Sunday within our parish boundaries. Contact Inside with reduced numbers Guadalupe Castellanos for info.

June 27, Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Altar Servers: Joanne Lacson Pastor’s Corner Bereavement: As you read this, I am driving from Orlando, FL to Ohio. I will stop at the home of my old 4-H buddy and his wife Coordinador de Música en Español: Alfonso Alvarado in Delaware, north of Columbus, before the last two-hour Coordinator of Lector Ministry: Anne Trabold trek to Avon. The other CSJ priests there are Fr. Joe Coordinator of EMs of Holy Communion: Jim Hart Scalco, Fr. Angelo Zonta and Fr. Francisco Honorato. Except for Paco, it could be called the Jurassic rectory. Director of Faith Formation: Cassandra Ortiz On the 36-acre property we have the St. Leonard Youth Parish Director of Music: Sharon Rohaley Retreat Center. Fr. Joe is administrator of St. Jude in Elyria, one of the three largest parishes in Lorain County, Quinceañeras Coordinator: Guadalupe Castellanos and Fr. Francisco is the administrator of Sagrada Familia Marriage Encounter: Joe & Patty Dagata, 661-433-3880 in Cleveland, a fairly recently established predominantly Puerto Rican parish. Cleveland’s Vicar for Clergy as- Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Pat & Kay McNeil sures me they have a parish close to the community to [email protected] entrust to me. I probably will be re-affirmed to the posi- tion of treasurer for the Vice-Province, unless my luck Jesús, Fuente de Misericordia: Julia Castillo, 661-618-4701 improves and one of the young confreres gets more votes Once we fully reopen, some missing ministries will be add- than I in the consultation. ed back.

You have read no small amount in my writings about St.

Leonard Murialdo, the Congregation of St. Joseph which he founded, and our special patron St. Joseph, Legal Fa- Keep the legacy of faith and ministry ther of Jesus. I have written much less about the charis- moving forward always—Remember matic family of St. Leonard. This is one of the things on St. Junípero Serra Parish in your will! my to-do list that I never got done. The theological un- derpinning for this notion is that a charism, special gift SAINT ELIZABETH DIRECTORY from the Holy Spirit, given to the Church usually through a saint, in our case Leonard Murialdo, is bigger than the Community Council Chairperson small group of men consecrated within the CSJ by vows. Jerry Lindaman - 661 270-0495

There is also a group of Sisters who share our charism— Altar Society President the Murialdines of St. Joseph. In Brazil there is a Secular Joanne Melfi-724-0314 Worship Institute. Under Fr. Biasio we had the Apostolic Families Association, those who pray for and support our voca- Altar Flowers—Mary Borjon –526-3980 tions. It was his re-imagining the traditional Apostolic EMs of Holy Comm.—Soliman Villapando-262-6090 Mothers Association because of his penchant for family Hospitality—Jerry Lindaman - 270-0495 ministry. Fr. Cano established the AMA here among a Lectors—Soliman Villapando - 262-6090 small group of Spanish-speaking women. Within this Sacristan—Janet Donoho -724-2067

“St. Leonard Family” there are alumni of our schools, some people with some special formation in the charism, Phone System a few with “promises” and even a few “oblate” members who live with the priests and brothers. In the largest The main office phone number is 661-943- sense, all of you are part of this charismatic family in so 9314. The Office of Faith Formation (Religious far as you embrace the charism of great trust in Provi- Education, Confirmation Preparation and Youth dence, concern for workers, and special attention to the Ministry) is 661-943-5912. youth. When the office is closed, you can leave voice Over these 49 years in CSJ community the charism has mails using the following extensions: seeped into my bones. Of course, each of us retains our personalities, interests, talents and so forth, but those of • Josephine #100 us consecrated to God within this charism should be rec- • Daniel Ortiz—FF Clerk #101 ognizable by our style, our orientation, and our habitual • Fr. Norbert #102 choices of ministerial emphasis. I know Fr. Claudio also • Fr. Leo #103 loves and is steeped in this charism. I am confident to • Michele Simpliciano, Pastor’s Sec. #104 hand your pastoral care over to him. Love him as you • Teri Parchman, Finance Clerk #107 have loved me, and great things will happen here. For the • Guadalupe Castellanos, XV Coordinator #108 Spirit given each of is no cowardly spirit, but one that is • Front Office #109 strong, loving, and wise (St. Paul). • Cassandra Ortiz, Dir. Faith Formation #110 • After Hours Emergency 1 Fr. Leo Be sure to press the # sign before the numeral!

Pray for our ill Parishioners…

MASSES Heston Arroyo James Berezuik Paul Bozigian SATURDAY, 26 June BVM Paul Burkman Tito Collantes Kimber Carrisalez 7:00 AM Father’s Day Envelopes Elizabeth Quijano Maryann Davidson Mary Nelson 2:30—3:30 PM CONFESSIONS IN CHURCH Mary Denning Theresa Farrey Marie Fernando 4:00 PM Euschia Lazaro Mario Galvan Shautal & Ava Garcia Patrick Guzman SUNDAY, 27 June, 13th, Sunday in Ordinary in Ordinary Time Bob Henderson Lily Honeycutt Dan Hodgens 7:30 AM Father’s Day Envelopes Katherine Irwin Helen Kaniewski Perry King Betty Knolls Manuel Lopez Wheeler Trixie Barreto 9:30 AM † Carlos Veliz Jo Meister Agustina Mendoza Michelle Moklebust 10:00 AM SEM Altar Society Karen D. Newman Sera-Lisa Ortiz Chris Vernor 12:00 PM † Pasquale Defusco Christina Padilla Gary Poole Jacob Raellano 2:00 PM Español † Prudencio y † Manuela Morga Allen Ralph Nickolas Ramirez Wilfredo Repuyan MONDAY, 28 June, St. Irenaeus Jack Rich Charlie Shea Jonathan Sherman 7:00 AM Father’s Day Envelopes Sharon Smith Madison Taylor Jimmy Laiben 6:30 PM OLC For Pope Francis Gene & Cristina Wheeler Morgan R. Peter Sabato Liz Marcinko Donald Fay Kevin Couch TUESDAY, 29 June, Sts. Peter & Paul Scott Davis Smith Family Tony Dilger 7:00 AM Father’s Day Envelopes Conchita Benuya Raquel Maico-Stallings Efren Maico, Sr. 11:00 AM MFG Father’s Day Envelopes Rick Gomez Romulo Agbunag Patricia Keever WEDNESDAY, 30 June, First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church Lisa Rushing Bill Rushing James Berezuik George Mattei Victor Javier Allison Enriquez 7:00 AM For The people of the Parish Lou Sedillo THURSDAY, 1 July

7:00 AM Angelita Go—Thanksgiving Readings for the Week of June 27 FRIDAY, 2 July 7:00 AM Father’s Day Envelopes Monday: Gn 18:16-33; Ps 103:1b-4, 8-11; Mt 8:18- 22 6:30 PM OLC Religious Vocations Tuesday: Vigil: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-5; Gal 1:11-20; SATURDAY, 3 July, Saint Thomas Jn 21:15-19 7:00 AM † Segundino & † Aristona Del Castillo Day: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 2:30—3:30 PM CONFESSIONS IN CHURCH Wednesday: Gn 21:5, 8-20a; Ps 34:7-8, 10-13; 4:00 PM Gil L. Corpuz Mt 8:28-34 SUNDAY, 4 July, 14th, Sunday in Ordinary in Ordinary Time Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19; Ps 115:1-6, 8-9; Mt 9:1-8 Friday: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67; Ps 106:1b-5; 7:30 AM † Lawrence LaHaise Mt 9:9-13 9:30 AM † Gil G. Corpuz Saturday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc-2; Jn 20:24-29 10:00 AM SEM Father’s Day Envelopes Sunday: Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123:1-4; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a 12:00 PM Living & Deceased Members of the Heath Family 2:00 PM Español † Thomas Russell

Please pray for the recently deceased You changed my May all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. mourning into dancing;

O LORD, my CONFESSIONS God, Church; Saturdays 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm, forever will I and at the Office by give you thanks. appointment only. Call first 661-943-9314 — Psalm 30:13

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[email protected] July first is the liturgical memorial of St. Junípero Serra, the patron saint of our parish. The Knights of Columbus have a wonderful documentary on his life. So much of the rancor and Preparation of the Gifts the allegations against him are not historically

The altar is prepared, the gifts are received. Several accurate much less fair to this great missionary brief rites follow with accompanying prayers, some disciple. The link to the video is: prayed silently by the priest and deacon and others said https://www.kofc.org/en/news-room/st-junipero- aloud. We call this part of the Mass the “preparation.” serra-documentary/index.html What kind of preparation is happening? First, the presider holds up the paten or bowl containing the hosts, and says Please take the time to watch it. You will be edi- words that Jesus must have said many times, since they fied! derive from ancient Jewish meal prayers: “Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation!” We have brought forward our gifts, our offering to God, and now we acknowledge that they are not really ours—the gifts that we give are God’s gift to us. It is “through your goodness” that we have gifts to offer. It is significant that we offer not wheat and grapes, but bread and wine; “fruit of the earth and work of human hands.” Bread and wine are both God’s work, and ours. These preparatory rites also pre- pare us for what we are about to do in the Eucharist, a mystery in which divine and human meet; a holy collabo- ration in which our action is caught up into God’s divine plan.

—Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Rincón del Pastor EL EJEMPLO DE JESÚS DE AYUDAR A OTROS Mientras leen esto, estoy conduciendo desde Orlando, FL a Ohio. Me detendré en la casa de mi viejo amigo de 4-H y En la segunda lectura de hoy Pablo ofrece un argumento su esposa en Delaware, al norte de Columbus, antes de la maravilloso a sus convertidos en Corinto para tratar de ultimo estino de dos horas a Avon. Los otros sacerdotes de ayudar a los necesitados. Está tratando con un problema la CSJ allí son el P. Joe Scalco, el P. Angelo Zonta y el P. práctico, la organización de una colecta para los pobres de Francisco Honorato. A excepción de Paco, podría llamarse la iglesia de Jerusalén; pero, como hace a menudo, saca la rectoría jurásica. En la propiedad de 36 acres tenemos el una importante lección acerca de Jesús para resaltar un Centro de Retiro Juvenil de San Leonardo. El P. Joe es ad- punto. ministrador de St. Jude en Elyria, una de las tres parroquias Después de pedirles que demostraran su fe con generosos más grandes del condado de Lorain, y el P. Francisco es el donativos, les recuerda lo “generoso que ha sido nuestro administrador de la Sagrada Familia en Cleveland, una par- Señor Jesucristo, que siendo rico, se hizo pobre por uste- roquia predominantemente puertorriqueña recientemente des, para que ustedes se hicieran ricos con su pobreza” (2 establecida. El Vicario para el Clero de Cleveland me Corintios 8:9). Con su encarnación nuestro Señor asumió asegura que tienen una parroquia cerca de la comunidad nuestra naturaleza humana, sin duda haciéndose pobre para confiarme. Probablemente seré reafirmado en el cargo para uno que es Dios. El último acto de gracia de esta de tesorero de la Viceprovincia, a menos que mi suerte pobreza fue subir a la cruz y sus terribles sufrimientos. mejore y uno de los jóvenes hermanos obtenga más votos Con este acto de pobreza sin duda nos hemos hecho ricos. que yo en la consulta. Ahora nuestros pecados pueden ser perdonados; podemos

Usted ha leído no poca cantidad en mis escritos sobre San compartir la vida de Dios por medio de los sacramentos; Leonardo Murialdo, la Congregación de San José que él ¡podemos alcanzar la salvación eterna! fundó, y nuestro patrón especial San José, Padre Legal de Jesús. He escrito mucho menos sobre la carismática familia Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. de San Leonardo. Esta es una de las cosas en mi lista de tareas pendientes que nunca hice. La base teológica de esta noción es que un carisma, don especial del Espíritu Santo, dado a la Iglesia generalmente a través de un santo, en nuestro caso Leonard Murialdo, es más grande que el pequeño grupo de hombres consagrados dentro de la CSJ por votos.También hay un grupo de Hermanas que compart- en nuestro carisma: las Murialdinas de San José. En Brasil hay un Instituto Secular. Bajo el P. Biasio tuvimos la Aso- ciación de Familias Apostólicas, aquellos que oran y apoyan nuestras vocaciones. Fue su reimaginación de la tradicional Asociación de Madres Apostólicas debido a su inclinación por el ministerio familiar. El P. Cano estableció la AMA aquí entre un pequeño grupo de mujeres de habla hispana. Dentro de esta "Familia San Leonardo" hay ex- alumnos de nuestras escuelas, algunas personas con alguna formación especial en el carisma, unos pocos con "promesas" e incluso algunos miembros "oblatos" que viv- en con los sacerdotes y hermanos. En el sentido más am- plio, todos ustedes son parte de esta familia carismática en la medida en que abrazan el carisma de la gran confianza en la Providencia, la preocupación por los trabajadores y la atención especial a los jóvenes.

Durante estos 49 años en la comunidad CSJ el carisma se ha filtrado en mis huesos. Por supuesto, cada uno de nosotros conserva nuestras personalidades, intereses, talentos y Movimiento Familiar Cristiano demás, pero aquellos de nosotros consagrados a Dios dentro de este carisma deben ser reconocibles por nuestro estilo, nuestra orientación y nuestras opciones habituales de El Movimiento Familiar Cristiano les invita a formar énfasis ministerial. Sé que el P. Claudio también ama y está parte de su grupo. impregnado de este carisma. Estoy seguro de entregarle su cuidado pastoral. Ámenlo como me han amado a mí, y El MFC tiene como objetivo promover los valores grandes cosas sucederán aquí. Porque el Espíritu dado a humanos y cristianos de la familia en la comunidad. cada uno de ellos no es un espíritu cobarde, sino uno que es fuerte, amoroso y sabio (San Pablo). Para más información llamar :

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