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Pentecost Sunday June 8, 2014 1305 Royal Avenue Simi Valley, CA 93065 Pentecost Sunday June 8, 2014 The Acts of the Apostles recounts the story of the original Pentecost (Acts 2). Jews from all over were gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish feast. On that Sunday, ten days after the Ascension of Our Lord, the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary were gathered in the Upper Room, where they had seen Christ after His Resurrection: And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them: And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak. [Acts 2:2‐4] Christ had promised His Apostles that He would sent His Holy Spirit, and, on Pentecost, they were granted the gifts of the Spirit. The Apostles began to preach the Gospel in all of the languages that the Jews who were gathered there spoke, and about 3,000 people were converted and baptized that day. That is why Pentecost is often called "the birthday of the Church." On this day, with the descent of the Holy Spirit, Christ's mission is completed, and the New Covenant is inaugurated. It's interesting to note that St. Peter, the first pope, was already the leader and spokesman for the Apostles on Pentecost Sunday (see Acts 2:14ff). Parish Information RECTORY PASTOR 1305 Royal Avenue SACRAMENTS Simi Valley, CA 93065 Rev. Joseph P. Shea 526‐1732 526‐0067 (fax) Associate Pastor ANOINTING OF THE SICK Administered throughout the year. Email: [email protected] Fr. Bill Nicholas Ron Browne• 526‐1732 Please call the Rectory any time in Parish Business Manager Priest in Residence case of serious illness or going into Website: Fr. Jim Maher surgery. www.StRoseSV.com DEACONS BAPTISMS HOURS Dn. Peter Wilson Monday to Friday: 8:00am—8:00pm English: 1st Sunday of the month Saturday: 9:00am—5:00pm Dn. Terry Reibenspies Spanish: 3rd Sunday of the month Sunday: 8:00am—4:00pm Dn. Louis Fernandez By appointment; please call or visit Dn. Edward Posvar the Rectory. Facilities Manager Norm Ouellette • 551‐3704 MARRIAGES ALTAR SERVER MINISTRY LITURGY SCHEDULE Arrangements must be made at Ty McDermott, Director• 526‐1732 Daily: 8:30am & 5:30pm least six months in advance. Please [email protected] Saturday: 8:30am; 5:00pm (Vigil); call or visit the Rectory. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy 7:00pm (Spanish) Communion—coordinators Sunday: 6:00am, 7:00am, 9:00am, RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION George Lemos 11:00am (Family/Children), FOR ADULTS (RCIA) Tony Lemos ([email protected]) 1:00pm (Spanish), 5:00pm (Youth) Jo & Frank Wilhelmi • 526‐6194 LECTORS MINISTRY SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR Tony Delgado 584‐6987 with BENEDICTION Monday 9:00am—10:00am LIFE TEEN / YOUTH MINISTRY Tuesday 4:00pm—5:00pm NOVENA Adam Cross, Youth Minister • 526‐8181 Wednesday 9:00am—10:00am Mother of Perpetual Help [email protected] Thursday 4:00pm—5:00pm Claira Castillo, Assistant Youth Minister Wednesdays at 6:00pm NEW HOURS [email protected] Friday 4:00pm—5:00pm BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY MINISTERIO HISPANO Saturday 3:00pm—5:00pm Dot Goerisch • 526‐5640 Libia Perez, Director • 915‐4605 6:00pm—7:00pm [email protected] CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION GROUP MUSIC MINISTRY Vigil: 5:30pm Ched & Lumi Cruz Clare Delto, Director • 526‐1732 Holy Day: 6:00am; 8:30am; 12:00pm; 584‐6160 [email protected] 5:30pm; 7:00pm (Spanish) COUPLES FOR CHRIST RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ST. ROSE OF LIMA SCHOOL Joanne & Erwin Ilustrisimo Kim Costa, Director 1325 Royal Avenue 526‐5513 • 520‐7638 (fax) 304‐0753 Simi Valley, CA 93065 [email protected] John P. Sanders, Principal KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY Website: www.srls.org COUNCIL #5803 Julia Dobrucki • 584‐1203 526‐5304 • 526‐0939 (fax) Rick Ostrich, Grand Knight [email protected] ST. ROSE OF LIMA 501‐8818 AFTER SCHOOL CARE 24 HR. LIFE CENTER HOTLINE FOR 577‐8208 SERVING THOSE IN NEED UNPLANNED PREGNANCY St. Rose School Alumni Earl Todd Call 1‐800‐973‐7334 Teresa Moran Runyon 581‐0957 All our services are FREE and information is [email protected] kept strictly confidential. www.srls.org/alumni www.facebook.com/ Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults For information on the Catholic Faith PregnancyCounselingCenter MOTHER CABRINI CIRCLE and the process of inquiry, please call: SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN GIFT STORE Lisa Zabaglo • 527‐6582 Jo & Frank Located in the vestibule; open before & Wilhelmi SUB‐ROSA YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY after morning Sunday Masses; 805-526-6194 Adam Cross • Coordinator Tuesdays 2– 6pm & Thursdays 12-4pm Dear friends, After 15 years of dedicated service here at St. Rose of Lima Parish, both as our Youth Minister and then as our Director of Religious Education, Kim Costa has decided to retire due to health issues. On behalf of the entire parish, I want to thank Kim for her many years of service and to wish her well in her retirement. I also wanted to inform you that the parish has hired Sandi Lemos as our new Director of Religious Education. She has been a parishioner of St. Rose of Lima since 1970. She learned her Catholic Faith through our parish’s Religious Education and youth ministry programs. Sandi and her husband George were married at St. Rose of Lima in 1987 and their five children have grown up and received all of their Sacraments in this parish. At the age of sixteen, she began teaching preschool classes on Sunday mornings with her mother here at St. Rose. That experience planted the desire to share her faith with others. Through the years, she has participated in the Religious Education Confirmation, the Women’s Fellowship, Bible Studies, and the Respect Life programs, and she and her family volunteered every year for the parish carnival. For the last six years, Sandi has been in store management with a national retail chain. All these experiences will bring a fresh new perspective to this position. I am overjoyed to have Sandi join our team and I know that we will be blessed with the gift of her faith and her leadership. May God bless her and all of you. Yours in Christ, Fr. Joseph What Does Jesus Expect of Me? Jesus calls you to follow him. Your life MASS INTENTIONS could be an adventure with God. St. SATURDAY, June 7 Rose of Lima Parish extends a warm 8:30am Members of the Millenium Club (I) welcome to all who wish to join our faith 5:00pm John & Helen Cecil (D) community for worship and fellowship. 7:00pm Isac Guerrero (D) Come Feast on His Word, develop your Knowledge, and Build a Family of SUNDAY, June 8 Faith. If you are new to the area, or 6:00am Concetta Stephenson (D) coming back Home, we invite you to make St. Rose 7:00am Kevin Mc Grady (I) of Lima your parish by calling the Rectory at 526- 9:00am Sarah Wong (I) 1732 or stop by during office hours or visit our 11:00am Dominador Dawal (D) website: www.StRoseSV.com (Sp) 1:00pm Jesus & Maria Covarrubias (D) “A time to be born…” Ecc 3:2 5:00pm Sergio & Eli Lopez (I) Preston E. Burks, MONDAY, June 9 8:30am Lucien A.J. Allard (D) Hannah D. Kitiibwa, Atticus K. Le 5:30pm Terry Dunlavey (I) and Mason A. Sierra TUESDAY, June 10 Names on this list will be deleted after 3 months, unless the Rectory 8:30am Carmine Liberatore (D) staff is notified. If you are a family member and you wish to add or 5:30pm Delores Olsen (I) renew a name, please notify the office. WEDNESDAY, June 11 8:30am Lohene Rapp (D) “A time to heal…” Ecc 3:3 ...And pray for one another.—James 5:13‐18 5:30pm Mac McBride (D) THURSDAY, June 12 Maria Aguilar Brooke Gardner Domingo Ortega, Jr. 8:30am Delfine Soriano (D) Corinne Anderson Rosa Gonzalez Brooklyn Papaleo 5:30pm Evelyn Sisante (D) Maria Anttilainen Ruben Gonzalez Armand Patino FRIDAY, June 13 Sue Arrigoni Chaz Higginbottom Lupe Pina 8:30am Theresa Myszkowski (D) Sebastian Ruth Ann Hochleutner Dian Schuetz 5:30pm Dan Mc Grady (I) Baghdassarian John Hughes Terianne Soria SATURDAY, June 14 Manuel Barrera Mary Rose Hughes Colina Stephanson 8:30am Members of the Millenium Club (I) Alondra Brito Margaret Jimenez Ken Thompson Robert Chirigotis Jeane Klutz Irene Velasquez 5:00pm Jo Garcia (I) Brian Egan Barbara Knight Sharon Yaqui 7:00pm Edgar Otero (D) Dorothy Errett Maria Manriquez Imelda Youngman SUNDAY, June 15 Charlie Frerking Frank Meyer 6:00am Father’s Day Novena Debbie Garcia Jason Meyer 7:00am Father’s Day Novena Hilda Garcia Kathy Meyer Pray hard when it’s 9:00am Father’s Day Novena Adrienne Gardner Verna Meyer hardest to pray. 11:00am Father’s Day Novena (Sp) 1:00pm Father’s Day Novena “A time of war and a time of peace…” Ecc 3:8 Pray for those serving in the military. 5:00pm Father’s Day Novena U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S.M.C. Matthew Alatorre Matthew Anaya Christian Ares READINGS FOR THE WEEK Bowe Bergdahl POW Gregg Bell Raymond Bucci Pvt. James Berru Krysten Bohen Ryan Bunnell Monday: 1 Kgs 17:1‐6; Ps 121:1bc‐8; Patrick Croy Patrick F. Costa Paul Gebert Mt 5:1‐12 Walter Cueva John Gebert Sgt. Colton Haney Tuesday: 1 Kgs 17:7‐16; Ps 4:2‐5, 7b‐8; Thomas M.
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