June 7, 2015 | The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ
120 St. Norbert teens were confirmed by Bishop Kevin W. Vann on Friday, April 24, 2015.
Congratula ons to our graduates, the St. Norbert Catholic School Class of 2015!
UCHARISTIC DORATION 300 East Ta Avenue • Orange, CA 92865 E A First Friday of each month beginning at 9 a.m. Telephone: (714) 637-4360 • Fax: (714) 637-4311 and concluding at 8 a.m. on Saturday with Benedic on. CLERGY SCHEDULE OF MASSES Rev. Patrick Rudolph, Pastor Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., BAPTISMS Rev. Agus n Escobar, Parochial Vicar 12 noon, 2 p.m. (Spanish), 5:30 p.m. Please call the Parish Office for informa on Rev. John Duy Nguyen, Parochial Vicar and 7 p.m. (Spanish) and to schedule Bap sm Prepara on. Rev. Antonio Zapata, In Residence Monday - Friday: 6:15 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Programs are available in English or in Spanish. Deacon Dave Blake Wednesday: 7 p.m. (Spanish) Deacon Joseph Esparza Saturday: 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. MARRIAGES Deacon Juan Espinoza (Sunday Vigil) Please call the Parish Office for informa on. Holy Days of Obliga on: as announced Six months advance no ce is required. MINISTRY CENTER STAFF Marriage Prepara on is available in English or in Spanish. Ahl Agus n, Chris an Service CONFESSIONS Irene Ahedo, Office Manager Saturday: 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Joseph Ciccoianni, Principal, St. Norbert ANOINTING OF THE SICK, First Friday of each month: 9:30 a.m. Catholic School COMMUNION FOR THE SICK & to 10:30 a.m. Charlene Dumitru, Adult Faith Forma on HOMEBOUND John Erhard, Music Ministry Kindly call the Parish Office to make Carmen Estrada, Hispanic Ministry MINISTRY CENTER HOURS arrangements. Janine Kilgore, Liturgical Ministries Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Kirsten King, Youth Faith Forma on & Saturday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. FUNERALS Confirma on Sunday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. At the me of death, kindly call the Parish Maria Mar nez, Business Manager Office for assistance in making arrangements. Robin Mayes, School of Religious Educa on St. Norbert Parish is a dynamic community of disciples of Jesus Christ striving
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Stewardship
Reflecting on God’s Word A en on High School Seniors! Three $1000 Scholarships will be awarded to The Most Body & Blood of Christ Going to movies these days can be an St. Norbert Parish Youth! immersion in blood. I go to movies fairly The St. Norbert Guadalupana Scholarships provide financial assistance regularly and friends in the parish will ask to high school seniors planning on con nuing their studies full- me at me my reac ons now and again. O en a community college, university or voca onal/trade school. The over the years, I have found myself requirements for all scholarships include a minimum GPA of 2.5 and responding, “It’s well made, but . . . it’s community service involvement in St. Norbert parish ac vi es. pre y bloody.” Or “I’m not sure if you Scholarship A - Awarded for academic excellence and extracurricular ac vi es. want to see all this bloodshed.” Scholarship B - Awarded to a student who is a first-genera on college student. It might be surprising to listen to the Scholarship C - Awarded with considera on given to financial need. three readings that all have to do not just Applica ons are available in the Ministry Center or may be downloaded from the parish with shedding blood, but sprinkling it on website: www.stnorbertchurch.org/scholarship_eng The applica on deadline is people, as Moses did out in the desert, Wednesday, July 15. The Guadalupana Scholarships will be awarded on Sunday, August and presen ng Jesus as the great high 2, at the 5:30 p.m. Mass. For more informa on or to contribute to our scholarship fund, priest who goes into the sanctuary please contact Pat Robles-Friebert at [email protected] or (714) 813-8477. ______bearing his own blood, which will “cleanse our consciences from dead Pope Francis Prayer Intention & a Pentecostal Presence works” (Hebrews 9:14) so we can worship the living God. with Immigrants And then there is the more familiar The Holy Father’s universal prayer inten on for June is: “That immigrants and refugees reading of Mark’s account of the Last may find welcome and respect in the countries to which they come.” Supper, when Jesus tells his disciples to Read more about the work of the Diocese of Orange alongside out immigrant sisters and drink his blood. Perhaps we have go en brothers. “All in one place together: Pentecost and Immigrant Lives” at used to hearing these words since they www.lifejus cepeace.org/pentecost-immigrants ______are spoken at every Mass. But if you stop and think about it they are rather Choir Fire shocking. I have always loved to sing, especially my favorite hymns at Mass. I In the biblical world blood is sacred, blood joined my church choir because I wanted to be able to sing out is life. From the beginning animals were more freely. The choir experience is very gratifying and enables me offered in sacrifice. But with the offering to work with others and to express myself more fully. Choir is about teamwork, community, and of the body and blood of Christ, a new developing a stronger understanding of music. It is a way for people to connect with one rela onship has been entered into with another and to participate in a highly rewarding activity. Choir is a safe, warm, and accepting our God. Through Jesus’ gi of his body environment. Alan Garcia and blood, salva on was won for us and is Music has always been a large part of my life, but it was only after I joined the choir that I felt present to us when we gather in his name God’s call truly fulfilled. I was drawn to the St. Norbert choir because I enjoyed the music they to praise the Father. —James A. Wallace, C.Ss.R. sang and the harmonies that blended so beautifully. The wonderful people in the choir and the Copyright © 2014, World Library Publica ons. music that we sing keep me coming back week after week. If you are looking for a great ministry All rights reserved. to be part of, I wholeheartedly recommend joining the parish choir. Katherine Meland ______
Weekly Parish Offering Thank you for your con nuing support of St. Norbert Parish. For the fiscal year July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015, our parish budget calls for $27,900 to be donated weekly at the Sunday collec on. The collec on for Sunday, May 31, was $21,439.79. These collec ons are not only for opera ng expenses each week, but also for any ongoing repair work, upgrades, etc. to our parish facility. Your regular dona ons are needed for the good of St. Norbert Parish and the spread of the Gospel. 3 JUNE 7, 2015 | THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
Parish Life
Vacation Bible School Liturgy Schedule during Priests’ Retreat VBS registra on has now closed. June 8 - June 12 Campers who have registered will This week Frs. Pat, Agus n, John and Antonio will be away on the should have received a confirma on annual Diocesan Priests’ Retreat. We will observe our regular le er in the mail. weekday Mass schedule on Monday, June 8. On Tuesday, June 9 If you commi ed to dona ng an through Thursday, June 11, we will have Communion Services at item from our Wish List, please 6:15 and 8:30 a.m. (and 7 p.m. in Spanish on Wednesday) in place drop it off to the Ministry Center Office ASAP. Thank you for of the regular weekday Masses. your support! Please pray for our priests, and all the priests of the Diocese of Student Volunteers will meet this Sunday, June 7, from 1 to 4 p.m. Orange, during their week of retreat. We’d love some help painting, making decorations and ______
organizing supplies every Saturday. We meet from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the school courtyard area next to the Family and Youth Pancake Breakfast Center. Volunteers age 12 & up, please! Meet ‘N Greet Please contact Amy Glenane at [email protected] or (714) Youth Ministry & the Knights of Columbus 974-8781 for more informa on. will be hos ng our first of three monthly ______summer Pancake Breakfasts this Sunday, Workshop for Extraordinary June 7, a er the 7:30 and 9 a.m. morning Masses. Bring the family a er Mass for a yummy breakfast and me of fellowship Ministers of Holy with our Knights and teens! ______Communion A workshop for all who serve as Extraordinary Next Week is Taco Sunday Ministers of Holy Communion (church and Be sure to stop by the Ministry Center homebound) and those who are interested in next Sunday, June 14, for Taco Sunday. serving will take place on Monday, June 8 at 7 Chris an Service will be serving p.m. OR on Wednesday, June 10 at 11a.m., in delicious homemade tacos, tamales, the church. Please plan to a end EITHER session. Current EMs burritos, taquitos, tostadas and who a ended the workshop in November are excused; all who quesadillas. Food will be served from 10 missed the November sessions must a end in order to be re- a.m. to 2 p.m. In addi on, Chris an Service will hold a Super commissioned. Candidates for this ministry should be fully Bou que with more collec bles at marked-down prices, opening ini ated Catholics (Bap sm, Confirma on, Eucharist) and if a er the 7:30 a.m. Mass un l 2 p.m. Coffee & Doughnuts will be married, are married in the Church. ______available during Bou que hours. Have a great summer! ______
Linen People Needed National Survey of Asian & Calling all parishioners who can PacificIsland Catholics wash & iron! The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops invites input Do you have two hours a week (for one from Asian and Pacific Island Catholics and those who serve in month during the year) to dedicate to St. ministry to them. Your responses will help shape a na onal Norbert Church? If so, the Altar Care Pastoral Plan. You may take the survey online at h p://bit.ly/ Ministry is looking for you! Three ladies NSAPICUS The ques onnaire should only take about 15 minutes (or men) are needed to wash and iron the weekly purificators to complete, and your responses are anonymous. Thank you for (white cloths used during Communion). One person is needed your par cipa on! during the month of September, another is needed during the month of December, and a third is needed for the month of May. If you would be willing to give a total of eight hours of your me back to your parish community, please contact Marriages Denise Bi el at the Ministry Center office at (714) 637-4360 x130.My gra tude for your prayerful considera on to assist the Altar Care Ministry. Congratulations! ¡Felicidades!
Ian Cabrera & Jessica Villegas Married on May 16, 2015
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Youth & Teen Ministries
School of Religious Education Youth Ministry & Confirmation Registration for 2015-16 Serving Junior High through College-Age Young Adults SRE Early Bird Registration has begun and runs until July 31. The Registration for Confirmation Year 2015-16 deadline for SRE registration is August 31. Registration forms are A en on all incoming Junior High (7th-8th) and High School teens! available in the Ministry Office or can be downloaded from the St Norbert Parish website: www.stnorbertchurch.org Completed Time to register for the new school year! Register in June and take advantage of the Early Bird special. Get it done right away and registra on forms may be le in the Ministry Office to be placed check it off your summer “To Do List”! in the SRE box. Confirma on of your registra on and appointments to meet with the Director will be forthcoming. Re-Registration Open House Dates ______Tuesday, June 23: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. First Communion Photos Early Bird Registra on discount! If you purchased a package from the Wednesday, July 22: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. photographer your Communion photos will be Sunday, August 16: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. mailed to you directly. If you did not purchase These dates above are reserved for re-registra ons only. All teens a package, your child’s photograph (receiving and junior high students already in the program must re-register Communion) will be available in the SRE Office at one of these three open houses. this week. You must physically come to the SRE Office to iden fy your child in the photograph. Please call the SRE Office at (714) Registration for Brand New Applicants 998-1070 to drop by and claim your picture. (Junior High & Confirma on) ______Youth Ministry is now accep ng any NEW registra ons. All new
Catechists Needed applicants must come to YOUTH MINISTRY during regular business hours to turn in completed applica ons. Applica ons are available Catechists are needed for the SRE English Faith Forma on classes. online, in the Ministry Center, or at YM Office. Copies of Bap sm Please consider giving one hour of your me once a week for & First Communion cer ficates are required, even if you received about 6-1/2 months, beginning in the fall. (October 2015 through these sacraments at St. Norbert Parish. Registra on forms for May 2016, Mondays OR Tuesdays, 4 to 5 p.m. OR 6:30 to 7:30 NEW applicants are available in the Ministry Center and on the p.m.) This is a wonderful ministry to share your faith with the parish website: www.stnorbertchurch.org. children of our parish. You do not need to be a professional ______teacher. Training will be offered over the summer. You simply need to love Jesus and help the children on their faith forma on Junior High Ministry journey. Together in Jesus we can make a difference! Please call See above informa on for Registra on for 2015-16. Robin Mayes at (714) 998-1070 for more informa on. Don’t be a stranger this summer! Come by Youth Ministry any