WELCOME TO ST. MARTIN OF TOURS CATHOLIC CHURCH The LORD gives sight to the blind; the LORD raises up those who were bowed down. The LORD loves the just; the LORD protects strangers. -Responsorial Psalm 146 PARISH SMT SCHOOL INSIDE SATURDAY VIGIL OFFICE 11955 S UNSET B LVD Pastor’s Message….p. 2 5:30 PM 11967 SUNSET BLVD LOS ANGELES, CA CANTORS, PIANISTIANIST 11967 S B Choir seeking singers….p. 2 LOS ANGELES, CA 90049 90049 RCIA….p. 4 90049 SUNDAY MASSES PASTOR: PRINCIPAL: Committee for the Poor...p. 4 7:30 AM NO MUSIC REV. BEN LE D EBBIE MARGULIS Virtus Training….p. 5 D 9:30 AM FAMILY MASS ININ RESIDENCE: 310.472.7419 Social Justice Corner...p. 6 11:30 AM SMT CHOIR REV. DONAL KEOHANE Knights of Columbus….p. 6 5:30 PM CONTEMPORARY 310.476.7403 SMTSCHOOL.NET Celebration of Cultures Mass….p. 7 saintmartinoftours.com I hope you had a good summer, enjoying time with your family and a break from your labor. We had many visitors from other states and countries attend Sunday Mass at our parish. It was wonderful to welcome them and chat after Mass. As we resume our regular schedules, this Sunday’s Gospel The SMT Choir is getting ready to start. gives us an important lesson that we can focus on and practice in this coming year. We are looking for additional singers. No experience necessary. A Native Cherokee American was visiting a friend who lived in New York City. As they were walking in Please contact Rick at downtown New York, the Native American suddenly [email protected] or at 213-220-7350. stopped and said, "I hear a cricket." His friend replied, "Oh, you're crazy." "No, I hear a cricket. I do! I'm sure of it," he said. The New Yorker said, "It's noon. People are SMT MINISTRIES & SERVICES everywhere headed to lunch, cars are honking, taxis squealing, there's all the noise from the city. Surely you Altar Servers: Rachel Grella-Harding can't hear a cricket above all that." The Native America [email protected] said, "I'm sure I hear a cricket." So, he listened attentively Annulments: Fr. Ben Le and then walked about 10 feet where there was a shrub [email protected] in a large cement planter. He dug beneath the leaves and Arts & Environment: Kathryn Richards found a cricket. His friend was astounded. [email protected] Baptismal Prep for Parents & Godparents: The Cherokee said, "My ears are no different from yours. Fr. Donie Keohane It simply depends on what you are listening for. Here, let [email protected] me show you." He reached into his pocket and pulled Bereavement: Diana Wheatley out a handful of change, a few quarters, some dimes, [email protected] nickels, and pennies. As he dropped it on the concrete, Bible Study: Fr. Donie Keohane every head within half a block turned. "You see what I [email protected] mean? It all depends on what you are listening for." Bulletin: Ximena Marin [email protected] What are we listening for? Committee for the Poor: Katie Woods [email protected] With most of Jesus’ healings he simply issues a Enrichment Series for Adults: Fr. Donie Keohane command and the healing happens. In today’s Gospel, [email protected] Jesus goes through a more complicated ritual to heal Homebound Ministry (Communion for homebound): the completely deaf man. The hearing must be restored Diana Wheatley first before any communication can begin. [email protected] Knights of Columbus: Michael Nasr There are so many noises in our daily life. It’s as if [email protected] God’s voice is the sound of that cricket during a busy Lectors & EMs: Corrine Baldassano and noisy lunchtime in downtown New York. Often, we [email protected] are so occupied by the noisiness that demands our Marriage Prep & Matrimony: Ximena Marin immediate attention that we don’t open our ears to [email protected] listen for anything else. Music Ministry: Rick Wilkinson [email protected] So, what are we listening for? Read the daily scripture Rectory: Sonia Gudelman readings. It takes only minutes to do so. Oftentimes a [email protected] thought, an idea, or a phrase from scriptures enters our Baptisms, Funerals, Mass Intentions minds. This is how God is communicating to us, like the Respect Life Ministry: Erin Lynch small whisper of that little cricket amidst the cacophony [email protected] of our noisy lives. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) : Fr. Donie Keohane May we focus our hearing on the whispers from God. [email protected] -Fr. Ben Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time September 9, 2018 SACRAMENTS For Funerals ANOINTING OF THE SICKICK please contact MASSES THE FIRSTIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH FOR parish office AFTER 11:30 AM MASS THE 310.476.7403 C ONFESSIONS SATURDAYS 4:15 - 5:00 PM WEEK or please visit OR BY APPOINTMENT SMT website BAPTISM & MATRIMONY Saturday, September 8, 2018 CALL PARISH OFFICE saintmartinoftours.com CALL PARISH OFFICE 8:15 am Fr. Ben 310-476-7403 OR Confessions 4:15 pm—5 pm Fr. Ben WWW.SAINTMARTINOFTOURS.COM 5:30 pm Wallace Korbin, R.I.P. Fr. Donie Quote from a Saint: There are in truth three states Sunday, September 9, 2018 of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the 7:30 am Montserrat Del Gallego, Spec. Int. Fr. Ben perfection. In the beginning they experience the 9:30 am Mariellen Ambrose, R.I.P. Fr. Ben charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of Odette Haddad (Sick) temptation; and in the end the fullness of perfection." 11:30 am Robert Mantel, R.I.P. Fr. Donie 5:30 pm Alfredo Gonzalez, R.I.P. Fr. Ben -Pope St. Gregory the Great Monday, September 10, 2018 SUNDAY READINGS 8:15 am Caldwell Bogert, Spec. Int. READING 1: IS 35:4-7A Tuesday, September 11, 2018 RESPONSORIAL PSALM: PS 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 8:15 am Wednesday, September 12, 2018 READING 2: JAS 2:1-5 8:15 am GOSPEL: MK 7:31-37 Thursday, September 13, 2018 8:15 am P.A. Abraham, R.I.P. Bereavement Michelle Chan, Spec. Int. Friday, September 14, 2018 Ministry 8:15 am “Blessed are those who Saturday, September 15, 2018 mourn for they shall be 8:15 am Margaret Auth, R.I.P. Fr. Ben comforted.” Matthew 5:4 Michelle Chan, Spec. Int. Confessions 4:15 pm—5 pm Fr. Donie The Bereavement Ministry serves parishioners who 5:30 pm Krystyna & Tomasz Glinski, R.I.P. Fr. Ben are grieving the death of a loved one. We offer Sunday, September 16, 2018 prayerful individual support, information and 7:30 am Odette Haddad (Sick) Fr. Donie referrals to assist in the journey towards healing. Joseph De Couto, R.I.P. For more information about this ministry, 9:30 am Marina Mekoskey, R.I.P. Fr. Ben 11:30 am Erlinda Porquez, R.I.P. Fr. Donie please contact Diana at [email protected] 5:30 pm Alfredo Gonzalez, R.I.P. Fr. Ben or at 310-993-6484. OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN Lucille Kelly, Patrick Bowen, Wilma Warner, Rosa Santos, Rosemary & Evis Coda, Charles Elvin, Dave Stuart, Barbara Benway, Lynn Beyer, Bernard Armbruster, Carmen REQUESTED FOR: Cantarin, The Maniega Family, Maria & Arturo Lezama, Baby Azra, Joanne Cooley, Justine Lynch, The Lachner Family, Jan Kovma, Grace Kassarjian, Bea Berlin, Family of Melissa Gordon, Lisa Trask, Lucy Strouts, Baby Luna, Krissy Kobata, Kenia Gutierres, Ana Guerra, Bill Moore, Cheryl Pendleton, Nicola Fisher, Manuel Montero, Lazo Family, Sue Massie, Jackie Turner, Charlie Fischer, Debra Hanrahan, Barbara Smith, John Clifford, Leya Bogert, John Paul Jackson, Gary Vasey, Jim Riedman, Anette Jaworski, Chris Jaworski, Amalie Fairchild, Bette Cohen, Dr. Marco Munoz Peralta, Ana & Denis With, Antonio Navarro, Stanislawa Jaworski, The Jaworski Family, Isabelle Novorochu, Christina Manshardt, The Rivera Family, The Blanco Family, Julian White, Alex Ramsbottom, Sharon Daly, Mireya Peralta, Rita Cornyn, David & Margie Meskauskas, Paul Goldhammer, Barbara Johnson, Dante, William Shaker, Barbara Sadowski, Edyte & Ola Musialik, Kevin, Dennis and Georgia Michaels, Mariam Ibriham, William Nesbitt, Clarence Muirhead, Vivian Shuirman, Rhonda Newman, Matt Sabatasso, Fely Badillo, Zachary Snyder, Ana Aird, Toni Lauber, Martha Carol, Marilu Ramos Rite of Christian SMT Children's Faith Formation Corner Initiation of Adults CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD (RCIA) REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! If you have relatives or friends Registration is due September 10th and sessions begin who are not Catholic and who may be interested in on September 16th Catechetical Sunday. becoming Catholic, please have them contact Fr. Donie at 310-892-5800 or at [email protected]. • Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, ages 3 to 11. Sessions Our RCIA meetings include those who have not been will be held on Sunday at 11am and Monday at 3:30pm. baptized, as well as those already baptized (More sessions will be opened if needed.) in other Christian denominations. • Sunday School Drop In, ages 3 to 5, is on Sunday at 9:20 Classes begin Monday, September 10th am until the end of the Family Mass. Please be sure to and continue weekly. drop your children off before the 9:30 am Mass starts! • Children's Liturgy of the Word, ages 6 to 10, will take Bible Study with Fr. Donie resumes place on Sunday during the 9:30am Mass. • Altar Server Ministry, grades 3 thru 12. on Tuesday, September 11th Altar Server Retreats will begin again in the at 9 am in Room 1 of Parish Center fall. Our first retreat is scheduled on and continues weekly.