SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
WEEKLY READINGS and MASS INTENTIONS
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 27, 2013
The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not
rest until it reaches its goal, nor will it withdraw till the
Most High responds.
— Sirach 35:17-18a
GOD’S LOGIC IS NOT OURS
Nobody will ever mistake the Bible for a logic
textbook. We need to remember this when we
approach today’s readings. How can a God who
knows no favorites have a chosen people, or give us
the disciplines of fasting and almsgiving and then
instruct us not to talk about them? God, in love and
tenderness, knows how quickly we can get “into a
rut.” The Spirit inspires passages like the instruction
from Sirach and the parable in Luke to help drag us
out of the rut of thinking that God’s ways are our
ways.
Sirach poetically uses contrast to answer the
question, “Whose prayer will reach the lofty clouds
of heaven?” The answer? Those who are lowly on
earth. Jesus amplifies this in his parable of the
Pharisee and the publican. It is Spirit-inspired illogic
that communicates today’s message: God hears the
voices of those who are ignored by the rest of the
world.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK FOR ADULTS
This Gospel reading suggests that we approach God
and each other with humility. What does this mean, in
practical terms? How do we "humble" ourselves?
What does that mean?
QUESTION OF THE WEEK FOR CHILDREN
Jesus teaches us to be humble – but what does that
mean? How do you show you are humble?
10/26 Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings Rom 8:1-11; Ps 24:1b-4ab, 5-6; Lk 13:1-9
Mass Intention: 4:00pm (AR) +Bob Sanders
6:00pm (M) Rogelio & Sara Lucero
(Birthday Intentions)
10/27 Sunday Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time;
National World Youth Day; Priesthood Sunday
Readings Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; Ps 34:2-3, 17-19, 23;
2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14
Mass Intention: 8:00am (M ) +Charles Szabo
8:30am (C) Jan Inks (SI)
10:00am (AR) +Genny Stevenson
10:15am (AC) Mass for the People
10/28 Monday: Ss. Simon and Jude
Readings Eph 2:19-22; Ps 19:2-5; Lk 6:12-16
Mass Intention: 8:00am (AC) +Jim Huiras
10/29 Tuesday:
Readings Rom 8:18-25; Ps 126:1b-6; Lk 13:18-21
Mass Intention: 8:00am (AC) +Bill Mutoza
10/30 Wednesday:
Readings Rom 8:26-30; Ps 13:4-6; Lk 13:22-30
Intention: 8:30am (M) Special Intentions
10/31 Thursday:
Readings Rom 8:31b-39; Ps 109:21-22, 26-27, 3031; Lk 13:31-35
Mass Intention: 8:00am (AC) +Carolyn Bloom
11/1 Friday: All Saints; First Friday
ReadingsRv7:2-4, 9-14;Ps 24:1-6; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a
Mass Intention: 11:00am (AR) Dan Darby (SI)
6:00pm (AC) All Souls
11/2 Saturday: The Commemoration of All the Faithful
Departed (All Souls Day); First Saturday
Readings Wis 3:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9;
Jn 6:37-40
Mass Intention: 8:30am (M)
9:00am (AC) All Souls
4:00pm (AR) Jan Inks (SI)
6:00pm (M) +Con & Mildred Craig
11/3
Sunday: Wis 11:22 — 12:2; Ps 145:1-2, 8-11, 13-14;
2 Thes 1:11 — 2:2; Lk 19:1-10
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Every Friday 8:30am- 4:30pm
Evening Prayer 4:30pm Benediction 4:50pm
St. Patrick’s Angels Camp Chapel
PARISH HELP INFORMATION
www.CatholicsComeHome.org
*Helping Hands Angels Camp
(Food & Clothing) Monday 1:00-3:00pm
Perpetual Candles – Honor your loved one
by having a candle lit 24 hours a day for 365 days a year at
St. Patrick’s in Angels Camp. Pick up an application at
the back of Church or call the Parish Office for more
information about Perpetual Candles.
(New Special…$150.00 1st year
$100.00 each additional year)
*Helping Hands Arnold
(Food) Tuesday 9:00-10:00am
*Diocesan Respect Life Office 209-465-5433
*Catholic Charities 24-hr Friendship Line 1-800-971-0016
*Natural Family Planning www.CCLI.org
*www.HopeAfterAbortion.com
*Crisis Pregnancy Helpline 1-888-4-OPTIONS
*Door of Hope Crisis Pregnancy Helpline
754-5100
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
SUNDAY
11:15am High School Youth Group, Helping Hands
Bldg., Angels Camp
MONDAY
1—3:00pm St. Patrick’s Helping Hands Distribution,
Angels Camp
4---5:15pm Children’s Faith Formation, Murphys
TUESDAY
9—11:30am St. Patrick’s Preschool, Angels Camp
9:30—10:00am O.L.S. Helping Hands Distribution,
Arnold
10—11:00am Perpetual Novena, Arnold
10—1:00pm Seniors Meeting, Angels Camp
WEDNESDAY
9—11:30am St. Patrick’s Preschool, Angels Camp
4—5:15pm Children’s Faith Formation, K-8, Angels
Camp
6—7:15pm High School Confirmation, Angels Camp
THURSDAY
9—11:30am St. Patrick’s Preschool, Angels Camp
MONTHLY PARISH ACTIVITIES
ANGELS ALTAR SOCIETY 2nd Monday, 10am, Library,
Angels Camp
ANGELS CAMP MEN’S CLUB (MASS) 2nd Sunday,
11:30am, Parish Library, Angels Camp
ARNOLD WOMEN’S CLUB 1st Friday after 11am
Rosary, Arnold Hall
ARNOLD MEN’S CLUB 4th Thursday, 7pm, Arnold
Hall
BINGO 3rd Saturday, 2pm, Angels Camp Hall
FINANCE COUNCIL 5:30pm, As Needed, Parish Office
FIRST SATURDAY MASS 9am, Chapel, Angels Camp
ITALIAN CATHOLIC FEDERATION 1st Sunday after
10:15am Mass, Angels Camp Hall
LAY CARMELITES 1st Saturday, 9am, Chapel, Angels
Camp. Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Lay
Carmelite Community meets each month immediately
following Mass.
LITURGY BOARD 1st Monday, 6pm, Angels Camp
Classroom
MURPHYS ALTAR SOCIETY 2nd Thursday, 10am,
Murphys Hall
MURPHYS MEN’S CLUB 2nd Thursday, 5pm, Murphys
Hall
PARISH COUNCIL 2nd Monday, 6pm, Murphys Hall
ST. PATRICK’S ANGELS CAMP/MURPHYS HELPING
HANDS 1st Monday, 11:00am, Helping Hands Bldg.,
Angels Camp
ST. PATRICK’S PRESCHOOL PARENTS ADVISORY
meeting, 2nd Thursday, 6:30pm, Confirmation Room,
Angels Camp
Eric Parker, Holly Whittle, Carl Schenewark, Norma
Snow, Chris Figone, Baby Elsie Brooks, Misha
Larro, Kristine Camozzi, Peter Bailey, Pete Tussey,
Helen Wuesterfeld, Jewel Lucken, Jessica Fredrick,
Dick Juarez, Roger & Peggy Nichols, Dave Recupero,
Bev Fernandez, Joyce Winters, Russ Hester, Mark,
Ramona Main, Karl Christensen, Gordon Sadler, Sr.,
Otis Preston, Mary Frances Kelly, Azlyn Gates, Baby
Jack Setzer, Dan Darby, Carolyn Vatuone, Bob
Fristensky, Velma Laver, David Wells, Ron
Rodrigues, Diane Tussey, Baby Colin Waight, Justin
Bates, Sonny Abalos, Al Arieta, Tom Besmer, Mario
Novoa, Pam Alvey, Flo Vlnaty, Ernie Von Raesfeld,
Josh Kavanagh, Troy Williams, Jessica Fredrick, Sue
Collins, Aleida Robinson, Vern DeValle, Gerda
Schmitt, Joyce Hacker, Roman Maldonado, Jean
Marie Peters, Kay Posnick, Gina Madrid, Grover M.
Inks, Rose Lloyd, Bradley J. Howard, Kelly Bloom,
Linda Miller, Nolan Hicks, Adele Ross, Ron & Amy
Schmid, Jake and Joseph Koval, Yvonne Porcella,
Joshua and Colin Muilenburg, Rita Delisle and
individuals on 12-step programs.
Please Pray for the Repose of the Soul of Shirley Dillashaw
Notify the Parish Office of any Prayer List
changes – deaths, return to good health, etc.
ONLINE GIVING PROGRAM
We now offer Online Giving! If you manage your
bills online, why not give to your Church online? It’s
safe and secure, and you decide exactly when your
gift is made and where it goes. So, if you forgot your
envelope last week, you can go online and make a gift
to the Church. Please visit our website at
www.parishesonline.com/stpatrickangelscamp
and
find out how to give online.
November 2nd Collections
November 3rd
November 24th
10/20/2013
ANGELS BOOKS AND GIFTS
Open each Sunday after Mass or Call the Parish Office
Monday thru Friday from 9 am-4 pm
STOP BY FOR OUR $1.00 CLEARANCE ITEMS
Maintenance and Repair
Catholic Campaign
Sunday Collection
2nd Collection/World Mission
Online Giving Collection
Weekly Collection Total
THANK YOU FOR GIVING!
$ 3609
$ 851
$
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$ 4510
MASS SCHEDULE
Friday, November 1st
(Holy Day of Obligation)
Our Lady of the Sierra, Arnold 11:00am
St. Patrick’s, Angels Camp
6:00pm
From the desk of the Pastor
We have two people in today’s gospel who have come
to the temple to pray. The one thinks he will avoid
hell because he’s such a wonderful person; the other
throws himself on God’s mercy. This parable, like all
of Jesus’ parables, had a surprise ending that forces
us to think more deeply into God’s ways, which are
not our ways.
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday, November 2nd
St. Patrick’s Murphys Cemetery 8:30am
Altaville Cemetery
9:00am
(The regularly scheduled 1st Saturday Mass will
be held at the Altaville Cemetery)
The Pharisee didn’t have much of a prayer. Jesus
said, “He spoke this prayer to himself.” He was
pretty much saying, “Thank you God that I am not a
sinner like everyone else—even like this tax
collector.” He seemed to show no attachment toward
God. His only attachment was to himself. The tax
collector, on the other hand, came to God for
forgiveness and he received it. The key word here is
“justified” which could be translated as “righteous.”
The tax collector went home justified, the other did
not. The Pharisee’s righteousness was of his own
making; he didn’t feel the need to ask God for
anything. The tax collector’s righteousness came as
an answer to a prayer: “God, be merciful to me a
sinner.” It reminds us that holiness is God’s gift to
those who are open to his grace. All through the
gospels, especially in St. luke, Jesus is eager to offer
his saving grace to anyone whose heart is open to it.
This does not eliminate the need to live a holy life, to
keep God’s laws, to pray and to do good for others.
This gospel tells us that the first step to holiness is to
humble ourselves before the Lord and ask for his
grace. God bless us.
*Murphys Saturday Evening Mass
will be celebrated at 5:00pm
“Tea, International Creche Display,
and Women of the Bible”
Presented by Our Lady of the Sierra Women’s Club.
Come and enjoy a variety of teas,
sandwiches, and cookies.
View crèches from around the world.
Learn about Women of the Bible.
Saturday, November 9th at l:00 p.m.
in Johnston Hall, OLS, Arnold.
Tickets: Adults - $15.00;
Children and Grandchildren - $5.00!
For information, call Ramona Green at 795-5833.
DON’T FORGET TO TURN
YOUR CLOCKS BACK NEXT SATURDAY
EVENING. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEGINS ON
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD.
Altar Server Training
Anyone who wants to serve is welcome to join us on
the first Saturday of each month from 9:00am to
11:30am in the Angels Camp Church. The time will
Lifeline Screeningbe spent at Mass, Confession and
training.
OUR LADY OF THE SIERRA
Household Battery Collection
November 9/10 and 16/17
Life Line Screening. -
St. Patrick's Catholic
Church - Main Hall is pleased to offer a preventive
health event. Life Line Screening, a leading provider
of community-based preventive health screenings,
will host their affordable, non-invasive and painless
health screenings on 12/5/2013. Five screenings will
be offered that scan for potential health problems
related to: blocked arteries which is a leading cause
of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms which can
lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening of the arteries in
the legs which is a strong predictor of heart disease;
atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat which is
closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone density
screening, for men and women, used to assess the risk
of osteoporosis. Register for a Wellness Package
which includes 4 vascular tests and osteoporosis
screening from $149 ($139 with our member
discount). All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to
complete. In order to register for this event and to
receive a $10 discount off any package priced above
$129, please call 1-888-653-6441 or
visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners.
HEARTFELT JUDGMENT
When you meet someone, you judge them by
their clothes; when you leave them, you judge them by
their heart.
—Russian proverb
A Big Thank you from Helping Hands
Thank you to Tony Jeler of Swift Signs for your
generosity in printing our business envelopes
free of charge. Without your generous support
we would not be able to continue to help those
who are in need.
HELPING HANDS IS IN NEED OF
FOLDING CHAIRS, BEDDING,
BLANKETS,TOWELS, COATS AND
CHILDREN’S WINTER CLOTHES!
PLEASE DROP THEM OFF AT THE
OFFICE OR THE HELPING HANDS
BUILDING. THANK YOU!
It's that time to get ready to board the bus for an
all day trip to San Francisco!!!!
This annual event is put on by the board members of
St. Patrick's Preschool as a fund raiser for the
Preschool. Saturday, November 16th!
The bus leaves the parking lot at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church at 6:45am and arrives at Union
Square by 9:30/10:00am. The day is yours to enjoy
whether it be getting your holiday shopping done at
Union Square or exploring the many sounds and
sights of the City!!! You have Fisherman's Wharf,
Ferry Building, great Museums, Broadway shows,
Noe Valley, Chinatown, Little Italy, Haight Ashbury,
Coit Tower, restaurants too many to
mention....whatever... the day is yours!! Just
remember to be back to bus at 6:45pm to get back
home around 10:00pm. Cost of tickets are
$70....ticket price includes: pastries, beverages &
cash drawings!!!!! Ice chests with food, beverages &
spirits are permitted on the bus. There is a bathroom
on the bus. So if you'd like to go on this fun filled day
trip to San Francisco....We only have room for 45 on
the bus...so don't daly!! For Tickets call: Simone
Clements 736-2822 or Rosalee Callahan 736-4055.
SEVENTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE
& HOLIDAY HOME DÉCOR
NOVEMBER 8th, 9th & 10th
The Ladies & Friends of the Knights of Columbus have
been very busy preparing for their 7th Annual Holiday
Boutique coming this November 7th, 8th & 9th . Come and
join the Ladies & Friends where you will find many oneof-a kind items to decorate your home for the holidays.
Don’t miss the Sneak Preview on Thursday, November 7th
from 6:00-9:00pm where you can enjoy hot cider, coffee,
cookies and a free raffle. There will be both Harvest &
Christmas Décor; unique holiday decorations, cute Santa
Claus, adora-ble Snowman, floral arrangements, wreaths,
nativity sets, decorated Christmas Trees and Pumpkins
and much more! The boutique will also include delicious
homemade baked goods, candies, breads, jams and jellies
(just to name a few). You won’t be disappointed! See you
there! The Boutique hours will be: 9:00-7:00pm on Friday,
9:00-6:00pm on Saturday and after 10:00am Mass on
Sunday. Proceeds support the Adopt-A-Family Program,
Salvation Army dinners for the homeless other local
charities. Holy Family’s Nazareth Hall 4212 Dale Road
Modesto 95356