SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
WEEKLY READINGS and MASS INTENTIONS
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 17, 2013
Sing praise to the LORD with the harp, with the harp
and melodious song.
— Psalm 98:5
NOT WATCHING FOR THE SECOND COMING
As we near the end of the Church year, the
scriptures become more urgent. Both the prophet
Malachi and Jesus in the Gospel according to Luke
offer graphic pictures of a terrible future. But we are
missing the message if we use these passages to
speculate about when the world will end. The troubles
predicted have already occurred, and then some. In the
last century alone we have seen devastation beyond
anything the ancient prophets could have imagined.
We weren’t given these passages to strike fear
in our hearts, but faith. The sun of justice will rise,
Malachi assures us, for those who are faithful. And
Jesus promises, “By your perseverance you will secure
your lives.” But it is Paul who brings the message
down to earth. The Thessalonians were so sure that
the end of the world was upon them, some of them had
stopped working! Paul states his case clearly: “If
anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one
eat.” We are not called to worry about how things will
end, but to live today faithfully.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK FOR ADULTS
Paul's words to the Thessalonians are tough: if you
want to eat, you must work! How does this translate
into our society today? How do you reconcile this with
Jesus' command to love and feed the poor?
QUESTION OF THE WEEK FOR CHILDREN
Jesus teaches us that work is good for us.
What kind of work do you do during the week?
How does it help you?
11/16 Saturday: St. Margaret of Scotland; St. Gertrude;
Blessed Virgin Mary
Reading Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9; Ps 105:2-3, 36-37,
42-43; Lk 18:1-8
Mass Intention: 4:00pm (AR) Margaret Sommer (SI)
5:00pm (M) Special Intention
11/17 Sunday: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings Mal 3:19-20a; Ps 98:5-9; 2 Thes 3:7-12;
Lk 21:5-19
Mass Intention: 8:00am (M ) +Paul Raggio
8:30am (C) Holy Souls
10:00am (AR) Bob & Rose Marie
Kearns (65th Anniversary)
10:15am (AC) Special Intention
11/18 Monday: The Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss.
Peter and Paul; St. Rose Phillippine Duchesne
Readings 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; Ps
119:53, 61, 134, 150, 155, 158; Lk 18:35-43
Mass Intention: 8:00am (AC) All Souls
11/19 Tuesday:
Readings 2 Mc 6:18-31; Ps 3:2-7; Lk 19:1-10
Mass Intention: 8:00am (AC) +Martin Ferrara
11/20 Wednesday:
Readings 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31; Ps 17:1bcd, 5-6, 8b, 15;
Lk 19:11-28
Intention: 8:30am (M) Special Intentions
11/21 Thursday: The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings 1 Mc 2:15-29; Ps 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15;
Lk 19:41-44
Mass Intention: 8:00am (AC) Holy Souls in Purgatory
11/22 Friday: St. Cecilia
Readings 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59; 1 Chr 29:10bcd, 1112; Lk 19:45-48
Mass Intention: 8:00am (AC) +Ron Teutsch
11/23 Saturday: St. Clement I; St. Columban; Blessed
Miguel Agustín Pro; Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings 1 Mc 6:1-13; Ps 9:2-4, 6, 16, 19; Lk 20:27-40
Mass Intention: 9:00am (AC) +Dan Darby
4:00pm (AR) Holy Souls
5:00pm (M) Michael Davis (BDay Int)
11/24 Sunday: 2 Sm 5:1-3; Ps 122:1-5; Col 1:12-20; Lk
23:35-43
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
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)
(Food & Clothing) Monday 1:00-3:00pm
*Helping Hands Arnold
(Food & Clothing) 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
STOP BY FOR OUR $1.00 CLEARANCE ITEMS
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
9:00—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
Bob Fernandez, Betty Olave, Keith Bibee, Beverly
Goff, Grover Anderson, 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, Roger & Peggy Nichols,
Dave Recupero, Bev Fernandez, Russ Hester, Mark,
Karl Christensen, Otis Preston, Mary Frances Kelly,
Azlyn Gates, Baby Jack Setzer, Carolyn Vatuone,
Bob & Kathy Fristensky, Velma Laver, David Wells,
Ron Rodrigues, Diane Tussey, Baby Colin Waight,
Justin Bates, Sonny Abalos, Al Arieta, Tom Besmer,
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 Betty Fitzgerald
~Please Pray for the Repose of the Soul of Dan Darby
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 10th
November 24th
11/10/2013
ANGELS BOOKS AND GIFTS
Open each Sunday after Mass or Call the Parish Office
Monday thru Friday from 9 am-4 pm
Maintenance and Repair
Archdiocese of Military
Services
Catholic Campaign
Sunday Collection
2nd Collection/Military Svc.
Online Giving Collection
Weekly Collection Total
$ 4804
$ 822
$ 396
$ 6022
THANK YOU FOR GIVING!
Lifeline Screeningbe spent at Mass, Confession and
training.
Murphys Saturday Mass
at 5:00pm for the Winter
Msgr. Andre has agreed to help us out for these next
few winter months. He will celebrate Mass in Arnold
at 4:00pm and Fr. Rolly will celebrate Mass in
Murphys at 5:00pm.
From the desk of the Pastor
A theme central to Jesus’ teaching is the kingdom
of God. God had always promised the chosen people
that they were special people to him and that they
would be blessed in many ways because of his unique
love. They had been under foreign rule for more
than six hundred years, but their hope never
wavered. So we are not surprised that the Jews
continued to enjoy the thought that one day they
would be freed from all those tyrannies, from the
enemies and from all their sufferings.
Until Jesus comes again, we prepare for that day
by gathering together in faith, by listening to his
words and by being nourished by His own Body and
Blood. Sometimes life is a joy; sometimes it is a great
struggle. In the process, God is making something
new as the Book of Revelation tells us. In the end, for
those who have been faithful to God, evil, sickness
and death will not have its way with us; we shall
rejoice in God’s peace and love forever.
You are invited to
Our Lady of the Sierra Men's & Women's Club
Christmas Champagne Brunch
Sunday, December 8, 2013
at Snow Flake Lodge in Blue Lake Springs
11:30am Social 12:00 noon Brunch
$20.00 per Person in Advance
RSVP by November 29, 2013
Make Checks Payable to: OLS Women's Club
Send To:
Jorge Duran or Mary Finley
PO Box 3344
PO Box 2500
Arnold, CA 95223
795-7215
795-3944
A huge thank you to all those who showed up
last Saturday to rake leaves and clean up the
Murphys Cemetery--it looks wonderful!
The readings of today should console us,
strengthen us and prepare us for the day of his
second coming.
Let our every moment be a
preparation for the day when we will face our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ. God bless us.
Thanksgiving Day Mass will be
celebrated in Angels Camp at 9:00am
The Parish Office will be closed on
Thursday, 11/28 and Friday, 11/29.
There will be No Morning Mass
or Adoration on Friday, November 29th.
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
RESEMBLANCE
The dignity of resembling the Almighty is
common to all people; we should then love them all as
ourselves, as living images of the Deity. It is in this that
we belong to God.
—St. Francis de Sales
goodness and grace in our families, communities and
world.
Life Line Screening
OUR LADY OF THE SIERRA
Household Battery Collection
November 16/17
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.
ADVENT ONE DAY RETREAT
Sunday, December 8th
9:00am to 2:00pm
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
We are faced with strong and disturbing readings
today that hold a certain fascination because they
seem at first glance to be blueprints for future
inevitable wars and hardship. A fundamentalist
interpretation focuses on this aspect. Yet we hear
them at our Sunday celebration of the Eucharist,
which infuses them with hope and optimism. Rather
than dreading the future, today’s liturgy assures us
that God is with us in all of life’s inevitable trials, and
that we have a role in shaping the outcome of human
history. Occasionally, some Christians have
attempted to decode these readings for an exact
measure of the world’s end, but they have thus far
been disappointed.
“Nothing lasts forever” is a lyric from a Broadway
show. Stars fall from the sky, leaves wither and fall,
mountains wash into the sea, human projects and
governments totter and collapse with great
regularity. Today’s liturgy opposes this idea as
incomplete, reminding us that Christ has made a
permanent change in human history, and that life in
him is life forever. Rather than inviting us to throw
in the towel, today’s liturgy strengthens us for acts of
St. Patrick’s Angels Camp
Please bring something to share for Potluck!
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
At the request of our Bishops, we are trying to
make more couples aware of Worldwide
Marriage Encounter weekends. Within this
letter, we have included an announcement for
the bulletin prior to our Feb 14-16, 2014 in
Sacramento, CA and Mar 7-9, 2014 in Modesto,
CA, in hopes of getting the word out to married
couples about the wonderful benefits WWME
has to offer. We understand that space in your
Bulletin can sometimes be limited, so even if the
more informational announcement won’t fit,
please consider a condensed version such as –
“Worldwide Marriage Encounter - An amazing
weekend away with your spouse.”
To register, please
visit: http://www.sacramentowwme.org.
For more information, contact John & Angelica
Angarita at: 866-825-2046, or
at: applications@sacramentowwme.org.