Our Lady of Lourdes Parish “Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time” 345 Oak St. Colusa, California 95932 (530) 458-4170, Fax (530) 458-8728 www.ourladyoflourdescolusa.com St. Joseph’s Mission 1st and Center Streets, Princeton, California October 2, 2011 “The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.” “La viña del Señor es la casa de Israel.” Mass Schedule /Mass Coordinator Sat: Colusa – 5:00 p.m. English – Eva Meraz Sun: Princeton - 8:30 a.m. Bilingual Colusa 10:00 a.m. English-Sharon Hernandez Colusa 12:00 noon Spanish- Eva Meraz Mon. Wed. Divine Mercy Chapel-7:30 a.m. English Fri: Church – 7:30 a.m. English – Eva Meraz Fri: Church – 6:00 p.m. Spanish – Jaime Lopez Mass Intentions: 10/1: Anne Maricle +, req. Joan & Frank Hamill 10/1: Pauline Wilsey +, req. Catholic Ladies Relief Society 10/2: Beverly Andreotti +, req. Arnold & Maureen Andreotti 10/6: Carlos Genera+, Arnold and Maureen Andreotti 10/7: Ed Buria +, req. Rose Buria 10/8: Bill Littlejohn +, req. Charlene Littlejohn 10/9: Arthur H. Andreotti +, req. Arnold & Maureen Andreotti Mission Statement We, the People of God of Our Lady of Lourdes, guided by the Holy Spirit, are called by Christ to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God through prayer and sacraments and to witness the Gospel values of love, justice, forgiveness and service to all. Parish Office: 745 Ware Avenue, 458-4170 Divine Mercy Chapel: 745 Ware Avenue, 458-4170 Parish Administrator: Fr. Arbel Cabasagan 458-8570 Deacon: Miquel Fernandez 916-698-2099 Principal: Barbara Genera Website: www.theollschool.org 458-8208 Director Religious Ed: Dianne Luoma 845-9649 Hispanic Coordinator: Eva Meraz-Robey 218-8473 Grupo de Oracion: Wed. (7pm) Jaime Lopez 237-7215 Music Ministry: (5pm) Maureen Andreotti 458-5563 (Sunday) (10am) Gloria Delgado 458-5121 [Practice 2nd & 4thThurs. 7:00pm] (12:pm) Martina Amador 458-8279 (Thursday) (6pm) Alberta Lopez 237-7215 Pastoral Care Ministry: Alma Hickel 458-4826 Louise Woodring 458-2515 Respect for Life: Rocio Meraz (831) 207-0962 Lectors: (Coordinator – Irmalee Schumacher 458-4620) 10/1: Marilyn A., Jan G. 10/2: Diane L., Brendan F. 10/8: Mary H., Leslie V. 10/9: Rosemary H., Maureen A. Eucharistic Ministers: (Coordinator – Irmalee S.) 10/1: Maryann L., Raylene L., Leslie V. 10/2: Patti Jo C., Julian D., Sharon H. 10/8: Barbara G., Darlene W., Jim M. 10/9: Chuck L., Dianne L., Alicia M. Altar Servers: (Coordinator – Leane Skaggs) 10/1: Daniel Sanchez Jr., Eric Wrysinski, Erin Walsh, Helena Harris 10/2: Gracie Myers, Isabelle Delgado, Jeanette Meraz, Jonathon Lugo 10/8: Anel Sanchez, Isabelle Delgado, Daniel Sanchez 10/9: Kaleigh Wilson, Mia Critchfield, Pable Meraz, Sarah Vann Confessions By appointment or Saturday: 4:30-4:50 p.m. Sunday: 11:30-11:50 a.m. Catholic Ladies Relief Society (monthly) First Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., St. Bernadette’s Hall Bible Study with Dr. Julian Delgado (weekly) Tuesday, 7-9:00 p.m., 75 Oak Tree Lane RCIA with Dr. Julian Delgado (weekly) Wednesday 7pm -9:00 p.m., Parish Center Knights of Columbus Meets 4th Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m., St. Bernadette’s Hall Grupo de Oracion: with Jaime Lopez (weekly) Wednesday, 7-8:00 p.m., Chapel Baptismal Coordinator: Rocio Meraz (831) 207-0962 9/24 & 25, 2011 Parish Collections Mass collection $2,227.00 Thank you for your support. Please pray for the following members of our parish community. Spiritual and physical healing: Next Collection: 10/1 & 2 Building Maintenance ____________________________________ Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Office Tentative Hours Secretaries are volunteers. They are not always in the office. If no one is in the office please call (530) 458 -4170 and leave a message. Thank you for your patience. Monday 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. / 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday 8 a.m. – 12 noon /1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Wednesday 9 a.m. – 12 noon /1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. / Friday 9 a.m. – 12 noon/1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Marie Beduhn Lila Lee Sankey Freda Stinchfield Richard Robey Jim Acree Valorie Ingebretsen Barbara Kline Geraldine Moresco Debbie McIntyre Kendra Hester Those who recently died: On fire Our Lady of Lourdes Youths are 'on fire' at NorCal Jam at Six Flags in Vallejo Some 4,000 Catholic youths from across nine dioceses in Northern California and Nevada joined in the second annual event for Catholic youth ministry by attending the ON FIRE NorCal Jam Sept. 24 at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo. The day of music, food, fun and fellowship including morning praise and worship with Matt Maher and Mass with Bishop Jaime Soto, other Northern California bishops, and 19 priests. Speakers included Jason Evert, Paul J. Kim, Frere Phong, Lili Flores and Marilyn Santos. Youths enjoyed lunch and rides at Six Flags. The evening concert featured Matt Maher, One Sonic Society and Sons and Daughters. Yolanda Ramirez – August 8, 2011 Virginia Duarte – August 11, 2011 Ruben J. Boy Lopez – August 11, 2011 Rose Lopes August 24, 2011 Pauline E Wilsey August 28, 2011 Esther A Vasquez – September 10, 2011 Carlos Genera September 26, 2011 Baby Bottle CampaignPlease help an unborn child by supporting A Woman's Friend . We will be distributing baby bottles after mass. We ask that you take the bottles home and fill them with a check, cash, or coins, and return them to the church no later than Sunday, October 23, 2011. The funds raised will by the baby bottle campaign will be used to further enhance the client services at A Woman's Friend. If you have any questions, please contact our church coordinator, Rocio Meraz at 831-207-0962. Maxwell Sacred Heart Parish Annual Bazaar will be held on October 29, 2011 at the Maxwell Legion Hall. A turkey dinner with all the trimmings will be served from 4:30-7:00 p.m. Take-out is also available. Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $4 for children ages 4 – 10, and 3 and under eat free. There will also be a raffle, silent auction, country store with homemade crafts and foods, paddle wheel and games for the children. Raffle and dinner tickets can be purchased at the Williams Church Rectory (4732432) or by contacting Jean Roper at 438-2438. Our Lady of Lourdes Youth Group Presents Newly Formed Museum Committee Thank you for helping build our Church Museum: Lousie Woodring Maureen Andreotti Alma Hickel Cindy Steidlmayer Sylvia Davis OLL YOUTH GROUP FUNDRAISING This October 30th @7pm, Our Lady of Lourdes Church Youth Group will sponsor a piano concert by RUDOLF PELAEZ GOLEZ, sole prize winner at the First ASEAN Chopin International Piano Competition in Manila. His concert will include pieces from Chopin, Bach, Mozart, Paganini/Liszt, and Debussy. At the age of 13 he left for New York City and studied at the renowned Juilliard School under Seymour Lipkin. Further Studies brought him to Graz, Austria and finally graduated with the degree of Master in Music major in Piano Performance. Tickets will be available in the office and before all Masses at Our Lady of Lourdes. Thank You Knights of Columbus Amy Reister would like to thank the Knights of Columbus for sponsoring her at the World Youth Day. She had a wonderful spiritual experience at the WYD that pushed her outside of her comfort zone in every possible way. While in Madrid she felt the Holy Spirit was with her in her pilgrimage. Thank you parishioners The OLL Youth Group would like to thank all those who make the trip to ONFIRE NorCal Jam at six flags, Vallejo, CA possible. Please help our Young People in their Activities. Bake Sale The Faith formation is having a Bake Sale the weekend of October 22 and 23rd before all Masses at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Anyone interested in baking an item or giving a donation, this would be appreciated. Monies will go for the materials for the Faith Formation Group 40 Days for Life campaign consists of 40 days of prayer and fasting, peaceful vigil, and community outreach. From September 28th to November 6th, the following five cities in our diocese will join with almost 300 others around the country for the largest and longest coordinated pro-life mobilization in history. If interested please sign-up in this web site: www.40daysforlife.com/sacramento th The CLRS will have their meeting on October 5 at St. Bernadette’s Hall at 7pm. Agenda: Installation of officers, Pheasant Festival ticket sales report, plans for Deanery luncheon and Christmas baskets update. All members encouraged to attend. Bishop Soto will celebrate opening masses for the Sacramento Campaign at St. Ignatius Parish, 3235 Arden Way, Sacramento, at 6:30 pm on Monday, September 26, and for the Fairfield Campaign at Holy Spirit Parish, 1050 North Texas Street, Fairfield at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, September 27.