COVER SHEET

Bulletin Number:

513018

Church/Address:

ST. RITA CHURCH

50 E. Alegria Ave., Sierra Madre, CA 91024

Contact Persons:

Rosemary, Cheryl, Paula

(626) 355-1292

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bulletin@st-rita.org

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St. Rita

of Cascia
A Catholic Faith
Community

Since 1908

March 22, 2015

MASS TIMES
SUNDAYS: Sat. 5:30 pm (Vigil), 7:30 am, 10 am & 12 N
WEEKDAYS: Mon., Tues., Fri, and Sat. 8 am
(Wed. & Thurs. 8 am Communion Service)
HOLY DAYS: (eve of) 5:30 pm; (day of) 8 am & 6:30 pm

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
(Confession) Saturdays 4 - 5 pm or by appointment
DEVOTIONS
Our Lady of Perpetual Help: Saturday 7:50 am
ADORATION
First Friday 8:30 am - 5 pm, Rectory Oratory

Msgr. Richard Krekelberg, V.F.Pastor

Deacon Manuel Valencia Deacon John Hull
318 North Baldwin Avenue, Sierra Madre
Mailing Address: 50 East Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre, CA 91024
Phone: 626/355-1292 FAX: 626/355-2290 www.st-rita.org

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 22, 2015

Parish Ministries and Organizations

How to Contact Us
Msgr. Richard Krekelberg, V. F.Pastor
626.355.1292 x. 228 revkrek@st-rita.org
Dcn. Manuel & Chela Valencia
deaconmanuelvalencia@gmail.com 355.1292
Dcn. John Hulljohnhull65@gmail.com 355.1292
Weekend Presider:
10 am MassFr. Chris Thiel, OFM Capuchin
Parish Office/Mailing Address
50 East Alegria Ave., Sierra Madre, CA 91024
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:15 am to 6pm; Sat. 9 am to 1 pm.
Office Email: ParishAdmin@st-rita.org
Director of Administration
Mary Lou Butler: mlbutler@st-rita.org 355.1292

Pastoral Council
Parish Office: 355.1292

Finance Council Chair

Bill Sullivan: 355.3707

St. Rita SchoolOffice: 626.355.6114

Principal: Joanne Harabedian jharabedian@st-rita.org

Director of Liturgy & Music

Paul Puccinelli: mm@st-rita.org

Liturgy & Worship

Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers: David & Jill Muhs
355.9810 em@st-rita.org
Altar Servers, Youth: Kathy Ganino 626.398.9302
katganino@charter.net
Altar Servers, Adult: Bill Cosso 355.5656
Eucharistic Adoration: Kathy Ganino 626.398.9302
katganino@charter.net
Immaculate Heart of Mary Prayer Group: Susan Day 355-3835
Sacristans: Sat. Vigil: Gary Fidone/Stephen Bollman
Sunday Masses: 7:30-Bill Cosso/David Banis;
10:00-David Muhs/Paula Garavaglia, Terri Eliassen;
12N-Bernie Grace
Weekdays: John Bigley
Porter: (Evening Church Lockup) Sheila Palazzolo
Environment: Denise Villalovos/Gil Lazo gil@st-rita.org 355.1292

Ministries & Organizations

Bereavement Ministry: 355.1292 bereave@st-rita.org
Christian Family: Ana Ptasinski 355.3146
Greeters & Ushers: Erny Henry 626.289.3504 626.327.9480
Mens Club: Dave Loera d.loera@verizon.net
New Members/Welcome: Contact the Parish Office
St. Rita Guild: Patty Sullivan 355.3707 psullivan514@gmail.com
Senior Ministry: Marilyn McKernan marilyn@st-rita.org
Shawl Ministry: Mary Taillac 355.3179 Marilyn Delgatto 355.8717

Director of Religious Education

Other Contacts

Cristina Cullen: 355.1292 dre@st-rita.org

Director of Youth Ministry/Confirmation

Theresa Bui Costanzo: 626.590.8828 ym@st-rita.org

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)

Team: Deacon Manuel and Chela Valencia; and
Susan Blakeslee:
rcia@st-rita.org

Archivist: Marilyn McKernan marilyn@st-rita.org

Bulletin Submissions: bulletin@st-rita.org or drop off at Office
Public Relations: ParishAdmin@st-rita.org
Registration Information: rc@st-rita.org 355.1292
Webmaster: Ralph Seymour: seymour@seymourmedia.com

Let Saint Rita Be There For You . . .

Communion for Sick and Homebound Parishioners

St. Rita Eucharistic Ministers provide Communion home visits. Contact the Parish Office 355.1292 or Jill Muhs 355.9810 em@st-rita.org

Anointing of the Sick

Please notify us (355.1292) for the Anointing of the Sick, the sacrament intended for the seriously ill or dying and Our Lords special presence
and companionship in serious time of need. Anointing may take place in the home, at the hospital or elsewhere and as often as once a month.
If someone should die without anointing, remember that the desire to receive is sufficient.

If You Should Experience the Loss of a Loved One Please call us at 355.1292

If you feel you will be in need, or your loved one has passed, we will assist in making arrangements with your chosen funeral director; refer you
to our Bereavement Ministry and Music Ministry; and offer you helpful guidelines that will aid in the selection of readings for a Mass or
Memorial Service. We know this can be a tough time and we want you to know that your parish is there for you. PLEASE UNDERSTAND we
only have one resident priest; sometimes arrangements for another priest may be needed.

For Information about the Sacraments

BaptismPlease contact the Parish Office for further information on the Baptism process and requirements.
Reconciliation and First EucharistPreparation for children who have attained the age of reason (usually during 2nd grade) is
arranged either through the Office of Religious Education or St. Rita Elementary School.

MatrimonyContact the Parish Office upon engagement; at least six months is needed for preparation of this joyous sacrament!
ConfirmationA two-year program for freshman/sophomore age teens. Apply through the Office of Youth Ministry.

SAINT RITA

OF

CASCIA CHURCH

REV. MSGR. RICHARD KREKELBERG

Dear Parishioners,

A Few Thoughts for the Final Days

First Reading: God says to Jeremiah
that his new covenant will not be like
the covenant he made with their
fathers the day he took them by the
hand. It seems that God makes
covenants with us throughout our
lives and, along the way, they change.
Have you ever arrived at a point and
said to yourself (or maybe even to
God) This isnt what I signed up
for? I wonder if perhaps sometime
after Confirmation God stops
taking us by the hand and expects
more and more and more of us. At
some point, though, we should feel
some deepening of our covenants
with God, some accomplishment or
some wisdom acquired. All from
least to greatest, shall know me.
Lets see. Do I really know God
better at my age or am I just more
confused?
Second Reading: Most scholars hold
that Pauls Letter to the Hebrews is

his declaration of Jesus as Supreme

(once and for all) High Priest.
Prayers, loud cries, and tears, the
letter says, Jesus addressed to the
one who was able to save him from
death and he was heard because of
his reverence. It goes on to claim
that Jesus learned obedience from
what he suffered. It is hard for me
to visit hospitals and hospices and
find words for those who are
obviously in pain and who are truly
suffering.
Perhaps there is
something in this letter that at least
enlightens us about suffering, if
perceived with eyes of faith.
Certainly Paul would have us believe
that all suffering is priestlyit is
about universal priesthood in union
with the High Priest. Suffering is
dignified it its power to be salvific.
And The Gospel: Soon we will be
all about and all over the Passion
and Death of Jesus. Each of todays

readings is a form of preparation.

But the Gospel all the more so:
unless the grain of wheat falls to
the ground, it remains just a grain of
wheat; I am troubled now. Yet
what should I say? Father, save me
from this hour?
when I am
lifted up from the earth, I will draw
everyone to myself. Imagine such
claims and how they must have
affected the people who heard them,
then and there. When all is said and
done for a Christian, everything
EVERYTHINGhinges on the
Resurrection.
May the Lord richly bless our rapidly
approaching Holy Week journey as
Church local and as Church
Universal.

Msgr. Richard

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENTMARCH 22, 2015

MASS INTENTIONS
SATURDAY, MARCH 21

8:00 AM John Daniel Turner RIP

5:30 PM Carol ODell RIP

SUNDAY, MARCH 22

7:30 AM Manuel Nieto RIP

10:00 AM Joyce Farha INT
12 NOON For All Parishioners

MONDAY, MARCH 23

8:00 AM Mary Anne Ferencz RIP

TUESDAY, MARCH 24

8:00 AM Rev. Paschal F. Nocero RIP

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25
8:00 AM

Communion Service

THURSDAY, MARCH 26

8:00 AM Communion Service

FRIDAY, M ARCH 27
8:00

AM

Carol Schwartz RIP

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

8:00 AM James Wisner RIP

5:30 PM For All Parishioners

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

7:30 AM Ron Williams INT

10:00 AM Chuck Jones RIP
12 NOON Gay Huffman RIP

FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK

MondaySt. Turibius of Mogrovejo
WednesdayThe Annunciation of
The Lord

TODAYS READINGS
First ReadingI will make a new
covenant; I will write my law upon their
hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-34).
PsalmCreate a clean heart in me, O
God (Psalm 51).
Second ReadingChrist learned
obedience and became the source of
eternal salvation (Hebrews 5:7-9).
GospelIf a grain of wheat falls to the
ground and dies, it produces much fruit
(John 12:20-33).

PLEASE PRAY FOR

THOSE WHO
HAVE REQUESTED
OUR PRAYERS
Adam Throop, Janet Watson-Contreras,
Barbara Jean Wood, Arthur Little, Lisa
Bowman, Ernest Kopka, Vera Delgatto,
JF Mahoney, Kelly Solomon, Linda
Theriault, Heather Hagan, Mike Wolf, Jean
Wood, Jos Colayco, Mario de la Torre,
Barbara Vanni, Freya Sheasby Bailey,
Anna Schube, Aubrey Randolph, Joseph
Malvin, Randy Graff, Toni Navarro, Susan
Watson, Juanito & Marilou Pe, Willard
Bochte, Margaret Duran, Guia Canizales,
Anne Frealy, Eva Shammon, Margie
Schubert, Mary Zuckerburg, Emily Young,
JoAnn Douglass, Mary McColl, Evelyn
Tres, Barbara Hester, Gerald Drean,
Charlotte Bollman Fuchs, Raymond
Payne, Peter Delgatto, Jr., Montserrat
Marti, Jordan Alabart, Susan Skousen,
Brooke Manning, Arthur Contreras, Jr.,
Robert Quinonez, Jean Mansour, Jacob
Bigley, Maria Carmen Marti, Clare
Marquardt, Kathleen Ramsey, Tonyja
Blakeslee, Addie Marshall, Jackie
Bagnuolo, Mary Ellen Isoard, Rose Mary
Taquino, Paul Viger, Hal Finney, Ailey
Gardner-Ybarra, Eva Bernejo, Edith Olah,
Fred Mycroft, Joseph Moore.

Alexander Arranaga
husband of Dolores

Tuesday of Holy Week

March 31 7 pm
In the Church
The Penance Service will be at
St. Rita this year. Joining us will be
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Mary parishioners.
Take this opportunity to prepare for
Easter. The Service begins with a
communal prayer, followed by
individual confessions. There will be
approximately 8-10 priests to hear
confessions. The Service will end at
approximately 9 pm.
Other Penance Services
(all at 7 pm)
Monday, March 23
St. Luke, Temple City
Wednesday, March 25
St. Andrew, Pasadena
Friday, March 27
St. Elizabeth, Altadena

Abstinence
Guidelines
Requires those 14 years of age and
older to abstain from eating meat on
all Fridays of Lent.

Grief Support Groups

St. Luke Parish, Begins Thursday, April 9.

This 8-week bereavement support program is open to all faiths. The 2-hour
weekly sessions meet in the Parish Resource Center (located in the Rectory).
Cost: $12/for workbook; fee waived for those unable to pay.
St. Luke Parish, 5605 Cloverly Ave., Temple City.
Information: Parish Resource Center 626/291-5900 or Sherrie 626/287-8504

St. Bede the Venerable Parish, Begins Wednesday, April 15.

This 6-week support program meets weekly in the Parish Center, John XXIII
room, to share information on the grieving process with an opportunity to
share with others.
St. Bede the Venerable, 215 Foothill Blvd., La Canada.
Pre-register or information:
Gloria Lee, LMFT
828/679-1841 Gloria@gleecounseling.com

SAINT RITA OF CASCIA CHURCH

Youth Ministry

Let Your Voice Be Heard!

EDGE Middle School Ministry

Monday, March 23, 4-5:15 pm, Gara

SB 129, a proposal to legalize physician-assisted suicide in CA, will have a

hearing on March 25 to see if the bill will advance. Now is the chance to stop
the bill before it goes any further.

Next Youth Nite

Wed., March 25, 7-8:30 pm, OMalley
Confirmation Year 1 Retreat
Sunday, March 29, 9:30 am until 8 pm,
OMalley Hall.
Attend 10 am Mass as a group. Potluck
dinner concludes the day.

Pope Francis reminds us, The Biblical commandment to honor our parents
reminds us in a broader sense of our duty to honor all elderly people.
Take action now to protect the elderly and those with disabilities.
Visit: archla.org/SB128 to learn more.
Contact your legislator: legislature.ca/gov

Our Youth at Religious

Education Congress

Get involved!
Young Adult Ministry
Forming at St. Rita
This new Ministry is for young adults
in their 20s and 30s, single and
married.
Contact Priya for information of
scheduled meetings and events.

Classes for 1st-5th Graders

Monday, March 23, 4-5:15 pm, Gara

Preschool Sunday School

During the 10 am Mass for children

ages 3-5. Above Gara Hall in the
Pre-K Classroom. No registration is
necessary.
Cristina Cullen dre@st-rita.org

Stations of the Cross presented

by the school children this Friday

followed by the Soup Kitchen
(sponsored by the St. Rita School PTO).
Register for School Year
2015-2016

BulletinSpecial Deadline

Applications are now being

accepted for Transitional
Kindergarten and Kindergarten.
Registration packets are available
in the School Office.

Please email: bulletin@st-rita.org

Or bring the written information to
the Parish Office, ATTN: Rosemary

Easter Lilies
Needed
Religious Education

St. Rita School

Priya Tharayil trosep84@yahoo.com

Tuesday, March 24 for the April 5

Bulletin (Easter Sunday)

Theresa Costanzo ym@st-rita.org

Donations of white
Easter lilies are needed
for the dcor of the
Church for the Easter
season. Can you
donate one or more? Leave the potted
flowers in the Vestibule, near the St.
Rita Shrine, anytime from Sunday,
March 29 until noon on Holy
Thursday (April 2).

Thank you for your help.

Denise Villalovos 355-1292

School Office (626) 355-6114

Stations of the Cross

and Soup Kitchen
This Friday is the last opportunity
to pray the Stations of the Cross as
a group. Stations are at 6 pm in

the Church.

Then head to Gara Hall for a

simple meal of soup and bread or
biscuits with plenty of time to visit
with friendsand perhaps make
some new ones.
All donations from the Soup
Kitchen go to feed the homeless.

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENTMARCH 22, 2015

This Week at St. Rita

St. Rita
Capital Campaign

This SundayHospitality after the Masses

Sponsored by: St. Rita Pastoral Council

Monday, March 23Baptism Preparation Class

7 pm Parish Office

Registration required in advance; please contact the Parish Office.

For Baptisms on April 12

Tuesday, March 24RCIA

7:30 pm Parish Office Meeting Room
Thursday, March 26Liturgy of the Hours
Evening Prayer
5 pm Meditation 5:30 Prayers In the Parish Office Oratory
Friday, March 27

Have questions about the Capital Campaign?

This week we want to again invite you to submit any
questions regarding the Capital Campaign to the Parish
Office or email to
mlbutler@st-rita.org.
We will continue to publish questions and answers in this
column each week.
If you would like a personal response or if you would like to
meet with one of our Cabinet members, just let us know.
We will be happy to set up an appointment for you.
Thanks for your continued support for the future of our
parish!

Day of Abstinence See Guidelines on page 4.

Stations of the Cross & Soup Kitchen
Stations at 6 pm presented by St. Rita School.
Soup Kitchen in Gara Hall sponsored by St. Rita School PTO.
See page 5 for more information.

Save the Date

Weekend of March 27-29Mens Retreat
Information: Bill Cosso 355-5656
Tuesday, March 31Lenten Penance Service
7 pm at St. Rita See page 4 for more information.
Sunday, April 12Bundle Sunday
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Start cleaning your closets for usable donations.
More information in coming Bulletins.

Next Sunday is Passion (Palm) Sunday.

The Procession with Palms will be at the
10 am Mass. Blessed palms will be
available at all the Masses.

Catholic Community
& Local Events
This Sunday, March 22St. Josephs Table. Sponsored by
the Italian Catholic Federation. A free dinner is served in the
Hall from Noon until 7:30 pm. Italian pastries, produce, and
flowers will be sold with all proceeds given to the poor.
Holy Family Catholic Church, 1501 Fremont Avenue, South
Pasadena 91020.
FingerprintingTuesday, March 31. Holy Family Church,
1501 Fremont Avenue, South Pasadena 91030.
12 pm - 3:40 pm & 5 pm - 7:20 pm
Must call for appointment: 626/403-6106
Saturday, April 11Healing the Family Tree. 10 am - 4:30 pm.
Provides in-depth teaching and prayer for healing to take place for
your loved ones, both living and deceased. Holy Family, Grade
School Auditorium, 400 S. Louise (at Lomita), Glendale. PreRegister before March 30/$25; after March 30/$35.
Southern California Renewal Communities.
Information: 818/771-1361 spirit@scrc.org
Saturday, April 25PETRUS Youth Conference. Join us
for an amazing day of speakers who will show you how to set a
fire of Gods love in your life. $5/person. Sacred Heart Retreat
House, 507 N. Granada Ave., Alhambra 91801.
Info/Registration: Sister Carmelina 626/289-1353 x302

ST. RITA OF CASCIA CHURCH

Saint Pats Day Spaghetti DinnerThank You Mens Club!

Ticket takers ready

Diners enjoying the food

Bartenders ready

Youth Group making sundaes

Cooks ready

Irish dancers entertaining

Watch for more pictures next week; another successfuland funevent!