Our Lady Help of Christians Church

Parroquia Maria Auxiliadora

(Valley Catholic Church) 2401 East Lake Avenue, Watsonville, California 95076
A ministry of the Salesians of Don Bosco Dirigido por los salesianos de San Juan Bosco

Mission Statement
We, the Catholic Community of Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, are called to be living witnesses of Jesus Christ in the spirit of Saint John Bosco. Our Mission is to promote personal, human, social and spiritual growth through Liturgy, prayer experiences, educational programs, training for leadership and developing missionary awareness, especially on behalf of the young. We rely on the power of the Holy Spirit and the intercession of Mary Help of Christians to be faithful to our Christian commitment towards building the Kingdom of God.
RECTORY Telephone........................................................................................ 831-722-2665 Fax ................................................................................................... 831-722-8305 E-mail ............................................................................ olhcchurch@yahoo.com Visit us on .......................................................... www.Valleycatholicchurch.org OFFICE HOURS / HORAS DE OFICINA Monday - Friday (bilingual) ................................................... 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturdays & Sundays ...................................................................................closed PASTORAL STAFF / OFICINA PASTORAL Father Al Mengon, SDB Pastor ...................................................................................831-722-2665 ext. 14 e-mail ............................................................ mengonsdb@yahoo.com Father Luis Oyarzo, SDB Parochial Vicar & Coordinator of Youth Ministry . 831-722-2665 ext. 17 Sister Silvia Castillo, FMA Director of Religious Education.................................................... 831-722-2392 STAFF / PERSONAL Isabel Abundis Maria Linan Joo Bettencourt Martha Tapia VOLUNTEER STAFF Mildred McCabe .............................................................................. Altar Society Rita Eichhorn................................................................................Legion of Mary Juan & Juana Avalos ................................................................... Youth Group MARRIAGE / MATRIMONIO At least 6 months of preparation is needed. Please come to the office for further information. Se requiere cuando menos 6 meses de preparacin. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para ms informacin. BAPTISM / BAUTISMO Please come to the office for further information. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para ms informacin. QUINCEAERAS Please come to the office for further information. The 15ra has to be Parishioner of our church. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para ms informacin. La 15ra tiene que ser feligrs de nuestra parroquia. SALESIAN COMMUNITY Brother Michael Herbers, SDB Father Al Mengon, SDB, Director ............................................ ext. 20 Father Luis Oyarzo, SDB .......................................................... ext. 17 Father David Purdy, SDB, Vice rector....ext. 21 Brother Abel Zanella, SDB ......................................................... ext. 24 ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Keith Mathews, President, Principal .................................... 831-724-5933 CAMP ST. FRANCIS Brother Michael Herbers, SDB, Administrator CONFESSIONS Saturdays ........................................................................................3:00 - 4:00 pm

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MASS SCHEDULE / HORARIO DE MISAS Monday - Friday (English) ................................................... 7:00 am & 9:00 am Saturdays (English) .................................................................................. 8:00 am Saturdays (Spanish).................................................................................. 7:00 pm Saturdays (English) .......................................................................4:15 pm (vigil) Sundays (English)................................................................ 8:00 am & 11:00 am Sundays (Portuguese)............................................................................... 9:45 am Sundays (Spanish) .............................................................. 12:30 pm & 7:00 pm 1st Friday of each month (Spanish) ..................... 7:00 pm (Holy hour & mass) 24th of each month (Spanish)...................................... 7:00 pm (rosary & mass) ADORATION

We welcome you to Our Lady Help of Christians Church (Valley Catholic Church), whether long-time or newly arrived in the parish. If you are not registered, please complete the form below and place it in the collection basket or mail it to the parish office. Thank you. NAME / NOMBRE__________________________________ PHONE / TEL__________________________________________ ADDRESS / DOMICILIO_______________________________CITY / CIUDAD________________ZIP/ CODIGO POSTAL______ New Parishioner New Address Moving, please remove from parish directory New Phone________________________________________ Please send collection envelopes

MASS INTENTIONS: APRIL 21 TO 29

SAT. APR. 21 8:00 am 10:00 am 1:00 pm 4:15 pm 7:00 pm Joe Carvalho (Joe & Cremilde Azevedo) First Holy Communions (34) Wedding: Fidel Garcia & Mirla Mazariegos Antonio Bettencourt (Family) Pauline & Joe Herber (Joe Parker) Blas & Ane Banovac (Bob Moresco Family) Tony & Martin Herrera (Catalina Herrera) Julio Tapia (Martha & Family) David Vega Perez (Estela Vega & Family) Catalina & Eufemio Laranang (Mary) Ante Butigan (Kulish Family) Herminia Mendonca (Lucia Bettencourt) Jos C. Silveira ( Lucia Bettencourt) Joe Carvalho (Maria Serpa) Maria Custodia Maciel (Joseph Maciel) Ante Butigan (Nick & Stelle Banovac) Parishioners of OLHC, Carlota Vega , Ana Mara Gonzlez , Ana Laura Cervantes Miguel Angel Guevara Martinez (Laura Vega) Celina Zuiga , Jose Reyes Gomez Zuiga Julia Lopes (Borba Family) Souls in Purgatory (Portuguese) Emanuel Chvez B-Day (Nohemi Chvez) Gbe Hunyrt & Cynthia Maadrigal Joe Carvalho (Maria Serpa) Felipe & Eustolia Snchez , Souls in Purgatory Charlotte Car Health (Tony & Mary) Joe Carvalho (Maria Serpa) Tony Russell , Pat Russell , & Betty Frisly Live & Deceased Members of the Altar Society Joe Carvalho (Maria Serpa) For the health of Conne Prez (Perez Family) Florentino Lobato , Gabe Hunter & Cynthia M. Pedro Lima (Family) Joe Carvalho (Magda & Richard)

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Third Sunday of Easter

St. George * St. Adalbert * St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen * St. Mark * St. Peter Chanel * St. Louis Grignion de Montfort * Earth Day * Administrative Professionals Day * Arbor Day

SUN. APR. 22

8:00 am 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:30 pm 7:00 pm

April 28
Ryan Torres Aceves Angel Aguado Guadalupe Aguado Yadira ArredondoGonzlez Marie Burtman Moran Jasmine Cruz Aguilar Manuel Cruz-Aguilar Sarahi Espindola-Gallo Andrea Galvn Jasmine Garcia Yair Garcia Janely Grajeda-Avalos Oscar Grijalva Valerie Alejandra Herrera Rosalie Jennifer Jimnez Diana Lemus-Jimnez

MON. APR. 23

7:00 am 9:00 am 7:00 am 9:00 am 7:00 am 9:00 am 7:00 am 9:00 am 7:00 am 9:00 am

TUE. APR. 24

WED. APR. 25

Jos Miguel Linares Sergio Linares Ariana Loma Lorenzana Juan Martin Lopez Garcia Jasmin Guadalupe Lopez Maria de los Angeles Lopez Jennifer Daniela Martinez Nancy Montejano Gmez Kevin Donovan Nieves-Montiel Alfonso Rafael Pantoja Jacqueline Monique Polanco Rodriguez Adan Saul Ponce-Magdaleno Jr. Mayra Daniella Ponce Magdaleno Hector Javier Quintero Layla Edith Ruiz Kianna Ruvalcaba Rivera Daniela Sanchez-Diaz Carmen Goreti Soto

THU. APR. 26

FRI. APR. 27

SAT. APR. 28

8:00 am Rita Salazar (Husband) 10:00 am First Holy Communions (34) 12:00noon English: Baptisms: Hoa Mognoni, Axenna Villegas Spanish Baptisms: Axel Vernal, Juan Rincon, 1:00 pm Jaquiline Rincon, Darwing Alvarado 4:15 pm Charles Signorino ( Family) Maria Avis (Lucille Carvalho) Louis & Ena Moresco (Bob Moresco & Family) 7:00 pm Reyes Maria Huidor de Los Santos (Family) 8:00 am 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:30 pm 7:00 pm Catalina & Eufemio Laranang (Mary) Ante Butigan (Kulish Family) Herminia Mendonca (Lucia Bettencourt) Jos C. Silveira ( Lucia Bettencourt) Joe Carvalho (Maria Serpa) Maria Custodia Maciel (Joseph Maciel) Ante Butigan (Nick & Stelle Banovac) Parishioners of OLHC, Carlota Vega , Ana Mara Gonzlez , Ana Laura Cervantes Miguel Angel Guevara Martinez (Laura Vega) Celina Zuiga , Jose Reyes Gomez Zuiga

HAPPY 85th BIRTHDAY Happy 7th Anniversary of Pontificate

(April 19, 2005) (April 16, 1927)

POPE BENEDICT XVI HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bishop Garcia

(April 24, 2012)

SUN. APR. 29

Weekly Collections / Colecta Semanal

April 14 & 15, 2012
Regular Collection Candles Donations Total Donations $ 4,761.00 $ 397.00 $ 5,158.00

Sunday, April 29th

12 :00 Noon To 5:00 p.m.

Thank you for your generosity! Muchas gracias por su generosidad!

At the Valley Church

Third Sunday of Easter April 22, 2012 TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

The season of First Communions is here, and invitations pour in as the new communicants, mostly seven years old, gather extended families for their first reception of the Eucharist. Recently, the celebrations are often on Sundays, in the regular gatherings of the faith community. There, it becomes clear that First Communion is meant to initiate a regular pattern of reception, and that there is to be a second, third, hundredth, thou-

James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.

sandth celebration. Eastern Catholics and Orthodox children follow a different plan, since they are given a taste of the consecrated wine at their baptism as infants. We Western Christians delay until the age of reason, but many years ago, Communion was not for children at all. Twelve to fourteen was the typical time for Roman Catholics to receive for the first time, and in those days this was a transition into the adult world of work and marriage. The custom did not begin to shift to childhood until reforms set in place by Pope St. Pius X began to take hold in the 1920s. If you are going to a First Communion, you can give thanks that the table of the Lord is today open so much more lavishly than before.

En tiempos pasados, cuando la misa era en latn, no tenamos la oportunidad de escuchar en nuestra propia lengua las bellas palabras que Cristo pronunci durante la ltima Cena y que el sacerdote repite durante la Consagracin: Esto es mi cuerpo. . . Esta es mi sangre. Por tal razn los monaguillos sonaban unas campanitas indicando que algo importante estaba pasando. En ese momento los fieles levantbamos la cabeza para ver el pan convertido en cuerpo y el vino convertido en sangre. Lamentablemente el sacerdote nos daba la espalda y no podamos ver lo que ocurra sobre el altar. Sin embargo, respondamos con las palabras del apstol Toms: Seor mo y Dios mo. Estas palabras reconocen y adoran la presencia de Jess en el pan y el vino. A este momento se le consideraba el ms importante de la misa. No obstante, el Concilio Vaticano II vino a ensearnos que este es el momento cumbre, junto con toda la Plegaria Eucarstica, pues toda la misa es igualmente importante, excepto que durante la Plegaria Eucarstica alcanzamos el punto ms alto de la celebracin. Por esa razn ya no hay campanita, pues ahora escuchamos todo en nuestro propio idioma, as como los discpulos las escucharon de Cristo, en su propio idioma.
Fray Gilberto CavazosGlz, OFM, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars which you have established: what is man that you are mindful of him Respect for creation is of immense consequence, not least because creation is the beginning and the foundation of all Gods works, and this preservation has now become essential for the peaceful coexistence of mankind No less troubling are the threats arising from the neglectif not the downright misuseof the earth and the natural goods that God has given us With the Psalmist, we exclaim with wonder: When I look at your Sad to say, it is all too evident that large numbers of people in different areas of the planet are experiencing increased hardship because of the negligence to exercise responsible stewardship over the environment.
The above reflections were made by Pope Benedict.

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 7:00 p.m. Finance Committee Mtg.

Nos ltimos anos, a troca de mensagens por ocasio da festa da Pscoa oferece-me a oportunidade de dizer o acontecimento celebrado a partir de grias da comunicao. E formulo votos de Feliz Pscoa pela evocao da maior manchete de todos os tempos: Ressuscitou, no est aqui! Se, em cada manh (quando o ritmo das notcias era pautado pelas edies matutinas) ou em cada instante (nos tempos da informao em redes virtuais) as rotinas dos media giram em torno de uma notcia principal - a manchete -, o decurso da histria tem num acontecimento o momento radicalmente novo e inaugurador de uma nova ordem. Encontra no facto da ressurreio a grande manchete da humanidade, por instalar a certeza de que a morte no o fim da linha, que h um sentido para alm das contingncias, um horizonte mais largo, um limiar de futuro depois do limite dos dias desta vida. Terei de reconhecer que a evocao desta manchete nica em toda a histria da humanidade raramente mereceu um retorno que fosse alm do obrigado, igualmente!, quando encontraria nesse argumento razo suficiente para admitir a possibilidade do seu realismo e da centralidade que tal acontecimento tem na histria, sempre dita antes ou depois do ressuscitado. , por isso, com alguma insistncia que retomo a figurao jornalstica para falar da ressurreio, especificamente da forma como se comunica, em cada

poca, essa grande manchete de todos os tempos. Sendo o acontecimento central na relao de Deus com a pessoa humana, est amplamente estudado pela teologia, referenciado no percurso dos livros da Bblia e sentido por tradies da espiritualidade crist. Mas no surge como marca do cristianismo. E a evocao do tema ressurreio surge sempre como uma das etapas de um percurso sofredor - paixo, morte e ressurreio - e no como um momento inaugurador, do querer de Deus para a vida humana e de interveno do Senhor na histria. Ao despertar de forma decisiva a experincia religiosa em cada pessoa e em cada comunidade, o acontecimento da ressurreio interpela tambm comunicadores a acentuar essa novidade na histria das religies. E desafia o marketing, a imagem, as linguagens. A provocao estimula quem olha cada circunstncia como oportunidade para ativar a criatividade e inventar novas formas para dizer verdades de todos os tempos, assumindo que h ainda mercado para falar da ressurreio ao mundo.

Paulo Rocha