Mass Schedule (Non-Holidays) Vigil Masses - Saturdays 5:30 pm 7:00 pm (Spanish) Sundays 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 Noon 5:00 pm, 6:30 pm 8:00 pm (During School Session) Monday - Friday 8:00 am & 12:05 pm Saturday 8:00 a.m.

Confessions: 11:30 a.m. Saturdays and by appointment

Baptisms: Please call the Parish Office at least one month in advance. Weddings: Please call the Parish Office at least six months in advance.

Office Hours: 9:00 am—12:00 pm 12:35 pm—6:00 pm Monday - Friday

Parish Clergy & Staff Msgr. Tomás M. Marín, V.F. Pastor

Fr. Robert Ayala Parochial Vicar

Deacon Jose S. Chirinos

Deacon Mark Westman

Sofia Acosta Director of Religious Education

Jorge Pis-Rodriguez Director of Music

Myriam Cahen Director of Finances

Michelle Ducker Director of Campus Ministry & Young Adults

Toni Jane Palla o Director of Development and Student Center

Iancarlo Arispe Development Coordinator

Sunday, December 25th, 2016 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Mass During the Night Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord. Isaiah 9: 1 - 6 Psalm 96: 1 - 3, 11 - 13 Titus 2: 11 - 14 Luke 2: 1 - 14 Sunday, December 25th, 2016 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Mass During the Day All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God. Isaiah 52: 7 - 10 Psalm 98: 1 - 6 Hebrews 1: 1 - 6 John 1: 1 - 18 Monday, December 26th, 2016 Feast of St. Stephen, the First Martyr Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. Acts 6: 8 - 10; 7: 54 - 59 Psalm 31: 3cd - 4, 6 - 8b, 16bc, 17 Matthew 10: 17 - 22 Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 Feast of St. John, Apostle, Evangelist Rejoice in the Lord, you just! 1 John 1: 1 - 4 Psalm 97: 1 - 2, 5 - 6, 11 - 12 John 20: 1a, 2 - 8 Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler’s snare. 1 John 1: 5 - 2:2 Psalm 124: 2 - 5, 7b - 8 Matthew 2: 13 - 18 Thursday, December 29th, 2016 The Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice! 1 John 2: 3 - 11 Psalm 96: 1 - 3, 5 - 6 Luke 2: 22 - 35 Friday, December 30th, 2016 Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. Sirach 3: 2 - 6, 12 - 14 Psalm 128: 1 - 5 Matthew 2: 13 - 15, 19 - 23 Saturday, December 31st, 2016 The Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice! 1 John 2: 18 - 21 Psalm 96: 1 - 2, 11 - 13 John 1: 1 - 18

Saturday, December 24th, 2016

5:30 p.m. + Jimmy Fenton Santiero + Francisco Basterrechea + Celia Novo + William & Noreida K. King + Alejandro Suero + Florentina Alvarez Puig & Jaime Puig + Pedro Amaro Jimenez

12:00 a.m. + Hermine Lodenquai + Jeannine Summerly Balog - Living & Deceased Members Of the Harriman Family - Kelleher & Baeza Families - The Marriages in Victory Family

Sunday, December 25th, 2016

8:00 a.m. + Florentina Alvarez Puig & Jaime Puig + Minna Hoffman + Robert Hoffman + John Hoffman - Catherine Bianco

10:00 a.m. + Hilda Bacardi + Luis J. Bacardi + Luis F. Bacardi + Roberto Morales + Merie Anglade + George Kimball

12:00 p.m. - For the Parish Family

1:30 p.m. + Gary & Rafael Orozco + Vicenta & Manuel Quintana + George & Dulce Kremer + Mario Rene & Ofelia Garcini - In Thanksgiving for the Echemendia Family

Monday, December 26th, 2016

8:00 a.m. + Rosa Morla + Fr. Luc Jolicoeur + Hilda & Rafael Ferro - Birthday of Mariela - Lillia Fuentes

12:05 p.m. + Josefina Borges + Luis Lazo + Elizabeth Wilson + Clara Maria Taboada + Ramiro Blanco Jr. - Birthday of Deacon Eddy Smith Tuesday, December 27th, 2016

8:00 a.m. + Roberto Hartmann, Jr. + Carlos V. Rangel + Maria Carmen Cruz + Florentina Alvarez Puig & Jaime Puig - In Thanksgiving for John Jude

12:05 p.m. + St. Catherine Laboure + Carlos Rangel + Tete Vidal Cervantes - Health of Bonni Glass - Barbara Hernandez Wednesday, December 28th, 2016

8:00 a.m. + Deceased Members of the Ferrer Diez Families + Giacomo Sacco + Mary Bell + Carlos Eduardo Lopez - Healing of Nicole Hellmund - Intentions of Juan M. Salvador

12:05 p.m. + Gabrielle Garibaldi + Irene Herrero + Aurora & John Gonzales + Mary Bell + Raul G. Valdez-Fauli + Marcello Emmanuel

Thursday, December 29th, 2016

8:00 a.m. + Marta Tejidor - Mario & Carrie Rios - Intentions of the Castro-Fernandez Family - All those in need who come or call St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center - Lilli Fuentes

12:05 p.m. + Annie Peña + Miguel & Maria Teresa Andux + Gladys Fernandez Smithies + Margarita Andino - Special Intentions for the Fernandez Family

Friday, December 30th, 2016

8:00 a.m. + Thomas Kelleher + Adela Cappelleri + Luis Garcia - Alberto & Paloma Ramos Tapia & Family - Dr. Adalberto & Elsa Rodriguez & Family - Jose & Sandra Pinon & Family 12:05 p.m. + Rodrigo Campbell & Jose Alvarez + Carlos V. Rangel - Eduardo & Zenia Tapia & Family - Mario & Irma Menendez - Jorge & Marta Perez

Saturday, December 31st, 2016

8:00 a.m. + Yolanda Lopez + Miguel Guerrero + Luke Sturgill - Liza Tuckler

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WHY WE SHOULD ADDRESS JESUS AS THOU by Bishop Robert Barron, November 22, 2016 On the final morning of the November meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, we were treated to a fine sermon by Archbishop J. Peter Sartain. The leader of the church in Seattle spent a good deal of time discussing Pier Giorgio Frassati, a saint from the early twentieth century to whom he and I both have a strong devotion. But what particularly struck me in his homily was a reference to the great St. Catherine of Siena. One of the most remarkable things about that remarkable woman was the intimacy which she regularly experienced with Mary, the saints, and the Lord Jesus himself. Archbishop Sartain relayed a story reported by Catherine’s spiritual director, Raymond of Capua. According to Raymond, Catherine would often recite the office while walking along a cloister in the company of Jesus, mystically visible to the saint. When she came to the conclusion of a psalm, she would, according to liturgical custom, speak the words of the Glory Be, but her version was as follows, “Glory be to the Father, and to Thee, and to the Holy Ghost!” For her, Christ was not a distant figure, and prayer was not an abstract exercise. Rather, the Lord was at her side, and prayer was conversation between friends. Archbishop Sartain invited us to muse on Catherine’s use of the intimate form of the pronoun, in her Latin tibi (to you), and rightly rendered in English as “to Thee.” As is the case with many other languages, Latin distinguishes between more formal and more informal use of the second person pronoun, and it is the familiar “tu” that Catherine employs when speaking to Jesus. It is an oddity of the evolution of spoken English that today “thou, thine, thy, and thee” seem more rarified, more regal and distant, when in fact just the contrary was the case up until fairly modern times. These were the words used to address family members, children, and intimate friends, in contradistinction to the more formal “you” and “yours.” How wonderful, Archbishop Sartain reminded us, that this intimate usage is preserved in some of our most beloved prayers. We say, “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done…” and we pray, “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.” Again, I realize that to our ears, this language sounds less rather than more intimate, but it is in fact meant to convey the same easy familiarity with the Father and the Blessed Mother that Catherine of Siena enjoyed with Christ. And all of this signals something of crucial significance regarding the nature of Biblical Christianity. Many mysticisms and philosophies of the ancient world—Platonism, Plotinianism, and Gnosticism come readily to mind—indeed spoke of God or the sacred, but they meant a force or a value or an ontological source, impersonal and at an infinite remove from the world of ordinary experience. These ancient schools find an echo, moreover, in many modern and contemporary theologies. Think of the Deism popular in the 18th century and so influential on the Founders of the United States; or think of Schleiermacher’s and Emerson’s pantheist mysticisms in the nineteenth century; or consider even the New Age philosophy of our time. All of these would speak of a “divine” principle or power, but one would never dream of addressing such a force as “thou,” or of engaging with it in intimate conversation. Then there is the Bible. The Scriptures obviously present God as overwhelming, transcendent, uncontrollable, inscrutable, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, but they insist that this sublime and frightening power is a person who deigns to speak to us, to guide us, and to invite us into his life. They even make bold to speak of the awesome God “pitching his tent among us,” becoming one of us, taking to himself our frail humanity. And this implies that we can speak to God as we speak to an intimate colleague. Conversing with his disciples

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Monday, December 26th 2016 Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 8:00 p.m. : Young Adult Group (YAG) @ Parish Hall Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 6:30 p.m. : Sandwich Making for the Homeless@Parish Lounge Thursday, December 29th, 2016 12:45 - 8:00 p.m. : Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament @ Church 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. : Young Adult Group Holy Hour @ Church Friday, December 30th, 2016 Saturday, December 31st, 2016 8:30 a.m. : Pray the Rosary after the 8:00 a.m. Mass @ Church 11:30 a.m. : Confessions @ Church

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Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God Schedule of Masses

(may be subject to change)

Saturday December 31st, 2016 5:30 p.m. : Fr. Robert Ayala 7:00 p.m. : Msgr. Tomas M. Marin

Sunday January 1st, 2016 8:00 a.m. : Fr. Robert Ayala 10:00 a.m. : Msgr. Tomas M. Marin 12:00 p.m. : Fr. Robert Ayala 5:00 p.m. : Msgr. Tomas Marin 6:30 p.m. : Msgr. Tomas Marin

Last Week’s Collection Thank you for your generosity!

Friday December 16th, 2016 (Homeless Ministry Collection) 12:05 p.m. : $ 208.00 Saturday December 17th, 2016 5:30 p.m. : $ 2,817.00 12:00 p.m. : $ 407.00 Sunday December 18th. 2016 8:00 a.m. : $ 2,836.00 10:00 a.m. : $ 4,071.00 12:00 p.m. : $ 2,293.00 5:00 p.m. : $ 3,584.00 6:30 p.m. : $ 2,291.00 Other: $ 322.54 Mail: $ 11,200.00 Total: $ 30,029.54

Notice: The 8:00 p.m. Mass

will resume on Sunday, January 22nd, 2017

the night before he died, Jesus said, “I no longer call you slaves, but friends,” and in making that utterance, he turned all of religious philosophy and mysticism on its head. I believe that one of the major problems we have in evangelizing our culture is that many Christians don’t walk with Jesus personally. Finally, evangelization is not a sharing of ideas—though this can be very important at the level of pre-evangelization or clearing the ground—but rather the sharing of a relationship. But as the old adage has it, “nemo dat quod non habet” (no one gives what he doesn’t have). If we don’t speak to Jesus as “thou,” we won’t draw others into a real friendship with him, and the establishment of that friendship is the terminus ad quem of real evangelizing.

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