Our Lady Help of Christians Church Parroquia Maria Auxiliadora

(Valley Catholic Church) 2401 East Lake Avenue, Watsonville, California 95076

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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 João Bettencourt Maria Linan Martha Tapia Beverly Pini 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 Monday - Friday ..................................................................... 9:30 am - 11:30 am

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 preparación. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para más información.

BAPTISM / BAUTISMO Please come to the office for further information. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para más información.

QUINCEAÑERAS Please come to the office for further information. The 15ra has to be Parishioner of our church. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para más información. La 15ra tiene que ser feligrés 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 Confesiones en español media hora antes de cada misa

We, the Catholic Community of Our Lady Help of Chris-tians 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, edu-cational 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 interces-sion of Mary Help of Christians to be faithful to our Chris-tian commitment towards building the Kingdom of God.

We welcome you to Our Lady Help of Christians Church (Valley Catholic Church), whether long-time or newly ar-

rived in the parish. If you are not registered, please complete the form below, print and place in collection basket or

mail it to the parish office. Thank you.

www.valleycatholicchurch.org E-mail: olhcchurch@yahoo.com

MASS INTENTIONS: JANUARY 14 TO 22 SAT. JAN. 14

8:00 am 9:00 am 11:00 am 1:00 pm 4:15 pm 7:00 pm

Rita Salazar † (Husband) Baptisms: Damien Xavier Hidalgo Martínez Emma Abigail Hernández, Sebastian Sandoval N. Baptism : Paulina Gabriella Hilario 50th Wedding Anniversary: Manuel & Maria Garcia Antone & Pauline Resetar † (Family) Diane Weizer † (Mario & Celeste Luis) Martin Lopez †, Virginia Teresa Gil †

SUN. JAN. 15

8:00 am 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:30 pm 4:00 pm 7:00 pm

Josefa Balatbat † (Consuelo Lozano) Fr. Bernardo Soares † (Joe & Naomi) Mouzart Avila † (Louis Avila) Herminia Mendonça † (Tony & Lucia) Amelia & Caterina Larice † (Family) Garrie Ridgway (Barney & Marlene) Parishioners of OLHC In honor to “El Señor del Monte” Felipa Gonzalez + & Por la Intencio-nes de la Familia Vazquez-Gonzalez

MON. JAN. 16

7:00 am 9:00 am

Liv. & Dec’d. Mem. of the Altar Society Mary Pilo † (Virginia Vukasovich)

TUE. JAN. 17

7:00 am 9:00 am

Wilfrid Rougeau + (St. Francis Comm.) José C. Silveira † (D. & L. Dutra)

WED. JAN. 18

7:00 am 9:00 am

Henry & Stephanie Parker † ( Joe Parker) Marina Gose † (Shirley Lacy)

THU. JAN. 19

7:00 am 9:00 am

Don Westfall † (Wife) Wilfrid Rougeau † (Legion of Mary)

FRI. JAN. 20

7:00 am 9:00 am

Nora Parker † (Joe Parker) Conne Pérez Health (Perez Family)

SAT. JAN. 21 8:00 am 4:15 pm 7:00 pm

Isabelle & Marjorie Secondo + (OLHC) Dec. Mem of the Marinovich Fam. ( Helen) Miguel Ángel Zamora † (Family)

SUN. JAN. 22

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

Thanksgiving Mass (Consuelo Lozano) Villages Rosary Preyer Group Maximino Avila, Sons & Daugthers † Maria Ornelas † (Sergio & Celeste) Joe Carvalho † (Joe & Fatima Matos) Maria Custodia Maciel † ( Joseph Maciel) Jose C. Silveira † ( Enes Family) Irma Bijarro Ortega B-Day (Maria) Jose Luis Vega † Parishioners of OLHC

Sunday, January 15, 2012 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Anthony * St. Fabian * St. Sebastian * St Agnes * Week of Prayer for Christian Unity * Martin Luther King Jr.

January 7 & 9, 2012 Regular Collection .............................. $ 4,997.00

Candles ................................................ $ 432.00

Total ..................................................... $ 5429.00 Thank you for your generosity!

¡Muchas gracias por su generosidad!

Weekly Collections / Colecta Semanal

Un autobús saldrá del estacionamiento de la Parroquia

María Auxiliadora para participar en la Caminata Anual.

Sábado 21 de enero del 2012,

a las 8:00 a.m.

Para reservar su espacio en el autobús

favor de llamar a Peter Schafer al (831)240-7753.

También hay playeras de

Respeto por Vida disponibles.

Sábado 21 de enero* San Francisco

As a gift from God, human life is sa-

cred from conception to natural death.

The right to life is the first and most

fundamental principle of human rights

that leads Catholics to actively work for

a world of greater respect for human

life and greater commitment to justice

and peace.

Join Bishop Richard Garcia and the

Faithful of the Diocese in a special Eu-

charistic Celebration of Life on

Wednesday, January 18th at 6:30pm, at

Madonna Del Sasso Church, in Salinas.

Clergy and deacons of the diocese

wishing to attend and concelebrate in

the liturgy are asked to bring their own

alb and white stole. Pastors are request-

ed to place this notice in their respec-

tive parish bulletin and to encourage

the faithful to attend by way of an an-

nouncement at Masses on the weekend

of January 15th and 16th next.

Your support in promoting prayer and

work for the Sanctity of Life is greatly

appreciated.

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 15, 2012

Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you.

• 1 Corinthians 6:19a

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

Every year, close to the feast of the

Conversion of St. Paul on January 25, and be-

fore the feast of the Chair of St. Peter on Febru-

ary 22, the cause of Church unity is commend-

ed to Christians everywhere. Sadly, Protestants,

Orthodox, and Catholics have settled to a status

quo of separation. When baptized people become Catho-

lic, we speak of them as being received into “full com-

munion.” That means we already share a communion in

faith in many ways, including the Word of God. Many

Protestant denominations have received and revised the

three-year cycle of readings first arranged by Catholics

in the early 1970s. Therefore, many of your neighbors

who are not Catholic are celebrating and reflecting on

the same readings we are savoring on most Sundays of

the year. This makes for a new spirit of cooperation

among preachers of the gospel, and gives hope that the

cause of reunion, desired by Christ, has great vitality at

the table of God’s Word, and will one day lead to unity at

the table of the Lord’s Body and Blood.

—James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Segundo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 15 de enero de 2012

Su cuerpo es templo del Espíritu Santo. • 1 Corintios 6:19

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

Según una vieja costumbre latina, no se les

debe llamar por nombre a los niños mien-

tras todavía están en el vientre de su madre.

Mis padres siempre me hablaban por nom-

bre durante el embarazo de mi mamá. Esto

por supuesto molestaba a mi abuelita quien

decía que si me iban a hablar por nombre

sería mejor llamarme Tiburcio. La gran sorpresa de mis

padres fue que nací el día de san Tiburcio. Gracias a Dios

mis padres no eran tradicionalitas, sino tuviera que pasar

mi vida con ese nombre.

Muchos latinoamericanos todavía siguen la tradición

del onomástico; de dar a su hijo o hija el nombre del san-

to o de la santa en cuyo día nació. Esta costumbre se hace

con doble intención: 1) para implorar la protección del

santo sobre el recién nacido y 2) para que el niño o la

niña tenga un buen ejemplo como modelo para su vida.

Esta última razón implica tener que conocer e imitar al

santo o a la santa.

Si tu hijo nace el 16 de enero puedes nombrarlo: Ful-

gencio, Acursio, Adiuto, Frisio y Tolomeo. O si es niña,

Priscila o el femenino de los previos. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos‑Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Saturday, January 21* San Francisco

A bus will leave from the Valley Church parking lot on

Saturday, January 21, 2012, at 8:00am to take part in

the Annual Walk for Life rally. Bus reservations can be

made by calling Peter Schafer at 240-7753. Also

Guard-life T-shirts are available.

Because

Women

Deserve

Better

Pancake Breakfast

All you can eat Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Where - Kennedy Youth Center Time - 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

For Information call: Joao Matos 728-9399 Sponsored by: Our Lady of Fatima

Portuguese Committee 2012

VOCATION PRAYER Loving God, Creator of the universe, you have

gifted life. You call me to be a light to the world through baptism. Help me to

brighten our world by sharing my gifts in the service of others and respecting all of creation. I ask

this in the name of you Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.