BAPTISMS: Parents & godparents are required to attend a class focused on their responsibilities & the meaning of the Sacrament prior to the ceremony. Classes are held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Call the parish office to set an appointment. After the initial interview the office will call you to schedule the class and the Baptism.

MARRIAGES/QUINCEAÑERAS: They need to be arranged at least six months prior by calling the parish office & scheduling an appointment with a priest or deacon.

VOCATIONS: If you think that God might be calling you to serve God as a priest, a brother, or sister contact: Fr. John Love at (805) 968-1078 or frlove@gmail.com.

UPCOMING AT SACRED HEARTUPCOMING AT SACRED HEART

•• Presidents Day Presidents Day -- Offices ClosedOffices Closed Feb 15Feb 15 •• Confirmation II ClassesConfirmation II Classes Feb 17Feb 17 •• 50+ Valentine Luncheon50+ Valentine Luncheon Feb 18Feb 18 •• FingerprintingFingerprinting Feb 19Feb 19 •• Unbound CollectionUnbound Collection Feb 21Feb 21 •• Youth Ministry LifenightYouth Ministry Lifenight Feb 21Feb 21 •• S.H.S Kindergarten InterviewS.H.S Kindergarten Interview Feb 27Feb 27

OUR SHARED MISSION

We are called to be an unconditionally loving and welcoming community.

We have been called by our Baptism, into the body of Christ, and we celebrate our relationship in Word,

Sacrament, and family celebration.

Rev. John Vogel, Administrator Rev. Carlos Macias, LC, Associate Pastor

Rev. Daniel O’Sullivan, Pastor Emeritus Deacon John Barry

Deacon Fernando Flores Deacon Phil Conforti

Deacon Humberto Guzman

Vivian Nichols, Business Manager Karen Oishi, Office Manager Marion Inglis, Bulletin Editor Aurora Gonzales, Secretary Sr. Margaret Mary, SND, DRE Justin Wilburn, Youth Ministry Christine Benner, Principal Don Mulville, Maintenance; Sp. Events Coord.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES (SERVICIOS RELIGIOSOS)

WEEKEND EUCHARIST:

Saturday and Eves of Holy Days: 5:30 p.m. Sundays: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. 12:00 noon (Español), and 5:30 p.m.

DAILY MASS SCHEDULE:

Monday - Friday: 7:00, 8:30 a.m. Saturday: 8:30 a.m.

CONFESSION SCHEDULE:

Friday: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Saturday: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

DEVOTIONS

Morning Prayer: Monday - Friday 6:40 am, 8:15 am Rosary: Monday—Friday 6:25 am 9:00 am Saturday 6:00 am Sunday 7:00am Holy Hour: Friday 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm First & last Friday of the Month 7-8 p.m. (Español)

Divine Mercy Chaplet & Rosary: Friday 3 p.m.

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH 10800 HENDERSON RD., VENTURA, CA 93004

(805) 647-3235; FAX (805) 647-8087 Visit us on the WEB at: www.sacredheartventura.org

Email us at: rectory@sacredheartventura.org Parish Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4:30PM

Saturday 8:30AM - 2PM & Sunday 7:30AM - 11:45AM

SACRED HEART SCHOOL 10770 Henderson Rd., Ventura, CA 93004 (805) 647-6174

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My Brothers and Sisters, To follow Jesus means that wherever we are in life we meet Him, we meet Him in the scriptures, we walk with Him. We tie our life-journey to his. In today’s Gospel passage, we journey with him into the desert. We struggle against the devil, side by side with Jesus, overcoming our own temptations. The Church helps us do this by giving us ways to improve our self-discipline and conquer our self-centeredness through practices of prayer and self-denial: fasting and abstinence, alms-giving and reconciliation. Every meal and meat given up for Lent, and every sin we confess in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and every sacrifice of time we make for extra prayer is our own desert experience. Jesus fasted from food and other physical comforts during his battle with the devil, and the battle purified him and strengthened him for the ministry that came afterward. If we want to follow Jesus, we battle the devil, too, and we too are purified and strengthened by the struggle. There are no spectators here, only participants. Satan is not someone to fear. Jesus already defeated all demons on our behalf, first in the desert and then on the cross. Our battle is really only against temptation and our personal desire to give in to it. We don't always want to follow Jesus. This is what we must surrender to God during Lent. Then we, too, will be purified and strengthened by the struggle. May this Lent be a joyously happy and holy season of true growth in the Lord Jesus. Just a reminder that we abstain from meat all Fridays of Lent. It is a simple way to show ourselves and Jesus that we are serious about following Him. If we are faithful in small matters, we will also be faithful in greater matters. I also invite everyone to daily Mass as a wonderful way to start the day. I invite you to come to Stations of the Cross and our Lenten Soup Dinner on Fridays during Lent. The stations are a wonderful spiritual exercise that help us to follow Jesus more concretely.

Reflections by Fr. Carlos

Dear Brothers and Sisters, In today's Gospel we see Jesus' temptations. We should not be frightened or angry with temptation for even the Lord Himself was tempted! The problem itself is not having temptations, but the manner in which many times we face them. Many spiritual masters say that temptation is an opportunity to grow spiritually. Jesus gives us a clear example of how to face any kind of temptation: not to dialogue with it and cut it off. Often we fall into temptations because we dialogue with them like Eve did before the Original Sin. When a temptation comes before us we should not be scared or get angry because that may be the beginning of defeat. Thoughts such as; Why me? The same thing again? I continue to be a great sinner, etc., are ways of dialoging with it. The best thing is to do what Christ did. Cut them off with thoughts like these: This issue does not interest me, I better do something else, etc, and try to do a different activity opposite of the temtation. In this way they lose their strength in our heads. God bless your week.

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“Unconditionally Pro-Life, Pro-Family”

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The Israelites show their faith by offering the Lord first fruits of the products of their new land (Deuteronomy 26:4-10). Psalm — Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble (Psalm 91). Second Reading — All who express faith in the risen Christ and confess that he is Lord will be saved (Romans 10:8-13). Gospel — Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit and was tempted (Luke 4:1-13).

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The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.

— Romans 10:8

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Every Friday during Lent at 7 p.m. in English.

UNBOUND

Next Sunday, February 21st, Rev. Cyrus Gallagher will be at our parish to celebrate Masses and tell us about the work being done by Unbound, a lay Catholic sponsorship ministry that helps children and elderly in 20 developing countries and how it provides a trustworthy way to actively participate in the social outreach of the Catholic Church and answer the Gospel’s call to serve the poor. To learn more, call (800)875-6564 or visit Unbound online at www.unbound.org.

Youth Ministry News

For those of you who do not know, every year the archdiocese has all those who teach in religious education, confirmation/youth ministry, and catholic schools do a Virtus night for teens called “Seeing, Touching, Safety”. It is required to have this class once a year and is essentially a safety class for minors interacting with adults and those around them. Every year there is a different topic to be covered and can be anything from internet safety to what most refer to as “Safe Touch”. As you can imagine, teenagers are usually not too excited about this class and have a tendency to be bored or even a little uncomfortable depending on the topic. So how do we get through to them? Well for one, we have to be creative. If your just lecturing to teens their minds shut off very quickly, especially on a school day when they have already been lectured all day long. So rather than just lecture, we get creative using clips from popular movies or memes from social media to connect with our teens. Second, and most importantly, we are very real with our teens. One thing I have learned from being involved in ministry since I was a teen is that if you are not real with teens, they could care less about what you have to say. So, how do you talk to your teens about safety issues? I promise you your teens will respect you more if you are straight forward with them and find creative ways to talk about these issues with them. The key is talking WITH your teens and not AT your teens.

1. Classes this week:

Tuesday, February 16th, 7PM for middle school. Wednesday, February 17th, 4PM for first & second year communion & bible study. NO class Sunday, February 14th, due to Presidents Day.

2. Mass Attendance: NO formal Mass attendance will be taken this weekend. Students attending Mass should use children’s envelopes for make-up credit.

3. Outreach: This month we are collecting wrapped Easter candy for the Juvenile Detention.

4. First Confessions are: Tuesday, February 23rd at 6:30PM for Tuesday/Wednesday classes. Tuesday, March 1st at 6:30PM for Sunday classes.

The Kindergarten Interview for 2016-17 School Year

The Kindergarten Interview for the 2016-2017 school year is Saturday, February 27 at 10AM. If you have an incoming student, please download an application http://www.sacredheartschoolventura.org/ or pick one up in the school office. Applications should be turned in at your earliest opportunity, but may be turned in on February 27 with notification to the school office that you plan to attend. The primary teachers and assistants will spend time with our potential students, and other staff members will spend time with the families as all become familiar with kindergarten at Sacred Heart School. If you have questions or would like to arrange a tour of Sacred Heart School, please contact us at 647-6174.

Sacred Heart School News office@sacredheartschoolventura.org

Sr. Margaret Mary E-Mail: re@sacredheartventura.org

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50 + FEBRUARY VALENTINE LUNCHEON

Thursday, February 18th, 11:30 a.m. in Biedermann Hall

Bingo prizes, good food is shared. Join us for good company and a good time. For information call Marie 659-4652. For transportation call Barbara 647-1842.

OFFICES CLOSED

The Parish & Ministry offices will be CLOSED on Monday, February 15th in

observance of President’s Day. There will be only one daily Mass celebrated on that day at 8:30 a.m.

LENTEN supper

Each Friday of Lent various ministries of Sacred Heart prepare and serve meatless suppers in Biedermann Hall. This week the cooks will be Men’s Bible Study & Jovenes Para Cristo. Come enjoy fellowship, a nice meal and a night free from cooking. Supper is served from 5:15 - 7:15 PM. Donations go to the St. Vincent de Paul Society to assist those in need.

SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN

FINGERPRINTING

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles requires that all adults who work or volunteer with children should be fingerprinted through LiveScan System. If you have not yet been fingerprinted the next dates available in our area here:

Sacred Heart St. Francis Cabrini Senior Center

Friday, February 19th 12:00 - 4:00 pm & 5:00pm - 7:00 pm

For appointment call (805) 647-3235 ex. 304

WORDS OF WISDOM…

“Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.” ~Fr. Jerome Cummings

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Every Friday

Friday 9 a.m. — Saturday 8:30 a.m.

Prayer is nothing else than union with God. When one’s heart is pure and united to God, that person feels within himself a joy, a sweetness that intoxicates, a light that dazzles. In this intimate union of prayer, God and the soul are like two pieces of wax melted together; they cannot be separated.

(St. John Vianney)

We need committed Adorers on Friday at 11AM and 12Noon. Please call Rachel 659-3785. This week’s vocal Holy Hour in English @ 7p.m. is for Vocations.

Intenciones de la Semana

(†)Deceased (-)Intentions

Sunday, February 14 5:30 pm (Sat) - Parishioners of Sacred Heart 7:30 am † Jenifer Loan Nguyen 9:00 am † Joseph Ai Nguyen 10:30 am † Antonio Domingues 12:00 pm † Jose “Chavalo” Alamillo 5:30 pm - Johua Inglis

Monday, February 15

8:30 am † Rachel Villa

Tuesday, February 16 7:00 am - Robert Johnston 8:30 am - Fr. Carlos Macías

Wednesday, February 17 7:00 am † Laura Crumlet 8:30 am † Larry Cubitt

Thursday, February 18 7:00 am † Josephine & Clarence Baca 8:30 am - Janet Moore

Friday, February 19 7:00 am † Philip Sanchez 8:30 am † Jesus Barajas

Saturday, February 20 8:30 am † Sergio Medina

WEEKLY COLLECTION

SUNDAY, February 7, 2016 COLLECTION

ParishSupport:$13,999.88 School Support:$407.00 Capitalmprovements:$3,093.00 SVdP:$1,198.50 Children’s Env:$128.89 Misc:$10.00

TOTAL COLLECTION: $18,837.27 Thank you for your continued support!

The Sick of our Parish — Enfermos de Nuestra Parroquia: Andy Anguiano, Catherine Reeve, Alexander Gonchar, Larry Haywood, Isabel Garcia, Judy Reese, Carmen Villanueva, Barb Wedekind

Died in Christ — Murio en Cristo: Ruby C. O’Hara

INTERCESSIONS PLEASE PRAY FOR….

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YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!

Didn’t receive an end of the year statement for your donations to Sacred Heart? You may not be a registered parishioner. Statements are sent out by February 1st on all donations received over $250 using your registered envelope number. If you would like to become a registered, supporting member of Sacred Heart please fill out the form on page 6 of the bulletin and return to the parish office. We will the n forward you the necessary registration form to be completed.

SACRED HEART COMMUNITY NEWS

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS…

Sacred Heart council Knights of Columbus wish to thank the parish for their support of our BBQ fundraiser and drawing. Congratulations to the winners:

60” Vizio Smart TV - Milagro Chavarria PS54 500GB Star Wars Edition - Paul Porter

$200 cash - Susan Smith

A big heartfelt thank you to all the Sacred Heart parishioners who gave their prayer and treasure and lots of warm clothing to the Ventura County homeless shelter located at 351 South K. Street in Oxnard. I cannot give you a tally of what was donated yet as donations are still coming in on the online site through the Downtown Ventura Organization, who is in charge of donations. Thank you for the very warm welcome to the director of the homeless shelter and speaker at our masses, Steve Karnezes.

Esquina del Pastor

Mis hermanos y hermanas, Seguir a Jesús significa que dondequiera que estemos en la vida nos encontremos con Él, lo encontramos en las escrituras, caminamos con Él. Atamos nuestro viaje de la vida a la suya. En el pasaje del Evangelio de hoy, viajamos con Él en el desierto. Luchamos contra el diablo, al lado de Jesús, superando nuestras propias tentaciones. La Iglesia nos ayuda a hacer esto dándonos formas de mejorar nuestra autodisciplina y conquistar nuestro egocentrismo a través de prácticas de oración y abnegación: el ayuno y la abstinencia, la limosna y la reconciliación. Cada comida y carne que renunciamos para la Cuaresma, y cada pecado que confesamos en el Sacramento de la Reconciliación, y todo sacrificio de tiempo que hacemos para orar un poco más es nuestra propia experiencia en el desierto. Jesús ayunó de alimentos y otras comodidades físicas durante su batalla con el diablo, y la batalla lo purificó y lo fortaleció para el ministerio que vino después. Si queremos seguir a Jesús, luchamos contra del diablo y nosotros también somos purificados y fortalecidos por la lucha. No hay espectadores aquí, sólo participantes. Satanás no es alguien que temer. Jesús ya venció a todos los demonios en nuestro nombre, primero en el desierto y luego en la cruz. Nuestra batalla es realmente sólo contra la tentación y nuestro deseo personal de ceder a ella. No siempre queremos seguir a Jesús. Esto es lo que hay que entregarle a Dios durante la Cuaresma. Entonces, nosotros también seremos purificados y fortalecidos por la lucha. Que está Cuaresma sea una temporada santa y júbilosa de verdadero crecimiento en el Señor Jesús. Sólo un recordatorio que nos abstenemos de comer carne todos los viernes de Cuaresma. Es una forma sencilla de mostrar a nosotros mismos y Jesús que de verdad queremos seguirlo. Si somos fieles en lo poco, también vamos a ser fieles en asuntos mayores. También invito a todos a misa todos los días como una forma maravillosa de empezar el día. Los invito a venir a Estaciones de la Cruz y nuestra sopa de la cena de Cuaresma los viernes durante la Cuaresma. Las estaciones son un ejercicio espiritual maravilloso que nos ayude a seguir a Jesús más concretamente.

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Reflexiones del Padre Carlos

En el Evangelio de hoy vemos las tentaciones de Jesús. ¡No debemos de asustarnos o enojarnos con la tentación si hasta el mismo Señor fue tentado! El problema en sí no es tener tentaciones, sino la manera en que muchas veces las afrontamos. Muchos maestros de espiritualidad dicen que la tentación es una oportunidad para crecer espiritualmente. Jesús nos da un claro ejemplo de que hacer frente a cualquier tipo de tentación: no dialogar con ella y ser tajante. Muchas veces caemos en las tentaciones porque dialogamos con ellas como lo hizo Eva antes del pecado original. Cuando una tentación se presenta ante nosotros no hay que asustarnos o enojarnos porque eso puede ser el inicio de la derrota. Pensamientos como; ¿Por qué a mí? ¿Otra vez lo mismo? Sigo siendo un gran pecador, etc, son formas de dialogar con ella. Lo mejor es hacer lo que Cristo hizo. Cortarlas con pensamientos como estos: no me interesa este tema, mejor hago otra cosa, etc, y tratar de realizar una actividad diversa a lo que se propone. De esa forma pierden su fuerza en nuestra cabeza. Dios bendiga tu semana.

OFICINAS CERRADAS

Las oficinas de la parroquia y ministerios estarán cerradas el lunes, 15 de Febrero en observación del Día de los Presidentes. Solo se celebrara la misa de las 8:30 a.m. ese día.

VIA CRUCIS

Empezando el 19 de Febrero tendremos el Via Crucis todos los miercoles durante la Cuaresma a las 7 p.m. en la iglesia.

El próximo domingo, 21 de febrero de Rev. Ciro Gallagher estará en nuestra parroquia para celebrar misas y decirnos sobre el trabajo que está realizando, un ministerio de patrocinio católico laico llamado Unbound, que ayuda a niños y ancianos en 20 países en desarrollo y de cómo proporciona una forma digna de confianza a participar activamente en la proyección social de la Iglesia Católica y responder a la llamada del Evangelio a servir a los pobres.Para obtener más información, llame al (800) 875-6564 o visite en línea en www.unbound.org.

40 Días Para La Vida

“40 Días para la Vida” es un plan para orar todos los días durante la Cuaresma, para acabar con el aborto. Se inició el 10 de febrero y termina el 27 de Marzo. Se le invita a unirse a nosotros a rezar el Rosario en español en Planned Parenthood ubicada en 7400 Ralston St., Ventura. Nos reunimos los miercoles a las 10AM. Solo tarda 30 minutos. Para más información llame a Yolanda, 642-6403.

CORDINADORES DE LITURGIA

LECTORES: Jose Cancino 525-4327 MINISTROS DE EUCARISTIA: Maria Lopez 433-1944 Roberto Sanchez 448-9965 UJIERES: José Arambula 647-1351 SERVIDORES DEL ALTAR: Alicia Mendez 701-9406 MINISTERIO DE MUSICA: 647-3235 Dcn. Fernando Flores Ext. 311 CORO: Hector Reyes 701-2253 BAUTIZOS: 647-3235 Dcn. Fernando Flores Ext. 311 RICA (Iniciación Cristiana): Rosa Flores 701-7753

PARISH REGISTRATION OR CHANGE OF ADDRESS

If you are new in our Parish Community, in Jesus’ name we welcome you and hope along with us you will experience the touch of Jesus. If you have a new address or phone number please complete this form and place it in the collection basket or return it to the parish office so we can stay connected. The parish needs you; be counted.

NAME

ADDRESS

CITY

ZIP

PHONE

□ Moving Out of Parish □ New Registration □ Change of Address/Phone Number

LITURGICAL MINISTRIES

ALTAR SERVERS MINISTRY: 525-0010 Sandie Dominguez BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY 701-7737 Jean Fries EUCHARISTIC MINISTRY COORDINATOR: 671-9911 Fred Baskin INFANT BAPTISMS: 382-6816 Dcn. Phil Conforti LECTOR COORDINATOR: 644-4586 Joann Abing LITURGY COORDINATOR: 647-3235 MARRIAGE COORDINATOR: Carmen Gomez Lee 647-4843

MINISTRY TO THE SICK: 525-0010 Sandie Dominguez, Facilitator USHERS MINISTRY: 647-4843 Joe Lee

MUSIC COORDINATOR: 279-7595 Sarah Hardcastle CHILDREN’S CHOIR: 766-1380 Katie Manning

R.C.I.A. ADULT ED: 647-3235

ORGANIZATIONS

BIBLE STUDY 647-3235 BOY SCOUTS 377-7840 Bob Camarillo BLUE ARMY OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA 620-0958 Huguette Johnston CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP 647-9385 Blanca Macias CUB SCOUTS 647-5641 Therese Palmisano DETENTION MINISTRY 340-3983 Rick Goulette EUCHARISTIC APOSTLES OF DIVINE MERCY 647-3086 Bob & Zaida Worthley Vicky Spicer (Divina Misericordia) 202-9555 FAMILY TO FAMILY 650-8557 Nita Perkins FINANCE COUNCIL 659-3839 Cindy Fanning GUADALUPANAS 647-1609 Amelia Mijares HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE 647-3206 Patrick Manning ITALIAN CATHOLIC FEDERATION 659-2255 Carol Eller KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 797-2298 Joe Barajas, Grand Knight PARENT TEACHER COUNCIL 647-6174 Anna Jordon, President POLISH COMMUNITY 659-3751 Ed Osiadacz RESPECT LIFE 647-7306 Wilhelmina Stoll SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN 647-3235 Liz Hoffman SENIOR ASSISTANCE 647-1842 Barbara Rodriguez ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 216-2787 Person on call WELCOMING MINISTRY 794-3623 Dcn. John Barry JOVENES ADULTOS PARA CRISTO 889-3376 (Young Adults for Christ) Gabriel Rodriguez, Coordinator

SACRED HEART PARISH OFFICES

SACRED HEART SCHOOL: 647-6174 Christine Benner, Principal

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE: 647-3235 Sister Margaret Mary Scott, S.N.D., Director Ext. 306

HISPANIC MINISTRY (Ministerio Hispano): 647-3235 Deacon Fernando Flores, Director Ext. 311

YOUTH MINISTRY: 647-3235 Justin Wilburn Ext. 313

PLANT MANAGER: (Cell) 797-4474 Don Mulville

SCRIP OFFICE: 647-0713 Shaune Ramirez

Read bulletin online at the Sacred Heart Church website: www.sacredheartventura.org.

Please email all bulletin announcements by Fridays at 5 p.m. (10 days before bulletin is distributed) to

bulletineditor@sacredheartventura.org.

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