923 S. LA BREA AVENUE, LOS ANGELES CA 90036

 

Our Mission

United in Christ through Bap sm, our parish is a Catholic community of diverse cultures  and experiences. Through educa on and worship, we share the word and celebrate the Sacraments. We welcome and embrace all to join us in the praise & service of God. 

MAY 11, 2014 Fourth Sunday of Easter 

Parish Office/Mailing: 926 S. Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Rectory: 922 S. Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Telephone (323) 930-5976 Fax (323) 297-7677 Email: parish@cathedralchapel.org Website: www.cathedralchapel.org

Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CONTACT US:  

SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM & 12:00 PM Saturday: 8:30 AM, 5:00 PM (Vigil) Weekday: 9:00 AM (Monday-Friday) Wednesday:

Holy Day: 9:00 AM, 6:30 PM; Vigil: 6:30 PM

SACRAMENTS Confession: *1:00 - 1:30 PM, Sunday Baptism: Fourth Sunday of the month Matrimony: Six months’ notice required in advanced for marriage preparation Appointments available for private Baptism, Funeral, Quinceañera. Please call to schedule your event. *(Confession schedule is subject to change without notice. Thank you.)

First Communion: 3:45 PM Wednesday Confirmation: 11:15 AM Sunday RCIA: 7:00 PM Monday

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 

Brenda A. Suares Noemi Gotico Angie Holgado Margaret Masterson Lilia Sacluti Elsie & Rhea Aurora Galicia Jeanine Sheehan Adaubi Udeze Patricia Odimgbe Esmeralda Minchaca

Simone Straser Eve Manion Amparo Geronimo Angelita Tanedo † Ada Manegdeg Marie Flewelling Peach Manion Beatrice Udeze Catherine Opene Antonina Celso

Adeline Coom Gertrude W. Paez Marry Harrison Dorothy Mathews Ella Neglia Leah Mary Roche Agnes David Marie Natalie Beauchamp Marie Roche Bambi Dizon

Mother’s Day Spiritual Bouquet Novena

Happy Mother ’s Day!

SUNDAY, MAY 11: 4th Sun. of Easter; Mother’s Day ALL Mother’s Day Novena  MASSES Inten ons 11:00 Confirma on Classes 1:00p Confession*  

MONDAY, MAY 12: 9:00  Mother’s Day Novena 

TUESDAY, MAY 13 9:00        Mother’s Day Novena 7:00p  Finance Council Mee ng 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14: St. Matthias 9:00  Mother’s Day Novena 3:45p First Communion Classes 6:30p  Bible Study    (Last session for the season) 7:00p  OLP Novena 

THURSDAY, MAY 15 9:00  Mother’s Day Novena 

FRIDAY, MAY 16: Parish Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe (‘ ll the 19th) 9:00 Mother’s Day Novena 

SATURDAY, MAY 17 8:30  Mother’s Day Novena 5:00p   † Apolonio & Enriqueta Garde

edits. 

WEEK OF MAY 11‐17, 2014 SAINTS, SPECIAL OBSERVANCES,

MASS INTENTIONS AND PARISH EVENTS A MESSAGE FROM FR. TRUC 

I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” (Jn 10)

Dear All Mothers, Parishioners, and Visitors:

Happy Mother’s Day to all! For one weekend or one day out of the year, we pause to acknowledge the gift of motherhood. We give thanks to God for the gift of our mother in life both the natural mother and the adopted ones. Through God’s blessing and grace, our mother(s) is the source and the essence of our life and our existence.

I want to welcome those of you who are visiting our church this week to celebrate Mother’s Day. I pray that your celebration will be a joyful occasion with families and friends.

We are forever grateful to our mother just as Christ proclaims in John chapter 10 above. In many ways every mother carries the image of Christ and imitates Christ by the way they live and the gifts they share. Every mother sacrifices her life so that all of us as children that we “might have life and have it more abundantly.”

Unfortunately, we sometimes take this gift of life and sacrifices of our mothers for granted, and we do not show the proper respect or obedience. Precisely in these moments we as children turn to our mother and ask for her forgiveness because of our disrespect, our inappropriateness or misbehaviors.

Each day I am thankful to God that my mother is still alive and active living in Orange County. My mother’s eyesight or vision has been declining through the years, and she continues to share her laughter and love with my father. Her faith in God remains strong, and her prayers each day is dedicated to all of us as children.

One Hail Mary Each Day This Week for All Mothers Mary is our focus with the universal Church and for our parish in particular. Last Sunday, in my weekly message I encouraged all of us as parishioners to say one Hail Mary a day throughout the 31 days in May. I encourage all of us as children to dedicate our special intention of the one Hail Mary for all mothers of the world both living or deceased.

The Emmaus’ Path of Life: Sharing and Receiving During the last three weeks of Easter my homily has been reflecting on the philosophy of life. Freedom and faith are two principles in life that we hold dearly. Jesus’ resurrection liberates all of us not only from sins but also grants us the unconditional gifts of freedom and faith.

The road to Emmaus gives us another insights into living a life of freedom and faith through the breaking of the break. The path of life calls us to embrace a life of relationship with one another: sharing and receiving. Sharing opens the ways for receiving.

Sharing is essential in living the life of freedom and faith; the more we share the more we allow ourselves to be authentically human and vulnerable at the same time. Without the ability to share who we are and how we are the possibility for others to receive us would not come about.

God comes into the world by sharing His divine life with us through Jesus as the Son of Man and the Son of God. Through the Holy Eucharist, Christ lives in us, and we live in Christ. Jesus comes to give life abundantly. Giving His life is sharing His sacred Body and Blood on the Altar of God; in return God gives us the Holy Eucharist as the source and summit of our journey (freedom and faith). Sharing opens the way for receiving. Without sharing, selfishness and rejection could dominate our way of thinking and living. Selfishness and rejection would be contrary to the Spirit of the Triune God and spirit of who we are as the Imago Dei.

PARISH ADMINISTRATION

Rev. Truc Q. Nguyen, Pastor frtruc@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 224 Nancy G-Sheehan, Parish Business Manager nancy@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 223 Mayela Albarran, Office Assistant mayela@cathedralchapel.org, ext. 235 Lis Brady, Office Support liseth@cathedralchapel.org, ext 221 Sister Anna Tom, SDSH, Rel. Ed. Director religioused@cathedralchapel, ext. 234 In Residence: Bishop Edward Wm. Clark

Elementary School, Grades K-8th Cathedral Chapel School Tina Kipp, Principal 755 S. Cochran Ave., L.A. CA 90036 T: (323) 938-9976; F: (323) 938-9930 www.cathedralchapelschool.org

Hail Mary Full of Grace!

WORSHIP, LITURGY & FAITH

LECTORS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS’ SCHEDULE: MAY 17‐18, TEAM 3

FOLLOWING THE GOOD SHEPHERD The joyful tone of the past three Sundays of Easter is a little darker today. All three readings remind us of suffering, death, and sin. We, like Peter’s audience in the first reading, can ask, “What are we to do?” And the answer will be the same: we must reform. Or, as Peter says in his first Letter, we have strayed like sheep and must return to the shepherd. Jesus describes himself as a shepherd in today’s Gospel, and we know it was one of the earliest images of Christ in the apostolic church. Today’s passage continues the darker theme of the first two readings. Danger lurks and the sheep need protection. They might follow a false leader; they might be stolen or destroyed. Only in Jesus Christ will we be safe. Only in him will we have eternal life. © J. S. Paluch Co.

Devotion to Mary The pious practice of honoring Mary and dedicating the month of May to the Blessed Virgin became apparent at the end of the 13th century. In this way, the Church was able to Christianize the secular feasts which were to take place at that time. In the 16th century, books appeared and promoted the development of this devotion. The Jesuits helped foster this practice and thus became a favorite and taking hold among their students by the 1700s. It later became a practice in one of the churches in Rome and from there spread to the whole church. The practice was granted indulgences in the mid 1800s and later was revised in 1966 with decreased

emphasis on specific indulgences. The pious practice of honoring Mary is especially recommended by the Popes. Pope Paul the VI, in one of his encyclical in 1965 wrote that the month of May dedicated to honoring Mary is a powerful incentive for people to offer prayers for the church and to obtain peace in the world. Mary, as the Mother of God, is regarded as the way by which we are led to Christ. Encountering Mary is being face to face to Christ himself.

In our observance of the Marian month we should take into account the season of the Liturgical Year which largely corresponds with the fifty days of Easter. Our pious exercises could emphasize Our Lady's participation in the Paschal mystery and in Pentecost with which the Church begins. The pious exercises connected with the month of May can easily highlight the earthly role played by the glorified Queen of Heaven, here and now, in the celebration of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist. © catholicculture.org; Pope Paul’s Encyclical, 1965, www.vatican.va

Praying the Rosary as one parish community

As we do each year, we will begin to pray one decade of the Rosary in honor of Mary, at each of the Sunday Masses during the month of May. 

May 4th: Joyful Mysteries May 11th: Sorrowful Mysteries May 18th: Glorious Mysteries

May 25th: Luminous Mysteries

The Power of One Hail Mary 

One Hail Mary well said fills the heart of Our Lady with delight and obtains for us indescribably great graces.

Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with Thee.

Blessed art Thou among women, and Blessed is the Fruit of

Thy Womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us

sinners now, and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

PARISH & SCHOOL LIFE: MINISTRY, EVENTS & REMINDERS

CALENDAR PARISH next 2-weeks

VISITING OR NEW TO OUR PARISH? We are delighted to have you join us and welcome you into our humble li le parish community in the heart of Los Angeles.  If you have recently moved into our community, you may register via email at register@cathedralchapel.org or  

call the parish office at 323.930.5976. Also visit www.cathedralchapel.org to learn more about our parish. Welcome & God Bless You .

Many Thank s  • To Tina Kipp, Mrs. Valoroso, Sister 

Anna Tom, our First Communion students, catechists, volunteers, parents, rela ves, and friends for a spirit‐filled First Communion celebra on held last week. 

• To all our couples who a ended, and our hosts Mike & Nancy Sheehan, for a great get together and sharing at last Friday’s couples night out! Watch out for our next event. If you are interested in joining our parish’s Couples Ministry, please contact Lis Brady at Liseth@cathedralchapel.org.  

May God bless you all!

BIBLE STUDY 

Wednesday, May 14th will be the last session of our Bible Study for this season. Bible Study will be back some me during the fall season. Our Lady of Guadalupe 

novena will resume to its earlier schedule at 6:30pm beginning May 21st.  

Thank you!

COLLECTIONS FROM MAY 4‐5, 2014

Weekly Offering: $7,777 | Building Fund: $660 Cardinal McIntyre Fund : $1,531

Thank you from the Cardinal McIntyre Fund

and for your continued support of our parish. May God bless you all! 

MAY 17 Pechanga Turn‐Around Trip 

MAY 17‐18 Maryknoll Mission Appeal 

MAY 22 CCS Spirit Day @ Pan Pacific Park 

MAY 26 Memorial Day Holiday, Office Closed 

MAY 22 CCS Spirit Day @ Pan Pacific Park 

MAY 20 PLC Mee ng, 6:30pm 

DID YOU KNOW? Cell Phones: A mixed blessing 

 Cell phones with photographic capability are a great blessing but they can certainly be misused as well.  Have a healthy suspicion of anyone using a cell phone in an awkward or unusual way. Be especially cognizant of any suspicious cell phone use in areas where people could be in various states of undress or where children are gathered. If you see someone using a cell phone in a way that appears suspicious, don't be afraid to ask what he or she is doing or to alert someone in a posi on of authority about your concerns. For a copy of the complete VIRTUS® ar cle above “Taking A Closer Look at Cell Phone Video Voyeurism” email: jvienna@la‐archdiocese.org. 

Maryknoll’s mission is to witness God’s Word among the peoples and cultures of foreign lands. Manyknollers

share the Gospel, not in words alone, but in practical and concrete actions: by feeding the hungry, clothing the

naked, giving shelter to the homeless, comforting the oppressed. Maryknoll depend entirely upon the interest,

prayers and support of its friends.

M I S S I O N E R V I S I T

Fr. Joseph J. Donovan, M.M. ~ May 17‐18

Fr. Joseph J. Donovan, M.M., is a Maryknoll Missionary priest for 35 years. He has worked among the indigenous populations of Peru, in the capital city of Lima and in the Andean highlands. Father Donovan has developed leadership training programs and networks of Basic Christian Communities. Within these communities he has also worked with his parishioners in social and economic projects.

Maryknoll Missioners around the world wish you and your families God’s blessings! Thank you.

Jonathan Abrego Yannick Akounou Gregory A. Baquiax Marlon Campbell Gregory I. Dominguez Raissa M. Gonzalez Jenna Leigh Green

Andrew J. Hunter, II Serene Daniella Jansen Ramon Jimenez Charlie Jimenez Lidia Ledezma Stephanie Lopez Nathalie Wijeyewardene

Kevin Mendoza Anayaset Sandino Malcolm A. Smith Stephanie Smith Diego Vera

Please Pray for our 2014 Confirmation Candidates Celebration of the Sacrament is Sunday, May 25, 2014, 12:00 p.m. Mass

Honoring our Mothers

†Natalia Merino 

Bonnie, Joyce, Donnie, Stephanie 

Linda, Pamela, Lisa (Bonnie’s daughters) 

A few of our Cathedral Chapel Parish Moms 

FIH Moms: Dulce, Lidu, Tess & Gina

Jeanine Sheehan 

†Marie

Bonnie, Meryl, Ramone, Sonia, Nancy & Mayela

Aurora Galicia 

Mayela & Lorena  God bless all Mothers!