Infant Baptism: Prep Class for Parents & Godparents, 2nd Tuesday of the month; Baptism during Sunday Liturgy. Bautizos Infantiles: Clase de Preparacion para Padres y Padrinos, 2 º Martes de cada mes con el Bautizo durante la Misa del Domingo. Religious Education (CCD): Saturdays, 9:30am–11:30am, October thru MayEducación Religiosa: Sábados, 9:30am– 11:30am, Octubre a Mayo. First Communion & Confirmation: Two years preparation through the Religious Education Program. Primera Comunion y Confirmacion; Preparación de dos años Adults (Rite of Christians Initiation of Adults) RCIA: Please contact the Director of Religious Education, Mrs. Floy Hawkins to register.

Adultos (Rito de Iniciación Cristiana) RICA: por favor, contactar Floy Hawkins., Directora de Educación Religiosa,. Marriage: Please Contact the Priest at least six months in advance. Do not book the reception hall until the wedding date in the church is confirmed. Matrimonio: Contactar al sacerdote por lo menos 6 meses antes de reservar el local de celebración. Sick Calls: contact Parish Office (323)292-0781 Visitas a Enfermos: Mario Ardon: (323) 304-0194 Quinceanera: Claudia Edwards from 9am—2pm, (323) 292-0781

PARISH STAFF Pastor ....................... Rev. Kenneth Keke, SSJ Spanish Ministry ... Dcn. Hernando Rodriguez Parish Manager .................. Mrs. Cheryl Pyles Director of Religious Edu. Mrs. Floy Hawkins Parish Secretary ........... Ms. Claudia Edwards

MASS SCHEDULES Saturday: 4:00 PM Vigil Sunday: 7:00 AM English 8:30 AM Español 10:30 AM Gospel Weekdays: 8:15 AM Bilingual

CONFESSION Saturday: 3:30–4:00 PM Or by appointment Sábados: 3:30-4:00 PM o por cita OUR MISSION: We the Faith Community of St. Brigid Catholic Church declare our mission is to know and imitate Jesus. We proclaim the reign of God in this community by preaching, teaching the Good News and celebrating our Roman Catholic wor-ship. We witness the faith by demonstrating service and compassion for those in need. As Community, we welcome, honor and respect all people with the special emphasis on the culture and heritage of the African American and Hispanic Catholics.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

5214 S. Western Ave. LA, CA 90062 Phone: 323-292-0781 | Fax: 323-290-1254

Email: stbrigidchurch@sbcglobal.net Website: www.stbrigidchurchla.com

St Brigid Catholic Church

It’s never to late to experience God’s Mercy and Forgiveness … Nunca es demasiado tarde para experimentar la Misericordia y el Perdon de Dios ...

SUNDAY MASS READINGS

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CALL TO STEWARDSHIP Weekly Deposits

(Envelopes, loose, holy days, building maintenance, St. Vincent De Paul

9/17/2017: $ 2789.00

As St. Brigid parishioners, we embrace “stewardship” and

welcome the opportunity to share our time, talents and treasure within our Faith Community and the greater local community we serve. We are proud of our

many accomplishments, improvements, successful projects and programs which form the founda-tion of our “Call to Stewardship”. St. Brigid is OUR church

and OUR family. We have been entrusted with the responsibility to maintain and

preserve the physical plant of St. Brigid. We need and wel-come your financial support and prayers as we make this

Stewardship journey together.

Ministries Honoring their annual commitment 2017 Aids Ministry – $250 Altar Servers - Art/Environment - Bereavement - Drum Ministry - Education Committee - Emmanuel - Eucharistic Ministers- Finance Council—$250 Gospel Choir- Guadalupanos - $1000 Hospitality—$500 KPC, Council #259 - KPC, Court #259 -$500 Lectors - $250 Legion of Mary - Liturgy Committee - Ministry Thru Prayer - $855 New Generation Choir - Parish Council - Religious Education—$500 Resurrection Choir - Soup, Salad & Scripture - $100 Spanish Evangelization - $750 Spanish Lectors - Spanish Ushers - $3000 St. Vincent de Paul—$200 Traditional Choir -$100 Tuesday Night Bible Study - Usher Board—$250 Welcome Committee- $563 Women’s Ministry - Young at Heart - $500 ***************************************

WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING Doris Fork - $15,000.000

Sep 24 Sep 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 28 Sep 29

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Isaiah 55:6-9 Philippians 1:20C-4,27A Matthew 20:1-16A Ezra 1:1-6 Luke 8:16-18 Ezra 6:7-8, 12B, 14-20 Luke 8:19-21 Ezra 9:5-9 Luke 9:1-6 Haggai 1:1-8 Luke 9:7-9 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 John 1:47-51

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

4:00pm 7:00am 8:30am 10:30am 8:15 am 8:15am 8:15am

8:15am

8:15am

For Carrie Basta, R.I.P from Mrs. Holland For Shirley Villafana O’Connor RIP From your Family For All our St. Brigid Seniors Por todos los Ancianos For Shirley Villafana O’Connor R.I.P, from your Family Happy Birthday John, Love, Cheryl and Zaria NO MASS For Maudell Williams, Margaret Wilson, Beverly Zuniga Happy Birthday, Frank Clay From the Lectors Ministry For Bernadine Beatty, Beatrice Corral, Maria Matias

For Robert Mensey, Marian Parent, Beverly Robinson

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SEPTEMBER 24, SUNDAY

9:00 am – ONE LA World Freedom Day, Hall 12:30 pm – Gospel Choir, R 1 12:30 pm – Finance Council, R 2 1:15 pm – Gospel Choir, Church

SEPTEMBER 25, MONDAY

SEPTEMBER 26, TUESDAY

6:00 pm – Gospel Choir Exec. Meeting, R 1 7:00 pm – Gospel Choir Reh., Church

SEPTEMBER 27, WEDNESDAY

10:00 am – Soup Salad & Scripture 2:00 pm – Legion of Mary, Chapel 7:00 pm – Emmanuel, R 4 7:00 pm – Youth Lectors, Church

SEMTEMBER 28, THURSDAY

7:00 pm – Spanish Evangelization, R 5 7:00 pm — Resurreccion Choir, Church

SEPTEMBER 29, FRIDAY

5:00 pm – Quincianeras 6:00 pm – Altar Servers 7:00 pm – OA, R 5 7:00 pm – Youth Lectors, Church 7:00 pm – Youth Ministry, R 1

SEPTEMBER 30, SATURDAY

9:00 am – KPC Yard Sale, Church Pkg. Lot 2:00 pm – AA, R 5

This Week at SBC

Parish Goal: $22,400 Amount Pledged: $11,104 Amount Paid: $8,519

BE THE LIGHT OF CHRIST Together in MISSION

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HEALING MASS WITH ANNOINTING

Saturday, September 30th, 3:30pm

Immediately followed by a reception in the Hall. Bring all of our Sick and Shut-Ins to experience God’s

gift of Love and Healing. We need volunteers to provide transportation to

and from the Mass. For more information please call our

Parish Office.

LOS ANGELES DIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT DAY

CAREER FAIR Business attire and Resume required. Wednesday, September 27, 2017

11:00am — 3:00pm Double Tree Hotel

6161 W Centinela Ave, Culver City Citycareerfair.com

FACTS OF LIFE FAIR

Saturday, September 30, 2017 9:00am – 3:00pm

First AME Church of Los Angeles 2270 S Harvard Blvd. Los Angeles, 90018

Job postings, Job preparations, How to buy a house, Wills and Trusts, Instructional Credit Services and

more.

Brunch Dates Available: Nov. 26th, Dec. 10th, & Dec. 31st

Please contact Parish Office

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~ REFLECTION ~ Every now and then our Sunday celebration reminds us more than usual of God’s lavish and generous love. Today the Gospel presents the parable of the generous land-owner and the workers in the vineyard, with the latecomers getting paid as much as those who worked all day. The message is that it’s simply never too late to experience God’s mercy and forgiveness. Today let us pray in gratitude for God whose generosity is so compelling.

~ REFLEXION ~ De vez en cuando nuestra celebración domi-nical nos recuerda más de lo habitual acerca de lo espléndido y generoso que es el amor de Dios. Hoy el Evangelio presenta la pará-bola del propietario generoso y los trabaja-dores en la viña, los cuales recibieron el mis-mo salario de un día entero, aun si habían llegado tarde. El mensaje aquí es sencilla-mente que nunca es tarde para experimentar la misericordia y el amor de Dios. Exprese-mos hoy en oración nuestra gratitud a Dios, cuya generosidad es tan plausible.

“A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must

empty our-selves. Give

yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much

more in His LOVE than in your weakness.”

“Un sacrificio para ser

real debe costar, debe doler, y nos debe

vaciar. Entregate completamente a Dios.

El te usara para cumplir grandes cosas con la

condicion que tu creas mas en Su AMOR que en

tu debilidad.”

St. Mother Theresa

Did You Know? Many popular social media sites offer users the ability to tag or share their locations whenever they post. Depending on the site, this information can be shared with friends, followers, and other people who use the site, re-gardless of whether they are friends with the user or not. Location sharing is a tool that can be used

by predators searching for potential victims. Parents and chil-dren need to have open discussions about providing infor-mation online, highlighting what is safe to share and when it is safe to do so. As a general rule, widespread location-sharing should be discouraged. For more information about how to help your children understand who can see what they post and share, request a copy of the VIRTUS© online article “Technology Safety,” by emailing jvienna@la-archdiocese.org or calling (213) 637-7227.

Sabia Usted?Muchos sitios de redes sociales populares ofrecen a los usuarios la posibilidad de etiquetar o compartir sus ubicaciones cuando postean. Dependiendo del sitio, esta información se puede compartir con amigos, seguidores y ot-ras personas que utilizan el sitio, independientemente de si son amigos o no del usuario. La ubicación compartida es una herramienta que puede ser utilizada por los depredadores que buscan víctimas potenciales. Los padres de familia y los niños necesitan tener discusiones abiertas sobre el suministro de información en línea, destacando lo que es seguro compartir y cuando es seguro hacerlo. Como regla general, se debe de-salentar la distribución generalizada de la ubicación. Para obtener más información sobre cómo ayudar a sus hi-jos a comprender quién puede ver lo que publican y lo que pueden compartir, solicite una copia del artículo en línea de VIRTUS © “Technology Safety” (Seguridad tecnológi-ca), enviando un correo electrónico a bmelendez@la-archdiocese.org o llame al (213) 637-7508.

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Children’s Column

“Let the Children come to me, do not stop them. “ - Matthew 19:14

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CALENDAR

Youth Sunday Mass: 1st Sunday of the month: 10:30 AM Liturgy

CCD Classes: Saturdays 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM (October-May)

Parent & Child Reception: September 29th, 2017; 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, Parish Hall

Thank You Jesus, For speaking to me. Thank You Jesus,

For revealing Yourself to me. Thank You Jesus,

For living in my Heart. Thank You Jesus,

For allowing me to see this world through Your eyes and not be afraid...

CHILDREN’S CHURCH

See Pam Nailes

or Marian Thomas