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3850 Jasmine Ave. Culver City www.st-augustine-church.org St. Augustine Catholic Church & School Celebrating 100 Years of Catholic Tradition Baptisms Baptisms are scheduled once a month and incorporated within our Masses. For information on how to register your child, contact the Parish Office at (310) 838-2477 Reconciliation Saturdays from 3:30-4:45PM or by Appointment Weddings Weddings are held at 10:00AM, 12:00PM and 2:00PM on Saturdays. A minimum 6 months advanced notice is required. For more information, contact the Parrish Office. Liturgy Schedule (all liturgies are currently cancelled) Mission Statement: In following the teachings of Jesus Christ, St Augustine Parish lives and radiates the love of God through prayer and action. We strive to accomplish this mission by fostering our Catholic identity, joyfully celebrating the sacraments together as a diverse community, and recognizing and promoting social justice. Office: 310.838.2477 Fax: 310.838.3070 May 31 2020 Pentecost Sunday Sacraments (all Sacraments are currently cancelled) Offertory Information during time of suspended Masses. Many of you have inquired about what to do with your offertory envelopes during this period of suspended masses. Let me assure you that even though Masses have been suspended, certain parish operations, ministries, and expenses have not been suspended and we need your continued support. We continue to pay for utilities, our property taxes, insurance premiums, and general maintenance. Hence, it is critically important that we receive the offertory support needed to remain operational and sustainable. With this in mind, let me offer you a few of options on what to do with your offertory envelopes: 1. You may mail your offertory envelopes into St Augustine Church. The address appears at the bottom of this bulletin. 2. If you feel comfortable, you may move to Online Giving. This may be done on a regular basis by creating an on-line account, or you may do a one time “quick give”. Please visit our parish website or go directly to: https://st-augustine-church.org/online-giving 3. Our Office remains open during regular business hours and you may drop your envelopes at the reception desk. Again, thank you for you continued support and during this time of uncertainty and anxiety, I pray that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. Blessings, Fr. Chris CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ST. AUGUSTINE SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 2020. May the Holy Spirit dwell in you as you conƟnue your journey to becoming Catholic leaders of the 21st Century

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3850 Jasmine Ave. Culver City

www.st-augustine-church.org

St. Augustine Catholic Church & School

Celebrating 100 Years of Catholic Tradition

Baptisms Baptisms are scheduled once a month and incorporated within our Masses. For information on how to register your child, contact the Parish Office at (310) 838-2477

Reconciliation Saturdays from 3:30-4:45PM or by Appointment

Weddings Weddings are held at 10:00AM, 12:00PM and 2:00PM on Saturdays. A minimum 6 months advanced notice is required. For more information, contact the Parrish Office.

Liturgy Schedule

(all liturgies are currently cancelled)

Mission Statement: In following the teachings of Jesus Christ, St Augustine Parish lives and radiates the love of God through prayer and action. We strive to accomplish this mission by fostering our Catholic identity, joyfully celebrating the sacraments together as a diverse community, and recognizing and promoting social justice.

Office: 310.838.2477 Fax: 310.838.3070

May 31 2020 Pentecost Sunday

Sacraments

(all Sacraments are currently cancelled)

Offertory Information during time of suspended Masses.

Many of you have inquired about what to do with your offertory envelopes during this period of suspended masses. Let me assure you that even though Masses have been suspended, certain parish operations, ministries, and expenses have not been suspended and we need your continued support. We continue to pay for utilities, our property taxes, insurance premiums, and general maintenance. Hence, it is critically important that we receive the offertory support needed to remain operational and sustainable. With this in mind, let me offer you a few of options on what to do with your offertory envelopes: 1. You may mail your offertory envelopes into StAugustine Church. The address appears at the bottom of this bulletin. 2. If you feel comfortable, you may move to Online Giving. This may be done on a regular basis by creating an on-line account, or you may do a one time “quick give”. Please visit our parish website or go directly to:

https://st-augustine-church.org/online-giving 3. Our Office remains open during regular business hours and you may drop your envelopes at the reception desk. Again, thank you for you continued support and during this time of uncertainty and anxiety, I pray that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. Blessings, Fr. Chris

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ST. AUGUSTINE SCHOOL GRADUATING

CLASS OF 2020. May the Holy Spirit dwell in you as you con nue your

journey to becoming Catholic leaders of the 21st Century

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What Matters?

I took a long walk today, down Overland Avenue to Jefferson Boulevard and then almost to Sepulveda. Along the way, I encountered a lively demonstration at the Veterans Memorial Building at Overland and Cul-ver. A sizeable crowd of people had gathered, holding hand-lettered signs, and protesting the terrible death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis. The signs proclaimed Black Lives Matter! and every time a motorist passed by, honking in support, the crowd erupted in cheers. As I continued my walk down Over-land, this scene stayed with me and provoked some disturbing questions.

Why does racism still have such a tenacious hold on our society? I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, during the Selma marches, the bitter fight for desegregation of the schools, the struggle over affirmative action, and police brutality. Here we are, over 50 years later, and we are still dealing with some of the same issues. Why is that? What is it going to take to move, once and for all, beyond racism, beyond the callous disregard of another person’s humanity, a humanity created in the image and likeness of God?

Today is Pentecost Sunday, and our readings for both today and yesterday’s Vigil invite us to reflect on who we are and what we are called to be, especially in times marred by our own sinfulness, civil disturbances, and pandemic. The Vigil readings remind us that although a loving God created us in his own image and like-ness and gave us gifts to be used for the good of others and the stewardship of creation, from the beginning we have misused these gifts to separate ourselves from God, alienate us from ourselves, demean and oppress oth-ers, and damage creation. The Tower of Babel becomes a monument to the consequences of our death-dealing decisions and actions: unchecked pride, consumerism, exploitation, and, ultimately, our fear of and alienation from one another. Despite our bad and deadly choices, however, God never abandons us or fails to love us. Instead, through the prophets Moses, Ezekiel, and Joel, he promises to undo the damage we have inflicted on ourselves, others, and creation. He promises to pour out his spirit upon all flesh, to restore us to community with him and with one another, to give us that living water which brings forgiveness, hope and salvation. He promises to renew creation itself.

The readings from Pentecost Sunday fulfill the promises of the Vigil. At first, we find the disciples gathered in fear, mindful, no doubt, of their own sinfulness, of their own role in the passion and death of Jesus, of how their lack of faith and their fear led them to deny and desert their master. Yet the resurrected Jesus does not come in anger and vengeance; he comes to give them peace. He breathes on them, showing them his wounded hands and side to prove that he is no illusion or ghost, but real. He brings them the gifts they need the most: forgiveness and the power to forgive; hope instead of fear. He opens their locked hearts to a new way of loving that is no longer selfish but selfless; to a new way of seeing, not of what makes us different, but of what joins us together as brothers and sisters in him; to a new way of living, not out of pride, but out of humility; to a new sense of purpose that no longer exploits but enables each one to fulfill their role to lift up everyone.

The Spirit promised by God the Father; the Spirit that unites the Father and the Son in eternal and inex-haustible love; this Spirit, given at Pentecost, reverses the curse of Babel and gathers us together. It reminds us that all lives matter; the victims of racism; those ill with COVID-19 and any other manner of disease; the el-derly who are alone and forgotten; the homeless sleeping under the bridges; the convicted murderer waiting on death row; the innocent life in the womb; the ecosystems that our insatiable and wasteful appetites imperil – they all matter. So what is it going to take to move us, once and for all, from racism to celebration of diversity and dif-ference, from self-centeredness to generosity of spirit, from controlling arrogance to life-serving humility, from consumerism to discipleship, from indifference to passionate pursuit of truth, from disbelief to salvific faith? Let the Spirit in! Let the Spirit’s gifts transform us! Let this Pentecost be a new birth for us as individu-als, as a nation and as a Church. Let us join together with today’s psalmist who yearns: Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. Help us, O Lord, to remember and to embrace the reality that all life matters because all life is a gift from you.

Pentecost blessings,

Fr. Chris

May 31, 2020 Solemnity of Pentecost

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SSaturday, May 30 8:00AM - Fernando Diga 5:00PM - 7:00PM - Frederico Bautista †, Estela Bautista †, Ismael Bautista †, & Baudelia Guizar † Sunday, May 31 6:30AM - 8:00AM - For the People 9:30AM - Arthur Porter 11:00AM - 1:00PM - 5:00PM - Monday, June 1 8:00AM - Bob Martz † 5:30PM - Tuesday, June 2 8:00AM - Maria Castañeda Medina † 5:30PM - Jim and Kathleen Drum † Wednesday, June 3 8:00AM - Holy Souls in Purgatory † 5:30PM - Thursday, June 4 8:00AM - 5:30PM - Cynthia Jayasuriya † Friday, June 5

8:00AM - For the People 5:30PM - Saturday, June 6 8:00AM - 5:00PM - 7:00PM - Almas Del Purgatorio † Sunday, June 7 6:30AM - 8:00AM - 9:30AM - 11:00AM - Joseph Seneviratne † 1:00PM - 5:00PM - Please remember the following in your prayers: For those who have asked for prayers, for themselves, or for others, especially: Leticia Victorín Bruce, Lisa Grace, Andy and Nancy Hassay, Genny Dazzo, Mary Sanchez, Paz Galvan, Virgilio Torres, Maria S. Ibarra, Imelda Ibarra, Martha Arboleda, Martha Lidia Asuzena, Divino Pacana, Arturo Zamora, Sr., Alonso Curiel. Sofia Flores, Thomas Antario, Perry Walker For those who have died, that God will raise them on the last day, especially: Cynthia Jayasuriya, Arthur Golding, Agnes Apolonio, Douglas Nakano, Gennaro Francesco Combatti, Rosa Dalessandro De Combatti, Michelle Brug, Linda Dominick, Carlos Esquivel, Lilia Maningding, Elsa Padlon, William Loo, Bob Martz, Welbyn Velasquez, Brandon Bautista

May 30 to

June 7

Mass Intentions Parish Contacts Pastor:

Rev. Christopher Fagan (310) 838-2477 x203 Associate Pastor:

Rev. Tim Grumbach (310) 838-2477 x205 In Residence

Bishop Thomas J. Curry (310) 838-2477

Fr. Lawrence Shelton

(310) 838-2477

Deacon:( 310) 838-2477 x206 Rev. Mr. Sonal Seneviratne Rev. Mr. Rafael Victorin

Business Office [email protected] Business Manager

Rev. Mr. Sonal Seneviratne (310) 838-2477

[email protected]/Front desk: (310) 838-2477 x201 School Principal:

Mrs. Beate Nguyen, M.A. Ed (310) 838-3144 Bulletin Editor: [email protected] Faith Formation: (310) 838-2477 Classic Choir

Jason Bentley (818) 554-8030

S.A.V.E.S.: Marie Brown

(310) 838-2702 Knights of Columbus

John Harrison (619) 917-0909 / [email protected] Bereavement Ministry

Sr. Angela Flavin, RSC (310) 838-2477 / [email protected] Society of St. Vincent de Paul (424) 209-2050 Wedding & Quinceañera Coordinator

(310) 838-2477 3

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TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Filled with the Holy Spirit, the apostles begin to speak in tongues (Acts 2:1-11).

Psalm — Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face

of the earth (Psalm 104).

Second Reading — In one Spirit we are baptized into one body and given to drink of one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13).

Gospel — Jesus Christ appears to the disciples and sends them on their mission with the power to forgive or retain sins through the Holy Spirit (John 20:19-23).

The English transla on of the Psalm Responses from Lec onary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna onal Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpora on. All rights reserved.

COVID-19 Updates As public authorities and our Archbishop José H. Gomez continue to struggle with the challenges posed by COVID-19, Archbishop Gomez provided the following updates as Friday, May 22: The dispensation from the obligation for Catholics to at-tend Sunday Mass is extended until further notice. The Archbishop has suspended the Easter Duty, the re-quirement that Catholics receive Holy Communion at least once during the Easter Season. Catholics are asked to receive Holy Communion as soon as Mass is available to them before the end of the calendar year (2020). The Archbishop’s primary concern is the safety of the parishioners. He does not want to expose parishioners to the possibility of contracting COVID-19, a life-threatening virus, if the churches are opened prematurely. He is consulting with the public health departments of the three counties (Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles) that comprise the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. One of the challenges the Archbishop is facing is that the three coun-ties have issued different regulations, containing different restrictions concerning public gatherings and the health and safety protocols that govern such gatherings. The Archbishop is working with the three counties to come up with a common plan that can be applied across the Arch-diocese. The Archbishop is also consulting with the Auxiliary Bishops and the Council of Priests for the Archdiocese to prepare a plan for the eventual re-opening of the church-es. Depending on the success (or lack thereof) of the ef-forts to contain the spread of the virus, the re-opening of the churches will occur in stages. Before the first Mass, and after each subsequent Mass, the churches will have to be sanitized. Most likely, those who come to Mass will have to wear masks, maintain social distancing, use hand sanitizer before going to communion, and receive com-munion only in the hand. The Blood of Christ will not be offered until it is safe to do so. The sacraments of First Holy Communion, Confirmation, Marriage and Reconciliation continue to be suspended until further notice. When Confirmations are allowed, the confirming Bishop will contact the pastor of the parish to determine how many Masses will be necessary and when they will occur. Because of the large number of Confir-mations, the Bishop may delegate the pastor to do some or all of the Confirmations at a particular parish.

We continue to pray for the successful containment of COVID-19, for the development of a safe and effective vaccine, and for the health and safety of all of our parish-ioners. May our loving God embrace us with his love, protect us from harm, dispel our fears, and bless us abun-dantly, through his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit, and through the intercession of our Blessed Mother, the health of the sick and the cause of our joy. Fr. Chris

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¿Qué importa?

Tomé un largo paseo hoy, por Overland Avenue hasta Jefferson Boulevard y luego casi a Sepúlveda. En el camino, me encontré con una animada demostración en el Edificio Conmemorativo de los Veteranos en Overland y Culver. Una multitud considerable de personas se había reunido, sosteniendo carteles escritos a mano, y protestan-do por la terrible muerte de George Floyd a manos de la policía en Minneapolis. Los letreros proclamaron ¡Vidas Negras Importan! y cada vez que un automovilista pasaba, tocando la bocina en apoyo, la multitud estallaba en ví-tores. Mientras continuaba mi caminata por Overland, esta escena se quedó conmigo y provocó algunas preguntas inquietantes.

¿Por qué el racismo sigue teniendo un control tan tenaz en nuestra sociedad? Crecí en las décadas de 1950 y 1960, durante las marchas de Selma, la amarga lucha por la segregación de las escuelas, la lucha por la acción afirmativa y la brutalidad policial. Aquí estamos, más de 50 años después, y todavía estamos lidiando con algunos de los mismos problemas. ¿Por qué? ¿Qué se va a tomar para mover, de una vez por todas, más allá del racismo, más allá del desprecio insensible de la humanidad de otra persona, una humanidad creada a imagen y semejanza de Dios?

Hoy es el domingo de Pentecostés, y nuestras lecturas tanto para hoy y como para la Vigilia de ayer nos invitan a reflexionar sobre quiénes somos y lo que estamos llamados a ser, especialmente en tiempos empañados por nuestra propia pecaminosidad, los disturbios civiles y la pandemia. Las lecturas de la Vigilia nos recuerdan que, aunque un Dios amoroso nos creó a su propia imagen y semejanza y nos dio dones para que los usáramos para el bien de los demás y el bienestar de la creación, desde el principio hemos hecho mal uso de estos dones para se-pararnos de Dios, alejarnos de nosotros mismos, degradar y oprimir a los demás, y dañar la creación. La Torre de Babel se convierte en un monumento a las consecuencias de nuestras decisiones y acciones letales: orgullo desen-frenado, consumismo, explotación y, en última instancia, nuestro miedo y alienación de unos a otros. Sin embargo, a pesar de nuestras malas y mortíferas decisiones, Dios nunca nos abandona ni deja de amarnos. En cambio, a tra-vés de los profetas Moisés, Ezequiel y Joel, promete deshacer el daño que nos hemos infligido a nosotros mismos, a los demás y a la creación. Promete derramar su espíritu sobre toda carne, restaurarnos en comunidad con él y con los demás, darnos esa agua viva que trae perdón, esperanza y salvación. Él promete renovar la creación misma.

Las lecturas del Domingo de Pentecostés cumplen las promesas de la Vigilia. Al principio, encontramos a los discípulos reunidos con miedo, conscientes, sin duda, de su propia pecaminosidad, de su propio papel en la pa-sión y muerte de Jesús, de cómo su falta de fe y su miedo los llevó a negar y desertar de su Señor. Sin embargo, el Jesús resucitado no viene en cólera y venganza; viene a darles paz. Respira sobre ellos, mostrándoles sus manos y su costado herido para demostrar que no es una ilusión o un fantasma, sino alguien real. Les trae los dones que más necesitan: el perdón y el poder de perdonar; la esperanza en lugar de miedo. Abre sus corazones cerrados a una nueva forma de cariño que ya no es egoísta sino desinteresada; a una nueva forma de ver, no de lo que nos hace diferentes, sino de lo que nos une como hermanos y hermanas en él; a una nueva forma de vivir, no por orgullo, sino por humildad; a un nuevo sentido de propósito que ya no explota, sino que permite a cada uno cumplir su fun-ción de elevar a todos.

El Espíritu prometido por Dios Padre; el Espíritu que une al Padre y al Hijo en un amor eterno e inagotable; este Espíritu, dado en Pentecostés, invierte la maldición de Babel y nos reúne. Nos recuerda que todas las vidas importan: las víctimas del racismo; los enfermos con COVID-19 y cualquier otra forma de enfermedad; los ancia-nos que están solos y olvidados; los sin techo que duermen bajo los puentes; el asesino convicto esperando en el corredor de la muerte; la vida inocente en el vientre; los ecosistemas que nuestros apetitos insaciables y derrocha-dores ponen en peligro – todos importan.

Entonces, ¿qué se necesita para que pasemos, de una vez por todas, del racismo a la celebración de la diver-sidad y la diferencia, del egocentrismo a la generosidad de espíritu, del control de la arrogancia a la humildad que sirve a la vida, del consumismo al discipulado, de la indiferencia a la búsqueda apasionada de la verdad, de la in-credulidad a la fe salvífica? ¡Dejen entrar al Espíritu! ¡Que los dones del Espíritu nos transformen! Que este Pente-costés sea un nuevo nacimiento para nosotros como individuos, como nación y como Iglesia. Unámonos al salmista de hoy que anhela: Señor, envía tu Espíritu y renueva la faz de la tierra. Ayúdanos, O Señor, a recordar y a abrazar la realidad de que toda vida importa porque toda vida es un don tuyo.

Bendiciones de Pentecostés,

P. Chris

El 31 de Mayo de 2020 La Solemnidad de Pentecostés

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LLECTURAS DE HOY

Primera lectura — Quedaron llenos del Espíritu Santo y se pusieron a hablar idiomas distintos (Hechos 2:1-11). Salmo — Envía, Señor, tu Espíritu, y renueva la tierra (Salmo 104 [103]). Segunda lectura — Hay diferentes dones, pero el Espíritu es el mismo (1 Corintios 12:3b-7, 12-13). Evangelio — Así como el Padre me envió a mí, así yo los envío a ustedes (Juan 20:19-23).

Salmo responsorial: Leccionario Hispanoamericano Dominical © 1970, Comisión Episcopal Española. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados.

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por favor pase por la Oficina Parroquial para con-firmar o registrar. Asistir a Misa regularmente, do-nar o ser bautizado aqui no necesariamente signifi-ca que esta registrado. ¿Está en nuestra lista de correo? ¿Recibe sobres? Hay ventajas de ser un feligrés registrado: prioridad para las fechas de cer-emonia (bodas, funerales, quinceañeras, etc.), cartas de referencia para las ceremonias en otras parroquias, y los registros de todas las con-tribuciones en materia de información tributaria que puede ser proporcionado a pedido. Si desea registrarse, o quisiera verificar la información reg-istrada, por favor pase por nuestra oficina de la par-roquia o regístrese en línea en https://www.st-augustine-church.org/_modules/form.php?id=31 6

Nuestra Misión Parroquial Siguiendo las enseñanzas de Jesucristo, su Parroquia San Agustín vive e irradia el amor de Dios a través de la oración y la acción. Nos esforzamos para llevar a cabo esta misión mediante el impulso de nuestra identidad católica, con alegría celebrando los sacramentos juntos como una comunidad diversa, y el reconocimiento y la promoción de la justicia social.

Actualizaciones de COVID-19 Mientras las autoridades seculares y nuestro arzobispo José H. Gómez siguen luchando con los desafíos representados por COVID-19, el arzobispo Gómez proporcionó las si-guientes actualizaciones el viernes 22 de mayo: La dispensa de la obligación de los católicos de asistir a la misa dominical se extiende hasta nuevo aviso. El Arzobispo ha suspendido el requisito de que los católicos reciban la Santa Comunión al menos una vez durante la Temporada de Pascua. Se pide a los católicos que reciban la Santa Comunión tan pronto como la Misa esté disponible para ellos antes del final del año calendario (2020). La principal preocupación del arzobispo es la seguridad de los feligreses. No quiere exponer a los feligreses a la posibi-lidad de contraer COVID-19, un virus potencialmente mor-tal, si las iglesias se abren prematuramente. Está consultan-do con los departamentos de salud pública de los tres conda-dos (Santa Bárbara, Ventura y Los Ángeles) que componen la Arquidiócesis de Los Angeles. Uno de los desafíos a los que se enfrenta el arzobispo es que los tres condados han publicado diferentes reglamentos, que contienen diferentes restricciones sobre las reuniones públicas y los protocolos de salud y seguridad que rigen tales reuniones. El Arzobispo está trabajando con los tres condados para elaborar un plan común que se pueda aplicar en toda la Arquidiócesis. El Arzobispo también está consultando con los Obispos Au-xiliares y el Consejo de Sacerdotes para la Arquidiócesis para preparar un plan para la eventual reapertura de las igle-sias. Dependiendo del éxito (o falta de ella) de los esfuerzos para contener la propagación del virus, la reapertura de las iglesias se producirá por etapas. Antes de la primera misa, y después de cada misa posterior, las iglesias tendrán que ser desinfectadas. Lo más probable es que los que acudan a mi-sa tendrán que usar máscaras, mantener el distanciamiento social, usar desinfectante de manos antes de ir a la comu-nión, y recibir la comunión sólo en la mano. La Sangre de Cristo no se ofrecerá hasta que sea segura hacerlo. Los sacramentos de la Primera Comunión, Confirmación, Matrimonio y Reconciliación continúan suspendidos hasta nuevo aviso. Cuando se permitan las Confirmaciones, el Obispo que confirme se pondrá en contacto con el pastor de la parroquia para determinar cuántas Misas serán necesarias y cuándo ocurrirán. Debido al gran número de Confirmacio-nes, el Obispo puede delegar al pastor para que haga algu-nas o todas las Confirmaciones en una parroquia en particu-lar.

Seguimos orando por la contención exitosa de COVID-19, por el desarrollo de una vacuna segura y eficaz, y por la sa-lud y seguridad de todos nuestros feligreses. Que nuestro amoroso Dios nos abrace con su amor, nos proteja del daño, disipe nuestros temores y nos bendiga abundantemente, por su Hijo, nuestro Señor Jesucristo, en el poder del Espíritu Santo y por intercesión de nuestra Santísima Madre, la salud de los enfermos y la causa de nuestra alegría. P. Chris