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Adoration & Confession Wednesday 8:00 PM—9:00 PM

St. James the Less

Saturday Vigil Mass 4:00 PM at Holy Redeemer

Sunday Masses 8:30 AM at St. James

10:00 AM at Holy Redeemer 11:30 AM at St. James

5:30 PM at Holy Redeemer

Daily Masses Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 AM at Holy Redeemer

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

8:00 AM at St. James

Sharing Faith, Celebrating Traditions, and Serving Each Other to the Praise and Glory of God.

We Are Loved By God! HAPPY EASTER!

Dear friends in Christ, this is the Easter message: we are loved by God! God has loved us and sent His Son to save us from our sins so that we might live with Him forever! Sin leads to Death, Jesus leads to Eternal Life. Rejoice in the saving act of God - Jesus Christ is Risen!

This is why the Catholic Church exists, to proclaim Jesus -God’s love made flesh, crucified and raised from the dead. And so, we at Holy Redeemer/St. James commit to welcoming you, loving you and serving you. We will Share Faith, Celebrate Traditions, and Serve Each Oth-er to the Praise and Glory of God; this is why we ex-ist!

To those who have come home (in every sense of that phrase) welcome; we your parish family would be filled with joy to make you part of our community be-yond today (join us at the table of God’s Word and Sacrament, join us at Mass). We want to know you (please ask the greeters how you can register). We want to serve you (please let us know your needs). We want you to be included in our many good works (ask how you might volunteer). You are loved and wanted!

To those who are seeking something deeper and more

profound in your relationship with God, welcome. We invite you to pray with us, especially to join in Adora-tion - a quiet hour in the presence of Jesus in the Eu-charist - every Wednesday, 8pm to 9pm at St. James. Until your relationship with Jesus is solid, none of what we do will make sense. All of the Catholic Church’s teachings and practices are built on a personal rela-tionship with Jesus - then His Church makes sense and makes sense of our lives. I encourage you to consider journeying with us in our Discovering Christ program which begins this Fall. Perhaps you would benefit ac-companying other Adults seeking faith in our RCIA pro-cess (it’s good for Catholics too!). Perhaps you need to talk things out, consider making an appointment with myself or another priest or minister here at your parish.

What I’m trying to say is that we want to help you grow in your relationship with God. To belong to Jesus Christ and the community of Disciples He founded is strength and grace for our journey home to Heaven. We are here: to love, to serve and to celebrate what God has done for us in Christ Jesus His Son! On behalf of all who minister at Holy Redeemer/St. James I wish you a Holy Easter and Easter Peace!

Fr. Ed

Holy Redeemer Church & Office

2411 Montrose Ave. Montrose, CA 91020

(818)249-2008

St James the Less Church 4625 Dunsmore Ave.

La Crescenta, CA 91214

St. James the Less Office 4651 Dunsmore Ave.

La Crescenta, CA 91214 (818)248-3442

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B ible Study

Adult Bible Study: Monday, 10AM, at Holy Redeemer’s Healy Hall conference room.

Adult Bible Study: Tuesday, 9AM, at the St. James Parish Center.

Teen Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30 PM, at the St. James Parish Cen-ter.

Seeking Easter Sunday is a day all about seeking. The early Christian commu-nities gathered around the Apostles, seeking more about the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus. Saint Paul told the baptized Colossians to “seek what is above.” Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, seeking to find the Lord’s body so that she could anoint it. We come to church on Easter Sunday seeking many things. For some of us, this is a once‑a‑year journey, when we seek connection with the foundations of the Christian faith. For others, this day is the culmination of a long journey of Lenten repentance. For the newly baptized, this is the first day of a new life filled with prom-ise and expectation. Whatever it is that we seek, let us be inspired by the disciple whom Jesus loved who, when he saw the wrappings of cloth inside the empty tomb, “saw and believed.”

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Children’s Liturgy of the Word This ministry provides appropriate scripture readings and reflections for our young minds during the 8:30 AM Mass at St James. The priest dismisses the children before the

lectors begin the readings and they return after the prayer of the faithful.

TV Mass for the Homebound Sunday TV Mass is available for those homebound at 9:00 AM on KDOC-TV, Channel 56 or Charter 165. Check your TV listings for ca-ble/satellite channels. Note: TV Mass does not meet the Sunday Mass obligation for the faith-ful who are able to attend in person.

God’s Word Today Our Lenten journey of conversion today reaches the holy city of Jeru-salem. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Throughout Lent we have been journeying with the Lord to Jerusalem. Today he enters the holy city amid cries of joy and gladness. Those cries of joy turn quickly to cries of pain and anguish, which culminate in the words of abandonment that Jesus utters from the cross. Imagine the despair the Lord experienced when he felt abandoned by all, especially his own Father. As we prepare to listen to God’s word, let us remember the pain and anguish that the Lord Jesus suffered on our behalf. From Saint Margaret Sunday Missal, copyright © J. S. Paluch Company

Today’s Readings First Reading — Peter is an eyewit-ness: The Lord is risen (Acts 10:34a, 37-43). Psalm — This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118). (1) Second Reading — All who are baptized, set your hearts in heaven (Colossians 3:1-4) or

(2) Second Reading — Christ our Passover is sacrificed; therefore let us celebrate (1 Corinthians 5:6b-8). Gospel — Three witnesses, Mary, Peter, and John; each responds to the empty tomb (John 20:1-9) or Mark 16:1-7 (or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Luke 24:13-35). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Parish Mass Intentions

Saturday Vigil, April 4

7:30 PM For the People

Sunday, April 5

8:30 AM For the People

10:00 AM For the People

11:30 AM For the People

5:30 PM For the People

Monday, April 6

8:00 AM Felicitas Aranjuez Clarin+ Kevin Layseca—Healing

Tuesday, April 7

8:00 AM Deceased Member of the Kain Family+ Cora & Alan Alandy+

Wednesday, April 8

8:00 AM Marko Kalaba Dinah Martin+

Thursday, April 9

8:00 AM Holy Souls Jim Grimaldi+ Maria Arroyo—Birthday Friday, April 10

8:00 AM Russell Wassell+ Carol Lewis

8:00 AM Russ Wassell+ Dave & Dorothy Caruso+

Saturday, April 11

6:00 AM For the People

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S acraments

Baptism Baptisms are held on the • First Sunday during the 10 AM

Mass at HR • Third Sunday during the 11:30 AM

Mass at SJ Baptism Prep (group session): First Sat-urday of month.

Reconciliation Call the Parish Office to make an ap-pointment.

First Communion The two-year journey for children is through our Religious Education Office or the school. Register through our web-site.

Confirmation The two-year journey is open to all High School teenagers. Visit the web-site: www.hrsjlifeteen.com.

Matrimony Contact the Parish Office upon en-gagement; at least six months is need-ed for preparation of this joyous sacra-ment!

Holy Orders/Religious Orders Anyone interested in a religious life as a priest, deacon, or sister should con-tact Father Ed.

Funerals Our Bereavement Ministry is available to help you and your family plan a liturgy celebrating the life of a loved one. Call the Parish Office.

Anointing of the Sick Hospitals no longer inform churches when parishioners are admitted. Anointing of the Sick is offered to those who may be facing surgery, be seriously ill or dying. If you or someone you know wishes to be anointed, call the Parish Office to arrange for a visit from a priest. You may be anointed multiple times.

Treasures From Our Traditions Our tradition has a way of honoring age-old customs, and is patient with how practices unfold in different places. The name of today’s feast illustrates this well. English is a Ger-manic language, and our word

“Easter,” or German “Oester,” points back to the pagan goddess Eoestre, the star of the vernal equi-nox feast. The Greek title “Pasch” reaches back in a more helpful manner to the Hebrew “Pesach,” or “Passover.” “Paschal Triduum” may be slow to replace “Easter” in our vocabulary, but it is clearer about the mystery we celebrate today, the culmination of three days laden with mystery and meaning. You can hear the older term, and the resistance to English influence, in the Irish “Casca” and Scottish “Pask.” Romance languages stay close to the deep paschal tradition, with the French “Pâques,” Spanish “Pascua” and Italian “Pasqua.” Memories of our pagan past with “Oester” will not soon fade away: even Japanese Christians are under her spell, for today’s feast is called “ I-suta.” Swahili, a young lan-guage, takes the more traditional route with “Pasaka.” Each language yields a rich insight into the feast. Spanish includes a sense that today is a “big Sunday” by adding the designation “Pascua” to the greatest feasts, such as “Pascua de la Na-tividad” (Christmas). Once Christ is risen, every step of life’s journey is illuminated by the light of the Pasch!

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

Ordained Servants

Rev. Edward Dover, Pastor

Rev. Msgr. Marc Trudeau, Weekend Support

Rev. Msgr. John Foley Pastor Emeritus-Holy Redeemer

Rev. George Brincat Pastor Emeritus-Our Lady of Lourdes

Deacon Joe Hegenbart

Servants of Prayer & Worship Claire McLiam

Servants of Music Ministry Amelia Acosta Charlotte Lansberg

Michael Paul Leon

Servants of Christian Formation Michael Paul Leon Susan Romero

Trish Swords

Servants of Administration Deirdre Cascelli Kathy McCauley

Alexa Ruegg Doug Sinning

Servants of Holy Redeemer | St. James the Less Catholic Community

L ost and Found

Have your lost something and can’t find it? Maybe you left it at church. We have various items that have been turned in such as read-ing glasses, car keys, and even hearing aids. Please call St. James or Holy Redeemer to check our lost and found.

Photos From All Souls Mass We have a few photos of loved ones in the Holy Redeemer rectory from the All Souls Mass of Remembrance. Call or come by the Holy Redeemer rectory if you have not picked up the photo of your loved one.

Church Parking Safety We have several areas around our churches that are for emergency vehicles only; i.e. no church parking. Note the following areas. St. James: • The upper driveway, located between the

church and the hall. Holy Redeemer: • The driveway between the rectory and

Msgr. Foley’s house. • The parking area across from the Gather-

ing area has only 4 spaces for handi-capped. Do not block any parked cars.

In addition, please be considerate when parking your car. If you damage another car or damage church property, please contact the owner.

Martha and Mary Altar Guild There will be a meeting of Holy Redeemer’s Martha and Mary Altar Guild on Friday, April 10. All parish women are invited. It will be in the Healy Hall Conference Room after the 8:00 am Mass.

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This Week in Our Parish Community

Sunday, April 5 Baptism HR Church 10:00 AM Baptism SJ Church 11:30 AM

Monday, April 6 Bible Study HR Healy Hall Conference 1 10:00 AM Pioneer Club HR Healy Hall 11:00 AM Women of Grace HR St. John XXIII Room 7:00 PM

Tuesday, April 7 Bible Study SJ PC 101 9:00 AM Brothers’ Helpers HR Healy Hall 3:00 PM Boy Scout 303 SJ Msg. Barry Hall 6:30 PM Life Teen Bible Study SJ PC 102 6:30 PM Adult Choir HR Church 6:30 PM Boy Scouts #317 HR Healy Hall 7:00 PM RCIA HR St. John XXIII 7:00 PM

Wednesday, April 8 Divine Mercy SJ Church 9:30 AM Cub Scout Group SJ PC Patio 1:00 PM Centering Prayer HR Convent Chapel 7:15PM Adult Choir SJ PC Chapel 7:30 PM Adoration & Confession SJ Church 8:00 PM

Thursday, April 9 Brothers’ Helpers SJ Msgr. Barry Hall 3:00 PM Knight of Columbus Meeting

Knights of Columbus Hall 7:30 PM

Send your kids on an icy expedition!

Vacation Bible School July 6-10

All children Pre-K -5th grade welcome! At Everest VBS, kids embark on the coolest adven-ture of the summer! VBS is filled with incredible Bible-learning experiences where kids see, hear, touch, and even taste! Science and crafts, team-building games, cool Bible songs, and tasty treats are just a few of the standout activities that help faith flow into real life. Plus, we’ll help kids dis-cover how to see evidence of God in everyday life—something we call God Sightings. Your kids will also participate in a hands-on mis-sion project, through a program called Opera-tion Kid-to-Kid™ that will let the kids in our com-munity show God’s mighty love to kids in Thai-land.

Registration forms available at www.hrsjcatholic.com under the Faith Formation tab.

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S afeguard the Children Did You Know?

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month April is National Child Abuse Pre-vention Month. It is most appropri-ate that Child Abuse Prevention Month is held during the Easter sea-son. There is no better time than Easter to celebrate the protection of our most valuable gift from God – our children. For information on how you can become more in-formed and involved in keeping our children safe, and to learn more about the 2015 pamphlet, “Working Together to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse,” please go to: http://www.la-archdiocese.org/org/protecting/safeguard/

Child Abuse Prevention Blessing Dear Lord, We ask You to bless these Your ho-ly people who have participated in the Church’s efforts to help stop child sexual abuse. Open their hearts to Your call to be the “ears, eyes and voice of children and young people” everywhere. Give them the vision and grace needed to fulfill the special commitments that each of them has made to making their homes, churches, schools, communities and world a safer place for all God’s Children.

Amen.

Bulletin Deadline Please submit bulletin information via email to bulletin.editor@hr-sj.org. Deadline is Friday by 10AM for the following weekend bulletin. For holiday weekends, the deadline is Thursday by 10AM. Deadline for April 25 Bulletin is April 14.

Bereavement Support Group Is there such a thing as “Good Grief” and how do I know I’m ex-periencing it when I’m bereaved? Please join us for this 6 week series if you have suffered the loss of a loved one through death. Sessions include: Moving Through Grief, Coping with Loneliness and Depres-sion, What is Good Grief and Bad Grief, Stress Management, Learning to Live Alone, Learning to Let Go. St Bede the Venerable Catholic Church, La Canada. Begins: Wednesday, April 15th from 7-8:30 pm and meets for six Wednesdays. To register please call 818-679-1841. VIRTUS Training Sessions The following VIRTUS session will be held at Holy Redeemer in Healy Hall. Please call the parish office to reserve a space. • May 2, 9AM—Noon,

Certification.

Artists and Art Lovers: Save the Date Sunday, May 3, is the Second Annu-al “Art in the Convent Garden” ex-hibit and sale. Interested in showing your art? Please call Sister Roberta White at 818-588-8692 for de-tails.

Women of Grace: New Series The Women of Grace are starting a new 13 week study using the book “Do -It- at Home” Retreat: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, by Andre Ravier. They meet in the Pope John XXIII room every Monday from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM or 8:30 PM, when a DVD is shown. The first meeting for the Ignatian Retreat Group is on April 13. It is open to all Catholic women in the Crescenta Valley. Participants are responsible for ordering their own books. Interested? Contact Carol Lewis at 818-957-5264 or carolewis@mac.com.

Alzheimer’s Café The Alzheimer’s Café at Brookside Golf Club is a welcoming place where people living with dementia, along with their care partners and family members, come together for a casual social gathering each month. The Café meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 9AM to 11AM in the Madrid Room. Refreshments are served. For info call 626-585-8130 or 818-249-6896.

“Shower of Roses” Award The Cloistered Carmelite Nuns Aux-iliary invites you to attend their "Shower of Roses" Annual Benefit Luncheon featuring special speaker Mary Poplin, PHD, speaking on "What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Ser-vice" on Wednesday, April 22. A social hour begins at 10:30 AM, followed by lunch at noon. Tickets are $65 each. Please RSVP by April 17th to: Kathy Cardoza at 626-657-9012 or email kathleencardoza@charter.com

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P lease Pray for the Sick

Jayne Beck John Blackman Gene Blackmun Celeste Brenner Barbara Diekmann Bill Ferguson Bob Mimiaga Omer Mullen Gloria Rodriguez Cindy Rutherford Tommie Stopper

Pray for Our Service Men & Women Who Are Serv-ing our Country Capt. Bryan McCauley, U.S. Army, Jeremy MacKintosh, USAF, Nick Lanzafame, Marine Corps US Army

Sergeant Jeffrey Rendler, Lt. Brett Everett, Lt. Cmdr., Army, Greg J. Sedillos, Navy, Lt. Commander, Raul Acevedo, USNR, Jeffery, Salvator, National Guard, Jarred Joyce, US Marine Corps, Andrew Elkin, U.S. Army, Lt. Col. Thomas O’Donoghue, US Army, Israel Navarro, Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, Dan Cortes, USMC Gunnery Sergeant, Christo-pher Falzone USMC, Brendon Terry USMC, Jessica Pena, Lance Cor-poral Zac Garcia, USMC, Michelle Sharp U.S. Army, Staff Sgt. Louis Figueroa, Staff Sgt. Erica Thill, Staff Sgt. John Stedman, Kyle Jesse Marquez USS George Washington, Cesar Nader, Justin Hughes, Capt. Bryan Bogardus, Christopher Villa-gracia, Specialist, Brandon Buys, Carlos Brown, Abraham Miranda, Mike McDonald, Doug Zembeic,

Grant McGregor, PFC Wyatt Westhoff and PFC Daniel Gotas.

Mass Intentions Please visit the church office, call, or email if you would like to offer a Mass for a loved one. We have a selection of cards for you to send. You can only schedule four Masses at a time each month. Plan at least 3-4 months ahead of time for spe-cial requests.

Is There Someone Missing? Is there someone you haven’t seen at Mass in a while? Is your Catholic neighbor homebound during an ill-ness? If the answer is yes, we would like to hear from you so we can send a schedule a visit. Please con-tact the church office.

Join us on April 26 from 5:00-7:30 PM in Healy Hall at Holy Redeemer. Play Bingo and enjoy snacks avail-able to purchase and help raise funds for our Gradu-ation Breakfast. Sounds like fun! See you all there!

Easter Break The students at St. James the Less Elementary and Holy Redeemer Middle School will be on Easter Break be-ginning Good Friday, April 3, through Friday, April 10th. We look forward to having our students return re-energized.

Choose a Catholic Education Make the choice for Catholic education for your child, it will make a difference for the rest of their lives! En-rolling now grades TK- 7. Come for a school tour and meet with the principal, no appointment needed. See the difference a Catholic education makes!

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