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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK
THE HEALING POWER OF FORGIVENESS…
The Gospel for today challenges to live in the joy of love by forgiving one another
as the Lord Himself forgives us. He came to the world to forgive sins by giving His
life to save us from hate and death. The Bible often proclaims the merciful for-
giveness of God Who is slow to anger and rich in kindness. Jesus taught us that we
will be forgiven as we forgive others. In the first reading we are reminded that anger
and vengeance are hateful things that sinners hug tight which calls on the Lord to
remember their sins and take vengeance. Forgiveness heals things and frees us from
hate and vengeance.
September 17, 2017 XXIV Sunday in Ordinary Time
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
St. Cornelius & Cyprian
5:00pm Fred Baca † Baca Family
Ann Neuhaus † Nancy Arndorfer SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
St. Robert Bellarmine
8:00am Dvorak Family Grace Dvorak
9:30am All Souls
11:00am Martha Fippin † Emmett & Jean Berry
7:30pm OLA Parishioners
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
St. Joseph of Cupertino
8:00am A Special Intention Anonymous
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
St. Januarius
8:00am All Souls
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang & Com-panions
8:00am Edwin Wilson † Wilson Holy Spirit Family
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
St. Matthew
8:00am All Souls
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
8:00am All Souls
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
St. Pius of Pietrelcina
5:00pm Lizz Baca † Baca Family
Michele Keyawa get well Joann & Norm Kuhn
Facility Reservations Calendar Please confirm events at www.olaparish.net
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Open Gym - OLA Basketball 7:30am, Parish Hall
Flame Meeting 10:30am, St. Paul’s Room
RCIA 11:00am, St. Anne’s Room
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
OLA Varsity Volleyball Practice 5:00pm, Parish Hall
Pastoral Council Meeting 6:30pm, St. Paul’s Room
Troop 328 Scout Meeting 6:45pm, Seton Hall
Christian Meditation 7:30pm, School Library
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
PERT Club Meeting 9:00am, St. John’s Hall
Young Rembrandts Art Prgm. 3:05pm, Schl. Mtg. Rm.
Liturgy Committee 7:00pm, St. Paul’s Room
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Legion of Mary Meeting 8:45am, St. Paul’s Room
Meeting-Food banks 12:00pm, St. John’s Hall
OLA Varsity Volleyball Practice 5:00pm, Parish Hall
Phase II Administrative Meeting 5:00pm, St. Anne’s
Ministry Training 7:00pm, Church
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Pack Meeting 6:30pm, St.. John’s Hall
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Curia Meeting 9:00am, St. John’s Hall
Private Graduation 6:00pm, St. John’s Hall
Mass Intentions To request a Mass, please call the Parish
Hearing Assist Devices Available
Please ask an Usher for assistance. Rest in Peace
We extend prayers of comfort to the families
and friends of Tom Burke
https://www.facebook.com/OLAParish/. Receive notifications about up-
coming events taking place here at Our Lady of the Assumption.
OLA Youth Groups
Wednesdays (Grades 7 - 8) 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Tuesdays (Grades 9 - 12) 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meetings are held in Seton Hall.
For more information about Youth Groups, plea-
se contact Johann Rubia-Miller at 488-4626 or
Email: [email protected]
Dinner and Mass Fellowship Night
Every 3rd Sunday of the month starting in Sep-tember come and break bread in the youth room, attend Mass together, and experience our faith through prayers and worship. There will be a light dinner in the youth room from 6:30pm to 7:15pm followed by attendance at the 7:30pm Mass. Help to participate in the Mass by greeting, ushering, bringing up the gifts, and reading. This evening is for youth in grades 7-12. RSVP is not required.
Information and/or questions, contact: OLA Youth Minister, Johann Miller at (916) 486- 4626
OUR PARISH
The Legion of Mary has a statue of Our Lady of Fatima that it is taking to parishion-er’s home for a visit so that prayers for peace can be of-fered in its presence. If you would like to have the statue
brought to your home, please call Maggie Mongeau at 483-5807 or the Parish office 481-5115. We will deliver it so you can offer your prayers in this time of great need.
Catechetical Sunday
This weekend is Catechetical Sunday across the nation. On this Sunday we recognize and bless all those who teach the faith in our parishes. We invite all who teach the faith in our parish to attend 9:30 a.m. Mass to be blessed and recognized. For further questions, please call Shannon at (916)481-5115 ext. 223.
Please come join us out front this weekend, September 16th-17th, to visit our wonderful ministries tables! There are so many ways to get involved…from as little as offer-ing support and meals for Family Promise and the home-less to helping with funeral receptions for Martha and Mary, to the Knights of Columbus and all their outreach opportunities and many more! We will also be recruiting for all liturgical ministries. Please come see what we have to offer to help you be involved. See you next weekend.
PERT CLUB MEETING Tuesday, September 19, 2017
PERT Club members, guests and prospective members will meet in St. John’s Hall, OLA, at 11:00 am. There will be a brief meeting of club news, stories, door prizes, and LOTTO drawings, potluck with your special mouth-watering delicacies to fit the occasion. Bring your own place setting, cup and glass, and some non-perishable foods for the St. Vincent de Paul Food Locker. There will be BINGO, with cash prizes immediately after lunch and cleanup are completed. The Kitchen Crew is asked to arrive by 9:30am to help decorate and prepare food presentation. Questions? Call Jane at 359-7126, or George at 483-7194.
We prayerfully welcome Deacon German
Ramos, who was assigned to a pastoral
year at our parish during the 2017-18
school year. German, was ordained Cotta
to the transitional diaconate by Bishop
Myron during a Mass last April.
Church Tour – All Are Welcome For a tour of our Church, contact Shannon Blecha at
481-5115.
GREAT NEWS!
We are happy to report that our OLA Preschool had
their annual unannounced Licensing visit from our
Analyst at Community Care Licensing and we passed
with flying colors!!!
She said it was "a joy to visit such a happy place"!
Our staff feels blessed to have the joyful opportunity to
be with our OLA Cougar Cubs each day. Thank you for
sharing your previous children with us!
Casey Honaker, an OLA graduate is hosting a seminar for 7th – 10th graders on Cyber Securi-ty. The seminar will focus on helping students learn how to safely navigate the internet. This is part of his Eagle Scout project. The seminar is 9/23 from 9 -2 at Jesuit High School. Please respond to [email protected] if you are interested in attending.
SEMINAR ON CYBER SECURITY
OLA SCHOOL NEWS
Our Lady of the Assumption 2017 Annual Auction “Havana Nights”
Save the date of Saturday, October 21st, and get ready for Our Lady of the Assumption Parish School’s larg-
est fundraiser and greatest party of the year! “Havana Nights” will transport you to the lively streets, lush sur-
roundings and Cuban music of Havana. We will have a delicious dinner catered by Crisp Catering, festive
cocktails, lively conversation, and lots of fabulous items on which to bid.
Auction Reservations: Gather a group of friends and/or family and come ready to enjoy a lovely evening!
Tables are set for 10 people, reserved on a first-come first-reserved basis, and payment must accompany your
reservation. Reservation forms are available and can be submitted in the school front office. If you have any
questions, please email Alexxa Debenedetti or Michele Witry at [email protected].
Sponsorship: Get advertising for your business, and help support our school at the same time! Sponsorship
opportunities are available at many levels, and include advertising at the Auction, Country Fair, and Cougar
Classic Golf Tournament. There are also special table, food, and beverage benefits at the auction for our spon-
sors. For more information or to sign up as a family or business sponsor, please contact Katie McGuire at
Donations: Donations of all types are welcome for the silent and live auctions: Sporting event tickets, elec-
tronics, professional services, gift cards for local restaurants and businesses, vacation homes, airline and hotel
points, theme gift baskets, even cash that can be used to purchase a special item for the silent auction. All
items can be dropped off at the school office.
Raffle Tickets: Purchase your raffle tickets after Mass and enter to win a $5000 cash Grand Prize!
Auction-Related Questions, Comments & Suggestions: Please contact the 2017 Auction Chairs at olaauc-
Senior Living
MARIAN REFLECTION
Listen: “Our Lady had to be empty before she could be full of grace. She had to declare that she was the handmaid of the Lord before God could fill her. So also we must be empty of all pride, all jealousy, of all selfishness before God can fill us with his love.”
~St. Teresa of Calcutta
Ponder: Have I emptied myself before the Lord? What are some things that get in the way of my relationship with God?
Respond: Lord God, fill me with your grace.
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Beneficial Contributions of the Elderly Pope John Paul II
There is an urgent need to recover a correct perspective on life as a whole. The correct perspective is that of eternity, for which life at every phase is a meaningful preparation. Old age too has a proper role to play in this process of gradual maturing along the path to eternity. And this process of maturing cannot but benefit the larger society of which the elderly person is a part. Elderly people help us to see human affairs with greater wisdom, because life's vicissitudes have brought them knowledge and maturity. They are the guardians of our collective memory, and thus the privileged interpreters of that body of ideals and common values which support and guide life in society. To exclude the elderly is in a sense to deny the past, in which the present is firmly rooted, in the name of a modernity without memory. Precisely because of their mature experience, the elderly are able to offer young people precious advice and guidance. In view of all this, the signs of human frailty which are clearly connected with advanced age become a summons to the mutual dependence and indispensable solidarity which link the different generations, inasmuch as every person needs others and draws enrichment from the gifts and charisms of all. Here the reflections of a poet dear to me are pertinent: 'It is not the future alone which is eternal, not the future alone!...Indeed, the past too is the age of eternity: Nothing which has already happened will come back today as it was... It will return, but as Idea; it will not return as itself'.
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"I cannot tolerate, nor can I forgive, your carelessness in regard to Communion and meditation."
~St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
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WISDOM OF THE DAY
Family Connection
Theme: We are called to forgive others as Jesus for-gives us.
Breaking Open the Word
Suggested text for faith sharing: Today’s Gospel
Step One: Listen to the Word
When you hear the Gospel proclaimed today, what words or phrases really strike you? What lingers in your memory from this reading?
Step Two: Look into Your Life
Question for Children: Jesus says we should forgive from our heart. When did you ask forgiveness of someone you hurt? How did you feel?
Question for Youth: Jesus challenges us to forgive. Who needs your forgiveness? From whom do you need to ask forgiveness?
Question for Adults: Jesus tells us to forgive seventy times seven, which means al-ways and forever. Name a time this past week when you forgave someone. Name, too, a time when you accepted an-other person’s forgiveness.
If you are a user of our electronic giving program,
please take note of the new link to access our Parish
Pay website: https://www.parishpay.com/
nonprofit/login.html?pc=2a8q5e74. If you are not,
we invite you to consider it. ParishPay is a way to
automate your regular weekly offerings. Electronic
giving is convenient for you and provides much-
needed consistency for our church. There is no cost
for you to participate. If you are currently giving on
a weekly basis, you will no longer need to write out
52 checks a year or prepare 52 envelopes. And when
travel, illness or other circumstances prevent you
from attending services, this program will allow
your weekly offerings to continue on an uninterrupt-
ed basis. Thank you for your continuous support!
STEWARDSHIP
OFFERING
Week of September 3 - September 9
Weekend Offertory: $ 12,081.92
Electronic Giving : $ 6,075.33
Total: $ 18,157.25
Average Weekly Budget Amount: $ 13,846.15
ESTATE PLANNING
A legacy gift to Our Lady of the Assumption is one
of the most rewarding and far-reaching investments
you can make. Our Lady of the Assumption takes
the trust you place in us seriously and has used pre-
vious gifts to support the educational needs of our
students, the liturgical and basic necessities of those helped by our charity partners locally, nationally and
internationally, as well as investing in the future of
Our Lady of the Assumption Parish. We are grateful
to those who have included us in their plan for the
distribution of their assets after death. We pray that
you will keep Our Lady of the Assumption Parish and/or
School in mind. We invite you
to contact the Parish Office if
you wish to learn more about
how you can include us in
your estate planning.
The theme throughout today’s readings from Holy Scripture has to do with for-giveness. We must always appreciate that forgiveness is a two way street. We need to seek forgiveness as all of us are likely to do. However, forgiveness is also something we need to grant to oth-ers. Some scholars consider Matthew’s Chapter 18 from where our Gospel Reading comes today as perhaps among His most personal teachings to His disciples and others as spiritual leaders. There is no question that the Lord is in the process of pre-paring His followers for the time when they (we) must continue His Kingdom without His physical presence. He is trying to build up the sense of fellowship and cohesion among His flock. Thus, He focuses on how to build up cooperation and uni-ty in those who work to build His Kingdom. He makes it clear that for us to accomplish that requires forgiveness and reconciliation. The lesson for us is quite basic: we need to know and appreciate and understand the grace of Jesus and respond by learning how to forgive our sisters and brothers (all sisters and brothers in our Christian and Catholic fellowship). Christ always forgives us if we come to Him with a hum-ble and repentant heart, and He expects the same from us. We need to forgive others just as we are forgiven. As Je-sus warns us in today’s Gospel: “So will my heavenly Fa-ther do to you, unless each of you forgives your brother (and sister) from your heart.”
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We appreciate your support!
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR BULLETIN SPONSORS
We would like to thank all of those who sponsor our Church Bulletin by purchasing a space on the back of the bulletin. These sponsors help offset the cost of our weekly bulletin. Please reach out our bulletin sponsors who would appreciate your patronage. Please let them know that you saw their adverti-sing in our bulletin. If you would like to advertise in our weekly bulletin, please con-tact The Church Bulletin Company at 921-8584 or [email protected].
The Sacramento Life Center is in need of baby sup-
plies for low-income new moms. Gift baskets filled
with clothing, diapers and supplies are given to every
patient after her baby is born. Please consider donating:
clothing (up to size 18 mos), diapers (especially size
3,4,5) and other baby items like shampoo, lotion, bibs,
hats, pacifiers, blankets, etc. Donations can be dropped
off Monday through Friday 9-4:30 at Sacramento
Life Center, 2316 Bell Executive Lane in Sacramen-
to. For more information please call 916-451-4357.
Thank you for your generosity!
BABY SUPPLIES FOR LOW INCOME MOMS
"Flame of Love Diary "of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary Retreat at St. Lawrence Parish, 4625 Don
Julio Blvd. North Highland.(Spanish) Monday’s
Oct. 2, 9, 16 and 23, 7-9 PM. (English) Thursday’s
Oct. 5, 12, 19, and 26, 7-9 PM .You will discover
great graces from Our Mother and the urgency of
spreading the Flame of Love of Her Immaculate
Heart.
Cost is $5. Join us on this special spiritual retreat
through Mary's special month of October- ALL ARE
WELCOME!
RETREAT
Friday, September 29 & Saturday, September 30 St. Francis High School, Sacramento
Registration is now OPEN!
Ministry Days is the largest gathering of ministers, catechists and Catholic school teachers in the Diocese of Sacramento. Information and Registration available at:
www.ministrydays.com
MINISTRY DAYS 2017
LIVE, LEARN &ENJOY YOUR FAITH
Save the date for Monte Carlo Night, to be held on
Saturday, September 23, from 5:30 pm - 10 pm at
the California Automobile Museum. Tickets will
be $60 per person. Admission includes a complimen-
tary glass of champagne or sparkling cider, dinner,
silent auction, and gaming. Also enjoy all the classic
cars on display at the museum.
14th ANNUAL MONTE CARLO NIGHT
Join us for Open House on Sunday, October 1, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by and see firsthand why CB is the place to be for exceptional academic pro-grams, the arts, athletics and more – all in a faith-filled, nurturing community. Highlights of the day in-clude campus tours including the engineering labs and CB’s award-winning television studio - KBFT, an art exhibition, performances by the band and choir, aca-demic department information tables and more. Infor-mational presentations are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.. Visit cbhs-sacramento.org to register.
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL
CLOISTERED DOMINICAN NUNS
MONASTERY COME & SEE DAYS
GOD IS CALLING YOU! A vocation – marriage, priesthood, religious life, etc. - is a call to love and every baptized person has one! But perhaps you’re feeling a tug to give your heart to Jesus exclusively, sitting at His feet like Mary Magdalene, or perhaps you’ve wondered what life is like as a cloistered nun? If you’re a single, Catholic woman between the ages of 18-38 years, we invite you to spend a day of dis-cernment with the Cloistered Dominican Nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery in Menlo Park, CA. Catch a glimpse of the same hidden life of love that has been lived at the heart of the Church and the Domini-can Order since Saint Dominic founded the first com-munity of Dominican nuns in 1206. Contact Sister Joseph Marie, O.P., at [email protected], or visit our website at http://nunsmenlo.org/discernment-days/ to learn more and to register for one of our upcoming Come and See Days: Sat-urday, October 21, 2017; and Saturday January 20, 2018. The event will be from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM and is free.
