SCHEDULE OF MASSES SATURDAY:8:30 AM, 5:30 PM VIGIL

SUNDAY: 7:00 AM, 8:30AM,10:15AM,12 Noon,

4:00PM (Vietnamese), 6:30PM WEEKDAY: 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM

FIRST WEDNESDAY: 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM, 6:30 PM FIRST FRIDAY:

6:30AM, 8:30 AM, 6:30 PM 8:00 PM (Vietnamese)

HOLY DAY: 8:00 PM (Vietnamese/English) VIGIL

6:30AM, 8:30AM, 7:00 PM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

SAT: 4:00 PM - 5 :00 PM, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM, and by appointment

St. Christopher Church is a faith-community of diverse people who gather to joyfully celebrate life,

faith and love in Jesus Christ through serving others.

629 S. Glendora Ave., West Covina, CA 91790

TEL: (626) 960-1805 FAX: (626) 851-0595 OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thu: 9AM to 1PM and 2PM to 6PM

Sun: 8AM to 4PM; Fri & Sat: CLOSED EMAIL: parishoffice@sccwc.net

WEBSITE: www.sccwestcovina.net

Pastor Rev. Joseph Dass

Associate Pastor/ Vietnamese Community Chaplain

Rev. Huy Nhat Nguyen

Permanent Deacons Deacon Douglas Moloney

Deacon Loc Nguyen Deacon Jesse Batacan Deacon Andrew Cho

School Principal Lucia Saborio

Director of Religious Formation Judi Peña

Bookkeeper Tuyet Romero

Administrative Secretaries Elizabeth Hudson

Sol Batacan

Facilities Supervisor Rene Rebong

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Jubilee Year of Mercy

Jubilee for Prisoners One of the most moving images of Pope Francis' ministry comes from Holy Thursday. Slowly, deliberately, Francis kneels down before prisoners--men, women, young, old, Christian, Muslim--and washes their feet, recalling Jesus admonition to Peter: "If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet" (John 13:14). On today's Jubilee for Prisoners, whose rights the Church bids us advocate, Jesus declares in the Gospel, "to [God] all are alive" (Luke 20:38). Have we "imprisoned" anyone figuratively, but no less painfully, passing harsh judgment, then refusing our respect, acceptance, even affection? This month of All Saints and All Souls bids us reflect on our eternal destiny and prepare for it. Respect for ourselves and others, souls and bodies, practical care for neighbors and strangers: such witness affirms that we view our present in light of our future, and believe that, even now, in our midst, stands the Lord of life, the living Jesus.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

In the seventeenth century, English Catholics, many of them wealthy and well educated, looked to the American colonies as a place to regain a measure of religious freedom. In Ireland, the so-called penal laws were even harsher than in England, as a minority Parliament tried to force the conversion of the population by denying the majority political and economic power. Beginning in 1691, laws were passed that punished dissenters, principally Catholics, but also causing hardship for Jews, Quakers, and others. There were acts forbidding "mixed marriage" or sending children "beyond the seas" for schooling. Catholics were taxed at double the common rate, barred from the legal professions and from university, and not allowed to build churches or own a decent horse.

In 1793 the situation began to change, as it became clear that the economic persecution would not drive the majority away from Catholicism. Gradually, laws were repealed until by 1829 freedom was won, although Catholics at university were ineligible for honors, and until the 1920s and the Republic, the Church of Ireland was the state church, funded by the taxes of all citizens. --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

Your prayers are requested for the

repose of the soul of: Madeline Gourrrier Olsen, Dominga Endoza, Warlito Honrado Sr., Raymond Liesegang, Dante Mendoza, Socorro Nuneza, Xavier Baeza, Delia Vigil, Carol Vigil, Rogelio Magala, Abraham Rosas Gutierrez, John Ray B. Corrales, Leonardo Araneta, Rosalind Mata, Consolacion Abolencia, Florentino Javier, Brenda Carol Brandenburg, Deacon Dante Manalo, Eva Sibal, Emy de Guzman, Oliva Santiago Muriel, Ben Jimena, Joe Wei Lie, Philip Piris, Archie O. Montes, Flordeliza A. Altamirana, Venestiano T Llosa Jr., Romualdo Dominggo, Antonio Villaver Jr., Roseo Rosales Cuevas, Manuel Cardenas, Henry Baldeo, Delia Ceniceros, Flora Tolentino, Virginia Tolentino David, Avelino Enrico, Gloria Arzate, Roger Arcamo, Emilie Weathermon, Patrick Guirnalda, Albert Escobedo, Virginia S. Montes, Agritina A. Tayco, Angelo Leoncio Bugarin, Patti Ann Moreno, Sesilio Villaluz, Maria Teresa Van Cao, Felipe Andaya, Violeta Arida, Ned Pascua, and Marissa M. Grados.

Your prayers are requested

for the recovery of:

Merlita de Sagun, Perlita Evangelista, Connie Bragado, Juanita Laquitao, Glenn Santos, Merlita De Sagun, Teresa Berger, Mari A. Chavez, Belen Tamayo, Delores Plescetz, Priscilla Allison, Celia Cruz, Victoria Walker, Lea Weathermon, Larry Campos, Ju Tjhong Lie, Slamet Sehadi, Muslina Dewi, Ernestina Rosalinas, Maricel Lagrimas, Alma Flores, Cristofer George Apostal, Madelon Washington, Barbara Hector, Angel Canta, Mike Doman, MaryAnn Anderson, Maria Alvarez Delgadillo, Anita Lacad, Letty Lane, Rupert Reyes, Raymond Romero, Norma V. Baca, Virginia Franco, Leo Romero Jr., Alexander Asuncion, John Gaetos, Thu Thanh Nguyen, Jean Lockwood, Donal O’Connor, Apollinar Estrada, Ma. Kathrina Alcaide, Gloria Castillo, Len Balino, Guillermo Fuentes, Blas A. Perez, Romeo Canzana, Eleanor Martinez, Rudy Geronimo, Kay Chesterfield, Lionel Barrow, Adele Faucett, Felix Lampa, Mary Rose Merten, Mercedes Gomez, Anthony Trozzi, Guille Rivas, Lydia España, and Doretha Lear.

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TODAY’S READINGS

Reading 1 2 MC 7:1-2, 9-14 It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king, to force them to eat pork in violation of God's law. One of the brothers, speaking for the others, said: “What do you expect to achieve by questioning us? We are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors.”

At the point of death he said: “You accursed fiend, you are depriving us of this present life, but the King of the world will raise us up to live again forever. It is for his laws that we are dying.”

After him the third suffered their cruel sport. He put out his tongue at once when told to do so, and bravely held out his hands, as he spoke these noble words: “It was from Heaven that I received these; for the sake of his laws I disdain them; from him I hope to receive them again.” Even the king and his attendants marveled at the young man's courage, because he regarded his sufferings as nothing.

After he had died, they tortured and maltreated the fourth brother in the same way. When he was near death, he said, “It is my choice to die at the hands of men with the hope God gives of being raised up by him; but for you, there will be no resurrection to life.

”Responsorial Psalm

PS17:1, 5-6, 8, 15

R./ (15b) Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

Hear, O LORD, a just suit; attend to my outcry; hearken to my prayer from lips without deceit. R./

My steps have been steadfast in your paths, my feet have not faltered. I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my word. R./

Keep me as the apple of your eye, hide me in the shadow of your wings. But I in justice shall behold your face; on waking I shall be content in your presence. R./

Reading 2 2 THES 2:16-3:5

Brothers and sisters: May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through his grace, encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good deed and word.

Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us, so that the word of the Lord may speed f o rwa rd and be g l o r i f i ed , as it did among you, and that we may be delivered from perverse and wicked people, for not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful; The will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. We are confident of you in the Lord that what we instruct you, you are doing and will continue to do. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of Christ.

Alleluia REV 1:5A, 6B

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

God Jesus Christ is the firstborn of the dead; to him be glory and power, forever and ever.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel LK20:27-38 At Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be? For all seven had been married to her.” Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and remarry; but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise. That the dead will rise even Moses made known in the passage about the bush, when he called out ‘Lord,’ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

A CHILD'S GIFT

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. --John Ruskin

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“Be Not Afraid ”

Cancer Ministry

Everyone whose life is touched by cancer is invited: DATE: November 15, 2016 - Tuesday Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PLACE: Parish Center - Room D EVENT: Anointing of the Sick Rev. Joseph Dass Rev. Francis Dass Come, challenge yourself & others to make time in rediscovering JESUS. Live life to the fullest One Moment at a Time, One Day at a Time.

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benotafraidcancerministry Web: http://

benotafraidcancerministry.org/

Please welcome Father Bryan O’Rourke who will speak at all the masses on behalf of Cross Catholic Outreach which was founded to create a meaningful link between parishes in America and the priests and nuns working in the Church overseas in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Central and South America. Please be generous in your response to Father’s appeal. Brochures will be provided if you wish to support this worthy Catholic ministry.

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SATURDAY, NOV 5 5:30 PM All Souls ( D ) Elizabeth C. Calleja † SUNDAY, NOV 6 6:30 AM All Souls

( D) Leonardo & Christopher Frijas †

8:30 AM ( D) Joshua Correa Marcelo † ( D) Camilo Bicol † 10:15 AM D) Ky & Tam Vu † ( D) Danh Vu † 12:00 PM ( D) Florencio Medina † ( D) Zenaida Azcarate † 6:30 PM St. Christopher Parishioners MONDAY, NOV 7 6:30 AM All Souls ( D) Jess M. Limas † 8:30 AM Robert Delgado ( D ) Epifania Castillo † TUESDAY, NOV 8 6:30 AM All Souls Rudy Del Santuray 8:30 AM ( D) Catherine Yu Song † ( D) Miguel Carrillo † WEDNESDAY, NOV 9 6:30 AM All Souls ( D) Rosa Velasco † 8:30 AM ( D ) Aquilina Axalan † Ray Maloles THURSDAY, NOV 10 6:30 AM All Souls ( D ) Ned Pascua † 8:30 AM ( D) Arsenia Villamor † ( D ) Dominic Quat Dinh † FRIDAY, NOV 11 8:30 AM George C. Davao, Jr. ( D ) Renee Evelyn Robinson † SATURDAY, NOV 12 8:30 AM ( D) Conchita Sollestre † ( D) Eugenia Banaag †

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Daylight Saving Time ends

National Vocation Awareness Week Tuesday: Election Day Wednesday: The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Thursday: St. Leo the Great Friday: St. Martin of Tours; Veterans Day; Remembrance Day (Canada) Saturday: St. Josaphat

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