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Father Patrick V. Kirsch
ext-223 Pastor, KHS
Father Jorge Garcia
Hispanic Ministry
Deacon Victor Tiambeng
Christine Kramer-ext.226 Faith Formation
Amanda Miller– ext.224
Parish Secretary
Mass Location Rosa Parks Elementary School 13830 Whispering Hills Dr.
Eastvale, CA 92880
Saturday Liturgy 4:00 p.m.
Sunday Liturgies:
7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.,12 Noon Spanish
Confession
Saturdays from 2:30-3:30 Rosa Parks Elementary
School.
Emergency Number (909)717-4559
Parish Office Hours Monday-Thursday
9am-4pm Closed from 12:30-1:30pm
Closed on Friday
THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF
BLESSED OSCAR ROMERO PARISH OFFICE: 14395 CHANDLER, EASTVALE, CA 92880
PHONE: (951) 893-1522 WEB:BLESSEDOSCARROMERO.COM
Mission Statement
The Catholic Community of Blessed Oscar Romero is devoted to making our community a place where God enters
people's lives through Prayer, Silence, Reconciliation, Eucharist, Community and Service, and where we strive to
make Jesus Christ more known and more loved!
The First Sunday of Lent page two
My Dear Friends,
Last Wednesday, we began the season of Lent which is our prepara on for the
Easter celebra on of Jesus’ resurrec on. It is a me in imita on of Jesus spending
forty days in the desert. Jesus fasted in the desert, and overcame the devil’s
tempta ons. Jesus never sinned but in the desert he was tempted, and during
these forty days of Lent we remember Jesus in the desert as we try to overcome
tempta on in our lives and to overcome sinfulness. Lent is an invita on to us to
take the courageous step of “going into the desert” and not hiding from what lies hidden deep within us.
Lent is a me to put our souls before a mirror and see ourselves as we really are. Lent is an invita on to allow
our sin and darkness and wounds to come to the surface so that we can deal with them and allow them to be
healed by the grace of Jesus.
Since the early centuries, the Church has suggested three things that we undertake during Lent—prayer,
fas ng, and almsgiving. It is for this reason that the Gospel text for Ash Wednesday every year is Jesus’ advice
on prayer, fas ng, and almsgiving (Ma 6:1-6, 16-18). During Lent we want to pray more, fast, and help the
poor.
Lent is a me for more prayer. We live busy lives and there is much emphasis on enjoying life, but a life
without prayer is a life without the joy of the presence of God. If we do not pray we are not Chris ans at full
poten al; we are only walking when we could be flying. Lent is not only about helping others and doing
something, it is also very much about the type of person that we are. We pray because all goodness comes
from God and when we pray we touch God. There is a difference between a do-gooder and a Chris an. A
Chris an is a do-gooder who also prays. God is our loving Father who greatly desires us to allow him to be
close to us, so we pray more during Lent to experience more of the joy of knowing God our Father.
Fas ng is a penance the Church encourages us to undertake during Lent. From the spiritual point of view,
fas ng symbolizes our dependence on God. It expresses the fact that we really are trying to put God first in
our life. The Bible tells us that fas ng from food must go together with fas ng from violence and fas ng from
oppressing people (Isa 58:3-12). In other words, when we fast from food it is to be accompanied by a loving
and forgiving a tude towards others. We could say that fas ng from food in itself is not what is important; it
is what the fas ng symbolizes that really ma ers. In order to fast in a way that is genuinely pleasing to God,
can we make an effort to forgive those who have hurt us and not harbor resentment any longer? If we have a
problem forgiving someone, we can share it with the Lord and ask His help and grace so that we may forgive.
While we may not forget, we certainly do not want to live being dominated by past wounds. We want to live
in the present free of the past.
For almsgiving or helping the poor, the Church makes it easy for us by giving us the opportunity to contribute
to Catholic aid agencies. Helping the poor during Lent brings the words of Jesus to mind, “Whatever you did
to one of the least of these, you did to me.” (Ma 25:45)Excerpted from Fr. Tommy Lane, Member of the faculty at Mount
St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md, and a contribu ng writer for Catholic Online.)
Prayerfully, Father Patrick V. Kirsch KHS Pastor
March 5, 2017 Page Three
Stewardship of Treasure
Week of February 26, 2017
Plate & Envelope……….. $ 7,835.60
Online Giving……………… $ 870.00
Total……………………… $ 8,705.60
Thank you for your generosity!
Eucharistic Adoration is held every Wednesday
from 9:00 am. -12 Noon in the Chapel at the office.
Do you have 1 hour to spend with our Lord??
New Parishioner: We warmly welcome new parishioners and visitors. Blessed Oscar Romero believes in the Stewardship Program committed to serving the Lord with our God-given time, talent, and treasure. Church contributions are made by means of the envelope system. All parishioners are encouraged to support the church and we promote the use of envelopes. We ask you to register as soon as possible by completing this registration form and dropping it into the collection basket.
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Marriage Enrichment 20th Anniversary
Celebra on Reunion Dinner Dance
Have you par cipated in a Marriage
Enrichment weekend? If so you are
invited to join us for a wonderful night
out that includes food, dancing, friends, and fun.
The reunion will be held at Los Serranos Country
Club Saturday March 18, 2017 from 6:30 - 10:30
PM. Dinner, dancing, and fellowship are included in
the $60 per couple cost. There will be a no host
bar. We hope you will plan to come and we look
forward to seeing you there. Paid reserva ons will
be accepted un l March 4, 2017. (No ckets will be
sold at the door.) For more informa on or to make
a reserva on, please contact Jerry & Linda Kramer
at 909-643-5531.
El Carmelo Retreat House in Redlands will be hosting a
weekend retreat for women March 17-19 The retreat house is owned and operated by the Carmelite Friars
and is located on 29 acres overlooking the San Bernardino mountains. The hospitality is excellent and the retreat offers an opportunity to discern, strengthen, and renew your personal relationship with Jesus Christ, according to the Carmelite tradition.
For registration information, please contact Christina Moore at 909-920-9425. You can also email Christina at
Please Pray for...
Andy Dyt
Josie Emery
Lou Cruz
Rosalie Vitalie
Betty Camarillo
Teri Johnson
Mike Bailey
Arnie Streland
Bob and Jeanne Wintheiser
A Time for Mercy/Rachel’s Vineyard Post Abortion Healing Retreat March 17th – March 19th 2017
A safe place to renew, rebuild & redeem hearts broken by abortion. Offered in the Catholic tradition open to women and men who have been wounded by abortion. All calls are Strictly Confidential. To register please call Dolores at
951-325-7702 Email: [email protected]
For more information please visit our web site: www.atimeformercy.org
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Archivist Lorraine Romin 909-262-5151 [email protected] Knights of Columbus Richard Contreras 951-906-8218 [email protected]
Liturgy Altar Servers Nathaniel Ilo 917-600-6355 Eucharistic Ministry Debbie and Mike Lira [email protected] 951 741-9520 Eucharistic Ministers to the Homebound Lisa Montoya 951-203-0173 [email protected] Hospitality Mary Kay Sherman Cell 908-331-3361 Liturgy James Long 951-743-1296 Music Ministry Gayle Dowling 760-488-8879 Reader Ministry Joy Arcega [email protected] 909 731-3611 Set-up Ministry Cuong Tran 909-904-6495 Ushers Greg Hernandez 213-200-8602 Multi-Cultural Ministries American Heritage Girls Shelley Wallevand 714-924-0701 [email protected] Filipino Ministry Joy Arcega 909-731-3611 [email protected] Hispanic Ministry Edith Beltran 951-515-5815
Outreach to the Needy Trish Budde 951-415-1211 [email protected] Prayer Groups Amigos de Jesús Rosendo& Marcela Ortiz (909)578-3147 Eucharistic Adoration Amanda Miller 951-893-1522 Heart of Mary Women’s Fellowship Melinda Ramirez 909-346-5088 Ramirezhouse4christ@ yahoo.com Military Prayer Ministry Nel Jayawardana 909-636-1449 Religious Education Director of Religious Ed. Christine Kramer– ext.226 951-893-1522 christinek.blessedoscar @gmail. com Coor. Youth Ministry/Confirmation Shannon Kramer– ext.225 951-893-1522 RCIA Deacon Vic Tiambeng 626-215-9484 [email protected] Safe Environment Coor. Nel Jayawardana 909-636-1449 Technical Audio Visual Tech. Rodger Carrillo 949-579-0018 [email protected] Information Technology Allan Guray 909-240-3870 Web Master David Boyse 760-898-2790 [email protected] Volunteer Placement Anthony Moreno 909-538-0043
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READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15;
Mt 25:31-46
Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19;
Mt 6:7-15
Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19;
Lk 11:29-32
Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25;
Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8;
Mt 7:7-12
Friday: Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8; Mt 5:20-26
Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8;
Mt 5:43-48
Sunday: Gn 12:1-4a; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22;
2 Tm 1:8b-10; Mt 17:1-9
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: First Sunday of Lent
Tuesday: Ss. Perpetua and Felicity
Wednesday: St. John of God
Thursday: St. Frances of Rome
Friday: Abstinence
Saturday: Purim (Jewish festival of the story of Esther) begins at sunset
The Hospitality Committee invites you to “Lunch and Chat with Father Pat!”
Come get to know the Pastor of our parish and vis versa! Lunch will be will be provided by our Hospitality Committee and held at the Parish Office on March 19th at 12:30p.m. The whole family is welcome! Hurry to RSVP, space is limited to 10 individuals per luncheon. Please contact Jude Washington at (951) 310-3629
