Our Lord Jesus Christ,King of the UniverseNovember 26, 2017

“I was hungry and you gave me food,I was thirsty and you gave me drink.”

— Matthew 25:35

CHRIST, KING OF ALLOn this, the final Sunday of the liturgical year,

we celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King. By concluding the year with this feast we are proclaiming our faith that Jesus Christ is the one and only king over all seasons, all peoples, and all of creation.

At the end of time as we know it, Christ’s work of restoring all things to unity and harmony with their Creator God will be completed. This Sunday, when we claim Christ as both our Shepherd and our King, we recognize our own calling to participate in Christ’s saving work by caring for those whom Jesus calls “the least ones” (Matthew 25:45).

Question of the WeekHaving myself been found by divine mercy, what will I do during Advent to seek those in need? Are

they already right here in front of me?

SPECIAL OBSERVANCES WEEKLY READINGS AND MASS INTENTIONS

11/25 Saturday: Blessed Virgin MaryReadings: 1 Mc 6:1-13; Ps 9:2-4, 6, 16, 19; Lk 20:27-40Mass Intentions: 4:00pm (M) Michael Davis (BD) 4:00pm (AR) 7:00pm (AC) +Sagrario Rueda Marisol

11/26 Sunday: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

Readings: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17; Ps 23:1-3, 5-6; 1 Cor 15:20-26,

28; Mt 25:31-46Mass Intentions: 830am (M) +Paul Raggio 830am (C) +Jim Leone & Gladys Leone 10:00am (AR) +Rosemary Latino 10:15am (AC) Parish

11/27 Monday: Thirty-fourth or Last Week in Ordinary Time

Readings: Dn 1:1-6, 8-20; Dn 3:52-56; Lk 21:1-4Mass Intentions: 8:00am (AC) +Johannes Blankenhorn

11/28 Tues: Readings: Dn 2:31-45; Dn 3:57-61; Lk 21:5-11Mass Intentions 8:00am (AC) +Hank Middleton

11/29 Wednesday: Readings: Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dn 3:62-67;

Lk 21:12-19Mass Intention: 8:30am (M) +Victor Garcia

11/30 Thursday: St. Andrew Readings: Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 4:18-22Mass Intentions 8:00am (AC) +Donald Heer

12/1 Friday: First FridayReadings: Dn 7:2-14; Dn 3:75-81; Lk 21:29-33Mass Intentions: 8:00am (AC) Eddie Santos (SI) 11:00am (AR)

12/2 Saturday: First Saturday; Blessed Virgin Mary Readings: Dn 7:15-27; Dn 3:82-87; Lk 21:34-36Mass Intentions: 4:00pm (M) Nancy Davis (BD) 4:00pm (AR) 7:00pm (AC) +Froylan Ronquillo

12/3 Sunday: Readings: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37

WEEKLY SCHEDULESUNDAY9:00 – 10:15am Children’s Faith Formation, K-8, Angels Camp (Sept.-May)

MONDAY 1:00 - 3:00pm St. Patrick’s Helping Hands Distribution, Angels Camp 4:00 - 5:30pm Children’s Faith Formation, Murphys (Sept.-May) 5:00 - 6:30pm High School Confirmation, Angels Camp

TUESDAY 8:30 -12:00pm St. Patrick’s Preschool, Angels Camp (Sept.–May) 9:00 -10:00am OLS Helping Hands Distribution, AR 10:00 - 11:00am Perpetual Novena, Arnold 10:00 - 1:00pm Seniors Meeting, Angels Camp

WEDNESDAY 8:30 – 12:00pm St. Patrick’s Preschool, Angels Camp (Sept.–May) 6:00 - 8:00pm Youth Group, Angels Camp (2nd and 4th)

THURSDAY 8:30 -12:00pm St. Patrick’s Preschool, Angels Camp (Sept.–May)FRIDAY 8:30 - 4:00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

MONTHLY PARISH ACTIVITIESANGELS ALTAR SOCIETY: 2nd Monday, 10am, Library, Angels Camp

ARNOLD WOMEN’S CLUB: 1st Friday after 11am Rosary, Arnold Hall

ARNOLD MEN’S CLUB: 4th Thursday, 7pm Arnold

BINGO: 3rd Saturday, 2pm Angels Camp Hall

FINANCE COUNCIL: 4th Friday, 5:00pm, Parish Office

FIRST SATURDAY MASS: 9am Chapel Angels Camp

ITALIAN CATHOLIC FEDERATION: 4th Sunday after 10:15am Mass Angels Camp Hall

LAY CARMELITES: 1st Saturday, 9am Chapel, Angels Camp. Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Lay Carmelite Community meets each month immediately following Mass.

LITURGY BOARD: 1st Monday, 6:00pm Angels Camp Classroom

MURPHYS ALTAR SOCIETY: 2nd Thursday 10am Murphys Hall

MURPHYS MEN’S CLUB: 2nd Thurs 5pm Murphys Hall PARISH COUNCIL: 2nd Monday, 6pm Angels Camp Hall

ST. PATRICK’S ANGELS CAMP/MURPHYS HELPING HANDS: 1st Monday 11:00am Helping Hands Bldg. Angels Camp

ST. PATRICK’S PRESCHOOL PARENTS ADVISORY

MEETING: 2nd Tuesday 6pm- Confirmation Room, Angels Camp ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY – 3rd Monday 6pm Classroom, Angels Camp

Denni Oravec, Ray Auger, Suzanne Lee, Darren Schuler, Joshua Lordan, Lori Oneto Detrick, Jose Garcia, Scott Kelly, Carol Carbajal, Ramon Gordils, Cedilia Gordils, Joel Rivera, Jeannette Bennett, Carol Otis, Pete Rodriguez, Diane Sullivan, Anthony Baptista-Alcaide, Helen Ayupan, Giovanie Baptista-Alcaide, Chuck Walker, Sylvia Cass, Debbie Raffetto, Johnny Johnson, Michael Davis, Nancy Davis, Amelia Vlaovich, Danica Woodbury, Kimberly Jones, Jeffery Harwell, Robin Hilmanofski, Carol Klocke, Aiden Hunt, Kim Jones, Randy Johnson, Steve Thompson, , Janis Fraizer, Millie Navarro, Joanne Weatherman, Jack & Lola HoltonMary Vera, Larry Allen, Shawn Serra, Julie Smith, Patty Grant, Chase Kelly, Nancy Peterson, Kraig Clifton, Jacob Silva, Michelle Tsutsui, Joshua Hegal, Ann Perez, Donelia Dooley, Julie Diedrick, Jim Ramsayer, Joe Symkowick, Michelle & Dave Elam, Cecilia Hegel, Amelia Orlonzit, Trevor Stotka, Sondra Clifford, Timothy Dahl, Anne Adams Helms, Lisa Lee, Sandra Juarez, Pat Stuth, Baby Alli Ybarra, Ellen Wiederlight, Cheyenne Jones, Theone Innes, Karan Newman, Joel Rivera, Taylor Lowell, Tim Murray, Stephanie Dunn, Randy McNurlin, Aurelia Meier, Amanda Soukup, Michelle Baker, Dave Finn, Karin Evans, Theresa Cummins, Peggy Rourke-Nichols, Siri Porovich, Leann Murray, Patty Chesnut, Norman Boydston, Ben Quick, John Wade, Clell & Mary Grimes, Louise Larro, Mike Larro, Michael Abeyta, Robbie Petterson, Eric Parker, Misha Larro, Kristine Camozzi, Peter Bailey, Karl Christensen, Mary Frances Kelly, Jack Setzer, Velma Laver, David Wells, Justin Bates, Sonny Abalos, Al Arieta, Flo Vlnaty, Josh Kavanagh, Troy Williams, Aleida Robinson, Roman Maldonado, Jean Marie Peters, Grover M. Inks, Bradley J. Howard, Kelly Bloom, Nolan Hicks, Joshua and Colin Muilenburg and individuals on 12-step programs.

(Notify the Parish Office of any Prayer List

changes – deaths, return to good health)

The Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible study group at Our Lady of the Sierra Dec. 7, 14, 21, Jan. 4, 11, 18 and Feb. 1. 6:30-7:45pm. Study workbook available at www.ascensionpress.com For additional information call Deacon Jared (209)768-9513

Pastor’s NoteSolemnity of Christ the KingNovember 26, 2017 Year A

We celebrate Christ the King this last Lord’s Day of the church’s worship year. Next week, Advent dawns as we again make ready for our Lord’s second coming in glory and his first coming at Bethlehem. The text for Christ the King are much the same each year. And so, once again, we hear from Matthew’s Gospel this parable of the last judgment where the eternal king separates the sheep from the goats, the saved from the lost, the redeemed from the fallen. Embedded in this parable is what I call the king incognito. In a stunning moment at the last judgment, the king reveals himself to be someone who was hungry, thirsty, a stranger, naked, sick, and in prison. Incredulous, the righteous ask, “ Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry, and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you? The silence that follows is broken when the king unmasks the answer. “Truly I tell you,” He said, “ just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me. This king

incognito takes off his disguise before the very ones who fed, housed, welcomed and visited him in life’s most difficult moments. Whereas those on his right thought they were simply doing what their Lord had called them to do---caring for humanity’s discarded and indigent---they were, in fact, serving this One who now sits in judgment on all humanity. Christ the King is Christ disguised, Christ the covert, Christ the hidden, Christ the needy, Christ that other, nameless person we pass by, take for granted and pray no eye contact is made. How does the word “king” transform itself from a throne to a soup kitchen, from a bejeweled dais to a half-way house, from a palace to a prison? And where are the likes of us in the syllables and sentences of this story? God bless us all for the good works we do.

Our Lady of the Sierra Arnold and St. Patrick’s Murphys Saturday

Masses are at 4pm through March 2018

2nd Collections

Dec 3 Maintenance & RepairDec 10 Retirement Fund for ReligiousDec 25 Christmas OfferingDec 31 Helping Hands Please give generously!!

Arnold Helping HandsWe want to thank many parishioners who generously contribute their time, talent and treasure to Our Lady of the Sierra Helping Hands program. We are open every Tuesday (weather permitting) 9:30am to 10:00am. We serve several homeless individuals, many families, and seniors from our food pantry. We

also have a closet with clothes for infants, children of all sizes and adults (men and women) of all sizes. We gratefully accept donations of non-perishable foods (especially cereal and peanut butter), personal items, and cleaning products.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITIONToday we have a modern feast, less than a

century old, and placed at the very end of the liturgical cycle of Sundays only in 1969. In 1925, the world was in a sorry state from the vantage point of Pope Pius XI. The winds of war had swept the map of Europe raw, and ancient Christian dynasties had fallen in Russia and Spain. Although the Great War had ended, wars were breaking out everywhere. Fascism was already in control in Italy, and Nazism was on the horizon for Germany. The disorder making its claim on the human race was, the pope felt, an insult to the Divine Order. Pius XI designated the last Sunday in October as a day of universal recognition of the kingship of Christ. Creating this feast was an act of bravery by the pope, who was standing up against idolatry of the state and the dehumanizing forces of the modern world, things that are not hard to detect in today’s world as well. In 1969 it seemed fitting to move the feast to a place of honor at the end of the year, a way of summing up the whole movement of the liturgical year toward the perfection of the Kingdom of God. In recent decades, many Protestant churches have adopted this day from the new Roman calendar, so it is shared now with the Church of England, the Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches, and others.

HELPING HANDS Angels Camp

With the weather changing soon, we need sweatshirts, sweaters, coats and winter clothes for children. We could also use packages of new socks and gently used tennis shoes for adults and children. We can always use sheets, blankets, and towels. You can bring donations to the parish office or to Helping Hands on Mondays between 11 am - 3 pm. We are always looking for volunteers! If you are interested helping, please call Pattie Schuck at 728-8793. Thanks!!!

“SAVE these DATES”

Saturday, December 2nd for an Advent One Day Retreat with guest speaker, author, counselor, & singer, Vinny Flynn. The retreat will begin with Mass at 8:00 am followed by coffee & rolls.  He will be covering the 7 Secrets of the Eucharist and Reconciliation.  Lunch at 12:00 noon and another talk in the afternoon and will end with Adoration and then, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.  This will be our Parish Advent Mission and we encourage parishioners of all 4 churches to participate with your families. 

Fr. Rolly will be celebrating his 40th year anniversary as a priest! A special celebration is being planned for Monday, Dec. 11th beginning with Mass at 10:30 am and celebration party following. Please save the date!

Italian Catholic Federation RaffleThe Italian Catholic Federation (ICF) is RAFFLING off a 10-inch Christmas Nativity Set that includes the gifts of "Frankincense, myrrh, & gold", AND a handmade built STABLE! All proceeds benefit the ICF for all of its charitable activities - including annual contributions to the Bishop's burse among many others. Tickets are $5 each OR 5 tickets for $20, and can be purchased at the Angels Camp church door BEFORE & AFTER Sunday masses until the drawing on Sunday, December 10th, at the FREE Wendell's Breakfast Giveaway at the Angels Camp church HALL, Need not be present to win, but we sure hope to share a Free breakfast there with you!

Penance ServiceDecember 19th at 6:30pm in the Church at

Angels Camp.

11/19/17 Last Sunday’s Collections Sunday Collections $ 3979Parish Assistance Fund $ 107Helping Hands $ 31Catholic Camp. Human Dev. $ 1144

All Souls $ 10M & R $ 6Christmas $ 25 Online $ 75Weekly Total Collections $ 5377

Thank you for your generosity!!

Novena MassesBegins December 16 thru December 24

at 8:00 am in Angels Camp

No Wednesday Mass in Murphys on December 20

Holy Day of Obligation The Immaculate Conception

of The Blessed Virgin Mary is Thursday December 8th.

The Mass Schedule for this day as follows

8:30am Murphys 11:00am Arnold

6:00pm Angels Camp

Parish Office will be Closed

CHRISTMAS EVE VIGIL MASS SUNDAY 24th

St. Patrick’s Angels Camp – 9:00 pm

CHRISTMAS DAY MASSESMONDAY DECEMBER 25th

St. Patrick’s Murphys - 8:30 amOur Lady of the Sierra Arnold - 11:00 am

St. Patrick’s Angels Camp - 10:15 amNo mass at St. Ignatius

No New Year’s Eve Midnight Mass but Regular

Monday Mass on New Year’s Day