A Catholic Faith Community Since 1908

July 14, 2013

St. Rita of Cascia

MASS TIMES
SUNDAYS: Sat. 5:30 pm (Vigil), 7:30 am, 10 am & 12 N WEEKDAYS: Mon., Tues., Fri, and Sat. 8 am (Wed. & Thurs. 8 am Communion Service) HOLY DAYS: (eve of) 5:30 pm; (day of) 8 am & 6:30 pm

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
(Confession) Saturdays 4-5 pm or by appointment DEVOTIONS Our Lady of Perpetual Help: Saturday 7:50 am ADORATION First Friday 8:30 am5 pm, Rectory Oratory

Msgr. Richard Krekelberg, V.F.Pastor Deacon Manuel Valencia Deacon John Hull 318 North Baldwin Avenue, Sierra Madre Mailing Address: 50 East Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre, CA 91024 Phone: 626/355-1292 FAX: 626/355-2290 www.st-rita.org

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Msgr. Richard Krekelberg, V. F.Pastor
626.355.1292 x. 228 revkrek@st-rita.org Dcn. Manuel & Chela Valencia deaconmanuelvalencia@gmail.com 626.355.1292 Dcn. John Hulljohnhull65@gmail.com 626.355.1292 Weekend Presiders: 10 am MassFr. Chris Thiel, OFM Capuchin

Parish Ministries and Organizations

Liturgy & Worship
Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers: David & Jill Muhs 355.9810 em@st-rita.org Altar Servers, Youth: Kathy Ganino 626.398.9302 Altar Servers, Adult: Bill Cosso 355.5656 Eucharistic Adoration: Kathy Ganino 626.398.9302 Rosary Prayer Group: Susan Day 355-3835 Sacristans: Sat. Vigil: Gary Fidone/Bill & Patti Huber Sunday Masses: 7:30-Bill Cosso/David Banis; 10:00-David Muhs; 12N-Bernie Grace Weekdays: John Bigley, Margaret Duran Porter: (Evening Church Lockup) Sheila Palazzolo Environment: Denise Villalovos/Gil Lazo gil@st-rita.org 355.1292

How to Contact Us
Parish Office/Mailing Address 50 East Alegria Ave., Sierra Madre, CA 91024 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am to 6pm; Sat. 9 am to 1 pm. Office Email: ParishAdmin@st-rita.org Director of Administration
Mary Lou Butler: mlbutler@st-rita.org 355.1292

Ministries & Organizations

Bereavement Ministry: 355.1292 bereave@st-rita.org Christian Family: Sheila Pierce 355.8332 Greeters & Ushers: Erny Henry 626.289.3504 626.446.6715 Mens Club: Nick Sotis: 358-2495 nick.sotis@pro-sites.net New Members/Welcome: Contact the Parish Office St. Rita Guild: Patty Sullivan 355.3707 psullivan514@gmail.com Senior Ministry: Marilyn McKernan, marilyn@st-rita.org Shawl Ministry: Mary Taillac 355.3179 Marilyn Delgatto 355.8717

Pastoral Council
Parish Office: 355.1292

Finance Council Chair

Bill Sullivan: 355.3707

St. Rita SchoolOffice: 626.355.6114

Principal: Joanne Harabedian jharabedian@st-rita.org

Other Contacts
Archivist: Marilyn McKernan marilyn@st-rita.org Bulletin Submissions: bulletin@st-rita.org or drop off at Office Public Relations: ParishAdmin@st-rita.org Registration Information: rc@st-rita.org 355.1292 Webmaster: Ralph Seymour: seymour@seymourmedia.com

Director of Liturgy & Music Paul Puccinelli: mm@st-rita.org Director of Religious Education Cristina Cullen: 355.3841 dre@st-rita.org Director of Youth Ministry/Confirmation Theresa Bui Costanzo: 626.590.8828 ym@st-rita.org RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) Team: Deacon Manuel and Chela Valencia; Susan Blakeslee: rcia@st-rita.org

Let Saint Rita Be There For You . . .

Communion for Sick and Homebound Parishioners
St. Rita ministers provide Communion home visits. Contact the Parish Office 355.1292 or Jill Muhs 355.9810 em@st-rita.org.

For Information about the

Sacrament of Baptism
Baptismal Preparation for parents and godparents: 7 8:30 pm the last Monday of the month. Call for Reservations. Baptisms are usually the first Sunday of the month.

Anointing of the Sick

Please notify us (355.1292) as early as possible for the Anointing of the Sick, the sacrament intended for the seriously ill or dying. It is Our Lords special presence and companionship in serious time of need. Anointing may take place in the home, at the hospital or elsewhere and as often as once a month. If someone should die without anointing, remember that the desire to receive is sufficient and the Lord cares!

Sacraments of Reconciliation and first Eucharist

Preparation for children who have attained the age of reason (usually during 2nd grade) is arranged either through the Office of Religious Education or St. Rita Elementary School.

If You Should Experience the Loss of a Loved One

Please call us at 355.1292 If you feel you will be in need, or your loved one has passed, we will assist in making arrangements with your chosen funeral directors; refer you to our liturgy and music directors; and offer you helpful guidelines and a book that will aid in the selection of readings for the Mass or Memorial Service. Areas we can help you with prior to the passing may help in the planning of funeral services. We know that this can be a tough time and we want you to know that your parish is there for you. PLEASE UNDERSTAND we only have one resident priest, sometimes arrangements for another priest may be needed.

Sacrament of Matrimony
Contact the Parish Office upon engagement; at least six months is needed for preparation of this joyous sacrament!

Sacrament of Confirmation

A two-year program for freshman/sophomore age teens. Apply through the Office of Religious Education.

NOTE: Adult applicants for the sacraments should contact the Parish Office.

Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

See adjoining column.

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REV. MSGR. RICHARD KREKELBERG

OF

CASCIA CHURCH

PASTORS CORNER

Dear Parishioners,
While I am away on my vacation, I leave the following Reflection for your consideration.

Msgr. Richard

How could Moses have been more explicit in what he asked of those who followed him on the long pilgrimage to the Promised Land? He invites them to keep Gods commandments and suggests that they return to God with heart and soul. Did he ask something beyond their capability? No. He adds, For this commandis not too mysterious and remote for you. Rather, is is something very nearalready in your mouths and in your hearts. They must only carry it out. Jesus may well have been pondering this moment when he answered the scholar who asked him how to inherit eternal life. Jesus demonstrated his Jewish credentials by reciting part two of the Shema, the central prayer of Judaism from the book of Deuteronomy, recited twice daily by observant Jews: You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind. Jesus may or may not have surprised his questioner when he added a second commandment to the first: and your neighbor as yourself. It is evident that the questioner could not have known to whom he was speaking, as he replied to Jesus: You have answered correctly. Imagine not only giving Jesus a quiz, but then grading him on it! His next question to Jesus was: And who is my neighbor? Jesus answers by telling the tale of a victim of robbers. There are many features in this story that we should note. Consider first the injured man was passed by the priest and the Levite, who no doubt were on their way to the Temple in Jerusalem. If they had encountered or assisted the bloody victim, they would have been rendered ritually impure and thus incapable of making the sacrifice as they intended. But then a Samaritan travelerwas moved with compassion at the sight. Remember the Samaritans were outsiders; Jews and Samaritans did not even speak to each other. But it is a Samaritan heart that is moved with compassion. What had to astonish those who heard Jesus tell the tale of the Good Samaritan is that an outsider, not a priest or a Levite, is the one who first makes his heart like the heart of Jesus. Notice next that Jesus quizzes the one who first quizzed him: Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers victim? The answer is simple: The Samaritan. But instead the answer came: The one who treated him with mercy. The speaker avoided even speaking the word Samaritan, the name of the group he despised. But Jesus tells him to Go and do likewise. Imagine the consternation that scholar must have felt, as he was commanded to imitate the virtue of the very one he had despised. The challenge is ours as wellto make our hearts like the heart of Jesus, moved with compassion to act in love. William C. Graham

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PARISHIONERS WHO REQUEST OUR PRAYERS FOR HEALING AND RETURN TO GOOD HEALTH

SATURDAY, JULY 13
8:00 AM 5:30 PM

SUNDAY, JULY 14

Danielle Oro RIP Martina Clyne RIP

7:30 AM Walter J. Murphy RIP 10:00 AM For All Parishioners 12 NOON Stephen Purner RIP

MONDAY, JULY 15
8:00 AM 8:00 AM 8:00 AM 8:00 AM 8:00 AM

Jean Mansour, Celia Merritt, Denis Keegan, Jacob Bigley, Gerald Krekelberg, Cathy Fiore, Madelyn Shaull, Dorothy Van Gorden, John J. McCoy, Diane Ridley, Richard Forcione, Maria Carmen Marti, Dennis & Clare Marquardt, Rosemary Fryzm, Andy Pulley, Katherine Haderlein, Andy Heller, JoAnn E. Douglass, Kathleen Ramsey, Tonyja Blakeslee, Addie Marshall, Joanna Singleton, Jackie Bagnuolo, Mary Ellen Isoard, Tim Stanley, Antoinette Wassef, Theresa Morcos, Aspet Herapetian, Rose Mary Taquino, Selma Tuffs, David Duran, Paul Viger, Julie Meyer, Zdenka Czerny, Cliff Hancuff, Wendy Wolf Fadel, Hal Finney, Christa Owen, Ailey Gardner-Ybarra, Cathy Hundshamer, Eva Bernejo, Laurie Larkin Masella, Edith Olah, Matteo Begnoche, Lancelot Loera, Fred Mycroft, Brian Eck, Alex Arranaga, Anna Mary Hession, Mildred Vocelka, Joseph Moore, Ned Vento.

TUESDAY, JULY 16

Irene Clark RIP

Elizabeth Harlow
mother of Doug (Cheryl) Harlow

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 THURSDAY, JULY 18 FRIDAY, J ULY 19

Cecelia Zamora RIP

Communion Service Communion Service Mary Bollman INT

LIVING GODS COMMANDS

The Book of Deuteronomy is a series of sermons addressed to the people of Israel by Moses right before they were to enter the Promised Land. Moses had led them from the slavery of Egypt and was with them for many years as they traveled through the Sinai Desert. Moses knew he would die before the people could enter their Promised Land, so he is in a sense giving them some last words of wisdom before he would have to leave them. Todays first reading begins with an incomplete sentence: If only you would heed the voice of the LordThe sentence implies that God would bless them greatly if only they would heed the voice of the Lordand the passage goes on to stress that people do not have to guess what God wants of them. God has been very clear as to how he wants us to live. Its no hidden mystery. This concept connects with todays gospel, the story of the good Samaritan. When a scholar of the law asked Jesus what God wants of us, Jesus reply to the man shows that the man already knew the answer to his question. Almost instinctively, we all know what God wants of all of us. Knowing it is not the problem, but living it is. Fr. Joe Robinson

SATURDAY, JULY 20 SUNDAY, JULY 21

8:00 AM Jason Ross RIP 5:30 PM Gloria McCormick RIP 7:30 AM Norman Barton RIP 10:00 AM Thomas McGoldrick RIP 12 NOON For All Parishioners

FEAST DAYS Monday, July 15

St. Bonaventure Our Lady of Mount Carmel St. Camillus de Lellis

Tuesday, July 16

Thursday, July 18 Saturday, July 20

St. Apollinaris

TODAYS READINGS
First ReadingThe word of the LORD is very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts (Deuteronomy 30:10-14). PsalmTurn to the Lord in your need, and you will live (Psalm 69). Second ReadingChrist Jesus is the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15-20). GospelThe Samaritan traveler was moved with compassion at the sight of the man stripped and beaten by robbers (Luke 10:25-37).

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Did you know?
Youth NiteWednesday, July 24, 7 pm, Gara Youth MassSaturday, July 20, 5:30 pm ServiceUnion Station, Sunday, Aug. 4, 7:30-10am Have a great summer and dont forget to check in at your St. Rita home from time-to-time! Theresa Costanzo ym@st-rita.org

Backpack & School Supplies for St. Francis Center (SFC)

While youre out and about, watch for sales and pick up a few items for this very needed collection for the inner city poor. Collection boxes are located in the Vestibule. The drive ends on Sunday, August 4.

What happens when abuse is reported? Most people who hold positions of trust in Catholic institutions are mandated by California State Law to report child abuse. Teachers, teachers aides and counselors in our schools, therapists and social workers in our counseling agencies, nurses and doctors in hospitals, and clergy in parishes or other ministries all have the obligation to report the reasonable suspicion of child abuse to the local police or to child protective services. When any of these people know of or have reasonable suspicion of abuse, they report it to the appropriate institutions owned and operate privately by religious communities.

For particular help you may call:

Suzanne Healy Director of Assistance Ministry 213/637-7650

Pleaseno used items. A flyer listing the needed

items is available in the Vestibule.

Would you like to help?

Andcan you help with some of your time? We need volunteers to take the items from the Vestibule to Gara Hall (after each week-end Mass); to help us sort the donations weekly; and finally to prepare everything for the SFC van pick-up! For more information or to volunteer
Rosemary Hagerott rc@st-rita.org 355-1292 x226 Were expanding our list of people to call on for occasional help. We may call you to help stuff bulletins; resupply the offering envelopes in the pews; help during a Hospitality Sunday; set up or clean up for an event; or, right now, we need helpers for the Backpack & School Supplies effort (see article in adjacent column). We will contact you when we need some helpersand, dont worry, if youre not available when we ask, well ask again for another date/time.

Help Support St. Rita School

The School Office is open M-F from 8 am until 2 throughout the summer months so you can still purchase scrip and gift cards. Some of the cards available are: Target, Smart & Final, all the major markets, gas cards, and fast food tooincluding Starbucks, Subway, Pollo Loco, Bean Town, Baja Fresh. Help the School while you shop and dine! Thanks!

and work with the nicest people!

rc@st-rita.org

A very happy bonus of giving your time is that you meet 355-1292 x 226

Clip and drop in the Offering basket.

Whats happening in your Organization or Ministry? Send us some information to include in the Bulletin! Better yet, take some photos at your events and include them (jpeg format)well print your news as space allows. Deadline for Bulletin articles is Thursday, 10 days before desired publication date. bulletin@st-rita.org or bring to the Parish Office.

Id like to add my name to the volunteer list: Name Phone Email

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Meetings, Ministry & Special Events

This Week at St. Rita

This Sunday, July 14Blood Drive
8:30 - 2:30 OMalley Hall Walk-ins are welcome!

Congratulations!
Recently married at St. Rita Ashley Brooke Ince & Matthew Garrett Encinas

This Weekend, July 13 & 14Backpack Drive Begins

See page 5 for information.

Calling all young adults, between 18 and 39!

Theology on Tap, the annual summer speaker series, is a great way to meet other young adults for fun, networking, and an opportunity to talk about faith. Enjoy a soda or (with ID) a beer while you get straight talk and honest answers to your deepest questions from expert speakers on faith, love, work, and other real life experiences. Open to all young adults, singles and couples. Admission, food and drinks are fee! Holy Family Church, South Pasadena 1527 Fremont Avenue, South Pasadena 91030 Every Wednesday in July. Doors open at 7 pm; program begins at 7:30 pm. For more information: Archla.org/tot

Save the Date

Monday, July 29Baptism Preparation Class
7 pm Parish Office Meeting Room For August 4 Baptisms

Catholic Community & Local Events

Grief Support Group, Journey Through Grief August 13-September 17, 10:30-Noon You are invited to a six week support group designed for those who have lost a loved one. A safe environment is offered to share feelings, discuss fears, and gain strength for the journey that lies ahead. San Gabriel Recreation Center, 250 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel 91776 Susan Coyle 626/974-2045 Susan.coyle@vitas.com

Dont take a vacation from Mass

When youre traveling, you can find the nearest Church location and schedule of Sunday Masses on the website: Masstimes.org

Dont take a vacation from supporting St. Rita

You may write one check for the weeks you will be away and either put it in the Offering Basket before or after your vacation. Thank you!

Southern California Renewal Communities

Annual ConventionAugust 30-September 1 Over 40 sessions, plus a Teen Conference and daily Arena liturgies. Anaheim Convention Center and Arena. Registration/Information www.scrc.org

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thank all those who have been giving regularly to this special monthly collection. All of the funds collected are used here at St. Rita for ongoing maintenance of our parish plant andoftenfor unexpected repairs! This collection is always the second Sunday of the month but you may donate any time by writing Maintenance Only on your check or your envelope. Thank you! special Archdiocesan Appeal for the benefit of parishes and schools who need our help to survive. If you have not yet given to this Appeal, please consider how you might help. Our Assessed Goal: Paid to Date: Still Needed: $57,138.50 $36,864.00 $20,274.50

TREASURE Maintenance & RepairsWe

TIME & TALENT Organizations and Ministries in the

parish are eager to have you join whether you want to help usher/greet; be a teacher/helper with Religious Education/Youth Ministry; help with monthly donut Sundays; help with food drives; help with ongoing special events, such as the Backpack Drive, No Room at the Inn, Candlelight Walk (doesnt that help you feel cool to think of Christmas in July?)

Together in MissionWe are six months into this

Have you been thinking about becoming more active in the parish? Dont wait for your phone to ringlook on page 2 of this Bulletin, check out the groups and contact information andmake it happen! You will be rewarded in ways you didnt think possible!

~Words to Ponder~ I never heard anything about the Resolutions of the Apostlesbut a great deal about their Acts.
Horace Mann

Thank you to the 125 families, out of 1250+ St. Rita families, who have helped us meet over half of
our goalplease help us add to the number of participating families! Envelopes are in the Vestibule.