Pastor: Fr. Sang Van Tran (310) 323-0030 Pastor Emeritus: Msgr. Thomas M. Acton
Permanent Deacon: Deacon Matthew Van P. Nguyen Parish Secretary: Ricardo Mata (310) 323-0030 Bookkeeper & Choir Coordinator: Domingo De Guzman (310) 323-0030 School Principal: Mrs. Lynnette Lino (310) 327-9133 Filipino Community: Aida B. Abalos (310) 989-7944 Crecimiento en la Fe: Julio Pérez (310) 916-5001 Vietnamese Community: Hung Duc Tran (310) 676-1864 Sri-Lankan Community: Rohan Fernando (310) 532-6487
MARIA REGINA PARISH
2150 W. 135th Street • Gardena, CA 90249Tel: (310) 323 0030 •Fax: (310) 323-8081
E-Mail: [email protected] ♦ Website www.MariaReginaGardena.net
MASS SCHEDULE
English: Monday through Friday: 7:00 a.m.
Saturday: 7:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.
Holy Days: 7:00 a.m., & 7:00 p.m.
Spanish: Domingo (Sunday): 12 noon / Medio Dia
Viernes (Friday) Oracion: 6:30 p.m. Crecimiento en la Fe
Vietnamese: Saturday: 7:00 p.m. Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Confessions: Saturday 4:00 p.m. or anytime by appointment.
Baptism: 10:00 a.m. on Saturdays (English and Spanish), Every 2nd Saturday after 7:00 p.m. Mass (Vietnamese). Baptism Class is required for Parents & Godparents. Any questions call the rectory.
Sacrament of Matrimony: Six months in advance. Call the rectory for information.
Sacramento de Matrimonio: Llamar a la oficina seis meses antes minimo para hacer una cita con el padre. Quinceañera: For more information, please call the Rectory.
Quinceañeras: Nececitan ser Miembros de la Parroquia y nececitan estar en el programa de confirmacion. Adoration: 1st Friday / 7:00-9:00 p.m. Hora Santa: Primer Martes del mes 7:30-8:30 p..m.
Sacrament of the Sick: Anytime please call for a priest.
Sacramento de los enfermos: Cualquier momento favor de llamar a la oficina para un Sacerdote. www.MariaReginaGardena.net
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F i f t h S u n d a y o f L e n t
“ O u t o f t h e d e p t h s I c r y t o y o u , O L o r d ; L o r d , h e a r m y v o i c e ! ”
- P s a l m 1 3 0 : 1
Mass Intentions & Schedule
Saturday April 5 7:00 AM Vocations 5:30 PM Tess Coban (TK) 7:00 PM Thanksgiving Sunday April 6
8:00 AM David Ukatu (Birthday) 10:00 AM Anthony C. Nwosu (Birthday) 12:00 Noon Juan Torres Y familia †
Monday April 7
7:00 AM Mary Okowi (Thanksgiving)
Tuesday April 8
7:00 AM Daminh-Marvia†
Wednesday April 9
7:00 AM Henrietta Udense & Family
Thursday April 10 7:00 AM Phanxico Xavie † 6:30PM Dominico-Guise † Friday April 11 7:00 AM Martino– Vicente † Saturday April 12 7:00 AM Ine Lucia 5:30 PM Don O’Neill † 7:00 PM All Souls †
Thank you for your support.
Weekend Collections
Collection for March 29 & 30, 2014 $7,746.00 Second Collection (Catholic Relief Fund) $1,504.00
Thank you for your generosity to Maria Regina Church. Gracias por su generosidad a su Iglesia de Maria Regina.
HAVE YOU REMEMBERED YOUR PARISH IN YOUR WILL, TRUST OR ESTATE PLANNING?
You may wish to name your parish as a beneficiary on an insurance or other financial instruments. Our legal title: For the Sole Benefit
of Maria Regina Church, 2150 West 135th
Street,Gardena,CA.90249.Thank you for your consideration .
Mass Intentions
Mass intentions request will only be taken in the office a week in advance if space is available. Only one
intention per Mass. Please submit the request in the office.
LIFE FROM DEATH
Lent is about Easter, and Easter is about life a er death. As we draw closer to Easter, the Sunday readings become more and more explicit about this.
In a rather dry, ma er-of-fact way, today’s reading from St. Paul’s Le er to the Romans teaches that our “mortal bodies” will be raised to life. But in a far more gripping way, the Lord shouts at us through the prophet Ezekiel, “O my people, I will open your graves . . . I will put my spirit in you . . . I have promised, and I will do it.” When Jesus saw the people weeping over the death of Lazarus, he was troubled in spirit and moved by the deepest emo ons. Approaching the tomb, Jesus himself began to weep. He loved Lazarus. In fact, Jesus loved Lazarus so much that he snatched him out of his tomb, back to life. That’s how God loves us.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
LA VIDA VIENE DE LA MUERTE
La Cuaresma es sobre la Pascua, y la Pascua es sobre la vida después de la muerte. Al acercarnos a la Pascua, las lecturas dominicales son más y más claras sobre este punto. Viviremos para siempre.
De manera seca, sin rodeos, la lectura de la carta de san Pablo a los romanos nos enseña que nuestros “cuerpos mortales” resucitarán. Pero de manera más dramá ca, el Señor nos grita por boca de Ezequiel, “Pueblo mío, yo mismo abriré sus sepulcros... Les infundiré a ustedes mi espíritu... yo, el Señor, lo dije y lo cumplí”. Cuando Jesús vio a la gente llorando por la muerte de Lázaro, sin ó una gran tristeza y se conmovió mucho. Se acercó a la tumba y empezó a llorar. Jesús amaba a Lázaro.
En verdad, Jesús amaba a Lázaro tanto que lo rescató de la tumba y le devolvió la vida. Es así como Dios nos ama.
Ministerios de la Parroquia
Guadalupanos [email protected] Folklorico [email protected] Rosarios Martes a las 7:30 pm en la Iglesia Hora Santa Cada primer Martes del Mes a las 7:30 pm Familias Unidas Todos los Miercoles
7:00 pm
Grupo de Oracion Crecimiento en la Fe
Viernes 7:00 pm Salon Parroqioal Julio Perez (310) 916-5001 Liturgy Coordinator Dolly Pascual (310) 679-6350 Lectors Danita Mallett
Eucharistic Ministers Dolly Pascual (310) 679-6350 Communion to the Sick Lorna Arceo (310) 345-4637 Altar Servers Martha Craft
Sacristy Sacristan Committee Altar Decoration Fr. Sang & Committee Religious Education Saturday Mornings Ramon Nunez (Spanish) Yolanda Marquez (English) Hung Tran (Vietnamese)
Youth Confirmation Monday Night (6:30pm - 8:30pm) Ricardo Mata (310) 323-0030 Pastoral Council Fred Purifoy (310) 344-8283 Finance Committee Eddie Rodriguez (310) 516-9659
If you or someone you know is suffering from the effects of abortion, help is available at 866-272-2435.
Si tu o sabe de alguien esta suffriendo efectos de aborción, hay ayuda udstedes pueden comunicarser al 562-237-3050
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
Maria Regina parish is a diverse community of believers called to be God’s people. We build a community of faith and support one another to reach out to all in need with our time, talents and treasure. We are committed to our parish goals of
evangelization, community building and Christian stewardship.
Declaración de la Missión Parroquial
La Iglesia de María Regina es una comunidad diversa de creyentes llamado al pueblo de Dios. Construimos una
comunidad de fe y apoyo de unos a otros para llegar a todos los necesitados de nuestro tiempo, talentos y tesoros. Estamos compromentidos con nuestros objetivos parroquiales de evangeliación, construer la comunidad y la mayodomía Cristiana.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
April 7 — April 13 Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mt 21:1-11 (procession); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24;Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 — 27:66 [27:11-54]
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Please Pray for:
(†) Remember those who have recently been
called from this life especially:
James Minh Nguyen, Elvira Domo, Phero Nguyen,
Jimmy Pham, Barbara Brice
Please call the office if you would like to be added to the list of prayers for the bulle n. (Tuesdays are the cut off day of every week for bulle n)
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“Building Educa onal Blocks for Life”
Maria Regina School provides high quality educa on with a dedicated and commi ed staff. We welcome you to experience and discover the caring environment and academic rigor of the TK-8th program at our school.
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TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN -8TH GRADE
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A Retreat for Those Experiencing Infertility, Miscarriage or Stillbirth
Saturday, May 24th, 2014 9:00am-6pm St. Therese Catholic Church
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*Cost includes meals for the day. If cost is an issue please contact Katrina Crow. For More Information or to Register for the Retreat Please Contact Katrina Crow: (626) 292-1906; [email protected]
EASTER TV MASS FOR THE HOMEBOUND
Is someone you love unable to get to church? TV Mass on Easter and every Sunday gives spiritual comfort to the homebound. Tune in at 9:00 a.m. on KDOC channel 56. For cable/satellite listings, or to view the Mass online, visit
www.MySundayMass.org
. (TV or online liturgydoes not meet the Sunday Mass obligation if you can get to church.)
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
There is a geography to the liturgy of bap sm that dis lls the journey of faith. Each part of the liturgy is assigned to a dis nct part of the church building. Bap sm, whether of infants carried to church by their parents or of adults following the paschal candle into a darkened church at Easter, starts at the door. First, a threshold must be crossed and a new community of meaning and memory
encountered for the first me. Then, the celebra on moves to the place for God’s Word. Next, as the litany of the saints is sung, there is a procession to the font. Finally, the
movement is to the table, the altar of the Eucharist. There, newly bap zed adults are brought to the sacred meal, or the parents of infants are blessed and reminded that their child will one day share fully in the table’s banquet. Many Catholic churches honor this geography by placing the font near the door, or at least small vessels with water. The doorway of our church is a place of memory, and a passageway to a new way of living.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE
Vicente Ferrer, patrón de los obreros de la construcción, falleció el 5 de abril de 1419. Este santo varón nació en Valencia, España, en 1350, vivió y predicó el Evangelio en una época muy difícil del cristianismo. Además de la peste, guerras y otros problemas sociales, la Iglesia estaba dividida por dos o tres hombres que insistían ser el
verdadero Papa. Vicente, un religioso dominico, dedicó su vida a reconstruir la Iglesia promoviendo la virtud de la caridad interna y externa mediante una predicación que relacionaba la Palabra de Dios con la vida cotidiana. Vicente se valía de la teología, poesía, repetición y otros medios para inculcar la sabiduría bíblica en sus oyentes. De esta manera supo construir la fe tanto en los fieles y en la Iglesia como comunidad. Los cuadros de este santo español normalmente lo presentan con una llama ardiente en una mano y en la otra, con una Biblia abierta. De esta manera los artistas subrayan el amor ardiente que los cristianos debemos tener por la Palabra de Dios, un amor que Vicente edificaba en el corazón de los fieles.
LENTEN REFLECTION
At Maria Regina Church
You are welcome to reflect on the Lenten Sunday
Readings with Sister Ugocha Chukwuleta every
Tuesday evening from 7:00 PM –8:00 PM. The
class started on March 11, 2014. Please register
soon so that we can prepare for you. Thanks.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS (In English)
Will be every Friday during the Lenten Season at 7:00 pm in the Church. All are welcome.
TOGETHER IN MISSION PLEDGE BILLINGS
The monthly pledge billings for the Together in Mission pledges have been mailed. It is very important that these pledges be paid so that our parish will reach and hopefully exceed our goal.
Once the pledge payments have exceeded our goal, we receive all the additional funds for use in our parish ministries. TOGETHER IN MISSION PARISH GOAL: $32,391.88 AMOUNT PLEDGED : $22,260.00 AMOUNT PAID: $13, 977.37 PLEDGE NEEDED: $10,131.88
NUMBER OF FAMILIES PLEDGED: 207
Would you consider faithfully, a pledge of $60.00 per family?
This way, the burden will be light for each family to donate. If we have 500 pledges, we would make our goal complete. May God reward your generosity.
RECORDATORIOS DE PAGO DE UNIDOS EN MISION
Los recordatorios mensuales de pago de las promesas hechas a Unidos en Misión ya han sido enviados por correo. Es muy im-portante que estas contribuciones prometidas sean pagadas para que nuestra parroquia pueda alcanzar y ojalá sobrepasar nuestra meta. Si al pagar nuestras promesas excedemos nuestra meta, todos los fondos que excedan dicha meta seran devueltos para ser usados en los ministerios de la parroquia.
UNIDOS EN MISION META PARROQUIAL: $ 32,391.88
TOTAL PROMETIDO: $22,260.00 TOTAL PAGADO: 13,977.37
SALDO: $10,131.88
Numero de familias comprometidas 207
Consideraría una promesa de $60.00 por familia? De esta forma, sera ligera para cada familia para donar. Si tenemos promesas de 500 familias, hacemos nuestra meta. Que Dios recompense su generosidad.
Holy Thursday/ Jueves Santo, April 17
7:00AM Morning Prayer
7:00PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper(Misa bilingue de Ultima Cena) (Altar of repose until midnight –in silence)
Good Friday/ Viernes Santo, April 18
7:00AM Morning Prayer 12:00 noon Stations of the Cross
3:00PM Liturgia de la Pasión de Nuestro Señor 5:00PM Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion
Holy Saturday/ Sabado Santo, April 19
7:00AM Morning Prayer
7:30PM Easter Vigil (Vigilia Pascual)
Easter Sunday/Domingo de Resurrección, April 20
8:00AM & 10:00AM Masses in English 12:00PM Misa en Español
