MARIA REGINA PARISH. January 4, 2015 The Epiphany of the Lord. All kings shall pay him homage, all nations shall serve him.

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1 MARIA REGINA PARISH 2150 W. 135th Street Gardena, CA Tel: (310) Fax: (310) Website Pastor: Fr. Sang Van Tran Pastor Emeritus: Msgr. Thomas M. Acton Resident Priest: Fr. Victor Ozoufuanya Permanent Deacon: Deacon Matthew Van P. Nguyen Parish Secretary: Ricardo Mata Bookkeeper & Choir Coordinator: Domingo De Guzman School Principal: Mrs. Lynnette Lino (310) Filipino Community: Aida B. Abalos (310) Crecimiento en la Fe: Julio Pérez (310) Vietnamese Community: Hung Duc Tran (310) Sri-Lankan Community: Rohan Fernando (310) January 4, 2015 The Epiphany of the Lord All kings shall pay him homage, all nations shall serve him. - Psalm 72:11 MASS SCHEDULE English: Monday through Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Holy Days: 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m., & 7:00 p.m. Spanish: Domingo (Sunday): Viernes (Friday) Oracion: 12 noon / Medio Dia 6:30 p.m. Crecimiento en la Fe Vietnamese: Saturday: 7:00 p.m. Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Group: After morning Mass on Saturday 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.

2 PARTNERS IN THE PROMISE As a society, during these days we can be in something of a postpartum depression. Our celebrations of Christmas and the New Year are over, and after today many of us will put away the decorations and the last visible remnants of the celebrations of the past weeks. The apostle Paul today uses the expression partners in the promise. This is an uplifting phrase for us to reflect upon, and to think of as our own calling in these days following the birth of the Lord. What is this promise? We can find it in the gifts the magi bring: it is a promise of being a royal priesthood (gold), a holy nation (frankincense), a people set apart for self-giving (myrrh). We find more of the promise in Isaiah a light shines upon us! In the psalm we know a promise of a world of flowering justice, profound peace, the poor rescued, pity for the lowly and the poor. This is the promise; and one of the best ways for us to lift ourselves out of any possible low spirits we may be suffering is to live out our partnership in this promise each and every day. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Thank you for your support. Sunday Collection for December 20 & 21...$6, Collection for December 27 & 28 will be posted next week 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 Thank you for your consideration. Mass Intentions & Schedule Saturday January 3 7:00 AM Vocations 5:30 PM Gomez Family 7:00PM All Souls Sunday January 4 8:00 AM Anton Ke 10:00 AM Cynthia Meadoux 12:00 Noon Gertrudiz Guzman Monday January 5 7:00 AM Camela Layson (Thanksgiving) PARTICIPANTES EN LA PROMESA Las celebraciones de Navidad y Año Nuevo se han terminado, y después de hoy Día de los Reyes Magos, muchos de nosotros guardaremos las decoraciones y los últimos vestigios de las celebraciones de las semanas pasadas. El apóstol Pablo usa la expresión participantes de la promesa. Esta es una frase digna de reflexionar, y de pensar que es nuestro llamado en estos días después del nacimiento del Señor. Cuál es esta promesa? Podemos encontrarla en los regalos que traen los magos: la promesa de ser un sacerdocio real (oro), una nación santa (incienso), un pueblo escogido para dar de sí (mirra). Encontramos otro aspecto de la promesa en Isaías una luz que nos alumbra! En el salmo encontramos la promesa de un mundo en donde florece la justicia, la paz profunda, los pobres rescatados, piedad para los humildes y los pobres. Esta es la promesa; y una de las mejores maneras de continuar el espíritu de generosidad navideña es vivir día a día nuestra parte como participantes en esta promesa. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Tuesday January 6 7:00 AM Camela Layson (Thanksgiving) Wednesday January 7 7:00 AM Phero Maria Thursday January 8 7:00 AM Giuse Maria 6:30PM All Souls Friday January 9 7:00AM Teresa Anna Saturday January 10 7:00 AM Vocations 5:30 PM Marina De los Angeles Rocha 7:00PM All Souls 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.

3 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 3:22 4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a; Mt 4:12-17, Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44 Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45-52 Thursday: 1 Jn 4:19 5:4; Ps 72: 1-2, 14, 15bc, 17; Lk 4:14-22a Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16 Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 3:22-30 Sunday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 55:1-11; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10 Mk 1:7-11 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CALENDAR CALENDARIO DE EDUCATION RELIGIOSA Español Clases los Sabado s de 8am 10am Enero 10 Clase Regular Enero 17 Clase Regular English Classes on Saturday from 10:45am -12:45pm January 10 Regular Class Enero 17 Regular Class CONFIRMATION YOUTH PROGRAM Classes are on Monday s from 6:30pm to 8:30pm January 5 Year 2 Class January 12 Year 1 Class Attentions Married Couples The search is on. The Fifth Annual Longest Married Couple Project in the U.S as well as each of the 50 states and territories has started. If you know a couple with a long marriage, please nominate them for this honor. This annual search is sponsored by Worldwide Marriage Encounter. More information can be found at wwme.org. Confirmation for ADULTS Seeds of the Kingdom If you are 18 yrs of age and older and would like to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. We have a 10 week course that would be given here at St. Joseph. Contact Ricardo at for more information. Confirmación para ADULTOS Semilla del Reino (Ingles solamente) Si tienen 18 año y mas y quiere recebir el sacramento de Confirmación. Este curso es de 10 semanas y se daran en San Jose. Por favor llamar a la oficina con Ricardo al para mas información. The Pregnancy Help Center in Torrance is looking for Client Advocates (lay counselors) and Nurse volunteers. We will be having volunteer training coming up on October 25. If you are interested and would like more information, contact Mary at (310) Guadalupanos Folklorico Rosarios Hora Santa Familias Unidas Grupo de Oracion Ministerios de la Parroquia guadalupnanos@mariareginagardena.net folklorico@mariareginagardena.net Martes a las 7:30 pm en la Iglesia Cada primer Martes del Mes a las 7:30 pm Todos los Miercoles 7:00 pm Crecimiento en la Fe Viernes 7:00 pm Salon Parroqioal Julio Perez (310) Liturgy Coordinator Dolly Pascual (310) Lectors Danita Mallett Eucharistic Ministers Dolly Pascual (310) Communion to the Sick Lorna Arceo (310) Altar Servers Sacristy Altar Decoration Religious Education Youth Confirmation Martha Craft Sacristan Committee Fr. Sang & Committee Saturday Mornings Ramon Nunez (Spanish) Yolanda Marquez (English) Hung Tran (Vietnamese) Monday Night (6:30pm - 8:30pm) David Sevilla Pastoral Council Fred Purifoy (310) Finance Committee Eddie Rodriguez (310) 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, construir la comunidad y la mayodomía Cristiana.

4 Sing with the Lord We are looking for new choir members for all of our English Masses, Saturday 5:30pm, Sunday 8:00 am & 10:00am. If you are interested in joining in the choirs all you need to do is go the mass you would like to sing at and talk to any of the members there we will welcome you with open arms. When we sing we open our spirit to the Lord. Come and help us. Maria Regina School SCHOOL OPEN ENROLLMENT School Year! TK 8th Grade ( TK must be 4-year olds by September 1st) Building Educational Blocks ~ One Year at a Time! South Van Ness Avenue, Gardena, CA * 310) * Fax (310) * Website * info@mregina.org If you or someone you know is suffering from the effects of abortion, help is available at Si tu o sabes de alguien esta suffriendo efectos de aborción, hay ayuda udstedes pueden comunicarser al CELEBRATION of the SANTO NINO Most Rev. Bishop Oscar A. Solis, DD and local priests will come together to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on Friday, January 30th 2015 at 7:00pm. The Novena prayers and Chaplet will follow the mass. We are privileged to have an exact replica of the Infant Jesus of Prague (Santo Nino) clothed in a relic of the Holy Robe that adorns the original statute in the shrine at Prague. Please bring your own statutes. The devotion of touching them to the Holy Robe will conclude the celebration. This is a privilege not enjoyed in the shrine in Prague because the statute is enshrined high above a side altar. We hope you will join us in this Glorious Celebration of the Santo Nino! "Unless you become like little children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven!"Jesus Mt 18:3 Divine Mercy & Central & Eastern Europe Pilgrimage Fr. Lester & Fr. Roberto invite you to join them on a Pilgrimage to Central and Eastern Europe in the footsteps of the Divine Mercy with St. Faustina and St. Pope John Paul II, September 14-28, For more information please contact Fr. Lester at (562) or their Pilgrimage Coordinator, Delia L. Tio, at (310) Seats are limited. Financial Letters As we start the Tax Season if you need a letter of your donations for 2014 please call the office and request one. Please understand we are trying to safe money on mailing and papers. We will be happy to send you a financial letter. Cartas financiales En el comienzo de la temporada de impuestos aquellos feligreses que nececitan una carta de sus donativos financieros del año 2014 por favor llame a la oficina y solicite una. Por favor, entienda que estamos tratando de ahorar dinero en las estampillas y el correo y documentos. Estaremos encantados de enviarle una carta financiera. Blessing of a Home on the Solemnity of the Epiphany In many countries, the tradition of blessing your home on the Solemnity of the Epiphany is observed. The traditional way of blessing a home this day begins with the prayer of blessing printed below. Next we use chalk (an incarnational sign because it reminds us of the dust of the earth from which we were made) and holy water. The chalk is used to mark: 20 + C + M+ B + 15 over the main doorway of your home. The numerals consecrate the new year. The initials remind us of the legendary names of the magi: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, and also stand for the Latin motto: Christus mansionem bendicat, which is translated, May Christ bless this house. After marking the doorway, bless individual rooms with holy water. Prayer of Blessing Lord God of heaven and earth, you revealed your onlybegotten Son to every nation by the guidance of a star. Bless this house and all who inhabit it. Fill them with the light of Christ, that their concern for others may reflect your love. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Why Is It Important to Register With the Parish? At various times in a Catholic s life, it is beneficial that you be able to show that you are a practicing Catholic. This is possible by confirming your parish registry. Here are some of the situations to which this may apply: Marriage in the Church, Baptism of a Child, School Registration of a Child, Becoming a Godparent or Sponsor. We urge you to: Register at the Rectory or fill this Registration in the bulleting and turn it in to the office. Inquire about using your talents for the good of the parish, and Use your Sunday envelopes so that your generosity can be recorded. Thank You and God Bless

5 The Epiphany of the Lord January 4, 2015