Friday, May 18, 2018

Parish UPDATE: Sunday, May 20

Beloved of God and of this parish:

Here's what's happening THIS WEEKEND  AT ST. MARY'S: 

1.  SUNDAY, MAY 20: THE DAY OF PENTECOST (WHITSUNDAY)
  • Color for the day: RED
  • Readings at Mass:  Acts 2:1-21  Romans 8:22-27  John 20:19-23  Psalm 104:25-35, 37 
  • We'll have the Gospel reading in as many non-English languages as possible arranged in an alphabetical order. If you want to read the Gospel in a non-English language, please, let Fr. Vincent know asap. Thanks for blessing our community with your language skills. 
  • Please, invite your friends to church 

2.  MASS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK: Morning Prayer at 8:45  & Mass at 9 am
  • Monday, May 21: John Eliot, Missionary to the American Indians, 1690
  • Tuesday, May 22: Feria
  • Wednesday, May 23: Vincent of Lerins, Priest, 450
  • Thursday, May 24: Jackson Kemper, Missionary Bishop in the US, 1870
  • Friday,  May 25: Bede, the Venerable Priest and Monk of Jarrow, 735 
  • Saturday, May 26: Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury, 605

3.   BIBLE STUDY on Wednesdays at St. Mary's:
  • Class meets from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.
  • We meet in the Sacristy. Enter from the parking lot off Watseka Ave.
  • Our current study is focused on the Gospel according to St. Mark. 
  • No previous Bible knowledge required
  • We are using the NIV 2011 translation.  We'll have a Bible for you if needed.

4.  UPCOMING EVENTS
  • Now forming: A chess club at St. Mary's. Contact the Parish Office, if interested. We're ready to roll!!!
  • Graduations: 
    • Natasha Brown: California State University, East Bay, Hayward; June 9.
  • Sunday, May 20, THE DAY OF PENTECOST. We need readers to read the Gospel in as many languages as possible especially, French, Latin, Italian, Espanol, Ga, Akan, Swahili, Mano, German, Mandarin, Cantonese, Dutch and Hindi. Text is JOHN 20:19-23. If you can help, please, let Fr. Vincent know asap.Thanks for supporting our mission with your language skills. 

5. CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS OF OUR PARISH
  • On Sunday, September 8, 2019, our parish will by the grace of God, celebrate 100 years of continuous ministry in God's reign and especially in Southern California. 
  • This month, we are praying and thanking God for the sterling christian witness,  faithfulness, stewardship and commitment of former parishioners who made our ministries/mission possible in the (year) 2000s
  • If you are a former parishioner or know of one, please, let us know so we can pray and thank God for you/them by name. 
  • Spread the word. Email: stmaryinpalms@yahoo.com

6.   A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU
  • to our partners in ministry
  • for making the mission and ministries of our parish possible in 2017. May God richly replenish what you generously shared with our parish and its ministries. 
  • We pray you would consider partnering us in 2018 to help share God's good news of reconciliation and build the kingdom of God
  • Benefactors: You can also make DONATIONS at our website or include our parish in your  WILL. Thank you

7.  OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE, PRAY (FOR):
  • The Rt. Rev. John Harvey Taylor, Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles
  • continued healing for all who are sick in spirit, mind and body especially Gerda; Jai Joseph; Anthony Joseph; Ben Joseph; Rose Quaye; Lyra; Fayetta; Edgar; Idalia; Miguel; Araceli; Ben; Sr. Rosina; Beatrice Mensah and, Norma. 
  • the repose of the souls of Pauline Tebo and Gyan Sharma. May their souls and the souls of all the departed, rest in peace.
  • the children and young persons of our parish especially: Natasha, Vincent, Larry Jr, Jeffrey, Simone, Obed, Audrey, Michelle, Yasmine, Charlene, Victor, Jason,  Annabelle, Biko, Amani, Rohan (Andrew), Oscar Antonio, Diego, Ezra, Sebastian, David, Sanaya Evelyn, Brondzie, Senyah, Saulito, William. 

8.  FOR NEWS ABOUT
  • the Palms Emergency Preparedness Coalition, please, visit and Like us on Facebook: PepC90034

9. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @stmaryinpalms

Fr. Vincent

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