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PARISH INFORMATION
(760) 757-3250 / Fax. (760) 757-3299
E-mail: mslrp@sanluisreyparish.org
Parish Office Hours/Horario de Oficina:
Tues./Sat.: 8:00-4:00 pm
4070 Mission Ave., Oceanside CA 92057
Website: www.sanluisreyparish.org
PARISH OFFICE/OFICINA PRINCIPAL
(760) 757-3250 / mslrp@sanluisreyparish.org November 7, 2010
Shirley Gonzalez - Secretary (760) 547-0706
32nd Sunday In Ordinary Time
BUSINESS OFFICE/OFICINA DE NEGOCIOS
Allen Hartman-Business Manager
(760) 547-0705 / bizmgr@sanluisreyparish.org
Martha Sandling-Bookkeeper
PASTORAL STAFF
Fr. Charles “Chuck” Talley, OFM - Pastor:
(760) 547-0711 / finance@sanluisreyparish.org
(760) 757-3250 x114/ pastor@sanluisreyparish.org
FAITH FORMATION/FORMACION DE FE Fr. Adrian Peelo, OFM - Associate Pastor:
(760) 547-0716 / resecretary@sanluisreyparish.org (760) 757-3250 x123/ fradrian@sanluisreyparish.org
Fr. Luis Guzman, OFM - Associate Pastor:
Bill Bischoff - Director of Catechetical Ministry
(760) 757-3250 x107/ frluis@sanluisreyparish.org
(760) 547-0702/ religioused@sanluisreyparish.org
SOCIAL CONCERNS/ASUNTOS SOCIALES
Carmen Parra (760) 547-0708
LITURGY SCHEDULE
Monday – Saturday:
PARISH SCHOOL/ESCUELA PARROQUIAL Daily Mass Parish Chapel - 7:30 a.m.
(760) 757-3232 / www.omms.org
Saturday Liturgies/Misas:
Wanda King - Principal
Serra Center - 5:00 p.m., [7:00 p.m. Español]
Pre-School thru 8th grade
Sacrament of Reconciliation/
HISTORIC OLD MISSION/MISION ANTIGUA
(760) 757-3651 / www.sanluisrey.org Reconciliación
Fr. Laurence Dolan, OFM - Guardian Saturdays/Sábados:
Fr. David Gaa, OFM - Executive Director Serra Center: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Ed Gabarra - Administrator (Except on Holiday Weekends, i.e.,
Terry Hawthorne - Cemetery (760) 757-3651 x133 Memorial Day, etc./Excepto en los días festivos)
Retreat Center - (760) 757-3659 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY Adoración del Santísimo Sacramento
ANOINTING OF THE SICK/EMERGENCIAS 1st Friday/1er Viernes
(760) 583-3393 Parish Chapel: 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
From The Pastor’s Desk Each November, the Church enters into a beautiful time
of remembrance of those whom we have loved who have
Dear Members of our Parish Family,
died and are now at home with the Lord. It is both sad and
Peace and all good! sweet: we feel the pain of sadness, separation and
In this weekend’s Gospel from Luke (20:27-38), Jesus is genuine loss for certain. But at the same time, we
approached by members of the Sadduccees, of a particular celebrate and honor the lives of those whom we love and
group in the Jewish community who held that there was reaffirm our faith in a God who promises us eternal life.
no life after death. (“That’s why they were so sad-you- Here in our parish family, we are marking this time of
see,” as my seventh grade teacher, Sister Teresa, once remembrance in some especially poignant and important
opined).
ways. Last weekend, members of the various ministries in
There’s not a one of us who has not spent some time the Hispanic community constructed altars, or ofrendas, in
thinking about death—and life after death. Often it hits us honor of deceased family and friends. Photos of loved
when we have lost someone close: a spouse, a parent, ones were placed on display, often surrounded by personal
another close family member, a co-worker or a friend. All mementos as well as marigolds (a sign of the power of Life
of a sudden, death, which was once so far off, becomes all over Death), fruits, breads, and votive candles. Next door
too close to us, all too familiar, and even frightening. We
at the Mission, all of Oceanside celebrated the Day of the
as Christians want to be comforted in our sadness and our
Dead/Dia de los Muertos. Literally thousands of people
grief, that those whom we love are safe and at peace in
converged for a day of respectful celebration marked by
the Lord. Our faith notwithstanding, we are still human
music, dance, food, and commemorative altars
beings. We want reassurance for those whom we love and
constructed by the Oaxacan community. And Tuesday, as
for ourselves.
a parish family, we celebrated our annual bilingual liturgy
Jesus offers that reassurance—but not in the way that in honor of the All Souls Day (November 2), followed by a
the Saduccees or others were able to understand or procession to the Mission cemetery and blessing of graves
accept. They wanted guarantees that a life after death by the Franciscan friars. Most of all, in marking the Day of
would somehow be just like the lives we have now—only a the Dead, we recognize and recommit ourselves to the
whole lot better, especially in a material way. Jesus God of the Living, Who calls us to live this life fully in
promises and reassures us that, indeed, life after this life— anticipation of the eternal life we are promised. As St.
life eternal—will be a whole lot better. But He is not Francis wrote in his incomparable Canticle of Creation:
concerned about the material aspects of that life. Rather
We praise You, Lord, for Sister Death,
He gets to the essence of our life’s meaning—that it is at
from whom no-one living can escape….
heart about relationships. And Jesus reassures us that in
Blessed are those that She finds doing Your Will.
our deepest and most fundamental relationship—between
No second death can do them harm.
God and ourselves—that, as the mystic Julian of Norwich
once wrote: “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all God bless,
manner of things shall be well”—in and through the love of
God and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Fr. Chuck
Sports Court News! Now I want to tell you about a man named Charlie
Shacochis. You see Charlie was an active member of the
parish and a member of the the Knights of Columbus.
Charlie’s Buckets Charlie saw a need for this new organ and decided he
Article by Lee Bickford
would lead the charge to raise funds to buy it. Charlie came
So you may be asking “Why is the up with the idea to collect our “spare change”. He built
parish using those cheap buckets to simple tri-pods, attached buckets and week after week
collect spare change for the Sports Charlie and his “Bucket Brigade” would be out collecting
Court/ parking lot?” Well, let me tell you spare change after Mass.
the story of these white buckets that we It would take Charlie quite a while to reach his goal but he
have come to call “Charlie’s Buckets” finally did it! Today, as a result of the determination of one
Years ago when we had finished man (and the help of the Knights of Columbus) ; we have a
building the Serra Center we had a huge need for better beautiful organ in the Serra Center.
music in our Liturgy. A fine organ was just what we needed Now when you drop your “spare Change” in the buckets
to enhance our Spirit at Mass. But this was an expensive for our Sports Court/Parking Lot think of Charlie and think
wish; it would cost in the area of $65,000. How could we of the power we have when our entire Community comes
come up with that kind of money? together to rebuild our Church!
Tues., Nov. 16: 7:30 a.m. PC +Antoinette Fusco READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Ti 1:1-9; Lk 17:1-6
Wed., Nov. 17: 7:30 a.m. PC + Beatrice Castorena
Tuesday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17;
Thurs., Nov. 18: 7:30 a.m. PC +Anthony Fusco Jn 2:13-22 or any readings from the
Fri., Nov. 19: 7:30 a.m. PC +Beatrice Castorena Common of the Dedication of a Church,
nos. 701-706
Sat., Nov. 20: 7:30 a.m. PC +Victor Gumina Wednesday: Ti 3:1-7; Lk 17:11-19
*SC - Serra Center ; OM - Old Mission ; PC - Parish Chapel Thursday: Phlm 7-20; Lk 17:20-25
MASSES ARE SCHEDULED ACCORDING TO THE ABOVE Friday: 2 Jn 4-9; Lk 17:26-37
SCHEDULE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. The Parish Of- Saturday: 3 Jn 5-8; Lk 18:1-8
fice has NO ACCESS to the calendar and CANNOT guarantee a Sunday: Mal 3:19-20a; Ps 98; 2 Thes 3:7-12;
Lk 21:5-19
127 de septiembre
noviembre del 2010 —
del2010 — Domingo
24° Domingo
32° del
del Tiempo Ordinario ||
Tiempo Ordinario 99
Please sponsor an entire family or whatever you can afford for a generous
Thanksgiving Food Basket at $40.00 per family. Basket will include everything
necessary for a beautiful Thanksgiving dinner. Please mark your check “Food
Basket” and place it in the collection, if you wish. We also gladly accept any
donations of turkeys, hams, other holiday goodies especially home baked cakes, pies
and cookies, and canned goods. We would appreciate it if you would check your
cans and eliminate all out-dated, rusted, dented or obviously old cans. Please bring
your donations directly to the Social Concerns Department in the Loretto House,
across from the McKeon Center during normal parish business hours.
Families sponsored to date: 59
Thank you all, Carmen Parra,
Social Concerns - 760.547.0708