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5011 White Oak Avenue, Encino, CA 91316 / (818) 342-4686 ♦ www.ourladyofgrace.org
Mass Schedule
Sunday: 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 pm (Spanish)
Saturday: 8:00 am and 4:00 pm (Vigil Mass)
Weekdays: (Mon - Fri) 8:00 am
Eucharistic Adoration & Devotions
Every Friday: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
after 8:00 am Mass,
Drive-In Sacrament of Penance
Friday: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am to 10:00 am
Contact the Parish Center to arrange for:
Baptism ♦ Marriages ♦ Visits to the Sick ♦ Religious Ed. ♦
New Parishioner Registrations
Parish Office Hours
Monday - Friday: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
(Closed for lunch: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
Saturdays & Sundays: Closed
Fr. Marinello Saguin, Administrator
Fr. Thomas Feltz, Priest in Residence
Glen Heffernan, Deacon
Karim Cama, Business Manager
Claudia De Luca, Receptionist
Leslie Reyes, Parish Secretary / Bulletin Editor
Jeannie Rogers, Liturgy/Music
Jill Moore, RCIA/Evangelization
Anisha Virgen, Adult Faith Formation
Jesse Rodriguez, Religious Education [email protected]
OLG SCHOOL
Thomas Ambriz, School Principal
(818) 344-4126
PARISH STAFF Veronica Pomposa Pablo Godinez Claire Mansour Soledad Vargas Mercedes Echegoyen Jeff Kinzli Aidan Bradley Dawn Hopkins Imelda Clark Phillip Ribas Maria Robles Dolores Casper Jose & Helen (YB)
Allison Arahkn Franklin Moya Mariano Velazquez Susan Morales Paula Aguilar Ed Ricard Gary Thomas Patricia Branagan Phyllis Richardson Harolyn Ma soff Pat Borland Rita Gen le Julie Sianzon
Yolanda Aburto Nelson Aburto Karo Dylanian Juan Legaspi Shereen Peer Michael Peer Grace Cihanowiz Krizia Flores William Roberts Renee Harbour Ma. Josefa Lopez Betzi Mar nez Angela Rostani
Jose Luis Reyes Jr. Stephanie Rivas Angela Berry Ruth Sorney Debbie Lane Kathy Morelli Tony Mammo Tonya Fuentes Fuentes Family Mejia Family
Fr. Tom Feltz
PRAYER REQUEST FOR OUR BELOVED SICK
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Dear Faith Family of OLG, O most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ... Adoration and praise be Yours forever! As I mentioned last week we continue our reflection on the devotion of Precious Blood of Jesus by calling to mind how at every celebration of Mass we make real in sacramental form the suffering, dying and rising of Jesus. The power of his cross, the steps he took to get to Calvary, his wounds, the sighs he breathed forth, and all that he endured were SALVIFIC so that all may be saved. As we continue to adore, worship, and thank God for the gift of his Son. I would like to recommend to your prayers Fr. Tom Feltz, who brings even in his suffering and illness the work of God. He who is currently being cared for in the hospital. Fr. Tom has been a priest of our Archdiocese for 35 years and a part of Our Lady of Grace community for almost 14 years. For the past two and half weeks Fr. Tom has been under the care of the nurses of the Archdiocese and a drastic change in his condition caused him to be taken to the hospital this weekend. Under the care of the hospital staff and the nurses of the Archdiocese they are iden-tifying the underlying cause of this drastic change in Fr. Tom's health. May he be comforted by the prayers of our faith family he loves and Mary, Health of the Sick and Mother of Mercy during this time of transition. In light of the last couple of weeks regarding St. Junipero Serra whose feast day was on July 1st. I thought it would be appropriate to highlight our archbishop’s letter to the faithful of the archdiocese. In the following letter, Archbishop José H. Gomez addresses recent controversies surrounding public monuments to St. Junipero Serra and asks the faithful of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to invoke the saint’s “intercession for this nation that he helped to found.” Archbishop Gomez also offers an original spiritual meditation that he composed almost entirely from words drawn from St. Junipero’s sermons and letters… My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Recently, statues to the Apostle of California, St. Junípero Serra, were torn down in San Francisco and in the plaza outside our first church, Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles, in downtown Los Angeles. Up and down the state, there is growing debate about removing St. Junípero memorials from public lands. Ventura officials have announced that they will hold a public hearing July 7 to debate whether to take down his statue from in front of Ventura City Hall. Faced with the possibility of vandalism, we are taking in-creased security precautions at the historic missions located in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Unfortunately, we will proba-bly have to relocate some statues to our beloved saint or risk their desecration. These developments sadden me. I have been thinking and writing about St. Junípero for many years now. I understand the deep pain being expressed by some native peoples in California. But I also believe Fray Junípero is a saint for our times, the spiritual founder of Los Angeles, a champion of human rights, and this country’s first Hispanic saint. I was privileged to celebrate his canonization Mass with Pope Francis in 2015. I rely on his intercession in my min-istry, and I am inspired by his desire to bring God’s tender mercy to every person. The exploitation of America’s first peoples, the destruction of their ancient civilizations, is a historic tragedy. Crimes commit-
ted against their ancestors continue to shape the lives and futures of native peoples today. Generations have passed and our country still has not done enough to make things right. In the family of God here in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, we have worked hard to atone for past errors and wrongs and to find the path forward together. We honor the contributions that native peoples made to building the Church in Southern California and we cherish their gifts in the mission of the Church today. Over the years, I have come to understand how the image of Father Serra and the missions evokes painful memories for some people. For that reason, I believe the protests over our history in California, and the broader protests that have started elsewhere in the country over historical monuments, are important. Historical memory is the soul of every nation. What we remem-ber about our past and how we remember it defines our national identity — the kind of people we want to be, the values and principles we want to live by. But history is complicated. The facts matter, distinctions need to be made, and the truth counts. We cannot learn history’s lessons or heal old wounds unless we understand what really happened, how it happened, and why. Our society may reach a consensus not to honor St. Junípero or various other figures from our past. But elected officials cannot abdicate their responsibilities by turning these deci-sions over to small groups of protesters, allowing them to vandalize public monuments. This is not how a great democra-cy should function. Allowing the free expression of public opinion is important. So is upholding the rule of law and ensuring that decisions we reach as a society are based on genuine dialogue and the search for truth and the common good. In this regard, how the City of Ventura is handling the debate over its Serra monument can be a model for thoughtful and respectful public discourse that includes civil authorities, indig-enous leaders, representatives of the Church, and the commu-nity at large. In other cases, it is clear that those attacking St. Junípero’s good name and vandalizing his memorials do not know his true character or the actual historical record. The sad truth is that, beginning decades ago, activists started “revising” history to make St. Junípero the focus of all the abuses committed against California’s indigenous peoples. But the crimes and abuses that our saint is blamed for — slan-ders that are spread widely today over the internet and some-times repeated by public figures — actually happened long after his death. It was California’s first governor who called for “a war of exter-mination” against the Indians and called in the U.S. Cavalry to help carry out his genocidal plans. That was in 1851. St. Junípero died in 1784. The real St. Junípero fought a colonial system where natives were regarded as “barbarians” and “savages,” whose only val-ue was to serve the appetites of the white man. For St. Junípero, this colonial ideology was a blasphemy against the God who has “created (all men and women) and redeemed them with the most precious blood of his Son.” … To Be Continued. Have A blessed and safe summer! In His Mercy,
-Fr. Marinello Saguin
FROM THE DESK OF FR. MARINELLO
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Querida Familia de Fe, Oh, sangre preciosa de Jesucris-to... ¡Adoración y alabanza sea tuya para siempre! Como mencioné la semana pasada, continuamos nuestra re-flexión sobre la devoción a la Preciosa Sangre de Jesús al recordar cómo en cada celebración de la Santa Misa hacemos realidad en forma sacramental el sufrimiento, la muerte y la resurrección de Jesús. El poder de su cruz, los pasos que tomó para llegar al Calvario, sus heridas, los suspiros que respiró y todo lo que soportó fueron SALVIFICOS para todos nosotros. A medida que continuamos adorando, alabando y dando gracias a Dios por el don de su Hijo. Quisiera pedirles sus oraciones por nuestro sacerdote Padre Tom Feltz, que incluso en su sufrimiento y enfermedad sigue haciendo la vo-luntad de Dios, y por ahora está bajo el cuidado de médicos en el hospital. El Padre Tom ha sido sacerdote de nuestra Arquidiócesis durante 35 años y parte de la comunidad de Nuestra Señora de Gracia durante casi 14 años. Durante las últimas dos semanas y media, Padre Tom ha estado bajo el cuidado de las enfermeras de la Arquidiócesis y su salud dio un cambio drástico que no nos dio otra opción más que llevar-lo al hospital el fin de semana pasado. Bajo el cuidado del personal del hospital y de las enfermeras de la Arquidiócesis están identificando la causa principal de este cambio repen-tino en la salud del Padre Tom. Seguimos pidiendo que él sea consolado por las oraciones de nuestra familia de fe que el ama mucho y María, Salud de los Enfermos Madre de la Mise-ricordia durante este tiempo de transición. A la luz de las últimas semanas con respecto a San Junípero Serra cuya festividad fue el 1° de julio, pensé que sería apro-piado destacar la carta de nuestro arzobispo a los fieles de la arquidiócesis. En la siguiente carta, el arzobispo José H. Gómez aborda las recientes controversias en torno a los monumentos públicos a San Junípero Serra y pide a los fieles de la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles que invoquen la "intercesión por esta nación que él ayudó a fundar". El arzo-bispo Gómez también ofrece una meditación espiritual original que compuso casi en su totalidad de palabras extraídas de los sermones y letras de San Junípero… “Mis queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo, Las estatuas de San Junípero Serra, Apóstol de California, que se encontraban en la ciudad de San Francisco, y en la plaza que está frente a nuestra primera iglesia, Nuestra Seño-ra Reina de los Ángeles, en el centro de Los Ángeles fueron derribadas recientemente. Tanto en un extremo como en el otro del estado, hay un creciente debate relativo a la elimina-ción de los monumentos que conmemoran a Serra, de terre-nos públicos. Las autoridades de la ciudad de Ventura han anunciado que tendrán una audiencia pública el 7 de julio pa-ra discutir si han de retirar la estatua de él que se encuentra frente al Ayuntamiento de Ventura. Ante la posibilidad de acciones vandálicas, estamos tomando crecientes medidas de seguridad en las misiones históricas ubicadas en la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles. Desafortunada-mente, es posible que tengamos que reubicar algunas de las estatuas de nuestro amado santo o arriesgarnos a que sean profanadas. Estos acontecimientos me entristecen. He estado pensando y escribiendo sobre Junípero Serra por muchos años ya.
Entiendo el profundo dolor que manifiestan algunos pueblos nativos de California. Pero también creo que Fray Junípero es un santo para nuestros tiempos, el fundador espiritual de Los Ángeles, un defensor de los derechos humanos y el primer santo hispano de este país. Yo tuve el privilegio de concele-brar con el Papa Francisco en su misa de canonización, en el año 2015. Confío en su intercesión para mi ministerio y su deseo de llevar la tierna misericordia de Dios a cada persona, es una fuente de inspiración para mí. La explotación de los primeros pueblos de Estados Unidos y la destrucción de sus antiguas civilizaciones, es una tragedia histórica. Los crímenes cometidos en contra de sus antepasa-dos continúan influyendo en la vida y en el futuro de los pue-blos nativos actuales. Han pasado generaciones y nuestro país todavía no se ha empeñado lo suficiente para corregir las cosas bien. En la familia de Dios aquí, en la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles, hemos trabajado arduamente para reparar los errores y fallas del pasado y para encontrar juntos el camino a seguir. Honra-mos las contribuciones que los pueblos nativos hicieron para construir la Iglesia del sur de California y tenemos en gran estima los dones que ellos aportan para la misión de la Iglesia de hoy. Con el paso de los años, he llegado a comprender el motivo por el que la imagen del Padre Serra y de las misiones, es algo que evoca recuerdos dolorosos para algunas personas. Por ese motivo, creo que las protestas acerca de nuestra his-toria de California, y también las protestas, más extendidas y relacionadas a los monumentos históricos, que ha empezado a haber en otros lugares del país, son importantes. La memoria histórica es el alma de cada nación. Lo que recor-damos sobre nuestro pasado y la manera en la que lo recor-damos es lo que define nuestra identidad nacional: el tipo de personas que queremos ser y los valores y principios de acuerdo a los cuales queremos vivir. Pero la historia es complicada. Los hechos son importantes, pero hay que hacer distinciones y la verdad es también impor-tante. No podemos aprender las lecciones de la historia o sanar antiguas heridas a menos que comprendamos lo que realmente sucedió, cómo sucedió y por qué sucedió. Nuestra sociedad puede llegar al consenso de no honrar a Serra o a otras figuras de nuestro pasado. Pero los funciona-rios electos no pueden renunciar a sus responsabilidades, dejando estas decisiones en manos de pequeños grupos de manifestantes y permitiéndoles practicar actos vandálicos ha-cia monumentos públicos. No es ése el modo en que debería de funcionar una gran democracia. Es importante permitir la libre expresión de la opinión pública, pero también lo es el defender el estado de derecho y garanti-zar que las decisiones que tomamos como sociedad estén basadas en un diálogo genuino y en la búsqueda de la verdad y del bien común. En este sentido, la manera en la que la Ciudad de Ventu-ra está manejando el debate sobre su monumento a Serra puede ser el modelo de un diálogo público, reflexivo y respe-tuoso, que incluya a las autoridades civiles, a los líderes indí-genas y a los representantes de la Iglesia y de la comunidad en general. En otros casos, está claro que quienes atacan el buen nombre de San Junípero y vandalizan sus monumentos, no conocen su verdadero carácter o sus verdaderos antecedentes históri-cos.” ... Continuará el próximo domingo. ¡Que tengan un verano bendito y seguro! En Su Misericordia,
Padre Marinello Saguin
CARTA DE PADRE MARINELLO
July 2020 Mass Intentions
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1-Jul Mary Stehly (D)
2-Jul Julie Maben (D)
3-Jul Nancy Thomas (D)
3-Jul Cristoforo Caputo (D)
4-Jul Alexandra Hughes (D)
4-Jul Shalla De Guzman (D)
4-Jul Mike & Ed Valenga (D)
4-Jul Bob & Tom Dallman (D)
5-Jul Joe Ekwunife (D)
5-Jul Okechukwu N. (D)
5-Jul Oscar J. Pasamba Jr. (D)
5-Jul Elena Luna (D)
5-Jul Kimiko Gleason (D)
5-Jul Gary Thomas (L)
5-Jul Walter Reese (D)
6-Jul Ngozi Nwodo (D)
7-Jul Rosemarie Leon (L)
9-Jul Sr. Emilie A. Palladino (D)
9-Jul Jennifer Jordan (L)
11-Jul Kathy MacDonald (L)
11-Jul Marcelina Dinh (L)
12-Jul Joe Ekwunife (D)
12-Jul Carlos Romeo Mejia (D)
12-Jul Elena Luna (D)
12-Jul Barbara Lambert (L)
12-Jul Marcelina Dinh (L)
12-Jul Jadah Vilchez Collado (L)
12-Jul Migdalia A. de Vilchez (D)
12-Jul Moises Vilchez Bellorin (D)
12-Jul Alex Ledesma (L)
12-Jul Bernardo Guerrero (L)
12-Jul Miguel Castro Salazar (D)
12-Jul Maria Lourdes Garcia (D)
13-Jul Carlos Romeo Mejia (D)
14-Jul Gerald Cronin (D)
15-Jul Marie Ann Ignacio (L)
16-Jul Antonio Taylor (L)
17-Jul Lucian Ernest (D)
17-Jul John King (D)
18-Jul Anele & Kazys Jasmantas (D)
19-Jul Elena Luna (D)
21-Jul Nell & John Wooden (D)
25-Jul Anthony Ramirez (D)
26-Jul Carlos Romeo Mejia (D)
27-Jul Mickey Schrader (L)
The practice of requesting a Mass to be offered for
loved ones, living or deceased, is a beautiful and
wonderful part of our Catholic tradition. Masses are
offered for many reasons: for the souls in purgatory,
in remembrance of someone who is deceased, or in
honor of a birthday or anniversary.
If you would like to have a Mass said for someone,
please call our parish office at (818) 342-4686 to or
request it on our website at www.ourladyofgrace.org
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Triduum
July 14th,15th &16th
Our triduum in honor of Our Lady begins on July 14th and ends on the feast of Our Lady of Mount Car-
mel, July 16th. Triduum Masses are celebrated each morning at 8:00 am, followed by prayers in honor of
Our Lady. On the Feast Day, July 16th, we will conclude with a Solemn Mass and Investing of the
Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
Prayer Request
Please keep Fr. Tom Feltz in your prayers. May he be comforted by the prayers of our faith family and Mary,
Health of the Sick during this time.
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**Online Masses will continue on our Website and Facebook pages **Option to listen to Mass from your cars is available, a Eucharistic Minister will
come outside to distribute holy communion at the end of Mass.
Register Online www.ourladyofgrace.org/calendar
click on link to register Select the Mass you and your family are planning to attend. Enter the number that will be attending Fill out the information and click register Please make sure you have a printed or digital copy of your reservation when
arriving to mass. Line up at the South Patio Doors Entrance into the church will only be through the south door accessible from the patio. Arrive 20 minutes before the start of mass to line up in the designated area and please
remain 6ft from other families in line. Have your confirmation in hand or pulled up on your phone to help make entering faster Masks must be worn by those 2 and up Every attendee must wear a face mask while in church. However, authorities state that
children under the age of 2 should not wear a mask. Exit your pew when directed At the conclusion of Mass please remain in your pew. An appointed usher will let you
know when it is time to exit and which doors you should move towards.
Thank you so much for your cooperation!
“OLG is calling people to exercise faithful citizenship. Each Catholic will need to take personal responsibility for the
common good as well as their own safety.”
Make the faith come alive for your family on Sundays by preparing all week. • Grab your bible and look up the reading. Do not have
one? No worries you can find the text at uscccb.org
• Listen to the readings proclaimed in audio format from the USCCB website.
• For families with young children, a video from Holy Heroes.
Family Ac vity Consider plan ng a windowsill herb garden or plant a small vegetable garden outside. Plan what kind of garden you want to plant. Go to the nurse-ry together. Choose your seeds and plants. Find the place where you want your garden to be. Together prepare the soil, then plant and water your seeds. Everyday go out to your garden together. Discuss as a family how blessed you are by God’s love and mercy. Talk about some of the blessings that have occurred since the Safe at Home order was implemented. How has your love and togeth-erness grown during these challenging mes?
Mass Readings • First Reading: Isaiah 55:10-11
• Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14
• Second Reading: Romans 8:18-23
• Gospel: Ma hew 13: 1-9
Today’s Gospel reminds us that for God’s Word to take root in us and produce abundant fruit, we must en-deavor to be like good soil.
15th Sunday of Ordinary Time
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1. What are some of the ways in which I (or as a family) prac ce my faith?
2. What are some ways we can con nue to fer lize the soil of our hearts so that God’s Word can take root in our lives and produce abundant fruit?
Park & Worship Joins us at church every Sunday at our park and
worship designated area. You and your family can lis-
ten in to Mass from the comfort of your car.
And at the end of mass receive Holy Communion.
(every Sunday Mass)
