Our Lady Help of Christians Church Parroquia Maria Auxiliadora

(Valley Catholic Church) 2401 East Lake Avenue, Watsonville, California 95076

We welcome you to Our Lady Help of Christians Church (Valley Catholic Church), whether long-time or newly arrived in the parish. If you are not registered, please complete the form below and place it in the collection basket or mail it to the parish office. Thank you. NAME / NOMBRE__________________________________ PHONE / TEL__________________________________________ ADDRESS / DOMICILIO_______________________________CITY / CIUDAD________________ZIP/ CODIGO POSTAL______ □ New Parishioner □ New Address □ Moving, please remove from parish directory □ New Phone________________________________________ □ Please send collection envelopes

RECTORY Telephone 831-722-2665 Fax 831-722-8305 E-mail olhcchurch@yahoo.com Visit us on www.Valleycatholicchurch.org

OFFICE HOURS / HORAS DE OFICINA Monday - Friday (bilingual) 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturdays & Sundays closed

PASTORAL STAFF / OFICINA PASTORAL Father Al Mengon, SDB Pastor 831-722-2665 ext. 14 e-mail mengonsdb@yahoo.com Father Luis Oyarzo, SDB cell 831-707-4458 Parochial Vicar & Coordinator of Youth Ministry 831-722-2665 ext. 17 Sister Silvia Castillo, FMA Director of Religious Education 831-722-2392

STAFF / PERSONAL Isabel Abundis João Bettencourt Maria Linan Martha Tapia Beverly Pini

MASS SCHEDULE / HORARIO DE MISAS Monday - Friday (English) 7:00 am & 9:00 am Saturdays (English) 8:00 am Saturdays (Spanish) 7:00 pm Saturdays (English) 4:15 pm (vigil) Sundays (English) 8:00 am & 11:00 am Sundays (Portuguese) 9:45 am Sundays (Spanish) 12:30 pm & 7:00 pm 1st Friday of each month (Spanish) 7:00 pm (Holy hour & mass) 24th of each month (Spanish) 7:00 pm (rosary & mass) ADORATION Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 11:30 am

VOLUNTEER STAFF Mildred McCabe .............................................................................. Altar Society Rita Eichhorn ............................................................................... Legion of Mary Juan & Juana Avalos .................................................................. Youth Group

MARRIAGE / MATRIMONIO At least 6 months of preparation is needed. Please come to the office for further information. Se requiere cuando menos 6 meses de preparación. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para más información.

BAPTISM / BAUTISMO Please come to the office for further information. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para más información.

QUINCEAÑERAS Please come to the office for further information. The 15ra has to be Parishioner of our church. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para más información. La 15ra tiene que ser feligrés de nuestra parroquia.

SALESIAN COMMUNITY Brother Michael Herbers, SDB Father Al Mengon, SDB, Director ........................................... ext. 20 Father Luis Oyarzo, SDB .......................................................... ext. 17 Father David Purdy, SDB, Vice rector………………………....ext. 21 Brother Abel Zanella, SDB ........................................................ ext. 24

ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Keith Mathews, President, Principal .................................... 831-724-5933

CAMP ST. FRANCIS Brother Michael Herbers, SDB, Administrator

CONFESSIONS Saturdays ....................................................................................... 3:00 - 4:00 pm Confesiones en español media hora antes de cada misa

We, the Catholic Community of Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, are called to be living witnesses of Jesus Christ in the

spirit of Saint John Bosco. Our Mission is to promote personal, human, social and spir-

itual growth through Liturgy, prayer experiences, educational programs, training for leadership and developing missionary

awareness, especially on behalf of the young. We rely on the power of the Holy Spirit and the intercession of Mary Help of Christians to be faithful to our Christian com-

mitment towards building the Kingdom of God.

Mission Statement

Mass Intentions: February 4 to 12, 2012

SAT. FEB. 4

8:00 am 4:15 pm 7:00 pm

Quintin Medrano Sr. † (Carmen Pichay) Betty Murphy † (William Murphy) Joe Carvalho † (Cremilde Nunes) Pedro Lima † ( Family) Felipe & Eustolia Sanchez † (Christina) Souls in Purgatory (Christina Suarez

SUN. FEB. 5

8:00 am 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:30 pm 7:00 pm

Beto & Juanito Gonzalez (Family) Jose C. Silveira † (Manuel Meneses) Elsie Doering † (Maryann & Jim) Maximino Avila & Parents † (Judy Avila) Joe Carvalho † (Celeste & Álvaro Gonsalves) Eugenia & Isidro Rigor † (Lita Bolante) Maria Maciel † (Manuel & María) Alvino Lugo Sánchez † (Gordy’s Children) Parishioners, Rosario, Francisco & Alejandro Torres † (Eva Ramírez) Fr. Ubaldo Chueca, SDB †

MON. FEB. 6

7:00 am 9:00 am

Herb Eichhorn † (Rita Eichhorn) Durocher Family (Joe Herber) Joe Carvalho † (Alvaro & Marces Gonzalves) Pedro Lima † (Family)

TUE. FEB. 7

7:00 am 9:00 am

Maria Freitas Gomes † (Jhon Machado) Helen Koepke † ( Tue. 1:00 p.m. Prayer Group)

WED. FEB. 8

7:00 am 9:00 am

Fr. Salvatore Giacomini, SDB † (Salesians) Consuelo Murillo † (Maria Quintero) Joe Carvalho † (Lucille Carvalho) Pedro Lima † (Family)

THU. FEB. 9

7:00 am 9:00 am

Joe Carvalho † ( Cremilde Nunes) Pedro Lima † (Family) Alejandro González † (González Family) Elizabeth Powers † (Ida Bobeda)

FRI. FEB. 10

7:00 am 9:00 am

Julian & Feliza † (Ernesto Valoroso) Conne Perez Health (Perez Family)

SAT. FEB. 11 8:00 am 4:15 pm 7:00 pm

Maria Avis † (Lucille Carvalho) Kevin Eichhorn B-Day (Rita Eichhorn) Jim Spinetti † (Phyllis I. Glubka) Missy Scurich Powers † (Tue. 1:00 Rosary G.) For the health of Joe Herber (B. & M. Rodovich) Emiliano Avila Chávez † (Jose Avila) Jose Antonio Ventura † (Family) María Flores & Francisco Rincón †

SUN. FEB. 12

8:00 am 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:30 pm 7:00 pm

Fidel Barroga † (Wife & Family) Julian & Lucas Gonzalez (Family) Maria, Joseph & Jose Santos † (M. Bettencourt) Miguel Avelar † (Family) Maria Maciel † (Sergio & Celeste Carvalho) Amelia & Catherina Larice † (Family) Mouzart Avila † (Louis Avila) Joe Carvalho † (Bernardino & Teresa Santos) Parishioners, Adriana Montes † (Family) Refugio León † (María Palomares)

Sunday, February 5, 2012 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Paul Miki and Companions * St. Jerome Emiliani * St. Scholastica * St. Josephine Bakhita * Our Lady of Lourdes * World Day of the Sick * Blessed

Virgin Mary * World Day for Consecrated Life * Boy Scout Sunday

St. Monica

Monica was born in 322 into a Christian family in Tegaste, in North Africa. Her parents selected a husband for her, a pagan named Patricius, who was a bad-tempered man and unfaithful to her. To add insult to injury, her mother, who taunted her, lived with them. But Mon-ica ignored the indignities they heaped on her, and practiced good works instead, giving to the poor and helping the sick while still caring for her family.

Monica and Patricius had three children. The eldest son, alt-hough a talented scholar, was a source of constant worry for Monica. She prayed constantly that he and her husband would someday join her in worship. Eventually her faith and kindness were partially rewarded: her husband and his mother were con-verted to Christianity. But Monica’s son seemed hopeless. He ran away from school, returned to the house and insulted Mon-ica. She forced him out, but took him back. Still, he strayed. He took a mistress, had a son, and ignored his mother’s protests.

Monica sought the help of her local bishop, who encouraged her, “It is not possible the son of so many tears should perish.” Eventually, Monica turned to the Bishop Ambrose in Milan, Italy, who brought her son to God.

Monica’s goal came to pass, in ways even she didn’t foresee. Her son became so strongly drawn to the faith to become one of the most famous saint of the Catholic Church, St. Augustine.

Fr. Salvatore “Jack” Giacomini, arrived in the United States from the Republic of San Marino at the age of 16 to begin his life as a Salesian of Don Bosco. His years at the St. Francis Orphanage in Watsonville, ranked among his best. Fr. Jack was Rector of the Salesian Community in Watsonville at the time of the Loma Prieta earthquake. Close to his heart were his many years as director of Camp St. Francis in Aptos. May Father Jack, rest in peace.

In the background is the St. Monica Primary School, in the village of Tardi, Sierra Leone.

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Weekend begins FRIDAY NIGHT

7:00 p.m.— 9:00 p.m. SATURDAY: MARCH 24TH

9:00 a.m.— 7:00 p.m.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

The story of Job seems at first hearing to be an exten-sion of February’s gloom into the liturgy. The monu-mental suffering of a good man is so horrific that the laments of the front page of modern newspapers barely measure up. The whole sto-ry is not long to tell, but its resolution is of great com-fort. We can trace in its plot the stirrings of a belief

in an afterlife, and in God’s great power to right every wrong and raise human beings from suffering.

In the Gospel, we see the fulfillment of these longings in the hand of Jesus, grasping an ill woman by the hand and raising her up to vibrant life. Peter’s mother-in-law becomes her best self, attentive to her guests, providing hospitality, the warmth of her laughter, the delights of her kitchen. Last week, at Candlemas, candles were blessed, including baptismal candles for some not yet born. Today is a day to check the fragile flame of your own baptismal candle. Against February’s customary lethargy, its background whines and ailments, the liturgy summons us to life, grasps us by the hand, and sends us to serve in Christ’s name. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

El 11 de febrero, 1858 la

Virgen María se apareció a

tres niños franceses del

pueblito de Lourdes. Allí

brotaron aguas milagrosas

con el poder de sanar enfer-

mos. Eventualmente se con-

struyó en Lourdes un santu-

ario en honor de Nuestra Se-

ñora de Lourdes y millones de enfermos han recur-

rido a las aguas curativas. Muchos de los que visi-

tan el santuario son latinos, porque a los latinos nos

encantan los milagros y lo milagroso.

Pero ¿cuál es el afán de ver milagros? ¿Es

que no podemos creer sin ellos? ¿Es que nece-

sitamos demostraciones del poder divino antes de

entregarnos a Dios? La Iglesia siempre ha canon-

izado santos y santas por cuya intercesión se han

manifestado milagros, y ha buscado su poder de

intercesión. Sin embargo, también ha insistido que

es más importante una vida ejemplar, una vida

dedicada al bien del prójimo que una vida prodigi-

osa. Hay que tener mucho cuidado, porque

frecuentemente en nuestro afán por ver milagros

estrepitosos en lugares lejanos, cerramos los ojos a

ver los milagros de las personas que nos rodean, y

que silenciosamente ayudan al necesitado. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos‑Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Weekly Collection January 28 & 29, 2012

Total Collection $ 4,998.50 Candles Donations $ 413.00

Grand Total $ 5,411.50 Thank you for your generosity!

17th Annual Community Luncheon Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Kennedy Youth Center

Doors open 11:30 a.m.

Buffet Lunch 12:00 to 1:30 pm

For tickets contact YLI member At 724-7969

Funds Benefit the YLI Scholarship and Charities!

The Feast of Our Blessed Lady of Lourdes is also

World Day of the Sick. The 11:00 a.m. Mass of

Sunday February 12 will be a Healing Mass.

Sick parishioners will be anointed at this Mass.

May Elizabeth “Missy” Powers Rest in Peace!