THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME TERCER DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO

January 21, 2018 ● 21 de Enero de 2018

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church 2725 Elm Street, Napa, CA 94558

PARISH OFFICE/OFICINA PARROQUIAL Office Hours / Horario de Oficina:

Monday-Friday 9am-12pm & 1pm-5pm (707) 255 - 2949 Fax (707) 255 - 2439

www.stthomasaquinasnapa.com stthomas_napa@att.net

STAFF Rev. Abel Mena, JCL, Pastor/Adjutant Judicial Vicar

Rev. Gary Sumpter, In Residence Rev. Mr. Jim Eckert, Deacon

Deborah O’Haire, Religious Education Coordinator Amparo Valenzuela, Office Coordinator

ENGLISH WEEKEND MASSES Saturday - *8:00am & 4:00 pm Sunday - 8:00 am & 11:00 am

*This mass is offered if Fr. Gary is available

DAILY MASS Monday - Friday - 9:00 am

First Friday of the Month - 12:00 pm

MISAS EN ESPAÑOL Domingo - 1:30 pm

CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES Saturday/ Sábados 3:00 pm—3:45 pm 1er Dom. del mes 12:30 pm—1:20pm

THE DEMANDS OF DISCIPLESHIP Today we encounter readings that already have a Lenten feel about them. Nineveh undergoes a forty-day fast, the psalmist reminds us that God alone can show sinners the way, Paul shows us how fleeting the things and events of this world are, and Jesus cries out “Repent!” before he calls his new followers. “Come after me,” Jesus says, but if we are to truly live out the commands and demands of our discipleship through baptism, we must first know our need for conversion, our repentance, our need to believe in the gospel fully. Today’s Gospel opens with the stark reminder of what befell John the Baptist for com-pletely living out his vocation as the herald of Christ and the gospel: he was arrested, imprisoned, and martyred. Though few of us will experience conse-quences that extreme, we must all be ready to risk some sort of rejection as, heeding the call of Jesus, we live out the kingdom of God at hand, repent of our sins, and believe in the good news of salvation.

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Please join us for a powerful talk by the renowned Pro-life leader, Joseph Scheidler, on Sunday, January 28, 7:00pm at Kolbe Academy & Trinity Prep. The founder of Pro-Life Action League, Scheidler has been on the front lines of fighting abortion, saving babies and helping mothers for 40 years. He won a land-mark case at the Supreme Court against NOW, and has inspired countless young Pro-life leaders every-where to courageously stand up for the sanctity of Life. Come be inspired! Kolbe-Trinity is at 2055 Red-wood Rd., Napa. No charge.

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PASTOR’S MESSAGE

CCD INFORMATION

PRO-LIFE LEADER JOE SCHEIDLER SPEAKING IN NAPA

The Walk for Life will take place on Saturday January 27th at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco. St A's is sponsoring a bus that day and you are invited to reserve a spot. After attending the 8:45 mass at St A's we will board the bus there, departing at 9:30 am and re-turning at 5:30 pm. Cost is $20 for adult / $10 for children 12 and under & can be paid at the bus boarding. To reserve a place on the bus, call Dn. Peter at 707-815-7397 or Español contacto con Alfredo at 707-758-2352 with your name and number of seats. Thank you."

WALK FOR LIFE - SATURDAY JANUARY 27TH 2018

This weekend the readings invite us to reflect on proclaiming the Gospel. Jonah is called to preach in Ni-neveh and Jesus calls Simon and Andrew to follow him. All of us who are Catholic are called to proclaim the Gospel as well. Parents have a great privilege to teach the faith to their children. Unfortunately, I have seen some parents from the religious education drop off their children during Mass or right before Mass ends to sign their Mass attendance card and even only to pick them up after Mass. Parents are the primary teachers of the faith to their children. I would ask the parents of the children that are in the par-ish religious education program, to please come with their children to Mass and be present at Mass from the beginning to the end. In this very simple way we teach the children our Faith, but also to have a deep-er relationship with God and His Holy Church. I will continue to pray, especially for the parents, that we may all continue to proclaim the Gospel in all that we do.

May God continue to bless all our parish families, especially the children in our religious education pro-gram of St. Thomas Aquinas,

Fr. Abel

Mandatory Parent Meeting for Parents of Students in Catechism Program There will be a mandatory parent meeting for parents of students in our catechism program on after classes on January 30 and January 31 in the church.

The Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish Dinner and Fundraiser will be held on Friday, January 26 from 6:00pm to 9:30pm. Dinner will include an entrée, salad, vegetables, coffee and dessert. Tickets are $15.00 per person. A silent auction and raffle will be held at the din-ner. Don’t wait-buy your tickets NOW before they run out. For more information, contact Bob Quinn at 259-4800 or Ken Dumars at 255-4916. No tickets will be sold at the door.

PARISH DINNER & FUNDRAISER

The next talk in the inspiring series on the Fathers of the Church by Fr. Gary Sumpter will be Thursday night, Jan. 25, 7:30pm at Kolbe-Trinity school, 2055 Redwood Rd. Learn about these great early saints who were the pillars of Catholicism! Including St. Clement, St. Justin, St. Cyril, St. Ignatius, St. Athana-sius, St. Irenaeus and many more.

FATHERS OF THE CHURCH SERIES WITH FR. SUMPTER

2017 CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS

2017 Contribution statements will be sent out by request, please contact our office if you would like to receive your Annual report of donations. Phone: 707-255-2949 email: stthom-as_napa@att.net

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CLASES DE LA IGLESIA CATÓLICA

Comenzaremos clases para la parroquia con el fin de conocer y profundizar mas a fondo nuestra fe Católica Las clases cubrirán varios temas, como la biblia, liturgia, sacramentos, historia, etc. La pri-mera clase será el Lunes, 22 de Enero a las 7pm en la Iglesia. Todos los feligreses están invitados.

CENA DE RECAUDACIÓN DE FONDOS PARA LA PARROQUIA La Cena de la Parroquia de Santo Tomás de Aquino para recaudar fondos se llevará a cabo el viernes 26 de enero de 6:00p.m. a 9:30p.m. La cena incluirá un plato principal, ensalada, vegetales, café y postre. Los boletos cuestan $15.00 por persona. Una subasta silenciosa y rifa se llevará a cabo en la ce-na. No espere, compre sus boletos AHORA antes de que se agoten. Para ob-tener más información, comuníquese con Bob Quinn al 259-4800 o con Ken Dumars al 255-4916. No se venderán boletos en la puerta.

Este fin de semana las lecturas nos invitan a reflexionar sobre proclamar el Evangelio. Jonás es llamado a predicar en Nínive y Jesús llama a Simón y Andrés para seguirlo. Todos los que somos católicos estamos llamados a proclamar el Evangelio también. Los padres tienen el gran privilegio de enseñar la fe a sus hijos. Desafortunadamente, he visto a algunos padres de niños de la educación religiosa dejar a sus hijos durante la misa o justo antes de la misa para firmar su tarjeta de asistencia a la misa e incluso algunos solo vienen a recogerlos después de la misa. Los padres son los principales maestros de la fe para sus hi-jos. Les pido a los padres de los niños que están en el programa de educación religiosa de la parroquia, que por favor vengan con sus hijos a la Misa y estén presentes en la Misa desde el principio hasta el final. De esta manera muy simple les enseñamos a los niños nuestra Fe, pero también a tener una relación más profunda con Dios y Su Santa Iglesia. Continuaré orando, especialmente por los padres, para que todos podamos continuar proclamando el Evangelio en todo lo que hacemos.

Que Dios continúe bendiciendo a todas nuestras familias parroquiales, especialmente a los niños de nuestro programa de educación religiosa de Santo Tomás de Aquino,

P. Abel

MENSAJE DEL PASTOR

Un informe financiero de sus contribuciones a nuestra parroquia se puede utilizar para declarar en sus impuestos o para tener en sus archivos. Solo los enviaremos a petición y usted lo puede pedir en la oficina de la parroquia llamando al 707 255-2949 o al correo electrónico stthomas_napa@att.net

INFORME FINANCIERO DE CONTRIBUCIONES PARA EL 2017

La Caminata por la Vida tendrá lugar el sábado 27 de enero en el Civic Center Plaza en San Francisco. La parroquia St Apollinaris patrocina un autobús ese día y usted está invitado a reservar un lugar. Después de asistir a la misa de 8:45 en St Apollinaris abordaremos el autobús allí, saliendo a las 9:30 a.m. y regre-sando a las 5:30 p.m. El costo es de $20 por adultos y $10 por niños de hasta 12 años de edad. Para reservar un lugar en el autobús, llame a Alfredo al 707-758-2352 con su nombre y número de asientos que quiere reservar. Gracias.

CAMINATA POR LA VIDA - SÁBADO 27 DE ENERO 2018

Reunión obligatoria para todos los padres de familia que tengan hijos en el programa de catecismo.

Tendremos una reunión para los padres de familia que tengan hijos en catecismo, después de la cla-ses de el 30 de enero o el 31 de enero en la iglesia.

INFORMACIÓN DEL PROGRAMA DE EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA DE NIÑOS

STEWARDSHIP/CORRESPONSABILIDAD

* Weekly collection needed to meet parish expenses: $4,400

THANK YOU - GRACIAS

Andrew Hill, Marcia Ryan, Mary Jo, Christine Cattolica, Miriam Cervantes, Margret Krch, Leilany & Julissa Bravo, Jose Luis Alfaro, Jane Lemmons, Jean Welsh, Dulce Nathaly, Agu-iniga Ricky, Carmen Lee, Carl Botenhagen, Pablo Morales, Monserrat Salgado, Angelica

Espinoza, Erick Muth, Theresa Ware, Itzel Mendez, Katrinka Ruk, Ken Sprague Adan Serrano, Wayne Dieslter, Maria Aquilija, Carl Kitley, Mary and Loren Ryan, Erica Cervantes, Francis Crotty, Lino Gonzales, Te-resa Conemac, Ignacio Hurtado Torrico, Paul Joseph, Donna Joseph. David Isaac Jr. Cindy Oliver, Mona Wageck. Vivian Michael, Chuck Rowles. Joel Rivera. Jesus Felix & Family, Jesus Mendez Calderon, Kay Jones, Joel Rivera, Salomon Moreno Romero, Teresa Rubio, Monse-rat Rendon, Familia Torres Mora, Andres Garcia, Rod Berg, Manuel Hernandez, Mike Mourad, Jesus Vazquez, Joel Rivera, William Zdanoski, Ken & Lavern Berg, Larry Fontana, Anne-Marie Mourad, Meryll Telegdy.

PRAY FOR OUR ILL PARISHIONERS OREMOS POR NUESTROS FELIGRESES ENFERMOS

MASS INTENTIONS OF THE WEEK INTENCIONES DE LA SEMANA

1/20/18—1/26/18 Saturday 4:00pm For the Community

Sunday 8:00am Salvador & Hilda Gutierrez—Wedding Aniversary

11:00am † Virginia Waterman

1:30pm † Jaime Godinez

Monday 9:00am Jim McNamara—Get Well

Tuesday 9:00am Jim McNamara—Get Well

Wednesday 9:00am Honoruth Corbett—Get Well

Thursday 9:00am Jim McNamara—Get Well

Friday 9:00am Jim McNamara —Get Well

2nd Collection/ 2da Colecta: $898

First Collection/Primera Colecta: *$2,923

2nd collection next week/2da colecta próxima semana:

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Gospel Mk 1:14-20

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R. Alleluia, alleluia. The kingdom of God is at hand.

Repent and believe in the Gospel. R. Alleluia, alleluia.

R. Aleluya, aleluya. El Reino de Dios ya está cerca, dice el Señor.

arrepiéntanse y crean en el Evangelio. R. Aleluya.

After John had been arrested, Je-sus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: "This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." Then they abandoned their nets and fol-lowed him. He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their fa-ther Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him.

Monday: 2 Sm 5:1-7, 10; Ps 89:20-22, 25-26; Mk 3:22-30, or any of a number of readings for the Day of Prayer Tuesday: 2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19; Ps 24:7-10; Mk 3:31-35 Wednesday: 2 Sm 7:4-17; Ps 89:4-5, 27-30; Mk 4:1-20 Thursday: Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mk 16:15-18 Friday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Ps 51:3-7, 10-11; Mk 4:26-34 Saturday: 2 Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17; Ps 51:12-17; Mk 4:35-41 Sunday: Dt 18:15-20; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; 1 Cor 7:32-35; Mk 1:21-28

Después de que arrestaron a Juan el Bautista, Jesús se fue a Galilea para predicar el Evangelio de Dios y decía: "Se ha cumplido el tiempo y el Reino de Dios ya está cerca. Arrepiéntanse y crean en el Evan-

gelio". Caminaba Jesús por la orilla del lago de Galilea, cuando vio a Simón y a su hermano, An-drés, echando las redes en el lago, pues eran pes-cadores. Jesús les dijo: "Síganme y haré de uste-des pescadores de hombres". Inmediatamente dejaron las redes y lo siguieron. Un poco más adelante, vio a Santiago y a Juan, hijos de Zebe-deo, que estaban en una barca, remendando sus redes. Los llamó, y ellos, dejando en la barca a su padre con los trabajadores, se fueron con Jesús.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Lunes: 2 Sm 5:1-7, 10; Sal 89 (88):20-22, 25-26; Mc 3:22-30, o cualquiera de lecturas para el Día de Oración Martes: 2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19; Sal 24 (23):7-10; Mc 3:31-35 Miércoles: 2 Sm 7:4-17; Sal 89 (88):4-5, 27-30; Mc 4:1-20 Jueves: Hch 22:3-16 o Hch 9:1-22; Sal 117 (116):1bc, 2; Mc 16:15-18 Viernes: 2 Tm 1:1-8 o Tit 1:1-5; Sal 51 (50):3-7, 10-11; Mc 4:26-34 Sábado: 2 Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17; Sal 51 (50):12-17; Mc 4:35-41 Domingo: Dt 18:15-20; Sal 95 (94):1-2, 6-9; 1 Cor 7:32-35; Mc 1:21-28

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

Evangelio Mc 1, 14-20