Sacred Heart
Catholic Church
2140 N. Cedar Avenue
Everyone is Welcome
Bienvenidos a Todos
Fr. Alex C. Ignacio, Pastor
Rev. Mr. Robert Sesma: Director of RCIA
Rev. Mr. Tom Ognibene: Pastoral Care Coordinator
Office Manager: Kelley Aviles
Director of Religious Education/YM: Kathy Alegria
CCD Spanish Coordinator - Esmeralda Hernandez
Director of Environment: Edna DeLuca
Wedding Coordinator: Inez Castro
Lectors & Eucharistic Ministers: Cecelia Lingenfelter
Altar Servers Coordinator: Debi Cooper
Ushers Coordinator: Florensio Espinosa
Music Director: GeeGee Villarama
Finance Council Chairperson - Mike Chavez
Parish Ministries Council Chairperson - Cliff Cooper
Spanish RCIA Coordinator: Antonio Alas
Sacred Heart Helping Hand - Ted & Connie Borges
Altar & Rosary Society: President: Cecilia Herrera 645-0168, Meeting: 1st Wednesday of Month@ 6:00 p.m.
Knights of Columbus: Grand Knight: Walter Brown 473-9478, Meeting: 3rd Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.
Website:www.KofC8786.com
Italian Catholic Federation: President: Mike Caglia 360-8332,Meeting: 4th Wednesday @ 6:00 p.m.
Guadalupe Society: President: Lydia Ledesma 241-4867, Meeting 1st Monday at 6:00 p.m
Charismatic Prayer Group: Every Thursday @ 7:30 p.m. held in St. Mary’s Room.
Spanish Prayer Group: Every Friday @ 7:00p.m - held in
St. Mary’s Room
Men’s Prayer Group: Every first Tuesday @ 7:00pm held in St. Joseph’s Room
(JUST SOUTH OF CLINTON ON CEDAR)
Fresno, CA 93703-2697
Phone: 559-237-4121; FAX: 559-237-0122
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: sacredheartfresno.org
OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Liturgical Schedule:
Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday at 8:00a.m.
Wednesday: Communion Service 8:00a.m.
Saturday: Vigil Mass at 4:00p.m.
Sunday Masses: 7:00a.m. - Early Risers Mass,
9:00a.m. - Family Mass,
11:00 a.m. - Children / Life Teen Mass,
1:00 p.m. - Charismatic Mass.
Horario de Servicios en Espanol:
Misa Diaria: lunes, miercoles, jueves a las 6:00p.m.
y viernes a las 5:45p.m.
Misa de Domingo a las 5:00p.m.
Hora Santa: jueves a las 6:30p.m. a 7:30p.m. - en la capilla
Adoración Eucarística Nocturna en la capilla cada cuarto
sabado a las 8pm hasta 5am Domingo con Misa.
RICA: Rito de la Iniciacion cristiana de Adultos:
martes a las 6:00p.m. en St. Martha’s Kitchen.
Grupo de Oracion: Viernes 7:00p.m.-St. Mary's Room
Reconciliacion/Confesion: Viernes - 3:45p.m. - 5:15p.m.
Educacion Religiosa: Las clases son en espanol los
viernes de 5:30p.m. a 7:00p.m. en St. Patrick’s Room
Reconciliation/Confession Friday’s - 3:45p.m. - 5:15p.m.
Eucharistic Adoration: Friday’s: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30a.m.
4th Saturday from 8pm till 5am on Sunday-Spanish
LifeTeen EXALT every 1st Tuesday 6:00p.m.-7:00p.m.
Every Tuesday in English 6:00p.m. - 7:00p.m
Every Thursday in Spanish 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.
Baptisms: First & third Sunday is for baptism in English.
The Second Saturday is for baptism in Spanish.
Weddings: By appointment, six months advance notice.
Religious Education Office: 237-4121. CCD Classes: in
the Activity Center on Sundays - 1st grade-8th grade,
9:30a.m. to 12noon. Concludes with Mass.
Confirmation/Life Teen Youth Program: Sundays 11am2pm: Includes Mass at 11:00a.m.
RCIA: Thursday’s 7:00 p.m. St. Patrick’s Room
Welcome! We extend our hands and hearts in Christian fellowship to you here, celebrating with us, whether
long time residents or newly arrived in the Parish. If you would like to register as a MEMBER or UPDATE
your personal information, please fill out this section and return it to the Parish Office or drop it in the
collection basket.
Full Name/s....................................................................................................Phone.........................................
Address.........................................................................................City...................................Zip......................
____New Member/s ____Send me Sunday Offering Envelopes ____Update Address Information
____Moving, remove me from Church mailing list
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(All Souls’ Day) November 2, 2014
If we have died with Christ,
we believe we shall also live with him. — Romans 6:8
Today the Church remembers all who have walked the way of Christ and passed from this
life. The readings all look to the last day, when we shall all rise from the dead and be
reunited. The prophet Daniel announces words of warning and welfare. He cautions us
against the judgment to come, but he also comforts us and assures us that all who live a life
of virtue and justice will find life eternal. The reading from Romans reminds us that, because
of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection and our entrance into that paschal mystery
through baptism, we now share in the new life won by Christ. This recognition has repercussions: we need to live
righteously now, that we might rise to life forever with Christ on the last day. In the Gospel Jesus pledges that all the
Father has given him will not be lost. All the faithful will be raised to joy and live forever in the presence of God. For
those of Mexican heritage, November 2 means celebration of el Dia de Los Muertos, or “the Day of the Dead.” One of
the most important days of the year for many, they join All Saints and All Souls together, visiting the graves of babies and
children on All Saints, since they are santitos (little saints) or angelitos (little angels). Flowers, their favorite toys, favorite
music, and so on, are taken to them. The following day, people spend time—some of them all day—at the cemetery with
their loved ones who have died. From the ancient customs of the Indians the families pray, talk with them, and take them
their favorite food. It is a most solemn but joyful day. It is a day to celebrate Christ’s victory over death: “Death, where is
your sting?” There is a mocking of death as people make skeletons, candy that represents death, and Pan de los
Muertos (bread of the dead) and consume them in a kind of role reversal. One of the customs is to build an altarcito
(little altar) where one places mementos and pictures of those who have died. There are also favorite foods, candles,
statues or pictures of favorite saints, books, and Bibles. Some parishes have begun to build an altarcito where all
parishioners can join in honoring the deceased. A remembrance book can be placed to write names in. The altarcito is
traditionally left up for the month of November.
PLATE COLLECTION / COLECTA
October 26, 2014 $ 5,964.00
Religious Education - $ 1,127.00
TODAY’S SECOND COLLECTION - Building Fund
UPCOMING COLLECTIONS
Nov 9, Facilities Improvement Fund
Nov 16, Religious Education Support
Nov 23, Domestic Needs
Please use your Offering Envelopes
Por favor, use sus sobres de ofertorio
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Por Favor recen por los enfermos
Thelma & Bob Jones, Pat Martin, Annette Hardinger, Sylvia
Lowe, Leonard Pavy, Dorothy Lindgren, Dominic Rossi,
Angie Sousa, Bobby Mata, Daniel Silverman, Jeanette
Scerna, Roy Grider, Maxine McGinnis, Sylvia Cervantes &
Isabel Anderson
Please call the Parish office each week on Monday
[Tuesday if Holiday] to keep the above persons’ names on
this list, otherwise we will assume they are doing better and
remove their names....Thank you for your cooperation.
Por favor hablen a la oficina de la Parroquia los lunes de
cada semana (martes si es día festivo) para mantener en la
lista los nombres de las personas escritas arriba. De otra
manera asumiremos que están mejorando y quitaremos sus
nombres de la lista…… Gracias por su cooperación.
Pastoral Ministry of the Sick, Homebound & Dying
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday:All Souls’ Day, Daylight Saving Time ends; National
Vocation Awareness Week
Monday: St. Martin de Porres
Tuesday:St. Charles Borromeo; Election Day
Friday: First Friday
Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Intenciones de misa de la semana
Saturday, November 1
4pm + Barney Borges by Mary Borges
Sunday, November 2
7am Ernest Juri by Anne Juri
9am Altar & Rosary Society & Guadalupe Society
11am Sacred Heart Members
1pm + Carmen Alvarez by Anna Botello
Spanish 5pm Infant of Praque by Mary Castillo
Monday, November 3
8am Birthday wishes to Cesar Diala
Spanish 6pm + Pablo Laygo by Paul Laygo
Tuesday, November 4
8am Birthday wishes to Danna Reese by the Reese family
Wednesday, November 5
8am Communion Service
Spanish 6pm + Lois Laygo by Paul Laygo
Thursday, November 6
8am Birthday to Sr. Mary Clare Tovio, PDDM y Larry & Luz
Spanish 6pm Teresita Melendez and Eugenia Vasquez
Friday, November 7
8am + Consolacion M. Duque by Jun & Lou Soriano
Spanish 5:45pm Intentions of Norberto & Martha Barrera
To schedule a Mass Intention, please come to the Parish office,
the requested donation is $10.00.
Para reservar una intención de misa, por favor venga a la
oficina de la parroquia, la donación solicitada es de $10.00.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Peace is the keeper of your souls.
Today is not just another day. It's a new opportunity, another chance, a new beginning. Embrace it.
TODAYS READINGS
First Reading — The souls of the just are in the hands of
God, and no torment shall touch them (Wisdom 3:1-9).
Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall
want.
Second Reading — Hope does not disappoint, because the
love of God has been poured out into our hearts (Romans
5:5-11) or Romans 6:3-9.
Gospel — This is the will of the Father, that everyone who
sees the Son and believes may have eternal life (John
6:37-40).
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Phil 2:1-4; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:12-14
Tuesday: Phil 2:5-11; Ps 22:26b-32; Lk 14:15-24
Wednesday: Phil 2:12-18; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 14:25-33
Thursday: Phil 3:3-8a; Ps 105:2-7; Lk 15:1-10
Friday: Phil 3:17 — 4:1; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 16:1-8
Saturday: Phil 4:10-19; Ps 112:1b-2, 5-6, 8a, 9; Lk 16:9-15
Sunday:Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; 1 Cor
3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22
RIGHT TO LIFE
Right to Life of Central California is excited to present “Oh
Christmas Tree,” Right to Life’s 26th annual Christmas
Dinner and Auction Gala! We hope you will join us on Friday,
December 5th at the Fresno Convention Center and take
part in our mission to “Engage, Equip, and Embrace” through
e d u c a t i o n a n d o u t r e a c h t o t h e c o m m u n i t y.
Please contact our office for more details and to reserve a
ticket. (559) 229-BABY (2229), www.RightToLifeCA.org.
CATHOLIC BREAKFAST
Father Andrew Apostoli, CFR, comes to Fresno all the way
from St. Felix Friary in Yonkers, New York. At our breakfast,
Fr. Andrew will talk about ways we may practice our faith in
our professions by understanding the role lay men and
women, who have been attracted to the holiness of St.
Francis of Assisi for centuries, can play in serving the
materially poor, most especially immigrants, the destitute and
the homeless. The breakfast meeting will be held on
November 14, 2014 at 7:15 a.m. at Pardini's, 2257 W Shaw
Ave Fresno, CA 93711 call (559) 434-2722
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FLOWERS FOR THE SANCTUARY
Reservations for flowers in the Sanctuary Area are
available by coming into the office and reserving
the weekend you want flowers placed for a loved
one or just because. Flowers are $35.00 each and
will be placed in front of the ambo.
BIRTHDAY WISHES/felicitaciones de cumpleaños
11-01 Gloria Cerda
11-02 Rylee Sanchez
11-02 Irma Rij
11-03 Cesar Diala
11-03 Hilario Sanchez
11-04 Cecelia Lingenfelter
11-04 Ramon Hernandez
11-05 Michelle D. Valles
11-05 Charlie Chavirra
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
11-01 Jesus & Gloria Villanueva
11-06 Nick & Delia Garcia
To add names to the Birthday & Anniversary List please fill
out a Gold Birthday & Anniversary Form located at the
entrance of the Church or stop by the office for one.
ALL SOULS DAY - November 2nd
November is the month dedicated to All Souls who have
gone to their eternal rest. Include your loved ones in
special prayer during all the masses in November by
including their names on a All Souls envelope. Simply
write your deceased loved ones names on the back of
the All Souls envelope and place it in the collection
basket or take to it the parish office. Your loved ones will
be remembered All Souls Day and during all the Masses
of November. All Souls envelopes are available at the
Church entrances.
All Saints Day & All Souls Day Masses
ALL SAINTS DAY- Saturday, November 1st
Mass 4:00pm - English
ALL SOULS DAY-Sunday, November 2nd
all Sunday Masses
SACRED HEART DANCERS FOOD SALE
Sunday, November 2nd the Spanish Dancers of Sacred
Heart will be having a food sale from 7:30am - 7:30pm in
Guadalupe Park. They will have lots of FOOD:
Menudo, tamales (pork or chicken), chiles rellenos,
burritos, tacos (carne asada) champurrado, cafe, pan
mexicano, aguas, sodas, postre flan casero y bunuelos.
All funds raised goes towards the dancers expenses,
Please show your support, thank you.
BISHOP ANNUAL APPEAL
Bishop Armando X. Ochoa asks for our help
Once a year, Bishop Ochoa asks all the parish families in
our diocese for their help in supporting the ministries and
services that touch all of us. He asks you to give in the
spirit of stewardship, with grateful hearts for the many
gifts you have received from God. This is an invitation
for our parish family to join the 89 other parishes of the
diocese in catechetics, youth, and family life ministries all
of which ultimately benefit all parishes. The “Together in
Faith” theme emphasizes the importance of all our
individual families to work together in the support and
spiritual enrichment of our greater diocesan family.
Please pick up your copy of the Newsletter for Together
in Faith 2014-2015 which explains how to text-to-give for
our parish and also provides insight into the importance
of the Annual Appeal. Also,you are encouraged to donate
on-line to at www.dioceseoffresno.org/baa and clicking
on the “donate” button for the Bishops Annual Appeal.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Loving God, author of grace and mercy, You call us
through our baptism in the Spirit to continue the mission
of your beloved Son, Jesus.
Open us to listen attentively for your invitation. Empower
us to respond to your call.
Inspire women and men to follow the path of service.
Together may we build up the Church to be a vibrant sign
of your presence in our world.
We offer this prayer in the name of your Son, Jesus,
through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
UPCOMING SALES, EVENTS AND
FUNDRAISERS AT SACRED HEART
11-2 Dancantes food sale - Guadalupe Park
11-9 Knights of Columbus food sale - Guadalupe Park
11-16 Guadalupe Society food sale - Guadalupe Park
11-23 Adoration Nortuna food sale - Guadalupe Park