October 21, 2012

MASS TIMES
SUNDAYS: Sat. 5:30 pm (Vigil), 7:30 am, 10 am & 12 N WEEKDAYS: Mon., Tues., Fri, and Sat. 8 am (Wed. & Thurs. 8 am Communion Service) HOLY DAYS: (eve of) 5:30 pm; (day of) 8 am & 6:30 pm

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

(Confession) Saturdays 4-5 pm or by appointment DEVOTIONS Our Lady of Perpetual Help: Saturday 7:50 am ADORATION First Friday 8:30 am5 pm, Rectory Oratory

Msgr. Richard Krekelberg, V.F.Pastor Deacon Manuel Valencia Deacon John Hull 318 North Baldwin Avenue, Sierra Madre Mailing Address: 50 East Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre, CA 91024 Phone: 626/355-1292 FAX: 626/355-2290 www.st-rita.org

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Msgr. Richard Krekelberg, V. F.Pastor
626.355.1292 x. 228 revkrek@st-rita.org Dcn. Manuel & Chela Valencia deaconmanuelvalencia@gmail.com 626.355.1292 Dcn. John Hulljohnhull65@gmail.com 626.355.1292 Weekend Presiders: 10 am MassFr. Chris Thiel, OFM Capuchin 12 Noon MassRev. Msgr. John Morales

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Parish Ministries and Organizations

Liturgy & Worship
Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers: David & Jill Muhs 355.9810 em@st-rita.org Altar Servers, Youth: Kathy Ganino: 626.398.9302 Altar Servers, Adult: Bill Cosso Eucharistic Adoration: Marylyn Barnes Rosary Prayer Group: Marylyn Barnes Sacristans: Sat. Vigil: Gary Fidone/Bill & Patti Huber Sunday Masses: 7:30-Bill Cosso/David Banis; 10:00-David Muhs; 12N-Bernie Grace Weekdays: John Bigley, Margaret Duran Porter: (Evening Church Lockup) Sheila Palazzolo Environment: Barbara LeVeque /Gil Lazo 355.1292

How to Contact Us
Parish Office/Mailing Address 50 East Alegria Ave., Sierra Madre, CA 91024 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am to 6pm; Sat. 9 am to 1 pm. Office Email: ParishAdmin@st-rita.org Director of Administration
Mary Lou Butler: mlbutler@st-rita.org 355.1292

Ministries & Organizations

Bereavement Ministry: Call Parish Office: 355.1292 Christian Family: Sheila Pierce 355.8332 Greeters & Ushers: Erny Henry: 626.289.3504; 626.446.6715 Mens Club: Nick Sotis: 358-2495 nick.sotis@pro-sites.net New Members/Welcome: Contact the Parish Office St. Rita Guild: Patty Sullivan : 355.3707 sullivan514@gmail.com Senior Ministry: Marilyn McKernan, marilyn@st-rita.org Shawl Ministry: Mary Taillac 355.3179 Marilyn Delgatto 355.8717

Pastoral Council Vice Chair

George Landis: 626.792.0445

Finance Council Chair

Bill Sullivan: 355.3707

St. Rita SchoolOffice: 626.355.6114

Principal: Joanne Harabedian jharabedian@st-rita.org

Other Contacts
Archivist: Marilyn McKernan, marilyn@st-rita.org Bulletin Submissions: bulletin@st-rita.org or drop off at Office Public Relations: ParishAdmin@st-rita.org Registration Information: rc@st-rita.org 355.1292 Webmaster: Ralph Seymour: seymour@seymourmedia.com

Director of Liturgy & Music Paul Puccinelli: mm@st-rita.org Director of Religious Education Cristina Cullen: 355.3841 dre@st-rita.org Director of Youth Ministry/Confirmation Theresa Bui Costanzo: 626.590.8828 ym@st-rita.org RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) Team: Deacon Manuel and Chela Valencia; Susan Blakeslee: rcia@st-rita.org

Let Saint Rita Be There For You . . .

Communion for Sick and Homebound Parishioners
St. Rita ministers provide Communion home visits. Contact the Parish Office (355.1292) or Jill Muhs 355.9810 em@st-rita.org.

For Information about the

Sacrament of Baptism
Baptismal Preparation for parents and godparents: 7 8:30 pm the last Monday of the month. Call for Reservations. Baptisms are usually the first Sunday of the month. Preparation for children who have attained the age of reason (usually during 2nd grade) is arranged either through the Office of Religious Education or St. Rita Elementary School.

Anointing of the Sick

Please notify us (355.1292) as early as possible for the Anointing of the Sick, the sacrament intended for the seriously ill or dying. It is Our Lords special presence and companionship in serious time of need. Anointing may take place in the home, at the hospital or elsewhere and as often as once a month. If someone should die without anointing, remember that the desire to receive is sufficient and the Lord cares!

Sacraments of Reconciliation and first Eucharist

If You Should Experience the Loss of a Loved One

Please call us at 355.1292 If you feel you will be in need, or your loved one has passed, we will assist in making arrangements with your chosen funeral directors; refer you to our liturgy and music directors; and offer you helpful guidelines and a book that will aid in the selection of readings for the Mass or Memorial Service. Areas we can help you with prior to the passing may help in the planning of funeral services. We know that this can be a tough time and we want you to know that your parish is there for you. PLEASE UNDERSTAND we only have one resident priest, sometimes arrangements for another priest may be needed.

Sacrament of Matrimony
Contact the Parish Office upon engagement; at least six months is needed for preparation of this joyous sacrament!

Sacrament of Confirmation

A two-year program for freshman/sophomore age teens. Apply through the Office of Religious Education.

NOTE: Adult applicants for the sacraments should contact the Parish Office.

Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

See adjoining column.

SAINT RITA
REV. MSGR. RICHARD KREKELBERG

OF

CASCIA CHURCH

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PASTORS CORNER
Dear Parishioners,

The final words of todays gospel passage from Mark are startlingbut not as startling as they were two thousand years ago:

For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life in ransom for many.
Obviously James and John had other ideas, two brothers wanting to sit, one at the right and one at the left of the new King. So excited were they, they did not even pick up on Jesus hard question, Can you drink of the same cup as I will drink? Whether it be for lack of employment, loss of savings, an education on hold, natural disasters or manmade disasters like warfor sure, many people are facing hard times these days. But actually, with these realities providing a context, a person might just be in a better position to understand Jesus call to serve rather than to be served. When times are tough, those who reach out to help and careto serve the needs of otherstouch us, give us consolation, and restore our hope in humanity. What is more and what Jesus would have us understand is that to serve is going to necessitate in some way being a ransom for anothers misfortune. If I tutor a failing student or bring a homebound person to church with me, in some manner or another I have put myself out. I am offering myself as a ransom for another so that person might be liberated, (for instance in the aforementioned examples), from otherwise being left behind educationally or from being left homebound. For Christians, service and ransom are hand in glovethey are essential elements of STEWARDSHIP. As we celebrate the Mass together, this Most Holy Eucharist, we are offering thanks to the Father for giving us his Son as ransom for us and for our sinsfor now and for the ages to come. This is why the Christian may count her or his acts of loving kindness, especially when it involves personal sacrifice, as being united with Jesus the Savior, and as LIVING THE HOLY EUCHARIST. At the conclusion of this Mass, the dismissal will probably include words such as, Go and glorify the Lord by the way you live your lives! And in some form, that daily life is going to include offering our lives as ransom for someone in need. May The Good Lord strengthen our resolve and even increase our joy in doing so! Msgr. Richard Today is World Mission Sunday Do you know the date of your Baptism? Well, on that day, you became a missionary, called by Our Lord to share your faith with those around youand to be part of the Churchs mission to the world. We are not all able to travel to foreign lands. However, we can all make effort in our daily livesthrough prayer and sacrificeto support those men and women who are called to leave their homeland and preach the Good News of the Lord in a foreign land. Just as our young church in the United States received support in the 19th century from the Catholics of Europe through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, today the growing churches in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Islands also require financial help. Your generous support of this Annual Appeal by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith will help make a faith-filled difference around the world!

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PARISHIONERS WHO REQUEST OUR PRAYERS FOR HEALING AND RETURN TO GOOD HEALTH

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
8:00 AM 5:30 PM

7:30 AM Rev. Steven M. Ochoa, O.S.A. RIP 10:00 AM Megan Boken RIP 12 NOON For All Parishioners

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

Robert McGrath RIP Lioba Schmitt RIP

Lucina Vidaurri, JoAnn E. Douglass, Kathleen Ramsey, Tonyja Blakeslee, Addie Marshall, Alice Feeney, Joanna Singleton, Jackie Bagnuolo, Mary Ellen Isoard, Tim Stanley, Antoinette Wassef, Theresa Morcos, Aspet Herapetian, Tony Comaianni, Rose Mary Taquino, Selma Tuffs, David Duran, Paul Viger, Julie Meyer, Zdenka Czerny, Debra Ann Williamson, Cliff Hancuff, Wendy Wolf Fadel, Dorothy Van Gordon, Rosanne Kenny, Hal Finney, Louise Bigley, Christa Owen, Ailey Gardner-Ybarra, Cathy Hundshamer, Eva Bernejo, Laurie Larkin Masella, Rudy Wunderlin, Edith Olah, Matteo Begnoche, Lancelot Loera, Fred Mycroft, Clare Marquardt, Brian Eck, Alex Arranaga, Anna Mary Hession, Mildred Vocelka, Ann Twedell, Joseph Moore, Effie DeGroot, Ned Vento.

Kenneth Forbes

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22
8:00 AM 8:00 AM 8:00 AM 8:00 AM 8:00 AM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23

Loretta Vogel RIP Ken Crawford RIP

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 FRIDAY, O CTOBER 26
8:00 AM 5:30 PM Communion Service Communion Service

Spirituality
Tuesday, October 23, RCIA
7:30 PM, Parish office meeting room Contact Deacon Manuel for information.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28

Conrad M. Gonzalez RIP Neil Murphy RIP For All Parishioners

Wednesday, October 24, Evening Prayer

5:30 pm Meditation 6 pm Prayer Rectory Oratory

Try ityou may like it!

7:30 AM Rev. John G. Hencier, C.M.F. RIP 10:00 AM Teresa Dunleavy RIP 12 NOON Harry & Betty Keach INT

All Souls DaySpecial Mass, 6:30 pm Plan to join us on Friday, November 2, for a special Mass in memory and honor of our deceased loved ones. We invite you to bring a picture (5 x 7 or smaller please) of a loved one to place on the Memory Board in the Church during the month of November. May the Souls of the Faithful Departed Rest in Peace. Amen A month-long series by The Tidings: Vatican II at 50 Jesuit Father Tom Rausch reflects on how and why Catholicism has changed.

FEAST DAYS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23
St. John of Capistrano

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24
St. Anthony Mary Claret

TODAYS READINGS First ReadingMy servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear
(Isaiah 53:10-11).

www.the-tidings.com October 11, 2012 to November 24, 2013 This Year challenges us, disciples baptized into Christ and his Church, to move beyond routine to relationship. The Pope suggests that we begin this Year by looking at faith as a lifelong journey undertaken with joy that inevitably attracts other. As examples of those with impact on others, Pope Benedict will canonize todayWorld Mission Sunday, October 21two American saints: Native American Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), whose short life was a journey of love; and Mother Marianne Cope (1838-1918), whose love for Christ led her to Hawaii where she shared Father Damians ministry to those afflicted with Hansens disease (leprosy).

PsalmLord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you (Psalm 33). Second ReadingLet us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help
(Hebrews 4:14-16).

Gospel Whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all
(Mark 10:35-45 [42-45]).

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St. Rita School
New! Just for Confirmation Parents
Mark and Marie Hischier welcome Confirmation parents to their home in Sierra Madre for "Parent Nite", a bi-weekly small faith community gathering. After you drop your teens off for "Youth Nite" at St. Rita's, you can stop by the Hischier's, just a minute away, to enjoy each other's company and explore faith topics of common interest. Meetings will be on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday evenings at 7pm each month to coincide with Youth Nite. please email Mark and Marie at

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Friday, October 26Beer, Brats & $1 Bingo

Doors open at 6 pmOMalley Hall
610 pm; brat, chips & lemonade $5 Tickets from the School Office 355-6114

Harvest Festival Weekend

Saturday, October 27Harvest Festival

12:30 - 9:30 pm; BBQ Dinner, 7-9 pm

Food BoothsRides for allLive Band

Live Auction at 7 pm featuring:

If you plan to attend Parent Nite, Wednesday, October 24,

mark@hs2move.com.

Youth NitesWednesday, October 24, 7 pm, Gara

(Help pass out candy at the Parish Office.)

Wednesday, October 31, Halloween!

Four One Direction Concert Tickets Two Grammy Tickets for 2013 Grammy Awards Signed baseball by Joe DiMaggio, donated to St. Ritas by the DiMaggio family! Set Taping and Visit for two adults to the #1 Comedy, Modern Family Two tickets to the 2013 Rose Bowl Game

Edge Monday, October 22 & 29, 4 pm, Gara Service at St. Francis Center Saturday, October 27, 8:30 am-1:15 pm. Year 1 Confirmation ClassLife Teen Inspiration at Magic Mountain, Sat., Nov. 3.
For more information on any of the above:

And more

Silent Auction featuring:

Theresa Costanza ym@st-rita.org 590-8828 No Room at the Inn Reserve the date now for our Nativity display to be held the weekend of December 1-2. If you have not viewed this exhibitor displayed a set or sets from your collectionyou are in for a real treat! In 2008 we exhibited over 275 Nativity setswith no duplications. Watch for details in future bulletins. For more information: Rosemary or Cheryl 355-1292 rc@st-rita.org Safeguard the Children Background Checks and Screening. In the Los Angeles Archdiocese, all clergy, paid parish/school personnel and volunteers who work regularly in a supervisory role with children or youth must be fingerprinted. (From the pamphlet, Working Together to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse: Keeping Ministerial Relationships Healthy & Holy. The pamphlet is available in the Vestibule.) For particular help, you may call Assistance Ministry at the Archdiocesan Office 213/637-7650.

Sports and Concert Tickets Jewelry Artwork Baskets containing goods/gift cards from local retail stores and restaurants.

And much, much more

Note: We are still accepting new or slightly pre-owned merchandise for the General Store.

Thank you for attending and supporting this major fundraiser for the benefit of St. Rita School.

Joining our St. Rita Parish family in September Leo, Elaine (Pan), Lauren, Matthew, & Natalie Alonzo Jean-Pierre, Claire-Marine, Paul, Joseph, & Benoit Fabre Brian, Laura, & Cameron Green Jeffrey, Laura, & Gregory Hackett Kyle, Susana, Valentina, Lucas, & Mateo Thurber John, Shannon, Paige, & Zoe Twyman Timothy, Courtney, Taylor, & Robyn Vanis Monica Vigil, Jasmine & Jacob Monroe Salvador, Tammy (Stafford), & Gabriela Yniguez

Bulletin articles. Please submit copy/information

Articles are also available on our parish website:

st-rita.org (select publications, then Safeguard the Children).

10 days before the desired Sunday of publication. bulletin@st-rita.org or bring/send to the Parish Office.

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Meetings, Ministry & Special Events
Mass Schedule

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This Week at St. Rita

Special Collectionthe Propagation of the Faith

This Sunday, October 21World Mission Sunday Thank you for your generosity

Opportunities for Spiritual Growth

(See page 4 for more information.) Tuesday, October 23, RCIA Class
7:30 pm, Parish Office Meeting Room 5:30 pm Meditation 6 pm Prayer Rectory Oratory

All SaintsHoly Day of Obligation Wednesday, October 31 8 amCommunion Service 5:30 pmHoly Day Vigil Mass Thursday, November 1 8 amSchool Mass (all welcome) 6:30 pmMass

Wednesday, October 24, Evening Prayer

Friday, October 26Beer, Brats and Bingo Saturday, October 27 Harvest Festival
See page 5 for more information.

All Soulsnot a Holy Day of Obligation Friday, November 2 8 amFirst Friday Mass 6:30 pmSpecial Memorial Mass
(See page 4 for more information.)

Save the Date

Monday, Oct. 29Baptism Preparation Class
7 pm, Parish Office Meeting Room For November 4 Baptisms.

Catholic Community & Local Events

Volunteer Opportunities at Santa TeresitaYou can help in a variety of ways such as transporting residents on campus to their activities, assisting in the resident dining room, praying with the residents, assisting in the Gift Shop, etc. Adult volunteer program is open to both men and women. The Junior program is open to girls and boys from ages 13-17. For more information, please call Sr. Rosario Therese 626/408-7822 outreach@santa-teresita.org Fingerprinting Wednesday, October 24 Sacred Heart Church, 344 W. Workman St., Covina Info/Appointments: 626/331-7914 Saturday, November 3 St. Denis, 2151 S. Diamond Bar Blvd., Diamond Bar Info/Appointments: 909/861-7106 x242 Sunday, Oct. 28Centennial Brunch, Maryknoll Sisters. 10 am-1:30 pm. Food, Bake Sale, Country Store. Adults $15; Children $7. No reservations needed. 300 Norumbega Drive, Monrovia. Information: 626/358-1825 Saturday, November 3Kindred Spirits of Holy Family (Catholic single adults, over 40). Attend the 5 pm Vigil Mass followed by a meal in a local restaurant. kindredspirits@holyfamily.org

Friday, November 2St. Rita Guild Meeting

9 am, Gara Hall

Weekend of November 2-4Womens Retreat

At Mater Dolorosa Questions? Joan Crow 355-3621 Marie Sullivan 355-1234

Give us something good to eat!

hordes of goblins and ghouls that invade Alegria on Halloween. While youre shopping in the next few weeks, please pick up a bag or two of candy to help! Donations may be dropped off at the Parish Office or in the box provided in the Vestibule. Wrapped candies only please.

Thank you for your help in providing goodies for the

SAINT RITA OF CASCIA CHURCH Stewardship

The past two Sundays we have focused on being good stewards following the example set by our patroness, St. Rita of Cascia. You have had the opportunity to learn of the many ways you can share your time, talent, and treasure as part of our St. Rita Faith Community. The recent Ministry Fair resulted in a significant number of new members joining various ministries and organizations. Thank you for sharing your time and talents in this way. The brochures distributed at last Sundays Mass, and also mailed to all parishioners homes, list the many opportunities to become more involved in parish life.

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Thank you to those who have returned their Commitment Cards. If you have not yet returned your
card, you may either place it in the Offertory basket at Sunday Mass or return/mail it to the Parish Office, 50 E. Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre 91024. Do you have some time to donate? We are in need of volunteers to place the umbrellas in the tables outside of Church each Sunday. A Sunday morning commitment@7:15 am to put the umbrellas in place. And a Sunday early afternoon commitmentabout 1:30 pmto take the umbrellas down and put them away. To volunteer or for more info, contact Mary Lou Butler: 355-1292 x222 mlbutler@st-rita.org