Our Lady Help of Christians Church

(Valley Catholic Church) 2401 East Lake Avenue, Watsonville, California 95076 Telephone: 831-722-2665 Fax: 831-722-8305
A ministry of the Salesians of Don Bosco Dirigido por los Salesianos de San Juan Bosco

St. Martha * St. Peter Chrysologus St. Ignatius of Loyola * St. Alphonsus Liguori * St. Eusebius of Vercelli * St. Peter Jualian Eymard * Blessed Virgin Mary * First Friday * First Saturday

Decimosptimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario

Santa Marta San Pedro Crislogo * San Ignacio de

Loyola* San Alfonso de Ligorio * San Eusebio de Vercelli * Santa Mara Virgen San Pedro Juliano Eymard * Primer Viernes * Primer sbado

The Campos family if very grateful to the entire parish community of the Valley Church. The car wash and the food sale, realized the most generous sum of $6,000.00. Thank you to the parishioners for their participation in this exercise of charity. Thank you to our secretary Maria Linan for organizing this very special fundraiser.
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 Parochial Vicar & Coordinator of Youth Ministry ....... 831-722-2665 ext. 17 Cell phone ............................................................................ 831-707-4458 Father David Purdy, SDB Parochial Vicar .... ........................ 722-2665 ext. 21 Sister Silvia Castillo, FMA Director of Religious Education ............................................................831-722-2392 STAFF / PERSONAL Isabel Abundis * Maria Linan * Martha Tapia * Beverly Pini

VOLUNTEER STAFF Mildred McCabe .............................................................................. Altar Society Marion Madrid............................................................................. Legion of Mary Isabel & Antonio Langarica ......................................................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 preparacin. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para ms informacin. BAPTISM / BAUTISMO Please come to the office for further information. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para ms informacin. QUINCEAERAS Please come to the office for further information. The 15ra has to be Parishioner of our church. Por favor, presentarse a la oficina para ms informacin. La 15ra tiene que ser feligrs 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 ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Patrick Lee, President, Principal ........................................... 831-724-5933 CAMP ST. FRANCIS Brother Michael Herbers, SDB, Camp Administrator CONFESSIONS Saturdays ....................................................................................... 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Confesiones en espaol media hora antes de cada misa

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

July 27 to August 4, 2013

8:00 AM 9:00 AM 11:00 AM 1:00 PM 4:15 PM SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2013 Manuel Espinola (Manuel & Lucy Rodriguez) Baptisms: Edrik Esteban Quintero Cervantes, Diego Rafael Rochin-Llamedo Quinceaera: Stephanie Martin Wedding: Daniel Vega & Maria Hyzelda Alanis Joe Carvalho (Celeste Silva) Peter & Pauline Banovac (Dan & Ann McGrath) Jim Johann (Janice Shaffer) Cudberto Rosillo (Family) Frank Moreno (Maria Moreno) For the health of Rafael Vzquez (Family)

July 29Feast of St. Martha.

Martha, Mary and their brother Lazarus were evidently close friends of Jesus. He came to their home simply as a welcome guest, nothing more. No doubt Martha was an active sort of person: she prepares the meal for Jesus and his fellow itinerant friends, and states the obvious: all hands should pitch in to help with the dinner. Marthas great glory is her simple and strong statement of faith in Jesus at the time of her brothers death. Jesus said. I am the resurrection and the life: whoever believes in me, though he should die, will come to life; and whoever is alive and believes in me, will never die. Do you believe this? Martha replied, Yes, Lord, I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the son of God: he who is to come into the world. To the many Marthas in our midst: Happy Feast Day!

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SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 8:00 AM David Stolich (Bill & Brenda Marinovich) 9:45 AM Noelia Bettencourt (Miguel Bettencourt) Natalia Faustino (ISTW Charity) Maria Maciel (Rosa & Manuel Matos) 11:00 AM Joe Carvalho (Fatima & Mike Silva) Adriana Borges (Rafael Pacheco) John & Lucy Braycovich (Lipanovich) Baptism: Austin Johnny Valdivia 12:30 PM Ramiro Andrade (Gudelia y Familia) Frank Moreno (Maria Moreno) Magdaleno Salcedo B-Day (Delfina Salcedo) 7:00 PM Parishioners of OLHC
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Martha Sanchez (Maria Zambrano) J. Guadalupe & Miguel Leyva (Family)

MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 7:00 AM Isabel & Marjorie Secondo (Salesians of St. John Bosco) 9:00 AM Olinda Sousa (Merces & Joe Luis) TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013 7:00 AM Luis Cabral (Leocadia Azevedo) 9:00 AM Olinda Sousa (Leocadia Azevedo) WENESDAY, JULY 31, 2013 7:00 AM Brother Abel Zanella, SDB 9:00 AM Fred & Virginia Witmer (Family) THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 2013 7:00 AM Luis Cabral (Manuel & Olinda Sousa) 9:00 AM Olinda Sousa (Joao & Maria Avelar) 10:00 AM Baptism: Olivia Eve Becich FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 2013 7:00 AM Frs. Bernardo Soares & Ubaldo Chueca 9:00 AM Olinda Sousa (Manuel & Lucia Machado) 7:00 PM Edith Madrigal (Mama) Maria Acosta de Mendoza (Noemi Chavez) SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 2013 8:00 AM Rita Pezzini Liptak (Salesians of Watsonville) 4:15 PM Joseph & Pauline Herber (Suzanne Wrihgt) Jim Johann (Tom & Joyce Kalich) Olinda Sousa (Gregory & Mercedes Texeira) 7:00 PM Ramon Fernandez y Amelia Melgoza (Rosalia Fernandez) Erik Escobar (Family) SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2013 8:00 AM Estephania & Dionisio Rigor (Lita Bolante) Rosie Taytayon B-Day (Friends) 9:45 AM Joe Carvalho (Wife) Noelia Bettencourt (John & Maria Bettencourt) John Nunes (ISTW Charity) 11:00 AM Rena Kusanovich (Dan & Ann McGrath) Gina Segura Prado (David & Espi Family Segura) 12:30 PM Familia Vega Vieira, Intentions Marco Antonio Valdez (Family) Edith Madrigal (Mama) 7:00 PM Gildardo Ortiz (Bertha Ortiz) Trinidad, Francisco & Pascual Salinas (Enriqueta) Teresa Lobato de Garcia (Familia)

July 23-28 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We accompany Pope Francis in this journey of faith strengthened by the presence of a multitude of young people from all over the world. Weekly Collection / Colecta Semanal July 20 & 21, 2013 Regular Collection $4,603.50
Thank you for your generosity! Muchas gracias por su generosidad!

RETAR A DIOS
El antiguo judasmo admiraba a aquellas figuras en su tradicin que osaban retar a Dios. Esto era particularmente caracterstico de los dos patriarcas ms altamente estimados: Abraham y Moiss. Esta osada al dirigirse a Dios se nos presenta hoy en la historia de Gnesis, cuando Abraham trata de salvar las ciudades de Sodoma y Gomorra. Y se refleja en el pasaje evanglico el Padre Nuestro pues fue ciertamente asombroso que Jess osara llamar a Dios Abba. Nuestra familiaridad con esta oracin posiblemente hace que no lo notemos. El valor de Abraham, Moiss y Jess al dirigirse a Dios es una expresin de una relacin profundamente ntima. Tendemos a argumentar ms calurosamente y a hablar con ms ternura con aquellos a quienes ms amamos. Esta misma tendencia es la que genera la amplia variedad de emociones expresadas hacia Dios en los salmos. Confiemos en que nuestra relacin con Dios sea tan ntima que no solamente vengamos a l a pedirle favores o con nuestra frente inclinada humildemente, sino tambin listos a cuestionar y argumentar, a alabar gozosos y a abrazar amorosos nuestra Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. relacin con Dios.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

Apart from the period from Thanksgiving through Christmas, the summer is a favored time for family reunions. We trace family trees and recall our origins. Worship has a family tree as well, and the way we celebrate today has been influenced by various styles and customs through the centuries. We are Western Christians of the Latin Rite. By far, we are the most numerous Western Christians, but there are other ritual families as well. The Archdiocese of Milan in Italy follows the Ambrosian Rite, Toledo in Spain preserves the Mozarabic Rite and the Arab language, and Lyons in France is home to the Gallican Rite. Other liturgical families, such as the Celtic in Ireland and the Sarum in England, faded away after the Reformation. Until recent times, members of some ancient religious orders such as Carmelites and Trappists followed a pattern of Mass that varied slightly from the plan observed in Latin Rite parishes. Isnt the Catholic Church the same everywhere? Not at all. It never has been! The existence of so many liturgical families in the West reminds us that unity, not uniformity, is what the Church seeks to achieve among her children. We are united in faith, but wonderfully diverse in rituals, ceremonies, languages, customs, and spirituality. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.
The very first indigenous Salesian priests in Sierra Leone:

The ordination took place on July 20, 2013. The Salesians arrived in Sierra Leone in 1986. After 27 years of Salesian presence in Sierra Leone, their efforts were rewarded with three priestly ordinations, and more to follow.
Msgr. Thomas P. Hadden, of the Diocese of Raleigh, was the first African-American to attend Romes North American College. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, a convert after attending a Catholic school, he wanted to be a priest, but thought that he could not function as a priest in this country because of race. Raleighs late Bishop Vincent Waters, a native Southerner, would not hear of it. He accepted Thomas Hadden fo the seminary and ordained him in 1958. Msgr. Hadden distinguished himself as a pastor, but at least early in his priesthood he faced racial hostility. He died in 2012

Daniel Libby, Paul Turay, Edwin Tangie.

Olinda Sousa.
More than 300 Masses were requested by members of the Portuguese Community for the happy repose of Olinda. Many Masses were sent to be celebrated by the Salesians in Sierra Leone. The Missionaries in Sierra Leone are very grateful for this most welcome and most generous gift. May Olinda rest in the peace of the Lord.