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MASS SCHEDULE Saturday/Vigil: 4:00pm

Sunday: 8:00am, 10:30am, 12:00pm (en español)

Weekdays: Monday - Friday 8:00am

Holy Days: as announced in bulletin

Adoration: Wednesdays & First Friday

8:30am - 12:00 Noon

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION/CONFESSION

Friday—5pm to 6pm

BAPTISMS Monthly—2nd Saturday 2:00pm

En Español—primer domingo 1pm

WEDDINGS Please make appt with Fr Michael at

least six (6) months in advance

September 11, 2016 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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855 E. Floradora Avenue Fresno, CA 93728

(559) 268-6388 Fax: (559) 268-0852 Office Hours: Tue - Fri: 8:00am - 4:00pm

Email: info@shrineofsttherese.org Website: www.shrineofsttherese.org

Religious Ed Office/Educación Religiosa

(559) 485-2199

STAFF

Rev. Michael A. Burchfield, Pastor

Rev. Flordito (Dhoy) Redulla, Sacramental Priest, Sunday Noon Mass

Cheryl Sershon, Parish Manager Cheryl@shrineofsttherese.org

Tuesday & Friday

Toni Walterman Office Asst/Wedding Coordinator

toni@shrineofsttherese.org Wednesday & Thursday

Maria Elena Cortes, Sacramental Preparation Coordinator

(en español) Mariaelena@shrineofsttherese.org llamar los miercoles, jueves, y viernes

Sheila Ryder, Sacramental Preparation Coordinator

Sheila@shrineofsttherese.org (English program) Wed, Thurs & Fri

Welcome/Bienvenidos

If you have not registered or would like to update registration information, please fill out this form. Please place in the collection basket or mail or drop off at the Parish office. Envelopes are sent only if requested.

Si no está registrado, o si desea actualizar la información de registro, por favor, rellene este formulario y coloque en la canasta de la colecta o entregarla en la Oficina Parroquial. Los sobres se envían sólo se solicita.

Name/Nombre

Address/Dirección/ Zip/Phone/el teléfono

Nuevo Feligrés New Parishioner

Request Envelopes

Por favor retire

Mon 9/12 8am Rudy Facio

by the Korth Family

Tues 9/13 8am

Arthur B Smith & Raymond Smith by Marcella Smith

Wed 9/14 8am

Hilario Sanchez & Maria Carmen Lopez

by Marcella Smith

Thurs 9/15 8am

Raymond Smith & Maria Carmen Lopez

by Marcella smith

Fri 9/16 8am

Gregorio Saragoza by children

Sat 9/17 4pm

Frank Lopez & Joe Lopez, Sr by Marcella Smith

Sun 9/18 8am

All living and deceased members of our Parish by Father Michael Burchfield

10:30am

Hilario Sanchez & Maria Carmen Lopez

by Marcella Smith

noon Margaret Marquez Parra

by Abel Parra

Reading & Mass Intentions

Calendar

Eucharistic Adoration – Wednesdays & First Friday of the month Blessed Sacrament Chapel

8:30am - noon

Senior Luncheon 3rd Tuesday at Noon

Guadalupe Hall Call Barbara: 237-4855

Silver Threads Sewing Circle Will resume 2nd Thursday in September

Guadalupe Hall Call Eva: 486-4031

Senior Bible Study Fridays at 10:30am Guadalupe Hall Call Eileen: 229-0972

The St Therese Parish Guild 1st Wednesday of the month at 7pm in the Guadalupe Hall

Shrine of St. Therese Council 15122 Monthly Meetings 2nd Wednesday

Serving our Parish and Our Community Contact Theo Bluhm 559-276-7711

Grupo De Eventos Hispanos 1st Sunday at 1:15pm (following noon Mass) Guadalupe Hall Call Isais Zuniga: 558-7420

or Eva Casas: 486-4031

Matrimonia Encuentro Friday evenings

Call Angelica o Jose Medina 304-2319

Youth Group Follow the Light -Sigue la Luz

Every Friday at 6:30pm in Room 6 Miguel: 241-4453; Jorge: 475-2370;

Carlos: 304-0712

Talleres De Oración y Vida Todos los Miercoles 6:30pm—8:30pm Salon #2

Llamar a Rosalina Figueroa 907-9541 Virginia Ramirez 433-7823

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 11:17-26, 33; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Lk 7:1-10 Tuesday: 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a; Ps 100:1-5; Lk 7:11-17 Wednesday: Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17 Thursday: 1 Cor 15:1-11; Ps 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 7:36-50 Friday: 1 Cor 15:12-20; Ps 17:1bcd, 6-8b, 15; Lk 8:1-3 Saturday: 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49; Ps 56:10c-14; Lk 8:4-15 Sunday: Am 8:4-7; Ps 113:1-2, 4-8; 1 Tm 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 [10-13]

Prayer Line Kathleen 473-9127 Línea de Orations Eva Casas 486-4031

Thank you for your offerings

September 4, 2016 $6,863.00 Budget: $6,857.00 Difference: $5.00

Gracias por sus ofrendas

The Sister Disciples of the Divine Master will facilitate a Day of Retreat for young

Single Women ages 18- 35.

Where: Sister Disciples of the Divine Master Convent

3700 N. Cornelia Avenue Fresno, CA 93722

When: Saturday, September 17th, 2016 from 9:30am - 3:00 pm.

Please bring Sacklunch, notebook & pen. For Registration: Please call Sr. M. Margaret at

(559) 275-9978. Donations accepted

Young Ladies’ Institute Flapjack Fundraiser

Held at Famous Dave’s 7603 Blackstone Ave

Saturday, October 1, 2016 8am—10am

$10/ticket Includes: 2 pancakes, syrup, butter, scrambled

eggs, bacon, oj and coffee Guadalupe Avila 240-5501 by 9/16 No tickets will be sold at the door

Pregnant? Not sure what to do?

We will provide you with personal,

compassionate, pregnancy-options support to help you make the best choices

for yourself and your baby: Safe, friendly space to explore your options Compassionate and confidential No judgment, no pressure Caring support, whatever your decision Connect with needed services and resourses Personalized for your unique situation Your place or ours, your choice Free transportation available

Whatever decision you make — parenting or

adoption planning, we’ll be with you every step of the way.

Please call 447-3333 or email info@infantofprague.org

6059 N Palm Avenue

9/11 REMEMBERED Fifteen years ago, the continuing TV coverage of the imploding twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York was unbearable for me, as were accounts of the crashes and destruction in Washington and the hills of Pennsylvania. The immense devastation of human life was incomprehensible. Visiting the site in New York some five years later reopened searing wounds, and overwhelmed me with immense sadness. An incursion on our soil, carefully planned and executed by foreign elements, had shattered my cherished sense of security, and provoked a frightening sense of God’s absence. How could my Catholic faith tradition enable me to endure this tragedy? I knew that neither vengeance nor sweeping animosity was an option for me.

You have left us crushed . . . covered us with darkness.

We are bowed down to the ground (Psalm 44:20, 26).

O LORD of hosts, restore us; Let your face shine upon us (Psalm 80:4).

The Psalmist cries a lament, expressing the mourning of the Israelite people, the chosen of God, who had regarded themselves as untouchable and above reproach, now hurled into misery. The lament expresses a nation’s agony, dares to complain against their divine protector, may even own some complicity in the misery, and finally pleads with God for deliverance. In the midst of lamenting, the faith of Israel endured, as must ours. We are as vulnerable as they were to the violence and hatred that seem to encircle us. Our demand for a divine explanation goes unheeded. Yet we have learned of the self-sacrificing heroism of many, witnessing to the finest character of our nation and of our Christian heritage. Dying for one’s friends is a sacred theme in our story, epitomized in Jesus, our Savior, and ex-tended through centuries in the grandest and no-blest acts of men and women in all circumstances. In 2001 we came together as one nation un-der God, sharing the grief, the disillusionment, and the promise to rebuild. As today we lament our hon-ored dead and wounded, shall we translate such agonizing emotion into a persistent pursuit of world-wide reconciliation and peace? —Rev. Andrew Nelson, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Jubilee Year of Mercy September 11, 2016 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time When religious people complained that Jesus welcomed and ate with sinners, Jesus challenged them to change their image of God. Imagine God as a shepherd, abandoning ninety-nine obedient sheep to seek the stupid one who got lost. Imagine God as a distraught woman (could religious men imagine that?), losing something and turning the house upside down to find it. Imagine God as an unconditionally forgiving father granting an unworthy son an undeserved feast. Then Jesus added a character whom religious people might imagine, even recognize, all too well. The elder son stayed home; obeyed the father’s will; then exploded with rage and judgment and refused to join his brother’s welcome-home feast. This Jubilee Year of Mercy asks, which half of Jesus’ audience do I belong to? How do I imagine God? How can I become like the searching shepherd, the sweeping woman, the forgiving father? How else can I expect a welcome to Jesus’ feast of forgiveness? —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Because Moses interceded, the LORD relented and did not punish the people (Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14). Psalm — I will rise and go to my father (Psalm 51). Second Reading — Paul expresses his gratitude for being appointed to the ministry (1 Timothy 1:12-17). Gospel — There is great rejoicing in heaven when a sinner repents (Luke 15:1-32 [1-10]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved

RECONCILIATION True reconciliation is emotional, dramatic, and cleansing. When two people meet heart to heart and work through old hurts, misunderstandings, and careless words, cleansing tears often flow and the encounter ends with an embrace that fills both with the warmth of a love too strong to fade. The readings this weekend assure us of this healthy release that comes with reconciliation. They give us the courage to reach out to someone with whom we need to reconcile ourselves, and give us the courage to ask for forgiveness from God, too. In the reading from Exodus, we see how God refuses again and again to give up on the Israelites. Even though they grow impatient with God and turn to false idols, God still calls them back. Luke’s Gospel assures us that God rejoices when we turn away from sin. Paul’s letter to Timothy encourages us, like Paul, to look back on our lives and recognize where God’s patient mercy has been shown to us. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE is an annual pro-life campaign that has mobilized over 700,000 people worldwide, saved the lives of more than 11,796 babies in the womb, led to the

conversion of 133 abortion workers, and seen 73 abortion facilities close.

Please join us for an hour in prayer and fasting at a peaceful prayer vigil in front of

Planned Parenthood’s Fresno abortion facility (650 N. Fulton St.).

FROM September 28 TO November 6 The Central Valley is uniting with hundreds of

other cities around the world in this vigil; representing one of the largest and longest coordinated pro-life mobilizations in history.

To sign up or get more information visit: www.40daysfresno.org or

E-mail: juancarlos@rtlcc.org

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Patriot Day; Grandparents Day Monday: The Most Holy Name of Mary Tuesday: St. John Chrysostom Wednesday: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Thursday: Our Lady of Sorrows Friday: Ss. Cornelius and Cyprian Saturday: St. Robert Bellarmine; Blessed Virgin Mary

Año Jubilar de la Misericordia 11 de septiembre de 2016 Vigésimo Cuarto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario Cuando algunas personas muy cumplidoras de los preceptos religiosos se quejaron que Jesús se juntaba y comía con pecadores, Jesús los desafío a cambiar su imagen de Dios. La imagen de Dios como un pastor que abandona a noventa y nueve ovejas para buscar a la más despistada que se perdió. La imagen de Dios en una mujer preocupada (¿podrían los hombres religiosos imaginarlo?) que perdió algo y pone “la casa patas arriba” para encontrarlo. La imagen de Dios como un padre que incondicionalmente perdona a un hijo indigno y además celebra su regreso con una fiesta. Luego Jesús añade a otra persona con quien las personas religiosas podrían de alguna manera reconocer y, también todos nosotros. El hijo mayor que estaba en casa, un hijo obediente a la voluntad de su padre, luego reaccionan con rabia y juicio y, se niegan a unirse a recibir en casa a su hermano. Sin duda que en este Año Jubilar de la Misericordia se nos pregunta ¿con cuál audiencia te identificas? ¿Cómo tú te imaginas a Dios? ¿Cómo puedo hacerme como el pastor y la mujer preocupados, el padre comprensivo? ¿De que otra manera puedo esperar una bienvenida a la fiesta del perdón de Jesús? —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Porque Moisés intercedió, el Señor se ablandó y no castigó al pueblo por su maldad (Exodo 32:7-11, 13-14). Salmo — Me levantaré y volveré a mi padre (Salmo 51 [50]). Segunda lectura — Pablo expresa su gratitud por haber sido nombrado al ministerio de Cristo (1 Timoteo 1:12-17). Evangelio — Hay gran regocijo en el cielo cuando un pecador se arrepiente (Lucas 15:1-32 [1-10]). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario II © 1976, Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Litúrgica de la Conferencia

RECONCILIACIÓN La verdadera reconciliación es emocional, dramática y purificadora. Cuando dos personas se encuentran de corazón a corazón para reparar viejas heridas, malentendidos y palabras descuidadas, lágrimas purificadoras fluyen con frecuencia y el encuentro termina con un abrazo que llena a ambas con el calor de un amor demasiado fuerte para apagarse. Las lecturas esta semana nos aseguran que una saludable liberación acompaña la reconciliación. Ellas nos dan el valor de acercarnos a alguien con quien necesitemos reconciliarnos, y también nos dan valor para pedir perdón a Dios. En la lectura del Éxodo, vemos cómo Dios se niega una y otra vez a abandonar a los israelitas. Aunque ellos se impacientan con Dios y adoran falsos dioses, Dios todavía vuelve a llamarlos. El Evangelio de san Lucas nos asegura que Dios se regocija cuando nos apartamos del pecado. La carta de Pablo a Timoteo nos anima, como Pablo, a revisar nuestra vida y a reconocer las ocasiones en que Dios ha sido paciente y misericordioso con nosotros. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

40 DÍAS POR LA VIDA es una campaña anual pro-vida que ha movilizado a más de

700,000 personas en todo el mundo, ha salvado la vida de más de 11,796 bebés en el

vientre, dio lugar a la conversión de 133 trabajadores de las clínicas de aborto, y ha

visto 73 centros de aborto cerrar sus puertas. Por favor, únase a nosotros para una hora en

oración y ayuno en una vigilia de oración pacífica en frente de la clínica de aborto

Planned Parenthood (650 N. Fulton St. en Fresno)

Del 28 de Septiembre al 6 de Noviembre El Valle Central se unirá a

cientos de otras ciudades de todo el mundo en esta vigilia; representando una de las movilizaciones coordinadas pro-vida más

grandes y más largas de la historia. Para inscribirse o para más información, visite:

www.40daysfresno.org or E-mail: juancarlos@rtlcc.org

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Vigésimo Cuarto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario; Día de los Patriotas; Día de los Abuelos Lunes: El Santísimo Nombre de la Virgen María Martes: San Juan Crisóstomo Miércoles: La Exaltación de la Santa Cruz Jueves: Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Viernes: Santos Cornelio y Cipriano Sábado: San Roberto Belarmino; Santa María Virgen