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Administrative Staff Robert Martinez ……………………. Administrative Assistant Jorge Rodriguez …………..……...….…………...Plant Manager Alejandra Lopez …………………………………… Bulletin Editor Deacon Vic Tiambeng…………………...…………… Webmaster St. Martha’s School …….……….…….…...….(626) 964-1093 Sr. Azucena del Rio, R.A.D., ………………...…………Principal Office Hours: …………………..……………8:00 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Religious Education ……….……………...……(626) 912-2581 Sara Monte ………………………………….…………………Director Hours: Monday - Wednesday / Lunes a Miércoles 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. Thurs., Fri. & Sun./ Jue., Vie. y Dom. Closed/Cerrado Saturday / Sábado 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Youth & Young Adult Ministry Ed Macalalad & Yolanda Gonzales.….…… (626)964– 1903 Lifeteenstmartha@gmail.com

Monday & Wednesday 6:30pm - 9pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday by appointment only.

Sunday 9am - 12pm (noon)

Christian Service/Bethany Center Lupe Coronado .……………………..…….……..(626) 968-0291

Mondays & Thursdays 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Catholic Instruction (RCIA) Suki Lagman (English)……..………..………….(626) 367-4327 Ojie Engalla (English)…………………………...(626) 383-8459 Carmen Umaña (Spanish)..………….…………(626)931-9277

Archdiocesan Vocation Office http://www.LAVocations.org.

PARISH PRIESTS: Rev. Mauricio O. Goloran III (Fr. Mau), Pastor Rev. Ramon Orozco (Fr. Ramon), Associate Rev. Joseph Adhunga, AJ (Fr. Joseph), Associate Msgr. Aidan Carroll, In Residence

Deacon Couple Victor & Dolly Tiambeng

444 N. AZUSA AVE., + VALINDA, CA 91744-4299 Parish Office: (626) 964 - 4313 Parish Fax: (626) 913 - 2953

Bienvenidos a Santa Marta... Si esta visitándonos o nuevo en nuestra comunidad, estamos bendecidos de que usted este aquí para adorar con nosotros y le damos la bienvenida. Nuestro Pastor, Sacerdotes Asociados, Personal y Familia Parroquial extender la hospitalidad de Jesucristo a usted. Si desea obtener más información acerca de nuestra parroquia, por favor llame o pase por nuestra oficina parroquial.

Welcome To St. Martha Church… If you are visiting or new to our community, we are blessed that you are here to worship with us and we welcome you. Our Pastor, Associate Priest, Staff and Parish Family extend the hospitality of Jesus Christ to you. If you would like more information about our Parish, please call or stop by our Parish Office.

E-mail: Spirit@StMarthaVal.Org Web Site:www.StMarthaVal.Org

Office Hours Monday - Saturday / Lunes - Sábado: …….…….……8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Thursday / Jueves: ……………………………….………….CLOSED / CERRADO Sunday / Domingo: ……………………………….………….8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Weekdays: 7 - 9 p.m. by appointment only.

Mass Schedule / Horarios de Misas Saturday (Vigil): 5:00 p.m. (English), 7:00 p.m. (Español) Sunday: 6:30, 9:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon (English) 7:30, 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. (Español)

12:00 noon (First Sunday: English with Tagalog Hymns) 5:00 p.m. Life Teen Mass (English)

Weekdays / Entre Semana Mon., Wed., Thurs., 8:00 a.m.; Sat.: 8:30 a.m. (English)

Martes y Viernes: 8:00 a.m. (Español) Wednesday 7:00 p.m. (English)

Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena after Mass.

Holy Days / Días de Precepto Vigil: 7:00 p.m. (Bilingual) Feast: 8:00 a.m. (Bilingual), 7:00 p.m. (English)

First Friday / Primer Viernes 8:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Bilingual / Bilingües

ADORATION 10:00 a.m. Friday to 8:00 a.m. Saturday

Every Friday/ Cada Viernes 6:00pm to 7:00pm Holy Hour/ Hora Santa

Every Second Friday/ Cada Segundo Viernes 6pm to 7pm Holy Hour for Pro-Life/ Hora Santa Pro-Vida

Confessions / Confesiones Monday– Friday/Lunes - Viernes 6:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Thursday./Jueves NO Confessions Saturday/Sábado 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Sacrament of Baptism / Sacramento de Bautismo By appointment only. Parents must register at the rectory, well in advance. Parents and Sponsors must attend a class before cere-mony.

Solo con cita. Los padres deben registrarse en la rectoría, con anticipación. Los padres y padrinos deben atender una clase antes de la ceremonia.

Sacrament of Matrimony / Sacramento de Matrimonio By appointment only. Couples should see priest/deacon at least 6 months prior to wedding. Date is discussed at your meetings with a priest/deacon.

Solo con cita. La pareja debe ver al sacerdote/diácono por lo menos 6 meses antes de la boda. Se hablara sobre la fecha en sus reuniones con el sacerdote/diácono.

Pareja de Encuentro Matrimonial Jose ♥ Beatriz Rosales …………………...……………..626) 931-0775

March 8, 2015 3rd Sunday of Lent / 3° Domingo de Cuaresma Pg. Three/Tres

Food for thought……

Reverence during the Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucha-rist allows us to go deeper into our faith. Listening and praying with everyone makes us in solidarity with Jesus and as one body of Christ.

Materia en que pensar…… Ser reverentes durante la Liturgia de la Palabra y la Eucaristía, nos permite profundizar en nuestra fe. Escuchar y orar con los demás nos hace solidarios con Jesús formando un solo cuerpo en Cristo.

MARCH 7th & 8th IS CHRISTIAN SERVICE WEEKEND

First of all, Thank You! to all who contributed items for our pantry last month. Your donations

allowed us to serve families in our community.

We desperately need: Canned Goods (soups, fruits), Cereals, Mac & Cheese, Tuna, Crackers, Vienna Sausages, Beans, Rice, Tomato Sauce, Juices, Milk (fresh or powdered), Trail Mix or Granola Bars, Spaghetti & Spaghetti Sauce, Top Ramen, Coffee, Baby Diapers (size 3 & 4), Can Openers (for homeless bags).

On the weekend you will have three options in delivering your gifts: 1. Your family may be invited to bring up your gifts during

the Offertory at the Mass you regularly attend. 2. You may hand your gifts to a Bethany Center Volunteer

in the church patio on your way in to Mass. 3. You may bring your gifts directly to Bethany Center on

Monday or Thursday, 1pm to 5pm, or you may call Lupe Coronado at (626) 324 – 3968, to arrange a deliv-ery time that is convenient for you.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

7 & 8 DE MARZO FIN DE SEMANA DE SERVICIO CRISTIANO

Primero, Muchas Gracias! A los que contribuyeron artículos para nuestra despensa el mes pasado. Sus donaciones nos permitieron servir a familias en nuestra comunidad. Necesitamos urgentemente: Comestibles Enlatados (sopas, frutas), Cereales, Mac & Cheese, Tuna, Galletas Saladas, Salchichas Vienna, Frijol, Arroz, Salsa de Tomate, Jugos Chicos, Leche (fresca o en polvo), Barras de Granola, Spaghetti & Salsa para Spaghetti, Top Ramen, Café, Panales para Bebe (talla 3 & 4), Abrelatas.

El fin de semana usted tendrá tres opciones para entregar sus regalos: 1. Su familia podrá ser invitada a presentar sus regalos

durante el Ofertorio en la Misa. 2. Puede entregar sus regalos a Voluntarios del Centro

Betania en el patio de la Iglesia. 3. Puede llevar sus regalos directamente al Centro Betania

el Lunes o Jueves, de 1pm a 5pm, o puede llamar a Lupe Coronado al (626) 324 -3968 para programar una entrega mas conveniente para usted.

MUCHAS GRACIAS POR SU GENEROCIDAD

Next week, our parish will take up the Catholic Relief Services Collection. This Col-lection supports six Catholic agencies that touch more than 100 million lives around the world. The funds from this Collection provide food to the hungry, support to displaced refugees, and show Christ’s love and respect to all people.

Next week, please give generously to the Catholic Relief Services Collection and help Jesus in dis-guise.

La próxima semana se realizará en nuestra parroquia la Catholic Relief Services Collection. Esta Colecta otorga financiamiento a seis agencias católicas que tocan a más de 100 millones de vidas alrededor del mundo. Los fondos de esta Colecta proporcionan alimento al hambriento, ayuda a los refugiados desplazados y muestra el amor y el respeto de

Cristo a todas las personas. La próxima semana, por favor contribuyan generosamente a la Catholic Relief Services Collection y ayuden a Jesús con otro rostro.

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Via Crusis

El Grupo de Jóvenes “El Señor es mi Pastor” les hace una invitación para participar en la obra del via crusis que se llevará acabo el 3 de Abril. Las practicas son los Martes de 7pm a 9pm y los Domingos de 6pm a 8pm en el estacionamiento de la escuela Santa Marta.

Para mayor información llamar a: Jose Camacho: (626) 806 - 2152.

Week Days of Lent: There is no obligation to fast. However, vol-untary acts of self denial are recommended.

Days of Abstinence All Fridays in Lent. All who have reached

14 years of age are bound to abstain totally from meat.

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday: Are days of Fast and Abstinence from meat. Limit of one full meal on these days for all between the ages of 14 and 59.

Easter Duty of Obligation: The Sacrament of Reconciliation and Holy Communion must be received during the Easter Season, as specified by diocesan regulations.

Regulations

Días Semanales de Cuaresma: No hay obligación de ayunar. Sin embargo, actos voluntarios de abstinencia son

recomendados.

Días de Abstinencia: Todos los Viernes de Cuaresma. Todos aquellos que hayan alcanzado 14 años

deben abstenerse de comer carne totalmente.

Miércoles de Ceniza y Viernes Santo: Son días de Ayuno y Abstinencia de carne. Limítese a una comida completa en estos días si tiene entre 14 y 59 años de edad.

Deber y Obligación en Pascua: El Sacramento de Reconciliación y Sagrada Comunión deben recibirse durante la Temporada de Pascua. (regulación Diocesana.)

Reglamentos de

LENTEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS (ENGLISH)

On Wednesday nights after Mass and Our Mother of Perpetual Help Novena, we will re-flect on the passion and death of our Lord Jesus

Christ. Please join us at Church on following dates: February 25 until April 1.

WHERE WE GOT THE BIBLE

DID THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BAN AND BURN BIBLES? The Catholic Church banned these Bibles and disposed of them the same way Prot-estants did: they burned them!

-www.saintjosephradio.net

This Lent, the Justice for Immigrants Cam-paign of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) invites you to pray, fast, learn, give, and advocate for just and humane immigration reform in solidarity with immigrants and refugees. Visit: justice-

forimmigrants.org/lent to download the 2015 Lenten toolkit and related resources.

Esta Cuaresma, la Campaña Justicia para los Inmigrantes de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos (USCCB) lo invita a rezar, ayunar, aprender, dar y defender una reforma migratoria justa y humana, en solidaridad con los inmigrantes y refugiados.

Visite: justiceforimmigrants.org/lent para descargar las herramientas para la Cuaresma 2015 y materiales relacionados.

Communal Penance Services for Lent 2015

Servicios de Reconciliación Comunales de Cuaresma

2015

Monday / Lunes March 23 7:30pm at St. Martha, Valinda

Tuesday / Martes March 24 7:30pm at St. John Vianney, Hacienda Hgts

Wednesday / Miércoles March 25 7:00pm at St. Joseph, La Puente

March 8, 2015 3rd Sunday of Lent / 3° Domingo de Cuaresma Pg. Five/Cinco

UPDATE: 40-Days for Life Movement Since February 18, the volunteers who are doing prayer vigil, rosary and fasting at the Queen of the Val-ley Medical Arts Building have saved 87 Babies from

being aborted. Let us join them and let us pray to end abortion!

ACTUALIZACIÓN: 40-Días de Movimiento de Vida Desde el 18 de Febrero, los voluntarios que están haciendo vigilia de oración, rosario y ayuno en Queen of the Valley Medical Arts Building han salvado 87 bebés de ser abortados. Unámonos a ellos y oremos para acabar con el aborto!

Cristo Vive is having a Food Sale Sunday, March 15, 2015

In the parish Hall From 8am. to 1pm.

JOIN US!

Cristo Vive tendrá una venta de comida Domingo, 15 de Marzo, En el Salón parroquial

De 8am. a 1pm. ACOMPÁÑENOS!

THE LENTEN SYMBOLS in our Church

Lenten Reflections

The Church gives us the liturgical season of Lent as a period of renewal. We surrender ourselves to prayer, we sacrifice by giving up food and material wants, and we turn our attention to others by sharing our gifts from God, generously, in service and almsgiving, it is the time to cleanse one’s mind, and heart a time of serf-examination and penance. May the Lenten environment assist us in our Lenten journey. Purple is the color of Lent. Its association with pain an suffering is based upon the passion of Jesus leading up to his crucifixion. “They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him” (Mark 15:17) under the weight of sin, we bear our pain, suffering, and journey with him to the cross. Purple is a mixture of red, the color of blood, and blue, the color or heaven. In the bloodshed of the Son of God, heaven is brought low to us. Purple hanging invite us into a spirit of acceptance our own torment and pain. They are the means to a joyful meeting with God. Purple is also the color of royalty and so as we reflect on Jesus’ suffering and death for our sins, we anticipate the resurrection and our hope of transformation into new creatures. Barren branches: In front of the ambo and the vestibule are barren branches. Once green and fruitful, the branches are now specimens of dryness and emptiness. Crooked, rough, and withered, they reach heaven-wards as if in prayer. They remind us of ur own parched lives and the need for self-sacrifice and prayer so that our forgiving Lord may grant us new life. Empty jars: In front of the altar are clay jars used as storage of grain and seeds. They are now devoid of their usual contents. More jars are tipped over unable to provide water to slake one’s thirst. The ab-sence of what makes for basic sustenance is a stark reminder of our total inadequacy before God and our profound need for Him. The emptiness gives us a “silence” that allows us to hear God in our hearts. Rocks and stones: Rocks and stones are a symbol of austerity and rigor. They re-mind us of the desert wilderness where Jesus spent 40 days. The Spirit led him there right after his baptism. Jesus needed the still-ness of the desert and a space to himself to discern God’s will for him. His ministry lay before him and he needed to figure this out. So he prayed and fasted so that he would be more open to God’s word an guidance. Jesus invites us to find our own place of still-ness, an austere place where we can fully direct our hearts to God. Fasting and prayer helps us find this “place” and focus. Jesus was tempted in the desert. “the tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread. Jesus answered, “it is written: ‘Man shall not live of bread alone, but on every word that come form the mouth of God.” (Mt 4:3-4) Jesus, by his answer, made the stones a symbol of over-coming temptation. Rocks: also symbolize the unchangeable and eternal nature of God. God is our rock. We must rest our faith in him.

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Please pray for our Priests and please remember to pray for vocations as priests, brothers and sisters. Please speak to youth and young adults and invite them to consider being a priest,

brother or sister.

Por favor mantengan en sus oraciones a nuestros Sacerdotes y recuerden de pedir por Vocaciones Religiosas. Por favor hablen con jóvenes y jóvenes adultos e invítenlos a que consideren la

posibilidad de convertirse en sacerdote, hermano o hermana.

PLEASE, TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE!

¡POR FAVOR APAGUE SU CELULAR!

ST. MARTHA CATHOLIC SCHOOL “Where Every Student Excels”

TK-8 www.stmarthaval.org

(626) 964-1093 Dear Parishioners, The faculty, staff, and students of St. Martha School would like to cordially invite you to our 2015 School Open House, Wednesday, March 11th, from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. Visit all the classrooms, talk to the teachers, and inquire about our great school where “every students excels” and where “tradition and technology meet”. We are now taking applications for the 2015-2016 school year for Transitional Kindergarten (4 years olds) through Eighth Grade. For further information, please call the school office at 626) 964-1093 between 8:00am and 2:00pm.

(We are offering School Tours Thursday, March 12th and March 26th,

from 3:00-4:00 p.m.)

Thank you and may God bless you, Sr. Azucena, Principal

NO CLASSES /NO HAY CLASES Saturday/Sábado, March 14th

Because of Religious Education Congress / Por el Congreso de Educación Religiosa

For more information please call the Religious Education Office at:

Para mas información por favor llame a La oficina de Educación Religiosa:

NO CLASSROOMS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON WEDNESDAY,

MARCH 11 DUE TO THE SCHOOL’S OPEN HOUSE.

Thank you, Sr. Azucena, Principal

BOSCO TECH CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY

Don Bosco Technical Institute (Bosco Tech) will host the Black and Gold Gala at

Montebello’s Quiet Cannon on

Saturday, March 28, starting at 5:30 p.m.

The event will celebrate the school’s 60th anniversary since breaking ground in 1955 and will honor alumni, long-time faculty, influential individuals and philanthropic foundations who have contributed to the school’s long-term success. Gala guests will dine, dance and bid on si-lent and live auction items with all proceeds benefiting Bosco Tech’s financial aid program. Tickets are $75 per person and can be purchased through

www.boscotech.edu/events.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

Mon/Lun 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4; Lk 4:24-30 Tue/Mar: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9; Mt. 18:21-35 Wed/Miér: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Thurs/Jue: Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 Fri/Vier: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 Sat/Sáb: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 Sun/Dom 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137:1-6; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21 Alternate readings (Year A): 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]