FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER CUARTO DOMINGO DE PASCUA

May 12, 2019 ● 12 de Mayo de 2019

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church 2725 Elm Street, Napa, CA 94558

PARISH OFFICE/OFICINA PARROQUIAL Office Hours / Horario de Oficina:

Monday-Friday 9am-12pm & 1pm-5pm (707) 255 - 2949 Fax (707) 255 - 2439

www.stthomasaquinasnapa.com stthomas_napa@att.net

STAFF Rev. Abel Mena, JCL, Pastor/Adjutant Judicial Vicar

Rev. Gary Sumpter, In Residence Rev. Mr. Jim Eckert, Deacon

Rev. Mr. Jesse De Luna, Deacon Deborah O’Haire, Religious Education Coordinator

Amparo Valenzuela, Office Coordinator

ENGLISH WEEKEND MASSES Saturday - *8:00am & 4:00 pm Sunday - 9:00 am & 11:00 am

*This mass is offered if Fr. Gary is available

DAILY MASS Monday - Friday - 9:00 am

First Friday of the Month - 12:00 pm

MISA EN ESPAÑOL Domingo - 1:30 pm

CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES Saturday/ Sábados 3:00 pm—3:45 pm 1er Dom. del mes 12:30 pm—1:20pm

SHEPHERDS LIKE JESUS Each year this Fourth Sunday of Easter celebrates Je-sus the Good Shepherd. Today’s Gospel seems espe-cially timely, for as Christians worldwide suffer perse-cution like Paul and Barnabas, Jesus promises his sheep enduring, invincible safety: “They shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand.” But we who are free to live our faith peacefully sometimes take our membership in Jesus’ flock for granted, wandering astray to seek our own pleasure and prosperity. The simple cross that Pope Francis always wears seems to show us how Jesus responds to that. Francis’s cross features an image of Jesus, who has sought and found a lost sheep, then joyfully set it on his shoulders to car-ry it gently home. May Good Shepherd Sunday inspire us, so often lost and found ourselves, to assist Jesus in seeking, finding, and gently carrying home our fellow precious lambs.

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PASTOR’S MESSAGE

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

St. Thomas is preparing food for the “Table” at the Presbyterian Church every third Thursday of each month. We hope you will use the sign-up sheet so we know what food you bring and who the volunteer helpers will be on that Thursday. We need potatoes, carrots, ham, green beans, and milk. The sign-up sheet for the food is on the “Table” board and a half barrel marked “Table” underneath where you can put food the Sunday before. This is on the NW corner of the Social Hall.

THE TABLE

CONFIRMATIONS The Sacrament of Confirmation will take place on May 18th at the 4pm Mass. Our parish has about 50 candidates for Confirmation this year. Please keep them in your prayers. Thank you.

At our May "Doughnut Sunday" we raised $55.43 for St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. A big Thank You to the Eggers Family for heading up this month's "Doughnut Sunday." If you would like to sponsor a month please contact Maureen Eckert at (707) 227-9031. We need additional helpers for June.

THANK YOU

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday, June 7, the First Friday of the month, from 9am to 10pm. Mass is celebrated at 12pm. Please come and join us for Adoration on this First Fri-day. We need people to sign up for a Holy Hour during the 13 hours. The sign-up sheet is on the parish bulletin board in the church hall. Please consider signing up for an hour to ensure we have every hour covered, and hopefully by more than just one person per hour.

BLESSED SACRAMENT ADORATION

We have invested resources to beautify our gar-dens. Please talk to Fr. Abel before making any changes to the garden or flowers.

MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE

One of the great aspects of our faith is that the Catholic Church is made up of members from differ-ent cultures and languages. The readings this weekend reminds all of us of that we are all one fami-ly, regardless of who we are or where we come from. Our faith and trust in God is what unites us as one family. Yet, the first reading reminds us of the challenges that can manifest even in the most perfect families. Our Catholic Church is not the exception. We must all strive to be kind, charitable and respectful of others. That will only happen if we open our hearts, minds and will to that of God and His Holy Church. Let us continue to walk in our spiritual journey during this Easter season as one family united by our faith, being open to God so that we might imitate His example and be kind, respectful and charitable to others. On another note, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers in our parish. May God continue to bless all of you and your families. May God continue to bless all of you and our parish of St. Thomas, Fr. Abel

Next Sunday, May 13th, is Mother’s Day. The Altar Guild has one of its biggest fundraisers for the parish on that weekend – the Mother’s Day Bake Sale. Home-baked items will be sold be-fore and after all of the weekend Masses. If you bake, and would like to help the Guild with the fundraiser, you can bring your home-baked goods to the church hall on Saturday, from 1-5pm, or on Sunday morning before the 9am Mass. We hope you will consider donating some home-baked goods to help the Altar Guild raise money for the parish, and we thank you in ad-vance

MOTHER’S DAY BAKE SALE

* NOTICE: In the month of May the office will have a temporary change of hours of operation. From May 13 to May 31 the office and church will be open only from 9am to 1pm. As of June 3, we return to our regular office schedule from 9am to 5pm.

OFFICE HOURS

ANUNCIOS DE LA PARROQUIA

En la Iglesia de Santo Tomás tene-mos la Adoración del Santísimo Sa-cramento el viernes 7 de junio de 9am a 10pm. El Santísimo Sacra-mento estará expuesto en la custo-dia en el altar para Adoración y oración hasta las 10pm y la misa se celebrará a las 12pm en Ingles. Por favor venga y acompáñenos para la

Adoración en este primer viernes. Le invitamos para que se registren para una hora de adora-ción. La hoja de inscripción está en el tablero de anuncios en el salón de la iglesia. Considere ins-cribirse durante una hora para asegurarse de que tengamos por lo menos un adorador por ho-ra, y si es posible más de una persona por hora.

Uno de los grandes aspectos de nuestra fe es que la Iglesia Católica está formada por miembros de diferentes culturas e idiomas. Las lecturas de este fin de semana nos recuerdan a todos que somos una sola familia, sin importar quiénes somos o de dónde venimos. Nuestra fe y confianza en Dios es lo que nos une como una sola familia. Sin embargo, la primera lectura nos recuerda los desafíos que pueden manifestarse incluso en las familias más perfectas. Nuestra iglesia católica no es la excep-ción. Todos debemos esforzarnos por ser amables, caritativos y respetuosos con los demás. Eso solo sucederá si abrimos nuestros corazones, mentes y voluntad a la voluntad de Dios y Su Santa Iglesia. Continuemos caminando en nuestro camino espiritual durante esta temporada de Pascua como una familia unida por nuestra fe, estando abiertos a Dios para que podamos imitar Su ejemplo y ser ama-bles, respetuosos y caritativos con los demás. En otra nota, Feliz Dia de las Madres a todas las madres en nuestra parroquia. Que Dios continúe bendiciendo a todas ustedes y a sus familias. Que Dios continúe bendiciendo a todos ustedes y a nuestra parroquia de Santo Tomás. P. Abel

MENSAJE DEL PASTOR

Se les comunica que en el mes de mayo no se ofrecerá la platica de bautismo. Si usted necesita asistir a platicas por favor planee asistir el jueves 27 de junio a las 6:45pm en la iglesia.

ADORACIÓN AL SANTÍSIMO

El movimiento de Curcillos de Cristiandad les pide a todos los Curcillistas sus oraciones para los próximos Curcillos de la Diócesis de Santa Rosa que se llevaran acabo los días 16 al 19 de Mayo , el de Hombres y 24 al 27 de Mayo el de Mujeres. De Colores.

EL GRUPO DE CURSILLO Hemos invertido recursos para embellecer nues-tros jardines. Por favor no haga ningún cambio o modificación en el jardín. Si tiene alguna aporta-ción por favor hablar con el Padre Abel.

MENSAJE DE LA OFICINA

Canon #873: Téngase un solo padrino o una sola madrina, o uno y una. Canon #874: Sea católico, esté confirmado, haya recibido ya el santísimo sacramento de la Euca-ristía y lleve, al mismo tiempo, una vida con-gruente con la fe y con la misión que va a asu-mir; no sea el padre o la madre de quien se ha de bautizar. **Por estas razones, si hay una persona que esta viviendo con alguien y no esta casado/a por la Iglesia Católica, no puede ser padrino o madrina.

St. Thomas de Aquino te invita a su grupo de oración. Nos reunimos todos los Sábados des-pués de misa de 4pm en la iglesia.

GRUPO DE ORACIÓN CLASE DE BAUTISMO

REGLAS PARA PADRINOS

OFICINA PARROQUIAL *AVISO: En el mes de mayo la oficina tendrá un cambio de horario temporal. A partir del 13 de mayo hasta el 31 de mayo la oficina y la iglesia estará abierta solamente de 9am a 1pm. A partir del 3 de junio regresamos a nuestro horario ha-bitual de 9am a 5pm.

STEWARDSHIP/CORRESPONSABILIDAD

* Weekly collection needed to meet parish expenses: $4,400

THANK YOU - GRACIAS

Andrew Hill, Marcia Ryan, Mary Jo, Margret Krch, Jose Luis Alfaro, Jane Lemmons, Jean Welsh, Ricky, Carmen Lee, Carl Botenhagen, Pablo Morales, Monserrat Salgado, Angelica Espinoza, Theresa Ware, Itzel Mendez, Katrinka Ruk, Ken Sprague, Wayne Dieslter, Maria Aquilija, Carl Kitley, Mary and Loren Ryan, Erica Cervantes, Lino Gon-zales, Teresa Conemac, Ignacio Hurtado Torrico, Paul Jo-seph, Mona Wageck, Vivian Michael, Kay Jones, Joel Ri-vera, Salomon Moreno Romero, Teresa Rubio, Andres Garcia, Rod Berg, Manuel Hernandez, Mike Mourad, Je-sus Vazquez, Larry Fontana, Anne-Marie Mourad, Jose Julian Mendez Calderon, Familia Nuñes Torres, Yalitza Contreras, Chuck Reiland, Gina Dal Porto, Sue Lathrop, Ana Perez, Cervantes Family, Camila Gonzalez De La Tor-re, Brian Krenzin, Marcella Wheelan, Todd Daniel Lem-mons, Mayra Zarate, Eduardo Mendez Calderon, Helida Martinez Escobedo, Veronica Hernandez, George Taylor.

PRAY FOR OUR ILL PARISHIONERS OREMOS POR NUESTROS FELIGRESES ENFERMOS

Please call if loved ones need prayers or if they are well and may be taken off the list. (707) 255-2949

Favor de llamar a la Rectoría si necesita oraciones o si sus enfermos se recuperaron para removerlos

de la lista. (707) 255-2949

MASS INTENTIONS OF THE WEEK INTENCIONES DE LA SEMANA

5/04/19—5/10/19 Saturday 4:00pm Alex Valenzuela—Birthday

Sunday 9:00am Cosmos Bacich—Birthday

11:00am Pro Populo

1:30pm † Apolonia Fernandez & † Leocadia Rodriguez

Monday 9:00am Kate Towers

Tuesday 9:00am † Apolonia Fernandez & † Leocadia Rodriguez

Wednesday 9:00am Laura Barret—Get Well

Thursday 9:00am Kimberly Valenzuela—Birthday

Friday 9:00am † Apolonia Fernandez & † Leocadia Rodriguez

First Collection/Primera Colecta: * $2,423

2nd collection next week/2da colecta próxima semana: Parish Ministries/ Ministerios de la Parroquia

MyEoffering for month of April: $1,375

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Gospel: Jn 10:27-30

R. Alleluia, alleluia. I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine

know me. R. Alleluia, alleluia.

R. Aleluya, aleluya. Yo soy el buen pastor, dice el Señor;

yo conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí. R. Aleluya.

Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they fol-low me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.”

Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4;

Jn 10:1-10

Tuesday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8;

Jn 15:9-17

Wednesday: Acts 12:24 — 13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8;

Jn 12:44-50

Thursday: Acts 13:13-25: Ps 89:2-3, 21-22,

25, 27; Jn 13:16-20

Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6

Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 14:7-14

Sunday: Acts 14:21-27; Ps 145:8-13;

Rv 21:1-5a;Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35

En aquel tiempo, Jesús dijo a los judíos: "Mis ovejas escuchan mi voz; yo las conozco y ellas me si-guen. Yo les doy la vida eterna y no perecerán jamás; nadie las arreba-tará de mi mano. Me las ha dado mi Padre, y él es superior a todos, y na-die puede arrebatarlas de la mano del Padre. El Padre y yo somos uno".

Lunes: Hch 11:1-18; Sal 42 (41):2-3; 43:3, 4;

Jn 10:1-10

Martes: Hch 1:15-17, 20-26; Sal 113 (112):1-8;

Jn 15:9-17

Miércoles: Hch 12:24 — 13:5a; Sal 67 (66):2-3, 5,

6, 8;Jn 12:44-50

Jueves: Hch 13:13-25: Sal 89 (88):2-3, 21-22,

25, 27; Jn 13:16-20

Viernes: Hch 13:26-33; Sal 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6

Sábado: Hch 13:44-52; Sal 98 (97):1-4; Jn 14:7-14

Domingo: Hch 14:21-27; Sal 145 (144):8-13;

Apo 21:1-5a; Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35

Evangelio: Jn 10, 27-30

If you are not yet registered with St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, please fill out this form and place it in the collection basket or mail it to the Parish Office, and someone will contact you with registration forms. Si usted no se ha registrado en la Iglesia de St. Thomas Aquinas, por favor llene este formulario y póngalo en la canasta de la colecta o envíelo a la oficina parroquial y le contactaremos para hacerle llegar la forma de re-gistración. Name/Nombre: _________________________Phone #/Número de Teléfono: _________________ Address/Dirección: ___________________________City/Ciudad:_________________________ Email/Correo Electronico: ______________________________________

READINGS FOR THE WEEK LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA