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Masses


Saturday:  4:00 p.m.  &  (6:00 p.m. Spanish)

 

Sunday:     8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. Spanish,  12:00 p.m. Youth Mass , 2:00 p.m. Spanish, 4:00 p.m. Korean

 

Weekdays: 8:00 a.m.

 

Holy Days: Vigil Mass: 7:00 p.m.-English, 8:00 a.m.-English and  7:00 p.m.-Spanish

 

Devotions: Last Wednesday Novena Mass, Mother of Perpetual Help 6:30 p.m.

 

First Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 am Saturday Morning ending with Saturday Morning Mass.

 

Confessions: Saturday 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  and by appointment at the Ministry Office.

GUIDE FOR A GOOD CONFESSION


 

Please go to the Link below for each seasons schedule

 

   2010  Advent Schedule - Christmas Holiday Pending

 

    2010 Lenten Schedule

 

    THE OBSERVANCE OF LENT


 

OTHER LITURGICAL/PARA-LITURGICAL ACTIVITIES/ RELIGIOUS DEVOTIONS

 

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help- every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. - Chapel

 

Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament- every First Friday from 8:30 a.m. ending Saturday morning with 8:00 a.m. Mass in the Chapel

 


 

Holy Days of Obligation

 

All Saints        (Year C)

November 1, 2010 (Monday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

This Solemnity celebrates all the saints in heaven, a source of hope and encouragement for the entire Church as she walks by faith, helped by the example of the saints.

 

First Sunday of Advent

November 28, 2010 (Year A)

This marks the beginning of the Liturgical Year. The Advent season (First Sunday of Advent until Christmas) is a time of expectant waiting in hope for the comings of the Lord: the past historical coming of Jesus Christ, the presence of Christ in our World today and “looking forward in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ”.

 

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

December 8, 2010 (Wednesday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

Commemorates the fact that Mary, in view of her calling to be the Mother of Christ and in virtue of his merits, was preserved from the first moment of conception from original sin.

The precept to attend Mass on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is maintained, even if the day falls on a Saturday or Monday. Therefore, Monday, December 8, 2003 will be a holy day of Obligation for the faithful in the United Sates of America.

This Solemnity commemorates the fact that Mary, in view of her calling to be the Mother of Christ and in virtue of his merits, was preserved from the first moment of conception from original sin.

 

Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

December 25, 2010 (Saturday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

Commemorates the birth of Christ.

 

Octave of Christmas

Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God

January 1, 2011 (Saturday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

The Bishops of Region 11 have determined that due to the pastoral reality and the pastoral hardships resulting from the obligation to attend Mass on January 1st, the obligation of attending Mass has been dispensed.

Celebrates the Blessed Virgin Mary’s role in salvation through her divine and virginal motherhood as the Mother of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

 

Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Not a Holy Day Of Obligation

A day of Fast and Abstinence.

Begins the season of Lent by imposing ashes on foreheads with the sign of our redemption, the Cross. A call to “turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.”

Abstinence from meat is observed on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent by all Catholics 14 years and older.

Fasting is observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics who are 18 years of age but not yet 59. Those bound by this rule may take only one full meal. Two smaller meals are permitted as necessary to maintain strength according to one's needs, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted.

The special Paschal fast and abstinence are observed on Good Friday and, where possible, Holy Saturday (For further explanation of the Paschal fast, see The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, par. 110, December 4, 1963). On these days, Christians prepare themselves by these disciplines in anticipation of the renewal of their baptismal commitment on Easter.

From its earliest days, the Church has urged the baptized and the catechumens to observe the threefold discipline of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer as a preparation for the celebration of Easter. Failure to observe individual days of penance is not considered serious, but failure to observe any penitential days at all or a substantial number of such days must be considered serious.

During Lent the Church encourages attendance at daily Mass, self-imposed times of fasting, and generosity to local, national, and world-wide programs of sharing.

 

Season of Lent

March 9, 2011- Holy Thursday, April 21, 2011

A season of conversion, marked by two themes, baptismal and penitential. These forty days help us to prepare for Easter.

 

Easter
April 24, 2010 (Sunday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

Sundays are always a day of Holy Obligation.

Commemorates the Paschal Mystery, Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension into heaven Easter is not simply one feast among others, but the "Feast of feasts," the "Solemnity of solemnities”.

 

Ascension of the Lord

June 2, 2011 (Thursday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

All ecclesiastical Provinces, except Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia and the State of Nebraska, have transferred this Solemnity to the Seventh Sunday of Easter. Sundays are always a day of Holy Obligation.

Commemorates the Ascension of Christ into heaven 40 days after his Resurrection from the dead.

 

Pentecost
June 12, 2011 (Sunday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

Sundays are always a day of Holy Obligation.

Commemorates the fulfillment of Christ’s Passover in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to the apostles and the Church. Concludes the Easter Season.

 

Holy Trinity

June 19, 2011 (Sunday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

Sundays are always a day of Holy Obligation.

Commemorates that there are Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  These Three Persons being truly distinct one from another yet there are not three Gods but one God."

 

Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)

June 26, 2011 (Sunday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

Sundays are always a day of Holy Obligation.

Celebrates the reality of the Lord’s abiding presence with us in the gift of the Eucharist and the mystery of the real presence of Christ’s Body and Blood under the appearance of bread and wine.

 

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

August 15, 2011 (Monday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

If this Solemnity falls on a Sunday, they are always a day of Holy Obligation.

Commemorates the taking into heaven of Mary, soul and body, at the end of her life on earth. A truth of faith that was proclaimed a dogma by Pius XII on Nov. 1, 1950.

 

All Saints

November 1, 2011 (Tuesday)

A Holy Day Of Obligation

This Solemnity celebrates all the saints in heaven, a source of hope and encouragement for the entire Church as she walks by faith, helped by the example of the saints.

 

 

 

 

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