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PASTOR Fr. Erasmus B. Soriano

ASSOCIATE PASTOR Fr. Ambrose Udoji

IN RESIDENCE Fr. Marco Reyes

DEACONS Deacon Chuck & Marge Baker Deacon Mario & Ann Guerra Deacon Mario & Nati Mejia Deacon Ruben & Janet Sainz BUSINESS MANAGER Ana Engquist SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Thu Nguyet Do DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Christina May RELIGIOUS ED SECRETARY Erika Alcaraz YOUTH MINISTER & CONFIRMATION COORDINATOR Anthony “AC” Cerna

PARISH SECRETARY Faith Cherisse Reyes RECEPTIONIST Sr. Theresa De Feo, CSSF

SACRISTAN “Joey” Jose Luis Velasquez III MUSIC MINISTRY Mark Newberry

FACILITIES TEAM Manuel Avila Vicky Herrera Gabriela Lopez

13915 Shoemaker Avenue Norwalk, CA 90650 | (562) 921-6649 | stlinus-church.org | email: [email protected]

Community in harmony with love for Jesus and Mary through humble service for the greater glory of God.

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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT| DECEMBER 12, 2021 PAGE 2

We Welcome you to St. Linus Catholic Church We Welcome you to St. Linus Catholic Church Parish Office Hours Prayers of the Church Religious Education Office

Monday—Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Please call or email us first, as we try to limit in person interactions for everyone’s safety. Thank you!

Address: 13915 Shoemaker Ave. Norwalk CA 90650

Phone: (562) 921-6649

Email: [email protected]

Website: stlinus-church.org

Adoration Monday — Friday 9am to 2pm *Schedule subject to change

1st & 3rd Friday’s 6:00 PM—8:00 PM Parish Hall Patio (bring your chair)

Sacred Heart Devotion 1st Friday of the month, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after morning Mass

Perpetual Help Novena Tues. following 8:30AM Mass

First Saturday Devotion 7:30 AM Mass, Rosary to follow

FIRST COMMUNION Christina May, Director

Phone: (562) 921-5179

Religious Education Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

CONFIRMATION

Anthony “AC” Cerna, Coordinator

Phone: (562) 455-4680


St. Linus Catholic School

Thu Nguyet Do, Principal

Phone: (562) 921-0336


Sacramental Information BAPTISMS Please call the Parish Office or fill out the online application. You may fill out the application directly from our website under the tabs: Liturgy & Sacraments > Sacraments > Baptism.

Adult Baptism, Confirmation (RCIA Program) Contact the Director of Religious Education: Christina May (562) 921-5179

MARRIAGE Contact the Parish Office at least 6 months prior to wedding date. You may check the website for more information to download and fill out the Engaged Couples Application under the following tabs: Liturgy & Sacraments > Sacraments > Holy Matrimony Preparation sessions are required.

FUNERALS Please contact the Parish Office for information regarding Funeral Services. Funeral Services are arranged directly with the mortuary.

For the most recent updates, follow us on our social media pages: @StLinusCatholicChurch

DAILY MASS Monday - Friday: 8:30AM Livestreamed Saturday: 7:30AM Livestreamed on 1st Saturday only

SUNDAY MASS Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM & 7:00PM Español Sunday: 8:00AM 10:00AM- Livestreamed 12:15PM Español Livestreamed 5:00 PM

Mass Schedule

CONFESSIONS Tues. 4:00 PM—5:00 PM Fri. 4:00 PM—5:00 PM Sat. 4:00 PM—5:00 PM

Confession Times

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Parishioners can call this number 213.949.7221only for emergency anoint-ing with the holy oil after office hours.

Emergency Sick Calls

III DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO| 12 DICIEMBRE DEL 2021

Saturday, December 11th 7:30 AM Fr. Raymond Decipeda, Special Intention, Joshua Ray Orosco, Birthday Blessings, Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Maria Teresa Leelin, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P., Jamil Shamiyeh, R.I.P., Leticia Shamiyeh, R.I.P. 5:00 PM Salvador & Teresita Ramirez, 55th Wedding Anniv., Sal Ra-mirez, Birthday Blessings, Maria Teresa Leelin, R.I.P. 1 Yr. Death An-niv., Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Jesus Enriquez Maynez Ruiz, 1 Yr. Death Anniv., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P. 7:00 PM Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Maria Yolanda Gallegos Iberri, R.I.P., Maria Engrqacia Marquez, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P. Sunday, December 12th 8:00 AM Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P. Jamil Shamiyeh, R.I.P., Leticia Shamiyeh, R.I.P., Teresa Velador, 1 Yr. Death Anniv. 10:00 AM Roy Kenneth Brandquist, Healing, Iris Faye Escano, Birthday Blessings, Tom Lapidario, Bithday blessings, Rosa Andrews, R.I.P., Efren Carino, R.I.P., Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Con-cordia Edejer, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P., Marilyn Seely, R.I.P., Bebe Sia Tan, R.I.P., Armando Tansechuan, R.I.P. 12:15 PM Maria Engracia Marquez, Health, Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Maria de Jesus Chavero, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P. 5:00 PM Ryan Michael Farrell, Birthday Blessings, Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P.

Monday, December 13th 8:30 AM Margie Justice, Birthday Blessings, Abundio Abayata, R.I.P. Alberto Abayata, R.I.P., Pamoncita Abayata, R.I.P., Annie Ajos, R.I.P. Tralacion Ajos, R.I.P., Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P., Jamil Shamiyeh, R.I.P., Leticia Shamiyeh, R.I.P.

Tuesday, December 14th 8:30 AM Fausto Dominguez, Health, Maria Engracia Marquez, Health Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P., Jamil Shami-yeh, R.I.P., Leticia Shamiyeh, R.I.P., Armando Tansechuan, R.I.P., Bebe Sia Tan, R.I.P.

Wednesday, December 15th 8:30 AM Maria Engracia Marquez, Health, Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P. Antonio N. Licas, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P., Jamil Shami-yeh, R.I.P., Leticia Shamiyeh, R.I.P.

Thursday, December 16th 8:30 AM Cosme David, R.I.P., Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P.

Friday, December 17th 8:30 AM Edward & Malu Garcia, Special Intention, Tom Lapidario, Bithday blessings, Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Bill Tandoc, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P.

Saturday, December 18th 7:30 AM Gaylord Pascual, Birthday Blessings, Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Edgar Mata, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P. 5:00 PM Gaylord Pascual, Birthday Blessings, Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P. 7:00 PM Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Esperanza Jimenez, R.I.P. 1 Year Death Anniv., Lorenzo Jimenez, R.I.P., Jesus Reyes, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P.

Hermie Abido, Christopher Acosta Cecilia Adame, Cia Adame, Eve Adame, Patty Aragon, Doris Boucree, Kathy Carillo, Teresa Cervantes, Gloria Damo, Basilio Diaz, Jonathan Diaz, Edgardo Escario, Jenny S. Esparza, An-thony Fernandez, Edmund Fernandez, Richard Fernandez, Fred Fields, Peter Garcia Jr., Sylvia Margarita Guillen, Yesenia Guzman and Family, Donna Goeke, Sally Havice, Joe Julien, Emily Mercado, Carolina Meraz, Sally and Richard Morales, Major Family, Refugio Gon-zalez Padilla, Mike Pavelski, Melanie Perez, Susan Regino and Father, Susan & Steve Richards, Berna Rob-erts, Althea Robinson, Sims Family, Manuela Trinidad, Elpidio Velador, Maria Velador

If you would like to be added on to our prayer list, please email us at [email protected] or call the parish office at: 562-921-6649

Join us in Prayer for Únete a nosotros en oración por:

Sunday, December 19th 8:00 AM All Souls in purgatory, Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P 10:00 AM St. Linus Priests, Fr. Eras, Fr. Ambrose & Fr. Marco, Special Intention, Rosa Andrews, R.I.P., Efren Carino, R.I.P., Mauricio Cen-teno, R.I.P., Condcordia Edejer, R.I.P., Isidora Mendoza, R.I.P., Ulda-rico Mendoza Sr., R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P., Armando Tan-sechauan, R.I.P., Bebe Sia Tan, R.I.P. 12:15 PM Vicente Acuna, R.I.P. Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P., Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P. 5:00 PM All Souls in Purgatory, Mauricio Centeno, R.I.P. Fr. Adrian M. San Juan, R.I.P.


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TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Shout for joy! Sing joyfully! Be glad and ex-ult! The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior (Zephaniah 3:14-18a). Psalm — Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 12). Second Reading — Rejoice! The Lord is near. Make your re-quests known to God (Philippians 4:4-7). Gospel — John tells his hearers to share their possessions with the needy; be honest; do not threaten or accuse others falsely (Luke 3:10-18).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6, 7bc-9; Mt 21:23-27 Tuesday: Zep 3:1-2, 9-13; Ps 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-19, 23; Mt 21:28-32 Wednesday: Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21b-25; Ps 85:9-14; Lk 7:18b-23 Thursday: Is 54:1-10; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b; Lk 7:24-30 Friday: Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Saturday: Jer 23:5-8; Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19; Mt 1:18-25 Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — ¡Canta! ¡Da gritos de júbilo! ¡Gózate y re-gocíjate! El Señor tu Dios está entre ustedes y es un poderoso salvador (Sofonías 3:14-18a). Salmo —Griten de alegría, porque grande se ha portado contigo el Santo de Israel (Isaías 12). Segunda lectura — ¡Alégrense! El Señor está cerca. Presenten sus peticiones a Dios (Filipenses 4:4-7). Evangelio—Juan dice a sus oyentes que compartan sus pose-siones con los necesitados; que sean honrados; que no amena-cen ni acusen a otros injustamente (Lucas 3:10-18).

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a; Sal 25 (24):4-5ab, 6, 7bc-9; Mt 21:23-27 Martes: Sof 3:1-2, 9-13; Sal 34 (33):2-3, 6-7, 17-19, 23; Mt 21:28-32 Miércoles: Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21b-25; Sal 85 (84):9-14; Lc 7:18b-23 Jueves: Is 54:1-10; Sal 30 (29):2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b;Lc 7:24-30 Viernes: Gn 49:2, 8-10; Sal 72 (71):1-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Sábado: Jer 23:5-8; Sal 72 (71):1-2, 12-13, 18-19; Mt 1:18-25 Domingo: Mi 5:1-4a; Sal 80 (79):2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Heb 10:5-10; Lc 1:39-45

Daily & Weekly Readings

PAYPAL WE SHARE

We are only stewards of our time, talents, and treasures and as the First Letter

of Peter reminds us, “As each

one of you has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of

God’s varied graces” (4:10)

MASS COLLECTION DECEMBER 4 & 5

5:00 PM Vigil

7:00 PM Vigil

8:00 AM

10:00 AM

12:15 PM

5:00 PM

GRAND TOTAL $ 9,294.49

MAIL IN DONATIONS

$ 640.00

$ 369.00

$ 1,452.00

$ 2,535.00

$ 866.49

$ 753.00

$ 2,679.00


SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN Did You Know?

Try these tips to get your children talking about their days Ever been met with silence when you ask, “How was your day?” Your communication efforts with your children, especia-lly school-age children, may need some tweaking. Try asking concrete questions, like “Who did you sit next to at lunch?” or, “What was the most interesting thing you learned today?” If your child is struggling with sharing his or her emotions, it might be helpful to ask about other emotions you see around you. Find opportunities to get children talking about how they feel by focusing on other people: “Why do you think that girl and her dad are hugging? What made that boy on the play-ground mad earlier?” You may be surprised at the results! For more tips, request a copy of the VIRTUS® article “Communicating with School-Age Children” at https://lacatholics.org/did-you-know/.

Pruebe estos consejos para que sus hijos hablen de cómo le fue durante el día Alguna vez se ha encontrado con el silencio cuando pregunta: “¿Cómo estuvo tu día?” Sus esfuerzos de comunicación con sus hijos, especialmente los niños en edad escolar, pueden ne-cesitar algunos ajustes. Intente hacer preguntas concretas, como “¿Con quién te sentaste a la hora dela comida?” o “¿Qué fue lo más interesante que aprendiste hoy?” Si su hijo tiene dificulta-des para compartir sus emociones, puede ser útil preguntarle sobre otras emociones que usted ve a su alrededor. Encuentre oportunidades para que los niños hablen sobre cómo se sienten centrándose en otras personas: “¿Por qué crees que esa niña y su papá se abrazan? ¿Qué hizo que ese chico en el patio de recreo se enojara?” ¡Te sorprenderán los resultados! Para obte-ner más consejos, solicite una copia del artículo de VIRTUS® en inglés, “Communicating with School-Age Children” (Cómo comunicarse con niños en edad escolar) en https://lacatholics.org/did-you-know//.

The Next altar server training dates for current and new servers (children and adults) is:

Thursday, December 16 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm in the church

Please contact Christina May at the Religious Edu-cation office (562) 921-5179 or [email protected] or Joey Velasquez at (562) 921-5179 for more infor-mation.

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December 8, 2021 Dear brothers and sisters of St. Linus community, Allow me to greet all of you with the love and peace of Christ on this Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary! I pray that you are safe and healthy as you receive this message. It has been six (6) months since I as-sumed the office of the pastor of Saint Linus Church. As your new pastor, I devoted this period in the process of meeting, listening, and consulting with parishioners both individually and as group. Aside from initiating some minor changes, I tried to preserve the customs and practices of our community. We are all aware and in agreement that the pandemic has totally changed our lives as individuals and as a commu-nity. Although the pandemic has caused limitations and restrictions in our social, and spiritual lives, it has also brought new and creative ways in living and celebrating our faith. After almost two years of living in pandemic, our parish community is still experiencing its stinging effects. Our church suffers from low turnout of participants in daily and weekend masses. Church atten-dance is about half full as compared during the pre-pandemic days. Many parishioners are still cautious of coming back to church because of their health situations and choose to follow celebrations in their homes through television and social media (live stream masses on Facebook of their choice church or networks). Our church’s fund has been greatly depleted due to low turnout of Sunday collections and online dona-tions. Parish events, gatherings, which are occasions for renewing and deepening our community bond have been limited or cancelled. A few beloved parish members and volunteers have become fallen victims of the raging and ever-mutating virus. The common question we ask ourselves is: “When or where will this end?” Instead of drilling on this open-ended question, why not ask ourselves these questions: When do we start coming together and remake our parish community? When do we start to pick up the scat-tered pieces in our community and slowly put them back into their places? When do we start to renew our community life? If we wait for the pandemic to end before we start picking up the pieces, the an-swer may not come very soon. We need to REENGAGE, RECONNECT AND RENEW our parish life. WE NEED TO START NOW, Not Later. Let us not be overcome by worry, fear, doubt or uncertainty. Let us not be cowed by the threat of the pandemic. Let our FAITH be our arm and strength in starting to rebuild our community. As your pastor, I sincerely INVITE, ENCOURAGE and CHALLENGE you to come out and join me in this noble aspiration of parish renewal. I strongly believe that the Lord doesn’t want us to remain in our den until the sun comes out. It is the time now to be courageous in the midst of fear and worry. It is the right time to wake up from the long slumber of coldness, Indifference, lack of involvement, ‘I don’t care” mentality” and put on the armor of faith and trust in the Lord. Without neglecting or disregarding health protocols (wearing face mask, maintaining proper distancing, proper sanitation) we can do this. With the Lord, we can overcome anything. (“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13) If God is with us, who can be against us? (Romans 8: 31) A blessed Christmas and a hope filled new year to all! Sincerely in Christ, Fr. Erasmus B. Soriano Pastor

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