Aug 20, 2017 - preparing for an exciting start to our school year. It will be a fun year of camaraderie and learning for
20 August 2017 | 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint Anne
SEAL BEACH
MASSES: SAT: 5:00 PM; SUN: 8:00, 10:00 AM; 12:00, 4:00 PM; DAILY: 9:00 AM CONFESSIONS: MON-SAT: 8:30 AM; SAT: 4:00-4:45 PM
M s g r . M i k e H e h e r , P a s t o r
[email protected], 562 -431-0721 Ext. 14 F r . B e n T r a n , P a r o c h i a l V i c a r ,
[email protected], 562 -431-0721 Ext. 11 F r . R o b e r t V i d a l , P a s t o r E m e r i t u s ,
[email protected] D e a c o n P e t e r N g u y e n ,
[email protected] A m y P a p a g e o r g e s , D i r e c t o r o f F a i t h F o r m a t i o n ,
[email protected], 562 -431-0721 Ext. 16 J y l i a n R h o d e s , Y o u t h M i n i s t r y / C o n f i r m a t i o n ,
[email protected], 562 -431-0721 Ext. 15 J a n C o o p e r , F r o n t O f f i c e ,
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340 10TH ST. | SEAL BEACH CA 90740 | 562-431-0721 | WWW.STANNESEALBEACH.ORG | MON.—FRI. 8:45—4:00
Juan de Flandes, Christ and the Canaanite Woman
Jesus with Woman at the Well
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St. Anne
20 August 2017
IMAGES The Book of Exodus tells us that, while Moses conversed with God on Mount Sinai, the waiting Hebrew people grew restless. To give the people something to worship, Aaron created a golden calf. Moses, coming down from Sinai and seeing what had happened in his absence, became infuriated. “You shall not make to you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.” God is not a thing among other things, a being among other beings. God is other. As the Psalmist described it later: They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol. They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass. They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt (Psalm 106:19-21). This comes to mind sometimes when I have visited churches in Europe in the Rococo style. The inner walls are sometimes so covered with images and ornamentation that it is difficult for people to get their bearings; there’s just too much going on. Like the Baroque churches, these opulent interiors drew gasps of wonder from visiting pilgrims. During the counter reformation, the style was set against the design of the simpler Protestant churches as an expression of the triumph of the Catholic
church. We had an old chapel like that in the place I lived in Rome and I found it very distracting. The Rococo was designed to impress but it gave me a headache. In the days when the Mass was in Latin, with the congregation having nothing to watch but the priest’s back, I suppose they welcomed a little uplifting distraction. When I was growing up in Saint Boniface Parish in Anaheim, the old wooden church was too small for the parish we had become. The pastor, a Belgian who had been a chaplain in the Second World War and who knew where good contemporary religious art could be found in Europe, filled the new church with beautiful mosaics and stained glass windows. As an altar boy at the early Mass, I would often miss my cues as my distracted eyes looked out at the bright colors that came streaming in. Here’s the dilemma: God is indeed other yet he created us out of love in his own image and likeness When we sinned, he sent his own Son, not only to be with us but to redeem us. (Let’s not get into the theology of the Holy Trinity; the more I think about it, the more confused I get.) God may be other but he is not beyond us. Any image we may make of the Father, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit can never match the divine wonder but artists are allowed to try and, when an artist is successful, we are not only impressed, we are inspired. Msgr. Mike
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Around our Parish KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MONTHLY MEETING/MEMBERSHIP All interested Catholic men are invited to attend our Council meetings. We typically meet the 1st Monday of each month at 7:00 PM in the Parish Hall. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 5, 2017. For additional information, please contact J. Jones at 562.936.0164. AL HENTGES ALASKAN FISH DINNER St. Anne’s Knights of Columbus would like to thank our parishioners for their generosity in making the 14th Annual Fish Dinner another huge success. Thanks to all of you, the Knights of Columbus will be able to donate $6,721 directly to the Seminarians assigned to the Diocese of Orange.
“Help Us Help Those In Need”
WOMEN’S GUILD MONTHLY MEETING/MEMBERSHIP General meetings are usually the 4th Monday of each month in the parish hall. There are no meetings in August. Our next meeting will be the Salad Supper in September! To support our ministries and speakers as a member, please contact Joanne Groustra at 562-296-8705 or Lorraine Fiori at 562-296-5163.
ST ANNE MISSION COOP Please welcome Fr. Kilian Tereba, on behalf of the Catholic Diocese of Kigoma in Tanzania, who will speak at our masses this weekend. The Catholic Diocese of Kigoma, created in 1953, is located in western Tanzania, along the shores of Lake Tanganyika. The Diocese covers 45,066 sq. km, has over 2,127,930 inhabitants, of whom 524,713 are Catholics. Others are of Protestant and Pentecostal denominations, Muslims, and adherents of African Tradition Religions. Kigoma has one of the fastest growing populations in Tanzania and an influx of refugees from neighboring countries. For evangelization, the diocese is blessed with many pastoral agents working in parishes, various departments and related institutions including 64 priests, 119 religious women, 29 religious men, about 618 catechists, and 27 major seminarians in formation houses.
DONATIONS Our Life, Peace and Justice ministry thanks everyone for their generous donations. Additional donations of socks are not needed! If you would like to continue to lend your support, please consider donating boxes of tampons for less fortunate women in our community.
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OUR MISSION: Saint Anne Church exists to help us become disciples of Jesus Christ who connect with God, grow in faith, and serve in love.
ST. PADRE PIO HEALING MASS Please join us on Monday, August 21st at 1:00 p.m. for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Holy Rosary. Individuals may receive personal blessings after the Healing Mass. All are welcome! For more information, please call Janice Herlihy at 562-537-4526.
FAITH FORMATION We hope you had a relaxing and faith-filled summer growing closer together as a family. Our catechists are preparing for an exciting start to our school year. It will be a fun year of camaraderie and learning for all of our students with lots of new activities! First day of Classes: PreK and Kindergarten—Sunday, Sept. 10—10:00 a.m. Grades 6-7-8—Monday, September 11—4:00 p.m. Grades 1-5—Tuesday, September 12—3:00 p.m. Mandatory Parent Meetings: There are mandatory parent meetings for grades 1-8 during class time on Monday and Tuesday. Children’s Liturgy of the Word: All year children, ages 4—10, are invited to join us for Children's Liturgy of the Word during the 10 a.m. mass. Registration is not required. For more information: Please email
[email protected] or call 562-431-0721 ext. 16.
YOUTH MINISTRY After a summer of exciting events, Confirmation 1 and Confirmation 2 kick off the new year with meetings and a BBQ on Sunday, September 10th. The C1 meeting begins at 2:30 p.m. and the C2 meeting begins after mass at 5:00 p.m.
NEW MISSALETTES Our Seasonal Missalettes are a valuable worship resource for use during our masses. We prayerfully request that our missalettes are not removed from our Church so they will continue to be available for all parishioners. To maintain our church resources, we are offering a yearly subscription (four issues) of the large size edition (7” X 10”) of the missalette for $12. If you would like to purchase a subscription for use at home, please contact the parish office.
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9:00 AM MASS INTENTIONS 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26
Larry Cave Fr. Ed Broom Fr. Ed Broom Therese Lee Dennis & Jane Beekley Joshep Loc Lechau ( Rest in God’s love and peace)
PLEASE PRAY FOR Fr. Bob Vidal, Katia Bergstrom, Juanita Kho, Brenda Malloy, Ed Palacol, Kathleen Kastner, Kathy Purcell, Aurora Lavadia, Mike Pendleton, Jerome Gendron, Jean Ramirez, Julia Poirier, Jim & Julie Ferguson, Mary Maskell, Msgr. Mike, Roy Roudine, Rosemary Hirsch
Around Our Diocese SACRED HEART RETREAT CAMP WORK WEEKEND Here’s an opportunity to come help the Sacred Heart Sisters on Saturday, Sept. 2 (8:00 a.m.—7:30 p.m.) or Sunday, Sept. 3 (8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.). Any help would be a blessing: moving furniture, painting, cleaning, sewing, construction, etc. Teens are welcome to come for service hours but must have an adult chaperone. Please contact the Sisters at 909-866-5696 to RSVP. For further information, go to www.sacredheartretreatcamp.com
PILGRIMAGE WITH FR. BEN Are you in need of a boost in your spiritual life and a closer relationship to Jesus Christ? What better way than going on a pilgrimage? As we commemorate the 100 year anniversary of one of the most significant Marian apparitions of the Church, Our Lady of Fatima, Fr. Ben cordially invites you to join him and Fr. Al Baca on a 10 day Marian pilgrimage to Fatima and Lourdes this October 17-26! Brochures are available in the vestibule. Space is limited. Please contact Fr. Ben at 562-431-0721, ext. 11, or
[email protected] for more details.
