Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
345 Oak St. Colusa, California 95932
(530) 458-4170, Fax (530) 458-8728
www.ourladyoflourdescolusa.com
St. Joseph’s Mission
1st and Center Streets, Princeton, California
Mission Statement We, the People of God of Our Lady of Lourdes, guided by the Holy Spirit, are called by Christ to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God through prayer and sacraments and to witness the Gospel values of love, justice, forgiveness and service to all.
Parish Office: 745 Ware Avenue, 458-4170
Divine Mercy Chapel: 745 Ware Avenue, 458-4170
Parish Administrator: Father Arbel Cabasagan 458-8570
Deacon: Miquel Fernandez 916-698-2099
Principal: Barbara Genera 458-8208
Website: www.theollschool.org
Director Religious Ed: Dianne Luoma 530-845-9649
Hispanic Coordinator: Eva Meraz-Robey 458-5963
Grupo de Oracion: Jaime Lopez 237-7215
Music Ministry: (5pm) Maureen Andreotti 458-5563
(Sunday) (10am) Gloria Delgado 458-5121
[Practice 2nd & 4th Thurs. 7:00pm]
(12:00) Martina Amador 458-8279
(Friday) (6pm ) Alberta Lopez 237-7215
Pastoral Care Ministry: Alma Hickel 458-4826
Louise Woodring 458-2515
Respect for Life: Rocio Meraz (831) 207-0962
Baptismal Coordinator: Rocio Meraz (831) 207-0962
“Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
July 10, 2011
“The seed that falls on good groudnd will yield a fruitful harvest”
Mass Schedule /Mass Coordinator
Sat: Colusa – 5:00 p.m. English – Eva Meraz
Sun: Princeton - 8:30 a.m. Bilingual
Colusa - 10:00 a.m. English-Sharon Hernandez
Colusa - 12:00 noon Spanish- Eva Meraz
Mon. Wed. Thur: Divine Mercy Chapel-7:30 a.m. English
Fri: Church – 7:30 a.m. English – Eva Meraz
Fri: Church – 6:00 p.m. Spanish – Jaime Lopez
Mass Intentions:
7/09: Bill Littlejohn +, req. Charlene Littlejohn
7/10: Jose Pineda, req. Fr. Arbel S. Cabasagan
7/11: Roger Hickel +, req. Bill & Marge Wallace
7/13: Beverly Andreotti +, Arnold & Maureen Andreotti
7/14: Roger Hickel +, Ralph & Keni L. Hopkins
7/15: Roger Hickel +, Kenneth & Phyllis Ausk
7/16: Roger Hickel +, SR Hickel
Lectors: (Coordinator – Irmalee Schumacher 458-4620)
7/09: Richard R., Marilyn A.
7/10: Stacy/Josh H., Maureen A.
7/16: Pat B., Barbara D.
7/17: Sharon H., Cenza M.
Eucharistic Ministers: (Coordinator – Irmalee S.)
7/09: Gabriela R., Leslie V., Valorie I.
7/10: Chuck L., Patty Jo C., Julian D.
7/16: Raylene L., Jim M., Richard R.
7/17: Jeff M., Alicia M., Peggy S.
Altar Servers: (Coordinator – Leane Skaggs)
7/09: Bridget Walsh, Erin Walsh
7/10: Anel Sanchez, Bertram Windsor
7/16: Daniel Sanchez, Pablo Meraz
7/17: Christian Lyss, Braden Lyss
Confessions By appointment or
Saturday: 4:30-4:50 p.m.
Sunday: 11:30-11:50 a.m.
Catholic Ladies Relief Society (monthly)
First Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., St. Bernadette’s Hall
Bible Study with Dr. Julian Delgado (weekly)
Tuesday, 7-9:00 p.m., 75 Oak Tree Lane
RCIA with Dr. Julian Delgado (weekly)
Thursday, 7-9:00 p.m., Parish Center
Knights of Columbus Meets 4th Wednesday of the month,
7:00 p.m., St. Bernadette’s Hall
Grupo de Oracion: with Jaime Lopez (weekly)
Wednesday, 7-8:00 p.m., Chapel
Parish Collections
7/02 – 7/03 $ 2,687.50
2nd collection $ 633.00
Thank you for your support.
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Office Hours
Secretaries are volunteers. If no one is in the office please call (530) 458 -4170 and leave a message
Monday 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. / 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday 8 a.m. – 12 noon / 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Wednesday 9 a.m. – 12 noon /1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Thursday 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. /1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. – 12 noon
Prayers for the Meraz Family.
Please continue to pray for Kateri Mary Meraz and for the whole Meraz Family. Daily rosary/ novena for 9 days started July 6, 2011 and ends July 14, 2011 (9th day), on the Feast Day of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. Daily rosary will be at the Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 7:00 p.m.
ThankYou Parish Volunteers
Thank you for answering Gods call to serve and to donate your time and skills. Working to provide religious, charitable and humanitarian services is tough, knowing that you earn no wages or benefits in connection with your religious, charitable and humanitarian volunteer work.
Every year we offer two parish volunteer mass. Last May 28, 2011 we already had our first parish volunteers mass at Our Lady of Sorrow Shrine in Grimes. The second mass for this year will be held September 15, 2011, on the feast Day of Our Lady of Sorrow Shrine.
Thank you for coming and joining us in our time of sorrow
Last Friday July 8, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in the morning Bishop Jaime Soto, Bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento, celebrated the solemn funeral mass for Kateri Mary Meraz. Concelebrants were from the Sutter Butte Deanery. Father Michael Baricuatro from Saint John the Baptist Parish- Chico, Father Maurice O’Brien from Saint Monica Parish - Willows, Father Miguel Silva from Saint Isidore Parish - Yuba City, Father Roy Doner from Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish, Father Perlito de la Cruz from Sacred Heart Parish – Maxwell and Father Arbel Cabasagan from Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
Welcome to the New members of our Faith
The following were baptized last June 2011
1. Ariadna Rodrigues Ramos
2. Santiago Ramirez Miramontes
3. David Andrew Gutierrez Anthony
4. Alex Francisco Hernandez
2011 – 2012 Knights of Columbus new set of officers
Grand Knight: John Silva
Deputy Grand Knight: Jim White
Chancellor: Roger Hickel
Recorder: J Manuel Medina
Treasurer: Bob Woodring
Advocate: Brendan Farrel
Warden: Richard Steidlmayer
Inside Guard: Tim Gomes
Outside Guard: Tim Walsh
Trustee 3rd Year: Jeff Moresco
Trustee 2nd Year: John Rogers
Trustee 1st Year: J T O’Sullivan
Congratulations and may God continue to guide and enlighten everyone.
Thank you to all parishioners who donated their time, skill and resources.
Donated item/ skills/ talent/ resources this week:
1. Big Stand Fan for Divine Mercy chapel
2. New office volunteer –Summer Time
3. New Altar Server Coordinator
4. New Lector
Honoring All Veterans
This whole month of July we offer prayers of thanksgiving for those young people now serving in the military, for those who have served, and for those who have served and are now deceased.
A special bulletin board is being displayed in the vestibule of the church to honor those veterans during the month of July.
Thanks to Louise Woodring, Lucille Imhoff, and Alma Hickel who assisted Fr. Arbel in the gathering of the military personnel pictures.
Portuguese Festa
The celebration of faith and thanksgiving brought together many people of Portuguese heritage to the small Colusa County community, many of whom trace their origins to the Azores, a string of volcanic islands about 800 miles off the coast of Portugal.
"The tradition follows the celebration at the end of the great famine in Europe," said Chris Souza, president of the Princeton St. Anthony and Holy Ghost Committee. One of the most integral part of Sunday's Festa was the crowing of the queens, in keeping with the tradition started by Queen Isabella, who placed a crown upon the head of a peasant girl at the very first celebration and declared her queen for the day.
The Princeton Festa activities begun with a parade at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Princeton Portuguese Hall, followed by Mass at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, where the queens of the Festa were crowned in honor of Queen Isabella of Portugal — also known as "Isabelle the Peacemaker" and later canonized as St. Isabella. – SunHerald.com
Baptismal Information and Scheduling
For information regarding baptisms, please contact the Parish Office at 530-458-4170. Pre-Baptism conferences are rescheduled on the 2nd Friday of the month at 5:00 pm. at the Church. Baptism are scheduled every second Saturday of the month at 10:00 a.m. Any special date or time requested should be addressed to Father Arbel.
Please visit and pray in our Divine Mercy Chapel at 745 Ware Avenue, it’s open from Monday to Friday
Monday 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. / 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday 8 a.m. – 12 noon / 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Wednesday 7:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Thursday 7:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. /1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. – 12 noon