SAINT TIMOTHY CATHOLIC CHURCH

10425 W. PICO BLVD PASTOR: REVEREND PAUL E. VIGIL

PICO & BEVERLY GLEN BOULEVARDS, DEACON COUPLE: TOM AND CARRIE SABOL
LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 REV. EMMANUEL P. BANICO, RESIDENT PRIEST
PARISH OFFICE: (310) 474-1216
WWW.STTIMOTHYLA.ORG

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 8, 2009
The LORD keeps faith forever,
secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
-- Psalm 146:7

OFFICE CONFESSIONS MARRIAGES, BAPTISIMS, SPECIAL SERVICES & MASSES

10425 W. Pico Blvd. Saturday: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Phone: (310) 474-1216
WWW.STTIMOTHYLA.ORG
SCHOOL
Iselda E. Richmond, Principal
10479 W. Pico Blvd
Phone: (310) 474-1811
WWW.STTIMOTHY.ORG
First Friday: Before 7:30 a.m. Mass PLEASE CALL THE RECTORY
MASS SCHEDULE DEVOTIONS
Saturday Vigil: 5:30 p.m. Monday following 7:30 a.m. Mass, Miraculous
Sunday Masses: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:00 p.m. Medal Novena. 1st Friday After 7:30 a.m. Mass.
Daily Masses: 7:30 a.m.
Holy Day Masses: Vigil: 5:30 p.m., 7:30 a.m.,
First Saturday of the month following 7:30 a.m.
Mass, Our Lady of Fatima
12:10 p.m.
November 8, 2009 St. Timothy

STS BOOK FAIR-Just in time for the Holidays! Ho-Ho-Ho .

. . The BOOK FAIR is coming in November! All your favorite Books &
Gifts on Sale, here in the Parish Hall! Visit us after “Parent Confer-
ences” and shop ‘til you drop! Books, Posters, Pencils and Cool
Stuff! Snacks & Juice will be available for $.50! Hours are:
Wednesday, November 18th- 20th: 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 21st: 4p.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 8th: 7:30 All Souls Sunday, November 22nd: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
9:00 Carol Aquino (L) Monday, November 23rd- 24th: 3-6 p.m.
10:30 Helen DeAnda (D) Feed Your Neighbor-Did you know that 1 out of every
12:00 Esther Siivonen (D) 8 people and 1 out of every 4 children are at risk of hunger in Los
Monday, Nov. 9th: 7:30 All Souls Angeles County? St. Timothy School's Girl Scout Troop 6315
is participating in the "Feed Your Neighbor" project benefiting the
Tuesday, Nov. 10th: 7:30 Crisanta Cabrera (D)
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. The girls are conducting a canned
Wednesday, Nov. 11th: 7:30 Donald Azar (D) food drive through December 5th. If you are interested in donating
Thursday, Nov. 12th: 7:30 Vincent Kelly (D) canned food for their project or know a girl who would like to join
Friday, Nov. 13th: 7:30 Frank Fratello (D) our troop, please contact Rosa Irajpanah at (310) 234-2529
Saturday, Nov. 14th: 7:30 For Parishioners of St Timothy or revi66@msn.com."
5:30 Mr & Mrs Romeo Santos (D) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Sunday, Nov. 15th: 9:00 Juanita Lares (D) St. Timothy School is committed to protecting the environment.
10:30 Raul Carrasco (D) Throughout the playground, we have new blue recycling bins to
collect plastic water bottles. We invite our church community to
12:00 For Parishioners of St Timothy
reduce, reuse and recycle. Join us!
St. Timothy School Website! Visit us at sttimo-
thy.org . There are many areas of interest for prospective parents
Do you like to sing? Share your tal- and students, St. Timothy students, parents, alumni and much
ent with your more. The school calendar, sports schedules, links to our hot lunch
community. program and other valuable information is now available
Join the St. Timothy Choir! Rehearsals online. Watch for new areas to develop as well!
are: Thursday evening from 7:15 – 9:00 p.m. , we sing at our St. Timothy School Improvement Fund. St. Timothy
10:30 a.m. Mass Sundays. We’re beginning to rehearse for an School is in the process of raising money for the School Improve-
ment Fund. Our planned improvements include renovations for a
exciting Christmas concert in December. Come be part of this
new alley fence to match the fence along Pico Blvd., maintain state
uplifting ministry. For more information, please contact
of the art technology program, musical instruments, new lunch ta-
Dana Howell or Elisabeth Maza or call the parish offices. bles and sports equipment storage room. To donate, please fill out
the School Improvement Fund envelopes found in the pews or con-
YOUR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS ARE tact the school for more information.
WELCOMED AT OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL
PROGRAM!
Have you registered for our Sunday program? St. Timothy School
We offer classes from pre-school to 8th grade! School Tours for Prospective Students.
Please call Deborah at Fall 2010 Enrollment.
(310)474-1216 or email her at dre@sttimothyla.org. December 2 at 9:00am.
Please remember that for today, November 8th, Pre-K*, Kin- RSVP 310-474-1811 ext.42 or
dergarten, Sac I and Sac II classes will be taught at the www.sttimothy.org
school, as normal. Today, Post Sac, Junior High and Teenage
Confirmation classes are on a field trip to the LA County Mu-
seum of Art. These students and parents will meet at LACMA IN NEED OF ADULT CONFIRMATION, ENRICH-
at 10:45am. Please contact Deborah's cell phone at
MENT, RCIA?
310-871-9022, for details.
*Please note that today's Pre-K class will meet at the Rectory. If you are missing a sacrament or desire a more com-
plete knowledge of our Church and the Bible, please
contact our Director of Religious Education, Deborah.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK She will work with you to enroll you in the appropriate
Monday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 46; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; program. Deborah may be reached at (310)474-1216 or email her at
Jn 2:13-22 dre@sttimothyla.org.
Tuesday: Wis 2:23 -- 3:9; Lk 17:7-10 Upcoming Sessions:
Wednesday: Wis 6:1-11; Lk 17:11-19 November 12th Thursday 7pm Vatican 2, Creed; Fr. Donie
Thursday: Wis 7:22b -- 8:1; Lk 17:20-25 November 19th Thursday 7pm Communion of Saints; F. Bellizio
Friday: Wis 13:1-9; Lk 17:26-37 December 3rd Thursday 7pm Advent, Liturgical Year; Dn. Tom
Saturday: Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9; Lk 18:1-8 December 10th Thursday 7pm Mary, Our Blessed Mother,
Sunday: Dn 12:1-3; Ps 16; Heb 10:11-14, 18; Mk 13:24-32 Rosary C. Barron
 Continuation…..
noted for. Thus, we Catholics have this gift of com-
If you stop and step back for a moment and munity to share with the wider culture and our belief
look at all the activity at our church or most Catholic that we are saved as individuals and in community
churches for that matter, you might just think that can help us balance our lives to be alone before God
they are busy about “church things.” That is a cor- at times and to be with others who believe so that we
rect observation! We Catholics believe that we are can be nourished and enriched by the presence and
saved in community or the Body of Christ as in the experience of other believers. Yes, our church is
people. Yes indeed, just as the Israelites were saved busy and that is good since we are individuals saved
by God as a people from slavery and led through ex- within the community of believers.
ile into the Promised Land so we the new Israel are
saved as a people, as a church, by God and it is his
will that we are saved in that way. So yes, we have
Fr. Paul E. Vigil
many activities, like the “holiday boutique,” hospi-
tality almost every week in the parish hall as well as ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY–
our parochial school, religious education and various BUNDLE SUNDAY
ministries. In general, we Catholics live this com- Sunday, November 22nd is Bundle Sun-
munal nature of our faith out in our Sunday mass and day for our Parish. A St. Vincent de Paul
church experience. It is important, in fact, essential truck will be here for our Saturday eve-
for us as Catholics to participate to some extent in ning mass and for all our Sunday morning
masses to receive your donations. Bring
the visible church. We are saved as a visible and an
usable clothing, shoes, appliances, household items,
invisible church. The church, the people that believe linen, books, jewelry, etc. remember your contributions
are visible and that is an essential part of our experi- will be helping the needy. For large items including furni-
ence and belief as Catholics. But we are also invisi- ture and large appliances, please phone (323) 224-6280
ble in the sense that we relate to God at times alone or (800) 974-3571 for a special pickup at your home.
only between God and the individual believer in the
heart and mind of the believer. Many Protestants
emphasis the latter, that is, the invisible part of our LITURGICAL MINISTER SCHEDULE
November 15, 2009
salvation, the “me and God” part of it. But we
Lectors Communion Ministers
Catholics believe as well that the invisible or spiri- 5:30— Murillo; Hall 5:30— Martner; Gerski;
tual aspect of our religion is essential but so is the Galonska
visible church indispensable for our salvation. Many 7:30— Davis 7:30— Aclan; Owen; Manshardt
Protestants believe that salvation is only between the
9:00— Demer; 9:00— Dixon; Saucedo; Rowe
individual and God and the visible or church aspect
Morrison
is optional or not essential to ones salvation. I am 10:30— Nodjoumi; 10:30— Page; Svobodas
speaking in generalities for there are always excep- Harrington
tions that emphasize one aspect or another such as an 12:00— Woods 12:00— Simmons; Gallant;
ill person or “shut-in” or even a hermit who spends Leyva
time alone praying but even hermits gather for mass.
So for Catholics even if we don’t think about our sal-
vation as being both visible and invisible we live out Welcome New Parishioners!
Welcome to our parish family! If you are a newcomer to the
our everyday believing lives that way which is that parish and would like to register, please complete the informa-
we know that we are saved invisibly or spiritually tion below. Please clip this form and bring to the parish office
and visibly or within the community of believers. or drop into the collection basket. Thank you and welcome to
This Protestant emphasis on the individual invisible our parish!
Name (s):
salvation fits in well with that noted feature of our Address: City:
culture, which is a kind of rugged individualism. On Zip: Phone:
the other hand it is interesting to note that many Cell Phone:
Catholic countries such as Mexico, Spain, and E-Mail:
Envelopes: Yes No
France, also have a strong communal culture as op- Registration cards are also available in Parish Office
posed to a rugged individualistic culture that ours is