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American Canyon, CA 94503

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www.holyfamilycatholicchurch-amcan.org

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HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC PARISH Celebrated

20 Years 2014

HOLY FAMILY

PARISH

ESTABLISHED 1994

Parish Staff Reverend Father Frederick K.A. Kutubebi Pastor Reverend Mr. Michael Simmons Deacon Reverend Mr. Victor Leach Deacon Rose Tamoro Parish Secretary Mary Narverud Parish Bookkeeper

Men's Club:

Kevin Kain

Women's Club:

Nancy Nabrynski

Pastoral Council:

Mr. Paul Kelejian

Religious Education

Mary Ann Lagasca

Marina Maldonado

Finance Council

Romeo Blanquera

Grand Knight

David Pott

Youth Ministry

May God Bless each family present. And bless our entire Holy Family Parish.

Make it like the family of your Son. May our moments of sorrow, give way to the seasons of joy. May the memory of harsh words fade before the warmth of a loving touch. May the tears of sorrow be

replaced by the music of laughter. May resentment be banished from our families, and may forgiveness reign in our hearts. Today and everyday. Amen!

February—Month of the Passion of Our Lord

Question for the

Month of Febrauary

True or false? The word LENT comes from the Latin root “Lentus” meaning to slow down. See page 5 for the answer and for other information about the season of Lent.

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Welcome to Holy Family Parish Community

Notes from Our Pastor

Reverend Father

Frederick K.A. Kutubebi

Flock notes: Upcoming Events

February 3 - Spanish Mass: 7:00 pm.

February 3/4 - Feast of St. Blaise. Blessing of throats after

each Mass.

February 3/4 - Women’s Club fundraiser for Valentine’s

Day: See’s Candy sales after Masses this weekend and

the next (until sold out).

February 9 - First Reconciliation at 6:00 pm - all students

Reconciliation at 7:00 pm.

February 10 - 2nd year Confirmation Retreat at Our Lady

of Mount Carmel (Fairfield) 8:00 am through

5:00 pm Mass.

February 10/11 - World Marriage Weekend. Anointing for

World Day of the Sick during all Masses.

February 13 - Shrove Tuesday; Mardi Gras.

February 14 - - Ash Wednesday (see elsewhere in the

bulletin for information about Fast and Abstinence).

Ashes distributed during 8:00 am, 5:15 pm and 7:30

pm Masses. Plus 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the parish

office. And don’t forget Valentine’s Day!

February 16 - Abstinence. Stations of the Cross 7:30 pm in

the church.

February 20 - Hispanic Ministry meeting 7:00 pm at

church.

February 22 - Knights of Columbus monthly meeting

7:30 pm in church office.

February 23 - Abstinence. Meager Meals program begins

6:00 pm in church. Stations of the Cross 7:30 pm.

February 25 - RCIA Rite of Continuing Conversion during

9:00 am Mass.

February 25 - Knights of Columbus Corporate Communion

Mass at 11:00 am.

March 3 - - Spanish Mass 7:00 pm.

March 11 - Special Mass at Holy Family at 1:00 pm in honor

of Fr. Pat’s fiftieth anniversary of ordination. Reception

will follow. Any gifts will be forwarded to the Cardinal

Maurice Otunga Girls Empowerment Center in Nairobi.

March 25 - - Palm Sunday. Holy Week begins. More info in

next month’s bulletin.

Parishioner Registration

Tear off this form and give to a deacon or place in the collection basket New Registration _____ Change in Information _____ Date ___________________________ Head of Household __________________________________ Other Adult(s) ______________________________ Children’s Names and Genders ___________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address ______________________________________ City _______________________ ZIP __________ Home Telephone _________________________ Cell Phone (Whose?) __________________________________ Family E-mail ______________________________________ Ministries of Interest ________________________

Dear Family of God. The month of February is

almost here and we thank God for seeing us

through the first month in the year 2018. It is

His blessing and gracious assistance that has

brought us this far. The year is still brand new

and we hope for better things to happen to us.

This year the Lord is taking over the celebration

of Valentine's Day because Ash Wednesday falls

on the same day that we celebrate the Valen-

tine's Day. I believe this year the Lord is telling

us to tone down our feasting and remind our-

selves that we have a place to go and that we are

dust and into dust we shall return.

I also want to thank the parishioners who sup-

ported us at St. Apollinaris Church for the Mass

of Hope for those affected by the October fires.

Special thanks to the Holy Family Choir for grac-

ing the occasion by joining St. A's Choir and the

Bishop to celebrate the event. It was a blessing

for all of us to be present to comfort and con-

sole the victims.

February 9, 2018 at 6:00 pm we shall celebrate

Reconciliation for our CCD kids preparing to re-

ceive the Sacraments. You are all cordially invit-

ed to be part of this celebration and seize the

opportunity to use the Sacrament of Reconcilia-

tion as well. Some priests have been invited to

join us and I hope you will come in numbers. We

are also working hard with those involved with

our Church construction to break ground this

year. We need your prayers and support in any

way you can to make this a possibility. I love you

all.

Daily Scripture Readings for February

Feb 1 - 1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12; 1 Chronicles 29:10-12;

Mark 6:7-13

Feb 2 - Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 24:7-10; Hebrews 2:14-18;

Luke 2:22-40

Feb 3 - 1 Kings 3:4-13; Psalm 119:9-14; Mark 6:30-34

Feb 5 - 1 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13; Psalm 132:6-10; Mark 6:53-

56

Feb 6 - 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-39; Psalm 84:3-5, 10-11;

Mark 7:1-13

Feb 7 - 1 Kings 10:1-10; Psalm 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40;

Mark 7:14-23

Feb 8 - 1 Kings 11:4-13; Psalm 106:3-4, 35-37, 40;

Mark

7:24-30

Feb 9 - 1 Kings 11:29-32, 12:19; Psalm 81:10-15; Mark

7:31-37

Feb 10 - 1 Kings 12:26-32, 13:33-34; Psalm 106:6-7,

19-22; Mark 8:1-10

Feb 12 - James 1:1-11; Psalm 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76;

Mark 8:11-13

Feb 13 - James 1:12-18; Psalm 94:12-15, 18-19; Mark

8:14-21

Feb 14 - Joel 2:12-18; Psalm 51:3-6, 12-14, 17; 2

Corin thians 5:20–6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Feb 15 - Deuteronomy 30:15-29; Psalm 1:1-4, 6; Luke

9:22-25

Feb 16 - Isaiah 58:1-9; Psalm 51:3-6, 18-19; Matthew

9:14-15

Feb 17 - Isaiah 58:9-14; Psalm 86:1-6; Luke 5:27-32

Feb 19 - Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18; Psalm 19:8-10, 15;

Matthew 25:31-46

Feb 20 - Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalm 34:4-7, 16-19; Matthew

6:7-15

Feb 21 - Jonah 3:1-10; Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19;

Luke 11:29-32

Feb 22 - 1 Peter 5:1-4; Psalm 23:1-6; Matthew 16:13-19

Feb 23 - Ezra 18:21-28; Psalm 130:1-8; Matthew

5:20-26

Feb 24 - Deuteronomy 26:16-19; Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5,

7-8; Matthew 5:43-48

Feb 26 - Deuteronomy 9:4-10; Psalm 79:8-13; Luke

6:36-38

Feb 27 - Isaiah 1:10, 16-20; Psalm 50: 8-9, 16-17, 21,

23; Matthew 23:1-2

Feb 28 - Jeremiah 18:18-20; Psalm 31:5-6, 14-16; Mat-

thew 20:17-28

Sunday Scripture Readings February 3/4 (Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time) First - Job 7:1-7: Job experienced months of misery and troubled nights. Psalm 147: Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted. Second - 1 Corinthians 9:16-23: I have become all things to all, to save at least some. Gospel - Mark 1:29-39: Jesus cured many who were sick with various diseases. February 10/11 (Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

First - Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46: The leper will dwell apart, making an abode outside the camp. Psalm 32: I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble and you fill me with the joy of salvation. Second - 1 Corinthians 10:31–11:1: Do everything for the glory of God. Gospel - Mark 1:40-45: The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.

February 17/18 (First Sunday in Lent) First - Genesis 9:8-15: God’s covenant with Noah when he was delivered from the flood. Psalm 25: Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant. Second - 1 Peter 3:18-22: The water of the flood prefigured baptism, which saves you now. Gospel - Mark 1:12-15: This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. February 24/25 (Second Sunday in Lent) First - Genesis 22:1-2, 9-18: The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith. Psalm 116: I walk before the Lord, in the land of the living. Second - Romans 8:31-34: God did not spare His own Son. Gospel - Mark 9:2-10: This is my beloved Son.


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February Eucharistic Jan 27: 5:15 Mary Weir, Bannie & Frank Lee, David

Mezzera

Jan 28: 9:00 Virginia Zambrano, Salvador Cariño,

Nina Tolentino, Erika Myers, Melissa Benjamin,

Elizabeth Weil

11:00 Joseph Mangapot, Francisco Jimenez,

Percy Barcelon, Marina Jimenez, Kat Tietgen,

Numer Tamoro

Feb 3: 5:15 Couples for Christ-FFL (4)

Feb 4: 9:00 Erika Myers, John Zimmerman, Elizabeth

& Harvey Weil, Salvador Cariño, Nina Tolentino

11:00 Marina Jimenez, Rose Tamoro, Cynthia

Cruz, Bernie Borges, Suzette Yturralde,

Kat Tietgen

Feb 10: 5:15 Rachel & Lawrence Valdez, Julie Collins,

Sonia Lumampao

Feb 11: 9:00 Rona & Rolly Yacob, Ralph Andino, Bill

Walton, Melissa Benjamin, Nelida Superticioso

11:00 Percy Barcelon, Danny Barcelon,

Francisco Jimenez, Jod’l Cruz, Cynthia Cruz,

Numer Tamoro

Feb 17: 5:15 Shirlese Hayes, David Pott, Frank &

Bannie Lee

Feb 18: 9:00, John Fahey, Ralph Andino, Betty

Lorenz,Teri Urrutia, Kevin Kain,John Zimmerman

11:00 Suzette Yturralde, Kat Tietgen, Marianne

Marilstela, Jod’l Cruz,Bernie Borges,Rose Tamoro

Feb 24: 5:15 Rachel & Lawrence Valdez, Leslie

Gaffney, David Mezzera

Feb 25: 9:00 Erika Myers, Harvey & Elizabeth Weil,

Melissa Benjamin, Nina Tolentino, Virginia

Zambrano

11:00 Rose & Numer Tamoro, Danilo Barcelon,

Percy Barcelon, Marina Jimenez,

Francisco Jimenez

February Lector Schedule If you are unable to fulfill an assignment, please

arrange a substitute and make a note of the change on

the posted schedule in the back of the church. Call

Rose if you need a copy of the reading for your

Mass: 707-208-6853 - or - Check the scripture read-

ings elsewhere in the bulletin.

Jan 27 5:15 1st: Shirlese Hayes

2nd: Leslie Gaffney

Jan 28 9:00 1st: Tracy Hogland

2nd: Bill Walton

11:00 1st: Danny Barcelon

2nd: (Spanish) Marco Pamatz

Feb 3 5:15 1st: Couples for Christ-FFL

2nd: Couples for Christ-FFL

Feb 4 9:00 1st: Ernie Zambrano

2nd: Kevin Kain

11:00 1st: Numer Tamoro

2nd: (Spanish) Francisco Jimenez

Feb 10 5:15 1st: Alma Arcega

2nd: Catherine Orate-Pott

Feb 11 9:00 1st: Carmen Scott

2nd: Catherine Mendoza

11:00 1st: Bernie Borges

2nd: (Spanish) Marina Maldonado

Feb 17 5:15 1st: Leslie Gaffney

2nd: Rolando Negranza

Feb 18 9:00 1st: Bill Walton

2nd: Rosale Llave

11:00 1st: Eunice DeLeon

2nd: (Spanish) Ana Castro

Feb 24 5:15 1st: Melita Negranza

2nd: Shirlese Hayes

Feb 25 9:00 1st: Marie Walton

2nd: John Fahey

11:00 1st: Cynthia Cruz

2nd: (Spanish) Marco Pamatz

Feb. 2: Rona Yacob, Bannie & Frank Lee Feb. 7: Teresa Vargas, Julie Collins, Esther Valentin Feb. 14: Erika Myers, Perfecta Trining, Teresita Dumo

Feb. 22: Leng Cruz, Sonia Lumampao, Remy Moralde, Daisy Kalu, Nenita Goroza

Subs: Volunteers are still needed. Please contact

Erika Myers.

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Monthly Cleaning Schedule February 2018


“Lentus” in Latin does in

fact mean slow. For you

musicians, you probably

know that if the director

gives the direction

“Lentamente” or “Lentando”

that the

performers slow down

their music pace.

“Lentus” found its way from Latin into Middle English

where the word “Lenten” came to mean the days of

spring which became longer, allowing us to slow

down our lives. In other Germanic languages, the

word simply came to mean “Spring.”

Thus, for us, LENT is a time period in the spring,

where we are asked to slow down and think about

the progress of our lives. Specifically for Christians,

it is a forty-day period preceding Easter (beginning

on Ash Wednesday) were we are asked to prepare

ourselves for the Great Feast of the Resurrection

though prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving and

fasting/abstinence.

Officially, Lent is comprised of 40 days and 40

nights (similar to the time Jesus spent fasting in the

desert preceding his temptation by the Devil), count-

ing Mondays through Saturdays, but excluding Sun-

days. The days of Lent plus Holy Week end with the

Easter Vigil celebrated at Holy Family at sundown on

Holy Saturday, the night before Easter Sunday.

Further, here at Holy Family, we celebrate special ob-

servances during Lent such as Stations of the Cross

every Friday evening at 7:30 pm and Meager Meals

on the middle four Fridays of Lent at 6:00 pm. These

give us additional opportunities to practice our fast-

ing and abstinence and our time of prayer for

thanksgiving and penance. See the next page for in-

formation about fasting and abstinence.

Another practice typically recognized during Lent is

to “give something up” as a form of self-denial to

help us think about the importance of the spiritual

side of our lives and less about the physical side of

our lives. Rather than “giving something up” for Lent

(such as movies, chocolate, computer games, etc.),

more and more people are determined to “add some-

thing” for Lent (such as

scripture reading, more

frequent Mass, generosity

to charities, saying the ro-

sary, visiting the sick,

etc.). How do you plan to

use Lent as a time of

spiritual renewal?

Ash Wednesday

Ashes will be distributed

at Holy Family at the

following times on

February 14th:

8:00 AM Mass

10:00 AM to 2:00

PM in Parish Office

5:15 PM Mass

7:30 PM Mass

A reference to wearing ashes as an out-

ward sign of repentance may be found in

the Book of Nehemiah (among other scrip-

ture locations) in 9:1 - “On the twenty-

fourth day of the same month, the

Israelites gathered together, fasting and

wearing sackcloth and putting ashes on

their heads.”

The practice of placing ashes on one’s

forehead dates back only until the 11th

Century, recognizing the 9th Chapter of

the Book of Daniel where God pardons the

people of Jerusalem after Daniel pleaded

in prayer and petition to God while fasting,

wearing sackcloth and putting ashes over

his head. Ashes in the form of crosses on

the forehead appear only half a century

ago but the tradition has become wide-

spread as a symbol of our mortality and

the need for repentance.

Typically, while the

ashes are being

placed on the fore-

head, the priest,

deacon or special

minister typically

says, “Remember,

you are dust and to

dust you shall

return,” or “Turn

away from sin and

be faithful to the Gospel.” Have a blessed

and meaningful Ash Wednesday!


Pray for Our Sick

Nicholas Arenas, Rosalina Alba, Isaias Bautista, Lita

Bautista, Amparo Benitez, Joan Bennett, Jack & Janet

Birkholz, Josephina Botello, Enrique Campos, Milena

Cancilla, Deacon Chuck Cancilla, Virgilita Castillo,

Tony Castor, Fe Celones, William Chua, Richard Coro-

na, José & Esther Corpuz, Charito Dela Cueva, Toni

Durante, Violeta Escay, Zachery Fahey, Lino Fernan-

dez, Douglas Fong, Aurora Guiriba, Tess Guison,

Elmo Irish, Mary Jacobs, Patti Kelly, Dae Hee Kim,

Gene Lacson, Francisca Lagiosa, Geraldo Lagua,

Sandy Ledbetter, Rosalyn Mendoza, Elma Mercado,

Steve Myers, Antonio Neria, Azucena Neria, Ildefonso

Neria, Jaime Neria, Dorothy Pendergast, Leah Pereira,

Candy Peterson, Earline Poirer, Araceli Rodrigues,

Benjamin Rufo, Ariel Ruiz, Sam Saccullo, Pacita

Sarabia, Carmen Scott, Tom Scott, Joyce Shields,

Kathleen Silva, Ann Simmons, Sylvia Sistena, Sam

Soccoro, Jesselee Inacay Superticioso, Edwin

Tichangco, Pacita Villaluz, Vilma Wakin, Brenda

Wheeler, Chet Wilkerson, Cheryl Zimmerman,

Raymond Young. To add a loved one to our prayer

list, e-mail to: [email protected]

Pray for the Men and

Women Serving Our Country

Don Appel, Jorden Appel, Jenny Bartlett, Joseph

Bloom-See, Brandon Bridges, George Buenviaje, Scott

Harris, Angelica Hinojosa, Jared Holmes, Jeremy Hol-

mes, Josh Holmes, Chris Hurst, Jen James, Jerome

Latona, Trevor Logan, Angela O’Brien, Chad Oliver,

Christopher Oliver, Andrew Mariano, Kiara Mendiola

(RIP), Christopher Paradeza, Jennifer Phillips Plante,

Alwin Respicio, Alex Rubang Jr., Patricia Samson,

Sebastian Zablan. To add a friend, family member

or loved one to our military service list, please

call Carol Harris at 310-4792 or

e-mail her at: [email protected]


Fast and Abstinence

The norms of our Church call for

the practice of fast and abstinence

during Lent as a reminder that our

hearts and minds should be totally

focused toward God so that He may

be the source of our strength during our period of fast-

ing or our abstaining from meat. Here are those norms

for fasting and abstinence:

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of

FASTING for Catholics. This means eating a

single full meal at some point in the day with other

smaller meals being permitted so long as combined

they do not equal a full meal. With this in mind, on

those two days of fasting, we should be aware of what

we are and why we are doing it - turning away from our

sins and using the fast as a form of penance. putting

other actions above the actions of consumption.

These norms of FASTING do not apply to those under

18 years of age nor over 59 years. Adults who have

medical or dietary restrictions as part of their normal

eating habits are not bound by the rules of fasting ac-

cording to the U.S. Conference of Bishops.

Also, every Friday (plus Ash Wednesday) in Lent includ-

ing Good Friday are days of ABSTINENCE from meat for

all Catholics over the age of 13. Again, people with spe-

cial dietary requirements are not bound to ABSTINENCE.

Meat is considered to be the flesh or organs of mam-

mals and fowl. Fish and shellfish are permitted as are

animal derived products such as eggs, butter or gelatin

which do not have any meat taste. Here too, we should

be aware of what we are doing and why

we are doing it - being aware of changing

our normal eating habits allows us to per-

form an act of penance or repentance as

an active sign of prayer for forgiveness

from our sins.

Genesis House

Vallejo’s Genesis House is a well-respected and consummate rehab program serving many youths and adults in their recovery efforts. Holy Family supports Genesis House each year by filling multiple tables at their annual spaghetti feed and silent auction. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, Febru-ary 18th, at Dan Foley Cultural Center in Vallejo. Doors open at 4:00 pm and dinner is served begin-ning at 4:30 pm (spaghetti, meat sauce, salad, bread, drinks, desserts). Tickets are only $15 in ad-vance or $17 at the door.

Lenten Prayers for Hungry People

Here are readings, prayers and actions to help you

and your family observe Lent in 2018 (as prepared by

Bread for the World, a religious-based NGO whose

goal is to help end hunger in the U.S. and worldwide

by 2030). Bread for the World works to alert all people

about the possibility of eradicating hunger and to

change the policies and conditions that allow hunger

to persist. The organization advocates on behalf of

legislation that addresses the root causes of hunger

and programs that help the hungry such as food

stamps, WIC, school lunch programs, etc.

Beginning of Lent

Scriptures to read: Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; 1

Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15

Prayer: Oh, Christ, renew our faith in the Good News

so that we may raise our voices on behalf of those

who hunger in our world. Amen.

Action: To make your commitment to this effort and

to receive suggestions for prayers, fasting and advo-

cacy, visit bread/org/fast

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Holy Family Fun Page

On the blackboard at a Catholic elementary school:

John 3:16

Lunch 11:30

The children were lined up in the cafeteria at that

same Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the

head of the table was a large pile of apples.

The nun made a note, and posted it on the apple

tray: "Take only one. God is watching."

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end

of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cook-

ies. One youngster whispered to another, "Take all

you want.

God’s watching the apples."

The pastor told his congregation, "Next week I plan

to preach about the sin of lying. To help you under-

stand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17."

The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his

sermon, the priest asked for a show of hands. He

wanted to know how many had read Mark 17.

Every hand went up.

The minister smiled and said, "Mark has only 16

chapters. I will now proceed with my sermon on the

sin of lying."

The young lad told his Religious Education teacher:

“I made a New Year’s Resolution to eat spinach. If I

can’t stand it, I’ll give it up for Lent.”

Q: What do you call a parishioner who sleepwalks

during the sermon?

A: A roamin’ Catholic.

Q: What kind of bird is that flying around in the

church?

A: Probably a cardinal.

Q: No I don’t think so. What else could it be?

A: Maybe a bird of prey.

It’s OK to share some religious humor. When he was

Pope (from 1958 to 1963), Blessed John XXIII was

asked how many people worked in the Vatican. The

Pope thought about it for a bit and replied, “About

half of them!”


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