Pentecost Sunday - May 31, 2020
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Weekend Update from our Pastor, MSGR. JOHN BARRY
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We are blessed to be Reopening our Campus for Prayer & Public Mass, under the Guidelines of our Los Angeles Archdiocese
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All Masses, Confessions, and Adoration will be in our
"Summer Church"
(O'Donnell Hall and the rooms of the new Blessed Virgin Mary Wing)
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Personal Prayer & Eucharistic Adoration is now open to the Public
9am-1pm, Monday-Saturday
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Room, no registration required
Public Sunday Mass begins NEXT WEEKEND, June 6-7
Sat 5pm Vigil, Sunday 9:30am & Sunday 5pm
(Public and Livestream)
Sunday 7am
(Public, no Livestream)
Registration for Sunday Mass will be required in order for us to adhere to the social distancing and the limited number of people allowed at each Mass. This registration will begin on Tuesday at our website. All health guidelines will be followed including face coverings for every person over 2 years old.
Confessions begin Wednesday, June 3
4:30-5:30pm, Wednesday and on Saturday, June 6, 9-10am
Enter at the St. Kateri door on the east side of the building, no registration required
Public Daily Mass begins Thursday, June 4
8:10am Daily Mass will be Public and Livestream
O'Donnell Hall, enter from the Plaza, no registration required
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Archbishop Gomez has invited all parishes to have a public
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
and a
Food Drive
in their parking lot areas this Pentecost Sunday.
Our Food Drive bins will be on the west side of the Plaza,
in front of the Welcome Center and the Blessed Sacrament will be
at the top of the stairs at the east end of the Plaza.
We invite you to support our brothers and sisters in need with your food donations, and then spend a few moments before the Lord.
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Pray for the sick in our community that they may find comfort and healing in Christ, especially:
Chris Barra, John Payne, Aurora Hanlon, Paul & Sharon Schaffer, Lena McMurrow, Stephen Osterberg, Captain Victor Aguirre, Glenn Wishon, Maria Jimenez, Paul Beaudin, Rebecca Dahlroe, Doug Eustice, Loretta Lopez, Msgr. Jim Gehl, Linda Gumina-King, Sally Ubnoske, Denise
Pinkard, Beth Schlansky, Kelly McGinnis, Camille Parke, Karen Blashaw, Suzie Schaffer, Ellen Harrington, Martha Corbett, Jack Radville, Peter Champagne, Helene Grik, Anne Filek, Rick Mirabito, Bob Spence
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May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace:
Devi Walsh, Linda Lawson, Bob Christian, Peter Sadlier, Donald Reyes, Andrew Bonanno, Denise Moreland, Dawn Cooper, Roger Graber, John William Kichak, Gilbert Rodriquez, Walter Smotrys, Nathan Chianta
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A Mass Intention may be requested online
or you may pick up an Intention envelope in the bins in front of the Welcome Center, complete it with your intention information and drop it, with your donation, in the mail slot on the side of the Welcome Center.
Or call us at 310-545-5651 and a Mass Intention envelope will be mailed to you.
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All intentions for the Day will be read at the Livestream Mass for that day.
Our priests will also pray for these intentions as they celebrate private Masses.
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MONDAY, June 1
Nerio Hernandez RIP (Ellen & Allen Kubo)
Jeanne Lynch RIP (Colleen Donatucci)
Bill Klug RIP (Donna Ennis)
TUESDAY, June 2
Barbara White RIP (Traci & John Britton)
Carol Wagner (Martha Wagner)
John Hicks RIP (Russ & Kim Neglia)
Antonio Martinez RIP (Arlene Martinez)
WEDNESDAY, June 3
Gene Souva RIP (Gunderman Family)
Rick de la Sota (LouAnne)
Nancy Smith RIP (Quilliam Family)
THURSDAY, June 4
Colleen Welch RIP (Regina Dell’Oro)
Dora Lorentz RIP (Lauricella Family)
Dale Ernest Gomer RIP (Isabel Mullin)
Special Intention
FRIDAY, June 5
Joseph Catallo RIP (Marsela Family)
Edna Murphy RIP (Gosser Family)
Michele Eisner RIP (Eisner Family)
SATURDAY, June 6
Carol & Hubert Culpepper (Kistler Family)
Ed & Camille Mucha RIP (Jane & Bob Sullivan)
SUNDAY, June 7
Thomas Wallender RIP (Quilliam Family)
Kathy West
For the Parishioners, Living and Deceased
Jack Anderson RIP (Jeannie & Scott Wood)
Karen Young (Peggy Grant)
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YOUR GIFTS SUPPORT OUR PARISH
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- Visit GIVE on our website, AmericanMartyrs.org to give electronically with either a ONE-TIME gift or a recurring gift
- Text GIVE to 707-600-2262
- Mail your offertory envelope to us, or drop it in the mail slot on the west side of the Welcome Center.
Our mailing address is 700 15th Street, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
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Join in Praying the Rosary each weekday on Facebook Live
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Fr. Joe leads the Rosary, Monday through Thursday, at 11am
Our deacons lead the Rosary on Fridays, at 12:10pm
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WALKING ALONE TOGETHER - TODAY!!
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Many people around the world lack access to safe water, which puts them at risk for health, economic and educational challenges. This is particularly true for young girls and women across Africa who primarily bear the burden of locating and transporting clean water for their families. Deep water wells can change all of this.
This year, we are hosting a Virtual Walk to raise funds to drill a well in the village of Aukot, Uganda.
Please support our Walkers with your donations on Saturday, May 30.
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BLOOD DRIVE - SUNDAY, JUNE 7
(click image to sign-up online)
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THE 50th ANNUAL PARISH FAIR is OCTOBER 17-18
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Safer at Home for many of us has given us time to clean, sort and organize.
Our prayers continue for those directly affected and on the front lines of COVID-19 and we also want to look ahead to brighter times.
We hope that will include the
50th American Martyrs Parish Fair
as scheduled.
We'd love to celebrate our Fair's storied history at the 50th Annual American Martyrs Parish Fair this October. We are blessed to have so many parishioners who have attended many, many fairs over the past 49 years.
We want to hear from you!
Send your photos, stories, and description of memorabilia you may have from Parish Fairs past to
Fair50@AmericanMartyrs.org
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Please include dates whenever possible.
We're also looking for someone (or a couple someones) who have a love for history and might be interested in helping curate and organize the photos, stories, memorabilia and more.
Thanks and see you at Fair 50!
Mike Kersey, Beth Bayerd, Amanda Cascio - AM Fair Chairs 2020
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STEWARDSHIP -
Moving Us Closer to God
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Today’s feast of Pentecost marks the end of the Easter season. On this day, to enable their mission, the disciples of Christ received the gift of the Holy Spirit. That same Holy Spirit still comes upon us today, equipping us for service to each other.
Like most of us, my Easter journey was different than any I have ever experienced. As I reflected on the events of the past 50 days, I was reminded of a quote from the Lord of the Rings. Frodo, a very small person called a Hobbit, is overwhelmed by the bad events happening around him. He laments to a wise Wizard named Gandalf.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
In our Covid-19 world, I sometimes feel like Frodo. I can’t change the virus that is affecting the world, but days like Pentecost, provide me with a chance to pause and take inventory of my actions. It IS up to me to decide what I will do with the time I’ve been given.
So during this Easter season, how
have
I done with regard to my gifts of Time, Talent and Treasure? Some of it was good, some “Needs improvement”.
Sometimes, I let the current situation affect me negatively. I would withdraw within myself and not reach out. I would worry about things I could not change. I sometimes grew irritable and maybe borderline irrational with my spouse.
Fortunately, the Holy Spirit gave me the strength to climb out of this self-absorbed thinking and do more. I joined the parish community in Livestream celebrations of Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and Worship. I reached out to many in the community through Zoom meetings, sharing my hopes and fears, and listening to others. I continued to support the church financially through online giving and the Archdiocese
Called to Renew
campaign. I prayed for all those who were isolated and fearful. I made phone calls to check-in.
I can’t undo negative actions done during the past 50 days of Easter, but I can learn from them and recommit to being a good steward. By reaching out to others around me, I will be less focused on my own concerns and more open to God’s Holy Spirit working through me. On this Pentecost Sunday, may each of us realize that we have been gifted by God and use those gifts to promote the Kingdom!
“As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
John 20:21
If you have any questions about Stewardship,
contact us
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SPECIAL COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND - Priest Retirement Fund
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Next weekend is the Special Collection for the
Priest Retirement Fund
. Giving to this fund offers us a way to thankfully help our archdiocesan priests live out their retirement modestly and peacefully. For many of the priests, it is their only means of support helping them stay well and active in ministry within their communities.
We have had wonderful priests serve our parish community over the years and are blessed to have Msgr., Fr. Joe and Fr. Rick with us now.
Msgr. John Barry - Ord. June 18, 1961 (59 yrs of ministry)
Fr. Rick Prindle - Ord. May 12, 1978 (42 yrs of ministry)
Fr. Joe Kammerer - Ord. May 30, 1998 (22 yrs of ministry)
You may make a
one-time online gift
by choosing Priest Retirement Fund in the Fund drop-down menu. Or you may write a check to American Martyrs Church, noting 'Priest Retirement Fund' in the memo section then mailing it to our address noted above.
THANK YOU!
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STEPHEN MINISTRY - Confidential Care and Support
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Are your feelings locked away out of fear?
Sometimes our ability to cope feels overwhelmed by the difficulties of life. We struggle with relationships, loneliness, helplessness, and other strong feelings that keep us locked in a cycle of pain. If that’s how you’re feeling, let the Holy Spirit send you the gift of a Stephen Minister on this Pentecost. A Stephen Minister can be your confidential partner to help you unlock those feelings and talk through what’s ailing you.
If you need someone to talk to, leave a message on our Stephen Ministry confidential phone line,
310-545-8244
. Deacon Dick and Patti Williams will meet with you to explore whether a Stephen Minister may be a good fit for you!
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Below is the schedule for June Zoom sessions - RSVP to Andrea,
amkrych@gmail.com
and we will send the link to attend.
How Values Impact Career Choices - with Grace Moniz
Thursday, June 4
Identify key values important to you. We will discuss how personal values impact your direction and career decisions.
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Offer Negotiations - How to Make the Deal - with Andrea Connolly
Thursday, June 11
Gain clarity around your worth based on what's important to you. You will gain insights on how to negotiate while honoring your worth and close that deal.
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How to Rock that Interview - with Andrea Connolly
Thursday, June 18
Tips and stategies to power you through that next interview. Learn more about what recruiters are looking for and the questions to anticipate.
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Career BridgeBuilders Networking
Thursday, June 25
The best way to find that next job is via someone you know. Join us for the next CBB networking sessions.
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"SOCIAL DISTANCE LOAVES & FISHES"
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Leave your food donations at any time in the Food Drive collection bins in front of the Welcome Center
so that American Martyrs can continue to be a lifeline for those at St. Lawrence of Brindisi in Watts.
At this time, needed items are Cereal, Oatmeal and Canned Meats: Tuna, Roast Beef, Chicken, Corn Beef Hash, Spam, etc.
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To donate for the St. Lawrence Food Pantry,
Text to 707-600-2262
the amount you are donating, hit the space bar, then FOODDRIVE
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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS
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We are grateful to all of our Bulletin Advertisers who support our parish with their paid advertisements in our printed Sunday bulletins.
Please continue to support them too with your business!
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OUR STAFF ARE HERE FOR YOU IN MINISTRY
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We are committed to care for the elderly and homebound, and to care for the sick.
If you are elderly and need assistance with trips to the grocery store or the pharmacy to pick up medications, please contact us at (310) 545-5651.
If you would also like to be of service to our elderly parishioners,
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The Church, Welcome Center and Rectory are closed to the public.
Our phone,
(310) 545-5651
, is being answered by our staff during the day:
- Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
- Saturday, 10am-1pm
- Sunday, 8am-1pm
After hours, phone calls go to our answering service, and there is always a priest on duty.
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JOIN US on Social Media for Prayer-Connection-Inspiration
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