LITURGY / LITURGIA Sunday Masses / Misa Dominical 8:00 am & 11:00 am - English

9:45 am - Portuguese 12:30 pm & 7:00 pm - Spanish

Saturday Vigil / Vigilia 4:15 pm - English 7:00 pm - Spanish

Saturday Morning Mass 8:00 am - English

Monday - Friday Mass 7:00 am & 9:00 am - English

First Friday Mass / Primer Viernes 7:00 pm - Hora Santa y Misa

24TH OF EACH MONTH 7:00 PM - ROSARIO Y MISA

Eucharistic Adoration 7:30 am to 9:00 am Monday-Friday

Confession / Reconciliación Saturdays 3:00 - 4:00 pm, English Sábados de 6:00 a 7:00 pm, Español

Any time by appointment

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES First Communion 1st Year Saturday 9:15am - 11:00am First Communion 2nd Year

Thursday 3:45pm-5:30pm Kennedy Hall

Confirmation Classes Monday 5:45pm-7:30pm St. Francis High School

RCIA - English Monday, 6:30 pm, Library

RCIA - Spanish Sunday, 6:30 pm, Library

PRIESTS / SACERDOTES Pastor

Fr. Joseph M. Paradayil, SDB ext. 14 E-mail: jmparadayil@gmail.com

Parochial Vicar & Coordinator of Youth Ministry

Fr. Luis Alfredo Oyarzo, SDB (831)707-4458

St. Francis School Chaplain Father David Purdy, SDB ext. 21

Camp St. Francis, administrator Brother Michael Herbers, SDB

STAFF / PERSONAL Parish Secretaries

Isabel Abundis, Maria Linan Lorena Martinez

MINISTRY COORDINATOR Sister Roble Cavazos, F.M.A.

Director of Religious Education

Felicia Hernandez

Assistant Director of Religious Education

C.C.D. (831) 722-2392

Finance Council: Janice Shaffer

Pastoral Council: Dianne Avelar

OFFICE HOURS - RECTORY

Monday – Friday 9:00 am –1:00 pm

2:00 - 5:30 pm Closed Saturdays, Sundays

and Holidays.

Our warmest welcome to all who celebrate with us. If you would like to register, or you need to

update your information, please send us an email at olhcchurch@yahoo.com

“Parroquia María Auxiliadora” (Diocese of Monterey)

2401 East Lake Avenue, Watsonville, CA 95076 E-Mail: olhcchurch@yahoo.com

Website: valleycatholicchurch.org Telephone: (831)722-2665 Fax: (831)722-8305

For More Information regarding Baptisms, Quinceañeras, Funerals and Anointing of the Sick please call the office. For Weddings, appointments should be made at least six months in advance.

Para mas Información referente a Bautizos, Quinceañeras, Fune-rales y Unción de los Enfermos favor de llamar a la oficina. Para

Bodas, se requiere por lo menos seis meses de preparación.

JANUARY 1ST, 2017

Del escritorio del Pastor, ¡Feliz Año Nuevo 2017!

FIESTA DE LA SAGRADA FAMILIA

La Sagrada Familia, Jesús, María y José es el modelo para todas las familias, el "icono" de la familia. La familia de nuestro Señor es Santa, no solo porque Jesús es el Dios hecho hombre y María es una criatura Inmaculada y José un santo, pero también debido a su amor y obe-diencia al plan de Dios y su servicio de uno al otro. Cada familia, según el plan de Dios, comienza en el vínculo de un hombre-marido y mujer-esposa, aquellos que compar-ten un compromiso exclusivo y para toda la vida. En paternidad responsable el hombre casado y la mujer conservan el derecho de que cada niño sea traído al mundo dentro de esta unión de un hombre y una mujer.

Hoy en día la familia es el tema de la manipulación social y experimenta-ción, una tragedia con grandes consecuencias. Podemos utilizar el nom-bre 'familia' para describir lo que queramos, pero Dios ha planeado, a través de Jesús, María y José, su voluntad para cada familia. Todo niño tiene derecho a disfrutar de la seguridad del amor comprometido y el ejemplo constante, tanto de un hombre-padre y una mujer-madre. Si una mujer sola era capaz de sacar adelante un hogar, Nuestra Señora lo hubiera hecho y Dios podría muy bien haberle dicho a María que lo hi-ciera sola, pero no lo hizo, llamó a José a casarse, amar y proteger a Nuestra Señora y a ser Padre-Adoptivo de Dios hombre, Jesús. Dios exige que cada niño tenga en regalo una vida familiar auténtica . Bajo la ley de Dios, cada niño tiene derecho a ser concebido naturalmente. El Artesano divino ha creado hombre y mujer que son capaces de traer nueva vida de una manera particular y nunca a ser reemplazado. El niño-que-será-concebido, depende completamente de la cooperación santa del hombre y la mujer con la gracia de Dios. En un hermoso discurso el 28 de diciembre de 2011, en su audiencia de los miércoles, el Papa Benedicto XVI habló de la vida de la Sagrada Familia en Nazaret. Este es un breve extracto: "La casa de Nazaret es una escuela de oración donde aprendemos a escuchar, a meditar, para penetrar en el significado más profundo de la manifestación del hijo de Dios, dibujando nuestro ejemplo de María, José y Jesús. "La sagrada familia es un icono de la Iglesia doméstica, que nos llama a orar juntos. La familia es la primera escuela de oración donde, desde su infancia, los niños aprenden a percibir a Dios gracias a la enseñanza y el ejemplo de sus padres. Una educación auténticamente cristiana no pue-de descuidar la experiencia de la oración. Si no aprendemos a orar en la familia, será difícil de llenar este vacío más adelante. Entonces, me gus-taría invitar a la gente a redescubrir la belleza de orar juntos como fami-lia, siguiendo la escuela de la sagrada familia de Nazaret". La familia cristiana es la primera célula de toda la iglesia. Es el lugar donde comienza el camino hacia la santidad y a ser más plenamente

humanos.

From the desk of the Pastor, Happy New Year 2017!

FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY

The Holy Family Of Jesus, Mary and Joseph is the model for all families, the "icon" of the family. The family of our Lord is holy, not only because Jesus is the God-Man and Mary is an immaculate creature, and Joseph a Saint, but also because of their love for and obedience to God's plan and their service of one another. Every family, according to God's plan, begins in the bond of a man-husband and a woman-wife, who share in an exclusive and life-long com-mitment. In responsible parenthood the married man and woman preserve the right of every child to be brought into the world within this bond of one man and one woman. Today the family is the subject of social manipulation and experimentation, a tragedy with far-reaching implications. We may use the name 'family' to describe whatever we please, but God has made plain, through Jesus, Mary and Joseph, his will for every fami-ly. Every child has a right to enjoy the security of committed love and consistent example, both of a man-father and a woman-mother. If any woman was capable of running a household singlehandedly, our Lady was, and God might very well have asked Mary to go it alone, but he didn't. He called on Joseph to marry, love and protect our Lady and to be the foster-father of the God-Man, Jesus. God de-mands that each child have the gift of an authentic family life. Under God's law, every child has a right to be naturally conceived. The di-vine Artisan has crafted man and woman such that they are capable together of bringing new life about in a manner particular and never to be replaced. The child-yet-to-be-conceived depends completely upon the holy cooperation of man and woman with God in this re-gard. In a beautiful address on December 28, 2011, at his Wednesday audience, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the life of the Holy Family in Nazareth. Here is a short excerpt: "The house of Nazareth is a school of prayer where we learn to listen, to meditate, to penetrate the deep-est meaning of the manifestation of the Son of God, drawing our example from Mary, Joseph and Jesus. "The Holy Family is an icon of the domestic Church, which is called to pray together. The family is the first school of prayer where, from their infancy, children learn to perceive God thanks to the teaching and example of their parents. An authentically Christian education cannot neglect the experience of prayer. If we do not learn to pray in the family, it will be difficult to fill this gap later. I would, then, like to invite people to rediscover the beauty of praying together as a family, following the school of the Holy Family of Nazareth". The Christian family is the first cell of the whole Church. It is the place where we begin the journey toward holiness and become more fully human.

PRAYER TO THE HOLY FAMILY

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, In you we contemplate the splendor of true love, to you we turn with trust. Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that our families too may be places of communion and prayer, authentic schools of the Gospel and small domestic Churches. Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again experience vio-lence, rejection and division: may all who have been hurt or scandal-ized find ready comfort and healing. Holy Family of Nazareth, make us more mindful of the sacredness and inviolability of the family, and its beauty in God’s plan. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, graciously hear our prayer!

ORACIÓN A LA SAGRADA FAMILIA

Jesús, María y José, en ustedes contemplamos el esplendor del verda-dero amor y nos dirigimos con confianza. Sagrada familia de Nazaret, concédenos que nuestra familia también pueda ser lugar de oración y comunión, escuela auténtica del Evangelio y pequeña iglesia doméstica. Sagrada familia de Nazaret, que las familias nunca más experimenten rechazo, división y violencia: que todos los que han sido heridos o escan-dalizados encuentren pronto alivio y sanación. Sagrada familia de Naza-ret, haznos más conscientes de la sacralidad y la inviolabilidad de la familia y su belleza en el plan de Dios. ¡Jesús, María y José, graciosamente escuchen nuestra oración!

Fr. Joseph M. Paradayil, SDB

MASS INTENTIONS: DECEMBER 31ST TO JANUARY 8TH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31ST 8:00 AM Antone Basich † (Bozo & Ivanka Margaretich), Lidia Teixeira † (Albano Bettencourt & Family) 4:15 PM Angelo Pimentel † (Centro Fatima), John Zivanovich † (Virginia Vukasovich), Lino Almeida † (Elias & Evangelina Gregorio) Louis & Louise Bilicich † (Family) 7:00 PM Por las Animas del Purgatory (Maria Arellano), Gabriel & Leonor Hurtado † (Fam), Roselia Ramirez † (Gaby Chavez) Marcelo Chavez & Manuel Ramirez (Graciela), SUNDAY, JANUARY 1ST 8:00 AM Family Intentions (Parishioner) 9:45 AM Souls in Purgatory (Portuguese Families), Leonel Vitoriano Almeida † (Herculano Almeida) For as families (Lucia Bettencourt) 11:00 AM Jose Rodriguez DaSilva † (Niece), Antone Basich † (Mr. & Mrs. Kristo Kristich Family) Elizabeth Travers James † (Michael & Stacy James) 12:30 PM Pascual, Rafael & Francisca Felix † (Socorro) Isahia Espinoza & Family Intentions, Medina Family in thanksgiving, Corona Lopez Family in Thanksgiving, Blessings for Abel Abundis B-Day (Family) 7:00 PM Rebeca Martin † (Ofelia Ponce), Juan Carlos Villegas † (Family) Maria Bravo †, Carolina Ortiz † (Irma Martinez)

MONDAY, JANUARY 2ND 7:00 AM Lidia Teixeira † (Mr. & Mrs. Anatolio Carvalho) Consuelo Higareda, Intentions 9:00 AM Irine Smiley †

TUESDAY, JANUARY 3RD 7:00 AM Consuelo Higareda, Intentions 9:00 AM Souls in Purgatory (Portuguese Family)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4TH 7:00 AM Raymond 9:00 AM Consuelo Higareda, Intentions

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5TH 7:00 AM Robert Firus, 9:00 AM Consuelo Higareda, Intentions

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6TH 7:00 AM Consuelo Higareda, Intentions 9:00 AM Gary Bettencourt Avelar † (Angelica Avelar), Adolph Jawarski † (Joe Parker), Blessings for Areli, Alvaro, Betania & Edward Rincón Birthday 7:00 PM Xochitl Esquivel † (Familia Esquivel) Jose y Sergio Romo †, Maura Ramirez Velasco † (Faustino )

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7TH 8:00 AM Consuelo Higareda, Intentions 4:15 PM Angelo Pimentel † (Hary Andrade), Filomena Pereira † (Gabriel & Lucilia Mendonca) Antone Basich † (N. R. & Norma Reasons) Dorie Schimpeler † (Ewers) 7:00 PM Angelita Ortiz †, The 3 wise Kings, Felipa Juarez Moreno †

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8TH 8:00 AM Fidel Barroga Sr. † (Wife & Family) Consuelo Murillo † (Maria Quintero) Maria Paz, Lionel & Fausto Romero † (Fidela Medrano) 9:45 AM Maria Esmeralda Nunes Almeida † ((Herculano Almeida) Antonio Azevedo † (Leocadia Azevedo) Angelo Pimentel † (Gabriel & Lucilia Mendonca) Lino Almeida † (Family) 11:00 AM Elizabeth Travers James † (Barbara T. Latrop) 12:30 PM Luciano Loma † (Family) 7:00 PM En Accion de gracias a la Virgen de Guadalupe

THANK YOU / OBRIGADO / GRACIAS

Thanks to everyone who made our Christmas Celebra-tion so wonderful. We wish to gratefully acknowledge and thank all those who devoted their time, talent and treasure for making our Christmas so special. To all those who helped to decorate the church and surround-ings, to all the Choirs that sang so beautifully, and to all, who, generously donated poinsettias and Christmas trees.

May the newborn Christ Child Bless you abundantly for your generosity.

Gracias por hacer nuestra celebración de Navidad tan maravillo-sa. Agradecemos a todos aquellos que dedicaron su tiempo y talento para que nuestra Navidad fuera tan especial. A todos los que ayudaron a decorar la iglesia y sus alrededores, a todos los coros que cantaron tan maravillosamente, y a los que generosa-mente donaron Nochebuenas y árboles de Navidad.

¡Que el recién nacido, Niño Jesús los bendiga abundantemente por su generosidad!

STEWARDSHIP CORNER: December 24th and 25th collection report will be in the next week’s bulletin. Thank you for your generosity and support!

La colecta del fin de semana del 24 y 25 de diciembre se reportara en el próximo boletín, debido a que se mando im-primir una semana antes. Muchas gracias!

We the priests and the staff of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church wish all and everyone of our Parishioners a Happy and Prosperous New

Year 2017 filled with God’s Blessings

BUON ANNO

PRÓSPERO ANO NOVO ¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!

STRETNA NOVA GODINA MELE KALIKINAKA

MANIGONG BAGONG TAON!