Jan/Feb/March 2013

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia Parish QUARTERLY UPDATE

+ Catholic + Franciscan + Multicultural +
Mark Your Calendar
1/27

A Franciscan Invitation
Parishioners, Ministry Leaders, Volunteers, Catechists and Friends: Come and spend an evening learning about FST, the Franciscan School of Theology. The Franciscans will open the doors of a new

Catholic Schools Week

Youth Food Sales Youth Night Assembly 1/28

for You

Franciscan School of Theology Informational Meeting

2/3 Boy Scout Sunday 2/9 Valentines Day Fundraising Event Filipino Community 2/8-2/10 Married Couples Retreat with Fr. Peter Kirwin, OFM 2/10 Koi Pond Sees Candy Sale

academic, multi-cultural community and graduate school this September. Learn

about FSTs new affiliation with the University of San Diego! Come and find out what

opportunities will be available for YOU!

Meet the President of FST, Fr. Joseph Chinnici, OFM FST INFORMATIONAL MEETING Monday, Jan 28 7:008:30 pm Retreat Chapel (Enter by the Welcome Center)

Mark Your Calendar

2/13 Ash Wed Mini-Retreat with Fr. Larry Dolan, OFM 2/13

FST Informational Meeting Schedule

SCHEDULE: 7:00 pm-Retreat Chapel Time of Prayer in Chapel 7:30 pm-Lausen Room Refreshments

Ash Wednesday
2/15 Knights Shrimp Fest 2/16 Gods Extravagant Love Retreat with Sr. Mary Jo Chavez, OSF & Sr. Celeste Clavel, OSF 2/16 Parish Offices Closed for Presidents Day 2/21 Youth Day at Religious Education Conference 2/22 2/24 Los Angeles Religious Education Conference 2/23 San Luis Rey Fundraising Event 3/4 3/6

Presidents of FST Comments

Program Information Q/A 8:30 pm-End SEE YOU SOON and WELCOME!

Ash Wednesday Schedule

6:30 a.m. Distribution of Ashes (English) Parish Center 7:30 a.m. Mass (English) - Serra Center 11:00 a.m. Mass w/the school (English) - Serra Center 6:00 p.m. Mass (English) Serra Center 7:30 p.m. Mass (Spanish) - Serra Center

Parish Lenten Retreat with Bishop Lenihan

3/7 3/9

Parish Lenten Retreat in Spanish with Bishop Lanihan

3/9 Lenten Reconciliation Service 10am Serra Center

Special YEAR OF FAITH Event

Mission San Luis Rey Parish is looking forward

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good news of the faith to the people of Central America. Now, the

Rev. Fr. Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. former Vicar General and Pastor in the Diocese of Comayagua Honduras as first Bishop of the new Diocese of La Ceiba. Bishop Micheal Lenihan, O.F.M. was born in Abbeyfeale, Ireland in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1980. He worked in pastoral care in Ireland and in El Salvador before moving to Honduras. For 29 years, hes worked tirelessly to bring the

parishioners of MSLRP have the opportunity to hear Bishop Michael proclaim the Good News for our Lenten Retreat in English and
Spanish beginning on Sunday, March 3th. Bishop Lenihan will preach at all Masses.

Our Parish evening retreats in English and Spanish, are designed for people who can give one hour for three days toward Lenten spiritual preparation.

Bishop Michael Lenihan, OFM

Psalms 96:1-2
Proclaim Gods marvelous deeds to all the nations.
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The Holy Season of Lent by Fr. Adrian Peelo, OFM

The season of the Church Year we call Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Wednesday before Holy Thursday. Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday are call the Holy Triduum (three days) and are not part of Lent. Sundays in Lent are not strictly-speaking Lenten at all as Sunday is the commemoration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and therefore cannot be considered penitential. Sundays are Sundays in Lent rather than of Lent. Before I ever opened a theology book my grandmother told me this. She always took a short break from Lenten observance on Sundays in Lent. Sunday is the celebration of Jesuss victory over sin and death and therefore a cause for rejoicing rather penance. My grandmother knew her theology. The word Lent comes from a Germanic root meaning long. This was later translated as spring in the Middle Ages. From the German lenz we then get lent in English. The more correct term for this season of the Church is found in the Latin and Gaelic languages: Quadragesma in Latin means fortieth day before Easter; and so we get Cuaresma in Spanish, Quaresima in Italian and in Irish, Carghas. Lent is a period of preparation for Easter. It takes its name from the forty days in which the Lord fasted and prayed in the desert before embarking on his public ministry. During Lent the elect prepare for baptism, which takes place during the greatest liturgical celebration of all: the Easter Vigil. In fresh waters, newly blessed, these soon-to-be Christians will immerse themselves, dying to the old self and rising to new life in Christ. Easter is all about death and new birth. Traditionally, Christians already baptized prepare for Easter by embracing a deeper prayer-life, fasting from some food and drink, and attending to the needs of the poor. The Church still invites us to do these things intensely in Lent. Prayer deepens our relationship with God. Fasting helps us to be grateful and is a spiritual discipline which reminds us that all is gift. Attending to the needs of the poor takes us out of our selfish comfort zone in order to be in solidarity with brothers and sisters in their need. Actually, Lent is an exciting time when we have the opportunity to deepen our faith. It is definitely not a time for long faces and misery but rather a joyful anticipation for and a renewed enthusiasm in the promises of Christ. I wish you a Happy Lent! Fr. Adrian Peelo, OFM