SAINT TIMOTHY CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

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

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 18, 2010
It is [Christ] whom we proclaim,
admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom,
that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
-- Colossians 1:28b

OFFICE CONFESSIONS MARRIAGES, BAPTISIMS, SPECIAL SERVICES & MASSES

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

Phone: (310) 474-1216 First Friday: Before 7:30 a.m. Mass PLEASE CALL THE RECTORY
WWW.STTIMOTHYLA.ORG
SCHOOL MASS SCHEDULE DEVOTIONS
Lena Rowland, Principal Saturday Vigil: 5:30 p.m. Monday following 7:30 a.m. Mass, Miraculous
10479 W. Pico Blvd 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.
Phone: (310) 474-1811 Holy Day Masses: Vigil: 5:30 p.m., 7:30 a.m.,
First Saturday of the month following 7:30 a.m.
WWW.STTIMOTHY.ORG Mass, Our Lady of Fatima, and Every Monday
12:10 p.m.
7:15 p.m. Legion of Mary.
July 18, 2010 St. Timothy
NATIONAL NEEDS COMBINED
SPECIAL COLLECTION

Today is the National Needs Combined Collection.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
AKWAABA! You can make a difference!
Sampa Community Educational Project (SCEP) is an official
501(c)3 nonprofit which believes in empowering communi-
ties with educational, financial, technological and cultural
resources. SCEP’s current project is renovating an existing
primary and secondary school known as the Sampa Roman
Catholic Mission School in Sampa, Ghana, West Africa. The
St. Timothy Knights of Columbus is partnering with SCEP for a
fundraising event at St. Timothy Church on July 24th and 25th
to help generate funds for SCEP to repair a block of 24 class-
rooms in Sampa.
Please give hope to these children. SCEP needs your
kind donations in order to provide resources these children.
For more information or for making a donation online, please
visit www.myscep.org
This work is only possible with the help of individuals like
you.
This collection strengthens Catholic faith on television and radio
through The Catholic Communication Campaign, helps some
of the poorest dioceses in the United States through The Black
and Indian Home Mission, provides basic pastoral resources to
needy ethnic communities through The Catholic Home Mission
Appeal and helps to insure the highest standards of quality in
Catholic education through The Catholic University of Amer-
ica.
Please be as generous as you are able.
Quinceañeras
St. Timothy welcomes our teens to celebrate
their Quinceañeras here at our beautiful
Church. The Parish hall is available for re-
ceptions. Please call Deborah at the rectory
or at 310-871-9022 to make arrangements.

Thank you! Our beautiful church is available for weddings and

Thaddeus Mensah the Parish hall is available for receptions. Please check our
SCEP Chairman & Member of the Church Choir website for more information at www.sttimothy.org. You
can also call Deborah at the rectory or her cell at 310-871-
9022.

PROJECT RACHEL
Through Project Rachel, the Catholic Church offers as-
Sunday, July 18th: 7:30 Parishioners of STC sistance in the post-abortion healing process. Priest and
9:00 Chuck Brenkus (D)
Catholic counselors are trained to help in the spiritual
10:30 Julia Leon (D)
and psychological dimensions of this healing.
12:00 Eduardo Balibalos (D)
If you would like assistance, please call any of
Monday, July 19th: 7:30 Enrique Valmonte (D)
Tuesday, July 20th: 7:30 Florencia Montiel (L) the following Project Rachel Offices. To find a Local
Wednesday, July 21st: 7:30 Norm Lacy (D) Project Rachel Phone Number: 800-RACHEL-6
Thursday, July 22nd: 7:30 Amparo Gariby (L) Archdiocese of Los Angeles: 213-637-6000
Friday July 23rd: 7:30 Chris Demetrio (D)
Saturday, July 24th: 7:30 Diane Bambrick (D) DON'T BE ANXIOUS
5:30 Bob & McGrath Family (D) One can wonder how Luke's Gospel passage today might
Sunday, July 25th: 7:30 Lina Gaultier (D) have been different if Mary, not Martha, had been the one to com-
9:00 Miguel, Fabian, Freddy Pesantes (L) plain to Jesus, if Mary had said "Lord, look at her! Here you are
10:30 Parishioners of STC sharing your wisdom and all she can think about is supper." Jesus
may have noted, as Luke does, that Martha was burdened with
12:00 Zoila Rosa Espinoza (D)
much serving. Later in his writings, this same evangelist will de-
scribe in Acts how the early community set aside people whose
Today’s Readings ministry it is to see to the serving at table.
As a fully human person, Jesus knew the human needs
First Reading -- Abraham and Sarah show hospitality to mes-
that had to be tended. He doesn't deny this, nor does he chastise
sengers of the LORD (Genesis 18:1-10a). Martha for her working in service. He chides her for being anxious
Psalm -- He who does justice will live in the presence of the and worried. How can Martha--or any of us--be anxious or worried
Lord (Psalm 15). about the serving that needs to be done when we do it in the con-
Second Reading -- Paul speaks of the stewardship given to text of the Lord's will and wisdom? The Church has done more than
him to complete the word of God, the mystery hidden from any other institution to bear the heavy burdens of serving the ill,
ages past (Colossians 1:24-28). the uneducated, the suffering; has been "Martha" to countless of
Gospel -- Martha, you are anxious and worried about many the little ones whom Christ told us were his very presence. But the
Church has borne the burdens of service from the position of Mary:
things. Mary has chosen the better part
at the feet of the Lord, listening to and being guided by his word.
(Luke 10:38-42).

You are always Welcome!
Have you ever thought of becoming
a Catholic? Is God calling you?
What will be your answer? If you
would like more knowledge of the Church and its
teachings, please call Deborah at the Rectory
(310) 474-1216 or her cell (310) 871-9022. This
could be the greatest adventure of your life.
Special Announcement
Parishes in Deanery 13 of which St Timothy is a part of is
having this mass for people wanting to meet the Coadjuter
Archbishop Jose Gomez.
Parishioners from all the parishes of the Deanery are invited
to attend the Mass of Welcome celebrated by the Archbishop
in the scheduled deanery and to greet the Archbishop follow-
ing the Mass.
Deanery 13:
July 18th, St. Jerome Church, Westchester 11:00 am English
Volunteers needed in our Religious
Education programs!
Be a teacher and help to spread the Gospel and
share our faith with our children! We need cate-
chists to teach preschool to teenagers in our
Religious Education programs. Please call Deb-
orah at the rectory or her cell at 310-871-9022.

RCIA {Rite of Christian Initiation for

Adults}, Adult Confirmation, Adult Enrich- SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
ment. Sunday: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Have you ever thought of becoming a Catholic? Tuesday: St. Apollinaris
Are you missing certain sacraments? Is God call- Wednesday: St. Lawrence of Brindisi
ing you? What will be your answer? If you Thursday: St. Mary Magdalene
would like more knowledge of the Church and its teachings,
Friday: St. Bridget of Sweden
please call Deborah at the Rectory (310) 474-1216 or (310)
871-9022. This could be the greatest adventure of your life. Saturday: St. Sharbel Makhluf; Blessed Virgin
Mary
Baptisms
We offer private, group Baptisms and Baptisms
during Mass. Our next Baptism Preparation class
will be held in the parish office on Saturday, Au-
gust 14, 2010, at 4:30 pm. Please call Deborah Sunday, July 18th:
at the rectory for more information. Children’s Liturgy of the Word 9 am
11am Coadjuter Archbishop Jose Gomez at St. Jerome
National Needs Collection
Did You Know?
Monday, July 19th:
Child Abuse Data: Breaking Down the
Legion of Mary 7:15 pm in the Rectory
Numbers
Thursday, July 22nd:
Of the approximately 794,000 children
Choir practice 7:15 pm Music Room
found to be victims of child abuse or ne-
Sunday, July 28th:
glect in 2007, 59 percent suffered neglect, 10.8 percent
Children’s Liturgy of the Word 9 am
were physically abused, 7.6 percent were sexually
abused, 4.2 percent were emotionally or psychologically
maltreated, and less than 1 percent were medically ne- LITURGICAL MINISTER SCHEDULE
glected. In addition, 13.1 percent of victims experienced July 25, 2010
“other” types of maltreatment such as “abandonment,” Lectors Communion Ministers
“threats of harm to the child,” and “congenital drug ad- 5:30– Halls 5:30– Rooney; Gerski; Galonska
diction.” These maltreatment type percentages total 7:30– Davis 7:30– Davis; Aclan; Owen
more than 100 percent because children who were vic-
tims of more than one type of maltreatment were 9:00– Morrison; 9:00– Lingard; Svobodas;
counted for each maltreatment. Masciale Dixon; Rowe
More information is available on the U.S. Department of 10:30– Beans 10:30– Jean-Pierre; Page;
Health and Human Services Children’s Bureau website at Ermert; Schreiber; Nodjoumi
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm07/. 12:00– Leyva 12:00– Simmons; Gallant;
For particular help, you may call Assistance Ministry at Morrison
(213) 637-7650.