February 11, 2018 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parish Staff

Rev. Chad Wahl, Pastor

Rev. Gilbert Arango, Parochial Vicar

Rev. Chris Varghese , Parochial Vicar

Rev. Mr. Jeff Vierra, Deacon

Rev. Mr. Ha Ngoc Nguyen, Deacon

Mrs. Susie Dickert, School Principal

Sr. Ann Venita Britto, F.C.,

Pastoral Care & Senior Ministry

Mary Ferreira, Office Manager

Dave Corder, Faith Formation

Director

Angelique Gutierrez, Coordinator of

Religious Formation

Diane Lehman, Coordinator of Youth

Activities

Guillermo Garcia Jr., Director of Liturgical

Music

Debbie Rivas, Coordinator of Liturgy

Richard Sepulveda, Facilities Manager

Parish Pastoral Council

Celso Doria, Mel Picanco, Felicia Anaro, Martin Espinoza, Anna Mello, Debbie Rivas, Allan

Rodriguez, Alice Corriea, Melissa Manalastas

& Sylvia Ranjel

Infant Baptism: Three months notice

& pre-baptismal instruction required

Marriages: Minimum six months preparation required

Respect Life Representatives: Odile Draa &

Jim Thompson

Look for other ministries

On our website: www.st-anthonys.org

Lent begins Ash Wednesday, February 14 this year, (A day of fasting and abstinence) Ashes will be distributed during following liturgies:

7:00 am Liturgy of the Word, 9:00 am Mass, 12:00 pm Liturgy of the Word, 4:30 pm Liturgy of the Word, 6:15 pm Liturgy of the Word

and 8:00 pm Mass in Spanish

GIVE GOD THE GLORY A curious feature of the first half of Mark's Gospel is the pattern of Jesus working a miracle, then telling the recipient of the miracle to keep still about it. Many theories have been offered: Mark is setting the stage for the great "secret" revealed when Peter will proclaim Jesus the Messiah at Caesarea Philippi; more skeptical commentators offer that Jesus, fully aware of human nature, knew that the way to spread the news was to tell people to keep it secret. The insight into this secret-keeping that serves us well, howev-er, is that Jesus was initiating his public ministry according to the pattern that Paul describes. He was doing it for the glory of God--not for his own benefit, but for that of all. Paul would later write in Philippians that Jesus "humbled" him-self to become like us. And we see this humility at work in today's healing of the leper. Jesus is trying to reveal the presence of God's reign among the people, not so that he himself might receive the glory, but so that God would be glorified through him. Imitating this pattern, which Paul en-courages the Jewish and Greek Christian factions in Cor-inth to do, still serves us well today. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today’s Gospel centers on the plight of a leper and Jesus’ response of healing. In Hawaii, the bacterium that causes leprosy probably entered from China in the mid-1800s, and the native islanders were susceptible to the dreaded disease. In 1866, the government literally dumped the sufferers on a remote and virtually inaccessible island peninsula with towering cliffs. Thrown off ships into the sea, the sick people were told to swim for the beach and head for caves, and for seven years the only supplies were similarly cast into the sea to drift ashore. It was then, 1873, that a thirty-three-year-old Belgian priest, Damien de Veuster, went voluntarily to Kalaupapa. Before long, he cajoled the government into funding his mission and its hospital, built a village with proper homes and sanitation, and recruited Mother Marianne Cope to bring sisters from Syracuse, New York, to nurse the sick. Damien, who eventually died of leprosy, has been canonized, and Mother Marianne as well. Although leprosy has been curable since the 1940s, today a few patients remain in their lifelong home, now a national historic site. The peninsula is still utterly isolated from the outside world, and the speed limit for the few cars there is 5 mph since there’s nowhere to go! The hospital is still well-staffed and equipped, but access is regulated and visitors must take an official tour, often involving a descent down the cliffs by “Molakai mule.” There are few places on earth that evoke the healing power of Jesus, or our call to follow the Healer, more than Damien’s beloved island mission. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Mass Schedule

M , F 12 7:00 am – Fr. Chad † Rosa Silveira (Ana Rosa) 9:00 am – Fr. Gilbert † Elvira Kalin (Pelix Kalin) (Special Intention) Silvia & Luis Canchola (Special Intention) Charina Quiambao T , F 13 7:00 am – Fr. Gilbert † Charles Flynn (Knights of Columbus) 9:00 am – Fr. Chris † William Sheppard (Cecilia Sheppard) † Ofelia, Agnes & Carlos Batto (Flora Ugarte) W , F 14 7:00 am – Fr. Gilbert (Scripture Service) 9:00 am – Fr. Chad † Tereso Icasiano (Connie Cadavos) † Frances Cardenas (Rebecca Cardenas) 12:00pm – Fr. Chris (Scripture Service) 4:30pm – (Scripture Service) 6:15pm – (Scripture Service) 8:00pm – Fr. Gilbert † Miranda Perez T , F 15 7:00 am – Fr. Chad † Isaac Rosales (Luz Elena Rosales) † David P. King (Manuel & Fatima de Melo) † Albert & Dorothy Fonseca (Steve & Norma Orozco) 9:00 am – Fr. Chris † Jacob Espinoza (Art & Donna Espinoza) † Henry Loya (Norine Loya) † Deceased Family Members (Mike & Maria Kelly) F , F 16 7:00 am – Fr. Chris † Rosa Silveira (Ana Rosa) 9:00 am – Fr. Gilbert † Dale Enos S , F 17 8:00 am – Fr. Chad † Rosa Silveira (Ana Rosa) 5:00 pm – Fr. Chris † Flor Padron & David Lubeck (Pete Padron) † Larry Conrad (Cindy Conrad) † David King (Dennis & Romualda Linhares) 7:00 pm – Fr. Gilbert † Fr. Jairo Ramirez S , F 18 7:00 am – Fr. Gilbert † Marla Orozco (Steve & Norma Orozco) 8:45 am – Fr. Chris † Manuel & Maria Vargas (Joe Vargas) † Mary Lynn Carroll (Marie Teuscher) † Hilda Rodrigues (Mary G. Medeiros) 10:45 am– Fr. Chad For the People of the Parish 12:30 pm— Fr. Gilbert † Guadalupe Alvarez 6:00pm – Fr. Chad † Rosa Silveira (Ana Rosa)

Readings & Special Observances

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The leper will dwell apart, making an abode outside the camp (Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46). Psalm — I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation (Psalm 32). Second Reading — Do everything for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31 — 11:1). Gospel — The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean (Mark 1:40-45). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-13a, 14-15, 18-19; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 — 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday: Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15

Thank You!

Parish Goal: $ 24,539

February 4, 2018: $ 23,345

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Marriage Day; World Day of the Sick Monday: Lincoln’s Birthday Tuesday: Mardi Gras; Shrove Tuesday Wednesday: Ash Wednesday; Valentine’s Day; Fast and Abstinence Friday: Abstinence; Chinese New Year 4716 Saturday: The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order

If you are ill or in the hospital, please call 823-7197 to let us know, we can arrange a visit from a Priest, Deacon, or Sr. Ann.

Sister Ann’s Corner

Please pray for those who need the support of this community of faith:

Nicholas Bush Mariana Campos John Nolan Vera Almeida Rosa Maria Santos Chris Galan Richard Gallardo J.J. Rice Edna Romero Betty Conti Elizabeth Gibson Kristen Hooper & Family Lolita Rilcopiro Minet Weatherly Irene Marx Leah Carroll Nellie Navarro Patricia Loraine Navarro Josie Dominguez Fermin Avales Butch McGuire Eric Rios

Eugenia Flores Marie Guzman Ralph Patton Andrea Barut Victor Manuel Ramirez Sharon Ryder Greg Ryder Athena Cowell Phillip Tucker Elizabeth Cantu Betty Lambert Terii Wilson Clark Betty Perez Tomas Crawford James Fannin Sharie Romero Danielle & Tyler Richardson Harold Rowen Nancy Gonzalez Steven Mavis Steve Edman Tom Gray Brianne Gray

David Thompson Anita Aragon Luis M. Valle Randy Pinto Ida Teicheira Rose Rosa Amanda Rose Loren Farias Nellie Navarro Lorrine Navarro Joe Dominguez Lucio Vazquez Vince Cestra Sam Parnham Nancy Techeira Anne DeGroot Santos Kenneth Basile Geraldine Arriaga Eileen Brooke Steve Gannon Mark Anthony Vasquez Cecelia Shepard Garret Luke

Dorothy Picanco Richard Hobbs Brian Donnelly Joan Barbera Sarah Davis Jesus Aceves Pete Villanueva Nina Bagnasco Winters Susie Martinez Carmel Abrew Mini Gomes Abel Ramirez Mary Brenner Elizabeth Rose Anderson Mabel Chaparro Steve Gannon Connie Leandro Haskett

St. Anthony’s School

Online applications Apply now to attend St. Anthony School for 2018-2019 Online applications for the 2018-2019 school year opens January 1. You may apply online at http://www.sasmanteca.org/admissions.html

Annual Auction Dinner St. Anthony School Auction Dinner will be held on March 17, "Our Heroes the Saints". We are in need of items for our silent and live auctions. No item too big or too small. You may drop off at the school office no later than March 1st. Thank you for your support.

Appreciation Luncheon Y.L.I.#26 is hosting a Sisterly Love Appreciation Lunch-eon on Saturday, February 17th at 12:30pm in the gym for Sister Ann Britto. Catered by Waltman’s Touch of Class. Tickets are $25.00 and can be purchased from any Y.L.I. member or call Sylvia at 405-4292.

“Find Your Greatness” Dynamic Catholic is coming to St. Patrick’s! We are ex-cited to announce the national speaker, Dr. Allen Hunt from Dynamic Catholic is coming on Saturday, March 17th from 9:30AM-2:00PM for a “Find Your Greatness” Event Four habits that will transform your life. Get your tickets. This event will be sold out. For tickets vis-it www.dynamiccatholic.com/Ripon or call Dave Corder at 209-351-2972. BE BOLD, BE CATHOLIC! BE BOLD - COME!

Grief Support Workshop The death of a loved one is unlike any other loss. Whether or not the death was sudden and tragic, or one with warning and preparation, the reality of death leaves most of us in a state of shock, confusion and sadness. Grieving people need time and space to honor their grief. Join us for a 6 week workshop and let us help you begin the healing process.

All workshops start at 7:00pm on the following dates:

February 16, February 23, March 2, March 9, March 16 & March 23

Location: St. Anthony Parish, Conference Rm.

505 E. North Street Manteca, CA 95336

This workshop is open to all, regardless of religious affili-ation. For more information or to register please contact:

Sr. Ann Venita 823-7197 ext 227. Registration is required

Gil’s Fish Dinner The Manteca-Ripon Pentecost Society is having a Fish Dinner on February 14th from 4:00pm-7:00pm at the M.R.P.S. Hall. Dine in or drive thru. Tickets are available at Fagundes Meats call for more information: (209) 239-4184 or (209) 465-1115

Knights of Columbus & YMI Fish Fry Come and have a fish fry dinner in the Cafeteria on the following dates:

Friday, February 23, March 9 and March 23 The time for take out is 4:30pm to 6:30pm and dine in din-ner from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. The prices for dine in dinners are adults $13.00 and children (5yrs to 12yrs) $7.00. The price for all take out dinner is $13.00. The menu will be deep fried or bake fish, red potatoes, green beans, cole-slaw, rolls and a drink.

Dinner to help with brain tumor treatments The Bush Family is having a Fagundes Meat drive to help with the cost of brain tumor treatments of their son Nick on:

Tuesday, February 27th from 4:30pm-6:30pm. The pick up is at Fagundes Meats,

142 Jason St., Manteca. The menu is a quarter chicken, 2 slices of tri-tip, scallop potatoes, Italian green beans, roll and butter. Tickets are $15.00. For more information or to purchase tickets please call Lilian at (209) 607-0853.

Monday, February 12 9:00 am Ministry of Caring, Rec. Hall 9:30 am Legion of Mary, Mary’s Room 4:00 pm Legion of Mary, Mary’s Room 6:00 pm Adult Formation, Rec. Hall, Mary’s Rm., Room 1,2,3,4,5,7 & 8 6:00 pm Handbell Choir, Church 7:00 pm Santo Nino Ministry, Cry Room 7:00 pm Grupo Guadalupano, Conference Tuesday, February 13 10:00 am Bible Study, Conference Room 4:30 pm Faith Formation, Rec. Hall, Mary’s Rm., Room 1,2,3,4,5,7 & 8 6:00 pm Misa & Hora Santa, Church 6:00 pm Knights of Columbus, Cafeteria 7:00 pm Bible Study, Conference Room 7:00 pm Encuentro Matrimonial, Classroom 7 Wednesday, February 14 9:30 am Legion of Mary, Mary’s Room Thursday, February 15 9:30 am Legion of Mary, Mary’s Room 10:00 am Bible Study, Conference Room 6:00 pm Legion of Mary, Mary’s Room 6:00 am Communion 2 Pastor’s Workshop, Church 7:00 pm Diocesan School of Ministry, Rec. Hall 7:00 pm Bible Study, Conference Room 7:00 pm Adult Formation, Mary’s Room Friday, February 16 7:00 pm Ministry of Caring, Conference Rm. 7:00 pm Jr. High Nights, Cafeteria 7:00 pm Faith Formation, Classroom 8 Saturday, February 17 12:30 am Y.L.I., Gym 9:00 am Faith Formation, Mary’s Rm., Cafeteria Room 1,2,3,4,5,7 & 8 Sunday, February 18 7:00 pm Faith Formation, Cafeteria 7:00 pm Youth Ministry, Rec. .Hall

Spend an hour with Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Vacant Hours: Saturday 3pm to 4pm Adoration partner hours needed: Wednesday 4pm to 5pm There are available hours. Please contact Mark Lilly for information on available hours. If you would like to sign up for a Holy Hour, please con-tact Mark Lilly at 209 239-5732 or e-mail him at stanthonyadoration@comcast.net.

St. Anthony’s Weekly Events Perpetual Adoration

Ministry Day Have you registered for Ministry Day? There is still time to register to hear the keynote Juan Carlos Moreno! We’re offering workshops for Parents, Catechists, Parish leaders and Musicians. Drop by the Pastoral Center; we’re open until 4:30pm or mail in your registration. Take advantage of Group Registration and save money! For more information contact Stephanie Rodriguez at (209) 546-7652. Visit our website and download the registra-tion book and form at https://stocktondiocese.org/diocesan-departments/religious-education/diocesan-ministry-day/

MARRIED COUPLES Would you attend a seminar to enhance your job or to increase your salary? Why not give your marriage the same attention? Enhance your good marriage by attend-ing a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend! The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is February 16-18, 2018 in Lodi. For more information visit our website at: https://www.stocktonwwme.org or contact John & Angelica at applications@stocktonwwme.org or 209-691-0603.

RETROUVAILLE You Can Help Your Marriage – 25% of surveyed couples say they are ‘Happily Married’. For everyone else, there is Retrouvaille. Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue … or have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse? Retrouvaille helps couples rebuild their marriages at any level of difficulty. For information, or to register for the Modesto Retrouvaille program beginning with a Weekend on Mar. 2-4, 2018, visit the web site

at www.HelpOurMarriage.com, email Modesto@RetroCA.com,

or call 209-232-5315.

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Stgo 1:1-11; Sal 119 (118):67-68, 71-72, 75-76; Mc 8:11-13 Martes: Stgo 1:12-18; Sal 94 (93):12-13a, 14-15, 18-19; Mc 8:14-21 Miércoles: Jl 2:12-18; Sal 51 (50):3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Jueves: Dt 30:15-20; Sal 1:1-4, 6; Lc 9:22-25 Viernes: Is 58:1-9a; Sal 51 (50):3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Sábado: Is 58:9b-14; Sal 86 (85):1-6; Lc 5:27-32 Domingo: Gn 9:8-15; Sal 25 (24):4-9; 1 Pe 3:18-22; Mc 1:12-15

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura -- El leproso habitará solo, fuera del cam-pamento (Levítico 13:1-2, 44-46). Salmo -- Tú eres mi refugio; me rodeas de cantos de liberación (Salmo 32 [31]). Segunda lectura -- Haz todo por la gloria de Dios; sean imitadores de Cristo (1 Corintios 10:31 -- 11:1). Evangelio -- Jesús, después de haber curado a un hom-bre leproso, le pide que no se lo cuente a nadie (Marcos 1:40-45). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario Hispanoamericano Dominical (c) 1970, Comisión Episcopal Española. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados.

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario; Día Mundial del Matrimonio; Jornada Mundial de los Enfermos Lunes: Nacimiento de Abraham Lincoln Martes: Martes de Carnaval; Mardi Gras Miércoles: Miércoles de Ceniza; Ayuno y Abstinencia; Día de san Valentín Viernes: Abstinencia; Año nuevo lunar (chino) 4716 Sábado: Los Siete Santos Fundadores de la Orden de los Siervos de María

Divino Niño El Divino Niño esta visitando los hogares. Si quieres que visite tu hogar por favor de llamar a Alma Soto para el Divino Niño del Domingo (209) 450-0095 o Monica Her-nandez para Divino Niño del Sabado (209) 665-9531.

Sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 11 de Febrero de 2018

Todo lo que hagan ustedes, sea comer, o beber, o cualquier otra cosa,

háganlo todo para gloria de Dios. -- 1 Corintios 10:31

El Miércoles de Ceniza cae en el 14 de Febrero de este año, y los servicios de Liturgicos de la Palabra y Misa son los siguientes:

7:00 a.m. Liturgia de la Palabra, 9:00 a.m. Misa, 12:00 pm Liturgia de la Palabra, 4:30 pm Liturgia de la Palabra , 6:15 pm Liturgia de la Palabra, 6:15 Liturgia de la Palabra pm y 8:00 pm Misa en Español

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Esta semana recordamos a san Valentín, obispo y mártir. En EE. UU. se conmemora el amor de parejas, novios y esposos. Según la tradición, san Valentín, en el año 270, contradijo al emperador y casó a varias parejas después de que el emperador hubiese prohibido el matrimonio para mandar los hombres al ejército. Valentín fue encar-celado y allí se enamoró de la hija ciega del carcelero (en aquel tiempo los obispos y los sacerdotes se podían ca-sar). El santo le dio la vista a la muchacha y se hicieron novios. Llegado el día de su martirio Valentín le dejó una carta de despedida con el carcelero. La firmó "De tu Va-lentín". En algunos países latinoamericanos el 14 de febrero es la celebración del amor y la amistad. Los novios son im-portantes, pero la persona no puede vivir sólo con el amor de pareja. Los humanos estamos hechos para va-rios tipos de amor. Estamos hechos para el amor que nos trasciende a nosotros mismos. Este es el amor cris-tiano, el que no se limita a familia, amigos. El que es va-liente, como lo significa Valentín, ama a todos aun a la persona que es diferente a uno. (San Valentín no está hoy día ni en el Santoral ni en el Misal Romano.) --Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

A DIOS TODA LA GLORIA Una característica peculiar de la primera parte del Evan-gelio según san Marcos es que en general Jesús obra un milagro y luego le dice al beneficiario del milagro que no se lo cuente a nadie. Se ha especulado mucho al re-specto: Marcos está preparando el terreno para el gran "secreto" que se revelará cuando Pedro proclame que Jesús es el Mesías en Cesárea de Filipo; otros comen-taristas más escépticos sostienen que Jesús, quien era plenamente consciente de su naturaleza humana, sabía que la mejor manera de difundir la Buena Nueva era pidiéndole a las personas que la mantuvieran en secreto. La reflexión de esta manera de guardar el secreto que nos resulta muy útil, sin embargo, es que Jesús estaba comenzando su ministerio público de la forma en que describe Pablo: lo estaba haciendo por la gloria de Dios, no para beneficio propio sino para beneficio de todos. Pablo después escribiría a los filipenses que Jesús "se rebajó a sí mismo" para parecerse a nosotros. Y vemos cómo esta humildad se pone en práctica hoy en la cura-ción del leproso. Jesús está intentando revelar la presen-cia del Reino de Dios entre las personas, no para recibir gloria sino para que Dios fuera glorificado por él. Imitar esta forma de obrar, lo cual Pablo sugiere que hagan las facciones judías y griegas cristianas de Corintio, todavía nos resulta muy útil hoy. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.