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MASS & CONFESSION TIMES
Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 PM
Sunday Masses: 7:45 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM (Spanish)
Weekday Masses: Mon - Fri 8:00 AM (Rosary @ 7:20 AM)
& 1st Saturday of each month 8:00 AM
Confessions: Saturdays 9:30 - 11:00 AM & Daily 7:30 - 7:50 AM
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THE MODERN WORLD
The month of February is dedicated to the Holy Family.
In the words of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII,
"Nothing truly can be more salutary or efficacious for Christian families to meditate upon
than the example of this Holy Family, which embraces the perfection and completeness of all domestic virtues."
INVOKE THE HOLY FAMILY
Devotion to the domestic church of Jesus, Mary and Joseph infuses our families with grace.
Since the 17th century, when devotion to the Holy Family began to spread around the new world, and especially in what is now Canada, the Holy Family has been honored in the month of February because of the feast of the Presentation of the Lord on Feb. 2, also known as Candlemas and the Purification of Our Lady.
On Candlemas we celebrate when St. Joseph, with the Blessed Mother holding the 40-day-old Jesus, ascended the Temple stairs and made an offering to the Lord for their firstborn son. St. Joseph bears the offering of the poor of “a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons” (Leviticus 12:2-8). The offering is also for the purification of the Blessed Mother as a “sin offering,” an offering that she did not need since she was completely free of sin. Benedictine Dom Prosper Guéranger, in the entry for Feb. 2 in his book The Liturgical Year, explains it beautifully:
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“The Holy Spirit revealed to Mary that she must comply with […] these laws. She, the holy mother of God, must go to the Temple like the other Hebrew mothers as though she had lost something which needed restoring by a legal sacrifice. He that is the Son of God and Son of Man must be treated in all things as though he were a servant, and be ransomed in common with the poorest Jewish boy. Mary adores the will of God and embraces it with her whole heart.”
Susanna Spencer
National Catholic Register
HOLY FAMILY FEAST
Pursue God in your Family
In this week’s Encountering the Word video for the Feast of the Holy Family, Jeff Cavins encourages us to teach the Word of God and the Catholic Faith to our whole family.
The readings are:
First Reading: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 or Psalms 105:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
Second Reading: Colossians 3:12-21 or Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19
Alleluia: Colossians 3:15A, 16A or Hebrews 1:1-2
Gospel: Luke 2:22-40
Jeff Cavins
Ascension Press
NOVENA
Novena to the Holy Family
This novena is most appropriately begun nine days before December 28, the feast of the Holy Family. It is also fitting to pray it during the month of February, which is consecrated to the Holy Family.
Novena Prayer:
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, bless me and grant me the grace of loving Holy Church as I should, above every earthly thing, and of ever showing my love by deeds.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, bless me and grant me the grace of openly professing as I should, with courage and without human respect, the faith that I received as your gift in holy Baptism.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, bless me and grant me the grace of sharing as I should in the defense and propagation of the Faith when duty calls, whether by word or by the sacrifice of my possessions and my life.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, bless me and grant me the grace of loving my family and others in mutual charity as I should, and establish us in perfect harmony of thought, will, and action, under the rule and guidance of the shepherds of the Church.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, bless me and grant me the grace of conforming my life fully as I should to the commandments of God’s law and those of His Holy Church, so as to live always in that charity which they set forth.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I ask in particular this special favor:
(Mention your favor).
Dedication of One’s Family:
Most loving Jesus, by Your sublime and beautiful virtues...
EWTN
CTK CALENDAR
07
FEB
FATHER / DAUGHTER DANCE
Friday
Religious Education is hosting a Father/Daughter Dance
Dance will include a dinner, dessert and picture. Save the date in your calendars!!
More information to come.
08
FEB
MOTHER / SON DANCE
Saturday
Religious Education is hosting a Mother/Son Dance
Dance will include a dinner, dessert and picture. Save the date in your calendars!!
More information to come.
08
FEB
REVERSE RAFFLE FOR OLG SCHOOL
Saturday
Our Lady of Guadalupe School - Bakersfield is hosting its 39th Reverse Raffle on February 8, 2025. It will be held at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Co-Patroness of the Unborn Pavilion, 4600 E. Brundage Ln. corner of Oswell & Brundage.
We invite you to participate in this fundraiser event and help support our school & SJS Sisters to continue providing a Catholic education to children in Bakersfield.
Tickets are now on sale at the school office, 609 E. California Ave. Prices are $150 for dinner for two and a chance to win $8,000! Or purchase a raffle ticket for only $100.
For questions, please call the school office at (661) 323-6059 or contact Maria at (661) 832-8681.
SAVE THE DATE
21
FEB
PILGRIMS OF HOPE RETREAT
Friday & Saturday
Feb 21 & 22
PILGRIMS OF HOPE ~ A CONFIRMATION RETREAT
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A TWO DAY RETREAT
FRIDAY 2/21/25 5 PM - 9 PM
WELCOME, MEET & GREET, BONFIRE
SATURDAY 2/22/25 9 AM - 4 PM
FAITH FORMATION SESSIONS
LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED
PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION