SAINT BARBARA PARISH OLD MISSION SANTA BARBARA

Served by the Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. Barbara

2201 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 (805) 682-4151

Welcome to the Faith Community at St. Barbara Parish!

May the Lord give you peace! The Franciscan Friars and our sisters and brothers of this vibrant Faith Community welcome you to celebrate with us today. We pray that the peace of Christ, which is His gift, remain with you always and His joy fill your heart.

“We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.”

—St. Francis of Assisi

SCHEDULE of MASSES

SATURDAY VIGIL

4:00 PM in the Old Mission Church

SUNDAY 7:00 AM in the Poor Clare Monastery Chapel

9:00 AM •11:00 AMin the Old Mission Church

DAILY MASS 7:00 AM (Daily) in the Chapel at the Poor Clare Monastery 8:00 AM (Monday-Friday) in the St. Junípero Serra Chapel

HOLY DAYS: Please call (805) 682-4151 for schedule

WELCOME TO OUR PARISH AND TO THE CATHOLIC FAITH! We are all on a spiritual journey! If you would like to

know more about our beautiful Catholic faith tradition, we would be happy to assist you. Through both one-on-one meetings as well as our Inquiry Class, we are available to answer your questions and to accompany you. Please contact Fr. Dan Lackie, Pastor, at (805) 682-4151 x101 or pastor@saintbarbaraparish.org.

ELEMENTARY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Preparation for the Sacrament of First Reconciliation Preparation for the Sacrament of First Eucharist Sunday Religious Education Classes, Grades 1-5

(September-May). Please contact Alex Turcios, Director of Faith Formation, for more information at (805) 682-4151 x118.

YOUTH MINISTRY & CONFIRMATION St. Barbara Parish offers a Junior High Youth Group,

High School Youth Group, and a High School Confirmation program. Please contact Alex Turcios, Director of Faith Formation, for more information at (805) 682-4151 x118.

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SACRAMENT of RECONCILIATION Saturdays from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (Priests are also available by appointment)

SACRAMENT of MARRIAGE Minimum of six months’ preparation time. Call the Parish

Office for further information.

SACRAMENT of BAPTISM Baptisms and baptism preparation classes may be scheduled

by contacting the Parish Office. Registered parishioners only. Baptism is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month at 12:30 PM (after the 11:00 AM Mass).

SACRAMENT of ANOINTING of the SICK Please contact the Parish Office if there is a need for this

sacrament. Healing Masses are scheduled quarterly.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Contact the Parish Office as soon as possible to coordinate

music, liturgy, and other needs.

REGISTERING AS A PARISHIONER New to Santa Barbara? Interested in making St. Barbara

Parish your faith community? Please complete a parish registration card, available from the ushers or by calling or stopping by the Parish Office, and return it to us in the collection, at the office, or by mail.

MISSION STATEMENT

In the Franciscan tradition, we strive to live the gospel life in prayer, evangelization, outreach and stewardship.

Roy Spicer

Director of Sacred Music & Liturgy, ext. 103

Limar Delicano, Parish Secretary

ldelicano@saintbarbaraparish.org; ext. 102

Fr. Dan Lackie, Pastor

Office: (805) 682-4151 ext. 101

pastor@saintbarbaraparish.org

Fr. Larry Gosselin, OFM, Associate Pastor

Office: Ext. 105

frlarry@saintbarbaraparish.org

Alex Turcios

Director of Faith Formation, ext. 118

ST. BARBARA PARISH OFFICE OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday-Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

2201 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 PHONE: (805) 682-4151 FAX: (805) 687-7841 AFTER HOURS: (805) 682-4151 x104 (Anointing of the Sick) WEBSITE: www.saintbarbaraparish.org EMAIL: stbabs@yahoo.com

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30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

All Souls Day, Mass of Remembrance at the Mission Thursday, November 2 Mass for the Feast of All Souls will be celebrated at the Mission Church on November 2 at 6:00 p.m. We will remember all our parishioners who passed to their reward this past year and all who are buried/interred in the Mission Cemetery. You will be invited to pick up a candle at the door as you come into the church and during the Universal Prayers may place it on the side-altars near the sanctuary in memory of your loved one. After Mass, Friars will be available in the cemetery to pray with you by the graves of your loved ones and to bless their resting places with holy water. Refreshments will be served on the Portico after Mass. All are welcome to this special remembrance of our beloved dead.

Dear Brothers and Sisters of Old Mission Santa Barbara, Reflecting on this Sunday’s Gospel, Sulpician pastor and teacher Father Corbin Eddy makes the following observation: “The two great commandments engage our whole humanity in an ongoing conversation with God and with each other.” I take this to mean that Jesus’s call to us to love whole-heartedly means being willing to listen to God and to one another about the most important matters of our lives as human beings. Speaking and listening from the heart are truly central to the on-going practice of loving God and one another. I recall speaking with a man some years ago who told me he was growing distant from his wife and family because demands on his time and energy at work were exhausting him and eliminating the space he and his wife used to make just for themselves to catch up on “heart” matters. He was feeling the sad effects of a diminished sacred territory, the place where love is seeded. Heart to heart conversations with parish leaders and others have been a huge blessing to me over the past few weeks. We have begun to probe the question of what it means to be a Franciscan Center of Evangelization here at Old Mission Santa Barbara. This Sunday’s first reading underscores the importance of turning those conversations toward questions of conscience and action. How are our attitudes and actions directed toward the poor and to-ward the immigrant among us? These questions and others like them are demanded by our commitment to a whole-hearted practice of Gospel love. Gratefully, Fr. Dan, ofm

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Prepare for Next Sunday’s Liturgy November 5

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading-Malachi 1:14b - 2:2b, 8-10 You have turned aside from the way,

and have caused many to falter by your instruction.

Responsorial Psalm 131:1, 2, 3 In you, Lord, I have found my peace.

Second Reading-1 Thessalonians 2:7b-9, 13 We were determined to share with you not only the

Gospel of God, but our very selves as well.

Holy Gospel- Matthew 23:1-12 They preach but they do not practice.

Reflection On

Next Sunday’s Gospel

The prayer over the offerings is a paradox, asking God to allow our sacrifice to be pure even while we who offer it are sinful. This is another aspect of the same mystery. It is God who makes us worthy to offer sacrifice, just as it is God who gives us the faith to believe in God. The Communion antiphons both celebrate the result of this paradox. Because God gives us the faith and because God makes us worthy, the path we walk will be the path of life. So, at the end, we know God as the source of all, and this is what the prayer after Communion makes clear, asking God to continue to sustain us in love. As for the preface and eucharistic prayer, the paradox of God's love and our sinfulness is best seen in the Eucharistic Prayer for Masses of Reconciliation I with its preface.

By Glenn CJ Byer, MA SLD © 2003, OCP. All rights reserved.

Did You Know …

Saint John of Capistrano October 23

Saint John of Capistrano’s Story

It has been said the Christian saints are the world’s greatest optimists. Not blind to the existence and consequences of evil, they base their confidence on the power of Christ’s redemption. The power of conversion through Christ extends not only to sinful people but also to calamitous events.

Imagine being born in the 14th century. One-third of the population and nearly 40 percent of the clergy were wiped out by the bubonic plague. The Western Schism split the Church with two or three claimants to the Holy See at one time. England and France were at war. The city-states of Italy were constantly in conflict. No wonder that gloom dominated the spirit of the culture and the times.

John Capistrano was born in 1386. His education was thorough. His talents and success were great. When he was 26 he was made governor of Perugia. Imprisoned after a battle against the Malatestas, he resolved to change his way of life completely. At the age of 30 he entered the Franciscan novitiate and was ordained a priest four years later.

John’s preaching attracted great throngs at a time of religious apathy and confusion. He and 12 Franciscan brethren were received in the countries of central Europe as angels of God. They were instrumental in reviving a dying faith and devotion.

The Franciscan Order itself was in turmoil over the interpretation and observance of the Rule of St. Francis. Through John’s tireless efforts and his expertise in law, the heretical Fraticelli were suppressed and the “Spirituals” were freed from interference in their stricter observance. John of Capistrano helped bring about a brief reunion with the Greek and Armenian Churches.

When the Turks captured Constantinople in 1453, John was commissioned to preach a crusade for the defense of Europe. Gaining little response in Bavaria and Austria, he decided to concentrate his efforts in Hungary. He led the army to Belgrade. Under the great General John Hunyadi, they gained an overwhelming victory, and the siege of Belgrade was lifted. Worn out by his superhuman efforts, Capistrano was an easy prey to an infection after the battle. He died on October 23, 1456.

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Let us Pray for the Sick Susan Djuric Sheryl & Chris Scott Gail Leon

George Johnson Leopoldo Gaitan Pat Gaitan Robert Boudesseul Luisa Bella Whelan Maya Flores

Kathleen Crosswhite Annette Colbert Gloria Y. Meza Lucy Hartnett Jovo Djuric Marie Mocny Peter Kruse Zain Haque Ernie Pico John Morelli Lori Cameron

Anthony Falcucci Lillian O’Reilly Claudia Chyla Taylor Marmo Wayne Hoffman Rico Lorelli

Dorothea Johnson Harla Hampton Barbara Mallin Phil Rosenfeld Nancy Goodwillie Hilda Sanchez

Juanita Estrellas Glenice Mathews Richard Masters Gary Davila Dhirajlal Popatlal & Jayshree Govindjee

Ruby Fedaleo Annie Ardry Susan Rosas Ron Holehouse David Borgatello

- May they know Christ’s healing - Please contact the parish office at 805-682-4151, if you

would like to add or remove name on this prayer list.

Fr. John Hardin, OFM - Guardian Fr. Richard McManus, OFM - Vicar

Fr. Dan Lackie,OFM - Pastor Fr. Larry Gosselin, OFM - Associate Pastor

Fr. Kenan Osborne, OFM Bro. Angelo Cardinalli, OFM

Bro. Arturo Noyes, OFM Fr. Garret Edmunds, OFM

Bro. Nicholas Ronalter, OFM Bro. Jeff MacNab, OFM-Novice Master

Fr. Michael Blastic, OFM Bro. Kevin Schroeder, OFM

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Question for Children: We show our love for Jesus by loving our friends and family. Share one way that you show your love.

Question for Youth: Jesus tells us that we are to love others as we love ourselves. Do you love yourself? Can you see the good that God has put within you? Do you find it easier to love others or yourself?

Question for Adults: Repeat the two commandments which Jesus teaches today in your own words? For each of them, share how it has become part of your life.

Keeping our Children Safe

Stress can affect the children around you

Everyone has stress, whether it is a bad day at work, car trouble, or simply too many things to do. It is important to learn how to manage your stress – for your own sake and for the children around you. Too much stress can make it difficult to parent effectively. After a while, your children may show signs of stress, too. To learn more about how to identify and cope with stress. visit:https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/stress-management.htm.

Franciscan Fraternity

at Old Mission Santa Barbara

Parish Calendar November Is The Month of All Souls

Oct 28 Legion of Mary - Parish Small Social Room @ 3-5pm Oct 30 Baptism Class - Parish Social Room @ 6-7pm Nov. 1 Solemnity of All Saints / Masses at 7AM (Poor Clares Monastery), 8AM & 12:10PM (in the Old Mission Church) Nov. 2 Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) / Masses at 7AM (Poor Clares Monastery) 8AM (Serra Chapel) and 6PM (Old Mission Church) Nov 4 Legion of Mary - Parish Small Social Room @ 3-5pm Nov 5 New Parishioner Welcoming - Buenaventure Room following 11am Mass Nov 5 Baptism - 12:30pm

Parish Mass Intentions Sat./Oct 28 4PM Church †Denise Cohen Sun/Oct 29 9AM Church Cristina Tabije-Pro Infirma Sun/Oct 29 11AM Church Sisters of the Poor ClareSpokaneWA Mon/Oct 30 8AM Chapel † Rosa May Sheehan Tues/Oct 31 8AM Chapel † Ber VanHirtum Wed/Nov 1 8AM Church † Joseph Nyssen Wed/Nov 1 1210PM Church † All Souls in the Purgatory Thur/Nov 2 8AM Chapel † Miguel Cabrera Fri/Nov 3 8AM Chapel Sisters of the Poor Clare SpokaneWA

Sat./Nov 4 4PM Church Gene Abella "Happy B-Day" Sun/Nov 5 9AM Church †Honey Kirkman Sun/Nov 5 11AM Church †Napoleon & Evangeline Brucelas

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Our Weekly Goal $ 11,792 October 22, 2017 Sunday Offering $ 8,680 Difference $ (3,112)

“But let our people, too, learn to devote themselves

to good works, to supply urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive.”

(Titus 3:14)

Annual Fashion Show & Luncheon

Generously Sponsored by Claudia Lash & Pat Lupo

Saturday, November 18, 2017 – 10am -2pm Bishop Garcia Diego High School Gymnasium

Lunch * Fashion Show

Silent Auction * Raffle * Door Prizes

Tickets $50 per person

For information contact Lisa Gosdschan 805. 683.6381 ext. 110

Pat Lupo 805.687.3842 – Claudia Lash 805.569.1250 Proceeds Benefit St. Vincent’s

Children and Family Service Programs

MONASTERY OF POOR CLARES FORTY HOURS DEVOTION

Opens on Sunday - October 29, 2017 @7am Through Tuesday - October 31, 2017 @7am

Join the Poor Clares in a special forty-hour period of continuos prayer made before the Blessed Sacrament in solemn exposition.

Poor Clares Monatery 215 E. Los Olivos St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105-3605

Are You Visiting With Us Today? Welcome! We’re glad you are here.

You can continue your experience via our parish’s

website: www.saintbarbaraparish.org.

• Reflect on the Pastor’s homilies • Enjoy Fr. Larry’s poems

• Listen to music from the Choir of St. Barbara Parish • and more!

Please click the “DONATE” button on the Home Page and follow the instructions to make a financial gift.

Thank you for your presence - it is a blessing for us!

New and Not-So New Parishioners!

Please join us for a Welcoming Reception to be held on Sunday, November 5th, directly following 11:00 AM

Mass in the Buenaventure Room. Refreshments will be served and a Mission guided tour

will follow to those who are interested. We look forward to meeting you there!

Please contact Mary Ellen Bangs @ 805-729-1810

to reserve your spot. RSVP by November 1st Become A Chapel Angel!

Join the Parish's new ministry!

the Guardian Angels!

The guardian angels opens the Porziuncola Chapel to the public for prayer and meditation. Angels

work in pairs for one hour to watch over the proper use of the chapel on Tuesday-Thursday

from 1:00pm-4:00pm. You can set your own time commitment.

For more info, contact Nancy at 917.213.4717 or Email: nmnielsen@aol.com