CHURCH OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Mass Schedule

Mon-Fri: 7:00 AM
Saturday: 5:00 PM (Vigil)
Sunday: 7:00 AM
                    8:45 AM */+
                    10:30 AM *
                    12:15 PM
                     2:15 PM (Spanish)
                     5:00 PM

Toddler Time Child Care - Please read the information at this link.
+ Signing Ministry  for the deaf is available at the Sunday 8:45 AM Mass.

Confession Schedule

Saturday: 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Or by appointment.

Blessed Sacrament Chapel

The Blessed Sacrament Chapel is open Monday - Friday from
6 am to 7 pm. The weekend hours will be during Mass times.

Weekly Adoration

The Inter-Parish Eucharistic Adoration is
every Thursday at 5:45 p.m. in the church (subject to change.)

Please Pray for Our Recently Deceased

Wilma M. Ogella
Leonor Hayes
Eleanor C. Felix
Remedios Somera
Tony Moreira
Stanley Alden Thomas
Beverly Ann O’Leary
Roland Ramirez
Virginia Gutierrez
Norman Mich
Trinidad Cornelio
Paul Jacobs
Manuel Almendarez, Jr.
Helen Murphy
Ron Segarini
Sylvia Bello
Silvana Demattei
Marjorie Barosso
Elaine Szal

Ash Wednesday - February 26, 2020

Mass Times:
6:30 AM, 8:30 AM (school will be in attendance), 12:00 PM, 5:30 PM, and 7:30 PM (Spanish)

Fast & Abstinence During Lent

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.

For members of the Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.

If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the "paschal fast" to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Resurrection.

Abstinence laws consider that meat comes only from animals such as chickens, cows, sheep or pigs, all of which live on land. Birds are also considered meat. Abstinence does not include meat juices and liquid foods made from meat. Fish are a different category of animal. Salt and freshwater species of fish and shellfish are permitted.

For more information, please visit http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/catholic-information-on-lenten-fast-and-abstinence.cfm.

Stewardship renewal 2020

Stewardship Renewal is among us! We ask that you pray about your role in our parish. Reflect on how you are involved: Do you serve in parish ministries? Do you come to parish-wide events? Are you taking steps to improve your spiritual life and further study your Catholic Faith? If you haven’t done so already, please complete and return your Commitment Card (one per family).

Our goal is to be a Stewardship Parish - a community who is noticeably committed to prayer, parish ministry, and generous financial support. All three are equally important. May God bless you as you make your commitments.

Click here to visit our Stewardship page, where you may download the Renewal documents.

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ONLINE GIVING
Over the next few weeks, you will see Presentation share ENHANCED resources across our campus to our Online Giving options i.e., NEW online giving website, text giving, and mobile app.

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About our Priests

About Fr. Mark (excerpted from his 2018 “How I became a priest” article for St. Joseph’s Church):

“I attended 6:30 am Mass every day at Presentation Parish before my classes at Lincoln High School. I also tried to do a daily holy hour in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, following the famous recommendation of Bishop Fulton Sheen. As the only young man in the Legion of Mary group, I was “blessed among women” at meetings. As a high school foreign exchange student in France, I discovered that most French people are non-practicing Catholics, who were amazed that I wanted to attend daily Mass. By bicycle, I went to countless wonderful churches! Attending Delta College for two years, I played on the soccer team and gradually began to lose interest in becoming a priest. Next, I studied journalism at Chico State University, becoming a disc jockey for a campus radio station. I also attended parties and chased girls (but God prevented me from catching any!) Throughout, I was not able to drown out the voice of God calling me to the priesthood. I felt unfulfilled and resumed my practice of daily Mass and holy hour, and decided to enter the seminary. When I told my roommates about my decision, they said it was “cool,” and I found out that some of them were Catholic. After two years of college seminary, I was sent for five years of theology study in Rome. This was a blessing, as I was able to visit the shrines of Europe and the Holy Land. I received a theology degree from the “Gregorian University” and a license degree (S.T.L.) in moral theology from the “John Paul II Institute for Studies of Marriage and Family.” Upon finishing my studies, I returned home and was ordained a priest by Bishop Donald Montrose on September 24, 1988.”

Fr. Mark is pleased to return to his “home parish” and looks forward to serving the parishioners of Presentation Parish.

About Fr. Matthew O’Donnell:

You may have attended one of the Masses where he presided or have seen him around the parish (Fall Festival and Blessing of the Animals.)

Fr. Matthew was ordained a priest of Jesus Christ on June 10, 1995 at the Cathedral of the Annunciation by Bishop Donald Montrose for the Diocese of
Stockton. He has held assignments at St Bernard’s, St. Anne‘s, Sacred Heart, St. Andrew’s (San Andreas), St. Luke’s, Missionary work in Bolivia,
St. Mary’s (Oakdale), All Saints University Parish, and he comes to us from a one-year sabbatical.
Favorites Include:

Saint: Maximilian Kolbe
Scripture quote: (2 Cor 5:15) “Christ died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.”
Favorite movie of all time: “Lord of the Rings“ (trilogy)
Recent good reads: David McCullough, “The Path Between the Seas“; Laura Hillenbrand, “Unbroken“; and a collection of short stories by Flannery O’Connor.
Avid sports fan for his hometown LA teams: Dodgers, Lakers, and Rams. (Triple Crown this year?)
Outdoor enthusiast: loves hiking anywhere at Yosemite; mountain biking; basketball; golfing; body surfing, and much more.

Father Matthew has been blessed with a beautiful family: fivebrothers and one sister; 23 nieces and nephews; and, parents who have gone to God and are thoroughly enjoying heaven!

Finally, Fr. Matthew is excited to be here at Presentation Church and looks forward to meeting you, the beautiful people of God.

About Fr. José Maghinay:

Coming soon!

Diocesan News

LETTERs FROM BISHOP COTTA

the weekly diocesan update

death penalty information from pope francis

His Holiness Pope Francis has called for reformulation of the teaching on the death penalty. A letter (Bollettino) from Pope Francis to the Bishops regarding the new drafting of n. 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the death penalty can be found on line at:
http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/08/02/180802b.html

safe environment information

Visit our Safe Environment page to learn how to protect children from human trafficking and other ways we strive to keep our children safe.

Click to visit the Diocese of Stockton website for important information regarding Child Protection, how to report child abuse and the protocol for working with children.

A note from the food pantry

The Presentation Food Pantry has an URGENT request for empty egg cartons, grocery bags and newspaper bags, in addition to CANNED FRUITS, VEGETABLES and Dry Food. Please click this link to read more about this great ministry.

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