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Third Sunday of Easter | April 14, 2024

NEWS & UPDATES

Next Weekend is St. Vincent de Paul Pantry Weekend



Our St. Luke St. Vincent de Paul conference is most appreciative of you for helping us keep our pantry shelves well stocked and our pantry recipients well fed! Our next Pantry Weekend is next weekend, April 20-21.  


This month, we especially need pasta sauce, Cup o' Noodles/Maruchan, protein bars and small bags of rice. Currently, we do NOT need the following items: canned goods, peanut butter, jelly and cereals. Shopping carts will be at the church exists after all the Masses next weekend. Thank you for your support!


The St. Luke Food Pantry continues to provide food, by appointment, to anyone who needs food. If you know of anyone in the parish or the community in need of food, please have them call (626) 684-2914.

Crafting Angels Ministry Seeks Leader and Volunteers


The Crafting Angels Ministry is in need of a new leader and volunteers who would like to continue the ministry’s work of making craft gifts for homebound and patients in the convalescent hospitals in Temple City for Christmas and Easter. These small craft projects bring so much joy to those who receive them. 



The group meets weekly for about six weeks leading up to both Christmas and Easter. A multitude of supplies, copies of previous crafts, and lists of Iocal caretaking facilities is available. For more information, contact Emily Avila at (626) 285-4243 or emavila626@outlook.com.

Mass in Chinese - April 14


We will have a monthly Sunday Mass in (Mandarin) Chinese here at St. Luke Parish beginning Sunday, April 14, at 12:30 pm. Fr. Joseph Yang will be presiding. 

ST. LUKE FAMILY FUN DAY

St. Luke Catholic Community will host the 2024 St. Luke Family Fun Day on Sunday, April 21, from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm.


The event line up will include delicious food offerings, bingo, raffles, kid games/crafts/activities, vendors, boutique items, a plant booth, entertainment, beer/wine, cake walk, photo booth, silent auction, video game booth, DJ music and picnic games, and more! It will be a day of family fun, community and fundraising for our parish and school. 



Donations Requested

Items for the Boutique and Silent Auction are welcome! The Plant Booth is requesting plants up to 1 gallon max and plumeria cuttings (Specify the color with a sharpie pen on the cutting). Please drop off items at the Pastoral Office. Thank you!



Volunteers Needed!

Join the fun and help make our event a success! Click here to sign up to volunteer. We are in need of a captain for the Face Painting Booth. 



Pre-sale Information

A Presale & Information Table will be open after the 8:30 am and 10:30 am Masses this Sunday, April 14. Stop by the table to purchase T-shirts ($15.00 each), raffle tickets, and to sign up to volunteer. T-shirts and raffle tickets are also available in the Pastoral Office. Payment can be made by cash or check.




Grand Prize Raffle

Grand Prize: $5,000   Second Prize: $1,000   Third Prize: $250


Drawing on Sunday, April 21, at 7:00 pm at the St. Luke Family Fun Day

Tickets are $2 each. Book of 25 tickets is $50. Ticket Books have been distributed to registered parish families (Anyone can purchase a ticket; available at the Pastoral Office or at Family Fun Day until sold out.).


Completed tickets/books should be received through the mail or dropped off in the Pastoral Office mailbox (with payment) by Noon on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Tickets can be turned in until 6:30 pm on Sunday, April 21, at the Family Fun Day; early submission is encouraged! Click for details.



Questions? Please contact Sharron at Sharron@sharrondiot.com.

PARISH STEWARDSHIP

Your Gifts Support Our Parish


Our thanks to the many generous individuals and families of our parish! 


These gifts benefit the parish in so many ways, including helping to meet everyday expenses for liturgy, faith formation, and operations. For your convenience, gifts may be made several ways:


Envelope Users: Offertory envelopes can be placed in collection baskets during weekend Masses, mailed to the Parish Office, or dropped in the office mailbox.


Online Donations: Click here to give electronically one-time or make a recurring gift.


May God Bless You and Your Family for Your Continued Generosity!

LIFE, JUSTICE & PEACE SPOTLIGHT

Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity


On Monday, April 8, the Vatican published a new document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on the topic of human dignity, Declaration Dignitas Infinita on Human Dignity. The document offers a clear definition of human dignity in the eyes of the Church and stresses the Church’s teaching on upholding human dignity from conception to natural death. It is timely and welcomed, given the assaults on human dignity so pervasive in our society today. 


The document, approved by Pope Francis last month, quotes not only the current pope, but also his predecessors Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI at length, weaving together their social and moral agendas.


An important aspect of this document is the definition of Church teaching on human dignity. The Declaration points out that the concept of human dignity and its meaning is misunderstood by much of secular society. We hear of the push for “personal dignity” over “human dignity,” in which the rights of the person are prioritized over the rights of the whole of humanity, putting unborn children, the terminally ill, and others at risk. The document also points out that human dignity has at times been misused “to justify an arbitrary proliferation of new rights, many of which are at odds with those originally defined and often are set in opposition to the fundamental right to life.”


The document emphasizes that dignity is based on God-given human nature, not “individual arbitrariness or social recognition.” The document also stresses the communal nature of human dignity, which implies a concern for the dignity of others, and therefore, a responsibility toward others and to the community.


Dignity “belongs to the person as such simply because he or she exists and is willed, created, and loved by God,” and does not depend on external factors, meaning it can never be taken away. “Dignity is not something granted to the person by others based on their gifts or qualities, such that it could be withdrawn…it is prior to any recognition, and it cannot be lost. All human beings possess this same intrinsic dignity…” the Declaration states.



In a section outlining what the document calls “grave violations of human dignity” in the modern social context, the Declaration lists poverty, war, migration, human trafficking, euthanasia and assisted suicide, and violence in the digital sphere as areas where dignity is at risk and stresses the need to protect and uphold human dignity in these circumstances. 


While underlining the importance of the right to religious freedom, the Declaration applauds increased efforts to educate on the dangers of racism, slavery, and the marginalization of women, children, the sick, and people with disabilities. The Declaration condemns violence against women as “a global scandal that is gaining increasing recognition.”


The document takes a hard stand on abortion, surrogacy, gender theory and sex change, saying they disregard humanity’s natural God-given dignity. 


The Declaration condemns abortion as “the deliberate and direct killing, by whatever means it is carried out, of a human being in the initial phase of his or her existence, extending from conception to birth,” calling unborn children “the most defenseless and innocent among us.”


On the topic of surrogacy, the Declaration quotes Pope Francis from a speech he gave in January in which he condemned the practice, saying a mother’s womb “cannot be suppressed or turned into an object of trafficking,” calling surrogate motherhood “deplorable” and a “grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs.”


The document closes by imploring that respect for human dignity and the common good be placed at the center of “every legal system,” and that states not only protect this dignity, but guarantee “the conditions necessary for it to flourish in the integral promotion of the human person.”


You can read more about the Declaration as reported by Angelus News at  https://angelusnews.com/news/vatican/vatican-human-dignity-document/ and https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/us-catholics-human-dignity/.


“Even today, in the face of so many violations of human dignity that seriously threaten the future of the human family, the Church encourages the promotion of the dignity of every human person, regardless of their physical, mental, cultural, social, and religious characteristics.”

-Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity


~St. Luke Life, Justice and Peace Ministry

AROUND TOWN

A Marian Pilgrimage to Fatima & Lourdes


Bishop Marc Trudeau and Fr. Mark Strader will lead a 13-day Marian Pilgrimage to Fatima and Lourdes Oct. 16-28, 2024. Limited spots available – will fill up fast! 


Highlights include: Fatima – Mass at the Chapel of Apparitions, visit the Tombs of Francisco, Jacinto and Sr. Lucia; Coimbra – View the New Cathedral of the Holy Name of Jesus; Lourdes - Tour of the Sanctuary, Grotto and the Upper Basilica, and more!


For more information, please contact Group Coordinators, Viktor and Mary Beth Rzeteljski, at (310) 874-1836 or mrzeteljski@gmail.comClick here for the brochure and registration form.

Saints and Observances

Week of April 14, 2024


Sunday

Third Sunday of Easter Sunday


Monday

Tax Day


Wednesday

World Hemophilia Day


Next Sunday

Fourth Sunday of Easter

World Day of Prayer for Vocations



Daily Readings



Lord, let your face shine on us.

-Psalm 4



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Parish Mission Statement


St. Luke the Evangelist Parish is a Roman Catholic Community

dedicated to carrying out the Gospel message of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 


Our mission is to - welcome, evangelize and educate;

provide spiritual nourishment; promote Christian values;

foster peace and justice; encourage service to others.



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5605 Cloverly Ave., Temple City, CA 91780


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