Text Box: BLESSING OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS Will be this weekend; on the August 1/2, during Saturday 5.00PM, Sunday 8.30 & 10.30AM Masses. OUR PARISH BULLETIN Additional advertising support is needed to cover expenses of printing our Parish Bulletin. Now we have 8 pages every week. If you are a business owner, or know of someone who might wish to place an add, in our BULLETIN PUBLISHER; please send them an e-mail: mpublications@sbcglobal.net; or call at: 888-253-4358. Please patronize our advertisers. PRAY FOR OUR SERVICEMEN & SOLDIERS: Robert Hoops, Thomas Campana, Connor O’Keefe, Matthew Valenzuela, Steven Mayer; John Molinari & other American soldiers and servicemen. PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK: For all who are sick: Members of our families, friends, parishioners, and especially: Fr Vladimir Kozina; Fr. Joseph Fiedorowicz; Fr. Theo Palis; Msgr. Robert Adams; Sister Antoinette Fong; Titus Ekanem; Donald Braten; Martha Tork; Lianne Claver; Juan & Nancy Duenas; Jose Isidro; Frank & Imogene Martin; Paul Valerovski; Harry & Betty Garland; Anthony Krzyzanski; Giovanni & Elisa Mancarti; Ted Price; Myrna Lanzar; Truyen Ha; Robert Dale; Rachel Ott; Maureen Nassiri; Freddie Martinez; Carlos Rodriguez; Chris Clark; Jeremy Bedig; Lilian Lizotte; Dale Sherry; Melissa Loya -Triffelt; Peter McDonough; Albert Hill Sr; Jeanette Zugnoni; Vivian Tuma; ............. and those whose names are written in the Book of the Sick, and all sick people in the entire world. PRAY FOR THE DEAD: For the deceased members of our families, friends, parishioners & benefactors of our parish: Bill Leitao; Harry Winkler; Inetta Calori; Michael Smith; those who died recently: Edward Markovits; Joel Barrios; John Kachmash; Andy Ferreira; .............. and for all the faithful departed, especially for all the Poor Souls in Purgatory. HOLY MASS INTENTIONS We still have empty spots for Holy Mass intentions at THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER. If you would like to have Holy Mass celebrated for your intentions or for your loved ones (living or dead), please contact the parish office. YEAR OF THE PRIEST Dear friends and fellow parishioners, As many of you know, our Holy Father declared this the “Year of the Priest”. It would be good if we, the parishioners of St. Margaret Mary Church, could honor our own two priests, Father Stan Zak and Father Jean Marie Moreau. The patron saint of parish priests is St. John Vianney. Will you join with me and others and make a monetary donation in order to purchase a statue of St. John Vianney so we can add this statue to the other beautiful ones in our church? This statue can be a meaningful outward sign of the commemoration of the “Year of the Priest” that our church will always have. There is no set amount asked for of each family or individual. Let your heart be guided by the Holy Spirit to give what you can. If you are unable to donate monetarily, then please pray that the funds will Text Box: be made available to purchase this gift. When we finish our searching for the statue we give you more details. Please wait for more information and look for envelopes in the pews. They can be dropped in the collection baskets or put in the special box labeled “St. John Vianney Statue donations” at the entrance to the church. Thank you and God bless you for your kindness. A fellow parishioner APOSTOLIC PENITENTIARY DECREE Special Indulgence for the Year for Priests As has been announced, the Holy Father Benedict XVI has decided to establish a special Year for Priests on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of St John Mary Vianney, the holy Curé d'Ars, a shining model of a Pastor totally dedicated to the service of the people of God. During the Year for Priests which will begin on 19 June 2009 and will end on 19 June 2010, the gift of special Indulgences is granted as described in the Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary, published on 12 May. Shortly the day will come on which will be commemorated the 150th anniversary of the pious departure to Heaven of St John Mary Vianney, the Curé d'Ars. This Saint was a wonderful model here on earth of a true Pastor at the service of Christ's flock. Since his example is used to encourage the faithful, and especially priests, to imitate his virtues, the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI has established that for this occasion a special Year for Priests will be celebrated, from 19 June 2009 to 19 June 2010, in which all priests may be increasingly strengthened in fidelity to Christ with devout meditation, spiritual exercises and other appropriate actions. This holy period will begin with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a day of priestly sanctification on which the Supreme Pontiff will celebrate Vespers in the presence of the holy relics of St John Mary Vianney, brought to Rome by the Bishop of Belley-Ars, France. The Most Holy Father will likewise preside at the conclusion of the Year for Priests in St Peter's Square, in the presence of priests from across the world who will renew their fidelity to Christ and the bond of brotherhood. May priests commit themselves, with prayer and good works, to obtaining from Christ the Eternal High Priest, the grace to shine with Faith, Hope, Charity and the other virtues, and show by their way of life, but also with their external conduct, that they are dedicated without reserve to the spiritual good of the people something that the Church has always had at heart. The gift of Sacred Indulgences which the Apostolic Penitentiary, with this Decree issued in conformity with the wishes of the August Pontiff, graciously grants during the Year for Priests will be of great help in achieving the desired purpose in the best possible way. A. Truly repentant priests who, on any day, devoutly recite at least morning Lauds or Vespers before the Blessed Sacrament, exposed for public adoration or replaced in the tabernacle, and who, after the example of St John Mary Vianney, offer themselves with a ready and generous heart for the celebration of the sacraments, especially Confession, are mercifully granted in God the Plenary Indulgence which they may also apply to their deceased brethren in suffrage, if, in conformity with the current norms, they receive sacramental confession and the Eucharistic banquet and pray for the