MASSES FOR THE WEEK
SATURDAY- JANUARY 14
8:15 AM -In Memory of Joseph Barkovich
5:00 PM -In Memory of Florence Kruska
SUNDAY- JANUARY 15
8:00 AM -In Memory of Margaret Ormsb
10:00 AM -In Memory of Kathleen Roy
12:00 PM -In Memory of Mickelina Bufalini
5:00 PM -In Memory of Patricia Modall
MONDAY- JANUARY 16
8:15 AM -In Memory of Ernie Duran
TUESDAY- JANUARY 17
8:15 AM -In Memory of Rae Enoch
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 18
8:15 AM -Anniversary Mass for the Deceased of The San Fernando Mission
THURSDAY- JANUARY 19
8:15 AM -For the Intentions of Dennis Kotzman
FRIDAY- JANUARY 20
8:15 AM -In Memory of Aida Guevarra
SATURDAY- JANUARY 21
8:15 AM -In Memory of
Columbia & Charles Ramsey
5:00 PM -For the Intentions of Emma Harvey

REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR THE SICK AND RECOVERING OF OUR COMMUNITY especially
Evelyn Bush, Eileen Mac Dougal, Patrick Charles Pineda, Glenn Domohoski, Cynthia McKenzie, Vic Borstner, Tom Abbott, Larry Mayer, Kathy Waniata, Teresa Dixon, Noreen Davis, Sr. Colette Hayes, RSHM, Robert Northup Sr., Yolanda Salazar, Milli Sentowski, Inez Nicoletti, Charlie Anderson, Jose Armendariz, Hazel Lang, Colin McDaniel, Ed Vierheilig, James “Pat” McGarry, Jimmy Brikho, Louis Baga, Dylan Macauly, Benjamin Faurot, Julie Goossen, Olga D’Este, Jane Faurot, Josephine Ruscigno, Blake Cline, Marie O’Donovan, Ophelia Hernandez, Catherine Lizzo, John O’Toole, Catherine Street, Rocco Carter, Ernest Dewsnap, Alicia Gomez, Margaret Tarin Hensley, Faye Schafuss, Clarita Hernandez, Susan Dalgleish, Floyd Romeck, Theresia Hubel, Peter Thompson, Melissa Manning Wilmot, Calleigh Stone, Sam Sosna, Monica A. Faraldo, Steve Mccahulk, Rocco Wren, Emma Ramirez, Cynthia Kotzman, Jennifer Robin, Teresa Pina-Jiminez, and Eileen Breeden.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHURCH
Week of 1/5-1/11 Collection.
Collection $15,414.00
E-Giving $ 1,773.00
Total $17,187.00
Thank you for your
generous contributions.

YEAR END CHURCH CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS
If you receive and contribute though our church envelope system and need a year end statement of your church contributions for 2011, please call the Parish Center at 818 784-0105. A statement will be printed and mailed to you.

SPEAK, LORD, WE ARE LISTENING
In today’s first reading God keeps calling out in the night to a sleeping boy. Neither the boy, Samuel, nor his teacher, Eli, understands who is calling. But God’s persistence convinces them. Samuel is then ready—not ready yet to do anything, but ready to listen. “Speak, for your servant is listening” (1 Samuel 3:10).
In the Gospel Jesus is out teaching. Various people notice him and begin to gather around. They soon become disciples and, like the young Samuel, are ready—not ready yet to do anything, but ready to listen. “Speak,” they say, “we are listening.”
God’s voice is always with us, awake or asleep. It swirls around us like fog on a waterfront, enveloping us, gently urging us to wake up, to listen. Awareness of the voice comes first; then willingness to listen; then, in time, the decision to act, to live according to God’s word. Let’s ask today for the ability to keep our ears open so we don’t miss God’s voice.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

CHAINS OF GRACE
The chains of grace are so powerful,
and yet so sweet,
that though they attract our heart,
they do not shackle our freedoms.
—St. Francis de Sales

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
Sunday 1/15
9:00am-Religious Education Class.
Monday 1/16
12:45pm-SFDS Club Luncheon.
Wednesday 1/18
7:30pm-Meditation group.
Thursday 1/19
9:00am-Bible Study. Parish Center.
7:00pm-Bible Study. Parish Center.
Sunday 1/22
9:00am-Religious Education Class.

SCHOOL NEWS
REGISTRATION FOR NEW STUDENTS
2012/2013 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLLMENT IN GRADES K – 8TH FOR FALL 2012.
APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE SCHOOL OFFICE.
Please inquire in the school office Monday – Friday,
between 9 am and 2 pm for an admissions packet. You may also go online to saintfrancisdesalesschool.com to download an application. If you have any questions please call the admissions office at 818-784-9573.
KINDERGARTEN APPLICANTS
ARCHDIOCESAN POLICY REQUIRES THAT THE AGE FOR KINDERGARTEN APPLICANTS BE FIVE YEARS ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1st.
Open House will be Sunday, January 29th,
Following the 10a.m. Mass.

THANK YOU FROM LOAVES & FISHES
Loaves & Fishes sends a great big thank you to St. Francis de Sales for all your generosity throughout the year. Thank you to Cub Scout Pack #74 who organized the toy drive. Because of your help, we were able to distribute 800 toys to all the needy children that visit us daily. Thank you to the 3rd grade class for the much needed toiletries collected, that were then given to our homeless clients. Thank you to the 5th graders who furnished us with many diapers and wipes ,also given to our needy families. Thanks to the 7th grade class that served at the Thanksgiving Day dinner, they deserve a huge Thank You for their hard work on that day.
Through the years, I have learned that the best gift received is the gift of giving. Because of your thoughtfulness, you have made that a reality for us in helping the people we serve.
Warmest Regards,
Barbara Ausburn
Loaves & Fishes

Giving Tree 2012
Save this years Christmas Cards for next years “Ornaments.” You may leave them at the Parish Center. Thank you for your support and generosity! The Giving Tree Team.

PASTOR'S NOTES
Shantigarh Requiem for the Unborn,
at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Don’t read about it the next day. Be there. Mourn the loss. Rejoice in our hope.
This is a special Mass written specifically for our affirmation of our belief in the sanctity of all human life.
As in years past, the Mass will conclude with a moving ceremony of light during which members of the assembly will bring forward candles – one candle for each life lost to abortion that day in the County of Los Angeles. These candles, each representing a life no longer with us, will remain lit and displayed on the Cathedral Plaza for the following week as a vivid reminder, to the greater Southern California community, of our continuing commitment to life.
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles
(A discounted parking rate of $5 per car will be in effect for the event; carpooling encouraged; traveling via Metro, use Civic Center Stop)

PERPETUAL CANDLES
Honor the memory of a loved one by having a Perpetual Candle lit in his/her name. The Perpetual Candles are located at the Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and remain lit for the entire year. A plaque is placed above the candle with the name of the individual being memorialized. Orders are now being taken for the 2012 year. Please contact Jeannie Bas at 818-784-0105 if you wish to place an order or renew your candle.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Every year, close to the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul on January 25, and before the feast of the Chair of St. Peter on February 22, the cause of Church unity is commended to Christians everywhere. Sadly, Protestants, Orthodox, and Catholics have settled to a status quo of separation. When baptized people become Catholic, we speak of them as being received into “full communion.” That means we already share a communion in faith in many ways, including the Word of God. Many Protestant denominations have received and revised the three-year cycle of readings first arranged by Catholics in the early 1970s. Therefore, many of your neighbors who are not Catholic are celebrating and reflecting on the same readings we are savoring on most Sundays of the year. This makes for a new spirit of cooperation among preachers of the gospel, and gives hope that the cause of reunion, desired by Christ, has great vitality at the table of God’s Word, and will one day lead to unity at the table of the Lord’s Body and Blood. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
Tuesday: St. Anthony
Wednesday: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
Friday: St. Fabian; St. Sebastian
Saturday: St. Agnes

TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — Speak, for your servant is listening (1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19).
Psalm — Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will (Psalm 40).
Second Reading — Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you? (1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20).
Gospel — Andrew found his brother Simon and brought him to Jesus (John 1:35-42).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Mountains and Mediators:
A Survey of the Old Testament
Join the Carmelite Sisters every Tuesday night from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. beginning January 10, 2012. Discover how the Old Testament presents a compelling message of one creator God who is constantly working to draw humanity into his love. Journey through God’s covenants with man and discover the promise of His greatest gift — the God-Man, Jesus Christ! The lectures will take place at the St. Joseph Campus, 507 N. Granada Ave., Alhambra, CA 91801. There is no cost to attend. Kindly RSVP by calling (626) 289-1353 ext. 302.

SFDS ADULT CLUB 2011 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Luncheon Meetings: - Every 3rd Monday-1:00pm in the Library (no meetings in July & August): Speaker or entertainment, 50/50 & Bingo. Call Maurine Backus at 818-784-0605 or Renee O’Malley at (818) 986-6369 for lunch reservations, by the 2nd Monday of the month.
Club Membership: Join the SFDS Adult Club and its many year-long activities and projects for only $15. Call Cora Kinsella for membership at (818) 990-5196. All Seniors 85 and over are Honorary Lifelong Members with no dues.
Board Meetings: Last Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Parish Center.
Executive Committee Meetings: Last Wednesday of each month in Parish Center at 1:30 pm.
Free Beach Parking at County Beaches for 62+: obtain your parking passes (M-F) by sending a copy of your driver’s license and car registration to Department of Beaches and Harbors, 13837 Fiji Way, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 or call (310) 305-9503.

Respect Life Corner
CONSCIENCE DEBATE... The U.S. Catholic bishops argue that religious freedom is at stake in standing against a proposed federal mandate that would require Catholic institutions to provide contraceptive coverage to their employees. “The federal mandate being proposed would represent the government taking away the Church’s ability to impose its own values on itself. It means that a Catholic facility couldn’t be able to offer a Catholic health plan to its employees,” says Richard Doerflinger, associate director of pro-life activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He further points out that "people can choose to work for a Catholic organization, knowing the kind of health care plan they will get, or they can work for someone else." Father Michael Orsi, chaplain and research fellow in law and religion at Ave Maria University in Florida adds, “there has always been a First Amendment right to freedom of religion, freedom to practice our faith, and protection from government interference in the Church.”
Bryan Fraga
Our Sunday Visitor

LOAVES & FISHES IN NEED
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her dog a bone. When she got there the cupboard was bare and the poor dog got none.
This is an old nursery rhyme. However, today it is true
in many households. LOAVES & FISHES keeps this from
happening in many households but they drastically need help.
The Knights of Columbus is collecting FOOD and
clothing for LOAVES & FISHES the 1st Sunday each
month.

SILENT, STILL AND SIMPLE
Welcome to the SFDS MEDITATION PRAYER GROUP that meets every Wednesday at 7:30 pm for one hour in the church. Meditation is a universal wisdom found in all spiritual traditions. Where in our daily lives is there time to listen to the God that resides in our own hearts? Following the teachings of Fr. John Main, we set out on an inner pilgrimage to bring body, mind and spirit into the present moment of Jesus the Christ.
There are no difficult techniques or theories to master in order to meditate. Please join us on this journey to the prayer of the heart.
Go to www.wccm.org to learn more about the group’s practice.

January Fingerprinting Schedule
Wednesday, January 18 at St. Dominic school in Eagle Rock. 12 noon-3:40 pm & 5:20pm-7:20pm. For appointment call 323-255-5803.

CENTERING PRAYER INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
Contemplative Prayer is God's personal and unique gift to each of us. Openness to this gift can profoundly affect our lives and relationships: with God, others, our world and ourselves. Centering Prayer is a prayer of consent to God, based on a rich tradition of contemplative prayer in the Christian tradition. This workshop will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2012, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm (arrival time 8:30 – 9:00 am) at Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Road, Encino. For more information and to register call 818-784-4515.

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND
Sign up now for a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend and receive the gift of a great marriage. Making a weekend will help you put a little Christmas in your marriage every day! The next WWME Weekends are Jan 20-22, 2012 in Ventura, Feb 17-19 in Norwalk and April 20-22 in Woodland Hills. Call Jeanine and Russ Walker to apply: 805-648-4244 or www.wwme.org.

SFDS PARISH REGISTRATION FORM
New parishioners, and/or parishioners wishing to update your registration information, may fill out this form and place it directly in the collection basket, hand it to an Usher, or mail it to the Parish Center. You can also register online at our website:saintfrancisdesaleschurch.com.
FAMILY NAME_________________________________
FAMILY MEMBERS
NAMES & AGES_________________________________
ADDRESS_____________________________________
CITY________________ZIP________
PHONE______________E-MAIL____________________
Your personalized envelopes will be mailed to you from the printing company in about 8 TO 12 WEEKS AFTER YOUR REGISTRATION HAS BEEN PROCESSED.
If you use the envelopes in the pews, please make sure that you mark your first and family name and your envelope number. Please inform the Parish Center of any changes, i.e., your address or e-mail so that we may keep our records current. Thank you.

High School Entrance Exams
Chaminade College Preparatory High School Entrance Exam will be held on two dates: January 21st and January 28th, 2012 from 8 am to 12 noon. An online application for admission and the application fee should be on file with the school by January 13th. For more info call 818-347-8300 or www.chaminade.org.
Providence High School Entrance Exam will be held on two dates: January 21st and January 28th, 2012 from 9 am to 1 pm. For more info call 818-846-8141 x 501 or www.providencehigh.org.
Notre Dame High School Entrance Exam will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2012 from 8 am-12 noon pm. Applications are due on January 15th. For more details contact Admissions at 818 933-3632 or ndhs.org.
Louisville High School Entrance Exam January 28, 2012 on the Louisville Campus, from 8:45 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Applications are due by Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Please contact the school with any questions at (818) 346-8812.
Crespi High School Entrance Exam, January 21st and January 28th, 2012, from 9 am-12:30 pm. Please make an appointment (818) 654-1329 or rkodma@crespi.org.

A BEGINNING EXPERIENCE
February 3-5, 2012: A “Beginning Experience” workshop will be held at the Holy Spirit Retreat Center in Encino for those who've experienced the loss of a spouse through death or divorce/separation. This 3-day program helps a person move from the darkness of grief into the light of a new beginning with renewed hope. Beginning Experience is recognized by the Office of Family Life for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The main (international) ministry’s website is www.beginningexperience.org.
For info/registration, contact Brenda Mikhail at (818) 352-5265 (email bela2011-30@hotmail.com) or Maria Rojas (bilingual/Spanish) at (310) 365-0186.

DID YOU KNOW?
The Right Pet for Your Child’s Age
Kids and pets—a natural fit, right? Indeed, raising a child and pet together can be a lot of fun for the whole family. If you’re thinking of adding a pet to the family, make sure you’re bringing home an animal that is appropriate for your child’s age. The ASPCA offers helpful tips to teach young members of the family to care for and ‘play nice’ with their pets, helping to foster humane habits and a lifelong bond. For more information, please visit the ASPCA website and click on “Kids and Pets”: www.aspca.org.
For particular help, you may call Assistance Ministry at (213) 637-7650