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FROM YOUR CLUB "PRESIDENT", RICH HERBST -
WE ESPECIALLY NEED ALL MEMBERS TO ATTEND OUR WINTER PROGRAMS.
SEE THE CALENDAR ON THIS WEB SITE FOR CLUB ACTIVITY DETAILS. ALSO, SEE A NUMBER OF ARTICLES BELOW REGARDING OUR ACTIVITIES***************************************************************************************
Joe Buoye, one of the founding members of our club, died recently. Please keep him and his family in your prayers daily
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Thanks again for placing your trust in me as your president during this next year. I ask for your continued support for vocations, for our seminarians, and for the priests, deacons, and religious who serve in our diocese. Of course, we do this primarily through prayer but we must also put our good intentions into action.
Siempre Adelante! //Rich
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Mary, Mother of Vocations, Pray for Us.
CONGRATULATIONS, BEST WISHES AND LOADS OF PRAYERS FROM ALL OF US TO OUR NEWLY ORDAINED PRIESTS.
The Ordinations were on Saturday, May 31, 2008
at:
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Chino Hills
.Bishop Gerald Barnes and Bishop Rutilio del Riego officiated.
Those
ordained to the Priesthood:Eric Esparza, Assumption Seminary- Holy Family, Hesperia
Jorge Garcia, Assumption Seminary-Our Lady of Solitude, Palm Springs
Javier Gonzalez, Assumption Seminary - Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine, Riverside
Luis Alberto-Guido, Assumption Seminary - St Catherine of Siena- Rialto
Minh Nguyen, Assumption Seminary - Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Riverside
Deacon Eduardo Aguirre - St. Christopher, Moreno Valley
The Blessed Junipero Serra Statue is Dedicated
The Diocese’s Four Serra Clubs purchased the statue of Blessed Junipero Serra
for the Serra House of Formation in Grand Terrace.
The statue of Blessed Junipero Serra was dedicated on June 10, 2008. This event also included the installation of the “new” club officers for the four Serra Clubs in the Diocese. The festivities started at 6:00 PM with Holy Mass at Christ The Redeemer Church, Msgr. Tony Ferraro presider. The group then proceeded to Serra House. The statue is located just outside the entrance to the Chapel.
CLUB VP COMMUNICATIONS, JAY PLOWY, LEADING PROCESSION
THE NEW STATUE OF BL. JUNIPERO SERRA
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JOE HERTEL FUND PROVIDES $32,400 TO DIOCESE
Joe is credited as the founder of the San Bernardino Club. He left a large sum to the Club/Diocese at death. Today, the corpus is about $750,000+. Joe’s idea was to help the Diocese with the costs of Seminarians. Today our Four Clubs are looking at these funds as helping Seminarians at the Serra House of Formation in Grand Terrace, helping about 10 per year. //Howard Littlefield, Past President
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WELCOME TO SERRA HOUSE OF FORMATION
SERRA HOUSE OF FORMATION WELCOMES NINE (9) NEW SEMINARIANS ALONG WITH FIVE (5) RETURNING FOR THE 2008-2009 SCHOOL YEAR!
Jo
hn Guerrero, St. Catherine’s, TemeculaRichard Ahumada, St. Francis, La Quinta
Antonio Guzman, Holy Family, Hesperia
Tomas Guillen, St. Christopher’s, Moreno Valley
Arturo Franco, St. Christopher’s Moreno Valley
Charles (Gino) Galley, Blessed John XXIII, Fontana
Pablo Quiroz, Blessed John XXIII, Fontana
Dan Rogers, The Holy Name of Jesus, Redlands
Vern Schweiger, Our Lady of the Desert, Apple Valley Note: Vern will begin after Christmas!
Those Seminarians continuing at Serra House are:
Carlos Martinez, Israel Caballero, Salvador Dueñas, Nick Guzman, Alex Rodarte.
HERE IS A COMPLETE LIST OF OUR SEMINARIANS 2008-2009
J.
BLESSED JUNIPERO SERRA HOUSE OF FORMATION, 12725 Oriole Avenue, Grand Terrace, CA 92313
Rev. Jose Sanz, Rector (909) 783-0260 Rev. Juan Garcia, Spiritual Director
SEMINARIAN DOB PARISH COLLEGE/LEVEL
*AHUMADA, Richard 08/02/75 St. Francis of Assisi, La Quinta RCC, tofotex3@msn.com
CABALLERO, Israel 12/20/87 Sacred Heart, Palm Desert RCC, cicaballero@aol.com
DUEÑAS, Salvador 12/25/71 St. Anthony, San Jacinto RCC, daypstj@yahoo.com
*FRANCO, Arturo 11/15/63 St. Christopher, Moreno Valley RCC, arturf07@hotmail.com
*GALLEY, Charles (Gino) 04/12/87 Blessed John XXIII, Rialto Chaffey, ieutenant_fox@yahoo.com
*GUILLEN, Tomas 04/30/89 St. Christopher, Moreno Valley RCC, tguillenradiomonarch@yahoo.com
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*GUZMAN, Antonio 03/12/83 Holy Family, Hesperia, RCC antguz08@yahoo.com
GUZMAN, Nick 08/27/86 St. Martha, Murrieta RCC, rcatholic003@hotmail.com
MARTINEZ, Carlos 08/19/85 Holy Family, Hesperia CSUSB, carmartz85@hotmail.com
*MARTINEZ, Ricardo 01/15/78 St. Edward, Corona Diocese 101, ricardosanantonio@hotmail.com
*QUIROZ, Pablo 04/02/90 Blessed John XXIII, Fontana RCC, bquiroz2@netzero.net
*ROGERS, Dan 01/17/88 Holy Name of Jesus, Redlands RCC, dantakesphotos@gmail.com
RODARTE, Alex 03/23/82 St. Catherine of Siena, Rialto RCC, skoobydriver@aim.com
*SCHWEIGER, Verne 07/04/50 Our Lady of the Desert, Apple Valley. vschweiger@sbdiocese.org
(Verne will begin after Christmas)ST. JOSEPH SEMINARY AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY (Philosophy Level),
6551 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60626SEMINARIAN DOB PARISH E-MAIL ADDRESS
FELIX, Arturo 10/21/88 St. Joan of Arc, Victorville darth_yoda1@msn.com
LINES, David 11/20/81 St. Mel, Norco davidlines7@hotmail.com
ASSUMPTION SEMINARY studying philosophy at St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX, 2600 West Woodlawn Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78228
PADILLA, Antonio 02/15/84 St. Joan of Arc, Victorville lords456@hotmail.com
OROZCO, Jose Antonio 01/17/79 Sacred Heart, Palm Desert beatohoy@hotmail.com
ASSUMPTION SEMINARY (Theology), 2600 West Woodlawn Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78228
BUI, Anthony 11/15/75 Serra House, Grand Terrace anth1115@yahoo.com
CARDOZA, Manuel 03/22/76 St. Edward, Corona mcardoza@ost.edu
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MAI, Joseph 11/13/82 Serra House, Grand Terrace jmai82@yahoo.com
NGO, Khan 07/14/81 St. George, Ontario ngo_khan@yahoo.com
PHAM, Toan 07/26/71 Serra House toangocpham@yahoo.com
PHAN, Peter 06/28/67 Serra House ngochophan@yahoo.com
PONCE, Lawrence 03/01/84 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Indio elilor@gte.net
(Lawrence will begin after Christmas)
RUBIO, Roman 02/12/80 St. Catherine, Rialto peacenick80@yahoo.com
SALDAÑA, Omar 06/26/68 St. Catherine, Riverside OSaldana626@aol.com
TON, Nhan 01/15/76 Serra House nhanton@yahoo.com
WAMBACH, Bill 05/03/57 Holy Name of Jesus, Redlands wwmbk@aol.com
PARISH INTERNSHIP PARISH ASSIGNMENT
DO, Truong DOB: 05/04/75 St. Catherine of Alexandria, Temecula
truongdo75@yahoo.com Home Parish: St. Catherine, Temecula
GAMINO, Alex DOB: 04/29/75 St. Joseph, Barstow
seminarian007@catholic.org Home Parish: St. Christopher, Moreno Valley
GONZALEZ, Rogelio DOB: 03/31/76 Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mecca
Rogerg32001@yahoo.com Home Parish: Guadalupe Shrine, Riverside
NGUYEN, Tong DOB: 11/06/69 St. Francis of Assissi, La Quinta
nguyentong@yahoo.com Home Parish:St. Francis of Assisi, La Quinta
PEREZ, Raul Adan DOB: 10/05/78 St. Francis X. Cabrini, Yucaipa
radameof@hotmail.com Home Parish:Our Lady of Guadalupe, Ontario
QUINTERO, Haider DOB: 03/25/72 Studying in Colombia for 1 year
haider_q@hotmail.com Home Parish: St. Francis of Assisi, La Quinta
Everyone's prayers for these men and their families are requested. If you are know anyone interested in a vocation as a priest, deacon or religious, please call the Office of Vocations, (909) 783-1305 or via e-mail vocations@sbdiocese.org.
WE ENJOY OUR TALENTED CHAPLAIN - FR. JERRY OCHETTI
THE CLUB HAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYS HAVING FATHER JERRY AS ITS CHAPLAIN. FATHER JERRY WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CATHEDRAL BEFORE ORDINATION. FOLLOWING ORDINATION, HE HAD A THREE YEAR ASSIGNMENT AT SACRED HEART PARISH, REDLANDS (AND A SHORT SABBATICAL). HE THEN ASSUMED HIS NEW DUTIES AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE DIOCESE’S VOCATION OFFICE LOCATED AT THE SERRA HOUSE OF FORMATION IN GRAND TERRACE. HE RESIDES IN GRAND TERRACE.
FR. JERRY HAS PARTICIPATED ACTIVELY IN CLUB BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETINGS/ACTIVITIES, SERRA DISTRICT MEETINGS, AND CONTINUES WITH MANY NEW ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY THE VOCATIONS OFFICE.
FR. JER HAS AN "ADDITIONAL" RESPONSIBILITY AS INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR OF ST. JOSEPH CHURCH IN UPLAND. GOD BLESS YOU PADRE JER!
Ø Vocation “seeds” need to be planted in the parishes.
Ø Every Catholic is responsible for the calling to the Priesthood.
Ø Today, no one is “inviting”. The role of Serra is to explain to the community that we are “all” inviters.
Ø We have to look at the realities of our culture today. There is more to "coming together" than having
bi-lingual liturgies.
Ø It was hard then; it’s hard now.
Ø Build strong communities.
Ø Time to talk on the cell phone vs. time talking to God.
Ø An “invitation” confirms the “calling”.
Ø The “sense” of the priest shortage doesn’t seem that important at the parish level.
Ø It’s everyone’s mission.
** Some parishes have turned down an additional Priest because they don't have funds to pay them.
Ø Give Bibles to our Altar Servers.
Ø Connecting people to Jesus Christ’s love is infectious….falling in love with Jesus.
Ø We have a real problem.
Ø Be persistent; get vocations high on the radar.
* We witness in the world we live in.
* As we recess out of Holy Mass, the Cross (Christ) leads us....the Kingdom of God is outside! Evangelize!
Sanctify! Make them Holy!
* "The Lord found me....and we respond."
* The "Call" is never in isolation.....affirm the gifts and call of everyone.
* Never short-change yourself on how strong our witness is.
* All gifts come together to make the whole.
It's "community" that keeps Serrans connected. The shared love of Christ connects us.*
* God is mystery; God is active in our lives; life is a mystery
* Getting "commitment" is tough today; Gratitude always!
* People want to be part of something...............
* How can I serve? Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend................
* It's what you do, that makes the difference.
* Jesus wept; so we can.
* Where is the Lord leading us these days?
* Priests need to know they are supported. Pray for them.
* The Lord found us - and we respond.
Ø We Catholics believe that our most important task is handing on our faith.
Ø Significant Adult Education is missing from our parishes; and, perhaps, has never been there.
“Always Go Forward” - Mary, Mother of Vocations, Pray for Us.