Registering in a parish is a declaration of your desire to be part of a Catholic community and a commitment to the life of the parish family. To so clearly state your Catholic commitment in all its dimensions brings you advantages, recognition, and responsibilities of many kinds. Being a registered parishioner makes things much easier when it is time for infant baptism, school registration, weddings, when asked to be a baptismal or confirmation sponsor, and even funerals.   We are often asked to provide affidavits for baptismal and confirmation sponsors. We can only do this if a person is a registered, active, and contributing member in our parish. How do you know if you are already registered? A registered parishioner receives all parish mailings.  So, are you a registered parishioner? If not, please consider registering. Registration forms are always available at the church office or at the back of the church.   Please complete one today and return it this week if you would like to join our community. 

The ministers schedule for the month of September are available in the sacristy today after Mass as well as any other materials you might need. Our next meeting will be on Monday, September 24th at 7PM in the parish office. If you are considering becoming a Homebound Minister or need more information about this ministry, please call Tory at the parish office.

Please Pray for the Pro Life Movement. As in Mark's Gospel we are sometimes deaf to what Jesus is trying to tell us. Or we hear the message so often we "tune out" or think it isn't meant for us. This is especially true of pro-life issues that do not seem to directly affect our own family. Since we cannot always isolate our children from a culture that trivializes the sanctity of marriage and true family values, we must find other ways to stop their false messages from taking root in our own community. "To defend and promote life, to show reverence and love for it, is a task which God entrust to every human, calling us in his living image to share in his own lordship over the world." (Pope John Paul II)

Join us, as we return from the summer, September 11th at 7PM at the Parish office.

Tamale Festival December 7, 2008.
$30 per person. 8AM pickup at K-Mart in Torrance. Return approximately 6:30PM. Enjoy all kinds of different tamales, music, Mariachis, Folklorico Dancers and early afternoon shopping at Desert Hills Outlet in Cabazon. 1/2 deposit on signup, with full payment by November 5, 2008.

Huntington Cruise of Lights December 14, 2008
$62.00 per person. Dinner at Bubba Gump’s Shrimp Company. Choice of entrée, price includes gratuity. Spot time 2:15 PM depart 2:30PM return approximately 9:00PM. 1/2 deposit on signup. Full balance due by November 5, 2008.

Laughlin September 17-19, 2008.
$79 per person.

All prices includes drivers gratuity. Please call Dolores Rodriguez at (310) 324-0733 for more information.

The Office of Victims Assistance Ministry of the Archdiocese was created in April 2002 to deal with allegations of past or current sexual abuse by clergy, religious of any lay person working or volunteering for the Archdiocese. The Office is charged with creating a safe and compassionate environment for victims to come forward while ensuring that civil authorities are notified and victims to come forward while ensuring that civil authorities are notified and victims are provided with counseling and other assistance in the healing process. The Victims Assistance Ministry Office phone number is (800) 355-2545.

From the pamphlet, "Working Together to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse: Keeping Ministerial Relationships Healthy & Holy,” published by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The pamphlet is available in the parish and online at www.archdiocese.la/protecting/resources. For particular help, please call Assistance Ministry at (213) 637-7650.

Last week you donated $3,124.42 to the Campaign. With the money given last month in excess of the money we needed in our last phase, we now have $39,861.29 of our goal of $150,000. And this is just the beginning of this campaign. What a great start!!! May God bless our efforts.

YAG (Young Adult Group) welcomes you to gather with us to share and to grow in our faith, to pray, to read the Bible, develop and explore our relationships, and to serve God and our community. We are active participates in the parish and community. We invite anyone who is 18 years or older and out of High School to come join us. We have moved YAG for the duration of the remodel to 2609 Gates Ave #3 in Redondo Beach on Mondays at 7:30PM until 9:00 ish. We also go out into the community for our service and social nights. For more information please contact Toni Stedman at (310) 780-8637 or email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or check us out on myspace. God Bless and we hope to se you soon!

Late last May, I wrote you about Fr. Tuan (pictured, with Friar James), a young priest friar from our Province who is establishing a new Religious House (Novitiate) in Vietnam. He needs financial help to buy some of the needed items for our seminarians.

We would very much appreciate your help. Donations can be made through our "St. Anthony - Food for the Poor Box" or you can place it in an envelope and mark it "Mission in Vietnam".

Thank you and God Bless you!

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