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I am pleased to be back, as some of you know. I come from a family of seven siblingsthree boys and
four girls. I am fifth in the order. My mother died when I was 5 years old and my father died seven
years ago. We are farmers and grow mainly cash crops. As a child I learned to plow, grow rice, vegetables, etc. My brothers are still with the same profession, but my nephews and nieces who moved out of
the community for education and employment, are slowly losing the root.
I was born in a mixed religious family. My dad was a Hindu before his marriage and my mom was a
Catholic. My auntmy dads sisterwas married to a Hindu priest. I was close to my uncle, and as a
child I used to assist him during weekends in his Hindu religious worship. In my heart, I did not believe in the Hindu religion nor enjoyed participating in the rituals. I went along with it because I loved my uncle and wanted to help him.
Therefore, as a child, I was not much involved in church activities because of my affiliation with Hindu religion.
My early association with Hindu religion, rituals, and practices made me question my belief system and brought me closer
to the Church and my faith. I truly found my faith when I was in high school. It felt right to me; it felt like I belonged to
something greater and was serving a higher purpose. I soon became an altar server and a year later secretary to the altar
servers association. Being the secretary to the altar servers association I was given the responsibility of training and mentoring new altar servers.
When I was studying my 10th grade, the local diocese organized a summer campcome and see programfor high school
boys considering priesthood. I joined the summer camp without my dads permission. Being born and raised a Hindu, I
knew my dad would not give me permission to join the seminary or understand my passion for the priesthood. I liked the
atmosphere at the summer camp which was peaceful, prayerful, and respectful. The camp gave me time to pray and discern
my vocation. After the summer camp, I decided to join the seminary to become a priest and I was also supported and mentored by my high school principal, a priesta simple and holy man. His humility, piety, and love for God and the poor
interested me further in joining the priesthood.
I joined the Archdiocese of Delhi and became a priest on May 14th, 1994. I worked one year as an associate pastor in an
urban parish. The parish had a vibrant high school youth program and I was given the responsibility of mentoring the
group. I loved the assignment and from that group two of them joined the priesthood. A year later, I was appointed as the
Director of Catholic Charities until 2001. It was not something I wanted to do as a priest, but I took it up out of obedience
and also because I had a Masters degree in Social Work. It was very challenging to work with over 200 staff and raise
money for programs. Though the work was challenging, I enjoyed it, especially working with the poor and less-privileged
people in Delhi.
I came to the United States to do my Ph.D. at the University of San Diego. My doctoral program was Leadership and
Management studiesManagement of Nonprofit Organizations. During my studies at USD, I served at Santa Sophia
Parish in addition to working as a hospital chaplain. I enjoyed my stay and work and I was also so fortunate to have worked
under three wonderful priests at Santa Sophia. I am now so pleased to come back to Santa Sophia as the pastor.
I love my priesthood. It is a great joy and honor celebrating the Holy Eucharist with the faith community, administering
Sacraments, hearing confession, listening, and comforting people, etc. As a priest, it is my great joy of helping people to
grow in faith and experience and recognize Gods love and goodness for them. My experience of working with people
helped me grow in my faith and drawn me closer to God. This is my 21st year of my ordination to priesthood; I am
humbled and profoundly thank the Lord for the gift of my vocation to priesthood and the opportunities to serve Gods
holy people.
Scripture readings & intentions for the Second Sunday of Easter-Sunday of Divine Mercy ~Week of April 12th, 2015
Date
Saturday, April 11th (Vigil)
Readings
Time
Intentions
4:30 pm
+Cheryl J. Friedlan
8:00 am
11:00 am
8:00 am
+Nick Perez
8:00 am
8:00 am
8:00 am
+William Kohan
8:00 am
4:30 pm
+Stella Mendez
8:00 am
+Debra Giamonco
11:00 pm
+Sebastian Schallberger
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Parish Office: (619) 463-6629 Fax: (619) 463-8101 Monday ~ Friday from after daily mass - 4:30 pm
Academy Office: (619) 463-0488 Fax: (619) 668-5469 Monday ~ Friday from 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
Preschool Office: (619) 463-0141 Fax: (619) 463-8101 Monday ~ Friday from 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
CMO Office: (619) 463-6011 Fax: (619) 668-5458 Monday ~ Friday from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm & Sunday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
CLERGY
REV. DEVDAS MASILLAMONY Ext. 100
PASTOR
frdevdas@santasophia.org
REV. JOHN BOSCO
Ext. 107
PRIEST IN RESIDENCE
musinguzijbosco@yahoo.com
PARISH STAFF
BILL SMIRNIOTIS
Ext. 104
BUSINESS MANAGER
bsmirniotis@santasophia.org
Ext. 111
SANA AURO
BOOKKEEPER
sauro@santasophia.org
Ext. 103
DONNA HERNANDEZ
Ext. 110
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
dhernandez@santasophia.org
Ext. 100
GENNETTE MEDINA
SR. HIGH YOUTH
gmedina@santasophia.org
Ext. 112
JOSEPHINE ESTRADA
RECEPTIONIST
frontdesk@santasophia.org
NATHAN JOHNSON
JR. HIGH YOUTH
Ext. 112
MARIA BELFLOWER
Ext. 102
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
mbelflower@santasophia.org
MUSIC MINISTRY
DAVID STEVENS
DIRECTOR
dstevens@santasophia.org
Ext. 113
FACILITIES MAINTENANCE
JIM KINNEY
DIRECTOR
jkinney@santasophia.org
Ext. 108
LITURGICAL MINISTRIES
ROSEMARY WELLINGTON
SACRISTAN
wabrsmry@gmail.com
Ext. 115
~ Seeking Wisdom
~ Living Virtue
~ Encountering Christ
NEW PARISHIONERS
Welcome! We warmly invite you
to join our faith community. To
register, please visit the parish
office anytime after morning
mass till 4:30 pm, Monday thru
Friday. Or you can pick up a
form in the vestibule of the
church.
BAPTISM
Please contact Donna Hernandez
at (619) 463-6011 for Baptism
preparation information. Parents
are encouraged to begin the
preparation process before their
child is born.
ADULT/CHILD
RELIGIOUS FORMATION
Please contact Donna Hernandez
at the Catechetical Ministry
Office at (619) 463-6011 for
more information.
MATRIMONY
Please contact the Parish Office
at (619) 463-6629 before setting
the date, time and location of
your wedding. In the Diocese of
San Diego, couples should plan
on a nine month (minimum)
period of marriage preparation.
FUNERALS
Please contact the Parish Office
at (619) 463-6629 ext. 104.
BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are due Fridays at
noon, nine days prior to publication. Send to:
bulletin@santasophia.org
Find us on Facebook:
SantaSophiaCatholicChurch
www.santasophia.org
ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO IS PRESSURING YOU FOR MORE INTIMACY THAN YOU WANT OR ARE READY FOR?
This is a Safe Place Community: Santa Sophias team provides faith-based support to parishioners, family and
friends who suspect or know of violence in their relationships. Call (619) 663-9785 and leave a message. A team
member will call and offer resources that can help in situations of child, elder or intimate partner abuse.
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Amen
Plate
Envelopes
eGiving
Sunday
eGiving
Breakdown of gifts received
$0.00 to $5.00
$5.01 to $10.00
$10.01 to $25.00
$25.01 to $50.00
$50.01 to $100.00
$100.01 to $150.00
$150.01 to $500.00
Priestly Formation
Fire Restoration Fund
Preserving Our Legacy
Annual Catholic Appeal
Doris Kellhofer
Anita Sanford
Brian Vandenberg
Lenny Goins
Jessica Kline
Ricardo Dominguez
Leticia Rebollar
Babe Cox
Detra Hambrick
Madeline Leggio
Heather Sturgill
Vie Liddell
Maria Tangen
Caroline Kohler
Wim Struyk
Lilyne Hollingworth
Kevin Kugblenu
Brandon Ancho
Ryan Barnes
Ed Paige
Marion Montierth
Mary Alesi
COLLECTION REPORT
Easter
$28,674.87
$3,953.00
$24,556.87
$165.00
$2,934.00
33
65
164
130
73
27
19
_______
511
$1,375
$713
$323
$135
Knights of Columbus
Catholic High School Scholarship
$1000 towards Catholic High School tuition and fees.
Who is eligible?
8th Graders from SSA and
8th graders from other schools who are members of
Santa Sophia Parish
Obtain applications from SSA office or download
from www.kofc9332valledeoro.weebly.com
Deadline for applications
no later than April 30, 2015
Any questions contact Ed Reidy, Grand Knight,
ereidy@aol.com
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Women's Guild monthly meeting will be in Room 4 of the CMO Building on April 28th at 10:00 am. Women of all ages are welcome. There are
no dues and we have various activities to raise money for Eucharistic
Supplies. Come on down and give us a try, we are a very friendly group.
For more information call Lorraine at (619)309-5609 or Irene at (619)
670-1433.
Women's Guild monthly Bunko party will be held in the DeMoor Room
on Wednesday, April 15th. Lunch is served at 12:00 and bunko starts at
12:45. Cost is $5.00 (free for 1st timers). Cash prizes! Come and have a
fun filled afternoon.
UPCOMING WEEKLY
EVENTS
ITALIAN CATHOLIC
FEDERATION ~ SUNDAY,
APRIL 12TH IN THE
DEMOOR ROOM AT 12:00
PM.
SPANISH PRAYER
GROUP ~ MONDAY,
APRIL 13TH IN THE
DEMOOR ROOM AT 9:00
AM.
LATINO SOCIETY ~
MONDAY, APRIL 13TH IN
THE DEMOOR ROOM AT
7:00 PM.
CMO PARENT MEETING
~ TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH
IN PRENDERGAST HALL
AT 7:00 PM.
PARISHIONERS ROSARY
~ WEDNESDAY, APRIL
15TH AT 6:30 PM IN THE
CHURCH CRY ROOM.
HISTORY OF
CHRISTIANITY ~
WEDNESDAY, APRIL
15TH, AT 7:00 PM IN
THE VERHOEVEN ROOM.
WATCH THE
BULLETIN FOR MORE
DETAILS OF THESE
UPCOMING EVENTS.