THANK YOU to all those who participated in our Arts, Crafts & Ministry Fair last weekend! We really appreciate all our ministry volunteers who helped with set up, clean up, the many volunteers who worked in the different booths, as well as the Fair Committee. We also appreciate everyone who joined us for the fun activities, games, delicious food and Eucharistic Procession! It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces, and the presence of Our Lord could truly be felt throughout the event as we celebrated our Parton Saint. The Arts, Crafts & Ministry Fair was a success because of your help, support and participation. God bless you for sharing your time and wonderful talents.
~Sincerely, Father Luis and Father Anthony

GRACIAS a todos los que participaron en nuestra Feria de Artesanías y Ministerios el fin de semana pasado. Realmente apreciamos a todos nuestros voluntarios del ministerio que ayudaron con el montaje, la limpieza, los muchos voluntarios que trabajaron en los diferentes puestos, así como el Comité de la Feria. ¡También agradecemos a todos los que se unieron a nosotros para las actividades divertidas, los juegos, la deliciosa comida y la Procesión Eucarística! Fue maravilloso ver tantos rostros sonrientes, y la presencia de Nuestro Señor se pudo sentir realmente durante todo el evento mientras celebrábamos a nuestra Santa Patrona. La Feria de Artesanía y Ministerio fue un éxito gracias a su ayuda, apoyo y participación. Dios los bendiga por compartir su tiempo y sus maravillosos talentos.
~Atentamente, Padre Luis y Padre Anthony
 

JOIN US NEXT WEEKEND, October 15 & 16, as we honor and celebrate our Patron Saint's Feast Day with a fun family event! We will have Food, Games, a Corn Hole Tournament, Vendor & Ministry Booths, Liturgical Activities, Fun, Fellowship and a Eucharistic Procession through our campus to close out the day (Saturday only).  See below for both Ministry Fair AND Liturgical Schedule of events. 

**Don’t forget to sign up for our 2nd Annual St. Margaret Mary Cornhole Tournament! Below you will find information about the tournament and a link to this year’s online registration form and payment. Space is limited, so sign up today!

ÚNASE A NOSOTROS EL PRÓXIMO FIN DE SEMANA, 15 y 16 de octubre, mientras honramos y celebramos la fiesta de nuestra Santa Patróna con un divertido evento familiar. Tendremos comida, juegos un Torneo de Corn Hole, puestos de vendedores y ministerios, actividades litúrgicas, diversión, compañerismo y una procesión eucarística a través de nuestro campus para cerrar el día (sólo el sábado). Vea a continuación tanto la Feria de Ministerios como el Programa Litúrgico de eventos.

**¡No se olvide de inscribirse en nuestro 2do Torneo Anual de Cornhole de Santa Margarita María! Abajo encontrará información sobre el torneo y un enlace al formulario de inscripción en línea de este año y el pago. Las plazas son limitadas, así que inscríbete hoy!

Arts, Crafts and Ministry Fair - Schedule of Events / Programa de Eventos
(See below for Liturgical schedule of events)
(Vea a continuación el programa de eventos litúrgicos)

SATURDAY / SABADO—OCT. 15
     9:00 a.m.    Ministries, Arts & Crafts sale, breakfast tacos sale / Ministerios, artesanias, venta de comida
     10:00 a.m.    Corn Hole Tournament / Torneo de Corn Hole
     10:00 a.m.    1^st Piñata
     12:00 p.m.    Lunch sale / venta de comida: Gorditas, nachos and hot dogs
     12:00 p.m.    2^nd Piñata
     2:00 p.m.    Matachines
     3:00 p.m.    End of sales and activities / Fin de ventas y actividades

SUNDAY / DOMINGO—OCT. 16
    9:00 a.m. Ministries Fair, Arts & Crafts Sale, breakfast tacos sale / Ministerios, artesanias, venta de comida
    12:00 p.m. Lunch sale / venta de comida: Gorditas, nachos and hot dogs
    3:00 p.m.  End of event / Fin de evento

PROGRAMA DE EVENTOS LITÚRGICOS EN ESPAÑOL

CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT:

Online registration for the 2nd Annual St. Margaret Mary Fellowship Festival Cornhole Tournament is now open! Below you will find information about the tournament and a link to this year’s online registration form.

Team Entry Fee and Information: 
· Date October 15, 2022
· Limited to the first 32 teams
· $25 per team (two players)
· All entries will be processed in the order they are received and are subject to availability.
· Registration forms are not complete until payment is made.
· Single elimination Tournament
· Standard AOC Official Rules, first to 21pts or over
· 1st Place wins 35% of entry fees
· 2nd Place wins 20% of entry fees
 

 TORNEO DE CORN HOLE:

Ya está abierta la inscripción en línea para el 2º Torneo Anual de Cornhole de Santa Margarita. Arriba encontrará información sobre el torneo y un enlace al formulario de inscripción en línea de este año.

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque’s Story

Margaret Mary was chosen by Christ to arouse the Church to a realization of the love of God symbolized by the heart of Jesus.

Her early years were marked by sickness and a painful home situation. “The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering.” After considering marriage for some time, Margaret Mary entered the Order of the Visitation nuns at the age of 24.

A Visitation nun was “not to be extraordinary except by being ordinary,” but the young nun was not to enjoy this anonymity. A fellow novice termed Margaret Mary humble, simple, and frank, but above all, kind and patient under sharp criticism and correction. She could not meditate in the formal way expected, though she tried her best to give up her “prayer of simplicity.” Slow, quiet, and clumsy, she was assigned to help an infirmarian who was a bundle of energy.

On December 21, 1674, three years a nun, she received the first of her revelations. She felt “invested” with the presence of God, though always afraid of deceiving herself in such matters. The request of Christ was that his love for humankind be made evident through her.

During the next 13 months, Christ appeared to her at intervals. His human heart was to be the symbol of his divine-human love. By her own love Margaret Mary was to make up for the coldness and ingratitude of the world—by frequent and loving Holy Communion, especially on the first Friday of each month, and by an hour’s vigil of prayer every Thursday night in memory of his agony and isolation in Gethsemane. He also asked that a feast of reparation be instituted.

Like all saints, Margaret Mary had to pay for her gift of holiness. Some of her own sisters were hostile. Theologians who were called in declared her visions delusions and suggested that she eat more heartily. Later, parents of children she taught called her an impostor, an unorthodox innovator. A new confessor, the Jesuit Claude de la Colombière, recognized her genuineness and supported her. Against her great resistance, Christ called her to be a sacrificial victim for the shortcomings of her own sisters, and to make this known.

After serving as novice mistress and assistant superior, Margaret Mary died at the age of 43, while being anointed. She said: “I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus.”

(credit: franciscanmedia.org)