Upcoming Events
- Jan 19 - Jun 30 | All Day
- Mar 19 - Jun 30 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
- Jun 19 - Jul 31 | 12:00 am
- Jun 19 - Jul 02 | 12:00 am
Help Refugees in San Diego
Catholic Charities of San Diego (CCSD) has opened a short-term shelter for refugees seeking asylum who are arriving from Central and South America. These families have sponsors in the United States and are staying in San Diego briefly, until they arrange transportation. Most of these people arrive with minimal possessions, and are in need of basic necessities. There are children of all ages in the shelter, who need simple toys or games to play there.
Donations are needed of the following items:
Clothing, used and clean or new, assorted sizes, male or female.
Sweatpants (not jeans)
Leggings for women
T-shirts
Sweatshirts, Sweaters
Shoes: Tennis / athletic shoes, flip flops, slip-on shoes, crocs
Pajamas, top and pants only - male or female, any age.
Children’s clothing of any size - pants, shirts, sweatshirts, flip flops, crocs
Toddler or infant clothing, any size
Toys for children, especially sticker books, small games. No marker pens or crayons, nothing needing batteries.
Diapers, all sizes
Snacks, especially individual bags,
Apple juice in individual containers
Bottled water, in individual bottles
Toiletries: toothbrushes, toothpaste, skin cream or lotion
Hair brushes, combs, Deodorant
Sanitary Pads, tampons
Donations can be dropped off in the bins in the foyer of the parish center. Monetary Donations can be made out to Sacred Heart with the notation “refugee shelter” and dropped off to the office.
Volunteers are also needed at the shelter. Volunteers chaperone guests around the hotel, prepare or serve snacks and water, help guests select clothing, check on guests in their rooms daily, pick up prescriptions at local pharmacies, or accompany guests to the airport to help them through TSA.
The signup link for volunteers is:
ccdsd.volunteerhub.com/event/0c11e335-db65-4b6b-9f4e-c5ab754accf5#_=_
For more information, call Deacon Kevin Murray at 619-246-7387,
Sharon Shelton at 619-333-7827, or Steve Shackford at 619-681-4153.
Compassionate Solidarity
When we think about the people who have given us hope and have increased the strength of our soul, we might discover that they were not advice givers, warners, or moralists, but the few who were able to articulate in words and actions the human condition in which we participate and who encouraged us to face the realities of life. . . . Those who do not run away from our pains but touch them with compassion bring healing and new strength. The paradox indeed is that the beginning of healing is in the solidarity with the pain. In our solution-oriented society it is more important than ever to realize that wanting to alleviate pain without sharing it is like wanting to save a child from a burning house without the risk of being hurt. It is in solitude that this compassionate solidarity takes its shape.
-Henri Nouwen
Congratulations to our 2021 High School graduates and their families. We are so proud of your accomplishment and know you will carry the mission of Jesus - that all may be one - with you as you continue your journey. We wish you joy, success and many blessings!
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.
But store up treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
“The lamp of the body is the eye.
If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light;
but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness.
Matthew 6:19-23
#dailyingodsword
Friday, Jun 18, 2021
Get some rest
Saint Augustine of Hippo captures the human condition perfectly when he says in his Confessions: “Lord, . . . our heart is restless until it rests in you.” Christian prayer practices are designed to protect us from spirit-dulling anxiety and bring us to the peace of Christ. Try meditating on these words from Saint Francis de Sales for starters: “The same Eternal Father who cares for you today will take good care of you tomorrow and every day of your life. Either he will shield you from suffering, or he will give you the unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then and put aside all useless thoughts, vain dreads, and anxious imaginations.”
TODAY'S READINGS: 2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30; Matthew 6:19-23. “Store up treasures in heaven.”
#takefiveforfaith
Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.
#receivegodslove
You have received a spirit of adoption
through which we cry: Abba! Father!
Alleluia Romans 8:15
#dailyingodsword
Compassion is Being With
Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to the place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken. But this is not our spontaneous response to suffering. What we desire most is to do away with suffering by fleeing from it or finding a quick cure for it. As busy, active, relevant [people], we want to earn our bread by making a real contribution. This means first and foremost doing something to show that our presence makes a difference. And so we ignore our greatest gift, which is our ability to enter into solidarity with those who suffer. . . .
Those who can sit with their fellow man, not knowing what to say but knowing that they should be there, can bring new life into a dying heart. Those who are not afraid to hold a hand in gratitude, to shed tears of grief, and to let a sigh of distress arise straight from the heart can break through paralyzing boundaries and witness the birth of a new fellowship, the fellowship of the broken.
-Henri Nouwen
#blessedbrokenshared #wearethebodyofchrist
