name Holy Name of Jesus Church Serving the Outer Sunset since 1925 December 28, 2014

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1 December 28, 2014 Holy Name of Jesus Church name Serving the Outer Sunset since 1925

2 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph December 28, 2014 My eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all the peoples. Luke 2:30-31 TODAY S READINGS First Reading Those who honor their parents will be greatly blessed and will atone for sins (Sirach 3:2-6,12-14) or Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3. Psalm Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways (Psalm 128) or Psalm 105. Second Reading Be thankful; do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus (Colossians 3:12-21 [12-17]) or Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, Gospel The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom (Luke 2:22-40 [22, 39-40]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Thursday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Friday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:29 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Monday: Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; St. Thomas Becket Tuesday: Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord Wednesday: Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; St. Sylvester I; New Year s Eve Thursday: The Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; Mary, the Holy Mother of God; World Day of Prayer for Peace; New Year s Day Friday: Ss. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen; First Friday Saturday: The Most Holy Name of Jesus; First Saturday WE WILL RESUME ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT and WEDNESDAY HOSPITALITY on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 MASS INTENTIONS WEEK of December 28, 2014 Sun 28 7:30 AM Mass for the People 9:30 AM Piera Negri 11:30 AM Ed Weaver Mon 29 7:30 AM Roger Pendenza Family L/D 9:00 AM Deceased Parents of Canossian Sisters Tue 30 7:30 AM Mani Glanz 9:00 AM Special Intentions of Proculo & Johanna Bualat Wed 31 7:30 AM Anselma P. Palarca 9:00 AM Ue Dor Lam Thu 01 7:30 AM Louise Marie Isola 9:00 AM Isidora P. Mangrobang Fri 02 7:30 AM Grace Rowan 9:00 AM Antonio Campos Sat 03 7:30 AM Fidel Carbonel 9:00 AM Kun Chat Chiang & Wai Chun Lau 5:00 PM Roger Pendenza Family Living & Deceased We pray for the Sick...that they may experience God s Love and Healing. Dalmacio Briones Jr., Arturo Martin, Evangeline Agbunag, Mary Medina, Clara Lee, Amy McNally, Aurora Urmeneta, Inge Nordstrom, Rosa Maria Alonso, Mee Yee, Laura Andrade, Leny Lopez, Juan Aguirre, Dory Constantino, Max Kirkham, Joan Boike, Soledad Rico, Anne Hannan, Leny Aguirre, Ann Rourk, Amelia Lippi, Anna Goodwin, Theresa Ick, Dorothy Lao, Narcisa Sunga, Monica Briones, Isabel Dominguez, Erik Hanway, Luz Neri Vives, Dodie Teague, Flory Magat, Clete Wellihnganz, Nick Aguila, Genoveva Guevarra, Noreen Murphy, Connor Gavney, Jim Kreps, Neil O Sullivan. Ann Murphy, Louis Musante, Daniel Hsu, Jeffrey Ng, Chun Mui Chu, Lani Bechelli, Pacita Castillo, Guido Angulo, Proculo Bualat, Sui Cheung, Gloria D. Etchelet, Elicia Von Giese, Leng Jan, Thomas Haymond, Carmen S. Palarca, James Venenciano, Rodil Hidalgo, Marge Finney, Narciso Sumaylo, Vera O Donnell We pray for those who have Died that they may be granted a home in heaven. Dinh Nguyen, Albert Thuesen, Jr., Kris Anne Quitalig, Michael Manick (HN alumni, class of '52) and Emilia Agcaoili (HN alumni parent) Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin

3 FAZtor s Notes by Fr. Arnold Zamora It s the last Sunday of the year! A New Year is starting in 4 days. On this Sunday we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. During a special weekly general audience last December 17th, 2014, coinciding with his 78th birthday, Pope Francis called on all families to make a special place for Jesus in their homes in an imitation of the Holy Family. The Argentine Pontiff noted that Jesus lived a normal life, in a normal family, and how his and his parent s examples can serve as role models to people now. He said each Christian family is to welcome, speak, and develop their relationship with Christ, which will in turn improve the world, like Jesus parents did That would be good advice or better yet, a good resolution for this New Year I remember a story told by Msgr. Tonne about the New Year. In many a home, at least during the last generation, a certain door or panel was reserved for measuring the heights of the children. Generally it was a hidden away door, that was left unpainted. so as not to remove the little scratches and marks and dates and initials. Over the years the inside of that door had many lines and marks. Children would check themselves against their brothers and sisters and ask, How much have I grown? Am I bigger than Billy? Pretty soon I ll be as big as Joe. Anyone can realize the advantage and interest of such a record. It made the children stand, walk and sit tall and straight. It made them want to eat healthy foods. It made them realize the importance of rest. It made them eager to show progress in bodily growth. Every New Year, we should stand against our own measuring chart and see how much we have grown spiritually. Perhaps you could start measuring on the inside of the church door if you come there regularly. After an enjoyable party and making some good resolutions on New Year s Eve, a man woke up the following day and prayed right away. Dear Lord So far this year I've done well. I haven't gossiped I haven't lost my temper; I haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or overindulgent. I'm very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I'm going to get out of bed, and from then on I'm probably going to need a lot more help. Amen. Wishing you a better world and a better life in the coming year. Happy New Year 2015! Welcome New Parishioners! Please complete and return form to the Pastoral Center ( th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122), or simply drop it in the collection basket. Kindly print all information. Name(s) Address City & Zip Phone Send me envelopes: info on auto-donations Christmas Flower Offering In Memory/Honor of All deceased members of P.Dullano, Sr. and Caridad L. Dullano Families, All Deceased members of Laurent Etchelet and Marianne E. Families, Tessie F. Obtinario (10th Death Anniversary), Libby D. Francisco, Kristine N. Moers, Elicia D. Vongiese, Jean-Noel Etchelet Arnold & Belmira Demee, Eduardo & Olga da Luz, Alfred, Julia, Bernard & Lionel Demee, Peter Young & Doreen Cruz, Daniel da Luz Mr. & Mrs. Donald Mibach Mr. & Mrs. Johann Wimmleitner Sebastinelli/Reynolds Family Mr. & Mrs. William Shea Mr. & Mrs John Snow Antonio Do Nascimento, Nora Lau Yuen Mrs. Rose Dietzen Heli & Laura Rozario Family Our departed Family Members Mr. & Mrs. David Beach Mr. Kenneth Ma, Ms. York Lin Leung, Ms. Theresa Yung, Ms. York Ping Chan, Mr. Paul Yung Pat Kinahan, Deceased Kinahans, Alice & Jacob Prosser, Amalie & Eileen, Forgotten Souls Mrs. Man Har Hsu, Mr. William Hsu, Mr. Shau Mei Hsu, Mrs. Julie Hsu Wu Hyeyon Song In Memory of our deceased Hagan & Jordan Family & Friends and all the Poor Souls in Purgatory Frank & Margaret Jordan, Tim & Margaret Driscoll, Mary Driscoll Mercy Gines, Connie Gines, Pete Gines, Felomena Valdez, Francisco Gines Tong, Tai Tseuk, Choy Man Tsuk, Tin Sun & Janes Tong, Paddy Tong, Brigid Brennan The deceased members of the Jacinto and Manguera Families Schulze Family & Marino Family Thank you very much for your CHRISTMAS FLOWER OFFERING All donations to the Archbishop s Annual Appeal 2014 or to Holy Name Parish must be received by December 31, 2014 to be credited to your 2014 donations. Thank you for your generous support of Holy Name of Jesus Parish. NEW YEAR S DAY MASSES Solemnity of Mary, A Holy Day of Obligation Thursday, January 1, :30 AM and 9:00 AM (NO 7:30 PM MASS)

4 Announcements: The Parish office will be closed from December 30- Jan 2, We will re-open on Monday, January 5, Religious education classes will resume on Saturday, January 10, December 16, 2014 PRINCIPAL'S LETTER Dear Holy Name Families, This was an exciting week for our students as we prepared for our Christmas Concert and Christmas Eve Mass. Last Friday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Cresci (Bella 7B) gathered up all of the baby gifts around our beautiful stable and donated them to needy mothers and their newborn babies. Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Cresci and the Holy Name School community for demonstrating the true meaning of Christmas to each other and to those who need our help. Our Student Council delivered toys and a check to Toys for Tots this week. Thank you all for donating money and toys. Many of our students from all grade levels will take part in our Children's Mass on Christmas Eve, December 24, at 5:00 p.m. They will do an interpretation of the birth of Christ followed by the sacrifice of the Mass. Please bring your whole family and join us on Christmas Eve. God bless each of you during this special season and in the New Year. Sincerely, Mrs. Judy Cosmos HOLY NAME SCHOOL WE ARE GOD S HOLY FAMILY The scriptures of Israel are filled with many stories of barren couples who were miraculously granted the gift of children by God. Surely the best known among these is the first reading from today, from which Luke took inspiration when he recounted the miraculous birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah and Elizabeth, and the more miraculous birth of Jesus to Mary and Joseph. In each instance, we are given examples or role models of those who trusted in God. More than examples of those who trust, they are models of self-surrender. They abandoned their own presuppositions and prejudices about the workings of the world and turned their lives over to belief in a God who can make life grow where none ought to; a God who can turn death around into a new and unimagined life; a God who can, today, take a tiny child of humble parents in an insignificant town and make him into a light for all the world. This is what we, as God s holy family, are called to do each day: to trust not in ourselves and the way we think things should be, but to open ourselves and surrender ourselves in faith to a God of endless promise. You are children of eternity. Your immortal crown awaits you, to reward your duty and love. You may indeed sow here in tears, but you may be sure there to reap in joy. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton The Holy Family: Jesus, Mary and Joseph The devotion to the Holy Family was born in Bethlehem, together with the Baby Jesus. The shepherds went to adore the Child and, at the same time, they gave honor to His family. Later, in a similar way, the three wise men came from the East to adore and give honor to the newborn King with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh that would be safeguarded by His family. Today s celebration demonstrates Christ s humility and obedience with respect to the fourth commandment, whilst also highlighting the loving care that His parents exercised in His keeping. The servant of God, Pope John Paul II, in 1989, entitled his Apostolic Exhortation, Redemptoris Custos (Guardian of the Redeemer) which was dedicated to the person and the mission of Saint Joseph in the life of Christ and of the Church. After exactly a century, he resumed the teaching of Pope Leo XIII, for who Saint Joseph.. shines among all mankind by the most august dignity, since by divine will, he was the guardian of the Son of God and reputed as His father among men (Encyclical Quamquam Pluries [1889] n. 3). Pope Leo XIII continued,.. Joseph became the guardian, the administrator, and the legal defender of the divine house whose chief he was.[ ] It is, then, natural and worthy that as the Blessed Joseph ministered to all the needs of the family at Nazareth and girt it about with his protection, he should now cover with the cloak of his heavenly patronage and defend the Church of Jesus Christ. Not many years before, blessed Pope Pius IX had proclaimed Saint Joseph, Patron of the Catholic Church (1870). Almost intuitively, one can recognize that the mysterious, exemplary, guardianship enacted by Joseph was conducted firstly, in a yet more intimate way, by Mary. Consequently, the liturgical feast of the Holy Family speaks to us of the fond and loving care that we must render to the Body of Christ. We can understand this in a mystical sense, as guardians of the Church, and also in the Eucharistic sense. Mary and Joseph took great care of Jesus physical body. Following their example, we can and must take great care of His Mystical Body, the Church, and the Eucharist which He has entrusted to us. If Mary was, in some way, the first tabernacle in history (John Paul II Ecclesia de Eucharistia, n. 55) then we the Tabernacle in which Our Lord chose to reside in person, in His Real Presence, was also entrusted to us. We can learn from Mary and Joseph! What would they ever have overlooked in the care of Jesus physical body? Is there something, therefore, that we can withhold for the right and adoring care of His Eucharistic Body? No amount of attention, no sane act of love and adoring respect will ever be too much! On the contrary, our adoration and respect will always be inferior to the great gift that comes to us in the Holy Eucharist. Looking at the Holy Family, we see the love, the protection, and the diligent care that they gave to the Redeemer. We can not fail to feel uneasiness, perhaps a shameful thought, for the times in which we have not rendered the appropriate care and attention to the Blessed Eucharist. We can only ask for forgiveness and do penance for all the sacrilegious acts and the lack of respect that are committed in front of the Blessed Eucharist. We can only ask the Lord, through the intersession of the Holy Family of Nazareth, for a greater love for their Son Incarnate, who has decided to remain here on earth with us every day until the end of time. We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. - Oswald Chambers

5 Holy Name Parish est Business Office: th Ave. San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) Fax: (415) Rev. Arnold E. Zamora, Pastor Rev. Toan X. Nguyen, Parochial Vicar Most Rev. Ignatius C. Wang, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, In Residence Sr. Necy Guan, FdCC, Pastoral Associate Sr. Esther Ling, FdCC, Director of Chinese Ministry/Coordinator of Religious Education at Holy Name School Jackie C. Alcaraz, Parish Manager Director/Holy Name Conservatory of Music Colleen A. Durkin, Parish Secretary Holy Name School Alumni Coordinator Carol Elliott Maloof RN, Parish Nurse HOLY NAME SCHOOL: (415) Website: Judy Cosmos, Principal th Ave. San Francisco, CA HOLY NAME PRESCHOOL: (415) Alice Ho Seher, Preschool Director Website: & click on Preschool Holy Name CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Private lessons are offered in piano, voice, guitar and violin. To register or more information please contact Jackie at (415) HOLY NAME SPORTS PROGRAM: Rodil Hidalgo, Boys Athletic Director Vince De Lucca, Girls Athletic Director RECTORY: 3240 Lawton St. San Francisco, CA (415) FLANAGAN CENTER: (415) PARISH NURSE PROGRAM: Carol, R.N. (415) ext. 109 CANOSSIAN SISTERS: (415) th Ave. San Francisco, CA Benny Capuyan, Parish Pastoral Council Chairperson Jim Regan, Parish Finance Council Chairperson HOLY NAME PARISH CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES: SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM (Family Mass), 11:30 AM, Saturday 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 3:00 PM (Chinese), 5:00 PM (Vigil) Weekdays 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM Holy Days 7:30 AM, 9:00AM, and 7:30 PM Confessions: 15 minutes before 9:30 and 11:30 AM Masses on Sunday & 4:30-5:00 PM Saturday or by appointment Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every Wednesday 9:30 AM 12 Noon Sacred Heart of Jesus Devotions: Friday after 9:00 AM Mass Perpetual Help Devotions: Saturday after 9:00 AM Mass First Saturday Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary begins at 8:30 AM with the Rosary, then Mass & Benediction Baptisms by appointment Baptismal Preparation Every 1st Saturday of the month in the Pastoral Center - 2 PM You need to register for the class ahead of time. Baptism Ministry (Sewing Group): Every Monday 1-3 PM in the Pastoral Center Event Room Marriages Contact Pastoral Center 6 months in advance. Religious Education (for Children): Kindergarten to 9th, Saturday 10 AM 12 Noon RCIA (children) Saturdays 6:30-8 PM Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) Saturday, 7:00-8:30 PM in the Pastoral Center R.C.I.A. (Chinese): Every Saturday Pastoral Center 10:00 AM Religious Education (for Adults) : Please call Sr. Necy at Youth Ministry: 1st & 3rd Sunday after 9:30 AM Mass Bible Faith Sharing every Tuesday@10-11 AM (Flanagan Ctr) Every Wednesdays: 6:30-8 PM Lectio Divina (ch) Every Wednesday: 6:30-8 PM Women at the Well (PCER) Bible Study Group (Chinese): Every Wednesday 7:30 PM Flanagan Center Parish Pastoral Council: contact Fr. Arnold Zamora St. Vincent de Paul Society meeting every Monday at 7:30 PM (Pastoral Center) Legion of Mary: Contact Rose Symkowick (415) Blood Pressure Screening: every 2nd Wednesday from after the 7:30 AM Mass until Noon (Pastoral Center) except JULY & AUGUST Holy Name Ladies Aid: every 1st Wednesday of the Month at 11:45 AM (Flanagan Center) Senior Club: every Thursday at 10:30 AM (Flanagan Ctr.) FIL-AM Club: Every 3rd Friday of the month, 6:30 pm (except Oct. and Nov. at 7:30 pm) in the Flanagan Center. HOLY NAME Choir Practice: every Thursday at 7:00 PM The Gabriel Project: Contact Rose Tang (415) Blood Pressure Screening: every 2nd Wednesday from after the 7:30 AM Mass until Noon (Pastoral Center) Except July & August Hospitality: Every Wednesday after the 7:30 AM and 9 AM Masses in the Pastoral Center except July & August

6 HAPPY NEW YEAR from the Priests, Sisters & Staff of Holy Name of Jesus Parish