HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH San Francisco, CA. The Dedication of the Basilicas of the Apostles Peter and Paul in Rome

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1 The Dedication of the Basilicas of the Apostles Peter and Paul in Rome The Basilica of St. Peter (left) and St. Paul (bottom right) HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH San Francisco, CA Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 16, 2008

2 WELCOME TO HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Page 5 Page 4 HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH th Ave. San Francisco, California Phone: (415) Fax: (415) Rev. Donald S. D Angelo PASTOR Rev. Nicasio Paloso PAROCHIAL VICAR Most Rev. Ignatius Wang, JCD Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco IN RESIDENCE Rev. Mr. Michael Doherty, Deacon PAROCHIAL ASSOCIATE Sr. Stella Negri, FdCC PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Sr. Esther Ling, FdCC SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR CHINESE MINISTRY D.R.E., HOLY NAME SCHOOL Mr. Tony Eiras MUSIC DIRECTOR Colleen A. Durkin PARISH SECRETARY Jackie C. Alcaraz OFFICE MANAGER Rev. Mr. Mike Quinn DEACON HOLY NAME SCHOOL th Ave. SF, CA (415) Mrs. Judy Cosmos PRINCIPAL Miss Linda McCausland VICE PRINCIPAL PARISH NURSE PROGRAM Carol, R.N. (415) ext. 109 SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM (Family Mass), 11:30 AM, 5:15 PM (Vietnamese) 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 or by appointment 4:30-5:00 PM Saturday Perpetual Help Devotions Friday following the 9:00 AM Mass Baptisms Baptisms by appointment Baptismal Preparation Fourth Thursday of the month in the Pastoral Center - 7:30 PM Marriages Contact Rectory 6 months in advance. Religious Education (for Children) Kindergarten to 9th Saturday 10 AM 12 Noon RCIA for youth Monday 5:00-6:30 PM Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) Every Wednesday Pastoral Center 7:30 PM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every Wednesday 9:30 AM 7:30 PM Bible Class every Tuesday 10 AM 11 AM (Flanagan Center) VISIT OUR WEBSITES: HOLY NAME CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Private lessons are offered in piano, voice, guitar and violin. For more information or to register, please contact Jackie at (415) ext 114. MAGDALEN OF CANOSSA CONVENT: th Ave. San Francisco, CA (415) RECTORY 3240 Lawton St. San Francisco, CA (415) FLANAGAN CENTER (415)

3 WELCOME TO HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Page 3 Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 16, 2008 Blessed are you who fear the LORD. Psalm 128:1a TODAY S READINGS First Reading The woman who fears the LORD is to be praised (Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31). Psalm Blessed are those who fear the Lord (Psalm 128). Second Reading You are children of the light (1 Thessalonians 5:1-6). Gospel To all those who have, more will be given (Matthew 25:14-30 [14-15, 19-21]). C.L.A.S. COLLECTION Today, members of the Catholic Ladies Aid will be collecting for the needy in the Parish. Baskets will be at the exits. CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (CCHD) COLLECTION Next Sunday s Second Collection is the CCHD Collection. Your generous donation will make a significant impact to the lives of nearly 40 million Americans living on poverty line. Poverty is caused not simply by the lack of financial resources, but by the lack of quality education, affordable housing, health care, child care, fair wages, and vocational training. Your contributions make a big difference. Please support the CCHD Collection next weekend. THANKSGIVING DAY THURSDAY, November 27, THANKSGIVING DAY MASSES WILL BE AT 7:30 AM & 9 AM. There will be a Thanksgiving Table for those of you who wish to bring food to be blessed. Please come a few minutes early to drop off the your Thanksgiving dish on the table. Don t forget to pick up your blessed food after Mass. DON T FORGET! THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK TO BUY YOUR TICKETS FOR THE 2008 CRAB BASH FAMILY DINNER Saturday, NOVEMBER 22, 2008 Call Jackie at the Pastoral Center (415) to purchase tickets or for more info. MASS INTENTIONS WEEK of November 16, 2008 Sun 16 7:30 AM Mass for the People 9:30 AM Kun Chat Chiang & Wai Chun Lau 11:30 AM Caridad L. Dullano Mon 17 7:30 AM Dionisia Lualhati 9:30 AM Mark Callaghan Tue 18 7:30 AM Evelyn (Pat) Leveroni 9:00 AM Living & Deceased Members of the Catholic Ladies Aid Society Wed 19 7:30 AM Michael & Kathleen Cahillane 9:00 AM Tito L. Dullano Thu 20 7:30 AM The Heaney Family 9:00 AM Isabell White Frontin Fri 21 7:30 AM Special Intentions of Kevin & Marie Killilea 9:00 AM Marie & Bill Creedon Sat 22 7:30 AM Richard Shebay 9:00 AM Margaret Lavell 5:00 PM Roy Schunk We pray for the Sick...that they may experience God s Love and Healing. Lorenzo Aguirre, Vita Briones, Dalmacio Briones, Jr., Joseph Fiumara, Mani Glanz, Charles Kreps, Mary Leung, Kathleen Murphy, Sonia Coote, Deogracias Cusi, Lily No Dee, Hilda Doherty, Jose Dominguez, Loretto La Fuente, Betty Lynch, Lowel Lu, Erick Ongsitco, Chung Tang, Mee Yee, Pak Hung Kwan Those Who Have Died: That they may enjoy eternal life... Matthew Durkin, Maria Khi Thi Dam & Henryka Krukowski DIRECTORY PICTURES MAKE-UP DAY NOVEMBER 20, 2008 Anyone still interested in taking Directory pictures, please call the Parish office (415) and leave your name, contact number and number of people in your group. There are still a few slots left.

4 WELCOME TO HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Page 4 ADVENT RETREAT December 6th is coming very soon. Please sign up for the Advent Retreat. Deacon Mike Quinn will be the facilitator. The theme is: Advent A Time of Preparation and Celebration of Promises. A definition of the liturgical season, a history and a walk through the rich Christian tradition surrounding this wonderful season. It will start with the 9:00 AM Mass and end at 5:00 PM (with confessions). The cost per person will be $25.00 for the meal and other materials. You may register by calling Sr. Stella or the parish office. Registration & payment are due by November 15 th. Let us come together to prepare to celebrate the coming of our Lord Jesus. Jesus is the reason for the Season!!! RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM Religious Education Program has already started and will continue every Saturday from 10:00am to 12:00 noon at the Pastoral Center. The public school schedule is followed. Attention: Old students who have re- registered we are still waiting for you. There will be no Religious Education classes on November 22nd as the Catechists will all be attending the conference in Santa Clara & November 29 (Thanksgiving weekend). Please attend the 9 AM Mass on Thanksgiving Day. SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY COUNCIL S. F. County Council of Catholic Women s October meeting will be held Monday, November 24, 2008, starting at 7:30pm, at St. Cecilia Parish s Green Room, Vicente Street between 17 th and 18 th Avenues in San Francisco. Our speaker for the evening will be Sister Maria Hsu, FdCC, a Canossian Sister and Director of the Office of Ethnic Ministries in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Sister Maria topic for the evening will be The Catholic Church in China. There is parking available in the schoolyard; enter on Vicente Street between 17 th & 18 th Avenue. The Green Room is in the middle of the schoolyard on the right side. For more information, please call Cathy Mibach at READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Lk 18:35-43 Tuesday: Rv 3:1-6, 14-22; Lk 19:1-10, or, (for the memorial of the Dedication) Acts 28:11-16, 30-31; Mt 14:22-23 Wednesday: Rv 4:1-11; Lk 19:11-28 Thursday: Rv 5:1-10; Lk 19:41-44 Friday: Rv 10:8-11; Lk 19:45-48 Saturday: Rv 11:4-12; Lk 20:27-40 Sunday: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17; Ps 23; 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Mt 25:31-46 ADULT FORMATION PROGRAM Adult Formation Program will be on November 19 th from 7:30 to 9:00pm in the Pastoral Center. Topic for the evening : Do you know the Scripture? Come and learn how to use the Bible, how to pray with the Bible and how to live the Word of God. Take the opportunity to know the Lord! ALTAR SERVER NEWS The new altar servers will be invested at a celebration for them on Sunday, November 23rd, at the 9:30 Mass. Let us come together to support our new altar servers. A reception will follow in Flanagan Center. GIVING TREE The Giving Tree is ready! Please participate in the Christmas Season and in bringing joy to others through the Christmas Spirit. CHRIST THE KING On November 23rd at the 11:30 AM Mass, we will celebrate the feast of Christ the King. All the different Parish organizations are invited to attend. Please assign someone in your organization to carry the banner in the procession and to leave it in the Sanctuary. For more information, please contact Sr. Stella at FUNDRAISER FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN Rummage Sale/ Bake Sale to raise monies to purchase water filters for the people of South Sudan will be on November 15 th & 16 th in the Flanagan Center following all Masses! Items for both the Rummage Sale and Bake Sale may be dropped off at the Flanagan Center from Wed.-Fri. from 1 PM 5:00 PM and on Sat. from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM.Please donate only usable, undamaged items. Please do not drop off any items outside the Flanagan Center. Come and support this worthy cause and buy some wonderful items at bargain-basement prices. Any questions, please call Angela Testani at Thank you. FAITHFUL CITIZENS Please mark your calendar for November 17 from 7:00 to 8:30pm. Faithful citizens will come together in the Green Room of the Rectory to watch a DVD The Story of the Stuff and its Consequences ; also for follow up discussions and decisions of where we shall we go from here. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Elizabeth of Hungary Tuesday: The Dedication of the Basilicas of the Apostles Peter and Paul in Rome; St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Friday: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday: St. Cecilia

5 WELCOME TO HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Page 5 The 8th Annual Crab Bash Family Dinner Saturday, November 22, 2008 Ryan Hall (Gym) Corner 40th & Lawton St. San Francisco, CA Doors open at 6 PM Dinner at 6:30 PM Hosted Bar, Live Music General: $35.00 Children (ages 6-12): $10 Table of 8: $260 Sponsorships: $35.00 MENU: French rolls/butter, green salad with champagne dressing, Marinated cracked Dungeness crab, pasta with Marinara sauce, dessert, red or white wine, beer, soda LAST CHANCE TO BUY TICKETS Tickets available at the Pastoral Center th Ave. & Holy Name School th Ave. For inquiries please call Jackie at (415) CUT HERE HN CRAB BASH TICKET ORDER FORM: Please make check payable to Holy Name: Name: Phone: (pls. list everyone in your party on a separate sheet and attach to this form). I would like to purchase: # of General Admissions: X$35.00= # of Children (6-12) X$10.00= # of Tables for 8 X$260.00= # of Sponsorships* X$35.00= Total Enclosed: *If you would like to sponsor a Priest or a Sister, sponsorships are $35.00 each. Donations of new items for the raffle are also gladly accepted. CATECHISM CORNER by Jerry Back The season of Advent will begin soon (November 30th). Catholics often go to confession (the sacrament of Penance, also known as Reconciliation) prior and during Advent in preparation for the Christmas season. Along with the Easter season, this makes Advent one of the most busiest times of the year for our priests and bishops to hear confessions. Question: What is the purpose and benefits of the sacrament of Penance? Answer from the Catechism (paragraph 1468): "The whole power of the sacrament of Penance consists in restoring us to God's grace and joining us with him in an intimate friendship." Reconciliation with God is thus the purpose and effect of this sacrament. For those who receive the sacrament of Penance with contrite heart and religious disposition, reconciliation "is usually followed by peace and serenity of conscience with strong spiritual consolation." Indeed the sacrament of Reconciliation with God brings about a true "spiritual resurrection," restoration of the dignity and blessings of the life of the children of God, of which the most precious is friendship with God. Question: Who instituted the sacrament of Penance? Answer from the Catechism (paragraph 1446): Christ instituted the sacrament of Penance for all sinful members of his Church: above all for those who, since Baptism, have fallen into grave sin, and have thus lost their baptismal grace and wounded ecclesial communion. It is to them that the sacrament of Penance offers a new possibility to convert and to recover the grace of justification. The Fathers of the Church present this sacrament as "the second plank [of salvation] after the shipwreck which is the loss of grace." Question: What did Christ say to the Apostles when establishing the sacrament of Penance? Answer from the Catechism (paragraph 976): The Apostle's Creed associates faith in the forgiveness of sins not only with faith in the Holy Spirit, but also with faith in the Church and in the communion of saints. It was when he gave the Holy Spirit to his apostles that the risen Christ conferred on them his own divine power to forgive sins: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Question: How often are we required to confess serious sins? Answer from the Catechism (paragraph 1457): According to the Church's command, "after having attained the age of discretion, each of the faithful is bound by an obligation faithfully to confess serious sins at least once a year." Anyone who is aware of having committed a mortal sin must not receive Holy Communion, even if he experiences deep contrition, without having first received sacramental absolution, unless he has a grave reason for receiving Communion and there is no possibility of going to confession. Children must go to the sacrament of Penance before receiving Holy Communion for the first time.

6 CONGRATULATIONS TO REV. MR. MIKE QUINN WHO WAS ORDAINED to the Sacred Order of Deacons through the Laying on of Hands and the Invocation of the Holy Spirit on November 8, 2008 by the MOST REVEREND WILLIAM T. JUSTICE Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco. Congratulations Deacon Mike! Holy Name of Jesus Church Calendar November 16-25, 2008 Sun Nov 16, am Rummage Sale (FC) 3pm Viet CCD Program (CH Choir Rm) 3pm Viet Congregation (FC) Mon Nov 17, pm Knit & Crochet Grp (PCER) 6:30pm Confirmation Class 7pm Responsible Citizens Follow up Mtg (GR) 7:30pm SVdP Mtg (PC Mtg Rm) Tue Nov 18, :30am Bible Class (FC) 6:30pm LaVang Grp (CH) 7:30pm Lgn of Mary (PCMR) 8pm Al Anon Mtg (AR) Wed Nov 19, pm Staff Mtg (PCMR) 6:30pm BVM Group (CH) 7:30pm RCIA (Mtg & Mercy Rm) Thu Nov 20, am Senior Club (FC) 2pm Directory Photos (FC) Fri Nov 21, 2008 No Rel ED 7:30pm Fil Am Club (FC) Sat Nov 22, 2008 No Rel ED 1pm Youth Group (PC Mtg Rm) 2pm Chinese Social (FC) 5pm Bethlehem Cross Sale 5:30pm CRAB BASH FAMILY DINNER Sun Nov 23, am Bethlehem Cross Sale 9:30am Altar Server Investiture 10am Altar Servers Reception (FC) 12:30pm Lect Training (CH) 3pm Viet CCD Program (CH Choir Rm) 3pm Viet Congregation (FC) Mon Nov 24, am Arch Teacher Inservice (FC) 1pm Knit & Crochet Grp (PCER) 6:30pm Confirmation Class 7:30pm SVdP Mtg (PC Mtg Rm) Tue Nov 25, :30am Bible Class (FC) 6:30pm LaVang Grp (CH) 7:30pm Lgn of Mary (PCMR) 8pm Al Anon Mtg (AR) ABOUT OUR COVER: Feast of the Dedication of Saints Peter and Paul Basilicas in Rome Emperor Constantinehad begun the construction of this Basilica after building the Lateran Basilica. After Constantine's death his son's completed the work as well as the work of St. Paul's Basilica which is today Saint Paul Outside the Walls St. Peter's was built over a pagan cemetery which had become a burial place for Christians including Saint Peter himself which was confirmed in 1950 by Pope Pius XII when he announced they had discovered the tomb of St. Peter. This had been surmised since the year 200 when Caius a priest had related in documents that Peter's relics were on Vatican Hill and the remains of Saint Paul could be found buried along the Ostian Way. Today the Tomb of St. Peter lies in a glassencased vault deep below the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica and can be viewed by visitors. It is a symbol of the oneness, universality, and apostolic succession of the Church. The present basilica was begun by Pope Nicholas V forty years before Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. The initial plan of the great basilica was a Greek cross, projected by master architect Donato Bramante but was finished in the configuration of a Latin cross by the great Italian artist Raphael Santi around the turn of the 16th Century. In 1568 Pope Saint Pius V decreed the dedication of both these basilicas be celebrated on November 9th throughout the universal Church. In the late 1580's Pope Sixtus V completed the magnificent dome of St. Peter's Basilica designed by the master of masters Michelangelo and installed in St. Peter's Square the Egyptian obelisk, originally brought to Rome from Africa by the Emperor Caligula. The Basilica of Saint Paul's Outside the Walls was consecrated in the year 390 by Pope Saint Siricus, the same pontiff who instituted the title "Pope" or "Papa" in Greek meaning "Father" which is also an anagram of the words "Petri Apostoli Potestatem Accipiens". Constantine had originally laid out the plans for the Basilica of St. Paul with a five-aisle scheme. St. Paul's fell into disrepair but was restored by Pope Saint Leo the Great around 450, resembling Constantine's basilica on Vatican Hill. The Benedictines were placed in charge of the Basilica in the 700's and have been there ever since. Over the years many frescoes, mosaics and marble masterpieces were added. In 1823 a violent fire damaged much of St. Paul's but it was restored by Pope Pius IX and re-consecrated in 1854, the same year he proclaimed the infallible dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Today the arcade consists of 146 white granite columns. The golden mosaics high on the exterior are by the Italian artist Vespignani and depict Christ giving His blessing flanked by St. Peter and St. Paul. Below that is the Lamb of God on the hill between Jerusalem and Bethlehem where four rivers pour forth and represent the Apostles, quenching the thirst of the flock which symbolizes mankind. Below that are the four standing figures of the Apostles. Like St. Peter's Basilica, the layout is configured to a Latin Cross with five aisles supported by 80 tall columns. Above the aisles are large mosaic portraits on medallions representing all 264 pontiffs from Peter to John Paul II. If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. Meister Eckhart

7 Laser-Com Cover Sheet Church Name: Holy Name of Jesus Location: San Francisco, CA Bulletin #: Date: Nov 16, 2008 Phone #: (415) Modem #: (415) Printer : Using Acrobat 4.0 Bulletin Editor: Jackie Alcaraz Comments or request: Trans: Wednesday, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:10 AM Phone: (562)