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1 S AN FRANCISCO SOLANO C ATHOLIC CHURCH June 1, 2014 The Ascension of the Lord ANTONIO PARKWAY, RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA Phone:(949) Fax: (949) OFFICE HOURS: Weekdays: 9:00 AM to NOON; 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Reverend Craig M. Butters, Pastor frcraig@sfsolano.org Reverend Gordon Moreland, SJ, Visiting Priest Reverend James Smith, O.Praem., Visiting Priest Deacon Carl Swanson cswanson@sfsolano.org SATURDAY VIGIL MASS: SUNDAY MASSES: WEEKDAY MASSES: HOLY DAY MASSES: SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: 5:00 PM 7:00 AM, 8:30 AM, 10:15 AM, 12:00 NOON, and 5:00 PM Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM 8:30 AM and 7:00 PM Saturdays, 3:30-4:30 PM (or by appointment) Please contact the Parish Office at least six months prior to marriage. One Sunday each month at 2:00 PM Please contact the Parish Office. The first Monday of each month beginning after the morning Liturgy. NEW PARISHIONERS Welcome to San Francisco Solano Catholic Church! To register please come into the Parish Office, take an information envelope from the information rack at the back of the Church, or download a registration form online at www. sfsolano.org. SERRA CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Multi-Parish School) Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Phone: (949) Angeline Trudell, President 1 Mission Statement: San Francisco Solano Parish continues the early California missionary spirit to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ. We are committed to Word, Sacrament, and Service. Administration Parish Secretary/Office Manager Alma Helms, Ext secretary@sfsolano.org Alfie Mumaugh, information@sfsolano.org Bulletin Editor Lynne Pantano, Ext bulletineditor@sfsolano.org Parish Facilities Manager Anna Podruski, Ext facilities@sfsolano.org Parish Controller Kate Forrester, CPA, Ext accounting@sfsolano.org Parish Ministry Director, RCIA/Adult Faith Formation/ Adult Confirmation Deacon Carl Swanson, Ext cswanson@sfsolano.org Director of Music Brenda von Gremp, Ext brendavg@sfsolano.org Coordinator of Liturgy Dana Hardenburgh, Ext liturgy@sfsolano.org Youth Faith Formation Fax: Director, Youth Faith Formation Mary Ann Taeger, Ext dre@sfsolano.org Registrar/Receptionist Teri Ferlisi, Ext reregistrar@sfsolano.org earlychild@sfsolano.org, Ext elemre@sfsolano.org; jrhigh@sfsolano.org Special Needs Classes (all ages) Ext Youth Minister and Confirmation Coordinator (Grades 9-12) Peter Salerno, Ext youthministry@sfsolano.org

2 Letter from the Pastor Feast of the Ascension D ear Friends, Jesus leaves his disciples. And the disciples ask: What happened? But the more important question is What can happen? What can happen if we remember who Jesus is, and what he taught, and how he inspires us to live? I would like to offer one change that can happen by our becoming more compassionate, that is, being more attentive to the challenges and burdens of the persons around us, in our lives, and to the sufferings within the human family. This, of course, requires vulnerability. We are not indifferent to the suffering of others. Rather, we are moved, unsettled, discomfited. We are moved to solidarity with the suffering through mindfulness, prayer and virtue and whenever possible, action. We allow an edge of sadness in our heart, no matter how good and happy our life may be, because no man, no woman, is an island. Now the woods are all black, but still the sky is blue. Swann s Way, Marcel Proust In the joy and peace of the risen and ascended Christ, Schedule of Church Hours *Summer Schedule* Monday Thursday 6:30 AM 5:00 PM Friday 6:30 AM 3:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM 6:30 PM Sunday 6:30 AM 6:30 PM Altar Server Ministry We are happy to announce that a preparatory session for new Altar Servers and their parent is scheduled for Sunday, June 15th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM including 5:00 PM Mass OR Monday, June 16th from 3:00 PM 5:00 PM. Students must be in grades 5 through 12 and be available to serve once per year at the Saturday, 5:00 PM and Sunday 7:00 AM and 12:00 NOON Masses. For more information and to sign up for one of the two training sessions, please contact Dana Hardenburgh at liturgy@sfsolano.org. Save the Date San Francisco Solano s semi-annual Blood Drive will be held Sunday, June 15, 2014, from 8 AM until 2 PM in the Youth Faith Formation building. Blood collected at this drive has been designated to go to Mission Hospital You can just walk in, of you can schedule an appointment on line by going to: Our sponsorship code is: sfscc (San Francisco Solano Catholic Church). 2 Offertory Collection (2014 vs. 2013) Last $25,164 $26, % Sunday Average Sunday $28,668 $28, % Collection Thank you for your generous giving, which sustains the pastoral, spiritual, and temporal life of our parish. Pastoral Services Appeal (PSA) 2014: San Francisco Solano Parish PSA Parish Assessment: $165,000 Amount of Pledges to Date/Percentage of Assessment: $133, / 81% of Assessment Number of Pledges/Percentage of Pledges (3,000 Parish Families/Individuals): 257 Pledges / 8% of our 3,000 registered parish families/individuals Thank you to our parishioners who have made a pledge to SPA If you have not yet done so, will you please consider making a pledge to SPA 2014? PSA supports pastoral services that individual parishes cannot afford to offer, including, Vocations Office and Seminary Formation, Care for Retired and Ill Clergy, Catholic Charities, Counseling Services, Missions Office, Respect Life office, Detention Ministry, Catholic Schools, and Canonical Services.

3 Parish Ministries Change in Plans Regarding Clergy Assignments at San Francisco Solano Parish D ear Friends, The Diocese of Orange has communicated to me the following change in plans regarding clergy assignments at San Francisco Solano Parish: There will be no Parochial Vicar assigned to our parish in July (2014). An administrator will be assigned to our parish in January (2015) to serve the parish during my sabbatical. An administrator/pastor will be assigned to San Francisco Solano Parish in July (2015). (I am confident that a Parochial Vicar will also be assigned at that time.) Fortunately, we have the assistance of Fr. Jim Smith, O.Praem., Fr. Gordon Moreland, SJ, and Fr. John Moneypenny for Sunday Masses. Sincerely, Catholic Men s Fellowship Catholic Men's Fellowship meets on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at 7 PM in the Parish Center. It is an opportunity for men to open their hearts and strengthen their faith and friendships. Please consider visiting one of our upcoming meetings. For more info, please contact ChrisAOConnor84@gmail.com. Adult Confirmation 2014 As our parish offered last year, we would like to invite all non-confirmed Catholic parishioners, age 21 and older, who, if married, are in a valid marriage in the Catholic Church, to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation on Pentecost Sunday in June. There will be no preparatory classes to attend. You may pick up an information packet at the Parish Office. There is some minimal paperwork required, including baptismal and first communion records and certificate of Catholic marriage if you are married. We hope many persons will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation on the Feast of Pentecost, completing the Sacraments of Initiation, as we had last year. 3 Catholic Worker Ministry San Francisco Solano is looking for a new coordinator to help the Catholic Worker ministry. The coordinator would be responsible for getting volunteers, bringing the meal, and serving it on the 4th Sunday of every month. Please contact Brad Curran at for more details. Mass Intentions for the Week Monday 2 June 8:30 AM SPECIAL INTENTION Tuesday 3 June 8:30 AM Elaine Hebner Women s Circle Josephine Licha Wednesday 4 June 8:30 AM John Secker Nacida Gonzales John S. Tara Thresia Jenny Rana Thursday 5 June 8:30 AM Ray Verrett Friday 6 June 8:30 AM 55 and Better Carole Viola Lan Fong Yong Saturday, 7 June 5:00 PM Alphonso Giglia Sunday 8 June 7:00 AM PRO PROPULO 8:30 AM Eddie Drovet 10:15 AM Francis D. Therese 12:00 NOON Mary Ann & Edward Pantano 5:00 PM Roger Kirk

4 Parish Ministries Scripture Readings for the Week Sunday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; 1 Pt 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35 Monday: Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab; Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-36ab; Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5, 7; Jn 21:20-25 Sunday: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23 Readings can also be found online at: The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age. (Matthew 28:16-20) As He prepares to descend to His Father, Jesus promises to remain always with us. He has completed all the work on earth that His Father had given Him. His task is not simply over; it is consummated. It is fulfilled. Jesus gives both His disciples and us His final instructions: to teach others what He has taught us, to witness our faith in the lives we lead. It is by our own witness in our faithfulness to Christ instructions, that we make can make disciples of others. San Francisco Solano Prayer Group The San Francisco Solano Prayer Group ministry gets together to pray for our parish and community s intentions the second Wednesday of each month. Throughout the month the prayer group ministry also prays for the intentions received from parishioners, family, friends, coworkers and . If you or someone you know needs prayer, send your prayer intentions to Pray4UsToday@hotmail.com. Come join us in prayer the second Wednesday of each month - June 11, July 9, Aug 13, Sept 10. We will meet at 7:00 PM in Meeting Room A. For more information call Jenny Cochrane at (949) & Better 55 & Better is a parish social ministry for all Catholics 55 and over. Social activities are held in the SFS Parish Center. Contact Beverly Curtin at for more information. June 6 First Friday Brunch following the 8:30 AM Mass. Bring a hot or cold brunch item to share with 8-10 people. June 20 Friday, 6 PM. Join in an evening of Bingo with prizes. Bring an appetizer, salad, main dish, or dessert to share with 8-10 people. Beverages provided. Saddleback Civic Light Opera Summer Musical, Hello Dolly Sunday, July 20 at 2:30 PM at Saddleback College. Tickets are $18. If interested, call Don Duclos at Cursillo at SFS It is an exciting time for Cursillo in South Orange County and at SFS! The Cursillo Diocesan Ultreya will be held on Saturday, May 17 in our new Parish Hall. We are inviting ALL Cursillistas at SFS to attend 5:00pm Mass on Saturday, May 17, wear your baloney and then enjoy the Pot Luck and Ultreya in our Parish Hall. Also, the Team Formation meetings for Cursillo # 585 and #586 will be held at SFS. This is the 1 st time that Team Formation will be held here and it is an excellent time to sign up to work a Cursillo Weekend. Maybe it has been a long time since you have been on a Cursillo Team. Now is the time to SIGN UP!! Team Formation is every Wednesday evening beginning on Aug 27 Oct 15. The Men s weekend will be October 23 Oct 26 and the Women s Weekend will be on Oct 30 Nov 2. Contact Pat Doyle at patdoyle1@cox.net or for more information or to sign up. We need your Support and your Prayers. DECOLORES!! Children Of Christ s Heart Join us at San Francisco Solano Catholic Church in Rancho Santa Margarita for a faith-based support group for families of children with special needs. We share stories and offer each other prayerful support. Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. The church is located on Antonio Parkway and we meet in the hall off the patio next to the church building. Look for signs! Final meeting dates for this school year: 6/18/2014 Dates are subject to change depending on the school schedules. For more info, contact Maura Byron at

5 Parish Ministries SFS Community Food Bank The SFS Community Food Bank is located at: Comercio, Rancho Santa Margarita CA (Please do not drop off donations at this location.) Distribution: Fridays, 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM (Summer Hours) Donations are greatly appreciated. Bins are available outside the church each weekend or may be dropped off at the parish office during the week. For more information and volunteer opportunities please contact Alma Helms at or at ach50@cox.net. Annual Rummage Sale Thank you to Candace Metcalfe for taking on the Rummage Sale again this year! Our annual Rummage Sale will be held the mornings of Saturday, September 20, 2014 and Saturday, September 27, Donation collection will begin on Sunday, August 24 th and will continue through Sunday, September 14 th. Please start your Spring Cleaning now and hold on to your donations until that time. We appreciate all parishioners continued support with donating to and shopping at the Rummage Sale!!! Friday Morning Bible Study You're invited to join us Friday mornings from 9:15-11AM for Bible Study. All you need is a Bible, a notebook, and a willing heart. We meet upstairs in the Parish Hall, Room F. Please contact Kathy Pham, or phamily02@cox.net. Monday Evening Bible Study The Book of Jeremiah Have you wanted to study the Bible, but don t know where to begin? Are you looking for ways to study the WORD of GOD, with the hope of knowing him better? Have you wanted to study the bible with a literary scholar, but your work schedule presents a conflict? Are you an adult learner who require visual effects but doesn t want homework? If you ve answered, YES to these questions, the Monday Evening Bible Study Group welcomes you to join them!! Fellow parishioners will continue its study of the BIBLE as a unified literary work, rooted in geography, emerging from history and is the inspired WORD of GOD with the Book of Jeremiah. Please join them on their faith journey on Monday evenings from 7:00 8:30 PM upstairs in the new facility (room F) for Bible and dessert. For more information, contact: Jackie Pham at (714) ; jackie.v.pham@medtronic.com Cheryl Leingang at (949) ; c.leingang@cox.net SFS Book Club The SFS Book Club meets on particular Wednesdays in the Parish Hall Lounge at 7 PM. Titles we will be discussing at the next few meetings are: June 25, The Last Empress by Anchee Min July 23, The Prison Angel by Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan August 27, Ladies Night by Mary Kay Andrews Sept. 24, The Zealot by Reza Aslan Oct. 22, The Rent Collector by Camron Wright Nov. 19, Behind the Wall by Elizabeth Ann Kuhn For more information about the book club contact Mary Kay Beck at SFS Women s Spanish Prayer Group We invite you to come and join us for worshipping, prayer, scripture, and meditation and thanksgiving with other women every other Thursday at 11:00 am in the Perez home. For more information, call Maryelena Perez at We would love to meet you! Groupo de Oracion de Mujeres de SFS 5 Te invitamos a que nos acompanes a alabar a Dios, orar, y meditar en la escritura con otras mujeres cada 2 semanas en jueves a las 11;00 AM en casa de los Perez. Para mas informacion llama a Maryelena al Te esperemos!

6 FIESTA DE SOLANO!!! Parish Ministries Fiesta Hours: Friday, July 11th - 5:00 PM-10:00 PM Saturday, July 12th - 1:00 PM-10:00 PM Sunday, July 13th - 1:00 PM-9:00 PM Bingo Hours: Friday 5 PM-9 PM Saturday 3 PM-9 PM Sunday 1PM-8 PM Boutique Hours: Friday 5 PM-10 PM Saturday 3 PM-10 PM Sunday 3 PM-9 PM NEW RIDE COMPANY!!! We have hired a new ride company this year and will have more rides than ever before! This company comes highly recommended, is approved by the Diocese of Orange, and has an excellent reputation! PRESALES HAVE BEGUN! Special anniversary t-shirts are $15 each or 2 for $25. Grand Prize drawing tickets are $5 each or 5 tickets plus a bonus entry for $20. Discounted ride tickets are $15 for 20 tickets ($5 savings) and discounted wristbands (for use on Saturday, July 12th from 1-6pm ONLY) are $20 ($5 savings). Get yours now at the Parish Office, or stop by the Fiesta presale tables after all Masses the weekends of June 21-22, June and July 5-6. VOLUNTEER SIGNUPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE! Fiesta volunteer sign-ups to work the food and game booths are available on-line at Click on Find a Signup and enter the address fiesta.de.solano@gmail.com to access the sign-ups. This is a great way to get to know your fellow parishioners, earn service hours, and give back to our community! Sponsorships - Sponsorship letters will be mailed to all parishioners at the beginning of June. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation on behalf of your family to help support the fiesta. Business sponsorship letters can be picked up at the parish office. Please help us by asking your local business if they would consider becoming a fiesta sponsor! All sponsors are recognized in our parish bulletin and throughout the weekend of the fiesta. Boutique If you have a business and would like an opportunity to participate as a vendor in our boutique, please fiesta.de.solano@gmail.com for more information. Parishioners will have first priority and booth space will be on a first-come, first-served basis, but our boutique is also open to non-parishioners. Bingo Please help us spread the word and join us for fun, fellowship and cash prizes throughout the Fiesta weekend! You must be 18 or older to enter the bingo room. Please help us advertise this exciting opportunity to your friends, family, communities, places of business and local senior communities! Food & Beverage We are looking for donations of food, beverages and paper products to help lower our costs for the Fiesta. If you are interested in donating products or services, know someone who may be interested in donating products or services, or can help underwrite a booth, please contact us at fiesta.de.solano@gmail.com. We appreciate any and all donations! Grand Prize Drawing Tickets will be mailed out at the beginning of June to all parishioners. Grand prize is $2,500! Second prize is a summer fun package valued at a minimum of $500! Third prize is a tech package valued at a minimum of $250! This year there will be a bonus drawing for a Tregan electric guitar valued at approximately $500! Tickets are $5.00 each, or you can buy 5 tickets PLUS an entry into the bonus drawing, all for only $20! Don t miss out YOU could be the winner!!!! Youth Ministry News RE-FUEL GUYS NIGHT Every Wednesday night from 5-7 PM. All high school guys are welcome to join us as we pray and seek to know how to be Godly men. 6 YOUTH GROUP Join us upstairs in the Youth Ministry room (Teen Center) for dinner, worship and a message this Sunday immediately following the 5 PM Mass. Feel free to bring a friend! DIVAS If you are a high school female wanting to dive deeper into your faith and understanding of who God made you to be, then join us at DIVAS. We meet every Monday from 6:30-8:00 PM upstairs in the Youth Ministry room.

7 Adult Catholics Growing in Faith Liturgy of the Hours The Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office or the Work of God (Opus Dei), is the daily f the Church, marking the hours of each day and sanctifying the day with prayer. The Hours are a meditative dialogue on the mystery of Christ, using scripture and prayer. At times the dialogue is between the Church or individual soul and God; at times it is a dialogue among the members of the Church; and at times it is even between the Church and the world. The Divine Office "is truly the voice of the Bride herself addressed to her Bridegroom. It is the very prayer which Christ himself together with his Body addresses to the Father." (SC 84) The dialogue is always held, however, in the presence of God and using the words and wisdom of God. Each of the five canonical Hours includes selections from the Psalms that culminate in a scriptural proclamation. The two most important or hinge Hours are Morning and Evening Prayer. These each include a Gospel canticle: the Canticle of Zechariah from Luke 1:68-79 for Morning Prayer (known as The Benedictus), and the Canticle of Mary from Luke 1:46-55 for Evening Prayer (known as the Magnificat). The Gospel canticle acts as a kind of meditative extension of the scriptural proclamation in light of the Christ event. Morning and Evening Prayer also include intercessions that flow from the scriptural proclamation just as the Psalms prepare for it. In the Hours, the royal priesthood of the baptized is exercised, and this sacrifice of praise is thus connected to the sacrifice of the Eucharist, both preparing for and flowing from the Mass. "The hymns and litanies of the Liturgy of the Hours integrate the prayer of the psalms into the age of the Church, expressing the symbolism of the time of day, the liturgical season, or the feast being celebrated. Moreover, the reading from the Word of God at each Hour (with the subsequent responses or troparia) and readings from the Fathers and spiritual masters at certain Hours, reveal more deeply the meaning of the mystery being celebrated, assist in understanding the psalms, and prepare for silent prayer." (Catechism of the Catholic Church) The five Hours of the Divine Office are: Office of Readings "The office of readings seeks to provide God's people, and in particular those consecrated to God in a special way, with a wider selection of passages from sacred Scripture for meditation, together with the finest excerpts from spiritual writers. Even though the cycle of scriptural readings at daily Mass is now richer, the treasures of revelation and tradition to be found in the office of readings will also contribute greatly to the spiritual life" (General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours [GILH], no. 55). Morning Prayer "As is clear from many of the elements that make it up, Morning Prayer is intended and arranged to sanctify the morning. St. Basil the Great gives an excellent description of this character in these words: "It is said in the morning in order that the first stirrings of our mind and will may be consecrated to God and that we may take nothing in hand until we have been gladdened by the thought of God, as it is written: 'I was mindful of God and was glad' (Ps 77:4 [Jerome's translation from Hebrew]), or set our bodies to any task before we do what has been said: 'I will pray to you, Lord, you will hear my voice in the morning; I will stand before you in the morning and gaze on you' (Ps 5:4-5)." "Celebrated as it is as the light of a new day is dawning, this hour also recalls the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, the true light enlightening all people (see Jn 1:9) and "the sun of justice" (Mal 4:2), "rising from on high" (Lk 1:78). Hence, we can well understand the advice of St. Cyprian: "There should be prayer in the morning so that the resurrection of the Lord may thus be celebrated" (GILH, no. 38). Daytime Prayer "Following a very ancient tradition Christians have made a practice of praying out of private devotion at various times of the day, even in the course of their work, in imitation of the Church in apostolic times. In different ways with the passage of time this tradition has taken the form of a liturgical celebration. "Liturgical custom in both East and West has retained midmorning, midday, and midafternoon prayer, mainly because these hours were linked to a commemoration of the events of the Lord's passion and of the first preaching of the Gospel" (GILH, no ). Evening Prayer "When evening approaches and the day is already far spent, evening prayer is celebrated in order that 'we may give thanks for what has been given us, or what we have done well, during the day.' We also recall the redemption through the prayer we send up 'like incense in the Lord's sight,' and in which 'the raising up of our hands' becomes 'an evening sacrifice' (see Ps 141:2). This sacrifice 'may also be interpreted more spiritually as the true evening sacrifice that our Savior the Lord entrusted to the apostles at supper on the evening when he instituted the sacred mysteries of the Church or of the evening sacrifice of the next day, the sacrifice, that is, which, raising his hands, he offered to the Father at the end of the ages for the salvation of the whole world.' Again, in order to fix our hope on the light that knows no setting, 'we pray and make petition for the light to come down on us anew; we implore the coming of Christ who will bring the grace of eternal light.' Finally, at this hour we join with the Churches of the East in calling upon the 'joy-giving light of that holy glory, born of the immortal, heavenly Father, the holy and blessed Jesus Christ; now that we have come to the setting of the sun and have seen the evening star, we sing in praise of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit '" (GILH, no. 39). Night Prayer "Night prayer is the last prayer of the day, said before retiring, even if that is after midnight" (GILH, no. 84). The Psalms that are chosen for Night Prayer are full of confidence in the Lord. 7

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