Mary, the Holy Mother of God

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1 Pastor: Parochial Vicar: School Principal: Rev. Augusto E. Villote Rev. Vicente Dimatera, III Mrs. Corrine Muscat Phones: Rectory: (650) ; FAX # (650) School: (650) Rel.-Ed.: (650) Parish Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9:00am to 5:30 pm (closed for lunch from 12 noon to 1:00 pm); Saturday 10:00am to 1:00 pm. MONDAY CLOSED Masses: Weekdays: First Fridays: Saturdays: 7:15 A.M. Morning Prayer 7:30 A.M. Mass 7:30 A.M. & 6:30 P.M. 7:45 A.M. 4:00 & 5:30 P.M. Vigil Masses Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 A.M. (English) 1:00 P.M. (Spanish) 6:30 P.M. (English) Holy Days: 7:30, 9:00 AM, 12:15 & 6:30 PM Confessions: Saturdays 3:00-3:45 PM (or by appointment) Wednesdays 5:30-6:00PM Baptisms: Sundays at 2:30 PM : 1st, 2nd and 4th Sunday in English. 3rd Sunday in Spanish, Baptismal Preparation:1st Monday in English 2nd Monday in Spanish 7:00-8:00 P.M. at the Jubilee Hall. Parents and Godparents are required to attend the preparation. R.C.I.A- Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults; Sundays, 3:00pm, Jubilee Hall CCD Religious Education Program: Saturday, 9:30-11:00am Weddings: Saturdays (please call six months in advance) First Friday Devotion: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30 AM until 6:10 PM; Benediction at 6:15 PM 5:30 PM Sacred Heart Holy Hour of Reparation; 6:30 PM Mass Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help: Every Wednesday: 6:10 P.M. Benediction followed by Rosary 6:45 P.M. Novena/Mass 1st Wednesday: Healing Mass 3rd Wednesday: Mass w/anointing of the sick Every Saturday: 7:45 AM-Novena/Mass Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Wednesday 8:30AM 6:10 PM Benediction First Friday 8:30AM 6:15 PM Benediction January 1, 2017 Mary, the Holy Mother of God PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP O MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP, grant that I may ever invoke your most powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the salvation of the dying. O Purest MARY, O Sweetest MARY! Let your name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, O Blessed Lady, to succor me whenever I call on you, for, in all my temptations, in all my needs, I shall never cease to call on you, ever repeating your sacred name, Mary, Mary! Oh, what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence, what emotion, fills my soul when I utter your sacred name, or even only think of you! I thank the Lord for having given you, for my good, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with merely uttering your name. Let my love for you prompt me ever to hail you, Mother of Perpetual Help!

2 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:29 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Wednesday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Thursday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 4:14-22a Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-28 [23, 31-34, 36, 38] Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Sal 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 2:1-11 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: Mary, the Holy Mother of God; The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord; World Day of Prayer for Peace; New Year s Day Monday: Ss. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen Tuesday: The Most Holy Name of Jesus Wednesday: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Thursday: St. John Neumann Friday: Saturday: St. André Bessette; First Friday St. Raymond of Penyafort; First Saturday; Julian Calendar Christmas First Friday devotion: -All day Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament -Holy Hour of Reparation and Bene diction at 5:30pm -Mass at 6:30pm As we begin the new year, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for making our Christmas celebration a huge success. The Simbang Gabi celebration was well attended inspite of the cold weather and some heavy downpour. Thank you to all who participated: volunteers, donors, parishioners, and to our visitors. May the New Year bring you and your loved ones God s wonderful blessings. Fr. Augusto, Fr. John, and OLPH Staff LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Sal 98 (97):1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Martes: 1 Jn 2:29 3:6; Sal 98 (97):1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Miércoles: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Sal 98 (97):1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Jueves: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Sal 100 (99):1b-5; Lc 4:14-22a Viernes: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Sal 147:12-15, 19-20; Mc 1:7-11 o Lc 3:23-28 [23, 31-34, 36, 38] Sábado: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Sal 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 2:1-11 Domingo: Is 60:1-6; Sal 72 (71):1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Ef 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Santa María, Madre de Dios; Octava de Navidad; Año Nuevo; Jornada Mundial de Oración por la Paz Lunes: Santos Basilio Magno y Gregorio Nacianceno Martes: El Santísimo Nombre de Jesús Miércoles: Santa Elizabeth Ann Seton Jueves: San Juan Neumann Viernes: Sábado: San André Bessette; Primer viernes San Raimundo de Peñafort; Primer sába do; La Natividad del Señor en el calenda rio juliano St. John Neumann, bishop ( ), born in Bohemia, John Neumann emigrated as a missionary to America. He joined the Redemptorist Order in Pittsburgh and was consecrated bishop of Philadelphia. Devoted to spreading God s Word by preaching and building churches, he was a strong advocate of Catholic education. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious ( ) Had five children; after her husband died, she became a Catholic and founded a girls school in Baltimore. She founded the Sisters of Charity, the first community of active women religious begun in America, adopting a modified rule of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. OLPH School Connection The faculty f OLPH School would like to cordially invite you to attend our upcoming Open House Sunday, January 29th from 11:00-2:00. Please mark your calendars for this special event. We will be hosting a Book Fair for all families. Open House is an excellent opportunity to check out all the wonderful things going on at our fine school!

3 Centennial Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrimage Tour July 18-29, 2017, with Fr. Augusto Villote, Pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church $3,990 including taxes without lunches & tips Tour price includes: Roundtrip Airfare, First class hotel accomodations, daily breakfast & dinners, professional local guides & tour conductor, baggage handling & hotel taxes, entrance fees within the itinerary when necessary, land transportation by deluxe motor coach, daily Mass. Itinerary: Day 1 Departure from SFO Lisbon Day 2 Arrival-Fatima, Portugal Visit Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, Chapel of the Apparitions; attend Mass; join Rosary and candlelight processsion. Day 3 Fatima Visit the Parish Church; join the evening s Rosary and candlelight procession. Day 4 Fatima Madrid, Spain Drive to Madrid. Day 5 Madrid - Avila - Madrid Visit Avila where St Theresa founded the Or der of Carmelites; Mass at Encarnacion Mon astery; back to Madrid for shopping and sight seeing. Day 6 Madrid - Saragossa Visit: Basilica of Our Our Lady of the Pillar; Mass; shopping. Day 7 Saragossa - Lourdes Visit: Grotto, Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, birthplace of St Bernadette Day 8 Lourdes Mass; experience the powerful healing baths, Blessing of the sick. Day 9 Lourdes - Barcelona Day 10 Barcelona Sightseeing with a local guide: Columbus Monument, Plaza de Cataluna, Paseo de Gra cia; visit Sagrada Familia Basilica, Gaudi s masterpiece. Day 11 Barcelona - Montserrat. Visit: Benedictine Monastery; Black Madon na; continue to Saragossa, home to Spain s most famous Marian Shrine; back to Barcelo na for free time and shopping; farewell din ner. Day 12 Barcelona to USA. For information & reservations please contact: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Office at (650) ; Ruby Wight: Kri8tours ; ruby@kri8tours.com Due to the early submission of the parish bulletin, this week s Sunday Offering will be published next weekend. ARCHDIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL (AAA) Total assessment $ 43, Collected. 38, Balance.. 2, Our goal: $ 43, Collected: $ 38, = 89% We re almost there! Please continue to give to the 2016 Archdiocesan Annual Appeal. A reminder also for those who made a pledge and have not sent in their contribution to please do so. Contributions may be sent online at or you may use the contribution envelopes found in the vestibule of the church. Thank you. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Octave comes from the Latin word for eight, and since eight is one step beyond seven, the number of days in a week, it has long been seen as a symbol of perfection, completion, and new beginnings. Early Christians called Sunday the eighth day, since it was the day after the Sabbath and a day of resurrected life, the Lord s Day. By the seventh century, people regarded the eight days after Easter Sunday as one great day, an octave, one glorious feast when people were forbidden to fast or kneel. In the seventh century, Pentecost acquired an Octave, too. Christmas didn t claim the honor of a continuous feast, but it did get an Octave Day. January 1 is the oldest Marian feast, the Octave of Christmas. It was originally a feast of the motherhood of Mary, although for centuries until 1969 it was called the Feast of the Circumcision. Our reformed calendar follows the earlier tradition of celebrating Mary as Mother of God. James Field, J. S. Paluch TIME Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin

4 Jan 1, Sunday LEGION OF MARY, PRAESIDIUM: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Marian Hall, 8:30am Mary, Mother of Christian Family, Jubilee Hall, 8:30am Our Lady of Hope, Jubilee Hall, 10:30am Our Lady of Nativity, Marian Hall, 11:15am PRAYER GROUP OF VIRGIN MOST FAITHFUL Marian Hall, 10:00am CHOIR PRACTICE, Jubilee Hall, 1:30pm Jan 2, Monday Baptismal preparation class in English, Jubilee Hall, 7:00pm Jan 4, Wednesday LEGION OF MARY: Praesidium: Mary Model of Youth Jubilee Hall, 8:00pm Jan 6, Friday YOUTH GROUP MEETING School Hall, 6-8:00pm Jan 7, Saturday LEGION OF MARY, PRAESIDIUM: Mary, Morning Star, Jubilee Hall, 9:15am Our Lady of Grace, Jubilee Hall, 11:00am Welcome to Our Lady of Perpetual Church Are you registered? If you worship with us every Sunday and are not registered, please fill out the form below to become official members of our parish. Being registered puts you on our mailing list; you will also receive Sunday Offertory envelopes to facilitate in recording your contributions for your tax records. Also, referral letters and recommendation to other agencies or parish are only given to registered parishioners. Help us serve you better register now! Name: Address: Telephone No.: please send Sunday offertory envelopes do not send Sunday offertory envelopes moving; please remove from mailing list

5 Let us pray for our sick relatives and friends, elderly and the homebound in our parish: Gloria Tamo, Jocelyn Presto, Belen Garay, Terry Macaraig, Roman Dugtong, Leila Mendoza, Celenires Ranjel, Rey and Dionisia Aquino, Carlo Paras, Cresenciano Bayani, Joan Keenan, Stephanie Balanza, Joel Cabab, Genevieve Brown, Macario Jonson, Gaspar E. Velasco Jr., John Paul Velasco, Virginia Domingo, Riza Schlicht, Carlito Santo Tomas, Mary Rose Coronado, Ann Murphy, Rodrigo & Azucena Puentes, Del Clemena, Jeanette Dorr, Vicky Aguilar, Aida & Jose Aguilar, Crispina Lapis, Paola Lomeli, Lydia Marcaida, Angelina Valderrama, Jackie Anne Mingoa, Florentina Israel, Eulalia Puig, Joseph Magat, Robert Israel, Consuelo Vizconde, Francis Robinson, Juanita Padial, Margarita Bisco, Sister Philomene, Alicia Baccay, Irene Mira, Frances Ira, Evangeline Arevalo, Filomena Morgia, Jeanamay Cabrera, Bing Elizon, Ernesto Sarmiento, Rosie Vedamoni, Carol Sarmiento, Ildefonso Warren, Patrio Mingoa, and Manny de Guzman. For homebound visits, please call the rectory office at Please help us keep this list updated by notifying us of any changes. Thank you. Today is the feast of Mary, Mother of God. Like Mary may we always treasure the events in our life and reflect on them in our heart. Please remember to support the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in 2017 so that together we can continue to bring comfort and peace to our brothers and sisters who are poor and suffering. May the peace and joy of the New Year be yours! S A V E T H E D A T E Saturday, January, 21, 2017 ANNUAL WALK FOR LIFE 10:45am 12:15pm, Civic Center Plaza You are invited to an informational Evening on the Diaconate The Archdiocesan office of Formation for the Permanent Diaconate is sponsoring an informational Evening for men considering the possibility of serving the Church as Permanent Deacons. If you have ever considered a vocation to the Permanent Diaconate, you (and your wife, if you are married) are invited to attend any of the following meetings. Please see the flyers posted on the bulletin boards for further details. Call Formation Office (415)

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