Be made clean. - Mark 1:41

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1 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time and Ash Wednesday February 15 & 18, 2015 Be made clean. - Mark 1:41 St. Veronica Church Established Alida Way South San Francisco, CA Fax: Phone:

2 St. Veronica Parish Parish Office Hours Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closed for lunch from 12:30-1:30 p.m. (unless otherwise posted) Phone: Fax: Parish Staff Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor Fr. Rafael de Avila, Parochial Vicar Fr. Don Sharp, S.J., Weekend Assistant Fr. Al Grosskopf, S.J., Weekend Assistant Deacon Roger Beaudry Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary Ext. 301 Socorro Aragon, Secretary/Receptionist Ext. 304 Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator Ext.305 Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director Ext. 308 Jim Rodriguez, Custodian/Maintenance St. Veronica Catholic School Phone: Mrs. Kathryn Lucchesi Mrs. Geninne Ruegg Principal Vice Principal SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are to be arranged through the Parish Office. Baptisms in English are typically held on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. Baptisms in Spanish are typically held on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month. Call the Parish Office at Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Call the Parish Office to register Ext.309 Faith Formation: Ext. 305 Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades) Confirmation Classes: Mass Intentions for the Week of February 15, 2015 Parish Office churchoffice@stveronicassf.com Sun 02/15 6:45 Dr. Gregory Canga 8:00 Steven Dub 9:30 Octavio Ocon 11:00 Msgr. James Tarantino 12:30 People of St. Veronica 6:00 Juan Manuel Ramirez Mon 02/16 8:30 Eliseo V. Nazareno Tue 02/17 6:30 C.J. Lindstrand 8:30 Michael Mataragas Wed 02/18 6:30 Alice J. Brown 8:30 JR Brown 3:30 Carmen Azzopardi 5:15 Layla Spiteri 7:00 Tammi Grigg Thu 02/19 6:30 Nita Rivera 8:30 Eugene McPeake Fri Sat Sun 02/20 6:30 Lita Sarmiento 8:30 Rafael Hernandez 02/21 8:30 Marge Ramos 5:00 Jorge Buccat 02/22 6:45 Ban Lin Lim 8:00 Margarita Fernandez 9:30 Zachariah Ammini 11:00 Margarita Baluyot 12:30 People of St. Veronica 6:00 Ernesto Delarama St. Veronica Parish Mission Statement St. Veronica Church is a multicultural community of believers who treasure Jesus Christ at the center of their profession of faith and practice. They worship and work together to build up a community of family and friends according to the mind and heart of Christ. Out of the abundance of joy and gratitude, they live and share the good news of faith and hope, striving to stand up for peace and justice, to spread love and compassion, to care for those who are in need, and to make our nation and the world a better place for all.

3 Mass Schedule Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Sundays: 6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.m., and 12:30 p.m. Spanish Mass: Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m. (English), & 7:30 p.m. (Spanish) Monday - Friday: 6:30 & 8:30 a.m. Confessions Saturdays: 4:00-5:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Hours Monday - Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday Parish Registration Please complete and return form to the parish office, or simply drop it in the collection basket. Kindly print all information Name(s): Name(s): Address: City & Zip: Phone: Primary language spoken at home: Updating Current Parish Registration Moving / Please remove from mailing list. This is a new registration Please call me. ON THE HORIZON Monday, Feb Presidents Day, Office closed, one Mass at 8:30 a.m., No Adoration Wednesday, Feb Ash Wednesday Saturday, Feb Training for Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers, 12:30-4:00 p.m. in Church; sign up by calling the parish office Saturday, Feb Half-day Lenten retreat; see bulletin for details Sunday, March 1, 9:30 a.m. - 8th Grade/ Confirmation Year 1 Class Mass with Angel Choir Saturday, March 7, 10:00 a.m. - Faith Formation First Reconciliation Saturday, March 7 - Luck of the Irish Dinner Ash Wednesday Masses with Ash Distribution February 18, :30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. 5:15 p.m. (Spanish) 7:00 p.m. Beginning February 20, Stations of the Cross will be prayed every Friday during Lent following the 8:30 a.m. Mass and again at 6:30 p.m. Envelopes received in the First Collection: January 24 & 25: 276 January 31 & February 01: 279 February 07 & 08: 246 If you currently receive envelopes but do not use them, please prayerfully consider including your donation in the collection basket. Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works. Day Mass Time 1st Collection Maintenance Totals Saturday 02/07/15 5:00PM Sunday 02/08/15 6:45AM :00AM :30AM :00AM :30PM Spanish Mass 6:00PM TOTAL IN-PEW DONATIONS: $6, $1, $7, Other Contributions n/a

4 From the Pastor s Desk Dear Parishioners, Archbishop s Annual Appeal 2015 (AAA): Last weekend we launched the month-long campaign for AAA. I preached at all the Masses as I have done in the past six years. My request was on the basis of our continuing and completing the mission of Jesus Christ who prays all by himself and plunges into a hectic life of ministry to help, heal, enlighten, and transform the world. The Archdiocese of San Francisco, entrusted with the preaching of the Gospel, seeks our support and collaboration. We are delighted to be of help so that the life of Christ may be made manifest in the three counties of the Archdiocese through a life of faith and service. When we assist the Archdiocese, we are actually assisting ourselves because we are not only part of the Archdiocese, we are the Archdiocese! Starting this weekend, we are placing the names of donors of AAA 2015 in the bulletin. I am proud to acknowledge and thank you for your support. May I invite everyone to participate in AAA and make a success of it in the next two or three weeks. Our completing AAA within a month has become legendary and is the talk of other parishes. We get it done as quickly as possible and never talk about it for the rest of the year. This year our AAA amount is $49,000. Can you prayerfully consider donating generously? I thank you in advance for your joyful, energetic participation in AAA School First Reconciliation: Saturday, Feb. 07 was the First Reconciliation of the school second graders. Thirty-seven of them received this second sacrament in their life. It is a beautiful spiritual event both for the children and their families. It is also a cute event: the little children being a bit apprehensive and nervous and coming up to the priest and confessing their sins. This sight is worthy of paintings and poetry. Innocence meets God s grace and shines forth with special grace and joy. Sixth Grade Mass: Last Sunday at the 9:30 a.m. Mass, it was the turn of the sixth grade children from our school and Faith Formation to attend, along with their families. They get to read various readings, prayers, and announcements, and take up the collection, bring up the gifts and distribute the bulletins. In the process, they grow in their love for the Church and their confidence as they go about serving God and His people. Being part of the community of believers is a blessing. As a faith-family, we pray together and seek blessings and guidance for our lives. Congratulations, sixth graders! You did a fine job! Congrats, parents, on your participation in such faith activities. Let s all post Faith on our calendars, especially on weekends! Crab Bash: I would like to appreciate and thank the Men s Club for their excellent work with the Crab meal last Saturday. It was well attended. The food was delicious. There was a happy and animated conversation at all the tables. There were many raffle gifts. Everyone seemed to enjoy the dancing. It brought people together. Much team work was in evidence. The fund-raising was achieved. All in all, it was a very successful event. Men s Club! Keep doing all your good work! Quotes from Jonathan Livingston Seagull, our next Book Club Reading: It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea. To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived. Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect. Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed. He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all. The gull sees farthest who flies highest. You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way. Don t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly. Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood, he thought. They call you devil or they call you god. John the 23 rd Jokes: Not long after he was elected pope, Saint John was walking in the streets of Rome. A woman passed him and said to her friend, My God, he s so fat! Overhearing what she said, he turned around and replied, Madame, I trust you understand that the papal conclave is not exactly a beauty contest. When a cardinal complained that a rise in Vatican salaries meant a particular usher earned as much as the cardinal, the pope remarked: That usher has 10 children; I hope the cardinal doesn t. When he went to visit a friend at the nearby Hospital of the Holy Spirit in the evening, the nun answering the door said: Holy Father, I'm the mother superior of the Holy Spirit. He replied: Lucky you! What a job! I m just the servant of the servants of God. Your Friend & Pastor, Father Charles Puthota

5 THANK YOU 2014 ARCHBISHOP S ANNUAL APPEAL SUPPORTERS AS OF FEBRUARY 10, 2015* Joel & Ronellyn Abutal Phyllis De Sousa Jaime & Maryann Moreno Frank & Aurelia Acob Manuel Delgado Frances Murphy Nenita Afable Ron & Marie Derenzi Ernie & Marissa Narciso Robert Anderson Gene Di Pasqua Michael & Marilou Noonan Filemon & Amparo Aquino Demetria Domingo Joseph & Sonia Nuñez Paris & Catherine Armstrong Michael & Juanita Drevin Mary O Keefe Joseph Azzopardi Michael & Gabby Elma Eloy & Elizabeth Ontiveros Margaret Baker Jason & Clarice Estrada Josefina Pablo Wilfredo & Remy Balancio Felicisimo & Catherine Francisco Luke Philpott Rolando & Mahalia Bantugon Arlene Gementera-Roy Wayne Podesta Paolo & Jertina Banzon Linda Giron-Virgen Fr. Charles Puthota Murray Barrett Sr. Cliff & Linda Grech T.J. & Florine Rafael Larry & Janelle Birello Ferdinand & Maria Gueco Frank & Mary Rodriguez Rita Borg Daniel & Norine Hinderliter Jonathan & Marita Rojo Fay & Jo Buckley Maggie Ho Leonida Roxas Jean Bullentini Georgianna Ipac Honorato & Dina Saavedra Gary & Audrey Carneiro Rodolfo & Lulu Julao Esquivel & Veronica Santana Jeffrey & Amelia Casaretto Tom & Marlene Keenan Jim & Mary Sarantopulos Bernard & Marie Casazza Michael & Victoria Knudson Michael & Silvia Smith Mary Ciardi Howard Leong St. Veronica Spanish Ministry Brian & Michelle Collins Reynaldo & Rosalinda Madrona Jesus & Ana Marie Sta. Maria Jaime Corral Wynnelle Maffei Beverly Stookey Ed & Charlotte Corrigan Zenaida Mariano James & Mary Sweeney Cres & Rosalinda Cuaton Louis Matuella Russell & Barbara Tetreault Dominador & Rosalinda De Castro Esteban & Minerva Mendiola Patricia Valente Amelia De Juan Sergio & Sonia Mendoza Zenaida Viray Rene & Marissa De La Cerna Jason & Cathy Meza Rudy & Maryann Yadao Robert Yates Annual Lenten Retreat with Fr. David M. Pettingill St. Veronica s annual Lenten Retreat will take place on Saturday, February 28, beginning with 8:30 a.m. Mass in the Church, continuing with morning hospitality, and reflections and faith-sharing in Falcon Hall (the cafeteria) and concluding with lunch. A nominal $15 donation is requested to cover the cost of materials and food. Interested participants are asked to stop by the Pastoral Center office on or before February 25 to register. Fr. Dave Pettingill is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and teaches Homiletics and The Introduction to the New Testament in the permanent deacon formation program. Among his many previous ministries, he has served as a principal and a professor. HELP NEEDED! Additional ushers are needed for all masses EXCEPT the 9:30 a.m. Sunday Mass. The ministry is open to men and women, adults and teenagers. Becoming an Usher and Greeter is a great way to be involved! Those interested may contact the parish office at and their name can be passed along to the usher coordinator. Training provided! New Minister Training Those interested in serving St. Veronica as a Lector or Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion are invited to the training on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, from 12:30-4:00 p.m. in the Church. Candidates are required to be fully-initiated members of the Catholic Church, but may be teens or adults. Contact the Pastoral Center office at to sign up and receive further information.

6 It is with great joy that we welcome into our church and community the following children who received the Sacrament of Baptism at our Church on Saturday, February 7, 2015 Ameera Nancy-Peter Azar Gabriella Janeth-Peter Azar (from our St. Veronica Catholic School on Feb. 5) Kylie Sophia Castillo Alexander Naghipour Roman Humberto Valle Reflecting on the Word Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time There is a striking contrast between what happens to a person with leprosy in the first reading and what happens in the Gospel. In the first reading, the role of the priest is to identify the disease so that the leper can be declared unclean - which means ritually impure and thus excluded from the worship of God. The afflicted person must dwell apart, making his abode outside the camp, not simply out of fear of contagion, but because his affliction does not fit with the ideal of purity that is thought to befit those who worship the God of Israel. In the Gospel, however, Jesus does not simply identify impurity but becomes the source of purity. The leper comes to Jesus with the faith that, unlike the priests, Jesus has the power to make him clean, to reintegrate him into the community of Israel. Indeed, in telling the man to go and show himself to the priests, Jesus seems to reaffirm the role of the priests as those who can identify purity and impurity, but he gives to himself a much higher role: the one who bestows the wholeness and healing that makes it possible to be a part of God s people. In the sacrament of baptism, Jesus does for us what he does for the man in the Gospel: we are healed of our spiritual infirmities so that we can become a part of the community of those who worship God. To each of us who ask him for cleansing from sin he says, I do will it. Be made clean. For prayerful consideration and discussion: Who or what do I consider unclean? Does Jesus feel the same way I do? Have I ever felt excluded by others who saw me as unworthy of inclusion in a group? Praying with the Word Jesus, source of compassionate healing, we ask you to make us whole in body and in spirit, so that we might offer ourselves as a worthy gift to God. Amen. - from Living the Word Baptism Information Registration forms are available from the Pastoral Center during regular office hours, or you may download a form from our website at Baptisms are generally celebrated each month on the 1st and 3rd Saturday in English and the 2nd Saturday in Spanish. Please call the Parish Office for times and to register. Upcoming baptism dates are as follows: February 21 March 7, 14 (Spanish) & 21 (full) April 11, 18 (Spanish) & 25 May 2 (full), 9 (Spanish) & 16 Preparation classes for parents and godparents are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Classes are conducted in the Pastoral Center from 7:30-9:00 p.m. (Adults only please). Please call the Parish Office at for specific dates and to reserve your space for the Baptismal Preparation Classes. Pray for our Beloved Deceased In your prayers this week, please remember the repose of the souls of our deceased parishioners, especially: Barbara Barbagelata - died Jan. 27, 2015 Jeana A. Flores - died Jan. 28, 2015 Edward Guglielmetti - died Jan. 28, 2015 Pedro P. Reyes - died Jan. 25, 2015 Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, O Lord... Welcome New Parishioners! Our parish continues to be blessed and enriched by the presence of new parishioners: Michael, Deanna & Kylie Castillo May St. Veronica Church become a spiritual home where your faith and fellowship may be nourished with inspiration for you to live a life of service and generosity toward God and others.

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8 Home Bakers - Help Needed! One of the delicious traditions of the Luck of the Irish dinner is to serve home-baked Irish Soda Bread with the meal. If you would like to bake Irish Soda Bread for the dinner, please contact the St. Veronica Catholic School office at to leave your contact information and how many loaves your are able to provide.