Third Sunday of Easter

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1 Third Sunday of Easter April 19, 2015 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. - Luke 24:45 Road to Emmaus by Greg Olsen 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 Velma Atkinson, Bookkeeper, 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 Principal Mrs. Geninne Ruegg 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 April 19, 2015 Parish Office churchoffice@stveronicassf.com Sun 04/19 6:45 Gilbert Dy 8:00 Rosario & Catalina Fabiano 9:30 Patrick Kerrigan 11:00 Fil & Wenda da Cunha 12:30 People of St. Veronica 6:00 Cindy Galicia Mon 04/20 6:30 Caroline Riebeling 8:30 Vicente Sicat Tue 04/21 6:30 Beverly de Claro Causapin 8:30 Leonida V. Roxas Wed 04/22 6:30 Cynthia Galicia 8:30 Antonio Sicat Thu 04/23 Fri Sat Sun 6:30 Catalina Atienza 8:30 Marilyn Ancelj 04/24 6:30 Ted DeGuzman 8:30 Benjamin Yu 04/25 8:30 Paulino Evangelista 5:00 Michael Mariani 04/26 6:45 Cindy Galicia 8:00 Steven Dub 9:30 Louise Vogl 11:00 Mr. & Mrs. Mario Vaz 12:30 People of St. Veronica 6:00 Juan Manuel Ramirez 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 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 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 Please call me. SPRING EVENTS AT ST. VERONICA Sunday, April 19: 7th Grade Class Mass, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, April 26: Spring Sports Mass for SV track athletes, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 2: Faith Formation First Communion, 10:00 a.m. (1st of 2) Saturday, May 9: Faith Formation First Communion, 10:00 a.m. (2nd of 2) Saturday, May 9: St. Veronica Spring Gala from 6:00 p.m. - midnight at the Basque Cultural Center Sunday, May 10: Mother s Day Sunday, May 17: May crowning, 9:30 a.m. Mass Monday, May 25: Memorial Day - Office closed, one Mass at 8:30 a.m., No Eucharistic Adoration Saturday, June 6: Bocce Ball Tournament benefitting the Capital Campaign, Orange Park Holy Week & Easter Collection Update Additional Easter donations: $ 2, Total Easter donations to date: $23, Good Friday Collection for the Holy Land: (corrected) $2, Thank you for your continued support and generosity! Envelopes received in the First Collection: March 28 & 29: 352 April 04 & 05: 562 April 11 & 12: 282 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 04/11/15 5:00PM Sunday 04/12/15 6:45AM :00AM :30AM :00AM :30PM Spanish Mass 6:00PM TOTAL IN-PEW DONATIONS: $6, $1, $8, Other Contributions 707/00 n/a

4 From the Pastor s Desk Dear Parishioners, Easter Experience of Dying-Rising: What does Easter mean to us? Obviously, it is not just a one-day celebration. It is a season. What is more, it is a way of looking at things. It s not a way of looking at certain things but a certain way of looking at everything. Because of Jesus resurrection, we can live our present lives with abiding hope and a sense of freedom. Jesus dying and rising is alive in our lives so that we can keep dying and rising. Changing our direction in life is a big part of the Easter season. The early Christians embraced the change of life. When the apostles preached who had themselves been transformed, the people who heard them were transformed. The Holy Spirit brought about changes unimaginable. We too may feel helpless about our patterns of behavior or cycles of sin, but the Risen Christ can breathe his Sprit on us and blow away our timidity and doubts, our helplessness and insecurities. The spiritual effects of Jesus resurrection may be felt and experienced in our daily lives if we but allow the Easter grace to take hold of our lives. What about those dear departed ones from our own families and our circles of friends? Aren t they all well because of the Risen Christ? Don t they all luxuriate in the endless joy and peace of Easter? Easter, therefore, is magic both for the living and the dead. We cannot view the mysteries of life and death without the light and vantage point of the Easter mystery. Capital Campaign Update: With the last phase of our re-paving and beautification project slated to be completed this coming summer, let s refocus all our resources and energies on this project. The next two and a half months are critical. I would like to invite all donors to consider giving as early as possible. All parishioners are invited---and challenged---to practice the spirit of stewardship toward our Capital Campaign project. May I make a special appeal to those who have not given so far to this project: please help. This is your parish community. These facilities and property are those that you choose to utilize and benefit from on a regular basis. We all have the common responsibility to provide for and maintain the facilities and property of St. Veronica Parish. Here s an update from Terri Ciardella: WE'RE BACK! We may have been quiet this past month and a half in respect of the Archbishop's Annual Appeal, but we have been busy. - The engraved Legacy Bricks and Tiles that were purchased Festival weekend have been installed in the Legacy Courtyard. Please stroll over to the courtyard to read the 92 additional names and messages that grace these new bricks and tiles. - The Oosterman family has been hard at work with the design and installation of the Labyrinth. In just a few more weeks it should be complete! - We are chipping away at the upper lot PIECE BY PIECE! Since the mailing of our Annual Report we have sold 113 squares of pavement for the upper lot. That is a little less then half our goal of 350 squares but we have faith that more help is on the way. We are moving forward with the plan of a summer construction date. For those of you who have donated towards Phase 3 we appreciate your support. Please encourage your fellow parishioners who have not joined in our mission to do so. We have proven with the last 2 Phases that it can be done, let's make it to the finish line! Donation forms can be found in the church vestibule, the Pastoral Center office and the parish website, - We have two fundraising events coming up, the Spring Gala on May 9th and the Bocce Ball Tournament on June 6th. Please look for more information in upcoming bulletins and support the chairs with your attendance. Thank you again to all who have donated and continue to donate. Each week we receive donations through the church envelopes and online. The donations are of various amounts and are given with the same spirit of Christian stewardship. Every dollar counts and we realize the sacrifice. THANK YOU! YMI Event: Last Sunday the participants of the YMI Event joined the 8:00 a.m. Mass followed by breakfast in the Falcon Hall. We reflected at Mass on how the Risen Christ calls us to renew our faith by putting that faith into practice in terms of service, as Thomas the apostle was able to do. The so-called Doubting Thomas turned his shaky faith into solid service to God by going to the other end of the world and laying down his life for Christ. At the YMI breakfast, Tammi Grigg, St. Veronica Parishioner of the Year, was posthumously honored. Her husband Eric received the honor on her behalf. Tammi had made her faith fruitful in service. There were other awardees from All Souls, Mater Dolorosa, and Holy Angels Parishes. YMI served a delicious breakfast. The camaraderie was enjoyable. If any men from our parish would like to join YMI, I would highly recommend it. You may talk to Joe Da San Martino about it at the Sunday hospitality after 8:00 and 9:30 a.m. Masses. Religious Humor: When a new preacher moved into town, one of the first people he met said, I certainly hope that you are not one of those narrow-minded ministers who think that only the members of their congregation are going to heaven. I m even more narrowminded than that, replied the preacher. I m pretty sure that some of the members of my congregation aren t going to make it. Your Friend & Pastor, Father Charles Puthota

5 Congratulations and God s continued blessings to the 68 young women and men of St. Veronica who received the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at their April 17th Confirmation Mass with Bishop William Justice Justin Justin Acenas Andrea Elizabeth Acosta Sean Anthony Allen Bryce Charles Almario Gracie Rita Aquino Stephanie Alexander Sauli Arias Julia Ann Attard Monzerrat Monzerrat Avalos Sean Patrick Bonitz Caitlyn Jhudiel Borbon-Castillo Franchesca Zita Buendia Isaac Isaac Camacho Amanda Teresa Carrillo Joannamarie Joanna Casco Paige Hope Chappell Martin Patrick Cole Grace Catherine Collora Ammiel Anthony Cruz Dylan John the Baptist DeBono Julia Joan of Arc Dela Fuente Lia Elizabeth Delucchi Christopher Christopher Fanfelle Dallas Valentino Galarza Paris Geraldo Galarza Carla Elizabeth Garcia Cortes Gabriel Sebastian Garcia Mikayla Joan of Arc Garcia Brianna Elizabeth Gikas Joshua Anthony Gomes Michael Christopher Graham Raphael Thaddeus Guevara Alyssa Maria Goretti Gutierrez Alfredo Miguel de la Mora Hernandez Martin Martin de la Porres Hernandez Nicole Emilia Hoffer Gianna Rose Jariya Michael Felix Kay Andrew Steven Kent Grace Hope Kruljac Camille Macaille Laurito Angelina Mary de Guadalupe Lazaro Manuel Felix Ledezma Keiara Cassandra Leveroni Carlo Joseph Lopiccolo Liam Bernard Lynch Dillon Anthony Macaraig Joshua Peter Malunay Diana Elizabeth of Portugal Marquez Helena Francis Medrano Carolann Anysia O Day Mary Bernadette Palaad Lorenzo Anthony Perez Zachary Aaron Perez Alexandra Catherine Petrini Talia Veronica Pleitez Hilario Francis Quintero Melissa Cecilia Quintero Kristy Christina Ramirez Eduardo Francis Santana Adeeb Isidore Shihadeh Alyssa Colette of Corbie Tabucao Gerard Gerard Tavares Martan William Uniacke Maribel Teresa de los Andes Vega Tiffany Cecilia Villagran Isabella Antonella Vincenzi Tara Maria Goretti Webster Joshua Achilleus Zamora

6 Pray for our Beloved Deceased In your prayers this week, please remember the repose of the souls of our deceased parishioners, especially: Roman Cansino III died March 26, 2015 Leonardo C. Pailano died March 31, 2015 Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, O Lord... Reflecting on the Word Third Sunday of Easter In Peter s speech in Acts we find the striking phrase, The author of life you put to death. It is striking first because Peter identifies Jesus with the rather exalted title the author of life - after all, it is God alone who is the author of life. Peter does not come out and say directly that Jesus is God; as is typical of the writings of the New Testament (except, perhaps, the Gospel of John), he approaches the affirmation of Jesus divinity indirectly. It is also striking because it says that we human beings have put the author of life to death. By taking on a human nature, God in Christ has made himself subject to the most devastating of human experiences, death itself. God, who is by nature immortal, joins to our mortal nature to experience death directly and defeat it, as it were, from within. In Jesus, God was embraced by death in order to break death s grip. We see this in the Resurrection. In today s Gospel, we see that resurrection means a real restoration of our human life, and not simply the ongoing existence of an immortal soul. We human beings are a unity of body and soul, not simply a fact that he is careful to make clear by inviting the disciples to touch him and by eating with them. A purely spiritual resurrection would not be enough. Like the physical healing of the beggar by Peter in the reading from Acts, Jesus bodily resurrection shows that God truly is the author of life. For prayerful consideration and discussion: What experience do I have of Jesus as the author of life? How have I seen his life-giving power? What does God s willingness to share our human nature, even to the point of death, tell me about who God is? Praying with the Word Risen Lord, be present among us as the author of life who has conquered death. Give us confidence that nothing can separate us from the love of God. - from Living the Word 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, April 11, 2015 Kaylee Anahi Carrasco America Joan Gomez Fernandez Mateo Lara 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: May 2 (full), 9 (Spanish) & 16 (full) June 6 (full), 13 (Spanish) & 20 (full) July 11 (Spanish-full) & 18 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. Parish Enrichment Events (Held in the Pastoral Center) Thursday, April 23, at 1:00 p.m.: The Academy-award winner Becket (1964) starring Richard Burton and Peter O Toole, and with a runtime of 150 minutes will be shown. An intermission will be included. Monday, April 27, at 7:00 p.m.: The St. Veronica Book Club will discuss Life s Greatest Lessons by Hal Urban. Newcomers are always welcome! Please call Patti at the parish office to add your name to the contact list and be notified of upcoming events.

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