Welcome to Our Lady of the Rosary Church Italian National Catholic Parish 1668 State St., San Diego, 92101 Phone (619) 234-4820 www.olrsd.org parish@olrsd.org Pastor October 1, 2017 Fr. Joseph M. Tabigue, C.R.S.P. Associate Pastors Fr. Louis M. Solcia, C.R.S.P. Fr. Albino M. Vecina, C.R.S.P. Deacon Stephen O Riordan Mass Times Daily (Monday - Saturday) 7:30 am - 12:00 pm Saturday Vigil 5:30 pm Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm Holy Days 7:30 am, 12:00 pm, 7:00 pm 1st Sunday Italian Mass 12:00 pm 2nd Sunday Gregorian Chant Latin Mass 4:00 pm Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary Sunday October 1st Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Rosary Mission Statement We, the Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary, are a pilgrim church. Under the mantle of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we grow as a people of God following Jesus, celebrating the Eucharist, living apostolic service, continuing faith formation and Marian devotions. We strive to bring the joy of the gospel and imitate Jesus through compassion, mercy and love, especially for the poor and marginalized. We seek to be faithful stewards providing a heart and home for all.
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 2 Little Italy, San Diego, CA We Welcome All Visitors to Our Celebration While Holy Communion may only be received by prepared Catholics, for our non-catholic guests you are welcome to join the line to walk towards the priest or deacon to receive a special blessing: Simply cross your arms over your chest to receive a blessing. Masses for the Week of October 1 Date for Mass request Requested by Saturday September 30 7:30 am Perpetual Membership 12:00 pm Societa del Santo Rosario The Society 5:30 pm Vito DeMaria Wife, Rosalia & Family Sunday October 1 7:30 am Vito DeMaria Mr. & Mrs Lee Caudill 9:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am No intention 12:00 pm Josephine Pecoraro Sal & Maria Zizzo Monday October 2 7:30 am Joseph Scafidi Ray & Sharon Fischer 12:00 pm John Doran The Grimm Family 12:00 pm Clare Kanter Tuesday October 3 7:30 am Joe Scafidi Angela & Nick LoCoco 12:00 pm Emil Piraino Carini Family 12:00 pm Madeline Tarantino Cousins Frank & Anna Wednesday October 4 7:30 am Antoinette Guidi Frank & Laura Crivello 12:00 pm Tony Iraci Adeline Massa & Family 12:00 pm Antoinette Vitrano Madonna del Lume Thursday October 5 7:30 am Richard Salmon Pauline Salmon 12:00 pm Harry Balke Vito & Lena Ingrande 12:00 pm Georgette Stryeski Jacob Family Friday October 6 7:30 am Francesco Crivello Joanna & Lee Caudill 12:00 pm Madeline Tarantino Rosalia DeMaria & Family 12:00 pm Michael Navarra Adeline Massa Saturday October 7 7:30 am Perpetual Membership 12:00 pm Tim DeCaro Angie DeCaro 5:30 pm Fr. John Sanders The Pollan Family Sunday October 8 7:30 am Antoinette Guidi Family 9:00 am Virginia Pauline Moranville Patricia Kaszas 9:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am Donna McDougall Ernie Grimm Family 12:00 pm Joann Pecoraro Giovanni & Pasqualina Battaglia 4:00 pm Mary Grimm The Grimm Kids OLR SHOWERED THE CHILDREN WITH LOVE AT FATHER JOE S VILLAGE This summer, Our Lady of the Rosary Stewardship Committee, along with the help of our generous and loving Parishioners helped homeless children and families through Father Joe s Village Therapeutic Childcare Program. You all were fantastic! Thank you, thank you, thank you! We collected so many needed and requested items from July 23rd to August 27th. As you can see by the picture you filled boxes and boxes with the items you donated. We also collected $280.00 which the Therapeutic Program will be able to put into a fund to purchase needed tables and chairs. When the items were picked up, Kathy Cusick stated that OLR has been most generous to Father Joe s Villages this year and it is greatly appreciated. THANK YOU ALL! - Carol Waldron Prayers for the sick 7:30 am Mass - Sharon Blasi, Shanon & Bradly Frandrich, Frank Mulligan, Ted Matranga, Tina Simone, Helen Valatka. 12:00 pm Mass - Tony D Acquisto, Jason Williamson, Diane House, Charlie Ross.
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Our Lady of the Rosary Page 4 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Marriage Banns Ryan Bittorf & Shari Buenzli Michael Carini & Ashley Kirsch Semi-Formal Attire - Contact - Joe Sanfilippo 858-774-1686 Seating is limited so please RSVP as soon as possible. No tickets will be sold at the door Santa s Workshop Raffle Booth We are in need of your tax deductible donations of cash and gift cards to be raffled away the night of our Spaghetti Dinner. Our raffle booth is sponsored by OLR Ladies Guild. Proceeds of our booth goes directly to the upkeep of our church and hall. You may mail or drop any donations to the church office by October 20 h. Gift cards can be to restaurants, movie theaters, museums, grocery stores, or any San Diego amusements. If you re dropping off a donation at the church office, please mention Santa s Workshop Raffle Booth. Please e-mail or call our Chairperson, Lucy DeMaria-Laudate with any questions or concerns at llaudate@mac.com or (619) 857-8133. THANK YOU! Sunday October 1 11:00 am Rosary in Church for OLR Festa 12:00 pm Mass in Amici Park for OLR Festa 1:30 pm Procession to Embarcadero for OLR Festa 3:00 pm (Estimated Time) Benediction in front of OLR Church for OLR Festa 3:30 pm (Estimated Time) Food and Refreshments in Lower Hall for OLR Festa Monday October 2 9:30 am Shakespeare in Upper Hall 6:30 pm Padre Pio Devotion in Church Tuesday October 3 8:30 am LIA in Lower Hall 7:00 pm RCIA in Lower Hall Wednesday October 4 10:00 am Shakespeare in Upper Hall 7:00 pm Life of Christ class in Lower Hall 7:00 pm ICF Board in Padre Pio Room 7:00 pm Madonna del Lume in Upper Hall Thursday October 5 6:00 pm Convivio in Upper Hall 6:30 pm Choir in Choir Loft 7:00 pm OLR Ladies Guild in Lower Hall Friday October 6 11:00 am St. Thomas More Society in Upper Hall 5:00 pm Goretti Group in Church, Youth Room and Upper Hall Sunday October 8 11:00 am CCD Parents Meeting in Upper Hall Spaghetti Dinner Prep The Call is Out! Be a huge part of this year s success. An army of volunteers is needed to help on October 16th & 17th to prepare the meatballs for the November 4th Annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser. Join the group for good times at 9:00 AM in the parish hall as preparations are launched to build upon the 78th year legacy of success that characterizes Our Lady of the Rosary. On Monday volunteers are asked to bring a lunch, on Tuesday lunch will be provided for volunteers. For more information call (619) 615-0210.
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 5 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Hospitality Cafe Join us every Sunday for delicious coffee and for the best sourced donuts in town. More than just a café, get to know fellow Catholics and stay a while. Rosary in the Park On Saturday, October 14, in Balboa Park we will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun; prayers and picnic event for all. Assert our faith and religious liberty. Honor Our Queen. For more information, please visit www.rosaryinthepark.com or email rosaryinthepark@gmail.com. Readings for the Week of October 1 Sunday EZ 18:25-28; PHIL 2:1-11; MT 21:28-32 Monday ZEC 8:1-8; MT 18:1-5, 10 Tuesday ZEC 8:20-23; LK 9:51-56 Wednesday NEH 2:1-8; LK 9:57-62 Thursday NEH 8:1-4A, 5-6, 7B-12; LK 10:1-12 Friday BAR 1:15-22; LK 10:13-16 Saturday BAR 4:5-12, 27-29; LK 10:17-24 Next Sunday IS 5:1-7; MT 21:33-43 Thank you to the Madonna del Addolorata Society and Madonna del Lume Society for their generous donation to the OLR CCD Program for our children. Background of the Liturgy The first reading and the gospel selection today are a follow-up to last Sunday s Mass. We might complain that God s ways aren t fair: He allows those who come late to his vineyard to have the same reward as those who bore the burden of the heat of the day. We shall have more to say about this later. But today might be an excellent time to preach on the second reading rather than on the other two pericopes! The second reading ranks with the Prologue to John s gospel and with Colossians 1:15-20 as one of the most profound sections of the entire Bible. Let us review the exegesis of this passage. Paul urges the Philippians (and us) to have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. We are to be one in mind and heart with him. And what is that? Paul professes belief that the Lord is eternal, that he is equal to the Father. He was, by nature, God. Paul does not enter into a theological explanation of this equality, but clearly he recognizes Jesus as divine, as distinct but equal to the Father. Nevertheless, he did not cling to his equality with the Father. Of course, being God, he could never give up his nature. But he stripped himself of the glory he had with the Father. Paul says he emptied himself. The word emptied translates the Greek ekenosen. It means that he made himself as nothing or that he became nothing. This concept of emptying was so profound that the Latin Bible translated it literally: exinanivit semetipsum. And the earliest English Bibles did not translate; they transliterated: He exinanited himself. How could one express in English the profound concept that God, without ceasing to be God, gave up his Godly glory? He took the form of a slave. Imagine God himself becoming a slave. Yet that is what the words express. Although God, he became completely man. But the emptying and humility did not stop there; he was humbler yet, accepting death. But not only that; he accepted death on the cross. Death is considered the worst possible evil; death on the cross was the worst possible degradation. Yet that is what our Savior did for our sake. Because of this complete emptying, degradation, and submission to the Father, the Father highly exalted him. He could not exalt him in his divinity. He exalted him in and through his human nature. As God, he emptied himself to become man. As God-man, he humbled himself to the degradation of the cross. Now as God-man, he is exalted and given the personhood above all other persons. He is so glorified that at the name of Jesus, everyone in heaven and on earth must genuflect in adoration and proclaim to his glory, Jesus Christ is Lord! Most commentators state that this passage was an ancient Christian hymn long before
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 6 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Paul ever incorporated it into his epistle. The passage is poetry; it has meter. If we assume that Philippians was written about 58 A.D., and if this is an ancient hymn, then we are taken back to the liturgy of the primitive Church almost in the first decade of its existence, i.e. the first decade after the resurrection and ascension of Jesus! Rationalists and Modernists try mightily to show that Jesus never claimed to be divine, that belief in his divinity was a second century invention of the Church. Yet here, almost within a decade of the resurrection of Jesus, we have a clear profession of faith in the Trinity, the Incarnation, the resurrection and the divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ! First century Christians had problems with the Incarnation, just as moderns do. Some denied the humanity of Jesus Christ. They said that he was truly God, but he only looked like man, and that he didn t really suffer or die. Thus the Gnostics; but also thus other splinter groups. Other Christians denied the divinity of Christ. Thus Anus in the Fourth Century. The authentic Catholic teaching is that Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man, one person subsisting in two natures, divine and human. His suffering and death were not play acting. They were real. He really felt the excruciating torture of death on the cross. He really was obedient to the Father s will to the last drop of his blood. Because of his humility and obedience, he was exalted above every other creature. Therefore he receives the glory and adoration ( bending the knee ) of every person. The ancient hymn, of course, does not use Aristotelian categories; it is not theological but liturgical. But the essence of what we believe about the Lord Jesus Christ is beautifully confessed in this most ancient hymn of praise. Ebionites, Docetists, Gnostics and others might believe that the humanity and suffering of Jesus Christ were unreal illusions. Anus and others would err at the other extreme, by denying the divinity of the Lord. But the constant faith of the Church sees the distinct yet unified divine and human dimensions of Jesus Christ. It is not a latter day invention by Paul or the Church; it is part of the ancient deposit of faith part of the liturgy which antedated even the New Testament epistles! As we mentioned, the other two Scripture readings follow up last Sunday s theme. We might think that it is unfair for the Lord to reward those who come last to salvation. Perhaps. But it is surely merciful! God is not the God only of justice, but the God of mercy. The first reading is from Ezekiel, the prophet of individual responsibility. Before Ezekiel, a sense of corporate responsibility prevailed. The entire community was responsible for evil; the entire community was also responsible for good. In one sense this is very true. The entire community benefits from righteousness of its members; the entire community suffers from the evil of a few of its members. (A rotten apple spoils an entire barrel.) But corporate responsibility can lead to an abdication of individual responsibility. We shall not be saved because we belong to the group. We shall be saved because our lives conform to the will of the Lord. Persons are not forever damned nor forever saved. How they live their lives determines their ultimate judgment. If a good person turns away and sins, he shall be punished; if a sinner repents, he shall be saved. We can never rest on our religious laurels. The theme of Ezekiel is restated in the gospel: The older son talked a good game, but did nothing. The young son s rhetoric was bad, but, in the end, he did the will of the Father. Very likely the sons in the story represent Israel (the older) and the Gentile world (the younger). We Gentiles rejoice that we have been called to grace. But we must never act as if we deserve it. We must never have the attitude of some of our spiritual forebears who thought they would be saved merely by belonging. We are saved by doing, by becoming, and by being not by belonging. The Responsorial Psalm sums up the theme. We call on the Lord to remember his mercies (not his justice). We remind him of his compassion and his kindness. We can take confidence only in that abundant mercy which enables us to do his will.
Reconciliation (Confession) Saturdays 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Weekdays 11:30 am to 12:00 pm 30 minutes prior to each Mass (approach the altar and ask the priest). Devotions Sacred Heart Devotion 1 st Friday at 7:30 am Blessed Mother Devotion 1 st Saturday at 7:30 am Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion Tuesday at 7:30 pm Goretti Mass & Devotion 1 st Friday at 6:30 pm St. Padre Pio Devotion 1 st Monday of the month at 6:30 pm Baptism For registered parishioners. Parents and Godparents must attend a Baptism class, held on the 3rd Thursday of the month, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Baptisms are held on the first Sunday of the month. Register online. Contact Deacon Stephen. Matrimony Notice is required nine months in advance and before any other arrangements are made (i.e. hall rental, invitation printing, etc). Contact Deacon Stephen. Eucharist for the Homebound/Sick Contact the office or Deirdre Oakley at (619) 750-5494 to schedule receipt of Eucharist at home. CCD/Children s Faith Formation K - 7th Grade Classes are held Sundays, 9 11AM. First Holy Communion is 1st and 2nd grades. Confirmation is 8th and 9th grades. Contact Vi Huscher (619) 787-5861. R.C.I.A (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) Instructions for Adults desiring to receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist meet Tuesdays at 7:00 pm in the Downstairs Hall from September to Pentecost. Contact Deirdre Oakley (619) 750-5494. Music Ministry Contact Linda Colletti (858) 349-0862 or Ernie Grimm, Cantor - Choir Director (619) 252-4129 Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Office: 1629 Columbia St., San Diego 92101 Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 12:00 pm; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Phone: (619) 234-4820 ~ Fax: (619) 234-3559 Gift Shop : 619-234-0162 Pastor Fr. Joseph M. Tabigue, C.R.S.P. Josephcrsp@olrsd.org Associate Pastors Fr. Louis M. Solcia, C.R.S.P. Fr. Albino M. Vecina, C.R.S.P. padreal@olrsd.org Deacon Stephen O Riordan deaconstephen@olrsd.org Administrative Assistant Chris Morales chris@olrsd.org Gift Shop, Manager Mary Elizabeth Novell me@olrsd.org Gift Shop, Assistant Manager Veronica Chong Gift Shop, Retail Associate Morgan Balke Facilities and Maintenance Roger Dacumos Contact the parish office for bulletin announcements, accounting, Mass requests, funerals, or general information: 619-234-4820 or parish@olrsd.org. Our Lady s Gifts Located in the Pastoral Center building. Enter from parking lot. Monday - Friday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturday: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Sunday: 8:30 am - 2:00 pm (619) 234-0162 ~ shop@olrsd.org Please, Come to Church Dressed Appropriately! To be modestly and tastefully dressed is a sign of respect for God, for our selves, and for others. It s a false assumption that God does not care how we dress. Jesus told us, Whatever you do to the least of my brothers, you do it to me. If our attire is indecently provocative (short shorts, strapless, backless, spaghetti strap dresses/ tops, or displaying cleavage), displaying unwholesome graphics (skulls, advertisements, scantly clad people) or tattered, it becomes offensive to our brothers and sisters who are worshipping the Lord and therefore offensive to God s Majesty. Ask this question: Would you dress this way before God? You are! He sees everything and you are in His house.