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 September 24, 2017 Pastor 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 Twenty-Fifth 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 September 24 Date for Mass request Requested by Saturday September 23 5:30 pm Jesus Morales Morales Family Sunday September 24 7:30 am Rosa Sanfilippo Joanna & Lee Caudill 9:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am Howard & Edna O Riordan Dcn Stephen & Vickie O Riordan 12:00 pm Madonna del Paradiso Monday September 25 7:30 am Francesco Crivello Ignazio & Angela Sanfilippo 12:00 pm Daniel Colasanti Kathleen LaValla 12:00 pm Rosalia Sardina LoCoco Peter LoCoco Tuesday September 26 7:30 am Richard Salmon Pauline Salmon 12:00 pm Madeline Tarantino Antonina Balistreri 12:00 pm Joe Scafidi Angela & Nick LoCoco Wednesday September 27 7:30 am James Beck Eric Beck 12:00 pm Madeline Tarantino Joe & Maria Sardo 12:00 pm Nick DeSanti Marie DeSanti Thursday September 28 7:30 am Antoinette Guidi Salvatore & Maria Zizzo 12:00 pm Vito DeMaria Joe Giacalone & Family 12:00 pm John Balistreri ICF #230 Friday September 29 7:30 am David Osuna Carini Family 12:00 pm Josephine Abrahamson Frank & Anna Crivello 12:00 pm David Nunez Casco Miller 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 Pastor s Corner Who acts in the liturgy? In the liturgy it is the whole Christ (Christus Totus) who acts, Head and Body. As our High Priest he celebrates with his body, which is the Church in heaven and on earth. How does the Church on earth celebrate the liturgy? The Church on earth celebrates the liturgy as a priestly people in which each one acts according to his proper function in the unity of the Holy Spirit. The baptized offer themselves in a spiritual sacrifice; the ordained ministers celebrate according to the Order they received for the service of all the members of the Church; the bishops and priests act in the Person of Christ the Head ( CCC-USCB # 233 & 235). 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.
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 3 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Mass & Celebration In honor of the Feast Day of St. Pio of Pietrelcina Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 3:00 PM Location: Santa Sophia Catholic Church, 9800 San Juan Street, Spring Valley, CA 91977 Event Schedule 3:00-5:00 PM Priests available for Confessions Anonymous ONLY - NO face to face 3:15 PM The Funeral of P. Pio - By BBC. 4:00-5:00 PM Holy Hour with Rosary & Bene diction - Deacon Noel Rivera 5:15 PM Holy Mass - Most Reverend Gilbert Chavez Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego - presiding Sermon by Fr. David Sereno Following Mass Indoor Procession & Blessing with Relic of St. Pio. 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
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 4 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Religious Education (CCD) Sign-Up is Now Open If you have not yet signed up your children for CCD, sign up now. You may pick up a form at the parish center or you may register and pay online. To register online go to www.olrsd.org links to payment for all ages on home page. Marriage Banns Joseph D Amato & Michelle Dermott Joel Murillo and Maddie Tantillo Ryan Bittorf & Shari Buenzli Michael Carini & Ashley Kirsch Madonna del Paradiso Society Meeting Sunday, September 24th at 5:00 pm in Lower Hall OLR RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) Instruction for Adults desiring to receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and/or Holy Eucharist began Tuesday, September 12th in the Lower Church Hall at 7 PM and meets every Tuesday until Pentecost (excluding holidays). To ensure reception of sacraments at Easter 2018, please sign up now. Those who join class after the Rite of Acceptance this December may attend classes but may not have sacraments conferred until 2019. For more information please contact Deirdre Oakley at (619) 750-5494 or go online to www. OLRsd.org to register. Saturday September 23 2:00 pm Wedding in Church 6:00 pm Sons of Fishmongers in Hall Sunday September 24 8:30 am KofC Breakfast in Lower Hall 9:00 am CCD at Mass 10:00 am CCD in Pastoral Center and Upper Hall 10:30 am ICF Corporate Mass in Church 5:00 pm Madonna del Paradiso in Lower Hall Monday September 25 9:30 am Shakespeare in Upper Hall 7:00 pm KofC general meeting in Upper Hall Tuesday September 26 7:00 pm RCIA in Lower Hall 7:30 pm Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion in Church Wednesday September 27 10:00 am Shakespeare in Upper Hall 7:00 pm Life of Christ class in Lower Hall Thursday September 28 6:30 pm Choir practice in Choir Loft Saturday September 30 3:00 pm Wedding in Church 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 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!
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 September 24 Sunday IS 55:6-9; PHIL 1:20C-24, 27A; MT 20:1-16A Monday EZR 1:1-6; LK 8:16-18 Tuesday EZR 6:7-8, 12B, 14-20; LK 8:19-21 Wednesday EZR 9:5-9; LK 9:1-6 Thursday HG 1:1-8; LK 9:7-9 Friday DN 7:9-10, 13-14; JN 1:47-51 Saturday ZEC 2:5-9, 14-15A; LK 9:43B-45 Next Sunday EZ 18:25-28; PHIL 2:1-11; MT 21:28-32 Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion in Church Every Tuesday at 7:30 pm Background of the Liturgy For the next four Sundays (including today) our gospel selections will be parables. People loved the parables of Jesus. They were little homespun stories which had a strange, spectacular, or perhaps weird twist. In these notes, I have, often quoted a United Methodist minister whom I knew in a former assignment. We were having an ecumenical Holy Week service, and he was called upon to give the Benediction. He started out aurigeur, with the Aaronic blessing from Number 6. Ho hum. Everyone knew what was coming. Yawn. He said, May the Lord bless you and keep you... may the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you... Everyone had heard it zillions of times before. But then he gave the twist. He concluded by saying,...and keep you on your toes! I ve never forgotten that! Probably no one else has forgotten it either. He took what was ordinary and gave it a twist which burned it into our memory. I imagine that is what Jesus did with the parables. He started out with little predictable stories, and he gave them a new twist. And that was why people loved them --- and remembered them! Today s parable might be predictable: It s a story of a man who hires laborers at different times. But Jesus gives an unexpected ending: The owner paid everyone the same wage! We can only imagine the possibilities of various settings for this parable. First, let us presume that Jesus told it in the neighborhood of Jerusalem. Pharisees were present. So also were common people. We don t know if any reformed prostitutes and tax collectors were there, but Jesus had been preaching that the kingdom of God was open to them, too. In such a context, the parable would have an impact: The Pharisees held the common people and sinners in contempt. The Pharisees knew that they had labored in the Lord s vineyard long and hard. They would be rewarded. But the common people heard the unexpected twist: They would receive the same reward as the Pharisees! The key to salvation was not when one received grace or when he was converted; the key was the fact that he turned toward God and away from a profligate life. Another imaginable context might be the problem in the primitive Church between Jewish Christians and Gentiles. Paul had been accepting Gentiles into the Church without making them become Jews first. Peter and the Council of Apostles at Jerusalem (c. 50 A.D. see Acts 15) accepted this practice. But some Jewish Christians resented it.
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 6 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Continued from Page 5... After all, they had the heritage of the patriarchs from Abraham on; they had scrupulously practiced the Torah given by Moses; how could pagans be treated as their equals? Again, the unexpected ending applies to them: The Lord chooses to be generous; he elects to reward the Gentiles with entry into the kingdom just as he rewards those who have served him from the beginning. Still another imaginable context might be the spiritual problem of those who come late to salvation. We often dwell on the fact that they may be insincere or that deathbed conversions are probably not real conversions. On the other hand, suppose the condition of a person who, very late in life, receives the grace of conversion. He is conscious that he has wasted much of his life in dissipation. Despair over his many sins may be a great temptation: How can even an all-loving God forgive my sins? The answer is the parable: Those who come last are rewarded the same as those who worked the entire day. The Lord is merciful! The final statement of the parable was once a saying of Jesus in a different context. It has been added to the parable, and does not seem to fit well. Or perhaps it does: If we consider the second of the above suggested contexts, it would mean that the Gentiles now will gain ascendancy in the Church, whereas the Jews will, unfortunately, be last. As we said above, the point of the parable is that timing is not all-important; sincerity is. The first reading tells us to seek the Lord while he may be found; to call on him while he is near. In other words, when we realize that God is calling us, we respond promptly and generously. We do not temporize, or delay. The virtue of all the workers in the vineyard was that they all responded immediately as soon as they were called! They came at different times, but they all responded promptly to the invitation. When the Lord invites us to grace, we must put aside our old way of life. We must repent of our sins. We must seek to serve him with all our heart. The Lord s mercy is infinite; he is gracious and willing to forgive even when we would not forgive! We might restrict God s mercy, but his mercy is truly without limit. But he expects us to respond promptly. If we fail to seek him when he is near, we may have lost the only chance for our salvation. For the next four Sundays (including today), our second reading will be from Philippians. This is not a problem epistle. Most of the epistles of St. Paul had a problem as their background, a problem which St. Paul solves in the epistle. Philippians, however, is simply a friendly letter written by Paul to thank the Philippian Church for coming to his aid when he was in prison. Although it is often called a Captivity Epistle, the imprisonment is not the same as that reflected in Colossians, Ephesians and Philemon. Very likely the imprisonment of Paul in those letters was at Rome, 61-63 A.D. Philippians reflects his imprisonment at Ephesus, probably around 57 A.D. There he says he contended with wild beasts. Very likely that is a figurative expression; the wild beasts may have been cruel prison guards. No one came to his aid except the Philippians. They sent food and amenities to help Paul. The apostle writes to them to thank them for their kindness when all the others had abandoned him. His imprisonment had chastened Paul. He is indifferent about imprisonment or freedom, about death or life, Whatever the Lord wants, that is what he wants! If he can serve the Lord by being in prison, so be it! If he can serve the Lord by dying, so be it! He longs to be with Christ; nevertheless, he is willing to endure this present life a bit longer if it will mean the conversion of others. It is rather far-fetched to tie this in to the theme of the other two readings. In each of the Scripture readings, however, we are called to respond to the Lord promptly and eagerly, whenever he calls and whatever he asks us to do. Seek him while he may be found; listen for him; with all your heart strive to do his will; follow him wherever he leads. Before his conversion, St. Augustine used to pray, Convert me to your ways, 0 Lord but not now! This must never be said of us, lest we lose the decisive moment of grace. Providentially, the Lord gave Augustine many more chances. It is not always so. The Lord expects us to respond eagerly and promptly whenever he calls.
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.