St. Veronica Church Established 1951

St. Veronica Church Established 1951 A Stewardship Parish - Grateful Living through Faith, Fellowship, Service, & Giving 434 Alida Way South San Francisco, CA 94080 Fax: 650-588-1481 www.stveronicassf.com Phone: 650-588-1455 Hear Ye Him by Simon Dewey Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. - Matthew 18:20 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time September 10, 2017

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: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481 Parish Staff Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor Fr. Tom Martin, Administrator Fr. Patrick Driscoll, Parochial Vicar Fr. Don Sharp, S.J., Weekend Assistant Deacon Roger Beaudry Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary, Ext. 301 Oneyda Perez, Parish 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 www.saintveronicassf.org Phone: 650-589-3909 Mrs. Mary Boland 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 650-588-1455 Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455 Ext.309 Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Ext. 305 Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades) Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455 Mass Intentions for the Week of September 10, 2017 Sun 09/10 7:00 Elsie Trollman 8:30 Cesar Rosario 10:00 Catie & Veronica Mullins 11:30 Josephine Pantaleoni 6:00 Berenice Velarde Mon 09/11 Tue 09/12 6:30 Rufino Leduna Sr. 8:30 Steven Dub 6:30 Henry Risso 8:30 Hector Aramin Wed 09/13 6:30 Carissa Santos Vistan 8:30 Francisco España Thu 09/14 6:30 Angela & Giuseppe Tardio 8:30 Gordon O Keefe Fri 09/15 6:30 Carlos Diaz 8:30 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Piety Gomes Sat 09/16 8:30 Emilio John Firpo 5:00 Margarita Baluyot Sun 09/17 7:00 Miguela Garcia 8:30 Maria Chiodo 10:00 Dan & Lois Burton 11:30 Josefina Mamaradlo 6:00 Diego Galinda 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 & practice. They worship & work together to build up a community of family & friends according to the mind & heart of Christ. Out of the abundance of joy & gratitude, they live & share the good news of faith & hope, striving to stand up for peace & justice, to spread love & compassion, to care for those who are in need, and to make our nation & the world a better place for all. Parish Office email: churchoffice@stveronicassf.com

Mass Schedule Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 a.m. Spanish Mass: Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30 a.m., 6:30 p.m. (English) 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 except as posted for holidays and parish events 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: E-mail: Primary language spoken at home: Updating Current Parish Registration Moving / Please remove from mailing list. ON THE HORIZON Sun., Sept. 10: Fall Sports Mass, 10:00 a.m. Wed., Sept. 13: Wednesday Faith Formation classes begin (please call the parish office to register) Sat./Sun., Sept. 16-17: Annual Spanish Retreat, Parish Center (walk-ins welcome) Sun., Sept. 17: Catechetical Sunday Mass, 10:00 a.m. (commissioning of St. Veronica s catechists and teachers) Sept. 22-24: Annual Parish Festival Weekend SV Under the Big Top! Sun., Oct. 1: 4th Grade Class Mass, 10:00 a.m. Sun., Oct. 1: Blessing of the animals following the 11:30 a.m. Mass (approximately 12:30 p.m.) in front of Church Around our Community Second Harvest food program at Mater Dolorosa Church is in need of drivers to deliver grocers to homebound and disabled seniors in South San Francisco. Deliveries are the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 8:30-10:00 a.m. To be put in contact with the coordinator, please leave your name and phone number with the St. Veronica Parish office staff. Managing Challenging Behaviors with Dementia - presented by Catholic Charities Adult Day Services of San Mateo County. This free overview will be offered Saturday, Sept. 23, from 10:00 a.m. - Noon at the San Mateo Senior Center, 2645 Alameda de las Pulgas in San Mateo. To register, call 650-522- 7490 or visit www.sanmateorec.org (Course #542032-A1). Envelopes received in the First Collection: August 19 & 20: 337 August 26 & 27: 320 September 02 & 03: 307 This is a new registration Please call me. 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 09/02/17 5:00PM 1033.00 219.00 1252.00 Sunday 09/03/17 7:00AM 1481.00 324.00 1805.00 8:30AM 1113.00 264.00 1377.00 10:00AM 1366.00 268.00 1634.00 11:30AM 1117.00 247.00 1364.00 Spanish Mass 6:00PM 226.00 112.00 338.00 TOTAL IN-PEW DONATIONS: $6,336.00 $1,434.00 $7,770.00 Other Contributions 315.00 n/a 315.00

From Archbishop Cordileone - emergency collection www.abcnews.com Prayer for those Affected by Hurricane Harvey All powerful God, comforter of the afflicted, we pray that you will provide much-needed consolation to all those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Grant mercy to all those who died as a result of this storm and bring comfort to the grieving. Find the lost, strengthen the weary, encourage the hopeless, and provide for all those who have been displaced and who have lost so very much. Thank you for the selfless first responders and everyday hero-citizens who risked their own safety to rescue others. We trust in your providential care to help all the victims of this storm rebuild and overcome every hardship. Grant a generous spirit to us all that we may compassionately love our neighbor and fellow countrymen during this time of devastation. Amen. - by Pedro de la Cruz

Our Parish Festival is in two weeks! Here s how you can be involved: Donate items to the various booths (see the flyer) Turn in your raffle tickets! (Tickets available at the parish and school offices) Plan on attending! This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. Come be part of the fun! Adult and Youth Faith Formation The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) program began Sunday, August 27, but will continue to accept registrations for 2017-18 through September 30. Please contact the office. New and continuing registration is being accepted for the 2017-18 Faith Formation program through September 30. Registration forms are on the parish website, www.stveronicassf.com, under the Faith Formation tab, or may be requested by calling the parish office at 650-588-1455 ext. 305. Forms are available in Spanish at the parish office. Please register your child/children ASAP. Classes begin Sept. 9 & 13. Special Needs classes begin Sept. 30. A reminder that preparation for the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation are each two-year programs, beginning no earlier than first grade for Communion and no earlier than 8th grade for Confirmation.

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, September 2, 2017 Penelope Campos Isaiah Carcamo Reflecting on the Word Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Are you familiar with the principle of subsidiarity? First go to the lowest level needed to settle a conflict. Go first to your brother or sister. If that settles it, all is well. If not, move up to the next level of authority. If that does not settle the situation, take witnesses to ensure fairness to you and your opponent. If that does not bring resolution, invoke the entire community. If that doesn t work, treat the person like an outsider. Treating someone like a Gentile or tax collector can mean ignoring and mistreating the person. Faithful Jews thought of Gentiles and sinners as unworthy of respect. Others apply Jesus teaching about loving one s neighbor, even one s enemy, love to the outsider: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. In other words, even tough love includes basic respect. Tough love sets boundaries that can separate someone from the community until the person chooses to change. It s their choice. That s Ezekiel s message: Tell the wicked one what needs to change. They must make the choice. If we speak, we have done our part. If we do not speak out, then we will be held responsible for the actions of the wicked. St. Catherine of Siena said, Speak the truth in love. That s how God treats us, even when we turn away from God. Speak from the desire that the other will change, not to destroy them. This requires inner subsidiarity to God s spirit within us. It also requires being caring rather than judgmental - again, like God treats us. Speak in the way that you would want someone to speak to you. Love your neighbor as yourself. Seek not to do evil to your neighbor and thus fulfill the law. For Prayerful Consideration & Discussion When has speaking the truth in love led to change or healing? How can you apply the principle of subsidiarity to your everyday life? - 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 www.stveronicassf.com. Baptisms are generally celebrated monthly on the 1st and 3rd Saturday in English and on occasional 2nd Saturdays in Spanish. Please call the Parish Office to sign up. Upcoming baptism dates are as follows: September 16 (full) October 7 & 21 November 4 & 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 650-588-1455 for specific dates and to reserve your space for the Baptismal Preparation Classes. Prayer of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to the Immaculate Heart of Mary O Most Blessed Virgin Mary, when you appeared in Fatima one hundred years ago, you desired that the Church should take refuge in your Immaculate Heart as a means that leads to Jesus, who is the way to the Father. Heeding your call, we entrust ourselves, our families, our parish, and our Archdiocese to the care and protection of your Immaculate Heart. As we prepare ourselves, through humble expressions of devotion, for the Consecration of our Archdiocese to your Immaculate Heart, inspire in us the longing to know, love, and follow your beloved son Jesus Christ. We ask that you help us imitate your spirit of generosity in doing God s will and your example of serving others selflessly, so that, having found God s abundant grace here on earth, we may one day be led to the everlasting joys of Heaven. Amen. The Consecration takes place during the annual Rosary Rally at the Cathedral on Sat., Oct. 7. All are Welcome to Attend!

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PREPARING FOR THE CONSECRATION OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, Part 18 & 19 AS JULY GAVE WAY TO AUGUST in 1917, the three little shepherd children of Fatima were already deeply engaged in suffering persecutions for the salvation of the world. The local political authorities now were interested in ensuring that the Message of Our Lady would not be able to shed its light in the darkness of the falling West. Arturo da Oliveira Santos was the Administrator of the Council of Ourem, seven miles from Fatima. He was like the mayor of the area in which the children lived. The 33-year old Administrator had left the practice of the Catholic faith and was deeply involved in Freemasonry, which he had joined in 1910, the year of the anti-catholic revolution in Portugal. Administrator Santos hated the Catholic Church. Shortly before the expected arrival of Our Lady on August 13, Administrator Santos sent notice to the fathers of the three children that he wanted to question them about the purported supernatural apparitions, which he viewed to be disturbing the public peace. On August 11, Manuel Marto, refusing to send his children on the relatively long journey to Ourem, appeared before the Administrator on their behalf. Lucia s father, who had never believed the apparitions, journeyed the seven miles with his daughter riding a donkey, from which she fell three times along the way. The young Lucia must have understood by her three falls that she was being conformed to the Way of the Cross. The wicked Administrator interrogated 10-year old Lucia intensively about the secret of the apparition, threatening in the presence of her father and Mr. Marto to kill her if she did not reveal it. After she refused, even in the midst of threats to her life, he let her go. The next day, the Administrator visited the children at their homes, demanding that they not go to the Cova da Iria for the expected apparition on the following day. The children refused, again in the midst of threats, for the Blessed Mother had commanded them to come to the Cova on the 13th of the month. The Administrator suggested that they all speak with the parish priest the following morning, the day of the apparition. On August 13, the children were driven by the Administrator himself, along with their parents, to the house of their parish priest, Father Ferreira. It seems that the parish priest had been overcome by the threats of the authorities, for he scolded the children when they arrived, calling them liars and threatening them with condemnation to Hell. The children had been promised Heaven by Our Lady and they remained at peace and resolute that they must visit the Cova. With the failure of this last attempt of abusing the authority of their parish priest, Administrator Santos flew into a diabolic rage. He seized the children, securing them in the cargo hold of his wagon, covering them with blankets so that they could not be seen by pilgrims on the way, and, cracking the whip over his horse, drove them nine miles to the municipality jail at Vila Nova de Ourem. For the first time since she had visited them, the children would not be able to keep their appointment with the Lady from Heaven. OUR LADY S APPARITION ON AUGUST 13 was scheduled to take place, as she had promised and fulfilled three times before, at 12 noon. At the midday hour, the children were in the custody of the evil Administrator in Ourem. Six thousand people had assembled at the Cova da Iria to await the fourth apparition of Our Lady. As at the previous apparitions, at midday the external signs of her arrival appeared. Warren Carroll paints the picture for us in his excellent history of 1917, Red Banners, White Mantle: A faint murmur, like very distant thunder, was heard; then something came like a white shadow, glimmering, gossamer, floating down upon the little tree where all the apparitions had occurred. But this time there was no one there to recognize or greet the Lady; a moment later the wraith-like cloud rose again from the tree and faded into the sky. As the bemused people looked about, they found themselves and all the surrounding earth and foliage bathed in brilliant rainbow colors. What a profound image of the wickedness of the age! The Mother of God had come to visit and no one was there to receive her! Had the wicked Administrator defeated the Mother of God? He certainly had not defeated her three little shepherd children. Amidst the trials of their imprisonment, Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta maintained the truth of the apparitions of Our Lady. They had been thrown into the common room of the town jail, amidst the general population of the local criminals. There, in that very dangerous and unseemly environment, they knelt down on the floor and began to recite the Holy Rosary. Many of the prisoners (children, also, of the Lady, let us not forget!) knelt down to join them in prayer. After the Rosary, when 7-year old Jacinta cried for her mother, the prisoners sang and danced to cheer her up. History records that at least one thief was permanently converted by his experience with the three children of Fatima. The three holy children had turned their hellish prison into a sanctuary of heavenly love. The Blessed Mother visited Portugal on August 13 not only in her own person at the Cova, but also in the holiness of her children in the prison of Ourem. Compiled by Fr. Joseph Previtali, Adjunct Instructor of Dogmatics, St. Patrick s Seminary