OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING November 20, 2011 Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matthew 25:34 St. Veronica Church Established 1951 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080 Fax: 650-588-1481 www.stveronicassf.com Phone: 650-588-1455
Parish Office Hours Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Lunch Noon - 1:00 p.m. Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481 Parish Staff Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor Fr. Linh Nguyen, Parochial Vicar Fr. Joe Walsh, In Residence http://rico50.blogspot.com Deacon Roger Beaudry Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Sandy Kearney, Parish Manager Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary St. Veronica Parish Sun 11/20 Mon 11/21 Tue 11/22 Wed 11/23 Thu 11/24 Mass Intentions WEEK of November 20, 2011 6:45 All Souls 8:00 Catalina E. Se & Family 9:30 Josie Pacana & Family 11:00 Raoul Rodriguez 12:30 People of St. Veronica 6:30 All Souls 8:30 Anna Damian & Family 6:30 All Souls 8:30 Dr. Leonardo Macalalag 6:30 All Souls 8:30 Salvador Aguirre, Jr. 9:00 All Souls Fri 11/25 8:30 All Souls Sat 11/26 8:30 All Souls 5:00 Mike & Kevin Folan Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director 650-588-1455 Ext. 308 Sun 11/27 6:45 All Souls 8:00 Emelie Campodonico 9:30 Jovita Robles 11:00 Randy & Maricel Mukaeda 12:30 People of St. Veronica Kathryn Lucchesi Principal St. Veronica Catholic School Phone: 650-589-3909 Pam Cavagnaro Vice Principal SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION Sacrament of Baptism Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month. Call the Parish Office 588-1455 Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Classes from October 2nd through Pentecost. Call the Parish Office to register 588-1455 Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Ext. 305 Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades) Confirmation Classes: 588-1455 Commit Random Acts of Kindness While it is always interesting to watch other people being judged, it is not something most of us enjoy experiencing ourselves especially when it comes to evaluating our moral lives. It is much easier to think of Jesus as the forgiving, compassionate, tender shepherd who is out there looking for us than as the one who comes in glory to judge and separate out the goats and the lambs. After all, who wants to be counted among the goats? So, pick your area that will help you to be counted among the sheep. Food distribution, environmental concerns, immigration reform, clothing include here those nets that can save lives threatened by various issues surrounding health care, or prison reform. Perhaps you thought this was one of those quaint stories Jesus tells that seems so long ago and far away. The last we hear from the Gospel of Matthew for this year invites your participation now. The reason? When you do something for them, you do it for him! Can you bring together images of Jesus as both shepherd and judge? Can you hear in today s Gospel an invitation to a fuller life? From Living the Word Parish Office email: churchoffice@stveronicassf.com
Mass Schedule Saturdays: 8:30AM & 5:00PM Sundays: 6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00AM, and 12:30PM Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30AM, & 6:30PM Monday Friday: 6:30 & 8:30AM Confessions Saturdays: 4:00 5:00PM Liturgy of the Hours Monday Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00AM Eucharistic Adoration Monday Friday: 9:00AM 9:00PM 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: Updating Current Parish Registration Moving / Please remove from mailing list. This is a new registration Please call me. Save the Date! - Advent Penance Service St. Veronica will be the host parish for our Deanery-wide Advent Penance Service at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2011. All are invited to this meaningful liturgy. Please remember the sick and the care-givers in our community. Pray that they may find comfort and healing in Christ. Please contact the Parish office if Homebound Eucharistic services are needed. ON THE HORIZON November 24, 2011 - Thanksgiving Day Mass 9:00 a.m., hospitality provided by the St. Vincent de Paul ministry in Parish Center. November 24 & 25, 2011 - Parish Offices closed November 26 & 27, 2011 - Spanish Ministry Retreat on Campus November 27, 2011 - RCIA Rite of Acceptance 9:30 a.m. Mass November 30, 2011 - St. Veronica Book Faire Begins, Parish Center December 4, 2011-6th Grade Class Mass, 9:30 a.m., and Santa Breakfast, 8-11:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day at St. Veronica As is our tradition, at the 9 a.m. Thanksgiving Day Mass parishioners will be asked to donate funds to the St. Veronica Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society as well as bring non-perishable food items to Church. We ask for canned goods and packaged items, especially tuna, pasta, cereal, rice, and macaroni and cheese. The Food Drive will continue through the four weeks of Advent. Donations may be dropped off at the bin in the vestibule or at the Pastoral Center during business hours. Please do not leave donations at the Rectory. St. Vincent de Paul s mission is to help those within our parish boundaries caught in emergency situations. We provide help with rent, utilities, food, etc., and the need is rising. St. Vincent de Paul cannot assist without your aid - 100% of all funds are carefully spent and there is no overhead! Thank you SO much for past, present and future help! God bless you! Thank you for your sacrificial offering in supporting St. Veronica. Day Mass Time 1st. Collection Parish Maintenance Totals: Saturday 11/12 5:00PM 1746.25 261.00 2007.25 Sunday 11/13 6:45AM 783.00 179.00 962.00 8:00AM 727.50 101.00 828.50 9:30AM 1346.00 296.00 1642.00 11:00AM 1132.00 190.00 1322.00 12:30PM 941.00 218.00 1159.00 TOTALS: 6675.75 1245.00 7920.75
From the Pastor's Desk Dear Parishioners, Feast of Christ the King: The last Sunday of the liturgical year is Christ the King Sunday. We still celebrate this eternal King, when kings and queens are no longer the rulers of nations anymore. If there are still kings and queens in the world, they are mere figureheads, engaged in ceremonial functions rather than in determining the direction and policy of nations. They are a thing of the past intruding clumsily into the present. In fact, the vitality of democracies is measured by the absence of kings and queens and the presence of robust participation of people in the destiny of nations. This was expressed eloquently by Abraham Lincoln in his famous Gettysburg speech when he celebrated that government of the people, by the people, and for the people. And yet, we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. Jesus rules over our hearts, the world, and the whole universe. He rules not with pomp and power, control and coercion, but through love, service, and humility. He is the King who sacrifices his life for us. He is the supreme King worthy of our love and loyalty, our adoration and respect, our dedication and surrender. We cannot find a more humble king, more generous king, more selfless king, more forgiving king, more honorable king. The whole universe belongs to him, and yet he seems content to wash the feet of his followers, urging them to do the same. As St. Paul says, this king emptied himself, became obedient unto death and because of that God raised him above everything so that every knee might bend before him and every tongue proclaim that he is Lord. The gospel today from Matthew 25 is probably the most consequential passage in the whole of the Bible. Jesus the king and judge will finally evaluate our lives not on the glory we have achieved, not on the wealth accumulated, not on the degrees acquired, not on the power wielded, but on the simple acts of kindnesses shown toward others. We do not have to do anything earthshaking. It s enough if we can do small things of compassion and love to others. Whenever we do come to the help of those deprived of basic needs and necessities of life, we actually come to the help of Jesus himself. This King identifies himself with the suffering humanity. Ah, what a King we have to love and follow! Happy Thanksgiving: We can carry the spirit of Christ the King into Thanksgiving because Jesus the King did celebrate table fellowship and made a simple meal full of significance by establishing the Eucharist. American transcendentalist philosopher-poet Ralph Waldo Emerson gives thanks thus: For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee! William Shakespeare says: O Lord that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness. Izaak Walton is certain: God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. A Native American tradition urges us: Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. This year at Thanksgiving, what are we thankful for? Material blessings? Spiritual blessings? Family blessings? Personal blessings? Universal blessings? We can never thank God enough for the abundance, diversity, and multiplicity of blessings. May the Lord continue to bless us, and may the good Lord bless others through us, so that the blessings of God can go round and round all over the world. And With Your Spirit!: Next weekend, the First Sunday of Advent, the Church is introducing some changes in the Mass prayers and responses. It is all done in good faith and with deep theological connotations. We have been preparing for months for these changes through our various bulletin announcements and information. In the first few weeks, we (including the priests!) may be stumbling through the revised prayers, but it would be exciting to adapt to the changes and continue to raise our voices and hearts in prayer to God. One helpful step would be for everyone to follow the text of the prayers provided in the cards and the missalettes. The Lord be with you! And with your spirit! Your Friend and Pastor, Father Charles Puthota
After years of discussion and months of preparation, it s finally here! Next weekend churches all over the United States will begin using the Third Edition of the Roman Missal. At selected masses this weekend, our new liturgical books will be blessed so they are ready for use on the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011. Join in the renewed spirit of the Mass by taking up your missal and hymnal as we all learn together the new prayers and responses of our Mass. 2do. Gran Retiro de Evangelizacion Grupo de Oracion Salvacion Y Alabanza Noviembre 26 y 27, 2011 En La Iglesia St. Veronica Te Invita: A ti hijo de Dios a este Segundo Gran Retiro de Evangelizacion. Noviembre 26 y 27 8:00 a.m. a 6:00 p.m. Informacion: Familia Blanco (650) 228-3658 Officina de St. Veronica (650) 588-1455 It is with great joy we welcome into our church and community the following children who received the Sacrament of Baptism at our Church Saturday, November 5, 2011 Isabella Grace Bagneschi Zoey Elizabeth Cain Ronan Edesan Ciriales Isabel Mia-Elena Miranda Viviana Yasmeen Miranda-Garcia Advent Candle Lighters Wanted! Parishioners are needed to light the Advent Wreath candles at all masses during the four weeks of Advent. If you are interested, call the Pastoral Center at 588-1455 to sign up. Instructions and guidance will be provided. Individuals and families are welcome to participate. Catholic Campaign for Human Development Collection This week we take up a Collection that helps fight poverty at its roots. For 40 years, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) has provided funding for groups that make lasting change and uplift the poor in the United States. The Collection has helped secure funding for low-income day care centers, programs that emphasize education, and affordable housing in low-income neighborhoods. CCHD has contributed to efforts to implement laws that enforce fair wages. Fight poverty in America! Defend human dignity! Give to the CCHD Collection! Kindergarten School Tours Mon., Dec. 5, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. Tues., Dec. 6, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. Are you looking for a warm, nurturing environment, which provides a quality Catholic education? Is your child ready for All Day Kindergarten in 2012-13? Do you want to visit St. Veronica's fabulous Kindergarten classroom? You are most welcome to bring your preschool child with you for the tour. Please call the school office 650-589-3909 to schedule your tour. We are looking forward to meeting you. St. Veronica Catholic School, mindful of its mission to be witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, program and activities generally accorded to or made available to students at this school. St. Veronica Catholic School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex or disability in administration of educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic and other school-administered programs.
A Prayer for Thanksgiving This week s Scripture Puzzle. Good luck! Father all-powerful, Your gifts of love are countless and Your goodness infinite. On Thanksgiving Day we come before You with gratitude for Your kindness: open our hearts to concern for our fellow men and women, so that we may share Your gifts in loving service. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen 2007 Catholic Doors Ministry Have an extra coat in your closet? Girl Scout Troop 31750 One Warm Coat Drive Answer to last week s Scripture Crossword Puzzle. How did you do? Last year with your help we collected the most coats in the area for one Troop and one organization! We thank you! We are 7 th graders who go to St. Veronica School and have been together in our troop since 1 st grade. We are MacKenzie Carman, Melissa Chircop, Irene Gonzalez, Savannah Grubbs, Morgan McCarthy and Leanne Yuen. This year we are helping two organizations instead of just one the Shelter Networks and CALL Primrose. These organizations help anyone in need in our community. You can help us by donating new or used coats, any sizes. We can also take cash and then go and purchase coats with the money. We enjoy being a part of our community and giving back to others in this way. You can also help us to bring a smile to others faces. We will be present to greet you during Masses on the weekends of Dec 3 and Dec 10 th. Come on by and say hello! Collection Boxes will be located in the church vestibule and in the school library on behalf of CALL Primrose and Shelter Network L I G H T A N D R U M O O S E E A L