Easter Sunday April 24, 2011 Alleluia He is Risen St. Veronica Church 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080 Phone: 650-588-1455 www.stveronicassf.com Fax: 650-588-1481
St. Veronica Parish Rectory Office Hours Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481 Mass Intentions WEEK of April 24, 2011 Parish Staff Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor Sun 04/24 Mon 04/25 EASTER 6:30 Larry Dresser 8:30 Brian McBrady 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 Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director 209-952-0209 Kathryn Lucchesi Principal St. Veronica Catholic School Phone: 650-589-3909 Janet Burke 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 through Pentecost. Call the Parish Office to register 588-1455 Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades) Confirmation Classes: 588-1455 Tue 04/26 Wed 04/27 Thu 04/28 6:30 Josephine Lim 8:30 Dolores Finglas 6:30 Soledad V. Aquino 8:30 Maria Luisa Alvarado 6:30 Meliza Drantes 8:30 Edwin Broas Fri 04/29 6:30 Pete Cinquini 8:30 Alejandro Laguador Sat 04/30 6:30 Hijinio & Trinie Gonzales 8:30 Virginia Connor Sun 05/01 6:45 Donna Cavallini 8:00 Alice Cullen 9:30 Crispina Rivera Paat 11:00 Rene Calonje 12:30 People of St. Veronica Reflection on Our Cover Easter calls us to include resurrection in our vision of life. This is not always easy. It wasn t when it first happened. You can see why Mary Magdalene, seeing that the stone had been removed, would conclude that the body had been stolen. And you can understand how Peter never got beyond seeing a bunch of burial cloths over in the corner without concluding Jesus was raised. Only the beloved disciple saw and believed. (John 20:8) Resurrection experiences have a long history. If you have had a relationship that you thought was totally over come back to life, you know that resurrection happens. If you have had an experience of going nowhere with a project, then it suddenly kicked in, you know that resurrection happens. If you know someone held captive by an addiction and see them break free and begin the process of recovery, you know resurrection happens. Easter invites us to consider our experiences of resurrection and move to the conclusion: resurrections have been happening for a long time. It s just a matter of seeing and believing. Living the Word Rectory 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 Sunday: 1:30 PM 9:00PM Parish Registration Please complete and return form to the parish rectory, or simply drop it in the collection basket. Kindly print all information Name(s) Name(s) Address Please remember the sick and the care-givers in our community. Pray that they may find comfort and healing in Christ. Please contact the rectory office if Homebound Eucharistic services are needed. Welcome New Parishioners! Our parish is blessed and enriched by the presence of new parishioners: Eleazar, Carmen & Melanie Fernandez- Baybay Antonio, Carolina, Isabel & Marcoantonio Gudino Linda Giron-Virgen Shon & Janell Simmons BINGO will resume on Wednesday, April 27th. Games will begin at 7:00 p.m. City & Zip Phone E-mail: Updating Current Parish Registration Moving / Please remove from mailing list. This is a new registration Please call me. Catholic Relief Services Thank you for your generous support of The Catholic Relief Services Collection. Through your generosity, exploited children will be helped, families will be reunited, and many will have vital humanitarian needs met. Learn how funds are making a difference, visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections. Stewardship Report shown was delayed due to early printing schedules. Thank you for your patience. Day Mass Time 1st. Collection Catholic Relief Services Totals: Saturday 04/09 5:00PM 1605.25 495.00 2100.25 Sunday 04/10 6:45AM 840.00 317.00 1157.00 8:00AM 748.50 384.00 1132.50 9:30AM 1410.00 646.00 2056.00 11:00AM 1110.00 431.00 1541.00 12:30PM 1004.00 464.00 1468.00 TOTALS: 6717.75 2737.00 9454.75
From the Pastor's Desk Dear St. Veronica Parishioners, Summit of Easter: Happy Easter! After the days of Lent and Holy Week, we are arriving at our destination: Easter. Our uphill---and uplifting---endeavors of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, along with repentance and reconciliation, have brought us to the summit of Easter, where we behold the Risen Christ. Christ is risen indeed, Alleluia, Alleluia. What could Easter concretely mean for the St. Veronica Community? RISING: Easter for our parish could mean that we, like the Risen Lord, need to keep rising to greater heights. We need to give up the levels we have settled for and be drawn to the grandeur of love and service, forgiveness and fidelity. In what ways can we keep rising to be with Christ who himself rises? NEWNESS: Easter also means the new life for Christ and all who believe in him. This means a renewal of energy and vision, a new way of seeing, thinking, feeling---and being. How can we give up the old and embrace the new? In Easter, the Lord himself is creating a new heaven and a new earth. PEACE: Easter also means peace. The Risen Christ constantly offers peace to the fragile and frightened. His peace transcends human logic and wisdom and pervades our entire being, despite our fractured, fragmented lives. Can we truly experience the Easter peace given for us, our families, communities---and the whole wide world. Thank You: I thank you for all that you are to the faith community of St. Veronica. You have been supporting our parish through your participation, encouragement, inspiration, good will, prayer, liturgical celebrations, volunteering, and donations. Thanks to your generosity, we are able to sustain and strengthen our parish ministries. You are invited and encouraged to join the parish community during these holiest days of our faith-celebrations. Here s wishing you a Happy and Blessed Easter! May the Lord who died but rose fill you and your families with peace, hope, and love! Your Friend and Pastor, Father Charles Puthota INSPIRATIONAL EASTER QUOTES Easter tells us that life is to be interpreted not simply in terms of things but in terms of ideals. --Charles M. Crowe Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness. --Floyd W. Tomkins He takes men out of time and makes them feel eternity. --Ralph Waldo Emerson And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here. --St. Augustine The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances. --Robert Flatt For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born. --Alice Freeman Palmer We live and die; Christ died and lived! --John Stott Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. --Pope John Paul II Easter by Joyce Kilmer The air is like a butterfly / With frail blue wings. The happy earth looks at the sky / And sings.
Announcements Easter Egg Hunt St. Veronica Youth Ministry is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt after the 9:30, 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Masses this Easter Sunday. Youth from 5th grade down, are invited to participate. Special thanks to our Youth Ministry who cleaned up the area next to the upper parking lot for this event and thanks to Davey Tree and JMB Construction for donating materials. Come and participate in this fun-filled, family event. Happy Hunting! Our Parish Family We extend a warm welcome into our Christian Community the following members who recently received the Sacrament of Baptism on April 16, 2011 here at our Church. Audriana Raquel Baylor Elias David Dolande Izaiah David Dolande Madeline Kathleen Wilson YMI Parishioner of the Year Breakfast Come join us to honor the Parishioners of the Year with an award breakfast on St. Veronica Falcon Hall Sunday, May 1, 2011 For reservations call: 650-583-2510 Marian Antiphon O Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia. The Son whom you merited to bear, alleluia, has risen as he said, alleluia. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia! For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia Pilgrimage to Fatima, Spain, & Lourdes - October 5-14, 2011 Join Father Charles as the Spiritual Director Call 206 Tours for more information at:1-800-206-8687 or visit: www.pilgrimages.com/ frputhota Brochures are also available from the Rectory Offices. Volunteer Appreciation Dinner Save the date May 22, 2001 Parish Center Watch upcoming bulletins for more details! Divine Mercy May 1, 2001 The Feast of Divine Mercy is celebrated on the Octave of Easter (the Sunday after Easter Sunday). This feast was extended to the entire Catholic Church by Pope John Paul II on April 30, 2000, the day that he canonized Saint Faustina. The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us all of us. And, he wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy.
News from our Men s Club St. Veronica Parish Texas Hold em Poker Fundraiser Saturday, May 14, 2011 Parish Center 7:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m. Check-in at 6:30 p.m. RESERVATION DEADLINE MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011 This Texas Hold em fundraiser will sell out Only 70 spots. Get your reservations in early Re-buys available night of the fundraiser All proceeds will go to the Parish and the Parish Center -------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Please Print: Name Phone # of Adults $50.00 each for 1000 chips # of Parish Purchases $25.00 each for 600 chips (one per player) Total $ Return to Rectory or School Office, c/o Kayla Compton-8 th grade. Checks made out to SV Men s Club. Must be 21 or older to participate. No purchase necessary. Any questions: contact: chrisfestival2008@yahoo.com