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Third Sunday of Lent March 23, 2014 While we were still sinners Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 TODAY S READINGS First Reading When the people grumbled to Moses for water in the desert, the Lord heard and brought forth water from the rock for all to drink (Exodus 17:3-7). Psalm If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading God s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:1-2, 5-8). Gospel Ask, and you will be given living water so that you will never thirst again (John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20;Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17;Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38] SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Third Sunday of Lent Tuesday: The Annunciation of the Lord Friday: Abstinence TODAY S SECOND COLLECTION IS FOR OUR PARISH BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE FUND. Your generosity is very much appreciated. SVDP 5th SUNDAY COLLECTION MARCH 30, 2014 The funds from these 5th Sunday collections are used to help persons in need. We provide comfort and aid to persons who come to the Pastoral Center seeking assistance with food, shelter, clothing or travel needs. We provide financial help to SVDP programs and other conferences dealing directly with persons in need. Through the SVDP twinning program we also provide financial assistance to SVDP conferences in the Philippines and Holy Land. As Fr. Zamora recently mentioned in this column, Lent is a time for prayer, fasting and almsgiving. This being Lent it is a wonderful opportunity for us to practice almsgiving and being generous in our 5th Sunday collection. Thanks again for supporting our 5th Sunday collections. You are remembered in our prayers at our weekly meetings. Please use your SVDP envelope in the second collection next Sunday. God does not ask us for our ability or our inability, but our availability. Anonymous MASS INTENTIONS WEEK of March 23, 2014 Sun 23 7:30 AM Mass for the People 9:30 AM Antonio Nascimento 11:30 AM Lynn O Brien Maddan Mon 24 7:30 AM Louis Sacha 9:00 AM Jim Donohue Tue 25 7:30 AM Gerald Shea 9:00 AM John McEllistrim Wed 26 7:30 AM Joe & Josephine Dito 9:00 AM Frank Jordan Thu 27 7:30 AM Antonio Nascimento 9:00 AM Isabel Burns Fri 28 7:30 AM Roger Pendenza Family 9:00 AM Freddie San Juan Sat 29 7:30 AM Virginia Obcena Domingo 9:00 AM Paul Gibeau 5:00 PM Joan O Sullivan We pray for the Sick...that they may experience God s Love and Healing. Dalmacio Briones Jr., Deogracias Cusi, Evangeline Agbunag, Mary Medina, Clara Lee, Amy McNally, Arturo Martin, Aurora Urmeneta, Inge Nordstrom, Rosa Maria Alonso, Laura Andrade, Leny Lopez, Mee Yee, Juan Aguirre, Dory Constantino, Max Kirkham, Joan Boike, Soledad Rico, Anne Hannan, Leny Aguirre, Ann Murphy, Ann Rourk, Kathy Ignacio, Amelia Lippi, Anna Goodwin, Theresa Ick, Dorothy Lao, Narcisa Sunga, Monica Briones, Anthony Cresci, Isabel Dominguez, Erik Hanway, Luz Neri Vives, Dodie Teague, Flory Magat, Clete Wellihnganz, Nick Aguila, Genoveva Guevarra, Noreen Murphy, Connor Gavney, Jim Kreps, Tim Galvin, Neil O Sullivan. Ann Murphy, Duff Hsu, Louis Musante, Herminia Alcantara, Daniel Hsu, Jeffrey Ng, Chun Mui Chu, Lani Bechelli, Pacita Castillo We pray for those who have Died that they may be granted a home in heaven. Theresa Byrne, Elizabeth Kranke SAN JOSE CHAPTER OF BEGINNING EXPERIENCE Peer grief resolution ministry for widowed, separated, and divorced persons Going thru grief because of the loss of a loved one? Having trouble with acceptance? The Beginning Experience Program helps widowed, separated and divorced take the next step forward beginning anew being single again. This program has helped thousands in the Bay Area find the strength to take a step towards closure, the courage to let go and rekindled hope to have a beginning experience. The program is presented at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos. Cost: $260 includes 2 nights stay, 6 meals and all materials. The Next Weekend will be held Friday through Sunday: May 2-4, 2014 Contact: John Ferreira: 650.692.4337 Email: SJBegin- Exp@aol.com Scholarships available.
SAVE THE DATE! SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2014 AT 10:30 AM LET US COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE OF HOLY NAME OF JESUS CHURCH ON 39TH AVENUE & LAWTON STREET Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone Main Celebrant Rev. Arnold E. Zamora, Rev. Toan Nguyen and Priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Concelebrants Simple Reception follows the Mass in Ryan Hall HOLY NAME TREE OF LIFE The Holy Name Tree of Life, a bronze tree trunk with approximately 400 leaves is located at the back of the Church. Donors can have their names, or those they wish to honor, engraved on the leaf. The proceeds of the donations to the Tree of Life will go towards a much-needed Capital Improvement Fund. Each leaf costs $500 with a $25.00 engraving charge. We suggest setting a MAXIMUM number of characters per leaf to 5 lines, 25 characters per line including spaces. Leaf color choices are Gold Silver or Bronze. Please send engraving request with check payment (payable to Holy Name Parish) or drop by the church office, 1555 39th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122. For more info, please call (415) 664-8590. Join Fr. Arnold E. Zamora and friends from Holy Name Parish on a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Egypt Israel Jordan on November 3-16, 2014 Cost: $3,850 ($3,999 credit card) Included: RT airfare, deluxe motor coach transportation, hotel accommodations, guided sightseeing tours, entrance fee to sites, breakfast & dinner daily, hotel gratuities, fuel surcharges, taxes A printable brochure is available for download on our Parish website: www.holynamesf.org Please contact: Estela Nolasco of Cruise Planners P.O. Box 631, San Bruno, CA enolasco@cruiseplanners.com (650)867-1422 HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH 2014 LENTEN & EASTER SCHEDULE Stations of the Cross in Chinese every Saturday at 2:15 PM WEEKDAYS OF LENT (including Holy Week) Masses 7:30 AM & 9:00 AM (in the Pastoral Center Chapel) Except Thursday at 9:15 AM in the Church WEEKEND MASSES in the Church Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM & 11:30 AM LENTEN ACTIVITIES: CONFESSIONS IN THE CHURCH:Every Saturday from 4:30-5:00 PM 4 Wednesdays from March 12 to April 2, 2014 STATIONS OF THE CROSS: 6:00 PM in Church SOUP SUPPER: 6:30 PM in the Flanagan Center Wednesday, April 9, 2014 SOUP SUPPER: 6:00 PM in the Flanagan Center STATIONS OF THE CROSS: 6:30 PM in Church PALM SUNDAY, April 13, 2014: Masses are at 7:30, 9:30 AM (with procession from the One Body Statue), 11:30 AM and 5 PM Vietnamese MONDAY, April 14, 2014 & TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 7:30 AM & 9:00 AM Masses in the Chapel WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2014 7:30 AM & 9:00 AM Masses in the Chapel, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after the 9:00 AM Mass until the 12:00 Noon Solemn Benediction & Reposition WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2014 at 7:00 PM: PARISH PENANCE SERVICE HOLY THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (No morning Masses) Mass of the Lord s Supper, :7:30 PM in the Church GOOD FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 in the Church Stations of the Cross with Holy Name School students at 1:00 PM Meditation on the Seven Last Words at 2:00 PM Good Friday Service at 3:00 PM Keeping Company with Our Lady of Sorrows in the Flanagan Center, overnight vigil from 5:00 PM on Good Friday to 11:00 AM on Holy Saturday Vietnamese Services: 5:00-7:00 PM Confessions, Veneration of the Cross & Communion in the Church EASTER VIGIL, Saturday, April 19, 2014 at 8:30 PM in the Church EASTER SUNDAY MASSES, April 20, 2014 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM (with Easter Egg Hunt) & 11:30 AM in the Church 3:00 PM Vietnamese Mass Weekly Offering 3/16/2014 3/17/2013 CASH 1,260.00 1,354.00 CHECKS 2,494.00 5,034.00 COINS 5.60 2.10 Total Collection 3,759.60 6,390.10 # of Envelopes 185 219
FAZtor s Notes by Fr. Arnold Zamora We welcome our Holy Name students and their parents this Sunday at 9:30AM for our school mass. We especially thank our 6 th graders for leading us in this particular liturgy. Last week, we had a funeral liturgy for two of our parishioners who recently passed away: Alice Fiumara and Theresa Byrne. Both ladies were long time parishioners, school parents and parish volunteers. Alice was a graduate from Holy Name School, in the first graduating class, and Mothers Guild President. Theresa was a Girl Scout Leader and coordinator of our Homebound Communion calls for many years. I had the opportunity to see each one a few days before they died and both were ready to meet their Creator. They were blessed with long life and were able to prepare themselves for the blessed assurance of eternal life. I almost had a death experience myself last Tuesday, in a car accident. Coming off 280 at 19 th Avenue is a dangerous spot. A cab hit the rear end of my car causing it to hit another car on the left side. The collision sent me jumping the curve and straight onto the streetcar tracks. Magically, I managed to go back on the road, flying over the foot tall curb again. The hand of God was upon me. All three drivers involved in the accident were all safe. All heads were cool and no finger pointing as to who was at fault. The first thing that came to our mouths was to say to each other: Are you okay? I remember my old pastor who asked my cousin to pick up something from the store using the pastor s motorcycle. My cousin came home without the motorcycle and reported: Father, I had a motorcycle accident! My pastor s first response was: What about my motorcycle? I still have my car but it is severely damaged, just like my old pastor s motorcycle. The whole world is still wondering where Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 is right now. We still don t know what happened to the plane and more importantly, the passengers. Finding Nemo was a movie about a fish that was lost. Should there be a movie entitled Finding Flight 370 for a plane that was lost? We still have much to pray for, especially for the safety of the passengers. The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged a highly secret plan they had funded with the US auto makers for the past five years. The NTSB covertly funded a project whereby the auto makers were installing black boxes in four wheel drive pick-up trucks in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in the last 15 seconds before the crash. They were surprised to find in 49 of the 50 states the last words of drivers in 61.2% of fatal crashes were, " Oh Crap!" Only the deep South was different, where 89.3% of the final words were, " Hey y all, watch this!" The Second Vatican Council: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective By the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, October 11, 1962-December 8, 1965; Edited by Jerry Back Question: Who helps artists better understand the purpose of sacred art? Answer from Sacrosanctum Concilium: Bishops should have a special concern for artists, so as to imbue them with the spirit of sacred art and of the sacred liturgy. This they may do in person or through suitable priests who are gifted with a knowledge and love of art. It is also desirable that schools or academies of sacred art should be founded in those parts of the world where they would be useful, so that artists may be trained. All artists who, prompted by their talents, desire to serve God's glory in holy Church, should ever bear in mind that they are engaged in a kind of sacred imitation of God the Creator, and are concerned with works destined to be used in Catholic worship, to edify the faithful, and to foster their piety and their religious formation. Question: When ideally would the Church's bishops, priests, and deacons learn about sacred art? Answer from Sacrosanctum Concilium: During their philosophical and theological studies, clerics are to be taught about the history and development of sacred art, and about the sound principles governing the production of its works. In consequence they will be able to appreciate and preserve the Church's venerable monuments, and be in a position to aid, by good advice, artists who are engaged in producing works of art. Editor s Note: Sacrosanctum Concilium (the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy) has as its central aim a focus on greater participation of the laity in the liturgy. We have now finished reviewing the constitution s final chapter, Sacred Art. CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO Lenten Volunteer Opportunities Catholic Charities CYO is offering a variety of ways to strengthen our faith through acts of compassion during the six weeks of the Lenten Season through volunteer acts of kindness. For example, St. Joseph s Family Center in San Francisco is looking for volunteers to cook brunch for families. We also need volunteers to help distribute food and prepare snacks for children at our 10th and Mission Support Service program. For a complete list of our upcoming Lenten volunteer opportunities, visit our website at www.cccyo.org/lent. Reservce your spot now! Contact Jane Ferguson Flout, 415.972.1227, jfergusonflout@cccyo.org. Thank you for partnering with us in serving others. UPCOMING CLASS REUNIONS FOR HOLY NAME SCHOOL CLASSES OF 1968, 1974, 1977 AND 1984 Please send contact information to holynamesfalumni@yahoo.com
Catholic Bishops Call for Lenten Prayer and Fasting During Time of Drought Bishop Jaime Soto, President of the California Catholic Conference of Bishops, released the following statement: During this Season of Lent, we, the Catholic Bishops of California, invite the Catholic community and other Californians of good will to exercise restraint in the use of water as an expression of solidarity with those whose livelihood and welfare are at risk due to extreme drought conditions. Lent is a holy, penitential season in the Catholic Church's liturgical year, reflecting the forty days Jesus spent in the desert in fasting and prayer. In this time, Catholics unite themselves with the Lord Jesus in the struggle to overcome the power of evil and the slavery of sin. We do so with prayer, fasting, abstinence, as well as other penitential sacrifices, and charitable works. This year, Californians are in an actual desert as an historic drought looms over us. Farmers cannot access sufficient water to raise their crops. Fields will remain fallow. Men and women will be left standing without work. Access for children and families to clean, drinkable water is uncertain. Legislators struggle to craft an equitable public policy ensuring the State s present and future water needs. We are starkly reminded in this time of drought of our dependence on the Creator. The fragile relationship between ourselves and the creation that God has made to sustain us is threatened. Our human dignity relies on access to water. That same human dignity is diminished when we let this precious resource slip carelessly through our hands. The creation entrusted to us is a common heritage and requires us to work together as responsible stewards for the common good, especially mindful of the weak and vulnerable. As the economic and health impact of the drought grows those with limited resources will be the first to suffer. Wise conservation practices will mitigate those effects. They also serve as concrete acts of solidarity giving life and hope to other fellow Californians. During this Lent, we pray that God opens the heavens and lets His mercy rain down upon our fields and mountains. May we receive the grace to better conserve our natural resources and expend our energies in works of charity so that justice and mutual respect may flow like a river through the cities, towns and fields of our State. Looking towards the sacred days of Easter, we hope that God s wisdom and joy may rise like a fountain of living water in the hearts and minds of all Californians. 3rd Sunday in Lent John 4: 5-42 Living water A slender Samaritan woman approached the well with her empty water jar. She began to lower the roped bucket into the well. Jesus watched and remembered how thirsty he was. His dry lips opened and he called to her: Give me a drink. The woman brushed her hair away from her face and looked up at the foreigner sitting nearby. She studied him for a long moment and then decided he must be a Jew. Jesus smiled at her. He got to his feet and walked over to the well, standing before her and the brimming bucket of cold water. You are a Jew, she announced, raising her face to look up at Jesus. She dipped her cup into the water and held it out to him. I am a Samaritan. How can you ask me for a drink? HOLY NAME NEWSLETTER March 18, 2014 PRINCIPAL S LETTER Dear Holy Name Families, This Sunday, March 23rd,is our Family Mass sponsored by the 6th grade students and families. Please join us at 9:30 as we celebrate this Mass together. Next week on Wednesday, March 26th, we'll have Lenten Reconciliation services for students in grades 2 through 8. Our Catholic students have the opportunity twice during the school year to receive this sacrament. This service comes in the middle of the Lenten season and is a good reminder that we should be doing something special as we prepare for the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Please mark your calendars for April 12, 2014, which is the night of Dine and Disco, our Live and Silent Auction. It should be a special evening with cocktails, appetizers and a formal sit down dinner. There will be exciting things to bid on and, of course, dancing to your heart's content. God bless you and all those you love. Sincerely, Mrs. Judy Cosmos HOLY NAME SCHOOL Holy Name School s 5 th Annual Live & Silent Auction Saturday, April 12 th 6:00PM Reservations are now available for this exciting event! Please join us for an evening of appetizers, cocktails and a formal sitdown dinner all while you are bidding for fabulous items at our Auction. Your evening will close with the fantastic sounds of the 70 s as you dance the night away in our very own disco! Tickets may be purchased at the School Office or the Pastoral Center. Reservations are required. Tickets will not be sold at the door. $60.00 per person. Proceeds benefit Holy Name School and Preschool. Please contact Liz Sharpe with questions: lsharpe4hn@gmail.com or 731-4077. Jesus gently took the cup of water from her hands and lifted it to his lips. He paused for a moment and then put his lips on the cup and drank all of the water. The Samaritan woman stared in disbelief. Handing the cup back to her, Jesus began to explain. In the moments that followed the Samaritan woman would learn that Jesus was the awaited Messiah, the one who had come to bring everyone living water a water which would become a gushing fountain with waters leaping up to provide eternal life. Jesus encounter with the Samaritan woman at Jacob s Well lets us hear him declare that he is the anointed one who is coming...the Messiah! Jesus says to her I who speak to you am he. Through the Gospel which we read and hear this day, Jesus also addresses those words to us. I who speak to you am he. Jesus also brings to us living water which will spring forth into our lives and provide us with the gift of eternal life.
Holy Name Parish est. 1925 Business Office: 1555 39th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122 Phone: (415) 664-8590 Fax: (415) 759-4293 www.holynamesf.org E-MAIL: hnparishsecretary@gmail.com Rev. Arnold E. Zamora, Pastor Rev. Toan X. Nguyen, Parochial Vicar Most Rev. Ignatius C. Wang, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, In Residence Sr. Necy Guan, FdCC, Pastoral Associate Sr. Esther Ling, FdCC, Spiritual Director Chinese Ministry/D.R.E., Holy Name School Jackie C. Alcaraz, Parish Manager Director/Holy Name Conservatory of Music Colleen A. Durkin, Parish Secretary Holy Name School Alumni Coordinator Carol Elliott Maloof RN, Parish Nurse HOLY NAME SCHOOL: (415) 731-4077 Website: www.holynamesf.com Judy Cosmos, Principal 1560 40th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122 HOLY NAME PRESCHOOL: (415) 664-4753 Alice Ho Seher, Preschool Director Website: www.holynamesf.com & click on Preschool Holy Name CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Private lessons are offered in piano, voice, guitar and violin. To register or more information please contact Jackie at (415) 664-8590. HOLY NAME SPORTS PROGRAM: Rodil Hidalgo, Boys Athletic Director Vince De Lucca, Girls Athletic Director RECTORY: 3240 Lawton St. San Francisco, CA 94122 (415) 759-4294 FLANAGAN CENTER: (415) 564-2632 PARISH NURSE PROGRAM: Carol, R.N. (415) 664-8590 ext. 109 CANOSSIAN SISTERS: (415) 753-6685 1858 38th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122 Benny Capuyan, Parish Pastoral Council Chairperson Jim Regan, Parish Finance Council Chairperson SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM (Family Mass), 11:30 AM, 5:00 PM (Vietnamese) Saturday 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 3:00 PM (Chinese), 5:00 PM (Vigil) Weekdays 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM Holy Days 7:30 AM, 9:00AM, and 7:30 PM Confessions: 15 minutes before 9:30 and 11:30 AM Masses on Sunday & 4:30-5:00 PM Saturday or by appointment Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every Wednesday 9:30 AM 12 Noon Sacred Heart of Jesus Devotions: Friday after 9:00 AM Mass Perpetual Help Devotions: Saturday after 9:00 AM Mass First Saturday Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary begins at 8:30 AM with the Rosary, then Mass & Benediction Baptisms by appointment Baptismal Preparation Every 1st Saturday of the month in the Pastoral Center - 2 PM You need to register for the class ahead of time. Baptism Ministry (Sewing Group): Every Monday 1-3 PM in the Pastoral Center Event Room Marriages Contact Pastoral Center 6 months in advance. Religious Education (for Children): Kindergarten to 9th, Saturday 10 AM 12 Noon RCIA for youth Tuesday 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00 PM in the Pastoral Center R.C.I.A. (Chinese): Every Saturday Pastoral Center 10:00 AM Religious Education (for Adults) : Please call Sr. Necy at 415 664-8590 Bible Class every Tuesday@10-11 AM (Flanagan Center) Bible Study Group (Chinese): Every Wednesday 7:30 PM Flanagan Center Parish Pastoral Council: contact Fr. Arnold Zamora St. Vincent de Paul Society meeting every Monday at 7:30 PM (Pastoral Center) Legion of Mary: Contact Rose Symkowick (415) 731-4652 Blood Pressure Screening: every 2nd Wednesday from after the 7:30 AM Mass until Noon (Pastoral Center) except JULY & AUGUST Holy Name Ladies Aid: every 1st Wednesday of the Month at 11:45 AM (Flanagan Center) Senior Club: every Thursday at 11:00 AM (Flanagan Ctr.) FIL-AM Club: Every 3rd Friday of the month, 6:30 pm (except Oct. and Nov. at 7:30 pm) at the Flanagan Center. HOLY NAME Choir Practice: every Thursday at 7:00 PM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Welcome New Parishioners! Please complete and return form to the Pastoral Center (1555 39th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122), or simply drop it in the collection basket. Kindly print all information. Name(s) Address City & Zip Phone E-mail: Send me envelopes: Send me info on auto-donations