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 November 5, 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 The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted. MT 23:11-12 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 Thirty-First 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 November 5 Date for Mass request Requested by Saturday November 4 5:30 pm Andrew DeMaria Andrew DeMaria Sunday November 5 7:30 am Antoninette Guidi Family 9:00 am Vito DeMaria Ann DeMaria 9:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am Deceased of the Tarantino Family Rosalie & Peter Tarantino 12:00 pm Josephine & Dominic Vitrano The Vella Family Monday November 6 7:30 am Madeline Tarantino Madonna del Lume 12:00 pm Antoinette Vitrano Joe & Tina Principato 12:00 pm Lucy Talarico Maria Barnabe Tuesday November 7 7:30 am Guiseppe LoCoco Peter & Rosalie Tarantino 12:00 pm Carmenlina Maruca Mary Lou Terramagra 12:00 pm Thomas A. Degitz Barbara Degitz Wednesday November 8 7:30 am Richard Salmon Pauline Salmon 12:00 pm Rosalie Buscemi OLR Guild 12:00 pm Walter Orsatti Tom Broderick Thursday November 9 7:30 am Joseph Scafidi Frank & Anna Crivello 12:00 pm Antonino D Anna Vito Ingrande Family 12:00 pm Roy Woodard Adeline Massa Friday November 10 7:30 am Maria Antonetta Vitrano Perry & Joanne Anderson 12:00 pm David Amando Francis, Pei, Delia 12:00 pm Nasim & Helen Fares Anonymous Saturday November 11 7:30 am Vito DeMaria Sal & Nancy DeMaria & Family 7:30 am Perpetual Membership 12:00 pm Maria Antonetta Vitrano Tony & Beatrice Tarantino 5:30 pm Vito DeMaria Wife, Rosalia & Family Sunday November 12 7:30 am Vincent DeBellis Kathy Dinworth 9:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am Fr. Steven Grancini The Pollan Family 12:00 pm Madonna del Lume The Society 4:00 pm Art Mejer Ernie Grimm Family Pastor s Corner In what way is the Church Holy? The Church is holy insofar as the Most Holy God is her author. Christ has given himself for her to sanctify her and make her a source of sanctification. The Holy Spirit gives her life with charity. In the Church one finds the fullness of the means of salvation. Holiness is the vocation of each of her members and the purpose of all her activities. The Church counts among her members the Virgin Mary and numerous Saints who are her models and intercessors. The holiness of the Church is the fountain of sanctification for her children who here on earth recognize themselves as sinners ever in need of conversion and purification (ccc-usccb # 165). Marriage Banns Brian Banzuelo & Marie Villanueva Andrew Handrop and Nuria Bonilla Recently Deceased Salvatore Carini Prayers for the sick 7:30 am Mass - Shanon & Bradly Frandrich, Frank Mulligan, Ted Matranga, Tina Simone, Betty Heilig-Vilella, Mickey Consilio. 12:00 pm Mass - Tony D Acquisto, Jason Williamson, Diane House, Charlie Ross, Josephine D Acquisto
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 3 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Eucharistic Adoration at OLR Your time will be rewarded COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US Our Lady of the Rosary church established a small adoration chapel to allow you to spend more time with Jesus in the Eucharist. Commitments for adoration begin at, but not limited to, one hour per week. Adoration chapels are a great blessing for parishes and it is a way for you to enter more deeply into your faith. The best starting point to become more Christ-like in your daily life is to spend more time with him. You will gradually be transformed and experience unexpected blessings. Sign up at parish office. Sanctuary Candle Memorial Our Lady of the Rosary is currently accepting reservations for the memorial votive candles within the church. Two types of candles are available. First, the red sanctuary lamps are available to be lit for a week, with a donation of $75. The second are the altar candles for a Mass, with a donation of $15. The intentions will be placed in the weekly bulletin, and a special card is available at the parish office. Padre Pio Devotions Monday, November 6 th The Padre Pio Group will meet at 6:35 pm in the Church for Recitation of the Rosary with Mass at 7:00 pm followed by Prayers & Benediction. Anyone is welcome to join us in Padre Pio Devotions on the First Monday of the month. Our Lady s Gifts will be open in the evening for this event. MARIA SS MADONNA DEL PARADISO SOCIETY CORONATA DAL CAPITOLO VATICANO CUSTODITA DAI PP. BOCCONISTI MAZZARA DEL VALLO festa 2017 57th Annual Mass & Celebration November 12th 12:00 p.m. Lunch refreshments and a fundraising Raffle for the Church following Mass in the downstairs Church Hall
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 4 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Sunday School Children will be bringing food staples to share with those less fortunate. The following is a list of CCD Thanksgiving Food Drive food suggestions: grocery store gift cards of $20-$25, canned pumpkin, yams, corn, green beans, instant mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing & cranberry sauce. Also welcome are monetary donations. Non-perishable items only. Please, no glass containers. Donations will be accepted at the Pastoral Center as well during normal operating hours. Fr. Louis Class on the Life of Christ Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm What can a study on the life of Jesus do for you? Come to Fr. Louis class and find out! Becoming disciples takes ongoing formation. Wherever you are on that road, taking this class is sure to be beneficial. Saturday November 4 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm Spaghetti Dinner in Hall Sunday November 5 9:00 am CCD Mass in Church 10:00 am CCD in Upper Hall and Pastoral Center 1:00 pm Baptisms in Church Monday November 6 9:00 am Funeral Mass for Salvatore Carini in Church 9:30 am Shakespeare in Upper Hall 3:00 pm Spiritual Counseling in Youth Room 6:30 pm Padre Pio Devotion in Church 6:30 pm Finance Committee in Lower Hall Tuesday November 7 8:30 am Little Italy Association in Lower Hall 4:00 pm ICC in Upper Hall 7:00 pm RCIA in Lower Hall 7:30 pm Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion in Church Wednesday November 8 10:00 am Shakespeare in Upper Hall 7:00 pm Life of Christ Bible class in Lower Hall 7:00 pm ICF Board in Padre Pio Room Thursday November 9 11:00 am St. Thomas More Society in Upper Hall 6:30 pm Choir practice in Choir Loft Sunday November 12 9:00 am CCD Mass in Church 10:00 am CCD in Pastoral Center 12:00 pm Madonna del Paradiso Mass in Church 1:00 pm Madonna del Paradiso Festa in Hall 4:00 pm Latin Mass in Church Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion in Church Every Tuesday at 7:30 pm Saint Charles Borromeo Academy next to Liberty Station would like to cordially invite interested families Thursday, November 16th, 5:30 to 7:00pm to come to an open house. Classroom tours, an opportunity to meet with current families and enjoy light refreshments is part of the hospitality. For more information visit: SaintCharlesAcademy. com
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 5 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Sacrificial Giving for the Week of October 29th Thank you for your generosity Plate $7,542 Online Giving $1,386 Restoration Fund $ 315 Candles $ 390 Total $ 9,633 Hospitality Cafe We need volunteers! Sign up and we will add you to our text list. You decide which Sunday you want to work. Shifts are 90 minutes. Sherry Thurston (619) 804-9365. Background of the Liturgy All Souls Day Consideration The observance of All Souls Day is really the Catholic Memorial Day. On this day and throughout the month of November, we remember our dearly departed in prayer, offering Masses for the repose of their souls and making visits to their graves to pray for them. These observances not only benefit the dead, for in praying for them we exercise our own faith and belief in the resurrection at the end of time. We are therefore blessed when we honor the memory of those dear to us in life and when we pray for them. Today s observance is one consequence of our belief in the communion of all the saints. The bond of baptism binds us all in charity, a bond which death itself cannot break. The liturgical color one chooses for today s Mass can be something of an ideological lightening rod. The legitimate options given in the liturgical law are white, violet, or black. Those who lean progressive usually prefer white, while those who lean traditional often don the black vestments they have kept hanging in their sacristy closets for this once-in-a-year opportunity. Personally, I ve always favored the color violet for today s liturgy. Not only does my preference reflect a certain instinct respecting in media stat virtu, but I believe there are some very sound reasons favoring violet over white or black. Certainly, one could argue that white should be used today as it is most often used for the celebrations of funerals. We offer today s Mass with the hope of the resurrection for our dearly departed. Furthermore, the white of resurrection may be consoling to some who are in the midst of grief at the loss of someone dear to them. It is comforting to know that with the assistance of our prayers, our dearly departed may soon enjoy the bliss of heaven. White seems most especially appropriate for the funerals of those who lived a long, good life. At their funerals, we are filled with feelings of gratitude of having known them, and for God having been good to them in this life. But it is precisely the presence of grief in our hearts that the color black may strike a certain chord. Something doesn t quite feel right when in our sorrow and grief at the loss of a love one, especially with a tragic and unexpected death, the color white is used. It just doesn t acknowledge our sense of loss adequately. Death, the Scriptures say, is a result of sin and was not intended by God from the beginning. While it is to be embraced with courage and trust, it isn t a natural good. Death is a kind of sacrament of sin, one in which we experience in some ways the spiritual alienation and misery of a life lived apart from God, from Life itself. To be happy about the deceased s nearness to heaven may be pastorally too much to expect for those whose
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 6 Little Italy, San Diego, CA loss is still fresh (no matter how long the death may have occurred). The color black expresses this dark, painful residue left in the hearts of those who were wounded by a death in the family or among close friends. The reality of death befits the color black. Violet may be the color that rightly balances the sense of hope on the one hand, and pastoral sensitivity to those who mourn on the other. Violet, as used in Advent, is a color of hopeful expectation. It expresses quite well the inbetween state we the living and the departed are in. Between our individual death and the end of time, our resurrection will not occur. And until we ourselves die, we shall be separated from our loved ones who have already departed into the next life. Our celebration of All Souls Day, I believe, should also strike this balance between hope in the resurrection and, at the same time, recognize, acknowledge and even affirm the grief felt by those left behind. We Catholics are known for our moving celebrations of funerals, for we do not fear or eschew the rituals that help us negotiate our way in faith through the pain that conies with death. It seems to me, therefore, our observance of All Souls Day should take into account, these very same concerns. Our Catholic faith is a great consolation when we have to experience the death of a loved one. Background of the Liturgy All Souls Day Consideration cont... merit eternal life. This passage affirms the belief that those who live a good life will be protected by God in the next: they will experience no torment and will have peace. A consoling thought for our loved ones who lived a virtuous life. Romans 5: 5-11: For those of us who have not lived a perfect or nearly perfect life, this passage from Romans is consoling. In it, we are assured that Christ didn t die solely for the just, but for the ungodly, for sinners. We shall be saved from God s wrath because of our justification (being made right with God); having been reconciled by Christ s death (being made one with God), we shall be saved. It is precisely in.the fact that, here and now, because we have already been justified and reconciled through Christ, we shall be saved. We do not need to pretend that we are not sinners; God s love even extends into us, sinners. John 6: 37-40: This passage comes from the Bread of Life discourse. On the one hand, believers are already given to the Son and come to him and are not cast out because they already have eternal Life. On the other hand, they will be raised up on the last day and will not be cast out. John places both a realized and future eschatology side by side in this passage. The already and not yet go together. The Christian has the assurance that our encounter with Christ in this life through the sacraments is not something that will be cast away at death but will be consummated beyond death. Christ promised, and we can hold him to it after death. Readings for the day: On this day, any-reading may be chosen from the Masses for the Dead. What follows is a commentary on the standard readings used on this day. Wisdom 3: 1-9: Here in this pericope from Wisdom we have evidence from the Old Testament in a belief in the afterlife (contrary to the Sadducees). The Book of Wisdom asserts the immortality of the just and righteous, not a general immortality. In our Christian perspective, those who have been made just by the Wood of Christ, and who continue to live in accord with that sanctification, Readings for the Week of November 5 Sunday MAL 1:14B-2:2B, 8-10; 1 THES 2:7B-9, 13; MT 23:1-12 Monday ROM 11:29-36; LK 14:12-14 Tuesday ROM 12:5-16AB; LK 14:15-24 Wednesday ROM 13:8-10; LK 14:25-33 Thursday EZ 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; 1 COR 3:9C-11, 16-17; JN 2:13-22 Friday ROM 15:14-21; LK 16:1-8 Saturday ROM 16:3-9, 16, 22-27; LK 16:9-15 Next Sunday WIS 6:12-16; 1 THES 4:13-18; MT 25:1-13
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 or Mari Cragun. 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 Office Manager Annie Korn anniek@olrsd.org Administrative Assistant Chris Morales chris@olrsd.org Wedding/Funeral Coordinator Mari Cragun mcragun@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.