The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ June 10, 2012 Take it; this is my body. 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 Deacon Roger Beaudry Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Sandy Kearney, Parish Manager Ext. 304 Stephanie de Prume, Finance Manager Ext. 306 Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator Ext.305 Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director 650-588-1455 Ext. 308 St. Veronica Parish St. Veronica Catholic School www.saintveronicassf.org Phone: 650-589-3909 Mass Intentions WEEK of June 10, 2012 Sun 06/10 6:45 Ignacio Angeles 8:00 Pedro Madrona 9:30 Zosimo & Sionita Carmen 11:00 Emmanuel Duque 12:30 People of St. Veronica Mon 06/11 6:30 No Special Intention 8:30 Ramon Fernandez, Sr. Tue 06/12 6:30 No Special Intention 8:30 Policarpo Pabros Wed 06/13 6:30 Marcelina Rapanut 8:30 Jonathan C. A. Tengco Thu 06/14 6:30 No Special Intention 8:30 Lorenzo Villanueva Fri Sat 06/15 6:30 Risso Family 8:30 Martha Salazar 06/16 8:30 Mike & Kevin Folan 5:00 Olga Jensen Sun 06/17 6:45 Living & Deceased Fathers 8:00 Josefina Pablo 9:30 Eufracio Baluyot 11:00 Sebastian Chavez 12:30 People of St. Veronica Kathryn Lucchesi Principal Pam Cavagnaro Vice Principal SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION Sacrament of Baptism Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month. Call the Parish Office 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 Every Sunday is a Celebration! Today is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. At one time, this day was called Corpus Christi, the Latin words for the Body of Christ. In the most recent revision of our liturgical rites, the name for this day is expanded to be a more complete reflection of our Eucharistic theology. The Gospel for today reminds us that the Eucharist is a memorial of Christ's sacrifice on the cross. We believe that Jesus is truly present to us in the elements of bread and wine. Each time we celebrate this sacrament, we prepare for the Kingdom of God. This celebration, as the Second Vatican Council taught us, is the source and summit of the Christian life Loyola Press 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 Spanish Mass First Sunday of each month at 6:00 PM. Misa en Español: Primer Domingo de cada mes a las 6:00 p.m. 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. 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. Welcome Newly Registered Parishioner! Our parish continues to be blessed and enriched by the presence of new parishioners: Gail Cocking Brian Guiney Edgar and Jinkee Liquete Martin S. Martinez Brigget, Blessie, Beatriz & BeniJohn, Millare May St. Veronica Church offer you a place where you can bring your sorrow and joys, your pain and triumphs and peace for your soul. We welcome you with open arms and hearts! PRAYER OF THE WEEK June 10, 2012, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament have left us a memorial of your Passion, grant us, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your redemption. Who live and reign with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Reflection question: How am I part of the Body of Christ in the world? Collect text from the English translation of The Roman Missal, 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Copyright J. S. Paluch Company, Inc. Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works. Day Mass Time 1st Collection Maintenance Totals Saturday 06/02/12 5:00PM 1746.25 210.00 1956.25 Sunday 06/03/12 6:45AM 952.00 175.00 1127.00 8:00AM 1247.00 155.00 1402.00 9:30AM 1260.00 238.00 1498.00 11:00AM 1506.00 289.00 1795.00 12:30PM 1129.00 287.00 1416.00 6:00PM 288 288.00 TOTALS: $8,128.25 $1,354.00 $9,482.25
From the Pastor's Desk Dear St. Veronica Parishioners, Changes on the Finance Committee: Please welcome Tammi Grigg (27 years in finance and tax certified) and Roberto Nazario (25 years in financial services, Series 7, 24, 63 and IAR registrations ) who are joining the Finance Committee. I thank them for their spirit of availability and generosity. Their willingness to serve on this committee is indeed an expression of their love and appreciation for our parish. The outgoing Finance Committee members are Bill Gainey and Robert Vallecorse. I thank them for their time and talents in advising me about our finances. It is the responsibility of this committee to take a close monthly look at the finances of the school and parish and make the recommendations to provide for the various needs of the parish. While we seek first the things of the Kingdom of God, we have to provide for the maintenance of the parish property, run our ministries and organizations, pay the utility, cleaning, and repair bills, and pay the salaries & benefits of the parish employees. The whole parish community counts on your continued support and generosity through your weekly donations to help provide for the needs of our parish community. Q & A on Your Survey Feedback: I would like to draw your attention to the Questions and Answers on the back cover of this weekend s bulletin. These are comments from some of you about our parish property pavement project in our recent survey and the answers given to you in consultation with the Stewardship Committee, which includes the Finance Committee. Thank you for demonstrating your interest in our parish and its needs by bringing these questions to our notice. Capital Campaign Leaders: It is my pleasure to announce the names of three talented women who will be running the capital campaign for our pavement project: Tammi Grigg, Terri Ciardella, and Sharon Oosterman. Longtime parishioners, they educated their children in our parish school. Their faith, energy, charm, and persuasive powers are well known. They are excited about leading this campaign because they love this parish; they see clearly that we have to provide for the deferred maintenance needs of our parish; they are convinced, as we all are, that this campaign would be a powerful way we could bring people together in friendship and collaboration. Tammi, Sharon, and Terri will work closely with the stewardship committee and me. Let s give them our fullest possible support and make this campaign a big success. When this campaign is over, when the pavement is done, when we have addressed the needs of our physical plant, it would signal the message even more clearly that we are a positive, united, capable, talented, faith-filled, joyful, sharing community at St. Veronica parish. We care about who we are in this community. God bless our parish and keep us always in the hollow of His hand. Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ: When we attend the First Communion of the Second Graders, we become aware of their excitement, sense of wonder and awe, their faith and innocence, their love for being in communion with Jesus. These are the sentiments and insights we can recapture for ourselves as we celebrate the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, traditionally known as Corpus Christi. If we believe sincerely that Jesus is truly, really, and substantially present in the Eucharist, maybe we need to decide that we would go to this Eucharist week after week to be nourished by this most beautiful and fundamental sacrament. Maybe, we need to rearrange our lives and priorities to accommodate the Eucharist each weekend. Also, because of this Eucharistic meal, we the followers of Christ are all made into the body of Christ, with implications that we need to tend the community of believers by caring for their needs. The sharing of the body of Christ will lead us to the sharing of bread for the hungry of the world. The powerful words of St. John Chrysostom remind us of this caring for those out there who are longing for the ordinary, simple blessings: Do you want to honor Christ s body? Then do not scorn him in his nakedness, nor honor him here in the church with silken garments while neglecting him outside where he is cold and naked. For he who said: This is my body, and made it so by his words, also said: You saw me hungry and did not feed me, and inasmuch as you did not do it for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did not do it for me (Mat 25:34ff). What we do here in the church requires a pure heart, not special garments; what we do outside requires great dedication. Because of Jesus who becomes food for us, who becomes our Eucharistic meal, let s think about how we can in our turn become eucharist for one another. What would it mean? What forms of service and love would that entail? Your Friend and Pastor, Father Charles Puthota
Invite Your Friends for a night out for Wednesday Night Bingo in Falcon Hall Doors Open at 6:30 PM Games Begin at 7:00 PM Proceeds benefit St. Veronica Catholic School Faith Formation News Father s Day Spiritual Cards Father's Day Novena cards are available at the main entrance of the Church. If you wish your father to be remembered in a special Novena of Masses for the living and the deceased, please return the envelope by Friday, June 15, 2012 You may place the envelope in the collection basket or the Pastoral Center office mailbox. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (often abbreviated RCIA) is the process through which interested adults are gradually introduced to the Roman Catholic faith and way of life. Do you or know someone who longs to have a closer relationship with our Heavenly Father? Ask about the RCIA sessions for those who are not baptized, are of other faiths, or are curious about exploring the Catholic faith. Call the office at 650-588-1455 Ext. 309 for more detailed information. Registration for 2012-13: Registration is now open for the 2012-13 Faith Formation program. Forms were sent home last week with the children and are also available on the parish web site, www.stveronicassf.com, under the Faith Formation link. Just a reminder that there are two years of preparation for the sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation. Any questions, please call the Faith Formation Coordinator, Karen Guglielmoni, at 650-588-1455 ext. 305. Do you hear the call to be a catechist? Each year, the Faith Formation program invites those who would like to educate children of our parish in the Catholic faith to contact the Faith Formation Office. Before the next school year starts, there will be a series of summer workshops, a mini-retreat, and other training opportunities available for new and returning catechists. Team-teaching and teaching assistant opportunities are also available. Questions about your vocation? Feel free to call Karen Guglielmoni, the Faith Formation Coordinator, at 650-588-1455 ext. 305. 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 celebrated on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month at 11:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted: July 7 (full), 21 (full) October 6, 20 August 4, 18 November 3, 17 September 1, 15 December 1, 15 Preparation classes for parents & godparents are held monthly on Tuesdays as noted below. Classes are conducted in the Pastoral Center from 7:30-9:00 p.m. (Adults only please). July 10 October 9 August 14 November 13 September 11 December 11 Our Parish Family Please welcome the newest members of our Christian Community who recently received the Sacrament of Baptism on Saturday, June 2, 2012 Samantha Jane Colgrove Makayla Antonette Pangilinan Jacob Diego Silva May these families grow in holiness daily in response to their baptismal calling. Getting Married in 2013? Now is the time to start your plans for that special wedding day at St. Veronica for 2013. Remember the first step is to arrange a meeting with clergy. Call the Parish office at 650-588-1455 to schedule. We extend our warm and heart-felt Blessings and Birthday wishes to our Pastor, Father Charles Puthota who will be celebrating his birthday on June 11, 2012. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM US ALL!
Last week s Scripture solution - How did you do? The St. Veronica Youth ministry is a place to be with your friends, make new friends, have fun, build community and learn more about your faith. Meetings are held on Sundays at 7:00 p.m. in the Pastoral Center of our campus. Open to all youth from 8th grade on up. For more detailed information please contact: Patrick Lucy - (650) 255-2352 or ssflucys@gmail.com
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Deferred Maintenance In-Pew Questions and Answers Q. How much is this project going to cost? The paving project is projected at $500,000 which allows for improvements to signage, overall grounds updating and unforeseen costs with regard to permits, fees, etc. To help keep costs down, the Archdiocese has identified areas that will not need to be fully excavated. Any excess funds would be used to address other deferred maintenance issues as identified by the recent Facility Condition Assessment Report. Q. Can the outstanding Parish Center loan be refinanced? The pros and cons of refinancing have been looked into. As only seven years remain on the 20-year loan, it is not fiscally prudent to refinance as there will be no significant savings and refinancing would only extend the life of the loan. Q. Can the Archdiocese help pay for this project? No. The Archdiocese is not in a position to assist as it has 90 parishes to oversee, most of which are addressing deferred maintenance projects. (See Catholic San Francisco issue of May 18, 2012, page 3 for more information). Keep in mind the AAA covers only 40% of the Archdiocese s operating costs. They too have had to make drastic cuts, now working with 40 less people on staff. This in the end affects services available to the Parishes throughout the Archdiocese. Q. Are only a select few helping to raise funds or will it be a community/parish wide effort? Everyone in the St. Veronica community is a stakeholder and is asked to actively participate in making this dream a reality. We have a team to lead the charge who will certainly be seeking volunteers to serve in various committees. The more the merrier! Q. Can the monies collected in the Second Collection for parish maintenance cover this cost? Unfortunately, the funds collected for parish maintenance barely cover the needs to address maintenance issues. All monies received from the collection are transferred into a separate maintenance account. Those funds are held until needed for repairs, maintenance, and upgrades throughout the parish. These funds do not go into the normal day-to-day operations of the parish. During 2011, $38,470 was collected for parish maintenance. When looking at a $500,000 expenditure, this won t go very far after necessary repairs are addressed. Q. Can the school now contribute the funds assigned for the roof repair which was donated? As a result of the recent generous donation, those funds can now be reallocated toward other school-related maintenance projects, which have been identified by the Archdiocese. Q. Can parish or school staff be reduced to afford this expenditure? Both the school and parish are operating with the staff necessary to address current needs. Reduction of staff would affect the quality of educational programs and parish services offered. Q. Can the Festival proceeds help fund this project? The proceeds from the Festival are factored into the operating budgets of both the Parish and the School. Also, the profitability of the Festival would not have a significant impact on this size project. It would be best to keep it in the operating budgets. Q. Can this project be done in sections (phases)? Absolutely! The recommendation of the Archdiocese is that the project be completed in phases so the overall financial impact is more manageable. The Committee is using that guideline in making its decisions. Phases will commence as soon as sufficient funds are collected to defray the cost. Thank you for taking the time to share your questions and concerns surrounding the deferred pavement project. We will continue to keep you appraised of significant news as it develops.