St. Veronica Church Established 1951 A Stewardship Parish - Grateful Living through Faith, Fellowship, Service, & Giving 434 Alida Way Phone: 650-588-1455 South San Francisco, CA 94080 www.stveronicassf.com Fax: 650-588-1481 The Pharisees Question Jesus by James Tissot, 1886-1894 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 8, 2018 What kind of wisdom has been given him? - Mark 6:2
St. Veronica Parish Parish Office Hours Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closed for lunch from 12:30-1:30 p.m. (unless otherwise posted) Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481 Mass Intentions for the Week of July 8, 2018 Sun 07/08 7:00 Lino Valencia 8:30 Ramon & Jacqueline Estella 10:00 Joe Monastiere 100th Birthday 11:30 Annemarie Martin 6:00 No Intention Parish Staff Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor Fr. Don Sharp, S.J., Weekend Assistant Deacon Roger Beaudry Mon 07/09 Tue 07/10 Wed 07/11 6:30 Caroline Noonan 8:30 Jesus Adolfo Duque 6:30 Robert Flickinger 8:30 Berenice Velarde 6:30 Maria Loan Dinh 8:30 Oscar Atienza Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary, Ext. 301 Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator, Ext.305 Thu 07/12 6:30 Michele & Joe Vigil 8:30 Art Faro Fri 07/13 6:30 Felicia Smith 8:30 Cirilo Duque Blanche Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director, Ext. 308 Jim Rodriguez, Custodian/Maintenance St. Veronica Catholic School www.saintveronicassf.org Phone: 650-589-3909 Mrs. Mary Boland Principal SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are to be arranged through the Parish Office. Baptisms in English are typically held on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. Baptisms in Spanish are typically held on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month. Call the Parish Office at 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 Sat 07/14 8:30 Orlando Evora Aguinaldo 5:00 Charlie Farrugia Sun 07/15 7:00 Joanna Pierotti 8:30 Reesa S. Laguador 10:00 Kristine Berman 11:30 Giovanni & Maria Chiodo 6:00 No Intention St. Veronica Parish Mission Statement St. Veronica Church is a multicultural community of believers who treasure Jesus Christ at the center of their profession of faith & practice. They worship & work together to build up a community of family & friends according to the mind & heart of Christ. Out of the abundance of joy & gratitude, they live & share the good news of faith & hope, striving to stand up for peace & justice, to spread love & compassion, to care for those who are in need, and to make our nation & the world a better place for all. Parish Office email: churchoffice@stveronicassf.com
Mass Schedule Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 a.m. Spanish Mass: Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30 a.m., 6:30 p.m. (English) Monday - Friday: 6:30 & 8:30 a.m. Confessions Saturdays: 4:00-5:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Hours Monday - Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday except as posted for holidays and parish events 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: Primary language spoken at home: Updating Current Parish Registration Moving / Please remove from mailing list. This is a new registration Please call me. July Bingo at St. Veronica! Looking for something fun to do on Wednesday evenings this July? Come join the dozens of others from our community who play Bingo in Falcon Hall (school cafeteria). Doors open at 6:00 p.m.; games begin at 7:00 p.m. All proceeds from our Bingo games benefit St. Veronica Catholic School. On the Horizon Parish Center repair work through July: Floor replacement in the Parish Center; hospitality will move to Falcon Hall (the cafeteria) Sat., July 14: Spanish ministry vigil, 7:00 p.m. - midnight in the Church Sat., August 11: Spanish ministry vigil, 7:00 p.m. - midnight in the Church Sun., August 19: Incoming Kindergarten family Mass, 10:00 a.m. Wed., August 22: First Day of School; lower parking lot closes at 8:00 a.m. until dismissal. Please use care when driving on campus! 2019 Mass Intentions Available! Mass intentions for 2019 are now being accepted in the Pastoral Center office. Kindly observe the following guidelines when reserving Masses: Intentions are on a first-come, first-served basis Up to 4 intentions may be made during one visit Intentions are to be made in person at the Pastoral Center during regular office hours Intentions are limited to one name per Mass except for those made for a wedding anniversary Please Note: A large number of 2018 intentions (particularly for weekdays and the weekly Spanish Mass) remain available. Traveling this Summer? Find A Catholic Church anywhere in the World visit the website www.masstimes.org MassTimes.org is a non-profit web site that allows traveling Catholics to locate Mass times and information for Catholic Churches around the world. Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works. Due to holiday printing schedules, our collection numbers for June 30th & July 1st will be reported in the July 15th bulletin. Thank you for your continued support.
Rejoice and Be Glad - Gaudete et Exsultate The Call to Holiness in Today s World On March 19, 2018, the feast of St. Joseph, Pope Francis signed the apostolic exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate. The pope reminds us, We need to recognize and combat our aggressive and selfish inclinations, and not let them take root (no. 114). Over the course of several bulletins, the five chapters of Pope Francis exhortation will be presented in its entirety. We continue with Chapter One: CH. ONE: THE CALL TO HOLINESS (continued) FOR YOU TOO (continued) 17. At times, life presents great challenges. Through them, the Lord calls us anew to a conversion that can make his grace more evident in our lives, in order that we may share his holiness (Heb 12:10). At other times, we need only find a more perfect way of doing what we are already doing: There are inspirations that tend solely to perfect in an extraordinary way the ordinary things we do in life. When Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyên van Thuân was imprisoned, he refused to waste time waiting for the day he would be set free. Instead, he chose to live the present moment, filling it to the brim with love. He decided: I will seize the occasions that present themselves every day; I will accomplish ordinary actions in an extraordinary way. 18. In this way, led by God s grace, we shape by many small gestures the holiness God has willed for us, not as men and women sufficient unto ourselves but rather as good stewards of the manifold grace of God (1 Pet 4:10). The New Zealand bishops rightly teach us that we are capable of loving with the Lord s unconditional love, because the risen Lord shares his powerful life with our fragile lives: His love set no limits and, once given, was never taken back. It was unconditional and remained faithful. To love like that is not easy because we are often so weak. But just to try to love as Christ loved us shows that Christ shares his own risen life with us. In this way, our lives demonstrate his power at work even in the midst of human weakness. YOUR MISSION IN CHRIST 19. A Christian cannot think of his or her mission on earth without seeing it as a path of holiness, for this is the will of God, your sanctification (1 Thess 4:3). Each saint is a mission, planned by the Father to reflect and embody, at a specific moment in history, a certain aspect of the Gospel. 20. That mission has its fullest meaning in Christ, and can only be understood through him. At its core, holiness is ex- periencing, in union with Christ, the mysteries of his life. It consists in uniting ourselves to the Lord s death and resurrection in a unique and personal way, constantly dying and rising anew with him. But it can also entail reproducing in our own lives various aspects of Jesus earthly life: his hidden life, his life in community, his closeness to the outcast, his poverty and other ways in which he showed his selfsacrificing love. The contemplation of these mysteries, as Saint Ignatius of Loyola pointed out, leads us to incarnate them in our choices and attitudes. Because everything in Jesus life was a sign of his mystery, Christ s whole life is a revelation of the Father, Christ s whole life is a mystery of redemption, Christ s whole life is a mystery of recapitulation. Christ enables us to live in him all that he himself lived, and he lives it in us. 21. The Father s plan is Christ, and ourselves in him. In the end, it is Christ who loves in us, for holiness is nothing other than charity lived to the full. As a result, the measure of our holiness stems from the stature that Christ achieves in us, to the extent that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we model our whole life on his. Every saint is a message which the Holy Spirit takes from the riches of Jesus Christ and gives to his people. 22. To recognize the word that the Lord wishes to speak to us through one of his saints, we do not need to get caught up in details, for there we might also encounter mistakes and failures. Not everything a saint says is completely faithful to the Gospel; not everything he or she does is authentic or perfect. What we need to contemplate is the totality of their life, their entire journey of growth in holiness, the reflection of Jesus Christ that emerges when we grasp their overall meaning as a person. 23. This is a powerful summons to all of us. You too need to see the entirety of your life as a mission. Try to do so by listening to God in prayer and recognizing the signs that he gives you. Always ask the Spirit what Jesus expects from you at every moment of your life and in every decision you must make, so as to discern its place in the mission you have received. Allow the Spirit to forge in you the personal mystery that can reflect Jesus Christ in today s world. 24. May you come to realize what that word is, the message of Jesus that God wants to speak to the world by your life. Let yourself be transformed. Let yourself be renewed by the Spirit, so that this can happen, lest you fail in your precious mission. The Lord will bring it to fulfilment despite your mistakes and missteps, provided that you do not abandon the path of love but remain ever open to his supernatural grace, which purifies and enlightens. (We continue Chapter One next week...)
St. Veronica Parish Ministries and Organizations St. Veronica maintains many ministries whose members contribute to the vitality of parish life for our parishioners. Where necessary, training is provided and shadowing is available. Please contact the Pastoral Center (parish) office at 650-588-1455 for information about training and to be put in contact with ministry coordinators, or visit www.stveronicassf.com. Mass Ministries Cantors Our Music Ministry members lead the faithful in song during the Masses; cantors are also invited to be members of the Adult Choir. Choir (Adult) Our Adult Choir sings at Masses from September to Pentecost, and performs cantatas for Easter and Christmas. Choir (Angel/Children s) Our Angel Choir has a group of dedicated adults who teach and lead the children. The Angel Choir sings at one Sunday Mass per month during the school year. Practice is on Thursday afternoons. Extraordinary Minsters of Holy Communion EMs distribute Communion to the faithful during Masses (must be a confirmed Catholic). Lectors/Readers Lectors proclaim the word of God at Masses (must be a confirmed Catholic ). Sacristans/Sacristy Coordinators Sacristy Coordinators are responsible for setting up liturgical items for weekend Mass. Sacristans perform these duties during weekdays. Ushers Ushers and greeters assist parishioners and take up the collection during Mass. Parish Organizations BLD Bay Area (Bukás Loób a Diyós Open in Spirit to God) BLD is a community of families which meets for prayer and fellowship, both at St. Veronica and other parishes. Charismatic Prayer Group (Español) The group meets weekly to heighten their faith through prayer. Legion of Mary St. Veronica has three Legion of Mary groups, including a Spanish group and a Junior (Youth) group which meet for prayer and fellowship, and provide service to the parish and the community. Respect Life Organizes parishioners for the Forty Days of Life campaign & Respect Life West Coast Walk for Life. Social Justice Committee Works in collaboration with the Archdiocese to maintain dignity by respecting all life and striving for justice. Parish Ministries Altar Society Members are responsible for laundering the linens used at Masses, rotating duties on a monthly basis. Church Environment Using plants and flowers, banners, and liturgical symbols, members create the environment inside the Church. Eucharistic Adoration Members commit one hour per week to pray with the Blessed Sacrament in the side chapel (Monday Friday, 9 a.m. 4 p.m.) Faith Formation Catechists or Catechists Aides Catechists (Teachers) in our Faith Formation program provide religious education to more than 260 children of our parish who attend our local public schools. (First grade through Confirmation in high school, September through mid-may). Catechists Aides assist the lead teacher in the classroom and may be called upon to substitute teach. Grief Ministry Provides support to the loved ones of our parishioners who have passed away. Grief Ministry also sponsors the annual All Souls Mass of Remembrance and hosts the reception which follows. Homebound Eucharist Eucharistic Ministers are also invited to bring Holy Communion to those who are temporarily or permanently homebound and unable to attend Mass (must be a confirmed Catholic). Hospitality Provides fellowship and refreshments following the 8:30 and 10:00 a.m. Masses each Sunday. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) RCIA is open to those 18 years of age or older who wish to become Catholic or who wish to complete their Sacraments of Initiation (Confirmation and/or Eucharist). The RCIA Team leads those in the program through their journey of faith. St. Vincent de Paul Society SVdP serves the needy of our parish and community by providing food and assistance. Volunteers deliver bags of food to approximately two dozen clients on a monthly basis. Youth Ministry This group provides a social, spiritual, and service outlet for high-school age youth of our parish. Adult volunteers mentor the youth through various activities and meet weekly with the youth.
Reflecting on the Word Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus warning that A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house, shows keen insight into our human tendency to resist listening to or learning from people we think we know well. The townsfolk thought they knew Jesus because they knew his family. They judge by appearance and do not look deeper to discover who Jesus really is. Their resistance reveals a lack of faith both in Jesus and in themselves. I know that when I resist looking at my life with fresh eyes, that resistance is the result of my unwillingness to change my way of being because I ve grown comfortable, I do not believe that I can make the change, nor do I believe that I m worth it. That narrow vision keeps me from seeing myself in the eyes of the One who looks into the heart and sees a child of God, worthy of so much more, made worthy by Jesus becoming one with us to help us become one with God. When I shift my vision and fix my eyes on the Lord, I can see my weaknesses as gifts because they remind me to turn to God for wisdom, help, and guidance. They become a source of gentle strength. Then I can say with St. Paul, When I am weak, then I am strong. True strength comes from finding the power of Christ s mercy and love deep within me. God sees our hearts, loves us as we are, and invites us to become more. In my native heart place, I can find honor, hope, and healing. In my heart space, God helps me to accept what I cannot change, gives me courage to change what I can, and wisdom to know the difference. 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 generally celebrated monthly on the 1st and 3rd Saturday in English and on occasional 2nd Saturdays in Spanish. Please call the Parish Office to sign up. Upcoming baptism dates are as follows: July 21 August 4 & 18 September 1 & 15 Preparation classes for parents and godparents are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Classes are conducted in the Pastoral Center from 7:30-9:00 p.m. (Adults only please). Please call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 for specific dates and to reserve your space for the Baptismal Preparation Classes. For Prayerful Consideration & Discussion When have you resisted someone else because you thought you knew them? How has a weakness of yours become a source of healing and strength? Living and Praying with the Word God, our Father, you plant your Spirit deep in our hearts. Turn my eyes to you. Give me your vision. Help me to see the depths of every heart, to affirm your gifts in all people, and to find the strength that comes from facing my weaknesses and character defects. - Living the Word
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Adult and Youth Faith Formation Registration Open The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) program is now accepting registration for 2018-19. Those 16 years of age or older who would like to become Catholic (having never been baptized) or who would like to complete the Sacraments of Initiation (having been baptized into a Christian faith, but not received Communion and/ or been confirmed) are invited to call the Pastoral Center offices at 650-588-1455 and leave their contact information. A member of the RCIA team will follow up with details about the program, which begins in September. Registration forms are available in the Pastoral Center. New and continuing registration is being accepted for the 2018-19 Faith Formation program. Registration forms are on the parish website under the Faith Formation tab, or may be requested by calling the Faith Formation office at 650-588-1455 ext. 305. Even if your child will be a returning student, a 2018-19 registration form is required. Forms are available in Spanish at the parish office. Please register your child/children as soon as possible as class sizes are limited. Classes begin in September. A reminder that preparation for the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation are each two-year programs, beginning no earlier than first grade for Communion and no earlier than 8th grade for Confirmation. Special Needs Faith Formation Program: Let the little children come to me; do not hinder them, for such is the kingdom of God. - Mark 10:14. Implicit in Jesus words is his welcome to all children. We are all children of God; God welcomes us all. Every child may receive the sacraments of Holy Eucharist and Confirmation. At St. Veronica, we are blessed to offer classes for students with special needs. The children usually begin preparation for Holy Eucharist at age 6 or 7, but there is no upper age limit. Confirmation preparation usually begins around age 12. Preparation for each sacrament is two years. If you have a child with special needs who has not received his or her sacraments, please contact the Parish Office. And please pass along our information to others who may be interested in the program! Classes begin in late September on Saturdays from 10:30-11:45 a.m. We would love to work with your child on his or her faith journey! St. Veronica Parish Festival 2018 September 28, 29, 30 We are going to the Islands! Festival planning is underway! Donations will be taken throughout the summer at the Parish Office for the following booths: Café (bottled water, canned or bottled nonalcoholic beverages in single-serve size, single-serve chips, boxed candy, etc.) Liquor Booth Sports Booth Toy Booth Donations of gift cards/certificates will gladly be accepted for the silent auction. Own a business or know of a business that might like to become a festival sponsor? Leave your contact information with the Parish Office, and it will be passed along to the Festival Planning Team!