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 May 28, 2017 Pastor Fr. Joseph M. Tabigue, C.R.S.P. Associate Pastors Fr. Louis Solcia, C.R.S.P. Fr. Albino Vecina, C.R.S.P. Deacon Stephen O Riordan 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 Italian Mass First Sunday 12:00 pm Holy Days 7:30 am, 12:00 pm, 7:00 pm 2nd Sunday Gregorian Chant La n Mass 4:00 pm Ascension of the Lord 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.
Page 2 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 May 28, 2017 Date for Mass request Requested by Saturday May 27 5:30 pm Josephine Pecoraro Stella Barranco Sunday May 28 7:30 am Dominic Franco Paul Franco 9:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am Madonna del Paradiso 12:00 pm Madonna del Lume The Society Monday May 29 7:30 am Emilio Piraino Sal & Maria Zizzo 12:00 pm Louis Guidi Shanon and Antoinette Silva 12:00 pm Antonina Vitale Anthony & Ninfa Navarra Tuesday May 30 7:30 am Antoinette Guidi Frank & Laura Crivello 12:00 pm Michael Navarra Shannon & Antoinette Silva 12:00 pm Antonia Vitale Anthony & Ninfa Navarra Wednesday May 31 7:30 am Nick DeSanti Marie DeSanti 12:00 pm Vito DeMaria John & Rose Cefalu 12:00 pm Nick DeSanti Marie DeSanti Thursday June 1 7:30 am Jack, Lily, Frank Tarantino 12:00 pm Nick LoCoco Rosalia Crivello 12:00 pm Laurie Massa Rosalia Crivello Friday June 2 7:30 am Mary Walsh Matthew & Deirdre Lickona 12:00 pm David Osuna Angela & Nick LoCoco 12:00 pm Vito Lograsso Sal & Marie DeMaria Saturday June 3 7:30 am Perpetual Membership 12:00 pm Jeanette Sciuto Shannon & Antoinette Silva 5:30 pm The Deceased of the Trevisani Marie DeSanti and DeSanti Families Sunday June 4 7:30 am Howard & Edna O Riordan Dcn Stephen & Vick O Riordan 9:00 am People of the Parish 10:00 am Vincenzo Cresci Wife & Children 12:00 pm Madonna del Paradiso Sacrificial Giving for May 21 Weekly amount required to meet our budget: $12,700 Pastor s Corner The Ascension of the Lord invites us to think of the real and final destination of our soul. Heaven is our true home and all are invited to go in there. Going in there needs preparation and qualification here on earth i.e. trying to make oneself a disciple of Christ and maintaining purity of soul. Jesus sends and commands his disciple to go and make all nations his disciples by baptizing them in the name of the FATHER, and of the SON, and of the HOLY SPIRIT. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit will welcome the qualified souls into their kingdom in heaven. Amen Readings for the Week of May 28 SUNDAY ACTS 1:12-14; 1 PT 4:13-16; JN 17:1-11A MONDAY ACTS 19:1-8; JN 16:29-33 TUESDAY ACTS 20:17-27; JN 17:1-11A WEDNESDAY ZEP 3:14-18A; LK 1:39-56 THURSDAY ACTS 22-30, 23:6-11; JN 17:20-26 FRIDAY ACTS 25:13B-21; JN 21:15-19 SATURDAY ACTS 28:16-20, 30-31; JN 21:20-25 SUNDAY ACTS 2:1-11; 1 COR 12:3B-7; 12-13; JN 20:19-23 Prayer Intentions Please call or email the office if you would like to add someone to the prayer list. Remember the following in your prayers: Sharon Blasi, Shanon & Bradly Frandrich, Luca Giordano, Frank Mulligan, Tony D Acquisto, Jason Williamson, Diane House
Page 3 Join US! Come Discover the Amazing Story of Your Queen Better understand her Life in Scripture Walk with Mary throughout history Learn daily Marian devotional practices Let her lead you to Christ! And Travel to some of the most well-known pilgrimage sites in the US! Starting May 17th, 2017-8 Sessions When: Wednesday Nights Time: 7:00 PM Where: Upper Hall Cost: $25.00 (includes course, workbook, personal video streaming) Register online at www.olrsd.org or in the Parish Office For more information contact OLR at (619) 234-4820 Church Restoration Update We have had restoration experts from Conrad Schmitt performing investigative work to discover the original colors of the church, and to test cleaning of selected murals. Take a at look at the front left of the church, and you will see some of the murals that have been partially restored to illustrate the buildup of dust, incense, and smoke over the past 100 years. The results are amazing. Also, notice some of the samples of colors repainted on the wall; those are original colors that were selected by our ancestors when this beautiful church was designed. Investigative work will continue for another week in the church. Next month, we expect to be able to present the findings to the parish. July 28-30, 2017 Jenny Craig Pavilion USD Campus Hosted by All for God Cost: $210 person CALLING ALL YOUTH/YOUNG ADULTS: REG- ISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING!!! "Behold, make all things new." Revelation 21:5 Join All for God this July 28-30, at the University of San Diego, and encounter the abundant love and life Jesus Christ promises and desires for you! Your parish group will meet teens from all over California and the western United States and you will draw closer to each other as a community. Come and be apart of an amazing and joy-filled weekend as you encounter the Limitless and abundant love of Jesus Christ. With over 5,000 teens, young adults, and leaders the energy and excitement make this an event you do not want to miss. The registration fee of $210 per person includes 2 nights of housing in dorms, 5 meals, and all conference costs. Steubenville San Diego is a joint effort of Franciscan University of Steubenville and All for God Catholic Youth Ministry with the goal of strengthening and inspiring teens, young adults, and youth groups in their collective journeys to Christ. The Societa del Santo Rosario invites you to join them in saying the Rosary during the month of May, every Sunday during May at 10:10 am.
Page 4 Our Lady of the Rosary Church Mothers Included in Mother s Day Spiritual Bouquet Mass Remembrance Betty Fleming Carol A. Scott Lois Farah Claire Johansson Inez Forsythe Aunt Alice Truchan Trinidad Mendoza Jacquelyn A. Mulvaney Irene J. Popek Carmela Balestrieri Filomena Palacio Edelisa P. Uy Zelma A. Sienkiewicz Carmina B. Avcega Dorothy Heenan McCormick Dorothy Votaw Dorothy Kleint Dillia Castagnola Mrs. Dionisia Grace Hernandez Mrs. Wen Fu Huang Sharon Anne Blasi Jenny Hopper Blasi Helen Fares Sophia Fares Sarah Craft Gloria Ann Oakley Antoinette Canepa Rose Giacalone Josie Giacalone Camarda Dorothy Vegnone Blanche Korpalski Jennifer Henkle Jill Olmstead Antoinette Gallo Angie Giacalone Loretta Moss Aurora Michel Mrs. Theresa Petka Mrs. Lorraine Dolly Corpora Dolores Mary Robertson Yvette Wanda Shinn Sonja Dolor Margaret Elizabeth Goebel Elizabeth Broam Mary Ann Rossettos Elizabeth Smith Flo Becoatie Sydonie Litte John Criada Rossettos Samantha Victoria Shauna Fleether Ginng Cirino Mother Anita Bohm Grandma Cecilia Ehret Ruth Perrance Grandma Bohm Grandma Perrson Grandma Johannson Marth Arlen Erica Swan-Ocheita Christina Swam Cecelia L. Frisbie Jane Bryant Aurora Gonzalez Ms. Fohne Frances Sardina Lauren Schaefer Barbara Pawlak Ruth Schaefer Bernadette Marnan Alexandra Grimaldi Valerie Schaefer Feolelina Vernice Virginia Moranville Elizabeth Kielbasinski Rose Berrera Leah Sonaga Geena Balistrieri Rosella Perez Zinda Jimenez Remedios R. Arcega Leonila R. Palacio Estrella N. Reyes Cecilia Zappia Paulita Deguia Cruz Lopez Adila Kuriakos M. Elena Davila Olga Garcia M. Elena Astorga Mrs. Lilian R. Mationg Patria C.B. Esteban Margaret Keating Colleen Keating Korothy Kozna Leandra Cruz Paulita Agpaoa Anna Agpaoa Carmen Ebert Frances Vargas Carmen Quinones Juanita Vargas Petra Melendez Pinero Lydia Torres Josefina Torres Migdalia Lebron Margaret Beth Lewis Spoets Edelys Alfonso Monica Loth-Reza Carolina Tirona Valentina Delgadello Mary Marin Carmen Barron-Mathews Nancy Romero Imelda Rodriguez-Romero Anna May Little Keyshia Torehov Angela Mapu Briana Grimaldi Kay Hijinia Serferina Juana Elouise Marie
Saturday May 27 2:00 pm Wedding in Church 6:00 pm Fishmonger event in Upper and Lower Halls Sunday May 28 10:00 am Choir in Upper Hall Tuesday May 30 7:30 am Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion in Church Wednesday May 31 7:00 pm Bible Study Class in Lower Hall Friday June 2 11:30 am St. Thomas More Society in Lower Hall 5:30 pm Goretti Group in the Church Saturday June 3 7:00 pm Young adult prayer in church and social gathing in upper hall. Page 5 OLR Fatima Pilgrimage Statue Visits the Lara Family Week of May 28st What are angels? Angels are purely spiritual beings created by God. Strictly speaking, the word angel (from the Greek for messenger ) refers to their office, not their nature. In other words, the good spirits who interact with human beings are called angels, whereas those who operate strictly in heaven are more precisely called spirits. However, it is traditional and acceptable to call all of them angels. They are not eternal in the way that God is, that is, existing before the outside of time. Rather, they are eternal in the same way human souls are: once created, they exist forever. Because they do not have bodies, they do not experience the separation of body and soul which we call death. This year, Our Lady of the Rosary is offering a novena of nine Masses beginning on Father s day for your father, living or deceased. Cards are available in the pews and in the rear of church. Return the outer envelope with the names and your offering. Included is a beautiful card to present to a father or to keep in honor of a loved one. You may deposit them in the collection basket or at the parish office. God used his intellect in conceiving of the universe, and his free will in choosing to create it. Like human beings, angels are created in the image of God, which means they have intellect and free will; they are capable of thought and can choose courses of action. Unlike human beings still on earth, angels do not have to think about what God wants them to do; God enlightens them as to his will, or it may be the case that they consult the divine will as to what should be done (Summa Theologica I:107:3). Since seeing the glory of God perpetually gives them happiness to the utmost capacity of their natures, it is impossible for angels not to desire and follow his will. Continued on next page...
Page 6 Being purely spiritual affects the intellectual capabilities of angels in several ways. They do not have emotions as human beings do, so their choices are not influenced by passions such as fear and anger; rather, they act based purely on their intellect. Because the angelic intellect is not physical, i.e., is not connected to a brain, angels do not reason step-by-step to a conclusion as human beings do; instead, they have concepts in mind all at once. For example, when choosing a course of action, angels do not spend time considering different possibilities; they can see all the possibilities at once and immediately make their decision. Time is also different for angels than it is for material beings. Humans comprehend the passage of time by physical means, such as the intellectual capacity of the brain, changes in the body, and the perceptions of the senses. Angels don t use such physical agency, so they do not experience time passing in the same way. Whether keeping a star in motion for billions of years or speaking for a few minutes to a human being, angels do not tire, do not grow bored, and do not wonder how long until God wills them to do something else. Adapted from a Q&A published by Catholic Answers 20 Answers: Angels & Demons" (San Diego: Catholic Answers, 2016) www.catholic.com Can angels be male or female? I thought they were neither. You are correct. Angels are pure intellects that do not have physical forms and do not reproduce sexually. Indeed, angels do not reproduce at all; God created each of them out of nothing at the dawn of creation. They are numerous, immaterial, and immortal, so they don t need to reproduce. Sexual reproduction is something God designed many earthly creatures to do. Others he designed to reproduce asexually (for example, by mitosis). But since he designed angels not to reproduce, he didn t design them to be male or female. Angels may appear to have gender in visions or in artwork, but that is just symbolism that makes it easier for us to think about them. If we were being strictly literal they couldn t be seen in visions or depicted in artwork because, according to their immaterial nature, they have no visible or physical forms at all. Is there is a Vatican document stating that we are not to name our guardian angels? Do you know which document and why? The Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy states: Popular devotion to the holy angels, which is legitimate and good, can, however, also give rise to possible deviations... [such as the] practice of assigning names to the holy angels [which] should be discouraged, except in the cases of Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael whose names are contained in holy Scripture (217). Perhaps the practice is discouraged because guardian angels are creatures of God, with their own personal dignity and vastly superior nature and intellect. They guard us because it is the will of God that they do so, but we should not presume to know the name given them by God and should not presume to demand a name of them. If such a name is revealed without our initiative, then that would be a private revelation that should be vetted first for supernatural origin by a trusted confessor or spiritual director. I heard that we get our guardian angels at baptism. Is this true, and does it mean that the babies of non- Christians do not have guardian angels? The idea that we get our guardian angels at baptism is a speculation, not a teaching of the Church. The common opinion among Catholic theologians is that all people, regardless of whether they are baptized, have guardian angels at least from the time of their birth (see Ludwig Ott, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma [Rockford: TAN, 1974], 120); some have suggested that prior to birth babies are taken care of by their mothers' guardian angels. The view that everyone has a guardian angel seems well founded in Scripture. In Matthew 18:10 Jesus states, "See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven." He said this before the Crucifixion and was speaking about Jewish children. It would therefore seem that non-christian, not just Christian (baptized) children have guardian angels.
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 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month, 6;30 pm to 8:00 pm. Baptisms are held on the first Sunday of the month. Register online. 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. 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 - 7 th Grade Classes are held Sundays, 9 11 AM. First Holy Communion is 1 st and 2 nd grades. Confirmation is 8 th and 9 th 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 Page 8 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. p a d r e a l @ o l r s d. o r g Deacon Stephen O Riordan deaconstephen@olrsd.org Business Manager Bill Smirniotis william@olrsd.org Administrative Assistant Chris Morales chris@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. 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.