St. Veronica Church Established 1951 A Stewardship Parish - Grateful Living through Faith, Fellowship, Service, & Giving 434 Alida Way Fax: 650-588-1481 South San Francisco, CA 94080 www.stveronicassf.com Phone: 650-588-1455 Christ Calling the Apostles James and John by Edward Armitage Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. - Mark 1:17 January 21, 2018
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 Parish Staff Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor Fr. Patrick Driscoll, Parochial Vicar Fr. Don Sharp, S.J., Weekend Assistant Deacon Roger Beaudry Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary, Ext. 301 Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator, Ext.305 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 Mass Intentions for the Week of January 21, 2018 Sun 01/21 7:00 Delia Robles Lipio 8:30 Paul & Verena Broussard 10:00 Rita Mahon 11:30 John Guaraglia 6:00 Vincent Junio Mon 01/22 6:30 Pepito & Elisa Poblete 8:30 Deceased Legion Members Tue 01/23 Wed 01/24 Thu 01/25 6:30 Steve Murphy 8:30 Gianfranco Andreazzi 6:30 Michael Silva 8:30 Aurea Alumisim 6:30 Josiah Ang 8:30 Rufino Monterola Fri 01/26 6:30 Belina Casas 8:30 Carmen Madriz Sat 01/27 8:30 Carolyn Damonte 5:00 Florencio Valdez Sun 01/28 7:00 Ramon Enriquez 8:30 Patricia Cavagnaro 10:00 Angel Arriada 11:30 Emma Berton 6:00 Carmen Madriz 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. On the Horizon Sat.-Sun., Jan. 20-21: Confirmation retreat at St. Veronica; please pray for our candidates! Sat., Jan. 27: Annual West Coast Walk for Life Sat., Jan. 27: St. Veronica Men s Club Crab Feed, 6:00 p.m., Parish Center Sun., Jan. 28: Catholic Schools Week Kick-Off Mass, 10:00 a.m. Fri., Feb. 2: Confirmation with Archbishop Cordileone, 5:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 4: 5th Grade Class Mass, 10:00 a.m. Wed., Feb. 14: Ash Wednesday (Masses with the distribution of ashes at 6:30 and 8:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., 5:15 p.m. in Spanish, and 7:00 p.m.) Beginning Fri., Feb. 16: Stations of the Cross will be recited in the Church every Friday during Lent immediately following 8:30 a.m. Mass and again at 6:30 p.m. Welcome New Parishioners! Our parish continues to be blessed and enriched by the presence of newly registered parishioners: The Jarquin-Bales Family Jerry, Carla, Nathalie & Ava May St. Veronica Church become a spiritual home where your faith and fellowship may be nourished with inspiration for you to live a life of service and generosity toward God and others. Envelopes received in the First Collection: December 30 & 31: 298 January 06 & 07: 393 January 13 & 14: 332 This is a new registration Please call me. If you currently receive envelopes but do not use them, please prayerfully consider including your donation in the collection basket. Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works. Day Mass Time 1st Collection Maintenance Totals Saturday 01/13/18 5:00PM 1003.00 221.00 1224.00 Sunday 01/14/18 7:00AM 885.00 184.00 1069.00 8:30AM 1169.00 225.00 1394.00 10:00AM 1433.00 287.00 1720.00 11:30AM 1231.00 257.00 1488.00 Spanish Mass 6:00PM 234.50 85.00 319.50 TOTAL IN-PEW DONATIONS: $5,955.50 $1,259.00 $7,214.50 Other Contributions 232.00 n/a 232.00
Pope Francis Visit to South America Santiago, Chile, Jan. 16, 2018 (CNA/EWTN News) On his first full day in Chile, Pope Francis told Catholics in the country that the Beatitudes aren't just a simple piece of advice from someone who purports to know everything, but are a source of hope which impels people to leave their comfort zone and follow the path given by Jesus. The Beatitudes are not the fruit of a hypercritical attitude or the cheap words of those who think they know it all yet are unwilling to commit themselves to anything or anyone, the Pope said Jan. 16. People with this attitude, he said, end up preventing any chance of generating processes of change and reconstruction in our communities and in our lives. The Beatitudes, then, are born of a merciful heart that never loses hope. A heart that experiences hope as a new day, a casting out of inertia, a shaking off of weariness and negativity, he said. By proclaiming blessings to the poor, grieving, afflicted, patient and merciful, Jesus casts out the inertia which paralyzes those who no longer have faith in the transforming power of God our Father and in their brothers and sisters, especially the most vulnerable and outcast. The Beatitudes, he said, are the fruit of Jesus encounter with people, who saw in him the echo of their longings and aspirations, and found in him the horizon towards which we are called and challenged to set out. Pope Francis spoke during his homily for Mass at O Higgins Park in Santiago on his first full day in Chile. He is currently in the first step of a two-country visit to South America, which will also include a stop in Peru. He will visit various cities in Chile, including Temuco and Iquique, and on Jan. 18 will travel to Peru, where he will visit Lima, Puerto Maldonado and Trujillo. In his homily for Mass, Pope Francis focused on the day s Gospel reading from Matthew in which Jesus speaks on the Beatitudes. The Beatitudes, he said, are not the product of the prophets of doom who seek only to spread dismay, and nor do they come from those mirages that promise happiness with a single click, in the blink of an eye. Rather, the Beatitudes are born of the compassionate heart of Jesus, which encounters the hearts of men and women seeking and yearning for a life of happiness, he said, noting that these are men and women who know what it means to suffer and who appreciate the confusion and pain of having the earth shake be- neath their feet or seeing their life s work washed away. Chileans themselves know from personal experience how to rebuild and start anew, he said, adding: How much you know about getting up again after so many falls! That is the heart to which Jesus speaks; that is the heart for which the Beatitudes are meant! Francis said the Beatitudes represent a new day for all those who look to the future and dream, and who allow themselves to be moved and sent forth by the Holy Spirit. Contrary to the resignation that like a negative undercurrent undermines our deepest relationships and divides us, Jesus provides a more positive message, telling the people that blessed are those who work for reconciliation. Blessed are those ready to dirty their hands so that others can live in peace. Do you want to be blessed? Do you want to be happy? Blessed are those who work so that others can be happy. Do you want peace? he asked. Then work for peace. Peace, the Pope added, is sown by closeness and by coming out of our homes and looking at peoples faces...this is the only way we must forge a future of peace, to weave a fabric that will not unravel. A true peacemaker, he said, knows that it is often necessary to overcome great or subtle faults and ambitions born of the desire for power and to gain a name for oneself, the desire to be important at the cost of others. Quoting Chilean Saint Alberto Hurtado, he said a good peace-maker knows that it is very good not to do wrong, but very bad not to do good. He closed his homily asking that Mary would help all to both live and desire the Beatitudes so that on every corner of this city we will hear, like a gentle whisper: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. By Elise Harris
Is God Calling You? St. Patrick s Seminary, Menlo Park, will hold its annual Discernment Retreat Weekend, February 2-4, 2018. Single men aged 21 years and older are invited to spend time during the retreat asking the Lord if he is choosing them for the sacred call to the priesthood. All meals and lodging are provided. Attendance at the retreat does not imply further obligation. Those interested in registering for the discernment retreat weekend are invited to contact Father Patrick Summerhays at vocations@sfarch.org or 415-614-5683. News from the Archdiocese of San Francisco St. Veronica students to be honored: Congratulations to the five students from our Catholic School who were chosen as winners for their respective age groups in the Archdiocese s 29th Annual Respect Life Essay Contest from among 376 entries! The Mass and Awards Ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 25, at St. Mary s Cathedral. Grand Prize - Mia Fuentes (Gr. 2) Honorable Mention - Tommy Mijares (Gr. 2) Honorable Mention - Valentino Larios (Gr. 4) Honorable Mention - Sidney Karr (Gr. 6) Honorable Mention - Jasmine Panlasigui (Gr. 7) Seeking Singers for Good Friday Cantata Thought about singing with the adult choir, but couldn t commit long-term? A short-term option is available! The choir has begun rehearsals for the cantata Come to the Cross and Remember which will be sung on Good Friday, March 30, at 11:45 a.m. Those interested in joining the choir for the cantata may contact our Music Director Christopher Lindstrom at 650-588-1455 ext. 308, or visit him at the organ before or after weekend Masses. Grief Ministry News Moving Through the Loss of A Loved One: The Next Step is a focused support group being offered by the St. Pius Grief Ministry. This session is intended for those who have previously attended a Grief Support group session and/or would like to participate in a support group focused on progressing through their personal grief journey. The session will be held on Monday evenings for 8 consecutive weeks beginning Monday, February 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the St. Pius Parish Center. For more information or to register, please contact the Grief Ministry at 650-361-0655 or griefministry@pius.org Next Saturday, January 27! Walk for Life 2018 The 14th Annual Walk for Life San Francisco and Walk for Life Mass at St. Mary Cathedral will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2018. Archbishop Cordileone will celebrate Mass at the Cathedral at 9:30 a.m., at which he will ask Our Lord s blessing on all who will participate, as well as all who will witness the peaceful and prayerful procession. The Mass will be followed by an Information Faire and Rally at Civic Center Plaza beginning at 11:00 a.m. and then the 2-mile walk down Market Street to Justin Herman Plaza/Ferry Building following the Rally. BART stations are located at both locations (Civic Center and the foot of Market Street). Ample parking is also available. Walk for Life is held on or near January 22, which is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. In its first year, the event drew 7,000 participants; in the ensuing years, the event has grown to more than 50,000 participants, making the Walk for Life West Coast one of the two largest pro-life events in the United States! For additional information, visit www.walkforlifewc.com, email info@walkforlifewc.com, or call 415-658-1793. By Walk for Life West Coast Photos
World Day of the Sick Mass at Cathedral William Cardinal Levada will be principal celebrant at a special 11:00 a.m. Mass at St. Mary s Cathedral for World Day of the Sick on Saturday, February 10. Anointing of the Sick will take place during the Mass. The event is arranged by the Order of Malta, which will arrange rides for those who may need them. Contact Kenneth Ryan, KM, at 415-613-0395 to arrange transportation. Reflecting on the Word Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Do you like change? Most people do not. Even when we choose change, familiar patterns of living and ways of being are replaced by newness that often requires a period of adjustment. In 2016, I moved to a new city for a new ministry. I eagerly accepted the invitation to move and enjoy my new ministry, yet simple things were challenging. Where did I put unpacked items? What would be my new routine? I had to learn new systems. I had to choose new doctors. I missed people I left behind. Change, - whether chosen, invited, or imposed - requires reorienting one s life on many, if not all, levels. Jesus proclamation, This is the time... Repent, and believe in the gospel, asked for a reorientation of life. Andrew and Simon reorient their lives immediately, abandoning their nets to follow Jesus. So do the Zebedee brothers. Jonah resisted God before he was willing to reorient his life and do what God asked. When the Ninevites responded quickly, Jonah was upset that God redid God s plan and did not destroy Jonah s Ninevite enemies. God created them too and invites all, those we love and those we have trouble loving, into a transformative relationship. Our job is to reorient our lives to become as loving as Jesus proclaimed that God is. Life changes from the moment we are born. Each day, the world as we ve known it is passing away. How do we respond? Will we let the discomfort of the unfamiliar be the cost of reorienting our lives to become so familiar with God, through Jesus, that in us people will see that the change is worth it, because The kingdom of God is at hand? 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: January 20 February 3 & 17 March 3 & 17 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 What has helped you to repent or reorient your life to live the gospel of Jesus Christ? How do you handle change in your life? - Living the Word
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