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 Pastor October 22, 2017 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 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 repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God. (MT 22:21) Twenty-Ninth 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 October 22 Date for Mass request Requested by Saturday October 21 5:30 pm Vito DeMaria Wife, Rosalia & Family Sunday October 22 7:30 am Juliana Arrazola Maria Correa 9:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am Vincent DeBellis Kathy Dinwirth 12:00 pm Joann Pecoraro Giovanni & Pasqualina Battaglia Monday October 23 7:30 am Antonietta M. Vitrano Tina & Farace Family 12:00 pm Antoinette Guidi 12:00 pm Juanita Hernandez Cisco Miller Tuesday October 24 7:30 am Louis Guidi Peter & Rosalia Tarantino 12:00 pm Madeline Tarantino Steve & Rosalie Balistreri 12:00 pm Antonia Vitale Gina Fiorentino Wednesday October 25 7:30 am Richard Salmon Pauline Salmon 12:00 pm Madeline Tarantino Cousins Frank & Anna 12:00 pm Terry Seidler Josie & Tom Thursday October 26 7:30 am Josephine Abrahamson Peter & Rosalie Tarantino 12:00 pm Josephine Tarantino Carini Family 12:00 pm Roberta Mohn OLR Guild Friday October 27 7:30 am Mr. Montisi Maria Falcone 12:00 pm Deceased of Trevisani Marie DeSanti & DeSanti Families 12:00 pm Magdalena Tarantino Grazia & Giuseppe Sanfilippo Saturday October 28 7:30 am Perpetual Membership 12:00 pm Anthony Conforte Ali DiTommaso 5:30 pm Mike Fiorentino Josie & Pietro Vella Sunday October 29 7:30 am Vincent DeBellis Kathy Dinwirth 9:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am Angelo Scadina Caterina Scardina & Kids 12:00 pm Madonna del Paradiso Pastor s Corner What is the mission of the Church? The mission of the Church is to proclaim and establish the Kingdom of God begun by Christ among all peoples. The Church constitutes on earth the seed and beginning of this salvific Kingdom (CCC- USCCB # 150). Marriage Banns Rocco Francica & Joanna Giarratano Brian Banzuelo & Marie Villanueva Recently Deceased Santa Lango Stefano Brunetto Anthony D Acquisto This month s baptism class has moved to Thursday October 26th starting at 6:30 pm at the pastoral center. Prayers for the sick 7:30 am Mass - Shanon & Bradly Frandrich, Frank Mulligan, Ted Matranga, Tina Simone, Helen Valatka, Betty Heilig- Vilella. 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 TODAY IS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY a day that leads us to the heart of our Christian faith leads us to mission! Your generosity on World Mission Sunday supports the work of priests, religious and lay leaders in the Missions who share our faith with those most in need. This year we can even chat with our chief missionary, Pope Francis, and learn more about his missions and missionaries. Learn more at ChatWithThePope. org. Chat Pray Give this World Mission Sunday. HOW TO CHAT WITH POPE FRANCIS using your Facebook Messenger App. Instructions to start your Chat: Open the Facebook Messenger App on your mobile phone. Tap the people and select SCAN CODE then scan the above code with Pope Francis face. Saturday October 21 2:30 pm Wedding in Church 6:00 pm Little Italy Fund Drive in Upper Hall Sunday October 22 10:00 am CCD in Pastoral Center and Upper Hall 12:00 pm ICF Mass in Church 1:00 pm Baptism in Church 1:00 pm ICF in Lower Hall Monday October 23 9:30 am Shakespeare in Upper Hall 7:00 om KofC in Upper Hall Tuesday October 24 7:00 pm RCIA in Lower Hall 7:30 pm Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion in Church Wednesday October 25 10:00 am Shakespeare in Upper Hall 7:00 pm Life of Christ class in Lower Hall Thursday October 26 6:30 pm Choir practice in Choir Loft 6:30 pm Baptism class in Youth Room Friday October 27 5:00 pm Mazara del Vollo in Lower Hall Saturday October 28 6:00 Fishmongers in Upper and Lower Hall Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion in Church Every Tuesday at 7:30 pm ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE Please join St. Joseph Academy in San Marcos for their High School Open House on Wed, Oct 25, 6:30pm-8:00pm. Learn more about their unique and outstanding Classical Catholic Education which is producing some of the best SAT scores. Academic Excellence, Traditional Catholic Values, High School C.I.F. Sports, Affordable Tuition with Scholarships available. For more information visit www.saintjosephacademy.org or call 760-305- 8505.
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 4 Little Italy, San Diego, CA CCD Thanksgiving Food Drive Sunday School Children will be bringing food staples to share with those less fortunate. The following is a list of 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. Call for Cookies! Do you have a special cookie recipe? If so, we encourage you to bake up a storm for our Cookie Booth at the Annual Spaghetti Dinner on November 4 th. The demand for homemade cookies is huge, last year we sold out early! The more cookies we have, the more we can sell. All proceeds support Our Lady of the Rosary parish ministries. We are grateful to those of you who have helped us out in the past and can do so again this year. Please bring your unwrapped cookies to the OLR Hall on Friday, November 3 rd between 10:00 am and Noon. Questions? Please call Rosa Crivello (619) 295-0694. Thank you for supporting Our Lady of the Rosary Church! Fr. Louis Class on the Life of Christ Every Wednesday 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. Class starts at 7:00 pm. 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.
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 5 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Background of the Liturgy Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time The texts of today s Mass would have us reflect on the relationship between this world and the world to come, between the kingdom of this world and the kingdom of God, or, if you will, between Church and state. The first reading calls Cyrus (the Great) of Persia the Messiah, or the Lord s Anointed! Cyrus was a pagan, but he was an enlightened ruler. He seems to be the first ruler in history to give his people a sort of bill of rights. His empire was widespread and encompassed many different peoples, religions, and cultures. But as much as possible, he gave people local autonomy and self-government. The Persian Empire succeeded the Chaldean or Babylonian Empire. Babylon had destroyed Jerusalem and taken God s people captive. Cyrus released the Hebrews, subsidized their return to Israel, and gave them local government. Little wonder, then, that he is given the superlative title of Anointed by the prophet! Today s reading says that Cyrus s authority comes from God, even though Cyrus did not know the Lord. The Responsorial Psalm echoes the reading. We are not to give to an earthly potentate the glory. Rather we are called always to give to the Lord glory and honor. The implication is that secular rulers and nations must honor the Lord. The gospel is the famous dilemma posed by the Pharisees and the Herodians. These two groups were completely opposed to each other. Yet they join forces to try to entrap Jesus. The Pharisees believed that only the Lord was the ruler of Israel, and that the only legitimate king could be a Davidic king. They hated Roman rule. The Herodians, on the other hand, were completely subservient to Rome. Herod was king by leave of Rome. The two groups hated Jesus more than they hated each other. So they ask whether it is lawful to pay tax to Caesar or not. If Jesus answers yes, he alienates all good Pharisaical Jews, who thought that it was akin to blasphemy to pay the census tax to Rome. If he answered no, then he could be arrested for sedition by the Herodians. He gets off the horns of the dilemma by asking whose image is on the coin. He then states that we should give to Caesar what is Caesar s and to God what is God s. On one hand it solves the immediate problem: If you accept the good things of Roman rule you must pay for them. On the other hand, it does not solve all Church-state problems down the ages. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that the state must promote the common good of all citizens, that it must seek peace and tranquility, and that it must promote the progress of all. All of this, of course, begins with the right to life. And this is the current battleground. When the majority of citizens believed in the sanctity of each human life, and that human life began at conception, there was little problem in the relationship between state and faith. But progress in science has led to some horrific problems. First, in Roe v. Wade, a fetus was not even considered for personhood until viable. At the same time, the right to privacy was read into the constitution. The effect was that a woman might seek an abortion for a variety of reasons, and the state could not intervene. Further, with the development of in vitro fertilization, there are thousands of frozen embryos which will, in all
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 6 Little Italy, San Diego, CA likelihood, never be implanted in a uterus. There is the problem of cloning. There is the problem of harvesting human embryos for stem cell research. Who could have imagined the horrible human life problems even fifty years ago? We maintain that human life is the most basic right and must be protected from the moment of conception until the moment of natural death. Questions of life are only part of the problem of the relationship between faith and state. What is Caesar s realm, and what is the realm of faith? Some seem to want to return to kind of theocracy where the state would at all times be subservient to Christian morality. Perhaps we have grown too dependent on government to legislate on moral issues. This does not seem to work anymore. We cry out against courts which seem to legislate; yet we ourselves want them to legislate in reverse to guarantee everything that we mean by the right to life. There is no dialog nowadays. There seems to be no way of bridging the chasm between what we consider atheistic secularism and our moral principles. Today s Mass calls for us to reflect, to pray, and to seek answers in our modern world. Somehow, our society must Give the Lord glory and honor. Somehow, we must recognize that even a secular Cyrus might rule well in the Lord s name. And somehow we must come to realize in the practical order what is Caesar s and what is God s. We should re-read the documents of Vatican II on Religious Liberty. And we should reflect on the principles outlined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Life issues are only part of our problem, but at present they are the biggest part. We shall probably not win by mouthing old slogans, and by highhanded tactics of determining who may and - who may not go to Holy Communion. While firm in principle, somehow we need to enter a conversation with those of good will on the other side. It does little good to call them pro-aborts. Our real problem is deeper than faith. It is philosophical. It concerns the very nature of what is meant by human being or human life. We hold as an absolute moral principle that no one may ever do evil in order that good may come from it; the world does not subscribe to this principle. We hold for an intrinsic dignity of humans, regardless of appearances or usefulness; the world out there seems to hold that a human being is one who is born and who is capable of natural human development. There are frightening implications with such an attitude, some of which we are already seeing. Let us pray that somehow we will come to a solution of our problems of giving to Caesar and giving to God 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. Readings for the Week of October 22 Sunday IS 45:1, 4-6; 1 THES 1:1-5B; MT 22:15-21 Monday ROM 4:20-25; LK 12:13-21 Tuesday ROM 5:12, 15B, 17-19, 20B-21; LK 12:35-38 Wednesday ROM 6:12-18; LK 12:39-48 Thursday ROM 6:19-23; LK 12:49-53 Friday ROM 7:18-25A; LK 12:54-59 Saturday EPH 2:19-22; LK 6:12-16 Next Sunday EX 22:20-26; MT 22:34-40
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 Mary 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.