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 September 3, 2017 Pastor 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 Maria SS Lauretana Society Italian Mass First Sunday 12:00 pm Holy Days Feast day - Mass at 12:00 pm 7:30 am, 12:00 pm, 7:00 pm 2nd Sunday Gregorian Chant Latin Mass 4:00 pm Twenty-Second 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 September 3rd Date for Mass request Requested by Saturday September 2 7:30 am Perpetual Membership 12:00 pm Peter Scaglione Joe & Barbara Scaglione & Children 5:30 pm Joseph Scafidi Sam & Dorothy D Acquisto Sunday September 3 7:30 am Joseph & Louisa Czapla Paul Franco 9:00 am Vito DeMaria Ann DeMaria 9:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am Angelo Scardina Caterina Scardino & Kids 12:00 pm Madonna del Lume The Society Monday September 4 7:30 am Virginia Dolores Gonzalez Mr. & Mrs Pepe and Family 12:00 pm Carl Fiore Fiore Family 12:00 pm Frank Mendoza Lynita Mendoza Tuesday September 5 7:30 am Richard Salmon Pauline Salmon 12:00 pm Caterina Ingrande Mary Petronaci 12:00 pm Madeline Tarantino Carini Family Wednesday September 6 7:30 am Tom Zolezzi ICF #230 12:00 pm Marietta Zolezzi Carini Family 12:00 pm Linda Stirpe Anonymous Thursday September 7 7:30 am Fares & Craft Families Anonymous 12:00 pm Godwin & Robert Family 12:00 pm Madeline Tarantino Sal & Maria Zizzo Friday September 8 7:30 am Antoinette Guidi Family 12:00 pm Anna Catherine Villar Matthew Eastman 12:00 pm Peter LoCoco Wife - Lia LoCoco & Sons Saturday September 9 7:30 am Perpetual Membership 12:00 pm John Lewer 5:30 pm Sharon Regoli Ciferno Bill & Melissa Gallo Sunday September 10 7:30 am Antoinette Guidi Family 9:30 am People of the Parish 10:30 am Michael Navarra Mimo Carini & Ushers 10:30 am Ignazio Sanfilippo 12:00 pm Franco Race Anna Franco Zizzo 4:00 pm Matthew Peterson Family Ernie & Mary Grimm Pastor s Corner What is the meaning of the communion of saints? This expression indicates first of all the common sharing of all the members of the Church in holy things (sancti): the faith, the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, the charisms, and the other spiritual gifts. At the root of this communion is love which does not seek its own interest (1 Cor. 13:5) but leads the faithful to hold everything in common (Acts 4:32), even to put one s own material goods at the service of the most poor this expression also refers to the communion between holy persons (sancti); that is, between those who by grace are united to the dead and risen Christ. Some are pilgrims on the earth; others, having passed from this life, are undergoing purification and are helped also by our prayers. Others already enjoy the glory of God and intercede for us. All of these together form in Christ one family, the Church, to the praise and glory of the Trinity (CCC # 194-195). Sacrificial Giving for August 27 Plate $ 4,495 Envelopes $ 2,662 Online $ 937 Total Collection $ 8,094 Thank you for your generosity Prayers for the sick 7:30 am Mass - Sharon Blasi, Shanon & Bradly Frandrich, Frank Mulligan, Ted Matranga, Tina Simone. 12:00 pm Mass - Tony D Acquisto, Jason Williamson, Diane House, Stephen Lopez, Luigi Russo
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 3 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Religious Education (CCD) Sign-Up is Now Open If you have not yet signed up your children for CCD, time is running out. You may pick up a form at the parish center or you may register and pay online. To register online go to www.olrsd.org links to payment for all ages on home page. OLR RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) Instruction for Adults desiring to receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and/or Holy Eucharist begins Tuesday, September 12th in the Lower Church Hall at 7 PM and meets every Tuesday until Pentecost (excluding holidays). For more information please contact Deirdre Oakley at (619) 750-5494 or go online to www. OLRsd.org to register. Saturday September 2 2:30 pm Wedding in Church Sunday September 3 12:00 pm Mass for Lauretana Society Monday September 4 Parish Office Closed 6:30 pm Padre Pio Devotion in Church Tuesday September 5 8:30 am LIA in Lower Hall Wednesday September 6 10:00 am Shakespeare in Upper Hall 7:00 pm Life of Christ class in Lower Hall 7:00 pm Oremus class in Upper Hall 7:00 pm ICF Board in Padre Pio Room Thursday September 7 6:30 pm Choir practice in Choir Loft 7:00 pm OLR Guild in Lower Hall Friday September 8 11:00 am St. Thomas More Society in Upper Hall 5:00 pm Marara in Lower Hall Padre Pio Devotions Monday, September 4 th The Padre Pio Group will meet at 6:35 pm in the Church for Recitation of the Rosary with Mass at 7:00 pm followed by Prayers & Benediction. Anyone is welcome to join us in Padre Pio Devotions on the First Monday of the month. Our Lady s Gifts will be open in the evening for this event. Fr. Louis Class on the Life of Jesus 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. See the calendar for more details. Sunday, September 10 Sunset Point Next to Dana Inn Resort Mission Bay, San Diego 10:30 A.M. (sharp) MASS Come join us in celebrating our 28th annual feast honoring our Blessed Mother in San Diego. Following the 10:30 mass there will be traditional poems and songs. Immediately after, we will have our picnic and bocce game, therefore, bring your cumpari or friend. Bring the whole family for a fun filled day! In observance of Labor Day Our Lady of the Rosary Office will be closed on Monday, September 4 th
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 4 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Mass & Celebration In honor of the Feast Day of St. Pio of Pietrelcina Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 3:00 PM Location: Santa Sophia Catholic Church, 9800 San Juan Street, Spring Valley, CA 91977 Event Schedule 3:00-5:00 PM Priests available for Confessions Anonymous ONLY - NO face to face 3:15 PM The Funeral of P. Pio - By BBC. 4:00-5:00 PM Holy Hour with Rosary & Bene diction - Deacon Noel Rivera 5:15 PM Holy Mass - Most Reverend Gilbert Chavez Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego - presiding Sermon by Fr. David Sereno Following Mass Indoor Procession & Blessing with Relic of St. Pio. Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion in Church Every Tuesday at 7:30 pm Marriage Banns Justin Kim & Jenny Jin Joseph D Amato & Michelle Dermott Joel Murillo and Maddie Tantillo
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 5 Little Italy, San Diego, CA Background to the Liturgy How the mighty have fallen! Last Sunday, we had the gospel of the primacy of Peter. He is the rock; to him were given the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever he binds or looses will be bound or loosed by heaven. But in today s gospel selection, Jesus calls him a Satan! Why? Because Peter did not want anything bad to happen to Jesus; he wanted him to be the victorious, triumphant, non-suffering Messiah who was expected. Theologically, Peter believed that nothing bad could possibly happen to the Lord s Anointed. But perhaps we may see a very human message in this reading and in the other readings of today s Mass. We do not want bad things to happen to good people. We don t want hurt or suffering. We want everything to turn out perfectly, and for everyone to live happily ever after. But what happens when things go wrong? How do we react? We show our faith best of all in how we act in adversity. It takes little faith to believe in God when everything goes our way; it takes a great deal of faith to trust God when everything goes wrong. Our first reading is from Jeremiah. Things looked promising during some of the years of Jeremiah s prophetic ministry. He was prophet during the time of good King Josiah of Judah. Josiah was one of only two descendants of David who were worthy of his throne. It had not always been so; in Josiah s early years, he too, was indifferent to the covenant. But around the year 621 B.C., a scroll of the Law was discovered in the Temple. Scholars believe that this scroll was the substance of the present book of Deuteronomy. Apparently this version of the Law had been brought south to Judah when Israel was overrun by the Assyrians around 731 B.C. It had collected dust all those years. As the scroll was read to Josiah, he wept. He realized how far he had departed from the way of Yahweh. He made Deuteronomy the basis of a great religious reform. All looked well for Judah, for Josiah and for Jeremiah. But the reform was short-lived. Josiah was killed. The reform ceased. People went back: to their ways of corruption and of idolatry. Jeremiah was given the unhappy task of telling his nation that it had become so corrupt that, it would be destroyed. He counseled surrender to Babylon. For this he was accused of treason. This is the setting of today s first reading: You duped me, Lord, and I let myself be duped... everyone mocks me... I say to myself that I will speak his name no more... Jeremiah was unhappy with the message which he was called to proclaim. It was fine to follow the Lord when all things were going well. But now that he was-the object of scorn and wrath, how could he continue to be aprophet? He wanted to keep quiet in order to get some peace of soul. But the message of truth burned within him; he could not keep quiet! (The rebuke of Peter by Jesus in Greek is hupage opiso mou. This is ambiguous. It can be translated -- as it is most often as Get behind me, satan. But it can also be translated Get back in line, satan. The latter is gentler, and may fit in with the context that it really was a temptation to Jesus to be a crossless Christ. Therefore he tells Peter to get back in line with God s plan.) What happens when things go wrong? We can try to quit. We can give up. We can shake an angry fist at God. But these things won t wash! If we are honest, humble, and realistic, we must simply acknowledge that we are compelled to follow the Lord in bad times as well as in good. Jeremiah followed the Lord when everyone thought he was great; he must now follow him when his name had become accursed. Like the rest of the apostles, Peter thought of the Messiah as a triumphant figure who could never be
Our Lady of the Rosary Page 6 Little Italy, San Diego, CA defeated. The Messiah would reestablish the kingdom of Israel. He would establish his throne in Jerusalem. He would destroy the Lord s enemies and bring perfect justice and peace. He would put an end to all suffering and to death, and the dead would rise. It was only a matter of time until Jesus declared himself and did all these expected things. But after Peter s confession that Jesus was the Messiah, Jesus said that he was going to suffer and die! That just didn t compute! Impossible that Messiah should suffer or be defeated or die! So Peter argued. Jesus is exasperated and called Peter a Satan. Satan means tempter. Very likely it was a temptation to Jesus to be the kind of Messiah the people expected. A triumphant and non-suffering Messiah would surely be much easier than a suffering one. Just do a few miracles in order to compel belief and to destroy the Romans; it would be so nice. But it was a temptation! Jesus is God become fully human. He must bring about the kingdom by proclaiming the truth. He must stand for truth and for justice even when he foresaw that he would be rejected, crucified and killed. The truth was that God wanted service, and not to be served. He wanted humility and not, haughtiness. He wanted the emptying of self rather than its exaltation. The kingdom was not to be one of grand show, but of humble service. He showed this by washing disciples feet. He showed it by his own humble life. He showed it by all his paradoxical words: He who humbles himself will be exalted... The last shall be first... Unless the seed falls to the ground and dies, it shall not live... Greater love than this no one has, than that he should lay down his life for his friends... It is always a temptation to seek glory and honor, and to avoid the real way of the Lord. Thus Peter was a tempter. It would be easy to follow a triumphant Messiah. But Jesus called the disciples and calls us to follow him even to the cross. We must follow him even when he is rejected, ridiculed and finally crucified. So what happens when we don t get our private miracle? What happens when things go wrong? What happens when we seem to be alone? Will we serve the Lord even then? Then is when we prove our true faith. The second reading urges us not to conform to this age, but to be transformed by God s spirit. The apostles urge us not to give in to this world. Instead, we must be molded by God s grace so that we shall seek his will in all things even when things go wrong. In the old catechism days, we learned that we should be so sorry for our sins that we would endure any evil, including death itself, rather than commit another sin. When things go wrong, and when we are tempted to give up or to rebel, we need to think of this: Our faith is proved most of all when we are called to sacrifice. The Lord calls us to take up our crosses and to follow him. He does not promise us happiness in this life. He promises that we shall be able to cope, and that we shall find meaning, and that we can have peace. But perfect joy must await eternity. What does it mean to us to be able to take up our cross? Are we really willing to suffer anything for the sake of Christ? Jesus calls us to true discipleship; he wants us to be loyal at all times. He has not duped us, for he made it clear that his followers must be willing to take up their cross in order to follow him. If we do, he promises us a crown of glory. Readings for the Week of September 3 Sunday JER 20:7-9; ROM 12:1-2; MT 16:21-27 Monday 1 THES 4:13-18; LK 4:16-30 Tuesday 1 THES 5:1-6, 9-11; LK 4:31-37 Wednesday COL1:1-8; LK 4:38-44 Thursday COL 1:9-14; LK 5:1-11 Friday MI 5:1-4A; MT 1:1-16, 18-23 Saturday COL1:21-23; LK 6:1-5 Next Sunday EZ 33:7-9; ROM 13:8-10; MT 18:15-20
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. 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 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. 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.