Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 28, 2016

“You will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” - Luke 14:14

St. Veronica Church

Established 1951

434 Alida Way South San Francisco, CA 94080

Fax: 650-588-1481 www.stveronicassf.com Phone: 650-588-1455 St. Veronica Parish Parish Office Hours Intentions Monday to Friday for the Week of August 28, 2016 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Sun 08/28 7:00 Frances Lidwell & Family 8:30 † José S. & Soledad V. Aquino (unless otherwise posted) 10:00 † Rhonda Borg-Myers Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481 11:30 † Pedro Zarate 6:00 † Benito Polo Sr. Parish Staff Mon 08/29 6:30 † Carmen Rodriguez Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., 8:30 † James Berriatua

Fr. Nicasio G. Paloso Jr., Parochial Vicar Tue 08/30 6:30 Me-Anh Boch Fr. Don Sharp, S.J., Weekend Assistant 8:30 † William Mummert

Fr. Al Grosskopf, S.J., Weekend Assistant Wed 08/31 6:30 † Josefa Riel Deacon Roger Beaudry 8:30 † Inocencio Riel Sr.

Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Thu 09/01 6:30 Savannah & Bennett Figone 8:30 † Verania Badillo Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary, Ext. 301 Oneyda Perez, Parish Bookkeeper, Ext. 304 Fri 09/02 6:30 † Amelia S. Acosta 8:30 † Alida Guerrero Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator, Ext.305 Sat 09/03 8:30 † Ramona Blagg 5:00 † Jacqueline & Ramon Estella Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director, Ext. 308 Sun 09/04 7:00 † Paul & Verena Broussard Jim Rodriguez, Custodian/Maintenance 8:30 † Carolyn Damonte 10:00 † Gianfranco Andreazzi St. Veronica Catholic School 11:30 † John Joseph Dubrovich www.saintveronicassf.org 6:00 † Violeta Stelmak Phone: 650-589-3909

Mrs. Kathryn Lucchesi Mrs. Geninne Ruegg St. Veronica Parish Mission Statement Principal Vice Principal St. Veronica Church is a multicultural SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION community of believers who treasure

Sacrament of Baptism Jesus Christ at the center of their profes- Baptisms are to be arranged through the Parish Office. sion of faith & practice. They worship & Baptisms in English are typically held on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. work together to build up a community of Baptisms in Spanish are typically held on the family & friends according to the mind & 2nd Saturday of each month. heart of Christ. Out of the abundance of Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month. Call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 joy & gratitude, they live & share the good news of faith & hope, striving to Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455 Ext.309 stand up for peace & justice, to spread

Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Ext. 305 love & compassion, to care for those who Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades) are in need, and to make our nation & the

Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455 world a better place for all. Parish Office email: [email protected] Mass Schedule ON THE HORIZON Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. ♦ Sun., Aug. 28: Spanish Volunteer Retreat, Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 a.m. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. in Falcon Hall Spanish Mass: Sundays at 6:00 p.m. ♦ Mon., Sept. 5: Labor Day Holiday, one Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30 a.m., 6:30 p.m. (English) Mass at 8:30 a.m., NO Eucharistic Adora- Monday - Friday: 6:30 & 8:30 a.m. tion, parish office closed Confessions ♦ Fri.-Sun., Sept. 23-25: Annual Parish Festi- Saturdays: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. val (stay tuned for information!) Liturgy of the Hours Monday - Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00 a.m. Choir Practice Begins Thursday, September 8

Eucharistic Adoration Both the Angel (children’s) Choir and Adult Choir resume 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday practice on Thursday, September 8. The Angel Choir practices except as posted for holidays and parish events from 3:15-4:15 p.m.; the Adult Choir begins practice at 7:00 p.m. All practices are held in the Church. If you would like to add your voice to one of our beautiful choirs, please contact the Parish Office to be put in touch with Music Director Christo- Parish Registration pher Lindstrom. Please complete and return form to the parish office, or simply drop it in the collection basket. Welcome New Parishioners! Kindly print all information. Our parish continues to be blessed and enriched Name(s): ______by the presence of newly registered parishioners:

Name(s): ______Jeremiah & Mylene Deano

Address: ______Joseph Nano ______City & Zip: ______Vincent, Audrey & Ava Phone: ______Salumbides

E-mail: ______May St. Veronica Church become a spiritual home where your faith and fellowship may be nourished with inspiration for you Primary language spoken at home: ______to live a life of service and generosity toward God and others.

Updating Current Parish Registration Envelopes received in the First Collection:

August 06 & 07: 274 Moving / Please remove from mailing list. August 13 & 14: 265

August 20 & 21: 365

___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 08/20/16 5:00PM 1550.00 262.00 1812.00 Sunday 08/21/16 7:00AM 1118.50 254.00 1372.50 8:30AM 1054.00 305.00 1359.00 10:00AM 2180.00 336.00 2516.00 11:30AM 1348.00 277.00 1625.00 Spanish Mass 6:00PM 433.00 242.00 675.00 TOTAL IN-PEW DONATIONS: $7,683.50 $1,676.00 $9,359.50 Other Contributions 169.00 n/a 169.00 From the Pastor’s Desk Dear Parishioners, gize, although it may take centuries. (Sorry, Galileo). We know how to transform…. (to be continued. By Valerie A New School Year: Welcome back, St. Veronica Schultz, America magazine). School! Hope you had a great summer. Do you know that the runs the largest network of private Kindergarten Families at 10:00 a.m. Mass: The new schools in the ? Total Catholic elementary/ kindergarten families joined this Mass last Sunday. We middle and high school enrollment for the 2014-2015 aca- gave a special blessing to them toward the end of the demic year was 1,939,574. Mass. As they begin a new journey, a pilgrimage, with our wonderful parish community, let Jesus be close to St. Veronica Parish School, an integral part of our par- them with his love and light and fill their families with ish ministry and mission: It is not any private school, but blessings. a Catholic School with a specific purpose and goal, found- ed on the call and mission of Jesus Christ who is not only Repair My Church (RMC) Phase II: Please continue to the teacher par excellence but the fulfillment of the school support RMC so that we can complete in the next few community’s deepest desires and yearnings in their striv- months the second part of this project, namely, to take ing to be authentically human, religious, and Christian. good care of God’s house in our parish. This is at the heart of everything we do in our school. Congratulations, Fr. John Piderit, S.J.!: You celebrate Vision of Catholic Education: “Young people of the 45 years of your priesthood. Thank you for celebrating third millennium must be a source of energy and leader- the 10:00 a.m. Mass at St. Veronica this Sunday! We ship in our Church and our nation. Therefore, we must need more dedicated and authentic priests like you to provide young people with an academically rigorous and serve in God’s vineyard. Thank you for all that you do for doctrinally sound program of education and faith for- the Archdiocese and for St. Veronica Parish in your ca- mation designed to strengthen their union with Christ and pacity as Vicar for Administration and Moderator of the his Church. Catholic schools collaborate with parents and Curia. guardians in raising and forming their children as families struggle with the changing and challenging cultural and Think About It: True philosopher that he was, Socrates moral contexts in which they find themselves. Catholic believed that the wise person would instinctively lead a schools provide young people with sound Church teaching frugal life. He himself would not even wear shoes; yet he through a broad-based curriculum, where faith and culture fell under the spell of the marketplace and would go there are intertwined in all areas of a school's life. By equipping often to look at all the wares on display. When one of his our young people with a sound education, rooted in the friends asked why, Socrates said: “I love to go there and Gospel message, the Person of Jesus Christ, and rich in discover how many things I am perfectly happy with- the cherished traditions and liturgical practices of our out.” (ADM) faith, we ensure that they have the foundation to live mor- ally and uprightly in our complex modern world. This Quotable Quotes: “Stars can’t shine without darkness.” unique Catholic identity makes our Catholic elementary “Let your dreams be bigger than your fears and your ac- and secondary schools ‘Schools for the human person’ tions louder than your words.” “I want to be your favorite and allows them to fill a critical role in the future life of hello and your hardest goodbye.” “Everything will be our Church, our country, and our world” (Renewing Our okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” “I saw Commitment to Catholic Elementary and Secondary that you were perfect and so I loved you. Then I saw that Schools in the Third Millennium, USCCB). you were not perfect and I loved you even more.”

Top Ten Reasons to be Catholic: Number 5: We put on Joke: A minister delivered a sermon in ten minutes one an excellent funeral. From Irish wakes to the rich liturgy Sunday morning, … which was about half the usual of the funeral Mass to the observance of All Souls Day/ length of his sermons. He explained, “I regret to inform Dia de los Muertos to local bereavement groups that meet you that my dog, which is very fond of eating paper, ate in parish classrooms, we know how to meet and greet that portion of my sermon which I was unable to deliver death (even if we aren’t so good at the meeting and greet- this morning.” After the service, a visitor from another ing of the living). We know how to suffer and party at the church shook hands with the preacher and said, “Pastor, if same time. Number 4: We have the proven capacity to that dog of yours has any pups, I want to get one to give change and grow: remember when bishops used to be to my minister.” married? (Probably not – centuries ago) Remember cover- Your friend & pastor, ing our female heads with lace? Remember the

Mass, and the changes of Vatican II? We even change our minds about a previously condemned heresy and apolo- Fr. Charles Puthota Adult and Youth Faith Formation Celebrate the Canonization of Blessed Registration Ending Soon! Teresa of Calcutta at St. Mary’s Cathedral

The RCIA (Rite of Christian Ini- Blessed Mother Teresa will be canonized in on tiation of Adults) program is Sunday, September 4, 2016. The Archdiocese of San now accepting registrations for Francisco will celebrate with Mass at 11:00 a.m. in the the 2016-17 year. Those 16 Cathedral. will pre- years of age or older who would side. All are welcome to this Mass in gratitude for the gift of this new Saint. like to become Catholic (having never been bap- tized) or who would like to complete the Sacraments An exhibit on the life of Blessed Teresa will take place in of Initiation (having been baptized into a Christian the Cathedral’s St. Francis Hall (lower level) as follows: faith, but not received Communion and/or been con- ♦ Saturday-Sunday, August 28: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. firmed) are invited to call the Pastoral Center offices ♦ Monday, August 29 - Friday, September 2: 3:00 - at 650-588-1455 and leave their contact information. 5:30 p.m. A member of the RCIA team will follow up with ♦ Saturday, September 3: 9:00 details about the program, which begins in Septem- a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ber. Registration forms are available in the Pastoral Please join us in this time of spe- Center. cial prayer in thanksgiving for

New and continuing registra- Mother Teresa’s extraordinary life! tion is now being accepted for the 2016-17 Faith Formation program. Registration forms may be found on the parish The Archdiocese of San Francisco website www.stveronicassf.com under the “Faith announces the following events in Formation” tab, or may be requested by calling the conjunction with Faith Formation office at 650-588-1455 ext. 305. the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Even if your child will be coming back to Faith For- as announced by Francis. mation in the fall, a 2016-17 registration form is re- The Jubilee continues through Nov. 20 quired. Registration forms are also available in Spanish through the Pastoral Center. Cathedral Speaker Series: Future speakers will include Msgr. Harry Schlitt (Sept. 17 - Mercy in the Please complete your registration process as soon as Eucharistic Liturgy), William Cardinal Levada (Oct. possible as class sizes are limited. Classes will 22) and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone (Nov. 19). begin in September, but the summer is needed to Stay tuned for information! These free talks will be order books and supplies and set up the classes. from 10:30 a.m. - noon at St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center, 1111 Gough Street, San Francisco. A reminder that preparation for the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation are each Monthly Mercy Series Talks at Presentation Sis- two-year programs, beginning no earlier than first ters’ Convent, 2340 Turk Blvd., San Francisco, grade for Communion and no earlier than 8th grade 2:00-4:15 p.m. Email [email protected] or for Confirmation. call 415-614-5535 to register for these free talks.

♦ Sunday, September 25 - “To Admonish Sinners, It is with great joy that we welcome to Bear Wrongs Patiently, to Forgive Offenses into our church and community Willingly” with Vivian Clausing, Program Di- the following children who received rector, Catherine’s Place the Sacrament of Baptism at our Church ♦ Sunday, November 13 - “To Bury the Dead, to on Saturday, August 20, 2016 Pray for the Living and the Dead” with Laura Gracy Obar Aguas Bertone, Director of Worship for the Archdio- cese of San Francisco, and Monica Williams, Aubrey Reese Caso Director of Cemeteries for the Archdiocese of Cameron Elizabeth Poli San Francisco USHERS URGENTLY NEEDED Baptism Information FOR 5:00 P.M. SATURDAY MASS Registration forms are available from the Due to some recent circumstances, there is a CRITICAL Pastoral Center during regular office hours, NEED to recruit and train new ushers for the 5:00 p.m. Mass on Saturdays. If you are a regular at the 5:00 p.m. Mass, or or you may download a form from our could regularly attend the Saturday evening Mass, and would website at www.stveronicassf.com. like to become an usher, please contact the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 to be put in touch with the Usher Coordinator. Baptisms are generally celebrated monthly on the 1st and 3rd Saturday in English Reflecting on the Word and on various 2nd Saturdays in Spanish.

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Please call the Parish Office to sign up.

Many people have been impressed and attracted Upcoming baptism dates are as follows: by the humility of . He lives in two September 3 (full) & 17 (full) rooms of a hotel, paid his own housing bill the day after his election, made a sandwich to feed his Swiss October 1 (full), 8 (Spanish) & 15 Guard, invites the poor to eat with him, washes pris- November 5 & 19 oners’ feet, installs bathrooms and showers for Preparation classes for parents homeless people, and brings them in to tour the Sis- tine Chapel. He also calls the Mafia, the Curia, and and godparents are held on the second Tuesday of the month. all of us to accountability. His humility is humbling Classes are conducted in the Pastoral Center from and challenging. He walks his talk and the talk of 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. (Adults only please). Jesus. Everyone who humbles self will be exalted. Please call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 for Being humble is simply being truthful about specific dates and to reserve your space for the one’s gifts and one’s limitations. Walking on the Baptismal Preparation Classes. foot of our gifts, we thank those who affirm them and God for giving them to us along with the ability to develop them. Walking on the foot of our limita- San Francisco Archdiocesan tions we admit them, say “I’m sorry” when appro- Children’s Choir priate, and seek to learn from them how we might September is recruitment month for the San Francis- make amends. To approach Mount Zion and the city co Archdiocesan Children’s Choir. The choir is free of of the living God entails walking on both feet: grati- charge and open by audition to any boys or girls in grades tude for our gifts and honesty about our limitations 3 through 8. Prior experience is not necessary. Rehears- and our sins. als will be on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Ca- In a world that seeks gain, notoriety, and lime- thedral, where the choir also sings about twice a month light, the humility of Pope Francis is both attractive for Masses and various special events. and counter-cultural. The humility of Jesus com- During their time in the choir, members learn about forts and challenges us. God makes a home where correct vocal production, sight singing, Christian charac- we walk on both feet, the wealth of our gifts and the ter, and responsibility. You can find out more by visiting poverty of our weakness. God showers us with love www.sfchoirschool.org. For more information or to set and mercy knowing our grace and our sin. Be hum- up an audition, please call Dr. Christoph Tietze at 415- 567-2020 ext. 213 or send Dr. Tietze an email at ble. Accept your gifts. Name your weakness. Fol- [email protected]. low the example of Pope Francis and live the way of Jesus, who humbled himself by taking on every hu- Catholic Charities Offers Presentation for Caregivers man limitation with the exception of sin, even death. Managing Challenging Behaviors with Dementia is a free For Prayerful Consideration & Discussion two-hour overview for caregivers with all levels of experience ♦ Do I walk on both feet of my gifts and weak- who are caring for a family member or friend, and introduces nesses, or limp on one? health problems/illnesses that can cause behavioral changes. The presentation is on Saturday, September 10, 2016, ♦ What keeps me from accepting others in humili- from 10 a.m. - noon at the San Mateo Senior Center, 2645 Ala- ty as God accepts me and all earth’s children? meda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. Register at www.erecreg.com - Living the Word (course #71449) or by calling 650-522-7490. RANCHO LAS TRANCAS Authentic Mexican Cuisine Order 2 Lunch or Dinner Entrées Receive 50% Off 1 Entrée 583-4751 of Equal or Lesser Value 792 El Camino Real Most Convenient SF/Peninsula Location If You Live Alone You Need LIFEWatch! Traditional and 24 Hour Protection at HOME and AWAY! Cremation Services ✔ Ambulance Solutions as Low as Unlimited Parking ✔Police $1a Day! ✔Fire 500 Westlake Avenue FREE Shipping ✔Friends/Family FREE Activation Daly City NO Long Term Contracts (650) 756-4500 FD1098 CALL www.duggansserra.com NOW! 800.393.9954

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Francis heard the invitation of Jesus: “Francis, go repair my Church.” “Yes!” said Francis. “This is what I long for with all my heart.”

And we are already planning Phase II! Thank you for your continued generosity!

Planned Phase II Projects going out for bid:

♦ Replace the old, piecemeal sound system in the Church with an up -to-date wireless system, including more microphones and possibly speakers in the vestibule ♦ Refurbish the 10 exterior doors, including new stain and new hardware ♦ Replace the old protective plexiglass on all the stained glass win- dows with new protective coverings which will not warp or “fog” over time ♦ Repair the broken latches on the stained glass windows ♦ Replace the 25-year-old heating and air-conditioning (HVAC) sys- tem, which has not been operational for some months ♦ Install additional lighting in the pew area ♦ Install a wireless security system in the Church and on the grounds

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