St. Veronica Church Established 1951 A Stewardship Parish - Grateful Living through Faith, Fellowship, Service, & Giving 434 Alida Way South San Francisco, CA 94080

www.stveronicassf.com

Phone: 650-588-1455

Fax: 650-588-1481

The Last Supper by Juan de Juanes 1523 – 1579

The Crown of Thorns by Howard David Johnson Palm Sunday and Holy Week April 9-14, 2017 St. Veronica Parish Parish Office Hours Mass Intentions Monday to Friday for the Week of April 9, 2017 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Sun 04/09 7:00 † Edna Semien 8:30 † Ambroscio Sr. & Cresencia Pablo (unless otherwise posted) 10:00 † Patrick Kerrigan Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481 11:30 † Juan Escalante 6:00 † Guadalupe Sanchez Parish Staff Mon 04/10 6:30 Viola Baldonado Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor 8:30 † Emeliano & Teresa Valdez Fr. Nicasio G. Paloso Jr., Parochial Vicar Tue 04/11 6:30 † Angela Ancanan Fr. Don Sharp, S.J., Weekend Assistant 8:30 † Anthony Piety Gomes Fr. Al Grosskopf, S.J., Weekend Assistant

Deacon Roger Beaudry Wed 04/12 6:30 † Ethel & Henry Ware 8:30 † Concordia Pascual Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Thu 04/13 Holy Thursday - No Morning Masses Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary, Ext. 301 6:30 p.m. - No Intention Oneyda Perez, Parish Bookkeeper, Ext. 304 Fri 04/14 Good Friday - No Morning Masses Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator, Ext.305 Sat 04/15 Holy Saturday - No Morning Masses Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director, Ext. 308 8:00 Vigil - No Intention

Jim Rodriguez, Custodian/Maintenance Sun 04/16 Easter Sunday - No Intentions

St. Veronica Catholic School Have a Holy and Blessed Easter! www.saintveronicassf.org Phone: 650-589-3909

Mrs. Kathryn Lucchesi Mrs. Geninne Ruegg St. Veronica Parish Mission Statement

Principal Vice Principal St. Veronica Church is a multicultural community of believers who treasure Je- SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION sus Christ at the center of their profession Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are to be arranged through the Parish Office. of faith & practice. They worship & work Baptisms in English are typically held on the together to build up a community of fam- 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. Baptisms in Spanish are typically held on the ily & 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. joy & gratitude, they live & share the Call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 good news of faith & hope, striving to Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) stand up for peace & justice, to spread Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455 Ext.309 love & compassion, to care for those who Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Ext. 305 Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades) are in need, and to make our nation & the world a better place for all. Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455 Parish Office email: [email protected] Mass Schedule ON THE HORIZON

Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.  Thurs., April 13: Holy Thursday Mass of the Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 a.m. Lord’s Supper, 6:30 p.m. followed by Eucharis- Spanish Mass: Sundays at 6:00 p.m. tic Adoration until 10:00 p.m. Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30 a.m., 6:30 p.m. (English)  Fri., April 14: Good Friday - Stations of the Monday - Friday: 6:30 & 8:30 a.m. Cross at noon, Choir Cantata at 12:45 p.m., & Confessions Good Friday Liturgy from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Saturdays: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.  Sat., April 15 & Sun., April 16: Easter Masses

Liturgy of the Hours at 8:00 p.m. Saturday (Vigil); 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, Monday - Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. (English), and 1:30 p.m. (Spanish). Eucharistic Adoration  Mon., April 17: Easter Monday Holiday, Pasto- 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday ral Office closed, one Mass at 8:30 a.m., NO Eu- except as posted for holidays and parish events charistic Adoration  Sat., April 29: St. Veronica Catholic School First Holy Communion, 10:00 a.m. Parish Registration  Sat., May 6: Marian Retreat, St. Mary’s Cathe- Please complete and return form to the parish office, dral (Save the date and stay tuned for details!) or simply drop it in the collection basket.  Sat., May 6 & Sat., May 13: St. Veronica Faith Kindly print all information. Formation First Holy Communion, 10:00 a.m. Name(s): ______ Sun., May 14: Mother’s Day Name(s): ______Address: ______Welcome New Parishioners!

______Our parish continues to be blessed and enriched by the presence of newly registered parishioners: City & Zip: ______Phone: ______Robert & Nancy Bartoli

E-mail: ______Arsenio & Odette Mendoza

Primary language spoken at home: ______The Vergara Family - Edgardo,

Updating Current Parish Registration Melody, Emilio, Emmit & Emma Lea Moving / Please remove from mailing list. May St. Veronica Church become a spiritual home where your

faith and fellowship may be nourished with inspiration for you ___This is a new registration Please call me. to live a life of service and generosity toward God and others.

Lent Events at St. Veronica

Fasting and Abstinence: Everyone 14 years of age and older is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, each Friday of Lent, and Good Friday. Those 18-60 years of age are to fast on Ash Wednesday & Good Friday. On these two days the law of fasting allows only one full meal a day, but does not prohibit taking some food during the day, as long as this does not constitute another full meal. Drinking liquids is permitted.

Almsgiving: Our St. Vincent de Paul Conference is accepting non-perishable food items. Through Good Friday, April 14, items may be placed in the baskets in the vestibule or dropped off at the Pastoral Center.

Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works.

Due to holiday printing schedules, our collection numbers for April 1st & 2nd will be reported in the April 16th bulletin. Thank you for your continued support. From the Pastor’s Desk

Dear Parishioners, the cross, but we were also filled with hope and grati-

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord: Paul Grant tude for what Jesus brought for us through his ultimate sacrifice. and Marian Palmer sing: “Hey, King! Where’s your crown, where’s your Cadillac? I’ve never seen a king Word of God: This Palm Sunday, the Word of God is before --- on a donkey’s back.” On Palm Sunday, we all about suffering. The first reading is from Isaiah commemorate our King’s triumphant entry into Jerusa- about the suffering servant. He suffers a lot, but he plac- lem. Henry Hart Milman says: “Ride on, ride on in maj- es all his trust in God. The responsorial psalm is about: esty! In lowly pomp ride on to die; O Christ, thy tri- “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” A umphs now begin, O’er captive death and conquered very powerful sentiment indeed! How many times have sin.” Jesus’ triumphal entry will turn into dark, sad days we felt this way in our life? We sometimes feel that we of excruciating suffering and shameful death. But it will are abandoned by everyone, including God. Jesus him- all pale in the resplendent glory that will dawn on Easter. self felt this way. He used these very words on the The profound Christian insight is that it’s always through cross. Jesus knows our human frustrations and anguish the cross that we find our glory. Without suffering, there because he himself has gone through those dark mo- is no love, no redemption, no new life. Suffering is re- ments in his life. That’s the reason we can go to Jesus demptive. Death is the way to resurrection. Let’s look at with great confidence. He knows exactly our struggles the face of Christ this Holy Week. Let’s look into his and sufferings. The second reading is the famous hymn tender eyes. Let’s place our hand on the heart of Christ. from the letter to the Philippians, which celebrates Je- Let’s try to enter his mind and heart to dwell on his sus’s humility, obedience to his Father, his dying on the thoughts and feelings. cross, his exaltation by his heavenly Father above eve-

One Practical Suggestion I’ll make for the Holy Week rything and everyone. The gospel reading, the passion is this: Can you choose one of the passion narratives narrative, is taken from Matthew’s gospel. On Good from one of the four gospels? Every gospel, toward the Friday, though, the passion narrative will be from end, has the account of Jesus’ suffering and death. Go to John’s gospel. As we go through these readings, the a church or any other calm place or your living room or Lord will speak to us tenderly and give us the grace to kitchen. Turn the TV off. Sit quietly. Read slowly and enter more deeply the sufferings and death of Jesus so prayerfully the passion narrative and be silent for a few that we can rise with him to a new life in the glory of the resurrection. minutes after reading it. It will only take about 20 minutes or so to do this. You will not regret spending Good Friday quotes: “Christmas and Easter can be some quality time on this simple form of prayer. If you subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, feel inspired, speak to Jesus in your words. St. Ignatius cannot. The reality is so horrible, it is not surprising that of Loyola suggests in the “Spiritual Exercises” to stand people should have found it a stumbling block to faith.” before the cross and ask: “Lord, what have I done for --- W. H. Auden. “We adore you and we bless you, you? What am I doing for you? What shall I do for Lord Jesus Christ, here and in all the churches which you?” are in the whole world, because by your holy cross you

Via Dolorosa: When I went with some of our parishion- have redeemed the world.” --- St. Francis of Assisi. “In ers to the Holy Land a few years ago, we walked the ho- truth, there was only one Christian and he died on the ly route, Via Dolorosa, which in Latin means “the way cross.” --- Friedrich Nietzsche. “Good Friday and Easter of suffering”. It’s in the Old City of Jerusalem. Tradition free us to think about other things far beyond our own has long held that Jesus walked through this very path personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suf- toward Calvary. This route winds through narrow streets fering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope.” --- with thousands of shops on either side. That is why we Dietrich Bonhoeffer. “If you are going to follow Jesus, had to wake up early in the morning by 4:30 a.m. and get you better look good on wood.” --- Daniel Berrigan. to this place and start the Way of the Cross by 5:30 a.m. so that we could complete our prayers by the time the I wish everyone at St. Veronica parish a grace-filled shops opened. Our Way of the Cross along this holy Holy Week. route ended with Mass at the Church of Holy Sepulchre which I celebrated. Via Dolorosa was the most memora- Your Friend and Pastor, ble walk of our life ever. We walked the same path that Jesus did! We were filled with sadness for Jesus carrying Father Charles Puthota Archbishop Cordileone Announces Fatima Centenary Events and Consecration of the Archdiocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions, in which Our Lady appeared to Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta, - three children living near Fatima, Portugal - from May 13 to October 13, 1917. To commemorate this event, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has formally launched preparations which will culminate in the Consecration of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during the annual Rosary Rally on October 7, 2017. The official launch occurred March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation. In order to best prepare for the Consecration, schools, faith formation programs, families, and all parishioners are invited to participate in one or more of the following ways:

 Learn and pray the Rosary regularly, whether as a family, an individual, a class, or a group.  Attend the Marian Retreat at the Cathedral on Saturday, May 6, 2017 - information about the retreat and a reservation flyer will be available soon.  Complete the five First Saturday devotions from June through October 2017.  Pray the Archdiocese’s official prayer to Our Lady of Fatima, which will be available on the Archdiocese and St. Veroni- ca websites.  Educate themselves about the Fatima apparitions - stay tuned for bulletin pieces outlining the history of Our Lady of Fatima.  Download the monthly prayer and activity suggestions, which will be available on the Archdiocese and St. Veronica websites. Each month focuses on a specific theme relating to our Blessed Mother.  Make plans now to attend the Rosary Rally on Saturday, October 7, 2017.

Washing of the Feet Volunteers are invit- ed to take part in the annual Washing of the Feet during the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 6:30 p.m. on April 13. Those interested are re- quired to call the Pastoral Center and sign up. All ages are welcome! Space is limited to the first 12 volun- teers, representing the 12 Apostles.

Lenten Food Drive

St. Vincent de Paul continues to ac- cept donations during the Lenten Food Drive. Continuing through Good Friday, April 14, on-perishable food items and toiletries may be placed in the basket in the vestibule or dropped off at the Pastoral Center during regular business hours, Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thank you for helping the less fortunate of our community! Reflecting on the Word Baptism Information

Palm Sunday Registration forms are available from the Every year the Passion account invites me to Pastoral Center during regular office hours, reflect on the words and what they reveal about the various characters. There are words of faith and sur- or you may download a form from our render, “Not as I will, but as you will;” remorse, “I website at www.stveronicassf.com. have sinned in betraying innocent blood;” confi- Baptisms are generally celebrated monthly dence, “Though all may have their faith in you shak- on the 1st and 3rd Saturday in English en, mine will never be;” taunt and accusation, “Let him be crucified;” choice, “Let his blood be upon us and on occasional 2nd Saturdays in Spanish. and on our children;” seeming authority, “I order Please call the Parish Office to sign up. you;” fear, “Have nothing to do with that man;” de- nial, “I do not know him;” teaching, “All who take Upcoming baptism dates are as follows: the sword will perish by the sword;” and love, “I April 22 shall not drink this fruit of the vine until the day May 6 & 20 when I drink it with you new.” June 3 & 17 Words can build up or tear down. They speak truth or falsehood. They reveal faith and fear. Preparation classes for parents and godparents Words are powerful, which is why St. Francis de are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Sales cautions that they are to be used like the scal- Classes are conducted in the Pastoral Center from pel in the hands of a surgeon, cutting away only 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. (Adults only please). what is necessary and not so much as to result in un- Please call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 for necessary harm. He cautions us to speak little, well, specific dates and to reserve your space for the gently, charitably, and amiably. Even when speak- Baptismal Preparation Classes. ing a different truth, we can do so with love. As we enter into Holy Week, we would do well to reflect on what our words say about us. Do they THANK YOU TO THE ADDITIONAL reveal love, life, truth, trust, and submission to the 2017 AAA SUPPORTERS will of God; or hate, death, falsehood, fear, and sub- mission to our will alone? Often mine reveal a mix SINCE MARCH 28 - PLEASE DONATE of both. May we be like Jesus, who emptied himself GENEROUSLY AND EARLY SO WE and took on all our limitations with the exception of REACH OUR GOAL OF $76,179.00! sin, even death, so that we can be servants with well- trained tongues that reveal our willingness to speak THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS truth, wherever that might lead. DONATED TO AAA IN 2017!

For Prayerful Consideration & Discussion Rommel & Michelle Adao Allan & Monica Ocon  What does my use of words reveal about my faith Mario & AnneMarie Eduardo & Evelyn in Jesus and my willingness to do God’s will? Alvior Resurreccion*  How would I have responded in the situations Arnold & Maricor Arrobio José & Marie Solis described in the Passion? - Living the Word Jovanny & Mary Anne Basilio * One-Percent Club Donors Rolando & Luzviminda Promise to Protect, Pledge to Heal: Each year in Please note: Donations April, Catholic San Francisco publishes information Dador made to directly to the Arch- about the protection of children within our Archdio- Chris & Marina Dolar diocese of San Francisco Rafael & Sonia Flores cese. Please see this weekend’s edition of the news- Office of Development will John & Myra Gomez be acknowledged when they paper, or check it out online at www.catholic-sf.org. Vergil Gutierrez are reported to St. Veronica.

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St. Veronica Church Building Renovation Project

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

Thank you for your continued generosity!

Estimated Phase II project costs based on bids received:

√ Replace the 25-year-old heating and air-conditioning system $25,000 (actual) Refurbish the 10 exterior doors, includes doors & hardware (side chapel doors installed) $70,000 Replace the sound system with an up-to-date wireless system, in- cluding more microphones (sponsored) $15,000 Install improved lighting in the pew area $45,000 Remove the old plexiglass window coverings, clean windows and fix broken & missing latches (sponsored) $10,000

Estimated total of Phase II projects $165,000

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