ARCHDIOCESAN ANNUAL & SCHEDULE APPEAL 2018 WEEK 4 We Welcome You To Tuesdays in Lent Assessed Amount: $26,642 Mass, 8:30am St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church Amount Pledged: $19,814 Reconciliation & Adoration, 6—8 pm Served by the Carmelites Balance Remaining: $ 6,828 Fridays in Lent If you wish to donate online, access is Mass, 8:30am M 17, 2019 through: www.sfarch.org/aaa Saturday Vigil, April 13: 4:15pm S S Select St. Teresa Church Palm Sunday, April 14: 8:30 & 10am L Please check with your employer April 16 to see if they provide matching TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK, 1490 19 S (C) Holy Hour of Adoration: 8:00pm L NE C 19 C S funds for charitable donaons.

We are currently at 74% of our goal! Thank TRIDUUM you to all who have donated & pledged. Last Holy Thursday, April 18: 7:30pm PASTOR S M year we had AAA wrapped up in 11 weeks , April 19: 12:15pm Rev. Michael A. Greenwell, O. Carm. Saturday Vigil 4:15 pm (including pledges to be paid over the year) [email protected] Sunday 8:30 & , , 10:00 am and received donaons from 88+ parishion- April 20: 8:00pm PAROCHIAL VICAR ers/families. We would like to receive pledg- Rev. Michael Kwiecien, O. Carm. W M es from 100 people this year. So far we have Easter Sunday, [email protected] Tuesday 8:30 am April 21: 8:30 & 10:00am Friday 8:30 am received donaons from 51 individuals/ PARISH SECRETARY families. Stephani Sheehan M Please call six months in advance. STATIONS OF THE CROSS & SOUP SUPPER [email protected] THE LIGHT IS ON FOR YOU B On Friday, March 29, beginning at 6:30pm, DEACON S R This Lent, the Archdiocese will join an inia- the Young Adult Catholics (YACs) will be or- Rev. Mr. Martin Schurr ve to encourage greater parcipaon in the [email protected] Please call the Parish Office ganizing a Staons of the Cross Service, fol- for an appointment. Sacrament of Reconciliaon, especially lowed by a Soup Supper in the parish hall. DIRECTOR OF MUSIC among those who have not received this sac- PASTORAL COUNCIL All parishioners are invited to aend! Please Laura Diaz-Flaviani Jim Schelstrate Steve Miller rament recently [email protected] email [email protected] with any Judy Warnock Ron Labuguen In accordance, all parishes in the three coun- quesons or if you would like to bring soup DIRECTOR OF FAITH FORMATION Victoria Michalchuk Maddie DeVlieger es of the Archdiocese will be open for con- to share with your fellow parishioners. Anarose Schelstrate fessions on the Tuesdays of Lent from 6:00 – [email protected] P O / M A 8:00 pm. ST TERESA'S GREEN TEAM OFFICE HOURS 390 Missouri St

Join us at the same me for 10:00am to 12:30pm San Francisco, CA 94107 Did you know that you can now recycle Eucharisc Adoraon 1:00pm to 4:30pm Phone: 415.285.5272 clean, so plasc in San Francisco? So plas- Fax: 415.285.8510 Website: stteresasf.org ON‐LINE GIVING O‐T O c is any type of plasc that can be bunched E-mail: [email protected] D up in your hand including plasc packaging, seresasf.org seresasf.org plasc film or wrap, and plasc bags (think Sਲ਼. Tਤ਱ਤਲਠ’ਲ Mਨਲਲਨਮਭ Sਲ਼ਠਲ਼ਤਬਤਭਲ਼ click OnLine Giving Click Online Giving packaging around paper towels, plasc bags As members of St. Teresa’s Parish we fulfill our baptismal commitment or scan this Click Quick Give used for produce, and plasc film used to by being the hands and heart of Christ in our world. QR code or scan this QR code cover and store food). In order to recycle this We achieve this commitment by accepting the human dignity of all persons, plasc properly, collect all clean, so plasc and by advocating for and serving those oppressed in our society. The community of St. Teresa’s finds its strength to fulfill this through participation inside one bag and place it in the blue recy- in the Eucharist, prayer, learning the building of relationships, and action for Justice. cling bin. MASS INTENTIONS SECOND COLLECTIONS. RCIA: The Rites During Lent As we celebrate Mass together we include in our prayers: A week and a half ago we celebrated Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Chrisans March 16 & 17 Saturday, March 16 There will be no second collecon this week. have observed Lent since the earliest days of the Church, and an examinaon of our history reveals that the season has its roots in at least three disnct and separate tradions: 4:15pm The People of the Parish March 23 & 24 Henry Morgan, Jr. (Spec. Int.)  Originally, Lent was a forty-day fast in preparaon for Easter. Next week, our parish will take up The Catho-  By the third century, Lent evolved into a me of preparaon for the Iniaon Sunday, March 17 lic Relief Services Collecon. Funds from this 8:30am The Sick of the Parish Sacraments (Bapsm, Confirmaon, and Eucharist), celebrated at the Easter Vigil. 10:00am  Crispina Fernandez Casllo collecon provide food to the hungry, sup-  Concurrent with bapsmal preparaon, Lent became a me of reconciliaon port displaced refugees, and bring Christ’s (penance) for those estranged from the Church. Tuesday, March 19 love and mercy to all people here and 8:30am  Irma & Gustavo Flores In this week’s column, I’d like to focus on the second of these roots. For those preparing for abroad. Next week, please give generously to Friday, March 22 the collecon, and help Jesus in disguise. the Iniaon Sacraments at Easter, Lent is a me of purificaon and enlightenment. 8:30am The Sick of the Parish Learn more about the collecon at This year, St. Teresa’s has one catechumen and one candidate, Michelle Fishberg and Saturday, March 23 www.usccb.org/catholic‐relief Ryan Kennedy, respecully. Michelle has not been bapzed, so she will be bapzed at the 4:15pm  Dan Perea Easter Vigil. Ryan, however, has been bapzed in the Episcopal tradion, and because we rec- Henry Morgan, Jr. (Spec. Int.) WEEKEND COLLECTION ognize the validity of Ryan’s bapsm, we neither re-bapze him nor speak of him as a Sunday, March 24 “convert” to Catholicism. Instead, we say that Ryan is coming into full communion with the MARCH 2 & 3 8:30am The Homeless of San Francisco $1,362 Catholic Church. We use this language because, through Bapsm, Ryan has already been in- 10:00am The People of the Parish corporated into both the Body of Christ and the Church. At the Easter Vigil, aer Michelle has MARCH 9 & 10 been bapzed, Ryan will make a profession faith, and both Michelle and Ryan will receive the $1,499 Parish Calendar Sacraments of Confirmaon and Eucharist. Sun, Mar 17 - Faith Formaon, 9am, Hall THANK YOU! But Easter is sll five weeks away, and, in the weeks leading up to Easter, we have several - Sandwich Sunday, 11am, Hall rites for catechumens and candidates prior to their incorporaon into the Church. Mon, Mar 18 - AA Step Meeng, 6:30pm, Hall Ministers Schedule for Next Week - Choir Pracce, 6:30pm, Church March 23 & 24 Last week, the First Sunday of Lent, focused on two rites. The first – the Rite of Sending –

Tue, Mar 19 - SVdP Sandwich Tuesday, 4:15 PM 10:00 AM took place at the 10 o’clock Mass at St. Teresa’s, and the second – the Rite of Elecon – took 9am, Parish Kitchen Lector: A. Rose 1 Lector: T. Labuguen place at the Cathedral at 4:00 pm that same day. - SVdP Grocery Distribuon Bread: C. Groepper 2 Lector: S. Jeong The Rite of Sending is quite simple and straighorward. Michelle and Ryan were present- 1pm, Hall Cup: B. Noelke 1 Bread: J. Schelstrate - Reconciliaon & Adoraon ed to the parish community, and it was the parish assembly who affirmed their readiness to be Hosp: J. Marasco 2 Bread: C. Illich received into the Church. Having been “sent”, Michelle and Ryan journeyed to the Cathedral 6pm, Church 3 Bread: J. Warnock - Young Adults Scripture Study 8:30 AM 1 Cup: S. Miller for a special ceremony called the Rite of Elecon. 7pm, Priory Lector: D. Canzoneri 2 Cup: K. McMahon At the Rite of Elecon, catechumens and candidates from every parish in the Archdiocese Wed, Mar 20 - AA Meeng, 7pm, Avila Bread: R. Kingman Hosp: J. Warnock gathered at the Cathedral to celebrate this rite. The Archbishop presided at this liturgy, and Sat, Mar 23 - AA Meeng, 7pm, Avila Cup: S. Siebel the catechumens and candidates were “elected” (i.e., chosen) to be received into the Church Sun, Mar 24 - Faith Formaon, 9am, Hall Hosp: T. Lando at Easter.

Welcome to St. Teresa’s Parish Community Today, on the Second Sunday of Lent, we celebrate the Penitenal Rite (Scruny) with our We extend our hands and hearts in Christian fellowship to you here celebrating with us. candidate, which takes place immediately aer the homily. The format for the rite is again Whether long-time residents or newly arrived in our parish, we thank God that you are with us. quite simple and straighorward. Ryan kneels in the sanctuary, and members of the assembly If you are not registered or have changes to your registration, please fill in the form below. surround him, laying hands upon him. We then pray with and for Ryan, first in silence and

Name: ______Phone: ______Email: ______then with special intercessions included in the Prayers of the Faithful. On the Third, Fourth, and Fih Sundays of Lent we will celebrate the scrunies with Address: ______City: ______Zip: ______Michelle, our catechumen. The order and format of the scrunies is virtually idencal to the Penitenal Rite celebrated on the Second Sunday of Lent, and the relaonship between the  New Parishioner  New Address  New Phone Gospel of the day and the parcular scruny will be addressed in the homily.

 Send Sunday envelopes  Send Monthly Donor Form  On-Line Giving Michael Kwiecien, O. Carm.