ARCHDIOCESAN ANNUAL LENT & HOLY WEEK 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: PALM SUNDAY 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 dona ons.
We are currently at 74% of our goal! Thank EASTER 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 Good Friday, 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 & Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil, 10:00 am and received dona ons 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 dona ons 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 ini a- the Young Adult Catholics (YACs) will be or- Rev. Mr. Martin Schurr ve to encourage greater par cipa on in the [email protected] Please call the Parish Office ganizing a Sta ons of the Cross Service, fol- for an appointment. Sacrament of Reconcilia on, 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 a end! 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- ques ons 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 Eucharis c Adora on 1:00pm to 4:30pm Phone: 415.285.5272 clean, so plas c in San Francisco? So plas- Fax: 415.285.8510 Website: stteresasf.org ON‐LINE GIVING O ‐T O c is any type of plas c that can be bunched E-mail: [email protected] D up in your hand including plas c packaging, s eresasf.org s eresasf.org plas c film or wrap, and plas c bags (think Sਲ਼. Tਤਤਲਠ’ਲ Mਨਲਲਨਮਭ Sਲ਼ਠਲ਼ਤਬਤਭਲ਼ click OnLine Giving Click Online Giving packaging around paper towels, plas c bags As members of St. Teresa’s Parish we fulfill our baptismal commitment or scan this Click Quick Give used for produce, and plas c 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, plas c properly, collect all clean, so plas c 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. Chris ans March 16 & 17 Saturday, March 16 There will be no second collec on this week. have observed Lent since the earliest days of the Church, and an examina on of our history reveals that the season has its roots in at least three dis nct and separate tradi ons: 4:15pm The People of the Parish March 23 & 24 Henry Morgan, Jr. (Spec. Int.) Originally, Lent was a forty-day fast in prepara on for Easter. Next week, our parish will take up The Catho- By the third century, Lent evolved into a me of prepara on for the Ini a on Sunday, March 17 lic Relief Services Collec on. Funds from this 8:30am The Sick of the Parish Sacraments (Bap sm, Confirma on, and Eucharist), celebrated at the Easter Vigil. 10:00am Crispina Fernandez Cas llo collec on provide food to the hungry, sup- Concurrent with bap smal prepara on, Lent became a me of reconcilia on 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 collec on, and help Jesus in disguise. the Ini a on Sacraments at Easter, Lent is a me of purifica on and enlightenment. 8:30am The Sick of the Parish Learn more about the collec on 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, respec ully. Michelle has not been bap zed, so she will be bap zed at the 4:15pm Dan Perea Easter Vigil. Ryan, however, has been bap zed in the Episcopal tradi on, and because we rec- Henry Morgan, Jr. (Spec. Int.) WEEKEND COLLECTION ognize the validity of Ryan’s bap sm, we neither re-bap ze 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 Bap sm, 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, a er Michelle has MARCH 9 & 10 been bap zed, Ryan will make a profession faith, and both Michelle and Ryan will receive the $1,499 Parish Calendar Sacraments of Confirma on and Eucharist. Sun, Mar 17 - Faith Forma on, 9am, Hall THANK YOU! But Easter is s ll 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 incorpora on into the Church. Mon, Mar 18 - AA Step Mee ng, 6:30pm, Hall Ministers Schedule for Next Week - Choir Prac ce, 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 Elec on – took 9am, Parish Kitchen Lector: A. Rose 1 Lector: T. Labuguen place at the Cathedral at 4:00 pm that same day. - SVdP Grocery Distribu on Bread: C. Groepper 2 Lector: S. Jeong The Rite of Sending is quite simple and straigh orward. Michelle and Ryan were present- 1pm, Hall Cup: B. Noelke 1 Bread: J. Schelstrate - Reconcilia on & Adora on 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 Elec on. 7pm, Priory Lector: D. Canzoneri 2 Cup: K. McMahon At the Rite of Elec on, catechumens and candidates from every parish in the Archdiocese Wed, Mar 20 - AA Mee ng, 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 Mee ng, 7pm, Avila Cup: S. Siebel the catechumens and candidates were “elected” (i.e., chosen) to be received into the Church Sun, Mar 24 - Faith Forma on, 9am, Hall Hosp: T. Lando at Easter.
Welcome to St. Teresa’s Parish Community Today, on the Second Sunday of Lent, we celebrate the Peniten al Rite (Scru ny) with our We extend our hands and hearts in Christian fellowship to you here celebrating with us. candidate, which takes place immediately a er 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 straigh orward. 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 Fi h Sundays of Lent we will celebrate the scru nies with Address: ______City: ______Zip: ______Michelle, our catechumen. The order and format of the scru nies is virtually iden cal to the Peniten al Rite celebrated on the Second Sunday of Lent, and the rela onship between the New Parishioner New Address New Phone Gospel of the day and the par cular scru ny will be addressed in the homily.
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