OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR Iglesia Católica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar 400 Church Street, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 (650) 726-4674 Office Hours: Open Monday—Friday 9:00am– 4:30pm Email: [email protected]

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 4TH, 2016

Rev. Joseph Previtali Mass Schedule Administrator Monday through Friday: 8:00 am [email protected] Saturday: Rev. Gabriel Wankar 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - 8:00pm (Español) Parochial Vicar Sunday:

Rev. Charles Onubogu 8:00 am - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Español) In Residence 6:00 pm

Religious Education Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: (650) 726-5587 Every Friday after 8:00 am Mass- K-6th Grade Benediction 12:00 pm Claudia Miramontes Ext. 210 First Friday of the Month Youth Confirmation after 8:00 am Mass - Benediction 6:30pm Elizabeth Neapolitan Ext. 209

St. Anthony's — Pescadero

696 North Street, Pescadero, CA 94060 Encargada de Ensayo para Bodas: Confessions Schedule Saturday: 6:00 pm (Español) Juana Ruano Monday (Lunes) 6:00- 7:00 pm 8:45- 9:30 pm Sunday: 9:00 am RCIA/ Adult Faith Formation: Tuesday (Martes) 7:00- 7:45 am Our Lady of Refuge — La Honda Rev. Joseph Previtali (English) Wednesday (Miércoles) 7:00– 7:50am 146 Sears Ranch Road, Educación/ Sacramentos para Adultos Thursday (Jueves) 7:00– 7:50 am La Honda, CA 94020 5:30- 6:30 pm Carlos y Celina Rivera (Español) Sunday: 10:30 am Parish Secretary: Paula Martinez Friday (Viernes) 6:00- 7:00 pm 9:00- 10:00 pm Fax: (650) 726-0980

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We live in a fallen world. We have to tell our children not to talk to strangers. We have to take out insurance policies and have our contracts notarized. We live in an ugly, broken world in which we find it difficult to trust each other even in matters that are mutual- ly beneficial.

On December 8, we celebrate the feast day of a World that is not fallen. We celebrate the truth that, right in the middle of this fallen world of ours, there is a World so beautiful and so pure and so free from sin that God chose her for His own dwelling. As St. Louis de Montfort famously preached, God made the earth for men and the heavens for the , and finding neither of these places suit- able for Himself, he made for His own Dwelling the Blessed Virgin Mary.

On the feast of the , we celebrate the truth of our faith that Mary, the Mother of , the Son of God, is all- holy from the first moment of her conception in the womb of her mother, St. Anne. We celebrate Mary's Immaculate Conception, which her Son, Jesus, merited for her by His Death on the Cross in the most pure humanity which He took from her.

We feel our hearts rejoice to discover this World that is not fallen and is ours, because she is our Mother too. We are filled with humble gratitude that God has given His own Dwelling Place to us as the dwelling place of our own hearts. We sing praise to Our Father in Heaven for having given to us our Immaculate Mother.

Immaculate Mary wants us to live in her Immaculate Heart. She wants us to go there daily in the devout recitation of the Holy Ro- sary, in which we meditate on the Divine Mysteries that she keeps in her Heart. Live in her. In the midst of this fallen world, so full of sin and strife, find peace in the Immaculate World of Mary. She is Real Life. She is the Dwelling of God. She is our Life, our Sweetness, and our Hope! Pray for me, Father Joseph Previtali Parish Announcements

Thank you! After almost two and a half years as our parish bookkeeper, Velma Atkinson will be moving on, effec- tive December 15. We thank Velma for her diligent and Our Lady of the Pillar competent service to our parish and we wish her well in Monday Nights her professional endeavors. Adult Catechism with Father Joe 7:30pm—8:30pm @ New Hall Third Tuesday of the Month "Position Open: Parish Bookkeeper" Knights of Columbus Meeting Our Lady of the Pillar Parish is in need of a new part-time Old Hall—7:00pm bookkeeper. Four to six years of experience with Quick- Tuesday Nights Books is preferred. Duties include, but are not limited to: Study processing payroll, performing bank reconciliations, pay- ing vendors, recording cash receipts, and maintaining the 5:30pm– 7:00pm @ Conference Room general ledger. All interested applicants should submit a Miércoles por la Noche résumé to Father Previtali at [email protected] by Estudio de la Biblia December 9. 7:00pm en el Salón Viejo (Old Hall) Saturday Morning Meeting New members for Art and Environment Conference Room The OLP Art and Environment committee is looking for vol- 9:00am– 11:00am unteers. We are committed to working throughout the year to Second Sunday of the Month keep our altar, church interior and exterior appropriately dec- Hospitality for 8:00am Mass orated for the celebration of the Mass. The flowers, plants Old Hall and other decorations are coordinated to the specific liturgical Office will be closed occasions of the Church calendar. If you are interested in Thursday, December 8th. becoming a member of our group, please call the rectory of- fice or Kristin Sutro, 726-6456

CHRISTMAS MASSES 2016 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION MASS SCHEDULE Christmas Eve Masses Thursday December 8, is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Saturday December 24th Conception of our Blessed Mother. It is a holy day of obliga- Our Lady Of the Pillar tion, which means a day on which we attend Mass and rest 8:00am Mass in English from our work. Our parish Mass schedule is as follows: 5:00 pm Vigil Mass in English Wednesday, December 7 8:00 pm Misa de Vigilia 7:00pm Bilingual Mass at Our Lady of the Pillar St. Anthony’s Pescadero 7:00pm Bilingual Mass at St. Anthony’s (Pescadero) Thursday, December 8 6:00 pm Misa en Español 8:00am English Mass at OLP 3:30pm English Mass at OLP After Sunday December 25th School Family Mass Our Lady Of the Pillar 7:00pm English Mass at Our Lady of 12:00 am Midnight Mass-Sung Latin Mass Refuge (La Honda) 8:00am Mass in English 7:00pm Misa en Español Nuestra Señora 10:00am Mass in English del Pilar 12:00pm Misa en Español St. Anthony’s Pescadero 9:00 am Mass in English Pray for Our Parishioners Who are Sick Our Lady of Refuge Sick Relatives & Friends/ 10:30 am Mass in English Parientes y Amigos Enfermos Pray that God’s, healing power will fill them Saturday December 31th with strength and hope. Our Lady Of the Pillar Glenn Gonzales, Joe Ashe, Virginia Shea, Raul 8:00 am Mass in English Batista, Manuel Arca, Terry R. Fenwick, Geral- 5:00 pm Mass in English dine Medigan, Javier Ramos, Marina Williamson, Mickey 8:00 pm Misa en Español Williamson, Alteamor Espejo, Abby Franco, Rachel Thein, John Romero, Pedro Bautista, Donald Thierry, Shiela Santos, St. Anthony’s Pescadero Shannon Perez, Don Wright, Harvey Koepf, Jena Losch, Sam 6:00 pm Misa en Español Reynal, Duncan Harter, Loretta Duran, Tammy Endsley, Kathy Repetto, Raquel Corona, Rich Perez, Marie Caloca, Claire Simonich.

Your Offerings | Supporting Our Parish Mass Schedule and Intentions

November 20th. Collection Saturday EVENING December 3rd, 2016 1st Collection 2nd Collection 5:00pm Juvenal Melo + and Family Our Lady of the Pillar $ 4,373 $ 1,512 Anne Minoletti (Int.) & Family Our Lady of Refuge $ 190 $ 97 8:00pm Hermanos Hernandez (Int.) Sunday December 4, 2016 St Anthony’s $ 386 $ 140 8:00 am Michael Rodriguez + & Family 10:00 am Manuel Machado + & Family November 27th. Collection Joe Daniel Rocha + 1st Collection 2nd Collection 12:00 pm Por la parroquia Our Lady of the Pillar $ 5,541 $ 2,930 6:00 pm Frank Vaz Jr. + and Family Our Lady of Refuge $ 250 $ 166 Monday December 5, 2016 St Anthony’s $ 355 $ 182 8:00 am Eduardo & Maria Silveira+ Thanksgiving Collection $ 1,457 Elias Pacheco + and Family Tuesday December 6, 2016 8:00am Francisco & Florinda Ferreira + Wednesday December 7, 2016 Second Collection this week: Building Fund 8:00 am Manuel & Maria Ferreira + and Parents December 11: Retirement for Religious Benny Velarde + December 18: Annual Appeal Thursday December 8, 2016 December 25: Religious Education 8:00 am Siste Crudeli + January 1: Building Fund Manuel & Albertina Veredas + January 8: Annual Appeal Friday December 9, 2016 January 15: Religious Education 8:00 am Idalina & Francisco Costa + Diana Lopes & Jose Valdemar + Saturday December 10, 2016 CELEBRACION A LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE 8:00 am Eduarda Furtado + Diciembre 12, 2016 5:00pm Joe, Artur & Emilia Goulart 4:00 am Presentación de la Obra de las 8:00pm John Costa & Maria Mendes + Apariciones Sunday December 11, 2016 4:30 am Mañanitas a la Virgen de 8:00 am Palmira & Jose Cota + and Family Guadalupe Joe Lopes & Manuel Jose + 5:00 am Misa (Español) 10:00 am Idalina & Francisco Costa + 7:00 pm Presentación de las apariciones de Luis & Bernadette Belo + la Virgen 12:00 pm Por la parroquia 8:00 pm Misa (Español) 6:00 pm John Costa + Anne Minoletti & Family (Int.) St. Anthony’s CELEBRATION FOR 6:00pm December 3 Por las Almas del Purgatorio December 12, 2016 9:00am December 4 Bob Monsen + 6:00pm December 10 Bob Monsen + 4:00 am Pageant: The Apparitions 9:00am December 11 The Burns Family + 4:30 am Song to Our Lady of Guadalupe 5:00 am Mass (Spanish) Our Lady of Refuge 7:00 pm Songs and Pageant: The Apparitions 10:30am December 4 Dorothy Wylie + 8:00 pm Mass (Spanish) 10:30am December 11 Dorothy Wylie +

MISAS PARA LA INMACULADA CONCEPCION El jueves 8 de Diciembre es el Día Solemne de la Inmaculada ST. VINCENT de PAUL GIVING TREE Concepción de Nuestra Madre Bendita. Es un día santo de The me has come for our annual obligación, que significa que tenemos que asistir a Misa y St. Vincent de Paul Society Christ- descansar de nuestro trabajo. El Horario de Misas de nuestra Parroquia es el siguiente: mas giving tree. You will find the tree in the vesbule adorned Miércoles 7 de Diciembre: with tags represenng a needy 7:00pm Misa Bilingüe en Nuestra Señora del Pilar 7:00pm Misa Bilingüe en San Antonio (Pescadero) child in our community. If you Jueves 8 de Diciembre: would like to parcipate, simply 8:00am Misa en Ingles Nuestra take a tag from the tree, pur- Señora del Pilar 3:30pm Misa en Ingles Nuestra Señora del chase a gi, wrap it with the tag Pilar Misa Familiar después de Escuela. aached and return to the office 7:00pm Misa en Ingles by December 18. Nuestra Señora del Refugio (La Honda) 7:00pm Misa en Español Nuestra www.OurLadyofthePillar.org Señora del Pilar PARISH ADVENT RETREAT “Turning Towards the Lord” On Thursday, December 15, from 6:30pm-9:00pm At Our Lady of the Pillar Church we will have our Advent Parish Re- treat. We will begin together in the church at 6:30 with our welcome and opening prayer. Then, Fr. James Moore, from St. Dominic's in San Francisco, will be giving the talk in English and Mon- signor James Kelly, from Menlo Center in Menlo Park, will be giving the talk in Spanish. Following the talks, we will gather again in the church for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. There will be five priests available for confession and we will conclude with Benediction. All are welcome!

RETIRO DE ADVIENTO PARROQUIAL "Volviéndose hacia el Señor" El jueves 15 de diciembre, de 6:30 pm a 9:00 pm, en la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, tendremos nuestro Retiro Parroquial de Adviento. No reuniremos en la Igle- sia a las 6:30pm con nuestra oración de bienvenida y apertura. Después el Padre James Moore, de St. Domi- nic's en San Francisco, estará dando la plática en Inglés y Monseñor James Kelly, del Menlo Center en Menlo Park, estará dando la plática en Español. Después de las pláticas, nos reunire- mos de nuevo en la iglesia para la adoración del Santísimo Sacramento. Habrá cinco sacerdotes disponibles para la confesión y concluiremos con la Bendición. ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

As we prepare for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12, I would like to draw your attention to our recently re-finished shrine of Our Lady of Guada- lupe on the southeast end of the parish property. I want to thank our many gener- ous donors for their love for Our Lady and I especially want to thank Alfonso Sención for his generous leadership and hard work in the work of beautification. I hope that you find our shrine a peaceful place to encounter the motherly love of the Blessed Virgin Mary. -Father Previtali

Mientras nos preparamos para la fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Gua- dalupe el 12 de diciembre, me gustaría llamar su atención a nuestro recién terminado Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en el extremo sureste de la Iglesia. Quiero agradecer a todos nuestros generosos donadores por su amor a Nuestra Señora y quiero agra- decer especialmente a el Sr. Alfonso Sención por su generoso lide- razgo y arduo trabajo para el embellecimiento de nuestra fuente. Espero que encuentren nuestro santuario un lugar tranquilo para encontrar el amor maternal de la Santísima Virgen María. -Padre Previtali

Queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo,

Vivimos en un mundo que se esta cayendo. Tenemos que de- cirles a nuestros hijos que no hablen con extraños. Tenemos que contratar pólizas de seguros y tener nuestros contratos notariados. Vivimos en un mundo roto, feo, en la que nos re- sulta difícil confiar el unos en otros, incluso en asuntos que son mutuamente beneficiosos.

El 8 de diciembre, celebramos la fiesta de un Mundo que no ha caído. Celebramos la verdad de que, en medio de este nues- tro mundo caído, hay un mundo tan hermoso y tan puro y tan libre de pecado que Dios lo escogió para su propia morada. Como San Louis de Montfort predico, Dios hizo la tierra para hombres y los cielos para los ángeles, y al no hallar ninguno de estos lugares adecuados para si mismo, El hizo de su pro- pia morada de la bienaventurada Virgen María.

En la fiesta de la Inmaculada Concepción, celebramos la ver- dad de nuestra fe, que María, la Madre de Jesús, el Hijo de Dios, es santa desde el primer momento de su concepción en el vientre de su madre, Santa Ana. Celebramos la Inmaculada Concepción de María, que su Hijo Jesús, le mereció por Su muerte en la cruz en la humanidad mas pura que el le quito.

Sentimos que nuestros corazones se alegran de descubrir este Mundo que no está caído y es nuestro, porque ella es también nuestra Madre. Estamos llenos de humilde gratitud que Dios nos ha dado Su propio lugar de vivienda como lugar de mora- da de nuestros propios corazones. Cantamos alabanzas a Nuestro Padre celestial por habernos dado a nuestra Madre inmaculada.

María Inmaculada quiere que vivamos en Su Corazón Inmacu- lado. Quiere que vayamos todos los días en la devota recita- ción del Santo Rosario, en el que meditamos sobre los Miste- rios Divinos que ella guarda en su Corazón. Vivir en ella. En medio de este mundo caído, tan lleno de pecados y de luchas, encontrar la paz en el Inmaculado Mundo de María. Ella es la vida real. Ella es la morada de Dios. !Ella es nuestra vida, nues- tra dulzura y nuestra esperanza! Oren por mi, Padre José Previtali