St. Veronica Church “John Is His Name.”
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St. Veronica Church Established 1951 A Stewardship Parish - Grateful Living through Faith, Fellowship, Service, & Giving 434 Alida Way South San Francisco, CA 94080 Phone: 650-588-1455 www.stveronicassf.com Fax: 650-588-1481 The Naming of St. John the Baptist by Fra Angelico The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist June 24, 2018 “John is his name.” - Luke 1:63 St. Veronica Parish Mass Intentions Parish Office Hours for the Week of June 24, 2018 Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sun 06/24 7:00 Fathers Living and Deceased Closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. 8:30 † Marla & Louis Braganza 10:00 † Mike Sr. and Kevin Folan (unless otherwise posted) 11:30 † George Griffin Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481 6:00 † Juan Manuel Ramirez Parish Staff Mon 06/25 6:30 † Mario Feliciano 8:30 Fathers Living and Deceased Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor Fr. Patrick Driscoll, Parochial Vicar Tue 06/26 6:30 † Jerry Avila 8:30 Fathers Living and Deceased Fr. Don Sharp, S.J., Weekend Assistant Wed 06/27 6:30 † Floral Cartel Abad Deacon Roger Beaudry 8:30 † Olga DeSouza Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Thu 06/28 6:30 † Jesus Atienza 8:30 † Richard Paul Fernandez Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary, Ext. 301 Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Fri 06/29 6:30 † Eva & Zoroastro Atienza 8:30 † Lolita Bueno Wedding Coordinator, Ext.305 Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director, Ext. 308 Sat 06/30 8:30 † Lita Nazario 5:00 † Reynaldo Baluyot Jim Rodriguez, Custodian/Maintenance Sun 07/01 7:00 The Battaglia Family 8:30 † Sylvia Azzopardi St. Veronica Catholic School 10:00 † Felicidad Pelayo www.saintveronicassf.org 11:30 † Dominador Roxas Jr. Phone: 650-589-3909 6:00 † Maria de Jesus Hernandez Mrs. Mary Boland Principal St. Veronica Parish Mission Statement St. Veronica Church is a multicul- SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION tural community of believers who treas- Sacrament of Baptism ure Jesus Christ at the center of their Baptisms are to be arranged through the Parish Office. profession of faith & practice. They wor- Baptisms in English are typically held on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. ship & work together to build up a com- Baptisms in Spanish are typically held on the munity of family & friends according to 2nd Saturday of each month. the mind & heart of Christ. Out of the Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month. Call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 abundance of joy & gratitude, they live & share the good news of faith & hope, Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455 Ext.309 striving to stand up for peace & justice, Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Ext. 305 to spread love & compassion, to care for Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades) those who are in need, and to make our Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455 nation & the 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. Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 a.m. Parish Center repair work through July: Spanish Mass: Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Floor replacement in the Parish Center; hospitali- Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30 a.m., 6:30 p.m. (English) ty will move to Falcon Hall (the cafeteria) Monday - Friday: 6:30 & 8:30 a.m. Sun., June 24: Farewell hospitality reception for Father Driscoll and Deacon Joe, following Confessions 10:00 a.m. Mass in Falcon Hall (the cafeteria) Saturdays: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Wed., July 4: Independence Day; One Mass at Liturgy of the Hours 8:30 a.m.; No Eucharistic Adoration; No Bingo Monday - Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00 a.m. Sat., July 14: Spanish ministry vigil, 7:00 p.m. - Eucharistic Adoration midnight in the Church 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday Sat., August 11: Spanish ministry vigil, except as posted for holidays and parish events 7:00 p.m. - midnight in the Church 2019 Mass Intentions Available! Parish Registration Please complete and return form to the parish office, or simply drop it in the collection basket. Mass intentions for 2019 are now being accepted in Kindly print all information. the Pastoral Center office. Kindly observe the fol- lowing guidelines when reserving Masses: Name(s): ____________________________________ Intentions are on a first-come, first-served basis Name(s): ____________________________________ Up to 4 intentions may be made during one visit Address: ____________________________________ Intentions are to be made in person at the ___________________________________________ Pastoral Center during regular office hours Intentions are limited to one name per Mass City & Zip: __________________________________ except for those made for a wedding anniversary Phone: ______________________________________ Please Note: A large number of 2018 inten- E-mail: _____________________________________ tions (particularly for weekdays and the weekly Spanish Mass) remain available. Primary language spoken at home: ________________ Envelopes received in the First Collection: Updating Current Parish Registration June 02 & 03: 317 Moving / Please remove from mailing list. June 09 & 10: 306 June 16 & 17: 317 ___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 your generosity in support of St. Veronica Parish and its works. Day Mass Time 1st Collection Environment Totals Saturday 06/16/18 5:00PM 1268.00 231.00 1499.00 Sunday 06/17/18 7:00AM 1459.00 276.00 173.5.00 8:30AM 1107.00 281.00 1388.00 10:00AM 1332.00 341.00 1673.00 11:30AM 1023.00 185.00 1208.00 6:00PM 271.00 173.00 444.00 TOTAL IN-PEW DONATIONS: 6460.00 1487.00 7947.00 Other Contributions 260.00 n/a 260.00 Rejoice and Be Glad - “Gaudete et Exsultate” The Call to Holiness in Today’s World tyrdom, and certain cases where a life is constantly offered for others, even until death. This shows an exemplary imita- On March 19, 2018, the feast of St. Joseph, Pope Francis tion of Christ, one worthy of the admiration of the faithful. signed the apostolic exhortation “Gaudete et Exsultate”. We can think, for example, of Blessed Maria Gabriella Sa- The pope reminds us, “We need to recognize and combat gheddu, who offered her life for the unity of Christians. our aggressive and selfish inclinations, and not let them take root” (no. 114). THE SAINTS “NEXT DOOR” Over the course of the next several bulletins, the five chap- 6. Nor need we think only of those already beatified and ters of Pope Francis’ exhortation will be presented in its canonized. The Holy Spirit bestows holiness in abundance entirety. among God’s holy and faithful people, for “it has pleased God to make men and women holy and to save them, not as 1. “REJOICE AND BE GLAD” (Mt 5:12), Jesus tells those individuals without any bond between them, but rather as a persecuted or humiliated for his sake. The Lord asks every- people who might acknowledge him in truth and serve him thing of us, and in return he offers us true life, the happiness in holiness”. In salvation history, the Lord saved one people. for which we were created. He wants us to be saints and not We are never completely ourselves unless we belong to a to settle for a bland and mediocre existence. The call to holi- people. That is why no one is saved alone, as an isolated ness is present in various ways from the very first pages of individual. Rather, God draws us to himself, taking into ac- the Bible. We see it expressed in the Lord’s words to Abra- count the complex fabric of interpersonal relationships pre- ham: “Walk before me, and be blameless” (Gen 17:1). sent in a human community. God wanted to enter into the 2. What follows is not meant to be a treatise on holiness, life and history of a people. containing definitions and distinctions helpful for under- 7. I like to contemplate the holiness present in the patience standing this important subject, or a discussion of the vari- of God’s people: in those parents who raise their children ous means of sanctification. My modest goal is to repropose with immense love, in those men and women who work the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time, with hard to support their families, in the sick, in elderly religious all its risks, challenges and opportunities. For the Lord has who never lose their smile. In their daily perseverance I see chosen each one of us “to be holy and blameless before him the holiness of the Church militant. Very often it is a holi- in love” (Eph 1:4). ness found in our next-door neighbours, those who, living in our midst, reflect God’s presence. We might call them “the middle class of holiness”. CH. ONE: THE CALL TO HOLINESS 8. Let us be spurred on by the signs of holiness that the Lord THE SAINTS WHO ENCOURAGE & ACCOMPANY US shows us through the humblest members of that people 3. The Letter to the Hebrews presents a number of testimo- which “shares also in Christ’s prophetic office, spreading nies that encourage us to “run with perseverance the race abroad a living witness to him, especially by means of a life that is set before us” (12:1). It speaks of Abraham, Sarah, of faith and charity”. We should consider the fact that, as Moses, Gideon and others (cf.