19th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 8, 2021 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 8, 2021 “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever.” John 6 2540 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 295-4141 www. immaculate-conception-sandiego.org — [email protected] 1 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 8, 2021 Daily Readings Mass Intentions Monday: Dt 10:12-22, t 17:22-27 Aug. 7 - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Vigil People of Immaculate Conception Parish Tuesday: 2 Cor 0”6-10, Jn 12:24-26 Aug. 8 - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 - †Manuel Gonsalves Wednesday: Dt 34:1-12, Mt 18:15-20 10:00 - The Hunter Family, SI 11:30 - †Roxanne Spano Thursday: Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17; Mt 18:21—19:1 Aug. 9 - Weekday †Maria Andrade Friday: Jos 24:1-13, Mt 19:3-12 Aug. 10 - St. Lawrence Saturday: Jos 24:14-29, Mt 19:13-15 The Spera Family, SI Sunday: Rv 11:19a,, 12:1-61, 10ab; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Aug. 11 - St. Clare Lk 1:39-56 †Patricia Finneran Aug. 12 - Weekday Pray for Our Sick †Richard Anthony Salmon Alex & Toni Alvarez, Joane Anderson, Susan Aug. 13 - Weekday Besecker, Cosmo & Joan Busalacchi, Dominic Priest’s Intentions Castagnola, Reginald Custodio, Joanne Daleo, Michael Denny, Arline Fisch, Julie Fish, Christopher Haskins, Aug. 14 - Weekday Donna Hovanec, Shirley Ilog, Donna Cruz Jones, †Jane Vanlahr Smith Patricia Haase, Ricardo Hernandez, Olivia Ingram, Liam McNichol, Ardith Moore, Grace Mulvanity, Madison Neola, Stephanie Ng, Ann Orwig, John F. Phelan, Rene If you wish to request a Mass intention for a family Milbauer Rice, Anyssa Sanchez, Tom Sapien, member or friend, contact the parish office. Crystal Spera, Rita Tarango, Linda Thompson, Teresa Tingle, Teresa Tolan, Marie Whitman, Barbara Wingler. Mass Schedule COURTYARD BRICKS Weekdays: Monday thru Saturday, 8:00 AM Customized Brick and Bench tops are available by order Sunday Masses at the Parish Office or on the parish website. Proceeds Saturday Vigil: 5:15 PM from this fundraiser benefit the Immaculate Conception Sunday: 8:30 AM*, 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM Building Maintenance Fund. *live-streamed & open to attendees FR. GARRETT GALVIN, OFM Holy Day Masses: To be announced. PARISH ADMINISTRATOR Reconciliation: Saturday, 4:30 to 5:00 p.m., or after weekday morning Mass and by appointment. FR. VINCENT MESI, OFM SACRAMENTAL & SPIRITUAL LEADER Baptisms: By appointment only. Please contact the EMAIL: [email protected] parish office. Weddings: By appointment only. Arrangements must be FR. JOSEPH CHINNICI, OFM, made at least one year in advance. Please contact the IN RESIDENCE parish office. Funerals: For arrangements, please call the parish. PARISH EMAIL: Parish Office: 619-295-4141 [email protected] 2 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 8, 2021 A DAY OF PRAYER AND WORKSHOP FOR LECTORS SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2021 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 PM TOTAL COLLECTION: $4035.36 Parishioners: $3,230.00 Visitors: $805.36 Mission Cooperation Appeal Each Sunday, we gather to hear the Word of God Thank you for your generous contributions to the and to share in Christ’s sacred banquet. As those Mission Cooperation Appeal. Parishioners and called to proclaim God’s scared word, we have a visitors donated $1,791.00 last weekend. responsibility to prepare and communicate as best as we ca can in order to foster the spiritual lives of our brothers and sisters in the assembly. We do not get many opportunities like this, so I am PANCAKE asking all lectors to make this workshop a top BREAKFAST! priority and attend if at all possible! We will gather in the hall at 8:30 in the morning with coffee and donuts and begin our presentation at JOIN US IN THE HALL AFTER THE 8:30 OR 9:00 a.m. in the church. We will provide lunch at the 10:00 MASS FOR A DELICIOUS PANCAKE end of the workshop. Please RSVP to me at BREAKFAST THAT INCLUDES SAUSAGE & [email protected]. EGGS, COFFEE AND ORANGE JUICE…ALL FOR ONLY $5 PER PERSON. See you August 28th! Fr. Vince LIVE STREAM MASS The Church of the Immaculate Conception is providing live stream and CHANGE IN PARISH EMAIL recordings of the live streams in two ways. The parish email has been changed to 1) On the Franciscan School of [email protected]. Theology on the You Tube Channel called FST EDU1. Our website remains unchanged: During this Covid-19 Shelter in www.immaculate-conception- Place period please visit the You Tube Channel to see all sandiego.org opportunities for viewing. Contact information for parish staff has also 2) On the parish website www.immaculate-conception-sandiego.org. Simply been updated. click on the photo (shown above). 3 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 8, 2021 Sponsor a Table! Join us as COLFS celebrates 20 years of service to the greater San Diego community at our 12th Annual Pro- Life is Good Gala and Auction on September 4, 2021, at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort with our special guest Sister DeDe Byrne. Sponsor a table and invite your friends and family for an evening of fun and fellowship. Advance ticket pricing ends on August 6th and seating is limited. SAINT HIPPOLYTUS STORE HOURS FRIDAY 1:30-4:30 PM FEAST DAY SATURDAY 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM AUGUST 13 SUNDAY 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM 170-235 Purchases support our parish. A theologian and martyr who died of ill-treatment in the quarries of Sardinia, Serra Gifts offers a variety of religious Hippolytus was an important Christian in third-century items: Rome. In his writings, he attacked several popes for Religious medals and cards their doctrinal teaching and lax discipline. Followers set Rosaries him up to rival Pope Callistus I, making him the first Spiritually inspiring reading material antipope. Banished to Sardinia during a Roman Greeting cards persecution, this cleric was there reconciled to the Spiritual music church and to another exile, Pope Pontian, with whom he shares this feast. He wrote in Greek and may have been from the East. His work “The Apostolic Tradition” The invitation in the #Gospeloftheday preserved details about Christian life and customs in (Jn 6:24-35) is this: Rather than being the early church. Visiting Rome around 212, Origen, a concerned only with material bread, let us famous Christian teacher, and writer, went to hear welcome, Jesus as the bread of life and, starting Hippolytus preach. out from our friendship with him, learn to love each other. Freely and without calculation. Copyright © 2021, United States Conference of Catholic Pope Francis (8/2/21) Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. 4 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 8, 2021 The Pope also noted that his hospitalization happened during the year in which “la Cattolica” (the University) marks its centenary - an anniversary which is celebrated with the tag, “A century of the future”, the Pope noted. Care: An expression of the heart The Holy Father then highlighted that “care is an expression of the heart” and the Sacred Heart Catholic University bears in its name, the “vocation of taking care of the human person.” In this regard, he went on to testify of his personal experience of witnessing how there is no time for nostalgia or regrets about the past at the Gemelli hospital. Rather attention is given to “the flesh of Pope Francis: Care is Christ suffering in the sick of every age and an expression of the heart condition” which requires “a present and attentive gaze, capable of instilling hope in moments of Pope Francis conveys his gratitude for the care he fatigue and of looking ahead.” received during his recent hospitalization at the “It is true,” the Pope affirmed, “the cultural and Gemelli Hospital in a letter to the Rector of the integral promotion of the human person opens the Sacred Heart Catholic University with which the door to the future.” hospital is affiliated. He highlights that the The Holy Father concluded by reiterating his University, which celebrates 100 years this year, expression of gratitude and imparting a blessing bears within its name, “the vocation of taking care on the Rector, his loved ones, and all who make of the human person.” up the family of the Sacred Heart Catholic University. By Vatican News staff writer Pope Francis on Wednesday sent a message to the Rector of the Sacred Heart Catholic University, Franco Anelli, in appreciation for the professional care and concern he received during his recent hospitalization at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Hospital. The Gemelli Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in Italy and serves as the teaching hospital for the medical school of the Sacred Heart Catholic University. It owes its name to the Italian Franciscan friar, physician and psychologist, Agostino Gemelli. The Pope’s letter comes a week after returning from a 10-day hospitalization for a scheduled surgery for diverticular stenosis of the colon. Following the successful operation, he returned to the Vatican on July 14. Gratitude “Having returned home after a stay in hospital, I would like to address my thoughts to you and to the University over which you preside,” the Pope said in the letter. “It is a grateful and affectionate thought for the closeness I have experienced, for the genuine and caring cordiality I have seen in every face, for the professionalism of all those who have taken care of me.” 5 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 8, 2021 The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 8, 2021 CST 101 THEMES FROM THEMES FROM CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING CATHOLICThe Church’s social teaching SOCIAL is a rich treasure of wisdom TEACHING about building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of modern society.