Rev. Devdas Masillamony, Pastor Rev. John Bosco Musinguzi, In Residence
MASS SCHEDULE: Sunday Vigil: 4:30 pm (Saturday); Sunday: 8:00 am and 11:00 am. Liturgy of the Word for Children dismisses during the 11:00 am Mass. Monday – Friday: 8:00 am. Holy Days and Holidays: see bulletin and parish website for special Mass times. NURSERY: Sunday, open from 7:45 am to 9:30 am and from 10:45 am to 12:30 pm. Closed from 9:30 am to 10:45 am. Located on the north side of the church. CONFESSION: Wednesday from 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: The first Saturday of the month after the 4:30 pm Mass, or by appointment. In an emergency, please call the Parish Office at (619) 463-6629.
DEVOTIONS Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament: First Friday of each month from the end of daily Mass until 11:55 am. Rosary: Daily after the morning Mass and other special occasions. Our Mother of Perpetual Help: Tuesday following the morning Mass.
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In the next few weeks I will be reflecting on differ-ent parts of the Mass: the Introductory Rite, the Lit-
urgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist, Com-munion Rite, and the Concluding/Dismissal Rite. The reason why I decided to write about different parts of Mass is because I need to remind myself and you, the faith community, how important Mass is as an act of worship and connection to Christ and His holy people. As we enter the church we dip our fingers into the Holy Water, thus reminding us of our Baptism and we reverently make the sign of the cross as a pro-fession of faith. It also reminds us that we are in the presence of God the Father, Son, and the Holy Spir-it. We are in the house of God, therefore it is a time to quiet our minds and hearts so that we can partici-pate prayerfully in the entrance hymn with the choir. The priest, upon entering the sanctuary, kisses the altar. This is because the altar is a symbol of Christ and the Eucharistic sacrifice will be offered on it. Each altar also contains relics of the martyrs and very often the relics of the patron saint of the par-ish. Because we belong to God, we begin every Mass by signing ourselves with the cross in the name of the Holy Trinity. Then, the priest asks God’s grace by saying, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all,” and the congregation responds say-ing, “And with your spirit.” Because none of us is fully worthy and is in need of further conversion, we ask mercy for our sins before
we listen to the word of God and receive the Body and Blood of Christ. During this short pause, before the prayer ‘I confess to you almighty God....’ it might be good just to tell God that we are not so worthy but we know that He is joyous that we are here. It would be good to express our gratitude for inviting us to participate and be joyful to be here with Him. Having been forgiven of our sins it is time to ex-press our gratitude to God. We want to thank God for His love and forgiveness of our sins and we do it by joyfully and prayerfully singing the Gloria, which is a fourth century hymn of glory and praise. It begins with the words of the angels to the shep-herds on the first Christmas night, “Glory to God in the highest…” The Introductory Rite concludes with the opening prayer which is called the ‘Collect.’ It begins with the priest saying, “Let us pray…” followed by a pause for the people’s silent prayer. All of these si-lent prayers of the people are then collected and of-fered to God in the prayer offered by the priest. The priest offers this prayer with outstretched arms symbolizing being freed by Jesus dying on the cross and rising from death for us. The congregation to-gether in one voice responds ‘Amen’ to this opening prayer. ‘Amen’ means ‘so be it’ or ‘let it be.’ It is the people’s acknowledgement and acceptance as their own the prayer which the priest has offered to God. How gratefully and meaningfully do you use the
Introductory Rite of Mass as you prepare to receive
the precious Body and Blood of Christ?
Fr. Devdas
SCRIPTURE READINGS & INTENTIONS FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER WEEK OF MAY 3RD, 2015
Date Readings Time Intentions
Sunday, May 3rd Acts 9:26-31 1 Jn 3:18-24 Jn 15:1-8
8:00 am Intentions of Gene Barrett
11:00 am Intentions of Kurt & Stacey Kohler
Monday, May 4th Acts 14:5-18 Jn 14:21-26 8:00 am Intentions of Ann Schraff
Tuesday, May 5th Acts 14:19-28 Jn 14:27-31a 8:00 am +Pat Nevins
Wednesday, May 6th Acts 15:1-6 Jn 15:1-8 8:00 am +Rosemary Harper
Thursday, May 7th 8:00 am +Robert G. Miller
Acts 15:7-21 Jn 15:9-11 11:00 am Intentions of Seniors
Friday, May 8th Acts 15:22-31 Jn 15:12-17 8:00 am +Mr. John & Mrs. Bridie Juanico
Saturday, May 9th (Vigil) Acts 16:1-10 Jn 15:18-21 4:30 pm +SVDP deceased members
Sunday, May 10th Acts 10:25-26,34-35.44-48 1 Jn 4:7-10 Jn 15:9-17
8:00 am +Francis Schraff
11:00 pm +Lynne Anne Potoff-Damukatis
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The successes of a Santa Sophia Acade-my student are very apparent as seen in the bulletin proclaiming the many accomplishments of our soon-to-be graduates. This is not a one year anomaly nor is it just our graduates. All of our students find spiritual, aca-demic, and responsible and respectful
citizenship successes daily as we Seek Wisdom, Live Virtue and Encounter Christ through a stellar, dy-namic, and excellent program, teachers, parents and most especially our awesome students. YOUR child should be part of this superb community!! We'd be honored to give you a tour of your parish school and set-up your child for these successes through a placement test and registration for the 2015-2016 school year. Call (619) 463-0488 today and make an appointment for a tour!
Santa Sophia Academy Students (Catholic High School Class of 2019) SCORE!!
Each year St. Augustine High School offers academ-ic scholarships to the 10 young men who have the h i g h e s t c o m p o s i t e s c o r e s o n t h e HSPT examination. This year, as nearly 300 young men sat for the examination, Santa Sophia Academy student, Johnathon Soro earned the top composite score! To recognize his accomplishment, the St. Au-gustine High School community is awarding him a $10,000 scholarship at entrance. Congratula-tions Johnathon! Congratulations to Johnathon’s parents and teachers as well.
We are pleased to announce that Santa Sophia Academy eighth grader Nicole Stepovich is receiv-ing Honors at Entrance as she begins at the Acade-my of Our Lady of Peace this fall. Nicole scored in the top 5% of the entering class on her entrance ex-am and was invited to write an essay for a scholar-ship to the Academy. Nicole won the "Pilot's Schol-arship" and was awarded an $8,000 scholarship at entrance. Congratulations Nicole! Congratulations to Nicole’s parents and teachers as well. Santa So-phia Academy is very proud of these student’s accomplishments!
We are also very proud to report that every year over half of our eighth grade applies to and is ac-cepted to the four Catholic High Schools here in San Diego. This year 14 of the 26 applied to Catho-lic High Schools! All of our students who applied
were accepted. WOW!! Way to go Great Eights! Each year many of our SSA Great Eights are re-ceived with honors and over the years we have had the top recipients of scholarships to St Augustine High School, Mater Dei, and Our Lady of Peace. The students who choose to apply to our local pub-lic high schools (and they are of very high caliber as well) also do VERY well. These students most often take honors classes and advanced placement cours-es. Santa Sophia Academy students do SHINE!!
CONGRATULATIONS to these students and their notable accomplishments.
… Alexis Abbo, Myeva Hanna, Mallory Marcos, and Nicole Stepovich who took the placement exam for the Academy of Our Lady of Peace and were ac-cepted.
… Armando Ayala, Damien Bloemendaal, Julian Gonzales, Ricky Haisha, Cade Kanzius, Jeremy Na-varro, William Simon III, and Johnathon Soro, who took the placement exam for Saint Augustine High School and were accepted.
… Valentino Kalasho, who took the placement ex-am for Cathedral Catholic High School and was ac-cepted.
… Bridget Braden, who took the placement exam
for Mater Dei Catholic High School and was accept-
ed.
I t's that time of year for Santa Sophia Academy's
annual Opportunity Drawing with prizes total-
ing $10,000! Tickets are $100 each and the odds of
4 in 300 of being a winner can't be beat! There will
be sellers after the masses the weekend of May 16
th & 17th, and we hope you will support your parish
school by purchasing a ticket or buying into a syn-
dicate ticket. The drawing for the prizes is on
Wednesday, May 27th, at our annual art show, at
7:45 pm. You do not need to be present to win,
however, you are most welcome to join us that
night.
SANTA SOPHIA ACADEMY
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Daily Prayer for Priests
O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;
For your unfaithful and tepid priests; For your priests laboring at home or
Abroad in distant mission fields. For your tempted priests;
For your lonely and desolate priests; For your young priests; For your dying
priests; For the souls of your priests in Purgatory.
But above all, I recommend to you The priests dearest to me;
The priest who baptized me; The priests who absolved me from my sins;
The priests at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me
Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion; The priests who taught and instructed me;
All the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way
(especially……………..….) O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart,
And bless them abundantly in time and in Eternity,
Amen
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Sunday, May 3rd - Bishop Robert Brom
Monday, May 4th - Bishop Gilbert Chavez
Tuesday, May 5th - Rev. Jose Arturo Uribe, CSSR
Wednesday, May 6th - Rev. Danilo Valdepenas
Thursday, May 7th - Rev. Luis Valenciano
Friday, May 8th - Rev. Nelson Vencilao
Saturday, May 9th - Rev. Mario Vesga
Congratulations to the following children who were baptized on
Sunday, April 26th, here at Santa Sophia.
James Irving,
Son of Nathaniel & Rachel Allen
Zaydin Clarance Martin, Son of Clarance & Melissa Joseph
Danica Cora, Daughter of Michael & Nadia Silva
Sofia Valeria, Daughter of Ramon & Giovanna Soto
Gabriella Lucia, Daughter of Michael & Cristina Torres
LATE BREAKING NEWS! The Casa De Oro
Grocery Outlet store located at 9805 Campo Road,
Suite 110, will be hosting a customer appreciation
day on Saturday, May 9th from 11:00 am - 2:00
pm. You can get a hot dog, chips, and drink for
$1.00. The proceeds will be donated to our St. Vin-
cent de Paul food pantry. So please stop by and
grab some lunch. While you are there, check out
the great values the store has to offer!
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PLEASE REMEMBER THOSE IN NEED OF SPECIAL PRAYERS
Jessica Kline, Anita Sanford, Brian Vandenberg, Lenny Goins, Babe Cox, Leticia Rebollar, Madeline Leggio, Detra Hambrick, Mary Ann Wilson, Heather Sturgill, Ernest and Agnes Stelmar, Vie Liddell, Caroline Kohler, Maria Tangen, Kevin Kugblenu, Sister Roseann Cordova, Ryan Barnes, Lilyne Hollingworth, Linda Amador, Brandon An-cho, Irene Zetts, Ed Paige, Mary Alesi, Carol & Ed Robinson, Telli Dominguez, Carmela Fuentes, Rachel Carter & Ian Metzler.
Names in bold are newly added this week. Also pray for the special intentions written in the
Book of Needs in the back of the church.
COLLECTION REPORT
April, 20th, 2015-April, 26th 2015 Plate Envelopes eGiving
Breakdown of gifts received $0.00 to $5.00 $5.01 to $10.00 $10.01 to $25.00 $25.01 to $50.00
$50.01 to $100.00 $100.01 to $150.00
$150.01 to $500.00 $500.01 to $1,000.00 $1000.01 to $2,500.00
Total contributing households
$13,565.50
$1279.00 $10,305.00
$1981.50
54 66
148 66 42 6 5 0 1
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388
St. Vincent de Paul $342.00
Preserving Our Legacy $256.00
S anta Sophia Acade-my, your parish school, will once
again celebrate "Mary's Day" this Thursday, May 7th, beginning at 6:30 pm in the church.
Please join us as we honor Mary, the mother of Jesus, through praying the rosary, singing beauti-ful Marian Songs and our eighth grade crowns Mary.
If you have a friend or relative who is serving in our military and is deployed or will be deployed, please contact Maria at (619) 463-6629 ext. 102 or e-mail me at [email protected].
We will be starting a prayer list for the brave men and women in our community who are currently serving and are on deployment.
Mother’s day envelopes are available in the pews, the parish office, as well as the bulletin this weekend. These offerings are for mothers and grand-mothers that are living or deceased.
These Spiritual Bouquets will con-sist of nine masses. Spiritual Bou-
quets are a beautiful way to acknowledge your mother or other beloved parental presence in your life. Names will appear in the May 17th bulletin.
FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER……..
The final claim from the fire has been settled with the insurance company. As promised, there will be a report in a coming bulletin with the details of the claims and costs of the arson.
We continue to receive pledges for the ACA
campaign. Presently the Parish has received
$86,308 in pledges from 302 of our 1,400 regis-
tered families. Thank you for your pledges.
Pledge cards are available on the shelves in church
and the vestibule. An updated list of donors will be
included in the bulletin later this month.
Liturgy of the Word for Children will not be gathering on Mother’s Day, May 10th.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
We will have on d i s p l a y , all of the lost and
found items in the kiosk this weekend after the 8:00 am & 11:00 am masses. All unclaimed items af-ter this weekend will be donated to vari-ous charities.
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY ~ WEDNESDAY, MAY 6TH AT 7:00 PM IN THE VERHOEVEN ROOM SPANISH PRAYER GROUP ~ MONDAY, MAY 11TH AT 9:00 AM IN THE DEMOOR ROOM
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SAVE THE DATE EVENTS
EXPOSITION AND BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT ~ FRIDAY, MAY 1ST, FROM 8:45 AM - 12:00 PM IN THE CHURCH ANOINTING OF THE SICK ~ FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH FOL-
LOWING THE 4:30 PM MASS
FIL-AM PLANT AND OUTDOOR GARAGE SALE ~ SUNDAY, MAY 3RD
We will also be selling Pancit & Lumpia after the Sunday masses. Combo
plate for adults is $5.00 and will consist of Pancit, Lumpia and Pandesal and
for children (9 yrs. and older) the cost is $3.00. Lunch will be available at the
children’s lunch area behind the DeMoor room. A la cart prices are also
available. For additional information, please contact Ric Dominguez at (619)
670-7403.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING WEEKLY EVENTS
SENIOR LUNCHEON ~ Please join us for a delicious lunch on Thursday, May
7th, as we will be honoring all those aged 90 and above. Mass will be at 11:00
am, followed by a special luncheon of chicken cordon bleu, scalloped potatoes,
vegetables and dessert. For further information and to make a reservation no
later than Monday, May 4th, please contact Josie at (619) 466-0144. Cost is
$8.00.
2015 - 2016 RELIGIOUS ED REGISTRATION PRE-SCHOOL & CONFIRMATION
REGISTER NOW BEFORE FEES INCREASE IN JULY!
Registration will continue until May 17th. Registration will take place in the Catechetical Ministry Office from 9:00 am - 10:30 am.
What to Bring: Fees and your child's baptism certificate, if not already on file, are due at the time of registration. Special Note: Families who are not registered at Santa Sophia must provide a letter from their parish priest giv-ing permission to attend Santa Sophia's religious education classes.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite for Confirmation Level I: Completion of Religious Ed Level 8 or graduation from a Catholic elementary school.
Prerequisite for Confirmation Level 2: Level I candidates must bring their Sponsor Eligibility Form completely filled out, signed and sealed by the sponsor's parish priest in order to register for Level II.
SANTA SOPHIA YOUTH NIGHT FRIDAY, MAY 8TH 6:30 PM ~ 8:30 PM
ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO IS PRESSURING YOU FOR MORE INTIMACY THAN YOU WANT OR ARE READY FOR?
This is a Safe Place Community: Santa Sophia’s team provides faith-based support to parishioners, family and friends who suspect or know of violence in their relationships. Call (619) 663-9785 and leave a message. A team member will call and offer resources that can help in situations of child, elder or intimate partner abuse.
Santa Sophia Catholic Church and Academy Parish Office: (619) 463-6629 Fax: (619) 463-8101 Monday ~ Friday from after daily mass - 4:30 pm
Academy Office: (619) 463-0488 Fax: (619) 668-5469 Monday ~ Friday from 7:30 am - 3:30 pm Preschool Office: (619) 463-0141 Fax: (619) 463-8101 Monday ~ Friday from 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
CMO Office: (619) 463-6011 Fax: (619) 668-5458 Monday ~ Friday from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm & Sunday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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