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Pastor: Rev. Augusto E. Villote Parochial Vicar: Rev. Manuel Igrobay, Jr. School Principal: Ms. Katie Franco Phones: Rectory: (650) 755-9786; FAX # (650) 756-2268 School: (650) 755-4438 Rel.-Ed.: (650) 755-4010 Parish Office Hours: MONDAY—CLOSED Tuesday-Friday 9:00am to 5:30pm (closed for lunch 12-1pm) Saturday 9:00am to 12:00pm; Sunday 9:00am to 12:00pm Mass Schedule: Monday—Friday 7:15 A.M. Morning Prayer 7:30 A.M. Mass First Fridays: 7:30 A.M. & 6:30 P.M. Saturdays: 7:45 A.M. 4:00 & 5:30 P.M. Vigil Mass Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 A.M. (English) 1:00 P.M. (Spanish) 6:30 P.M. (English) Holy Days: 7:30, 9:00, 12:15 & 6:30 PM Baptisms: Sundays at 2:30 PM : 1st, 2nd and 4th Sunday in English. 3rd Sunday in Spanish, Baptismal Preparation: 1st Monday in English; 2nd Monday in Spanish; 7:00-8:00 P.M. at the Jubilee Hall. Parents and Godparents are required to attend the preparation class; register with the parish office prior to class.. *No baptisms during Lent Confessions: Wednesdays 5:30-6:00PM Saturdays 3:00 -3:45 PM (or by appointment) CCD Religious Education Program: Saturday, 9:30-11:00am R.C.I.A- Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults; Sundays, 3:00pm, Jubilee Hall Weddings: Saturdays… (please call six months in advance) First Friday Devotion: 8:30 AM—6:10 PM: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 5:30 PM Sacred Heart Holy Hour of Reparation 6:15 PM Benediction 6:30 PM Mass

Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help: 6:45 P.M. Novena/Mass: 1st Wednesday: & 1st Saturday: Novena/Healing Mass 3rd Wednesday: Novena Mass w/Anointing of the sick Every Saturday: 7:45 AM Novena/Mass Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30AM—12PM Wednesday 8:30AM—6:10 PM First Friday 8:30AM—6:15 PM Sunday 4:00PM—5:30 PM Vespers & Benediction

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

O MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP, grant that I may ever invoke your most powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the salvation of the dying. O Purest MARY, O Sweetest MARY! Let your name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, O Blessed Lady, to succor me whenever I call on you, for, in all my temptations, in all my needs, I shall never cease to call on you, ever repeating your sa-cred name, Mary, Mary! Oh, what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence, what emo-tion, fills my soul when I utter your sacred name, or even only think of you! I thank the Lord for having given you, for my good, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with merely uttering your name. Let my love for you prompt me ever to hail you, Mother of Perpetual Help!

Third Sunday of Lent March 24, 2019

The L secures justice and the rights of all the oppressed.

— Psalm 103:6

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Sal 40 (39):7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lc 1:26-38 Martes: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Sal 25 (24):4-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9; Mt. 18:21-35 Miércoles: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Sal 147:12-13, 15-16, 19- 20; Mt 5:17-19 Jueves: Jer 7:23-28; Sal 95 (94):1-2, 6-9; Lc 11:14 -23 Viernes: Hos 14:2-10; Sal 81 (80):6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mc 12:28-34 Sábado: Hos 6:1-6; Sal 51 (50):3-4, 18-21ab; Lc 18:9 -14 Domingo: Jos 5:9a, 10-12; Sal 34 (33):2-7; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lc 15:1-3, 11-32 Lecturas alternativas (Año A): 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Sal 23 (22):1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34- 38] LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Tercer Domingo de Cuaresma; Primer Escrutinio Lunes: La Anunciación del Señor Viernes: Abstinencia MITAD DE CUARESMA, ¡REGISTRATE! Dios dice a Moisés, “Yo soy el que soy. Explíca-selo así a los israelitas: ‘Yo soy’ me envía a ustedes’. El Señor, el Dios de sus antepasados, el Dios de Abrahán, el Dios de Isaac, el Dios de Jacob” (Éxodo 3:14, 15). Como Jesús diría luego, Dios no es un Dios de muertos sino de vivos y así creemos que los muertos resucitarán un día. En esta tiempo, la mitad de la Cuaresma, hacemos una pausa para considerar cómo nuestro arrepentimiento nos lleva a la Resu-rrección, a nuestra reunión con el gran ‘Yo soy’. Par-te de nuestro arrepentimiento supone trabajar para asegurar la justicia para todos y ayudar a nuestro pró-jimo para vivir de acuerdo a la voluntad de Dios. Nos animamos y cuidamos unos a otros; así como el jar-dinero compasivo del Evangelio de hoy, quien dice al dueño de la huerta que él cuidará el árbol, lo ferti-lizará y quizá pueda dar fruto. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

OLPH School Connection

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School would like to cordially invite you to the 3rd Annual International Food Festival to be held in Alumni Hall on Saturday, April, 13th from 11:00 - 4:00.. Come enjoy fun games, good music, and delicious food! This is an event not to be missed!

OLPH Year of Vocation (June 2018—June 2019).

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for vocation to the priesthood and religious life daily from 8am till 12pm; all day on

Wednesdays and First Fridays. Discernment Opportunities The Office of Vocations has launched a monthly electronic publication for young men who are inter-ested in discerning a call to the priesthood. If you know any youth who could benefit from this regular, practical, and informative resource, please recom-mend that they sign-up at www.sfpriest.org.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4- 10; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19- 20; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9- 14 Sunday: Jos 5:9a, 10-12; Ps 34:2-7; 2 Cor 5:17- 21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Alternate readings (Year A): 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13- 17, 34-38] SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Third Sunday of Lent; First Scrutiny Monday: Annunciation of the Lord Friday: Abstinence

MID-LENT CHECK-IN God says to Moses, “This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you . . . The L , the God of your [ancestors],

the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob” (Exodus 3:14, 15). As Jesus would later say, God is not a God of the dead, but of the living, and so we believe that the dead will one day rise. At this midpoint of Lent, we pause to consider how our re-pentance is leading us to the Resurrection, to our re-union with the great “I AM.” Part of our repentance involves working to secure justice for all and helping our neighbor to live in God’s ways. We encourage each other and nurture each other, like the compas-sionate gardener of today’s Gospel, who tells the owner of the orchard that he will nurture the tree, fertilize it, and perhaps it will bear fruit. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

1st collection…………………..… $ 5,334.88 2nd collection: St. Vincent de Paul $ 2,161.00 Today’s 2nd collection: AAA Next week’s 2nd collection: Catholic Relief Parking Lot Project Previous total received…...…….. $ 94,950.05 Received as of 3/17/19……..….. 250.00 TOTAL………………………. $ 95,200.05 Archdiocesan Annual Appeal (AAA) Campaign goal………………… $ 54,292.00 Received as of 3/17/19………… 7,870.00 Campaign goal less payments rec’d $ 46,422.00

Next week, we take up The Catholic Relief Services Collec-tion. Funds from this collection provide food to the hungry, sup-port displaced refugees, and bring Christ’s love and mercy to all people here and abroad. Next week, please give generously to the collection, and help Jesus in

disguise. Learn more about the collection at www.usccb.org/catholic-relief.

OLPH 2019 LENTEN SCHEDULE April 09, 2019—Tuesday, 7pm—LENTEN CONFESSION April 12, 2019—Friday, 7pm— LENTEN RECOLLECTION “A Risen Christ For Easter” - Fr. David Pettinggil April 13, 2019—Saturday—PALM SUNDAY Blessing and Distribution of Palms: Vigil Masses: 4:00 PM &

5:30 PM April 14, 2019—PALM SUNDAY—All Masses April 15, 2019—HOLY MONDAY, 7:30 AM—Mass April 16, 2019—HOLY TUESDAY, 7:30 AM—Mass April 17, 2019—HOLY WEDNESDAY 7:30 AM—Mass and 6:30 PM—Novena/Mass PASCHAL TRIDUUM April 18, 2019—HOLY THURSDAY 7:30 AM—Morning Praise only 7:30 PM—Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Bilingual) & Washing of the Feet. 9:00 PM—12:00 Midnight: Adoration of the Blessed Sacra ment: April 19, 2019—GOOD FRIDAY 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM — Reflections on the Seven Last Words with Fr. Loreto “Bong” Rojas from St. Patrick’s Seminary 3:00 PM —Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross & Communion Service. 5:00 PM —Santo Entierro Procession 7:30 PM —Spanish Service April 20, 2019—HOLY SATURDAY 7:30 AM—Stations of the Cross (*8:00 AM, 4:00 PM & 5:30 PM Masses are cancelled) 8:10 PM—Easter Vigil Liturgy (Bilingual) April 21, 2019 EASTER SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE 5:30 AM—”Salubong” and Mass; 8:30 AM; 10:00 AM; 11:30 AM –English 1:00 PM—Spanish Mass (*7:00 AM & 6:30 PM Masses are cancelled)

STATIONS OF THE CROSS Fridays during Lent 8:00am; 7:00pm - Spanish

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Hollywood has given us an image of Moses slip-ping off his shoes before a burning bush. God has just called Moses by name, and so that Moses doesn’t miss the meaning of this breakthrough in human his-tory, God requires that all barriers to the experience be eliminated. If you’ve ever tried to maneuver bare-foot across hot sand, or pick your way along a rocky beach, you know how sensitive feet can be. Within the Church, there are religious orders with a custom of going barefoot, not merely to show pov-erty, but to be an outward sign of a desire for connec-tion with creation, a desire to go through life alert to what God is doing. In early days, when reconciliation was a once‑in‑a‑lifetime possibility, penitents often went barefoot for a long period of time as a sign of their conversion. Even today, people follow an an-cient practice of slipping off their shoes to walk in the procession to the cross on Good Friday. It is striking that the first use of our newly‑scrubbed feet from Ho-ly Thursday night is to walk resolutely in the foot-steps of Christ to the cross. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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Visit our parish website at www.olphparishdc.org and click on the online giving link. If you decide to go online, let us know if you would like to have your Sunday envelopes cancelled.

March 24, Sunday LEGION OF MARY, PRAESIDIUM: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Marian Hall, 8:30am Mary, Mother of Christian Family, Jubilee Hall, 8:30am Our Lady of Hope, Jubilee Hall, 10:30am Our Lady of Nativity, Marian Hall, 11:15am CHOIR PRACTICE, Jubilee Hall, 1:30pm

CHOIR PRACTICE, Jubilee Hall, 10am, Trigo Puro March 20, Wednesday LEGION OF MARY: Praesidium: Mary Model of Youth, Jubilee Hall, 8:00pm

March 22, Friday YOUTH GROUP, Jubilee Hall, 7:00pm March 23, Saturday LEGION OF MARY, PRAESIDIUM: Mary, Morning Star, Jubilee Hall, 9:15am Our Lady of Grace, Jubilee Hall, 11:00am

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Let us pray for our sick relatives and friends, elderly and the homebound in our parish: Gloria Tamo, Belen Garay, Terry Macaraig, Roman Dugtong, Leila Mendoza, Celenires Ranjel, Dionisia Aquino, Carlo Paras, Cresencia-no Bayani, Joan Keenan, Joel Cabab, Genevieve Brown, Macario Jonson, Gaspar E. Velasco Jr., John Paul Velasco, Virginia Domingo, Mary Rose Coronado, Ann Murphy, Jeanette Dorr, Vicky Aguilar, Aida & Jose Aguilar, Paola Lomeli, Lydia Marcaida, Angelina Valderrama, Joseph Magat, Robert Israel, Juanita Padial, Alicia Baccay, Irene Mira, Frances Ira, Rosie Vedamoni, Carol Sarmiento, Ilde-fonso Warren, Adelina Susbilla, Xavier Schon, Marilyn Buenafe, Arsenio Campomanes, Teresita David, Joseph Fortine, Linda Moffet, Dylan Ray Ruaro, Juliet Domingo, Ricardo Aquino, Sonia & Monaliza Sison, Maria Edna Aldea, Zenaida Lastimosa, Pacifico Sotio, Jesus dela Vega, Magdalena Bautista, Elaine Lim, Bibsy Caburnay, Eliza-beth Igtanloc, Nick Sanchez, Steven Rasco, Gloria Alham-bra, Mario Arguelles, Natividad Faustino, Mag Marquez, Jackie Mingoa. For homebound visits, please call the recto-ry office at 650 755-9786. Please help us keep this list updated by notifying us of any changes. Thank you.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus is quite clear in his message: “bear fruit or be cut down.” This Lent we are called to culti-vate and fertilize our spiritual lives through prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

Through your almsgiving you are performing a good work; far greater than you think. This past month, through your generous support, we were able to pro-vide rental assistance of $600 to a family of six and $1500 to a single mother with 2 children. Thank you!

Baptismal Preparation Class 7:00pm at the Jubilee Hall

In English: Every First Monday of the month

In Spanish: Every Second Monday of the month

Please register with the parish office if you plan to attend.

Get the new OLPH jackets!

The new OLPH jacket comes fully lined and with hood.

Full front opening for women and pullover for men; availa-

ble in black only.

Cost: $35 Place your order in the parish

office.

ITINERARY Day 1, Aug 30, Sunday, USA-GERMANY Day 2, Aug 31, Monday, MUNICH-OBERAMMERGAU: Dinner & overnight around Oberammergau Day 3, Sep 1, Tuesday, OBERAMMERGAU-PASSION PLAY Day 4, Sep Wednesday, OBERAMMERGAU, GERMANY-SALZBURG, AUSTRIA. Visit Salzburg Cathedral, the market, Mozart’s home. Day 5, Sep 3, Thursday, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA-PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC. Travel to Prague. Day 6, Sep 4, Friday, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC. Tour of Prague: Church of Our Lady Victorious, St Nicholas Church, other churches and monastery. Day 7, Sep 5, Saturday, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC-KRAKOW, POLAND Day 8, Sep 6, Sunday, KRAKOW, POLAND-DIVINE MERCY-WADOWICE. Visit the Convent of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy where St. Faustina lived and was buried; will take part in devotion to the Divine Mercy; visit Wadowice, birthplace of St John Paul II. Day 9, Sep 7, Monday, KRAKOW, POLAND. See Cloth Hall, the Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Wawel Castle. Travel to Auschwitz and visit cell of St. Maximillian Kolbe and Martyrdom Museum recalling the horrors of the Holocaust. Day 10, Sep 8, Tuesday, KRAKOW-CZESTOCHOWA-WARSAW. Day 11, Sep 9, Wednesday, WARSAW Day 12, Sep 10, Thursday, WARSAW,POLAND—USA

2020 Oberammergau Passion Play Aug 30—Sep 10, 2020 Pilgrimage to Germany, Austria, Czech Republic & Poland

Spiritual Director: Fr. Augusto E. Villote Seats are limited on a first come first serve basis; register in advance