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434 Alida Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080 Established 1951
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Parish Office Hours Monday to Friday
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Lunch Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481
Parish Staff Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor Fr. Linh Nguyen, Parochial Vicar Deacon Roger Beaudry Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Sandy Kearney, Parish Manager Ext. 304 Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator Ext.305 Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director 650-588-1455 Ext. 308
St. Veronica Catholic School www.saintveronicassf.org
Phone: 650-589-3909
Kathryn Lucchesi Pam Cavagnaro Principal Vice Principal
Parish Office email: [email protected]
Mass Intent ions WEEK of Apri l 29 , 2012
Sun 04/29 6:45 † Adoracion Ballesteros 8:00 † Translacion Posadas 9:30 † Enrique Samala 11:00 † Mary Psaila 12:30 People of St. Veronica
Mon 04/30 6:30 † Oikos University Victims 8:30 † Dino Iole Paolinetti
Tue 05/01 6:30 † Patricia Lindstrand 8:30 † Nello Venturini
Wed 05/02 6:30 † Leonila Alberto 8:30 † Harry & Alice Cullen
Thu 05/03 6:30 † George Guglielmoni 8:30 † Nello Venturini
Fri 05/04 6:30 † No special intention 8:30 † Harold & Alice Cullen
Sat 05/05 8:30 † Eduardo Villanueva 5:00 † Thomas Sheridan
Sun 05/06 6:45 † Lee San Mosunic 8:00 † Mary Psaila 9:30 † Louis Siri 11:00 † Pedro & Norma Zarate 12:30 People of St. Veronica
St. Veronica Parish
Laying down our lives We all know about and have experienced what happens to a group trying to get a task done when the group is made up of “all chiefs and no Indians.” Usually there is chaos, with the task relegated to the back burner while the chiefs argue about how things should go. But the opposite -- all Indians and no chiefs -- would be just as disastrous. Without the leadership and guidance, en-couragement and support, insight and tenacity of some-one “in charge,” a task wouldn’t get finished in the best way, or perhaps not even finished at all. This Sunday’s gospel is comforting and reassuring. We have a chief: the Good Shepherd who leads us. We have a task: lay down our lives for others. In the Father’s love we too gather all people into one flock by laying down our lives for others. Jesus is the Good Shepherd. So are we to be. - Living Liturgy
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Sacrament of Baptism Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month.
Call the Parish Office 650-588-1455
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455 Ext.309
Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Ext. 305 Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades)
Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455
Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works.
Saturday 04/21/12 5:00PM 1140.25 204.00 1344.25
Sunday 04/22/12 6:45AM 909.00 187.00 1096.00
8:00AM 942.00 147.00 1089.00
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Mass Schedule
Saturdays: 8:30AM & 5:00PM Sundays: 6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00AM, and 12:30PM
Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30AM, & 6:30PM Monday—Friday: 6:30 & 8:30AM
Spanish Mass First Sunday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
Misa en Español: Primer Domingo de cada mes a las 6:00 p.m.
Confessions Saturdays: 4:00—5:00PM
Liturgy of the Hours Monday—Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00AM
Eucharistic Adoration Monday—Friday: 9:00AM—9:00PM
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Please remember the sick and the care-givers in our community. Pray that they may find comfort
and healing in Christ. Please contact the Parish office if Homebound
Eucharistic services are needed.
Welcome Newly Registered Parishioner!
Our parish continues to be blessed and enriched by the presence of new parishioners:
Anne, Kathleen, Bridget, Tom & Mark Burke
May St. Veronica Church offer you a place where you can
bring your sorrow and joys, your pain and triumphs and peace for your soul.
We welcome you with open arms and hearts!
2013 Mass Intention Book
The 2013 Daily Mass Intention Reservation Book is now available at the Parish office. Please note the usual following guidelines:
Mass reservations will be taken on a “first-come, first-served” basis.
People are requested to come in person to reserve the Mass dates.
Please, no more than four Mass intentions reserved per visit.
We appreciate observance to these guidelines in fairness to the entire parish community.
Living Stewardship
“To be good stewards we must be good shepherds, willing to lay down our lives for those committed to our care, not mere hired hands who run off, leaving the sheep to be snatched and scattered by the wolf.”
See John 10:12
From the Pastor's Desk
Dear St. Veronica Parishioners, School Roof Repair Generously Donated: James Gardner, our School parent, wrote to me a letter a couple of months ago offering to repair the school roof. It came as a wonderful surprise and unexpected blessing. In the Facility Condi-tion Assessment Report given to us by the Arch-diocese in February 2010, it was pointed out that the school roof showed significant wear with water stagnating and some shingles loose. The roof was lacking proper draining as well. It was recommended that we reroof the older portion of the roof, ensuring tapered installation to di-rect water to drains. The work accomplished during the Easter school break included the roof over the library, school offices, and breezeway with installation of new gutters. All the materi-als and labor, valued at $67,710.00, was donated by Jim. On behalf of the whole parish and school community, I would like to thank Jim and his family for this kind and very generous gift. With this gift, a long deferred maintenance need has been addressed. Safety of our children, especial-ly during the rainy season, has been ensured. Blessings on you and your family, Jim! Minister Training: Our Faith Formation Coordi-nator Karen Guglielmoni led the liturgical min-ister training on March 24th. Twenty-one people attended Eucharistic Minister training, 22 people attended Lector training. They will be commis-sioned at the 12:30 Mass on Sunday, May 6, 2012 and will begin their ministry in May. These min-isters have the privilege of serving God and peo-ple through these ministries. They will share the Body of Christ and proclaim the Word of God. What great blessings these are! I congratulate them on their willingness and generosity. If there are others who would like to join these ranks, please would you let the office know.
New Altar Servers: Recently 27 children of our School and Faith Formation attended altar server training. They have already begun their ministry at weekday and weekend masses. When you see these new altar servers, especially from Grade 5, do say a good word of encouragement to them. May Crowning: All the children of our School and Faith Formation and all parishioners are invited to the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday May 6, 2012. At that Mass, the Angel Choir will sing. We shall also have the May Crowning at this Mass. All children pre-sent will be invited to participate in honoring our Blessed Mother during the Mass. To conclude our monthly grade-level masses for the school year, the children from our School and Faith Formation who recently received First Communion will also be special guests at the Mass. School First Communion: Twenty-nine of our St. Veronica School Children made their First Com-munion last Saturday, April 21, 2012. It is always a beautiful ceremony. When you see the children receive Communion for the first time in their life, with such innocence, wonder, and faith, we are all touched and inspired. Congratulations to the chil-dren, their families, and the school on this heart-warming ceremony. Easter Season: This holy season continues as we celebrate the presence of the Risen Christ in our lives, families, and the whole world. With Christ who has won such an earth-shaking victory, we can overcome all kinds of obstacles to love and fullness of life. We can experience the newness and energy. We can share our lives with family and others more generously. May the Risen Christ con-tinue to energize and inspire us. Your Friend and Pastor, Father Charles Puthota
Parish May Crowning May 6, 2012
St. Veronica Angel Choir will sing at the 9:30 a.m. Mass for
our annual May Crowning. All children are invited to
come and honor our Blessed Mother as we provide flowers
to be laid at her feet.
Malta - Monsignor Paul Cermona, Archbishop of the diocese of Malta, will be celebrating mass at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at St. Mary’s Ca-thedral in San Francisco. All Maltese-American Communities, their families, friends and the general public are invited to attend this ceremony and encouraged to participate in this historic first pastoral visit of Archbishop Cermona to the San
Francisco Bay Area. Lunch will be made available after mass inside the Pa-trons Hall at the Cathedral. For more information and lunch reservations you may contact:
Mrs. Ninfa Pace at: 650-697-1079
Introducing Stephanie de Prume
We extend a warm welcome to Stephanie de Prume to the St. Veronica School and Parish Staff filling the role as
Finance Manager. Stephanie brings 20 years of accounting expe-
rience to the position and has been performing human re-sources and benefits administration duties for more than 15 years. She is highly analytical and prides herself in being hard working and eager to tackle challenges with a simile. As our needs in the school and parish grow, Stephanie’s talents will certainly be put to good use.
Welcome Stephanie!
Mother’s Day Spiritual Bouquet Mother’s Day Spiritual Bouquet Cards are available at the en-trance of the Church. If you wish your mother to be remem-bered in a special Novena of Masses for the living and the de-ceased, please return the envelope by Mother’s Day, May 13, 2012 in the collection basket or Pastoral Center mailbox. The Novena will begin on Monday, May 14, 2012 at the 6:30 a.m. Mass and continue for nine days through May 22, 2012.
Faith Formation News
Year-End Mass and Fiesta: Make your reservations now for the Year-End Mass and Fiesta on Saturday, May 12, 2012. The Mass will begin at 2 p.m. in the church with an all-you-can-eat taco supper following in Falcon Hall. There will be arts and crafts for the youngsters (and the young at heart). Cost is $10 for those 9 and older, $7 for 8 and younger, and free for children 2 and under. The reser-vation deadline is Wednesday, May 9.
Registration for 2012-13: Registration is now open for the 2012-13 Faith Formation program. Forms were sent home last week with the children and are also available on the parish web site, www.stveronicassf.com, under the “Faith Formation” link. Just a reminder that there are two years of preparation for the sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation. Any questions, please call the Faith For-mation Coordinator, Karen Guglielmoni, at 650-588-1455 ext. 305.
Do you hear the call to be a catechist? Each year, the Faith Formation program invites those who would like to educate children of our parish in the Catholic faith to con-tact the Faith Formation Office. Before the next school year starts, there will be a series of summer workshops, a mini-retreat, and other training opportunities available for new and returning catechists. Team-teaching and teaching assistant opportunities are also available. Questions about your vocation? Feel free to call Karen Guglielmoni, the Faith Formation Coordinator, at 650-588-1455 ext. 305.
Congratulations and many blessings to the members of our Faith Formation family who recently attended minister training at St. Veronica Parish. Catechists Debra Cash and Cathy Burton-Meza took part in Lector training and will soon begin their ministry as proclaimers of the Word. Fifth graders Matthew Dayao, Shane Egan-Perez, Kavya Jacob, Ethan Mizzi and Jenna Sta. Maria completed altar server training and are already assisting our priests and deacons at Mass.
Scripture Word Search Challenge Solution
Acquire the Fire On April 13-15, 2012, the Saint Veronica Youth Minis-try/Core Group went on a Christian retreat in Sacramento called “Acquire The Fire”. Acquire the Fire is a gather-ing of Youth Ministries from all over the United States. While attending, you are surrounded by inspirational Christian music and speakers who are there to speak of God’s word based on their own personal experiences. During those two days, our perceptions of God, our faith, and ways of worship were changed dramatically. We not only grew closer to God, we grew as people of the church and built stronger relationships with our fellow ministry members. Going on this retreat was one of the best things we’ve done as a group. We believe - and we speak for everyone when we say this - that it changed us for the better and was an experience we will never for-get. Sara Theisen, President & Pamela Silva, Vice President St. Veronica Youth Ministry The St. Veronica Youth Ministry is for all parish youth from 8th grade on up. We do community service pro-jects and help in the parish when asked. It is a safe environment for youth of today to learn about a Christian Community and what it is like to be a Cath-olic Youth in today's world. We meet on Sunday eve-nings at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Center of our campus.
For more information contact: Patrick Lucy via email at [email protected]
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St. Veronica Catholic School Sacrament of First Holy Communion
was celebrated
Saturday, April 21, 2012
We offer our congratulations and wish many blessings to
our First Communicants
We extend our wishes also to Alec Lee and Alejandro Pelayo as a special blessing was bestowed upon them.
We offer a heartfelt thank you to Father Charles Puthota, our celebrant and Pastor. Mrs. Stephaine Nerney is appreciated in a special way for all her efforts in preparing our children for this sacrament. Thank you also to Mr. Marc Tomsic and Mrs. Te-resa Proano who graciously shared their gift of music to help celebrate this special liturgy. Lastly, we offer our appreciation to our Principal, Mrs. Katherine Lucchesi, Vice-President Mrs. Pam Cavagnaro, and our Religion Coordinator, Mrs. Theresa Sinclair, for their guidance and support in our children’s spiritual journey.
Riley Adao Alexis Harper Grant Prevost
Jaena Almario David Hinderliter Noah Rodriguez
Erik Bosch Anthony Kallas Emily Ruegg
Lorenzo Cartagena Carson Kruljac Alexandra Shoomiloff
Max Castro William Lunsford Sophia Tabucao
Kayla Cole Sarah Marsh Giuliana Vincenzi
Ryan DeBono Arielle Mendoza Isabela West
Juan Flores Aidan O’Reilly Victoria West
Talia Fontenot Axel Patio Hailey Wilson
Emily Gomez Alexander Pleitez
