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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time SEPTEMBER 6, 2009 St. Veronica Church 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080 Phone: 650-588-1455 www.stveronicassf.com Fax: 650-588-1481
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
SEPTEMBER 6, 2009
St. Veronica Church 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone: 650-588-1455 www.stveronicassf.com Fax: 650-588-1481
How to Reach Us:
Rev. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor
Rev. Linh Nguyen, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Joe Previtali, Parochial Vicar
Deacon Roger Beaudry
Deacon Joseph LeBlanc
St. Veronica Rectory: 588-1455 / Fax 588-1481
Office Hours: Monday to Friday
8:30AM to 4:30 PM
Administrative Assistant: Gail Andrews
Events Reservations: Rita Buscher 869-4939
Parish Manager: Sandy Kearney
Religious Education Office 871-5607
Coordinator: Michele Evans
Music Director: Christopher Lindstrom
(209) 952-0209
St. Veronica School: 589-3909
Principal: Teri Pallitto
Vice Principal: Janet Burke
Mass Schedule
Saturday Evening: 5:00PM
Sundays: 6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00AM,
and 12:30PM
Eve of Holy Days: 5:30PM
Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30AM, & 6:30PM
Monday—Friday: 6:30 & 8:30AM
Confessions
Saturdays: 4:00—5:00PM
Liturgy of the Hours
Monday—Saturday: Morning Prayer at 6:00AM
Eucharistic Adoration
Monday—Friday: 9:00AM—9:00PM
Sunday: 1:30 PM—9:00PM
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Sacrament of Baptism
Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month. Call the Parish Office 588-1455
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)
Classes start in October and end on Pentecost. Call the Parish Office to register 588-1455
Religious Education: 871-5607
Coordinator: Michele Evans Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades)
Confirmation Classes: 588-1455
Mass Intent ions WEEK of September 6 , 2009
Sun 9/06 6:45 † Paul & Bruce Navarret 8:00 † Paul & Verena Broussard 9:30 † Amedio Bonanno 11:00 † Sean Nathan Crespo 12:30 People of St. Veronica Mon 9/07 6:30 No Mass—Holiday. 8:30 † Larry Campbell Tue 9/08 6:30 † Angeline Pace 8:30 † Inocencio Riel, Sr. Wed 9/09 6:30 † Dennis Celli 8:30 † Eulalia Rego Thu 9/10 6:30 Sacred Heart of Jesus 8:30 † Clementina & Sebastiano Nieri Fri 9/11 6:30 † Mariano Bueno 8:30 † Ray Fraschieri, Sr. Sat 9/12 8:30 † Bill Applegate, Sr. 5:00 † Maria de la Luz & Lopez de Gomez
Please say a Prayer
for our many sick, homebound
and hospitalized parishioners
who are unable to attend Mass.
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Last Week’s Church Support Breakdown
Day Mass Time 1st Collection 2nd Collec t io n Totals :
Saturday 5:00 PM 1,007.50 356.00 1,363.50
Sunday 6:45 AM 725.35 292.00 1,017.35
8:00 AM 1,006.00 1,77.35 1,183.35
9:30 AM 1,436.00 554.00 1,990.00
11:00 AM 1,610.00 364.00 1,974.00
12:30 PM 1,046.00 366.00 1,412.00
Total 6,830.85 2,109.35 8,940.20
Your Stewardship is greatly appreciated. Working together makes a difference.
From Pastor’s Desk
As we continue to grow in our faith and service, we realize that we have the responsibility of providing basic facilities for our community to fulfill its mission and purpose. The buildings and grounds of our parish are necessary for us to pray, study, play, serve, socialize, and to get to know one another as indi-viduals and families, as school and community. As you know well, the Parish Center is an important facility in our parish. The Center is used to host various spiritual, edu-cational, social, cultural, festival and sports events. The Men’s Club have recently helped refurbish the flooring of the center at a cost of about $13,000. This involved the professional work of sanding down, painting, and other related jobs, resulting in an elegantly shining floor. My special thanks go to Chris Krol, Mike Martin, Ivan Sequeira, David Collins, among others, for taking the lead in getting this fine work done. Congratulations, Men’s Club! Your help is much appreciated. We have other projects looming in the future. We are in the process of turning, in the next few weeks/months, the old con-vent into an Administration Building where meeting places and all the parish offices will be located. The Church basement will be used as a place of storage, as we are not allowed to use it for meetings. The asphalt pavement of the whole property is an-other project we cannot delay too long. The School after 50 years of excellent service will need more space and facilities. We forge ahead as a faith-filled community, strengthened by the love and care we have for each other. I seek your goodwill and collaboration in continuing to build up St. Veronica parish as a special place where the values and vision of the Kingdom of God are demonstrated on a daily basis.
Your Friend, Father Charles Puthota
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ENJOY BINGO
Every Wednesday
Falcon Hall
Doors open at 6:30 PM
Games begin at 7:00 PM
Religious Education Program
The Religious Education Program starts October 3, 2009. Registration forms are available in the Parish Office.
Share your time and talents with our children! Want to teach? Got faith? We are looking for catechists to help our children on the journey of faith. Wednesday or Saturday classes. Classes are 1 hour and 15 minutes. Just give a little time to change a life!" Please contact Michele Evans at 871-5607 or [email protected]
SAVE THE DATE
Catholic Charismatic Renewal of San Francisco presents The 2009 Holy Spirit Conference
Theme: It is Mercy I Desire Matt 9:13
Riordan High School 175 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco
Friday, September 18th Mass of Healing at 7:00 PM Saturday & Sunday doors open at 8:00 AM
Speakers in English, Spanish, Vietnamese
Programs for all Youth Speakers include: Bishop William Justice of San Francisco, Bob Canton from Stockton, Fr. Peter Sanders from Monterey, Samia Zumout from Sacramento, Dominic Berardino from Los Angeles & Fr. Minh Bui from Orange County
Caritas in Veritate Commentary—Part V
Continuing to unfold the Church’s understanding of human development, Pope Benedict seeks to set forth what might be called a “Christian environmentalism.” In so doing, he seeks to avoid two extremes. On the one hand, there are those secular environmentalists who place nature above the human person and do not recognize that God has entrusted creation to man for man’s own sake. On the other hand, there are those who deny any need to be careful in our stewardship of creation. These others see nature as a machine, which can be exploited at the whims of the licentiousness of human beings. The Pope, rather, calls for a God-centered ecology that recognizes the “grammar” of creation. In his view, nature has an inherent order that must be respected and discovered. Nature, the Pope says, is given to man as a gift by God. In addition to respect for the earth, this God-centered ecology also includes “human ecology,” which respects the order found in human nature. This ecology is even more important than care for the earth because it deals with the dignity of the human person. Human ecology respects the natural order inherent to human beings, which is the basis for morality. “If there is a lack of respect for the right to life and to a natural death, if human conception, gestation and birth are made artificial, if human embryos are sacrificed to research, the conscience of society ends up losing the concept of human ecology and, along with it, that of environment ecology.” True human ecology, Benedict teaches, can be achieved only when human beings recognize their true nature. Because man is made in the image of God, and God is a Trinity of Persons in perfect Unity, man can only be fulfilled in relation with God and with others. This is the focus of Benedict’s understanding of the metaphysics of society. Man is meant for communion and he forms societies like the family, schools, churches, organizations, polities, etc., based on that call to communion. All of this flows from the “book of nature” which “takes in not only the environment but also life, sexuality, marriage, the family, social relations: in a word, integral human development.” Rev. Joe Previtali
St. Veronica Choir Recruiting
The Children’s Angel Choir will be start-
ing up again.
All children of the parish (grade 1 and
older) are welcome to join. Practice is on
Thursday afternoons in the Church from 3:15—4:15
PM. The first session will begin on September 10th.
Come and join in on the fun!
Adult Choir
Come, raise your voice and Sing To the Lord by join-
ing the St. Veronica Choir. If you sing Happy Birthday,
or sing in the shower, you CAN sing. New members
are always welcome. Practices are held at 7PM every
Thursday starting on September 10th. If you wish to
participate for Seasonal celebrations you are most
welcome too.
Please contact either Christopher Lindstrom at 209-
601-0619 or Sandy Kearney at 650-888-3340 for more
information.
Join us on a Pilgrimage To…
The Holy Land
With Spiritual Director: Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D.
with Arrangements by 206 Tours
November 8-17, 2009 $3,149 per person from
San Francisco, CA YOUR TRIP INCLUDES: � Round-trip air from San Francisco - Tel Aviv � Airport taxes, security fees & fuel surcharges Included � 8 nights at first class hotels in Israel (or similar) ~ 1 night: Mercure Suites, Bat Yam ~ 2 nights: Golden Crown, Nazareth ~ 5 nights: Moriah Classic or Grand Court Hotel, Jerusalem � Transfers as per itinerary � Breakfast and Dinner daily � Assistance of local guide � Sightseeing & admissions fees as per itinerary � Catholic Priest as Spiritual Director � Mass daily & spiritual activities � Luggage handling (1 piece per person) � Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents Not Included: Lunches, Beverages with dinners, Travel insurance op-tional at $165-$225 Tips to your guide & driver ($ 7-9 per day). Items of a personal nature. For more information or to book contact 206 Tours :
Rinda & Cara [email protected] & [email protected],
800-206-8687 For a flyer contact Nita Ricotta at (650) 873-6049.
“Showdown at the SV Corral” The 2009 Parish Festival is Coming!!!
September 25, 26, 27
Dinner:
Saturday September 26th Send in your reservations
Classic Car Show
Family Fun • Games Rides • Entertainment Prizes • Raffle
Please help make this the best festival ever! Support our booths
Cash donations appreciated Other donations can be brought to the school or rectory.
For more information contact:
Terrie Aquino at: [email protected]
Saddle Up & Enjoy the Fun!
