Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
April 17, 2011
St. Veronica Church 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone: 650-588-1455 www.stveronicassf.com Fax: 650-588-1481
“Hosanna to the Son of David”
Entry Into Jerusalem, Pietro Lorenzetti, 1321
Rectory Office Hours
Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481
Parish Staff Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor Fr. Linh Nguyen, Parochial Vicar Fr. Joe Walsh, In Residence
http://rico50.blogspot.com Deacon Roger Beaudry Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Sandy Kearney, Parish Manager Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director 209-952-0209
St. Veronica Catholic School Phone: 650-589-3909
Kathryn Lucchesi Janet Burke Principal Vice Principal
Rectory email: [email protected]
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 from October through Pentecost.
Call the Parish Office to register 588-1455
Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades)
Confirmation Classes: 588-1455
Reflection on Our Cover
Before the blessing of the palms presents an exuberant scene. Imagine the large crowd just outside Jerusalem spreading their cloaks on the road, breaking off palm fronds, strewing them about and waving them as Jesus passes by. Hear the people shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David.” As Jesus enters the city, the people there are asking, “Who is this?” The crown accompanying him answers: “This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee. This is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.” A journey of joy. But a few days later Jesus took his last journey: a winding walk from the upper room on Thursday night out to the garden to Geth-semane, then to the house of Caiaphas, on to Pilate’s, house and courtyard, and, finally, to the hill of Calvary. It ended with his being nailed to a cross, and after three torturous hours, he died. At this journey’s end, there was one final cry from a small group, a centurion and the men with him: “Truly, this was the Son of God!”
Mass Intent ions WEEK of Apri l 17 , 2011
Sun 04/17 6:45 † Gilbert M. Dy 8:00 † Gertrude Eberle 9:30 † Emanuel Borg 11:00 † Natalie Duggan 12:30 People of St. Veronica Mon 04/18 6:30 † Phyllis Macay 8:30 † Hai Hoang Tue 04/19 6:30 † Michael Leddy 8:30 † Ruben Lavarias Wed 04/20 6:30 † Anita Johnson 8:30 † Alexander Reyno Thu 04/21 Holy Thursday - No Morning Masses Fri 04/22 Good Friday - No Morning Masses Sat 04/23 Holy Saturday - No Morning Mass Sun 04/24 6:45 Easter - No Intention taken 8:00 Easter - No Intension taken 9:30 Easter - No Intention taken 11:00 Easter - No Intention taken 12:30 People of St. Veronica
Please remember the sick and the care-givers in our community. Pray that they may find comfort
and healing in Christ.
Please contact the rectory office if Homebound Eucharistic services are needed.
St. Veronica Parish
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
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 Sunday: 1:30 PM—9:00PM
Parish Registration
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Last Week for Parish Lenten Almsgiving
If you have not had the ability to participate in our Parish-wide Lenten Season almsgiving, this is your last chance during Lent to extend that extra hand to those in need. Food receptacles are placed in the church, one by our baptismal font and another in the vestibule of the church.
Suggested Items but not limited to: Peanut butter Canned food Rice Beans Pasta Tuna Jams/Jellies Capri Sun Drinks Soup Bathroom Tissue Oatmeal Cereal Canned vegetables Chili Con Carne Pancake Mix
Good Friday Collection
As per our Catholic tradition, our parish will take up a collec-tion on Good Friday for the Holy Land. The collection will occur at three different times during the Good Friday service. Parishioners can make an offering at any of the three opportunities. Your contribution will help support the Christian community and to protect Christianity’s holiest places.
Parish Office Closing Early
In observance of Good Friday, the Parish office will close at 12:00 noon on Friday, April 22, 2011.
Please plan accordingly.
We wish you all a Blessed Holy Week and
Joyous Easter!
Everyone fourteen years of age and older is bound to ab-stain from meat on Good Fri-day. Everyone eighteen years of age and older but under the age of sixty is also bound to
fast on Good Friday. On Good Friday the law of fast allows only one full meal a day, but does not prohibit taking some food during the day, so long as this does not constitute another full meal. Drinking liquids during the day is permitted.
Almsgiving Thanks to our St. Veronica Students
Thank you one and all who brought canned food for St. Vin-cent de Paul Pantry during the class Mass on Friday April 1st.
You have made a difference for many families!
From the Pastor's Desk Palm Sunday Dear Parishioners, G.K. Chesterton has a poem called “The Donkey” in which the donkey enumerates all the bad and sad things that humans have attached to his life. Toward the end of the poem, however, he is upbeat because something unforgettably good has hap-pened in his life: “Fools! For I also had my hour; One far fierce hour and sweet: There was a shout about my ears, And palms before my feet.” The reference ob-viously is to how the donkey carried the Son of God into Jerusalem. The Lord chose a lowly, despised animal like the donkey. Jesus made him worthy of his triumphant entry into the holy city where he would accomplish the earth-shaking mission of re-demption for the whole world. Yes, the donkey had a sweet hour. He heard a shout of hosannas and there were palms before his feet. We are beginning the Holy Week this Sunday—the Palm Sunday. We are entering the holiest time of our liturgical period. We walk with Jesus as he begins his mission of suffering, dying and rising to a new life. We will contemplate how Jesus will preach his final message and run into the maelstrom of opposition. The tide will turn against him, but Jesus will keep his mission pointed firmly in the direction of the will of his Father. He will do the last supper at which he will give us his own body and blood; he will urge us to wash the feet of one another; he will command us to love one another. Then he will be betrayed and go through terrible suffering; he will die a shameful death on the cross. A terrible beauty will be born out of that death. Je-sus will rise victorious and become our source of hope and new life. Let’s walk with Jesus and talk with him as he will go through anguish and anxiety. We shall let him know that we are with him and that we will feel his feelings and think his thoughts and stand with him in his sufferings and enter into the joy and glory of resurrection. I wish you a holy week special and memorable for spirituality and prayer. May this Holy Week lead you into your own depth of being. May this special week bring you closer to your own family and friends. May this week fill you with the presence of Christ who is our life and our resurrection. Your Friend and Pastor, Father Charles Puthota
Announcements
Easter Memorial Flowers
For Easter, we invite you to remember your loved ones by making an offer-ing and help make the Church bloom for the Season. Your loved ones will be remembered at each Easter Mass as we place their names on the altar. An acknowledgement of gratitude and memorial remembrance will also appear in an upcoming bulletin.
Offering envelopes can be found in the pews and vestibule of the church.
Saint Veronica Church 434 Alida Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080 (650) 588-1455 Fax: 650-1481
www.stveronicassf.com
2011 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
SUNDAY APRIL 17, 2011 Regular Mass schedule
Palm Sunday Procession prior to 11 a.m. Mass
Assembly in Parish Center at 10:45 a.m.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2011 Chrism Mass
St. Mary’s Cathedral – 5:30 p.m.
HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 21 No Morning Masses
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer 6:30 p.m.: Mass of the Lord’s Supper
followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10:00 p.m.
GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 22 No Morning Masses
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 11:30 a.m. Stations of the Cross
12:15 p.m. – Reflections of the Cross 1:00 p.m. – Cantata
1:30 p.m. – Good Friday Liturgy
HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 23
No 8:30 a.m. Mass 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer Confessions: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
No 5:00PM Mass Easter Vigil Mass 8:30 p.m.
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 24 Masses: 6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.m.& 12:30 p.m.
FEAST OF FAITH The Liturgies of Holy Week
Holy Week is the culmination of the liturgical year. During these holy days, the liturgy will lead us, with Jesus, to the depths and to the heights. It begins with a harsh juxtaposition, as we carry palms in remembrance of Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem and then listen to the Passion accord-ing to Matthew, as the King is handed over for cru-cifixion. Then, on Holy Thursday, we remember the night Jesus was handed over—the night he gave himself for us and to us, to live in our midst forever in the sacrament of his Body and Blood. On Good Friday, we touch with our hands the mystery of the Lord’s cross, the instrument of torture that has be-come the tree of life. Then, at the great Easter Vigil, the lighting of the paschal candle speaks to us of the triumph of light over darkness, of life over death. The resurrection of the Lord becomes a living reality in our midst as the catechumens for whom the Church has prayed throughout Lent are plunged into the mystery of Christ’s death and share in the glory of his resurrection. These are indeed holy days, the culmination of the Church’s liturgy, and an invita-tion to participate in the very life of Christ. Come, let us worship. —Corinna Laughlin, © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.
Please note there will be NO Bingo scheduled for Wednesday April 20, 2011 due to Holy Week. BINGO will resume on Wednesday,
April 27th. Games will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Easter Egg Hunt St. Veronica Youth Ministry is hosting an
Easter Egg Hunt after the 9:30, 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Masses on Easter Sunday. Youth
from 5th grade down, are invited to participate.
Special thanks to our Youth Ministry who cleaned up the area next to the upper parking
lot for this event and thanks to Davey Tree and JMB Construction for donating materials .
Come and participate in this family, fun-filled event.
Happy Hunting!
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News from our Men’s Club St. Veronica Parish
“Texas Hold’em” Poker Fundraiser
Saturday, May 14, 2011 – Parish Center 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Check-in at 6:30 p.m.
RESERVATION DEADLINE – MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011 This “Texas Hold’em” fundraiser will sell out–Only 70 spots. Get your reservations in early
Re-buys available night of the fundraiser
All proceeds will go to the Parish and the Parish Center
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Please Print: Name ____________________________________________ Phone _____________________
# of Adults _____________________________ $50.00 each for 1000 chips
# of “Parish Purchases”__________________ $25.00 each for 600 chips (one per player) Total $_____________
Return to Rectory or School Office, c/o Kayla Compton-8th grade. Checks made out to SV Men’s Club.
Must be 21 or older to participate. No purchase necessary. Any questions: contact: [email protected]
