OUR LADY OF LORETTO CATHOLIC CHURCH 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, CA 94947 415-897-2171 FAX 415-897-8251 Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. March 22, 2015 Fifth Sunday of Lent OUR LADY OF LORETTO PARISH “Empowered by the Spirit of God we celebrate Jesus’ presence in Prayer, Liturgy, Sacrament and Service” Mass Intentions March 21 to March 29 BC: Fr.Brian Costello ME: Fr. Manuel Estrada NH: Fr. Neil Healy Day Time Intentions March 21—March 29 Saturday 3/21 9:00am Adrian and Pierina Giannini + 5:00pm Vigil Thomas Ryan + BC BC Sunday 3/22 7:30am 9:00am 10:30am 12 Noon Maurice O’Dowd + Rosa Staben and Marion Montes + Sixto and Gloria Yumul + Antonio Gurrola + Hermila Nunez + BC NH NH BC Monday 3/23 7:00am 9:00am Felix Becerra + Paul Conradi + BC ME Tuesday 3/24 7:00am 9:00am Amando Sebano + Robert O’Brien (L) BC NH Wednesday 3/25 7:00am 9:00am Our Lady of Loretto Parishioners Healing of Families BC ME Thursday 3/26 7:00am 9:00am Poor Souls in Purgatory Sonja Engler (L) BC ME Friday 3/27 7:00am 9:00am Poor Souls in Purgatory Margaret and Daniel Olbrantz ++ BC NH Saturday 3/28 9:00am Mary Ann Amaral + 5:00pm Vigil Howard Pierson + NH ME Sunday 3/29 8am 10am 12 Noon NH BC ME Bill Schober + Gene Erigero + OLL Parishioners Priest * May all our deceased Parishioners rest in the loving arms of God especially: Rachel Adrian Please pray for our parishioners who are sick and suffering that they may know the embrace of Christ’s healing love. Paulette Borg, Sue Castillo, Everett Elmquist, Niloo Fatema, Violet Ferrigno, Mary Lou Fuette, Dustin Gorell, Thelma Graves, Fr. Tom Hamilton, Martin Keaney, Bridie Keenan, Jim Lang, Juanita Mansfield, Betty McDonald, Mary Ellen McIntyre, Samuel Morris, Judy Nygard, Bob Rowden, Anita Skinner, Mary Lisette Vazquez, Tim Wright We are updating our prayer list and have removed names which have been on the list for some time. Please call the Rectory to have someone included on the Prayer List. Rev. Brian Costello [email protected] Ext.227 Pastor Rev. J. Manuel Estrada [email protected] EXT 230 Parochial Vicar Rev. Neil Healy In Residence (Happily Retired) EXT 233 Sr. Jeanette Lombardi osu Pastoral Associate EXT.226 Rev. Mr. Alejandro Madero Deacon EXT. 225 Patrick Reeder EXT. 234 Parish Manager Office Staff Mary Ann Varner EXT. 221 Erin Troy EXT. 222 Allen Shirley EXT. 236 Our Lady of Loretto School Mrs. Kathleen Kraft, Principal 415-892-8621 Parish Religious Education Amy Bjorklund Reeder, Dir. Grades 1-6 Kathleen Pitti 415-897-6714 Diacono Alejandro Grades 1-3 en Espanol 415-897-2171 ext 225 Annie Troy, Dir. Youth Ministry and Confirmation 415-897-2171 ext.277 Mass Times See separate article regarding Lenten observances Monday—Friday 7:00am During Lent, 9:00 am Saturday 9:00am 5:00 pm (Vigil Mass) Sunday 7:30am, 9am, 10:30am, 12pm Spanish Mass Eucharistic Adoration Every Friday 9:30am-5:00 pm Stations of the Cross 7pm Friday During Lent Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday3:00pm-4:00pm Rosary Monday—Thursday after 9am Mass and 5:30pm Friday after 9am Mass and at 5pm Sunday at 3:00pm Baptisms Please contact the RectoryCatechesis Required Marriages Please contact the Rectory at least 6 months in advance Our Lady of Loretto St. Vincent de Paul Society 415-497-5090 Visit us on the Web www.ollnovato.org E-mail us: [email protected] THIS WEEK IN CONFIRMATION AND YOUTH MINISTRY: Monday, 3/23: Middle School Classes will be joining in the par ish r econciliation ser vice. All students report TO THE CHURCH AT 6:45PM. Thursday, 3/26: The Passion of the Chr ist. 7-9pm in the OLL Library. Permission slips required. Spring Clean Up Time is upon us! Do you have some work around your property that needs some extra hands? OLL YOUTH MINISTRY will be sending 25 young people to this year’s Steubenville San Diego conference this Summer from July 2326. We need your help getting there and we’re willing to work for it! While we will be fundraising in the months to come, each family is responsible for contributing $500 – this works out to be about 2/3 of their total trip cost. We have already had requests from parishioners looking to hire out yard help, set-up/clean-up for events, etc. If you have any opportunities for our teens, please contact the youth ministry office. ([email protected]; 897-2171 x277) Thanks! If you are interested in learning more about what our teens will experience during this powerful weekend, please visit www.allforgodcatholic.org and click on the “Steubenville San Diego” tab. Markyourcalendars forOur Lady of Loretto’s 11th Annual YouthMinistry Golf Tournamenttobe heldThursday, June 25th,at Indian Valley Golf Club.Wehopeeachandeveryparishionerwillsupportthisveryspecialfund raiserbybeingasponsor,playingaroundof golf,purchasingaraf leticket,and/orattendingthedinnerinthechurchhallfollowingthetournament.Withyourcontinued generoussupport,wecanprovidemuchneededfundsforYouthMinistry,amostimportantprogramfortheteensandyoung adultsofourparish.Thankyou! 11thAnnualGolfCommittee The North Marin Auxiliary of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Anthony’s presents its Annual Spring Luncheon on Wednesday, April 22nd at the Marin Country Club. You can make your reservations by calling Gwen Johnson at 415-883-3055. Please bring your friends and join us for an elegant and fun afternoon. TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — I will make a new covenant; I will write my law upon their hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-34) or Ezekiel 37:12-14. Psalm — Create a clean heart in me, O God (Psalm 51) or Psalm 130. Second Reading — Christ learned obedience and became the source of eternal salvation (Hebrews 5:7-9) or Romans 8:8-11. Gospel — If a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it produces much fruit (John 12:20-33) or John 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]. OUR JOINT PARISH RECONCILLIATION SERVICE IS TOMORROW AT OUR LADY OF LORETTO MONDAY MARCH 23 10:30am and 7pm WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US SAVE THE DATE The St. Raphael and St. Isabella Conferences of the St. Vincent de Paul Society will once again hold their annual “BOCCE BALL TOURNAMENT AND PICNIC” benefiting their conferences and serving the needy in our parishes. The date is Saturday, May 2nd and the location is the San Rafael Bocce Federation on B St. in San Rafael. Questions call: Dean DiGiovanni @ 415 485 3855 or Joe Martino @ 415 479 8477 A fun day for the whole family!! KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS PARISH BLOOD DRIVE MARCH 22 IN THE PARISH HALL 8am to 1 pm BRING YOUR ID AND TRY TO EAT BEFORE DONATING ALL DONORS WILL BE ENTERNED TO WIN TWO BOTTLES OF WINE FROM BEVMO THE NEW COVENANT When the prophet Jeremiah coined the term “new covenant” he was actually doing something quite radical. For the Jewish people, there was only one covenant, the one made between the Lord God and Israel through Moses at Mount Sinai. For Jeremiah to suggest that God would somehow supersede the covenant with a new one would have sounded audacious to Jewish ears. But in this way he is a predecessor of Jesus who, in the Gospel of John, is continually portrayed as superseding the past, establishing the reign of God in a new way. And in today’s Gospel passage, Jesus the “new covenant” speaks the language of his “new commandment” of love when he tells of the dying grain of wheat, and of our own need to die to self in order to be raised with Christ. As Lent ends and we prepare to enter into Holy Week, the dying grain of wheat serves as an excellent symbol of the kind of dying and self-sacrifice to which disciples are called, a symbol of that new covenant written deep within our hearts. FATHER’S LETTER WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK ARE YOU A REGISTERED PARISHIONER? IF NOT, CALL THE RECTORY TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR PARISH MAILINGS AND TO RECEIVE THE WEEKLY CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPER FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE. FROM THE DESK OF THE PAROCHIAL VICAR Dear Friends, In his Lenten message for 2015, Pope Francis asks us to “make our hearts firm” (Jas 5:8) and to be “merciful, attentive and generous.” Embrace his call to mercy by reaching out to those in need. Be attentive to the Lenten call to prayer; be generous with your time and treasure. “Through prayer, charity and humility before God, people receive a heart “which is firm and merciful, attentive and generous, a heart which is not closed, indifferent or prey to the globalization of indifference.” Pope Francis says in his Lenten message. During Lent, the Church asks us to surrender ourselves to prayer and to the reading of Scripture, to fasting and to giving alms. The fasting that all do together on Fridays is but a sign of the daily Lenten discipline of individuals and households: fasting from certain foods, but also fasting from other things and activities. Likewise, the giving of alms is some effort to share this world equally – not only through the distribution of money, but through the sharing of our time and talents. Have a good week! Father Manuel Monday through Friday of Lent: Masses are at 7am and 9am Fridays of Lent (except Good Friday): Soup and Salad Supper in the Hall at 6pm Bilingual Stations of the Cross in the Church at 7pm During the Fridays of Lent, we abstain from meat HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SIGN-UP SHEETS FOR LECTORS, EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS AND ALTAR SERVERS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE SACRISTY. MUCH HELP IS NEEDED! SIGN UP TODAY! REMEMBER! NEXT WEEKEND IS PALM SUNDAY. PALMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AFTER ALL MASSES BEGINNING AT THE 5PM SATURDAY VIGIL MASS MARCH 28th MASSES SUNDAY MARCH 29TH AT 8AM—10AM and 12 NOON IN SPANISH This Week at OLL Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Esta semana en OLL 22 Marzo —29 Marzo March 22— March 29 The Fifth Sunday of Lent SECOND COLLECTION FOR SVDP Our Mother of Perpetual Help—Chapel—6pm Al-Anon—Convent – 7:15pm Our Lady’s Prayer Group—Church—7:30pm Thurs. Choir Practice– Choir Room—6:30pm Fri. Eucharistic Adoration—Chapel—9:30am—5pm Soup, Salad and Stations 6pm—Parish Hall and Church Sat. Cenacle—Chapel—9:30am PALM SUNDAY Sun. Domingo: Quinto Domingo de Cuaresma SEGUNDA COLECCIÓN SVDP Lunes: Coro de JPC—Cuarto de Coro—7pm Martes: Helping Hands Grupo de Oración por la Iglesia-1pm JPC Discipulados—Capilla del Convento –7pm Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro-Chapel-6pm Al-Anon-Convento - 7:15 pm Miércoles: Nuestra Señora Grupo de OraciónCapilla– 7:30pm Ensavo del Coro-Espanol—Iglesia—7pm Jueves: Ensayo del Coro-Iglesia-6:30pm Viernes: HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SCHEDULE Lenten Reconciliation Service At Our Lady of Loretto Church Monday, March 23rd 10:30 am 7:00 pm March 29th Palm Sunday Saturday, March 28th, 5pm (Vigil) 8:00 am and 10:00 am Masses in English 12 Noon in Spanish Blessing of Palms & Distribution after all the Masses April 2nd Holy Thursday 7:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Bi-lingual) Altar of Repose / Adoration In Parish Hall until 10 pm April 3rd Good Friday 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm—School Passion Play 1:00pm—Choir: “Whispers of the Passion” 2:00pm - Veneration of the Cross/Communion Service 5:00 pm—Live Stations in Spanish 7:00 pm Good Friday Service in Spanish April 4th Holy Saturday No Confessions on Holy Saturday 8:00pm - Easter Vigil (Bi-lingual) April 5th Easter Sunday Masses in English - 8:00 am, 10:00 am, and 10:15 am in Hall Spanish Mass 12 Noon Adoración Eucarística-Capilla 9:30am a 5pm JPC—Bibliotecca—7pm Sabado: Cenáculo-Chapel-9: 30am Domingo: DOMINGO DE RAMOS SEMANA SANTA Y PASCUA SIGN-UP HOJAS DE LECTORES, MINISTROS DE LA EUCARISTÍA Y MONAGUILLOS SON DISPONIBLE EN LA SACRISTÍA. AYUDA MUCHO SE NECESITA! INSCRÍBASE HOY MISMO! CABALLEROS DE COLÓN DONACION DE SANGRE DE LA PARROQUIA 22 de marzo en el Salón Parroquial 08 a.m.-1 p.m. Traer su identificación y tratar de COMER DE ANTEMANO TODOS LOS DONANTES SE ENTERNED PARA GANAR DOS BOTELLAS DE VINO DE BevMo LLAME A BOB ABELING PARA UNA CITA 415-328-5789 El Norte Marin Auxiliar de San Vicente de Paul en San Antonio de presenta su primavera Almuerzo Anual miércoles 22 de abril en el Club de Campo Marin. Usted puede hacer sus reservaciones llamando Gwen Johnson al 415-883-3055. Por favor, traiga a sus amigos y únete a nosotros para una tarde elegante y divertido. PADRES CARTA VOLVERÁ LA PRÓXIMA SEMANA ¿ES USTED UN PARROQUIANO REGISTRADO? SI NO, llame a la rectoría A INCLUIR EN NUESTROS CORREOS PARROQUIA Y RECIBIR EL PERIÓDICO SEMANAL CATÓLICA SAN FRANCISCO DE LA ARQUIDIÓCESIS. DESDE EL ESCRITORIO DEL VICARIO PARROQUIAL Queridos amigos, En su mensaje para la Cuaresma de 2015, Francisco nos invita a "hacer de nuestra firma corazones" (Santiago 5: 8) y ser ". Misericordioso, atento y generoso" Abrace su llamado a la misericordia a través del acercamiento a los necesitados. Esté atento a la llamada a la oración de Cuaresma; ser generoso con su tiempo y tesoro. "A través de la oración, la caridad y la humildad ante Dios, la gente recibe un corazón", que es firme y misericordioso, atento y generoso, un corazón que no es cerrado, indiferente o presa a la globalización de la indiferencia. "Francisco dice en su mensaje para la Cuaresma. Durante la Cuaresma, la Iglesia nos invita a entregarnos a la oración ya la lectura de la Escritura, al ayuno y la limosna. El ayuno que todos lo hacen juntos los viernes es más que un signo de la disciplina de Cuaresma diaria de las personas y los hogares: el ayuno de ciertos alimentos, sino también el ayuno de otras cosas y actividades. Del mismo modo, la limosna es un poco de esfuerzo para compartir este mundo por igual - no sólo a través de la distribución del dinero, sino a través de la puesta en común de nuestro tiempo y talentos. Tener una buena semana! Padre Manuel Sopa, Ensalada y Estaciones de la Cruz El viernes de la Cuaresma que estamos teniendo una sopa y ensalada "simple" de la cena en el Salón a las 6 pm seguida de las estaciones bilingües de la Cruz en la Iglesia a las 7pm. Esto le brindará la oportunidad para que nos unamos como parroquia en el ayuno, la oración y la limosna durante la Cuaresma. NUESTRA PARROQUIA EL RECONCILLIATION SERVICIO ES MAÑANA A NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LORETTO Lunes 23 de marzo 10:30 am y las 19:00 ESPERAMOS QUE USTED PUEDA ÚNETE A NOSOTROS
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