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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
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
APRIL 19, 2015
OUR LADY OF LORETTO PARISH
“Empowered by the Spirit of God we celebrate Jesus’ presence in Prayer,
Liturgy, Sacrament and Service”
Mass Intentions
April 18 to April 26
BC: Fr.Brian Costello ME: Fr. Manuel Estrada
NH: Fr. Neil Healy
Day
Time
Intentions
April 18—April 26
Priest *
Saturday 4/18
9:00am
5pm Vigil
Bernadette Murphy +
Thomas Ryan +
NH
ME
Sunday 4/19
7:30am
9:00am
10:30am
12 Noon
Bernadette Murphy +
William Mc Cormack +
Cheryl Skowronek Soliz +
OLL Parishioners
Salvador Magaña +
Maria Farias (L)
ME
NH
NH
ME
Monday 4/20
9:00am
Bernadette Murphy +
ME
Tuesday 4/21
9:00am
Bernadette Murphy +
NH
Wednesday 4/22
9:00am
Kenneth Chester Wittmann +
BC
Thursday 4/23
9:00am
Jose Gumba +
ME
Friday 4//24
9:00am
Maria Christina Gumba +
BC
Saturday 4/25
9:00am
5pm Vigil
Paul Conradi +
George Schilling +
BC
BC
Sunday 4/26
7:30am
9:00am
10:30am
12 Noon
Carlie DeMartini (L)
Albert Schranz +
Cecelia Jimenez +
OLL Parishioners
Felix Garcia +
Maria Lupe Garcia +
BC
BC
NH
BC
May all our deceased
Parishioners rest in the
loving arms of God especially
Margaret Donlevy
Marybethe Escobar
Margaret Kranci
Please pray for our parishioners who are sick and suffering
that they may know the embrace of Christ’s healing love.
Paquita de Arboco, Paulette Borg, Sue Castillo, Everett Elmquist, Trini Esparza, Niloo
Fatema, Violet Ferrigno, Mary Lou Fuette, Dustin Gorell, Thelma Graves, Nady Herr,
Martin Keaney, Bridie Keenan, Manuel Lamboy, Jim Lang, Pat Lewis, Juanita Mansfield, Betty McDonald, Mary Ellen McIntyre, Samuel Morris, Judy Nygard, Bob
Rowden, Anita Skinner, Pauline Stuber, 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
Mass Times
Monday—Friday 9:00 am
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
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
Patrick Reeder EXT. 234
Parish Manager
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday3:00pm-4:00pm
Office Staff
Mary Ann Varner EXT. 221
Erin Troy EXT. 222
Allen Shirley EXT. 236
Rosary
Monday—Thursday after
9am Mass and 5:30pm
Friday after 9am Mass and at 5pm
Sunday at 3:00pm
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
FIRST COMMUNION PRACTICE FOR
PARISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
First Communion practices for all those children
participating in the May 2 First Communion will
take place on Tuesdays 4/21 and 4/28 from 3:305:00. Parents please drop off your children at
the school library and pick up from the church.
Please note these practices are for those children
receiving the Sacrament on May 2nd only.
Those receiving on a different date will have a
separate practice.
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]
THANK YOU!
We are all enjoying the beauty of the
Holy Spirit needlepoint on the ambo in the Sanctuary. This is a very special “Thank You” and expression of gratitude to Louise Rapoport for the beautiful
creation. It took Louise over a year to complete and
we are so grateful for the many hours of commitment
given to this piece and that she chose to share it with
us. It is truly a work of art. Thank you, Louise, for
sharing your creative talents with the parish. May
God bless you and your family.
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 St. Vincent de Paul Pantry is in need of
peanut butter, jelly/jam, spaghetti sauce, and
canned fruit.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR DONATIONS IN THE
MARKED BASKETS IN THE CHURCH VESTIBULES. PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR DONATION TO THE RECTORY OFFICE. We appreciate
and thank you for your continuing support and will
keep you in our prayers.
Thank you for your generosity to our St. Vincent de
Paul collection on April 5th. We collected $7,019
to assist the poor of the Parish. Thank you.
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.
THIS WEEK IN CONFIRMATION & YOUTH MINISTRY
Monday 4/20: Middle School classes r esume in the convent, 7-8:30. A dult retreat team: there will be a planning meeting at 7:30 in the YM office for our upcoming retreat on 4/25.
Thursday 4/23: High School classes r esume. WE WILL BE TAKING OUR CONFIRMATION GROUP PHOTO
ON THIS NIGHT.
Friday 4/24 & Saturday 4/25: SPRING RETREAT. Mandator y for 2015 Confir mandi, this r etr eat is also open to
any high school aged teens who would like to attend. Please call the YM office for more information.
YM Leadership teens: the dir ector of YM for the ar chdiocese will be joining us on 4/23 to begin tr aining you to
lead our 8th graders in their retreat that will take place on 5/23. Any High School aged teens interested in helping with
this retreat should meet in the convent at 7pm.
Parents & Sponsors of 2015 Confirmandi: Our final meeting will take place on Thur sday 4/23. We will cover all
of the information & logistics for the May 9 Confirmation Mass. Every student begin confirmed this May should be represented.
OLL YOUTH MINISTRY is excited to announce that we will be hosting MARIN YOUTH NIGHT this Fr iday,
4/24. All high school teens are invited to attend for a movie, food, music and lots of fun! Our retreat master, Mary Bielski, will be joining us from New Orleans. Part of the Steubenville Conference speaking circuit, Mary travels the US
sharing with teens and adults alike the powerful love of God. We hope that you’ll come join us for Marin Youth Night!
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 23-26. 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.
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas
Court Our Lady of the Miracle, # 1707
Cordially invites you to the 47th Annual
SALAD LUNCHEON
PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE CDA HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 11:30 a.m.
$15.00 per person
Our Lady of Loretto Hall
1801 Virginia Avenue
Novato, California
FEATURING OUR FAMOUS SALAD BUFFET,
DESSERTS & BEVERAGES
Themed Basket Raffle
Winners of the Education Contest will be announced.
RESERVATION FLYERS ARE LOCATED IN THE VESTIBULES
Any Questions, please call Cecelia Quinn @ 415-892-7321
All are invited to the next presentation of the Dominican Sisters’ Gather@Grand series on Wednesday, May 6, from 7:00 –
8:30 p.m. An evening with Sister Mary Hughes, OP. Dominican
Sister of Amityville, New York, college educator, and past president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Sister
Mary who will present her views on Consecrated Life: the Call
and the Future.
“We still must ask ourselves what it is that we are being called to witness to our world at this time.
Is there something more our world needs to see? Is there something more that a religious woman
[or man], a follower of Christ, needs to hold up to the world?”
-2011 Address to the LCWR Assembly
The Gathering Space - Dominican Sisters Center, 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael between Acacia
and Locust Streets. RSVP [email protected] or call 415 453 8303.
This Week at OLL
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Third Sunday of Easter
SVDP—Library—7pm
Our Mother of Perpetual Help—Chapel—6pm
Al-Anon—Convent – 7:15pm
Helping Hands—Library—7pm
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Our Lady’s Prayer Group—Church—7:30pm
Sat.
Sun.
Esta semana en OLL
19 Abril —26 Abril
April 19 — April 26
Choir Practice—Choir Room—6:30pm
Eucharistic Adoration—Chapel
9:30am—5pm
Cenacle—Chapel—9:30am
Fourth Sunday of Easter
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!!
Domingo: TERCER DOMINGO DE PASQUA
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:
Viernes:
JPC—Bibliotecca—7pm
Sabado:
Cenaculo—Chapel—9:30am
Domingo: Cuarto Domingo de Pasqua
LA GLORIA DE DIOS
La gloria de Dios es el hombre viviente.
—San Irineo
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
God, our Father, In Your love and providence, You call each of us to a more holy and abundant
life. We pray for our young people in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Open their hearts and
minds to know the vocation You have planned for them for all eternity. If they are being invited
to follow You as a priest, Brother, or Sister, give them a generous heart to respond to Your
challenging call and the strength to follow wherever You lead them. May families desire to
please You by encouraging and supporting vocations within their homes. We ask this through
Jesus Christ, our Good Shepherd. Amen.
If you think God is calling you to the priesthood or religious life and would to learn how to respond, you may contact Fr. David Schunk in the Office of Vocations: 415-614-5684, [email protected]
Dios Padre nuestro, que en tu amorosa providencia nos llamas a cada uno a vivir en plenitud
y santidad. Te rogamos por nuestros jóvenes de la Arquidiócesis de San Francisco. Abre sus
mentes y sus corazones para que descubran el estilo de vida que desde toda la eternidad Tú
los has llamado a vivir. Si Tú los estas llamando a que te sigan y vivan como sacerdotes, hermanos o hermanas, religiosos o religiosas, dales un corazón generoso para que respondan a
tu llamada desafiante y así te puedan seguir a donde Tú los lleves. Te pedimos que las familias
deseen complacerte animando y apoyando las vocaciones en sus hogares. Te lo pedimos
[Padre] por tu Hijo Jesucristo, nuestro Buen Pastor. Amén.
EL BUEN PASTOR
El Cuarto Domingo
de Pascua tradicionalmente
se conoce como el
“Domingo del Buen Pastor”.
Hoy escuchamos las palabras del Señor cuando se llama a sí mismo “el buen pastor que da la vida por sus
ovejas.” A veces es tan difícil para nosotros comprender
la realidad de que alguien
esté dispuesto a dar su vida
por alguien. Esto es muy cierto en una sociedad que
pone tanto énfasis en el poder y en el avance social,
con frecuencia a expensas de “pisotear” a otra gente
para escalar a la cima. Las Escrituras de hoy nos
muestran a quién debemos imitar –al que da su vida
por las ovejas. Las Escrituras de hoy nos retan a descubrir la manera de llevar vida a los que están a
nuestro alrededor –a construir y no a destruir.
LECTURAS DE HOY
Primera lectura — Sólo en Jesús encontrará el
mundo la salvación (Hechos 4:8-12).
Salmo — La piedra que desecharon los arquitectos,
es ahora la piedra angular (Salmo 118 [117]).
Segunda lectura — Nos hemos convertido en hijos
de Dios por el amor que el Padre nos tiene (1 Juan
3:1-2).
Evangelio — El Padre ama a Jesús, el Buen Pastor,
que da la vida por sus ovejas (Juan 10:11-18).
Gracias por su generosidad
a nuestra colección San Vicente de Paúl el 5 de abril
usted. Recogimos $ 7,019
para ayudar a los pobres de
la parroquia. Gracias.
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 415883-3055. Por favor, traiga a sus amigos y únete
a nosotros para una tarde elegante y divertido.
LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES
Domingo: Cuarto Domingo de Pascua;
Jornada Mundial de Oración por las
Vocaciones
Martes: San Luis María Grignon de Montfort;
San Pedro Chanel
Miércoles: Santa Catalina de Siena
Jueves:
San Pio V
Viernes: San José, obrero; Primer viernes
Sábado: San Atanasio; Primer sábado
Todos están invitados a la próxima presentación de
las Hermanas Dominicas 'Reunir @ serie Grand el
miércoles 6 de mayo, de 7:00-20:30 Una noche con
la hermana Mary Hughes, OP. Hermana Dominicana
de Amityville, Nueva York, educador universitario,
y ex presidente de la Conferencia de Liderazgo de
Mujeres Religiosas, Sor María, que presentará sus
puntos de vista sobre la vida consagrada: la convocatoria y el futuro.
"Todavía debemos preguntarnos qué es lo que estamos llamados a dar testimonio de nuestro mundo en
este momento. ¿Hay algo más nuestro mundo necesita ver? ¿Hay algo más que una mujer religiosa [u
hombre], un seguidor de Cristo, tiene que mantener
al mundo? "
Dirección -2011 a la Asamblea LCWR
El Espacio de reunión - Centro de las Hermanas
Dominicas, 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael entre
Acacia y Locust Streets. Confirmar su asistencia comunitaria [email protected] o llame al 415
453 8303.
El St. Vincent de Paul despensa está en la necesidad de
mantequilla de maní, jalea / mermelada, salsa de espagueti y frutas en conserva.
POR FAVOR PONGA SUS DONACIONES EN EL
CESTAS MARCADOS EN LA IGLESIA vestíbulos.
POR FAVOR NO TRAIGA SU DONACIÓN A
LA oficina de la rectoría. Apreciamos y agradecemos
Para su continuo apoyo y le mantendrá en nuestra
oraciones.