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

April 8, 2018 Sunday of Divine Mercy

Jesus, I Trust in You

Please pray for our parishioners who are sick and suffering that they may know the embrace of Christ’s healing love.

Avinia Family, May Barnett, Don and Darlene Belluomini, Elaine Benson,

Brian Biasca, Louis Boscacci, Louise Brannigan, Bob Burke, Louise Caldwell, Kay Costanzo, Andrea Costello, John Cullen, Bonnie de Rutte, Anette Diaz, Joe DiMare, Margaret DeMartini, Delmida Edwards, Claudia Gitson, John Gross, Berth Guantes,

Margaret Hamlett, Joseph Harris, Julia Hernandez, Max Hodel, Jim Horan, Alice Horn, Eleanora LaCarrubba, Gary Lai, Rose Lemoni, Benita Lopez, Fr. Juan Manuel Lopez, Alex Madias, Kate McAdams, Esther Mears, Jesse Mendoza, Marybeth Miller, Paola Tirado Moreda, Peggy Murphy, Dalton O’Sullivan Family, Ray Ostertag, Pardini Family, Tearah Parker, Ali Parviz, Paul Patocchi, Lorraine Priolo, Phil Rappaport, Ker-

ry Rodriguez, Arthur Ruiz, Margarita Ruiz, Allen Schwoob, Kenric Silva, Colby Thompson, Betty Van Stratton, David Wilson

May all our deceased Parishioners rest in

the loving arms of Christ, especially:

Paul Fitzgerald

Tom Pierce Donald Aldrich

Karen Davis Bryan Masterson

John Lufrano Gerado Madrigal

Ryan Zirkle Lila DiBiasio

Amelia Kingman George Jewel

Mass Intentions April 7 through April 15

Day Time Intentions

Priest

Saturday 4/7 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Joan Grech + Jim Horan(L) Fr. Erick Arauz (L)

EA AS AS

Sunday 4/8 8:00am 10:00am 12:30pm

Howard Carter + OLL Parishioners Apolonia Garcia (L) B-day

AS AS EA

Monday 4/9 9:00am

Ed Lockwood Family (L) AS

Tuesday 4/10 9:00am

Joan Grech + AS

Wednesday 4/11 9:00am

Marianne Figini + MR

Thursday 4/12 9:00am Angel Lopez + AS

Friday 4/13 9:00am

Eileen Costello + AS

Saturday 4/14 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Marybethe Escobar + Cheryl Skowronek Soliz +

AS AS EA

Sunday 4/15 8:00am 10:00am 12:30pm

Ted and Jerry Spyrow + Craig Pitti + OLL Parishioners

AS AS EA

AS: Fr. Andrew Spyrow EA: Fr. Erick Arauz MR: Fr. Raimondi

Rev. Brian Costello frbrian@ollnovato.org Ext.227

Pastor (Sabbatical January through June)

Rev. Andrew Spyrow

Administrator frspyrow@ollnovato.org

(January 1 —June 30)

Rev. Erick E. Arauz Parochial Vicar ext. 233

Patrick Reeder EXT. 234 Parish Manager

Office Staff 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 and Co-Director of Adult Faith Formation

Kathleen Pitti

415-897-6714

Sandro Garcia Grades 1-3 en Espanol 415-897-2171 ext.225

Annie Troy, Dir. Youth Ministry

and Confirmation Co-Director of Adult Faith Formation

415-897-2171 ext.277

Richard Elliott, Choir Director 1-925-997-5041

willowsth@aol.com

PRIEST EMERGENCY NUMBER 415-301-0514

EMERGENCIES ONLY PLEASE

Mass Times

Monday—Friday 9:00 am

Saturday 9:00am 5:00 pm (Vigil Mass)

7pm Spanish Vigil Mass

Sunday 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:30pm Spanish Mass

Eucharistic Adoration

Every Friday 9:30am-5:00 pm and

4th Wednesday of the Month 6pm—8pm

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 Rectory- Catechesis Required

Pre– Baptismal Classes in English are held the second Saturday of each month at 10am.

We share this ministry with St. Anthony’s Parish. Please call the rectory office to

schedule your class.

Pre– Baptismal classes in Spanish are held on the third Thursday of each month at 6pm in the School Library. Please contact Sandro

Garcia for more information.

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:

church@ollnovato.org

April 8th, the first Sunday after Easter is Divine Mercy Sunday. St Anthony’s will be hosting our 9th Annual Divine Mercy Sunday service

beginning at 2:00PM

In a private revelation Jesus told St. Faustina: “My daughter tell the whole world about my inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and a shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the Fount of My mercy. The

souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment”

The Church has also granted a plenary indulgence to those who observe Divine Mercy Sunday.

Confessions will be from 2:00 to 3:00. At 3:00 we will recite the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet, which will be fol-lowed by veneration of the Divine Mercy Image and a benediction

PLEASE PRAY FOR A RESTFUL AND FULFILLING EXPERIENCE FOR FATHER BRIAN, WHILE HE IS ON SABBATICAL.

HAPPY EASTER FROM OLL YOUTH MINISTRY! All Confirmation classes and youth ministry events are on recess for the Easter holiday and Spring Break. Classes resume the week of April 15.

UPCOMING SECOND COLLECTIONS April 29th—Black and Indian Home Missions/ Catholic Home Missions May 13—Catholic Charities / CYO

Religious Education Grades 1-6

Just a reminder that there are no Reli-gious Education classes the weeks of April 1 (Easter vacation) and April 8 (NUSD Spring Break). Classes will re-sume after the break on Monday April 16. Wishing you and your families a very Blessed Easter.

OLL Book Club The next meeting of the OLL Book Club will take place Wednesday April 11 at 10am in the former convent chapel. We will meet to discuss Pope Francis' encyclical let-ter Laudato Si. Please join us for coffee and fellowship. Email amy@ollnovato.org for dis-cussion questions ahead of time.

MarkyourcalendarsforOurLadyofLoretto’s14thAn-nualYouthMinistryGolfTournamenttobeheldThursday,June21st,atIndianValleyGolfClub.Pleasesupportthisimportantfundraiserbybeingasponsor,playingaroundofgolf,purchasingaraf leticket,and/orattend-ingthedeliciousdinnerinthechurchhallfollowingthetournament.Withyourcon-tinuedgeneroussupport,wecanprovidemuch-neededfundsforYouthMinistry,anever-expandingprogramfortheteensandyoungadultsofourparish. Thankyou! 14thAnnualGolfCommittee

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The community of believers was of one heart and mind (Acts 4:32-35). Psalm — Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting (Psalm 118). Second Reading — Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God (1 John 5:1-6). Gospel — The risen Christ comes to his disciples with peace and the Spirit. (John 20:19-31).

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Second Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy); Julian Calendar Easter Monday: The Annunciation of the Lord Wednesday: St. Stanislaus Thursday: Yom Ha-Shoa (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Friday: St. Martin I

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21 Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-9; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48

WE WILL RETURN TO RECEIVING BOTH THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST AT ALL

MASSES BEGINNING THIS MONDAY, APRIL 9TH.

Archdiocesan Annual Appeal Campaign Goal

$136,595 Received

(including pledges) $91,737

Percent of Goal 67%

Don’t forget to make your contribution. All donations, big or small, are appreciated.

MARRIED COUPLES. Give your marriage a well deserved vaca-tion. Plan to go on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend and come back with a marriage that is refreshed and full of energy! The next Marriage Encounter Week-

end is May 18-20, 2018 in San Jose. For more information visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Clar-ranne applications@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413.

AN EASTER LETTER FROM FATHER BRIAN Dear Friends, Happy, happy Easter! 1700 years ago, St Augustine called this day the “Sunday of Sundays.” Indeed, every time we gather for Mas

son Sunday, we relive the resurrection of the Lord. By the time you read this let-ter, I will have celebrated Easter, half way around the world, where the event took place: Jerusalem. Be assured of my prayers for all of you from the empty tomb of our Risen Lord. I want to thank both Fathers Andrew and Erick for holding down the fort while I’m away. I can’t thank you enough. Please remember to keep Fr. Juan Manuel in your prayers, as well as his Mom, who has her own health issues. Goodbye for now. Looking forward to seeing you in early July. Again, happy, happy Easter! Father Brian

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Sometimes children acquire nicknames in childhood that stalk them through adulthood: “Pinky,” “Boo-boo,” and the like. This Sunday was once called “Low Sunday,” a step down from Easter glory, and an unfortunate nickname since Easter rejoicing goes on for fifty days. Traditionally this is the day when the newly baptized put away their white baptismal robes and returned to their everyday life after a week of intense celebration. Of course, the goal was to take up everyday duties with a very new point of view. A long title for the day was Dominica in albis deposito, or “The Lord’s Day for Putting Away the Albs,” so no wonder the nickname “Low Sunday” arose. In the old calendar it was also called “Quasimodo Sunday,” after the first word of the opening chant, Quasimodo geniti infantes, or “As newborn infants,” a reference to the newly baptized taken from the Epistle of Peter. Victor Hugo’s bell-ringing hero in The Hunchback of Notre Dame was abandoned as an infant on the threshold of the cathedral of Paris on Low Sunday, 1467, and named “Quasimodo” for the feast.

This Week at OLL April 8—April 15 Sun. Divine Mercy Sunday Mon. Tue. Perpetual Help Prayer Group—6pm—Chapel Al-Anon/Alateen—Convent –7:15pm ICF—Hall—5:30pm Wed. Our Lady’s Prayer Group—Church—7:30pm Thurs. Choir Practice—Church— 6:30pm Fri. Adoration—Chapel—9:30am to 5:00pm Sat. Cenacle—Chapel –9:30am Sun. Third Sunday of Easter

Esta semana en OLL 8 Abril—15 Abril

Domingo: Domingo de la Divina Misericordia 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 Oración- Capilla– 7:30pm Ensavo del Coro-Espanol—Iglesia—7pm Jueves: Viernes: Adoration—Chapel—9:30am to 5pm Sab: Cenacle—Chapel—9:30am Domingo: Tercer Domingo de Pasqua

SO THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE It is not often that the author of one of the books of the Bible comes right out and tells us directly why he is writing what he is writing. In this Sun-day’s Gospel read-

ing, taken from the conclusion of John’s Gospel, the author tells us that he has chosen to record these events so “that you may come to believe that Je-sus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name” (20:31). The letter of John echoes this idea by saying that “everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God” (5:1)—what we might refer to as being “born again.” Our reading from the Acts of the Apostles for this Second Sunday of Easter shows us exactly what it looks like when believers are born again through faith.

PARA QUE CREAS No sucede demasia-do a menudo que el autor de uno de los li-bros de la Biblia se di-rija directamente a no-sotros para explicarnos por qué está escribien-do lo que está escri-biendo. En la lectura del Evangelio de este domingo, que per-tenece a la conclusión del Evangelio se-gún san Juan, el autor nos dice que ha elegido escribir estos acontecimientos para que “crean que Jesús es el Mesías, el Hijo de Dios, y para que, creyendo, tengan vida en su Nombre” (20:31). La carta de san Juan retoma esta idea diciendo que: “todo el que cree que Jesús es el Cristo ha nacido de Dios” (5:1); lo que llamaríamos “nacer de nuevo”. Nuestra lectura de los Hechos de los Apóstoles para este Segundo Domingo de Pascua nos muestra exactamente qué sucede cuando los creyentes nacen de nuevo por medio de la fe.

NO THEORY Let your religion so be less of a theory and more of a love affair. --G. K. Chesterton

NO ES UNA TEORÍA Deja que tu religión no sea cuestión de teoría sino de amor. —G. K. Chesterton

POR FAVOR OREN POR UNA EXPERIENCIA EXCELENTE Y COMPLETA PARA EL PADRE BRIAN, MIENTRAS QUE ESTÁ EN SABBATICAL.

UNA CARTA DE PASCUA DEL PADRE BRIAN Queridos amigos, Feliz y feliz Pascua! Hace 1700 años, San Agustín llamó a este día el "Domingo de los domingos". De hecho, cada vez que nos reuni-mos para Mas son domingo, revivimos la resurrección del Señor. Para cuando leas esta carta, habré celebrado la Pascua, a mitad de

camino alrededor del mundo, donde tuvo lugar el evento: Jerusalén. Tenga la se-guridad de mis oraciones para todos ustedes desde la tumba vacía de nuestro Señor Resucitado. Quiero agradecer a los padres Andrew y Erick por mantener el fuerte mientras estoy fuera. No puedo agradecerte lo suficiente. Por favor, recuerde man-tener al Padre. Juan Manuel en sus oraciones, así como su mamá, que tiene sus propios problemas de salud. Adiós por ahora. Tengo ganas de verte a principios de julio. Feliz Pascua! Padre Brian

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE En tiempos pasados, cuando la Misa era en latín, no teníamos la oportunidad de escuchar en nuestra propia lengua las bellas palabras que Cristo pronunció durante la Última Cena y que el sacerdote repite durante la Consagración: “Esto es mi cuerpo”. . . “Esta es mi sangre”. Por tal razón los monaguillos sonaban unas campanitas indicando que algo importante estaba pasando. En ese momento los fieles levantábamos la cabeza para ver el pan convertido en cuerpo y el vino convertido en sangre. Lamentablemente el sacerdote nos daba la espalda y no podíamos ver lo que ocurría sobre el altar. Sin embargo, respondíamos con las palabras del apóstol To-más: “Señor mío y Dios mío”. Estas palabras reconocen y adoran la presencia de Jesús en el pan y el vino. A este momen-to se le consideraba el más importante de la Misa. No obstante, el Concilio Vaticano II vino a enseñarnos que este es el momento cumbre, junto con toda la Plegaria Eucarística, pues toda la Misa es igualmente importante, excepto que durante la Plegaria Eucarística alcanzamos el pun-to más alto de la celebración. Por esa razón ya no hay campanita, pues ahora escuchamos todo en nuestro propio idioma, así como los discípulos las escucharon de Cristo, en su propio idio-ma.

TODO Oh Dios, de tu bondad infinita regálame a ti mis-mo y eso será suficiente para mí. Sólo en ti lo tengo todo. —San Julián de Norwich