Fax: 650-588-1481 Phone: 650-588-1455 www.stveronicassf.com

434 Alida Way South San Francisco, CA 94080

Established 1951

St. Veronica Church

August 23, 2015

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.” - Psalm 34:9a

Parish Office email: churchoffice@stveronicassf.com

St. Veronica Parish Parish Office Hours

Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. (unless otherwise posted)

Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481

Parish Staff

Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor Fr. Nicasio G. Paloso Jr., Parochial Vicar

Fr. Don Sharp, S.J., Weekend Assistant Fr. Al Grosskopf, S.J., Weekend Assistant

Deacon Roger Beaudry Deacon Joseph LeBlanc Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary, Ext. 301 Velma Atkinson, Bookkeeper, Ext. 304

Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator, Ext.305

Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director, Ext. 308

Jim Rodriguez, Custodian/Maintenance

St. Veronica Catholic School www.saintveronicassf.org

Phone: 650-589-3909

Mrs. Kathryn Lucchesi Mrs. Geninne Ruegg Principal Vice Principal

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are to be arranged through the Parish Office.

Baptisms in English are typically held on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month.

Baptisms in Spanish are typically held on the 2nd Saturday of each month.

Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month. Call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455 Ext.309

Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Ext. 305 Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades)

Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455

Mass Intentions for the Week of August 23, 2015

Sun 08/23 7:00 † Diomedes & Rosa Millan 8:30 † Gertrude Eberle 10:00 † Jose S. Aquino 11:30 † Maria Bianchi 6:00 † Andres Serafica

Mon 08/24 6:30 † Aurora Enriquez 8:30 † Earl Espinosa

Tue 08/25 6:30 † Maria Aguinaldo 8:30 Raymond Grisell

Wed 08/26 6:30 † Er Huang 8:30 † Mary Mosunic

Thu 08/27 6:30 † Manuela C. Bravo 8:30 † Juanita Olmedo

Fri 08/28 6:30 † Friends of the Suffering Souls 8:30 † Pedro Zarate

Sat 08/29 8:30 † Pilar & Pedro Tiangco 5:00 † Edgardo Sapiandante

Sun 08/30 7:00 † Luigina Giovanni Calgaro 8:30 † Fernando Martinez 10:00 † Consolacion Roque 11:30 † Rene Canizares 6:00 † No Intention

St. Veronica Parish Mission Statement

St. Veronica Church is a multicultural community of believers who treasure Jesus Christ at the center of their profession of faith and practice. They worship and work together to build up a community of family and friends according to the mind and heart of Christ. Out of the abundance of joy and gratitude, they live and share the good news of faith and hope, striving to stand up for peace and justice, to spread love and com-passion, to care for those who are in need, and to make our nation and the world a bet-ter place for all.

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Mass Schedule

Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 a.m.

Spanish Mass: Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m. (English),

& 7:30 p.m. (Spanish) Monday - Friday: 6:30 & 8:30 a.m.

Confessions Saturdays: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Liturgy of the Hours Monday - Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00 a.m.

Eucharistic Adoration 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday

except as posted for holidays and parish events

Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works.

ON THE HORIZON • Tuesday, Aug. 25: First Day of Instruction for

St. Veronica Catholic School (school yard park-ing lot closures will resume)

• Wednesday, Sept. 9 & Saturday, Sept. 12: Faith Formation classes begin - register your children by Aug. 31

• Sunday, Sept. 13: Fall Sports Mass, 10:00 a.m.

• Sunday, Sept. 20: Catechetical Sunday Mass, 10:00 a.m.

• Sept. 25-27: Annual Parish Festival

Day Mass Time 1st Collection Maintenance Totals

Envelopes received in the First Collection:

August 01 & 02: 278 August 08 & 09: 272 August 15 & 16: 237

If you currently receive envelopes but do not use them, please prayerfully consider including your donation in the collection basket.

Saturday 08/15/15 5:00PM 1035.00 172.00 1207.00

Sunday 08/16/15 7:00AM 1337.00 262.00 1599.00

8:30AM 1187.00 230.00 1417.00

10:00AM 1144.00 240.00 1384.00

11:30AM 1017.00 249.00 1266.00

Spanish Mass 6:00PM 433.00 174.00 607.00

TOTAL IN-PEW DONATIONS: $6,153.00 $1,327.00 $7,480.00

Other Contributions 400.00 n/a 400.00

Feast of the Assumption Collection

Although it was not a Holy Day of Obligation, many parishioners chose to

turn in their Assumption envelopes. The total collected was $781.00 Thank you for your generosity!

Welcome New Parishioners! Our parish continues to be blessed and enriched

by the presence of new parishioners:

Joshua & Rosa Baviera Jaden & Jael Ting

May St. Veronica Church become a spiritual home where your faith and fellowship may be nourished with inspiration for you to live a life of service and generosity toward God and others.

From the Pastor’s Desk Dear Parishioners,

Capital Campaign Project: It is indeed heartening to see our efforts having borne fruit. All this is possible thanks to your generous donations and good will. St. Veronica can accomplish even such big projects if we set our hearts on them. The uppermost feeling in me is that of gratitude to God for having guided us through this project, for giving us the most dedicated coordinators in Tammi Grigg, Sharon Oosterman, and Terri Ciardella, and for inspiring so many parishioners to be participants in this project. An amazing thing about this project is that we accomplished it without hiring a professional company to run it. Imagine how much it would have cost us! And at the end of it all, we wouldn’t have been sure of the success of it. The lights in the newly-paved upper parking lot are being installed. You witness the new beautiful landscape in front of the church. The new base of St. Francis of Assisi statue looks wonderful. We could just stand there and quietly pray the prayer of the most beloved saint in whose name our town is named. A laby-rinth has been installed. We could walk it slowly to move toward the center of our life---God---by letting go of certain things and slowly getting back to our lives with a different perspective on life and all that it brings. The area behind the classrooms toward the rectory has been for a long time in a bad, uneven condition. It has all been smoothened to make it safe for school children. The drainage problems in that area have been addressed. God’s blessings in all these works have been bountiful and amazing.

Jubilee Year of Mercy: Are you aware that Pope Fran-cis has declared an Extraordinary Holy Year which will begin on December 08, 2015, the Feast of the Immacu-late Conception, and conclude on November 20, 2016, the Feast of Christ the King? Pope Francis elaborates the theological understanding of God’s mercy, explaining the role of mercy in the life of people and of the Church, who are both the beneficiaries and the witnesses to God’s mercy in the world. “The mercy of God is not an abstract idea, but a concrete reality through which he reveals his love as that of a father or a mother, moved to the very depths out of love for their child,” the Pope writes. “Mercy is the very foundation of the Church’s life,” he continues. “The Church’s very credibility is seen in how she shows merciful and compassionate love.” He recalls that the motto of the Holy Year is “Merciful like the Father.” “Wherever the Church is pre-sent, the mercy of the Father must be evident,” he writes. “Wherever there are Christians, everyone should find an oasis of mercy.”

Practical Suggestions of the Pope for the Year of Mercy: Go on pilgrimage as an “impetus to conver-

sion”; do not judge or condemn but forgive and give, avoiding gossip, envy and jealousy; have a heart open to the fringes of society and bring consolation, mercy and solidarity to people who live in precarious situa-tions; take up the corporal and spiritual acts of mercy with joy; and observe the “24 Hours for the Lord” initi-ative, which encourages prayer and the sacrament of reconciliation, in every diocese during Lent.

Word of God: In Joshua, a choice between serving the Lord and serving the false gods is offered. As for Josh-ua, he will only serve the Lord. Do we have our own little gods that we worship? Which are our idols that take us away from the true God, away from love, fami-ly, faith, and happiness? In the second reading, Paul speaks about the love between Jesus and the Church which is the sort of love a husband and wife have for each other. Love means always dying to self and living for the other. In the gospel, some people cannot accept the teaching of Jesus giving his own body and blood for our eternal life. Jesus wonders if his apostles are going to leave too. However, Peter declares: “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” Again, there is the declara-tion of serving the one true God. We have to get away from all sorts of idols---our comfort zones, pastimes, escapist mechanisms, possessions---to serve God and live in his love. Everything needs perspective in order for us to consider the life with Christ the most essential and central in our lives. Are we ready to keep God at the center and move the other things to their rightful, peripheral positions?

Think About It: “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of them-selves, and wiser people so full of doubts”---Bertrand Russell (1872-1970).

Joke---Jonah and the Whale: One day, a teacher was talking to her first grade class about whales when a lit-tle girl had a question. Little Girl: “Do whales swallow people?” Teacher: “No, even though they are much big-ger than a person, they have throat pleats that filter their food of krill and plankton.” Little Girl: “But Mrs. Thurston says Jonah was swallowed by a whale.” Teacher getting angry: “Blue whales cannot swallow people.” Little Girl: “Well, when I get to heaven I'll just ask Jonah if he was really swallowed by a whale.” Teacher, still red with anger: “What if Jonah went to hell?” Little Girl: “Well, then you can ask him.” Your Friend & Pastor, Father Charles Puthota

Adult and Youth Faith Formation Registration Open

The RCIA (Rite of Christian Ini-tiation of Adults) program is now accepting registrations for the 2015-16 year. Those 16 years of age or older who would

like to become Catholic (having never been bap-tized) or who would like to complete the Sacraments of Initiation (having been baptized into a Christian faith, but not received Communion and/or been con-firmed) are invited to call the Pastoral Center offices at 650-588-1455 and leave their contact information. A member of the RCIA team will follow up with details about the program, which begins in Septem-ber. Registration forms are available in the Pastoral Center.

New and continuing registra-tion is now being accepted for the 2015-16 Faith Formation program. Registration forms may be found on the parish

website www.stveronicassf.com under the “Faith Formation” tab, or may be requested by calling the Faith Formation office at 650-588-1455 ext. 305. Even if your child will be coming back to Faith For-mation in the fall, a 2015-16 registration form is re-quired. Registration forms are also available in Spanish through the Pastoral Center. Please complete your registration process as soon as possible as class sizes are limited. Classes will begin in September, but the summer is needed to order books and supplies and set up the classes. A reminder that preparation for the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation are each two-year programs, beginning no earlier than first grade for Communion and no earlier than 8th grade for Confirmation.

Parish Enrichment Event (Held in the Pastoral Center)

Monday, August 24 at 7:00 p.m. The St. Veronica Book Club will discuss “Sadhana: A Way to God”

by Anthony de Mello.

Newcomers are always welcome! Please call Patti at the parish office to add your name to the

contact list and be notified of upcoming events.

Prayer to Begin a New School Year God of wisdom and might, we praise you for the wonder of our being, for mind, body and spirit. Be with our children as they begin this new school year. Bless them and their teachers and staff. Give them strength and grace as their bodies grow; wisdom and knowledge to their minds as they search for understanding; and peace and zeal to their hearts. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

- from Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers

It is with great joy that we welcome into our church and community the following children who received the Sacrament

of Baptism at our Church on August 15, 2015

Trystiano Morini Abel Fiorentino Peradotto

Donovan Ramon Sainz

Catholic Charities Program Tours - September 2015 Ever wonder how your donations to Catholic Charities are being used? All are invited to tour one or more of the program sites below to see first-hand how contributions are changing the lives of the children, families and individuals served by Catho-lic Charities. Space is limited, so please sign up with Jane Fer-guson Flout at JFergusonFlout@CatholicCharitiesSF.org or 415-972-1227. • Sept. 3, 9:30-10:30 a.m. - OMI Senior Center, SF • Sept. 10, 10:00 a.m.-noon - Refugee and Immigrant Ser-

vices/Behavioral Health Services, San Mateo • Sept. 15, 10:30-noon - St. Vincent School for Boys, San

Rafael • Sept. 22, 3:00-4:00 p.m. - Canal Family Support Program,

San Rafael • Sept. 23, 10:00-11:30 a.m. - Derek Silva Community, SF • Sept. 30, 3:00-5:00 p.m. - Youth Club at St. Francis of

Assisi, East Palo Alto More information about each of these programs can also be found at CatholicCharitiesSF.org.

Reflecting on the Word Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time In John’s Gospel, Jesus’ shocking words about eat-ing his flesh and drinking his blood finally prove to be too much for some of his listeners and they walk away. His followers stay, however, because they believe that no matter how uncomfortable or confused Jesus makes them, he is the one who has the words of everlasting life. There are many of Jesus’ teachings, regarding wealth or family relations or the need to suffer for one’s faith, that might strike us in a similar way, but by faith we hang on and hope for deeper understanding. As understanding of Christ’s Eucharistic presence grew, his words about eat-ing his flesh and drinking his blood undoubtedly became less troubling to them, though no less mysterious. For many people today, Paul’s injunction in the Let-ter to the Ephesians that wives “be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord” is probably more troubling than Jesus’ words in the Gospel. Given the very different place of women in society today and a more egalitarian understanding of marriage, many may be tempted, like Jesus’ hearers in the Gospel, to walk away. They may find it difficult to discern what in Paul’s words is simply a reflection of the time and place in which he wrote and what is of enduring significance. Two points might help. First, Paul’s words are in-tended to help women living in a particular context to understand their lives as wholly dedicated to Christ. His intention is not to call their immediate context into ques-tion, but to call people to faithfulness. Second, Paul says that Christians should be “subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ.” It is not simply wives who should put the interests of their husbands before their own (which is what the command to “be subordinate” means in this case); it is all the followers of Jesus, wheth-er male or female, young or old, servant or master, who should put the interest of others before their own.

For prayerful consideration and discussion

♦ How can I try to put other people’s interests ahead of my own? What would the world look like if every-one did this? - from Living the Word

Baptism Information

Registration forms are available from the Pastoral Center during regular office hours, or

you may download a form from our website at www.stveronicassf.com.

Baptisms are generally celebrated each month on the 1st and 3rd Saturday in English

and the 2nd Saturday in Spanish. Please call the Parish Office for times and to register.

Upcoming baptism dates are as follows: Sept. 5 (1 spot open), 12 (Sp.) & 19 (full) Oct. 3 (1 spot open), 10 (Sp.) & 17 (full)

Nov. 7, 14 (Sp.) & 21

Preparation classes for parents and godparents are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Classes are conducted in the Pastoral Center from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. (Adults only please).

Please call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 for specific dates and to reserve your space for

the Baptismal Preparation Classes.

St. Veronica Parking Lot Guidelines

For the safety and accessibility of all, kindly observe the following parking guidelines: • Please park in lined parking stalls - this leaves the

aisles and fire lanes free and clear for movement around the lot, and makes it easier to see pedestrians.

• Please do not park in fire lanes and designated “no parking” areas - this applies to all red curbs and signed areas, the area surrounding the newly land-scaped area outside the school building, and the side of the church facing El Camino, both along the build-ing and along the fence - this is a fire lane!

• Please park on the basketball courts only as a last re-sort - now that all the parking stalls are easy to see, let’s try parking in lined stalls first. The basketball courts are not designed to support heavy vehicle traf-fic, and the tires and fluids from the vehicles are causing damage to the courts.

• Please observe all handicap parking, ingress and egress signs - by law, designated handicap stalls are for vehicles displaying a valid placard or license plate only. The driveway on Ponderosa Road is “exit on-ly”; the roadway along the El Camino side of the church is “one way” as marked by arrows.

Thank you for your adherence to our parking guidelines. Working together, we will continue to keep our beautiful parking lot and campus safe and accessible for all of our parishioners and guests.

Helping Those Who Help Others

When you stop by the store this week, con-sider buying a couple extra items to donate to our St. Vincent de Paul pantry.

Our parish St. Vincent de Paul pantry is in particular need of the following items, many of which may be purchased at the local dollar stores: macaroni & cheese, cereal, peanut butter, toilet tissue. Any donations are welcome!

Donations for St. Vincent de Paul may be dropped off at the Pastoral Center office during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday.

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Capital Campaign Then & Now

Look at what we have

accomplished together

over the past three years!