May 11 - St. Veronica Catholic Parish

Fourth Sunday of Easter & Mother’s Day
Madonna and Child by Orazio Lomi Gentileschi, 1563-1639
May 11, 2014
St. Veronica Church
Established 1951
434 Alida Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Fax: 650-588-1481
www.stveronicassf.com
Phone: 650-588-1455
St. Veronica Parish
Mass Intentions
WEEK of May 11, 2014
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. Rafael de Avila, Parochial Vicar
Fr. Don Sharp, S.J., Weekend Assistant
Fr. Al Grosskopf, S.J., Weekend Assistant
Sun
05/11 6:45
8:00
9:30
11:00
12:30
6:00
† Celedonio & Rosita Ybañez
† Luiza & Daniel de Sousa
† Emmanuel & Josephine Borg
† Mr. & Mrs. Anthony P. Gomes
People of St. Veronica
† Griselda Avalos
Mon 05/12 6:30 † Karen Dayrit
8:30 Mothers Living or Deceased
Tue
05/13
6:30
8:30
Jomar Tongol
Mothers Living or Deceased
Wed 05/14 6:30
8:30
Chris Beaudry
Mothers Living or Deceased
Thu
05/15
Deacon Roger Beaudry
Deacon Joseph LeBlanc
Fri
05/16 6:30 † Ador Paner
8:30 Mothers Living or Deceased
Ms. Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary
Sat
Mrs. Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation &
Wedding Coordinator Ext.305
05/17 8:30 Mothers Living or Deceased
5:00 † Mary Isonio
Sun
05/18 6:45 Mothers Living or Deceased
8:00 † Lizia Azzopardi
9:30 † Dean Allen Drablos
11:00 † Alejandro Laguador
12:30 People of St. Veronica
6:00 Vivencia Rubio Labarinto
Mr. Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director
650-588-1455 Ext. 308
St. Veronica Catholic School
www.saintveronicassf.org
Phone: 650-589-3909
Mrs. Kathryn Lucchesi
Principal
Mrs. Geninne Ruegg
Vice Principal
2015 Mass Intentions Now Available!
Mass intentions for 2015 are now being accepted in
the Pastoral Center office. Kindly observe the
following guidelines when reserving Masses:
Intentions are taken on a first-come, first-served
basis
 Only 4 intentions may be made during one visit
 Intentions are to be made in person at the Pastoral Center during regular office hours (see above
for times)
 Intentions are limited to one name per Mass
with the exception of those made for a wedding
anniversary

6:30 † Carmelita Morales
8:30 Mothers Living or Deceased
Reflecting on the Word
On the whole, no one likes being described as “sheeplike.” It conveys a tendency to follow the herd and an inability
to think or care for oneself. Rightly or wrongly, we think of
sheep as needing far more care and protection than, for example, cattle, as well as a tendency to wander. As the second
reading says, “you had gone astray like sheep.”
This might or might not be a fair assessment of actual
sheep, but it is not the aspect of sheep that today’s Gospel
reading focuses on. While the vulnerability of sheep to theft
and harm is mentioned, it is their ability to distinguish the
shepherd’s voice from the voice of strangers that Jesus emphasizes. Rather than dull creatures who will follow whomever
happens to come along, sheep are presented as discerning listeners, attuned to the voice of their master, able to tell the true
shepherd from the thief who “comes only to steal and slaughter
and destroy.”
When Christians are called on to look to Jesus as their
shepherd, and thus to think of themselves as sheep, they are
not being asked to succumb to an unthinking herd mentality,
but to listen discerningly to the call of Christ. God wants us to
come to know the voice of Jesus, so that we will not mistake it
for other voices.
- from “Living the Word”
Parish Office email: churchoffice@stveronicassf.com
ON THE HORIZON
Mass Schedule
Saturdays: 8:30AM & 5:00PM
Sundays: 6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00AM,
and 12:30PM
Spanish Mass: Sundays at 6:00PM
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
 May 17: Capital Campaign Spring Gala
 May 26: Memorial Day, Office Closed - one Mass
at 8:30 a.m.
 June 7: Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, 6 p.m. in
the Parish Center
 June 21: Filipino Dinner-Dance benefitting the
Capital Campaign
Pray for our Beloved Deceased
In your prayers this week, please remember the repose of
the souls of our deceased parishioners, especially:
Giovanna DeMarco - died April 20, 2014
Parish Registration
“Eternal Rest Grant Unto Her, O Lord . . .”
Please complete and return form to the parish office,
or simply drop it in the collection basket.
Kindly print all information
Welcome New Parishioners!
Our parish continues to be blessed and enriched
by the presence of new parishioners:
Name(s): ____________________________________
Name(s): ____________________________________
Address: ____________________________________
___________________________________________
City & Zip: ___________________________________
Phone: ______________________________________
E-mail: _____________________________________
Jeffrey, Maria & Noah Caylao
Keith & Leswin Dsouza
Alexander, Jonnalyn & Mateo Randall
Aida R. Tapang
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.
Primary language spoken at home: ________________
Updating Current Parish Registration
Envelopes received in the First Collection:
April 19 & 20:
April 26 & 27:
May 03 & 04:
Moving / Please remove from mailing list.
___This is a new registration
Please call me.
360
272
290
If you currently receive envelopes but do not use them, please
prayerfully consider including your donation in the collection basket.
Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works.
Day
Mass Time
1st Collection
Maintenance
Totals
Saturday
05/03/14
8:30PM
1150.00
221.00
1371.00
Sunday
05/04/14
6:45AM
1024.00
182.00
1206.00
8:00AM
1519.00
275.00
1794.00
9:30AM
1537.00
217.00
1754.00
11:00AM
939.00
217.00
1156.00
12:30PM
898.00
195.00
1093.00
6:00PM
289.00
168.00
457.00
265.00
n/a
265.00
$7,621.00
$1,475.00
$9,096.00
Spanish Mass
Other Mass Donations
TOTALS:
From the Pastor’s Desk
Dear Parishioners,
Easter Season: As this glorious and resplendent season
continues, we can keep just one thought, one conviction,
in our minds and hearts: Jesus is with us. Even though he
lived over 2000 years ago and died, he rose from the dead.
He lives! He is present in our life today. At Christmas
time, we celebrated the Emmanuel, God-with-us. Now at
Easter time, that sense of God being with us deepens,
through our trials and sufferings, into an abiding conviction that the Risen Christ is always with us: “I will be with
you always, even to the end of time.” I hope you are enjoying this season with family and friends. On the journey
of life, we are not alone. Jesus the Risen One is walking
and talking with us.
Here are a few quotes to get you thinking more about
Easter: “Easter is the demonstration of God that life is
essentially spiritual and timeless.” -- Charles M. Crowe;
“Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and
new life.” -- Janine di Giovanni; “On Easter Day the veil
between time and eternity thins to gossamer.” -- Douglas
Horton; “Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, ‘Christ is risen’, but ‘I shall
rise’.” -- Phillips Brooks; “Do not abandon yourselves to
despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our
song.” – St. John Paul II
Mother’s Day: On the occasion of Mother’s Day, may I
have the honor of wishing all the mothers, grandmothers,
and great grandmothers at St. Veronica a Happy and Beautiful Mother’s Day? Thank you for being mothers. Thanks
to you, we understand what it is to love, nurture, share,
and be selfless. Here’s something to laugh out loud!
Lessons from my mother:
My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL
DONE: “If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I
just finished cleaning.”
My mother taught me LOGIC: “Because I said so, that's
why.”
My mother taught me MORE LOGIC: “If you fall out of
that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the
store with me.”
My mother taught me FORESIGHT: “Make sure you wear
clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.”
My mother taught me IRONY: “Keep crying, and I'll give
you something to cry about.”
My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM: “Will
you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!”
My mother taught me about STAMINA: “You'll sit there
until all that spinach is gone.”
My mother taught me about WEATHER: “This room of
yours looks as if a tornado went through it.”
My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY: “If I told you
once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!”
My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE: “I brought
you into this world, and I can take you out.”
My mother taught me about BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION: “Stop acting like your father!”
My mother taught me about ENVY: “There are millions of
less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do.”
My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION: “Just wait
until we get home.”
My mother taught me about RECEIVING: “You are going
to get it when you get home!”
My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE: “If you don't
stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that
way.”
My mother taught me ESP: “Put your sweater on; don't
you think I know when you are cold?”
My mother taught me HUMOUR: “When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me.”
My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT:
“If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.”
My mother taught me GENETICS: “You're just like your
father.”
My mother taught me about my ROOTS: “Shut that door
behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?”
My mother taught me WISDOM: “When you get to be my
age, you'll understand.”
And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE:
“One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just
like you.”
Pastoral Council: Last Monday May 05th the Pastoral
Council of our parish met. Present at the meeting were:
Rich Garbarino, John Wildermuth, David Collins, Karen
Guglielmoni, Deacon Joe LeBlanc, Father Rafael de Avila, and myself. Three could not make it. We shared our
thoughts about parish life. We talked about the Archbishop’s visit in December, the Capital Campaign, and the
Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. We interacted about the
quality of life---social, spiritual, academic---in the parish.
These three aspects cover a lot of the ministries we do in
the parish. A barbecue was suggested. Wouldn’t it be
wonderful for us to do a parish barbecue each year? We
also talked about how we can make the spirit of Pope
Francis alive in our parish. A special email address is going to be set up for anyone to pass on comments and suggestions. You may also share your thoughts about our parish life with any of the pastoral council members. Our next
pastoral council meeting is going to be on September 15th.
Happy Easter Season! Happy Mother’s Day!
Your Friend & Pastor,
Father Charles Puthota
We offer our heartfelt congratulations and ask for God’s continued blessings on the children
of St. Veronica Faith Formation who received First Communion on Saturday, May 3, 2014
Anabelle Acosta
Robert Hale
Valentina Rodriguez
Briana Acuna
Adrienne Janier
Mikyla Sael
Iliana Acuna
Brisa Jimenez
Alaiyah San Juan
Atiyana Alvarez-Oviedo
Cristian Jimenez
Santiago Santamaria
Josephine Alvarez-Oviedo
Michael Jimenez
Jason Tidwell
Camila Arellano
Sara Leiva
April Tuason
Ritz Bautista
Alyssa Liquete
Darren Tuason
Katrina Blancas
Finley Liquete
Gino Turner
Damien Brenner
Sean McDonnell
Evan Viana
Jaden Camaya
Jonard Millena
Derek Williams
Keani Cervantes
James O’Leary
Matthew Woo
Faith David
Ellen Paguntalan
Serene Woo
Gian Dee-Hoskins
Anthony Rael
Ileana Wood
Lance Dee-Hoskins
Michael Riordan
Save the Date!!!
St. Veronica’s 6th Annual
Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
Rolling out the Red Carpet for our
“A-List” Volunteers
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Beginning at 5:00 p.m. Mass
and continuing with dinner
in the Parish Center
Ministry coordinators and
the Parish staff will be
contacting volunteers or
volunteers may RSVP by
calling the Pastoral Center
at 650-588-1455.
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 Saturday, May 3, 2014
Noah Atlas Caylao
Nia Madison Louie
Mateo Alexander Randall
May Book and Movie Events!
The next meeting of the St. Veronica Movie Club
will be Thursday, May 22, at 1:00 p.m. in the Pastoral Center. “Ladies in Lavender” (2004), with a
runtime of 104 minutes, will be shown.
The next meeting of the St. Veronica Book Club will be
Monday, June 2, at 7:00 p.m. in the Pastoral Center.
“The Road Less Traveled” by M. Scott Peck, M.D. will
be discussed.
Newcomers are always welcome!
Please call the Pastoral Center to sign up and receive
further information.
MISA DOMINICAL EN ESPAÑOL
De esta manera la parroquia de Santa Verónica quiere prestar un servicio pastoral a la comunidad latina presente en el área de Sur San
Francisco.
Con esto se pretende que la comunidad latina
participe de una manera más significativa
en la vida parroquial.
FRECUENCIA: Todos los domingos del año.
HORA: 6:00 PM.
BAUTISMOS EN ESPAÑOL
Los bautismos en español se llevan a cabo el segundo sábado de
cada mes.
La plática preparatoria para el bautismo se lleva a cabo el mismo día
del bautismo. Esto es, se da la plática e inmediatamente después se
tiene la ceremonia del sacramento del bautismo.
FRECUENCIA: Sábado segundo de cada mes
HORA: 11:00 AM
PLÁTICA: Antes de la ceremonia del bautismo.
Para mayor información llamar a la oficina. Tel: 650 588-1455
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 celebrated on the 1st and 3rd
Saturday (English) and 2nd Saturday
(Spanish) of each month. Please call the
Parish Office for times and to register.
May 10 (S-full), 17
June 7, 14 (S-full), 21 (full)
July 5 (full), 12 (S), 19
August 2, 9 (S), 16
September 6, 13 (S), 20
October 4, 11 (S), 18
Preparation classes for parents and godparents are held monthly on Tuesdays as noted:
May 13
June 10
July 8
August 12
September 9
October 14
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
to reserve your space for the Baptismal
Preparation Classes.
From the Archdiocese of
San Francisco
The Young Adult Ministry
Needs to Hear from You!
The Archdiocese of San Francisco
invites all adults 18-40 years of age,
married and single, to attend one of
the “listening sessions” we will be
holding across the Archdiocese on Sundays in April and
May. These are opportunities for you to share what your
experience of Church has been like and what types of
activities and events you would like us to offer. Your
involvement and feedback will help us determine where
we put our time and energy this upcoming year.
The listening sessions will be held at the following times
and locations:
 May 18th at Noon at St. Matthew Parish in Ward
Hall next to the Auditorium, Notre Dame Ave. and El
Camino, San Mateo
 May 18th at 6:00 p.m. at St. Raphael Parish in the
Kennedy Room, 1104 Fifth Ave., San Rafael
For more information or if you have any questions,
please contact Angela Pollock at 415-614-5595 or
PollockA@sfarchdiocese.org.
If you would like to submit your ideas or feedback but
are unable to attend one of the listening sessions, please
feel free to email St. Veronica’s office at
churchoffice@stveronicassf.com and your comments will
be forwarded to the Archdiocese.
For You to Color
Capital Campaign Update - May 2014
The figures are being tallied!
Dozens of Legacy Item orders were
received in the past couple of weeks. The
new total of available funds for Phase II
is being calculated.
Stay tuned for the update as we move closer to the groundbreaking
of Phase II this summer!
Thanks to everyone who has ordered bricks and tiles.
A member of the Capital Campaign committee will be
contacting all donors between now and May 18 to confirm
the inscription on your Legacy items.
If you missed the deadline for ordering your brick or tile,
please call the Pastoral Center Office ASAP to find out if late
orders are still being accepted.
St. Veronica Spring Gala
When: Sat., May 17
Where: Basque Cultural Center
Cost of dinner: $50 per person
(adults only please) for either
chicken, veal roast or vegetarian
entrée
Includes: salad, soup, entrée, dessert/coffee and
$25 in casino chips
Games offered: Craps, Roulette, Poker &
Blackjack
RSVP: To the Parish or School Office by turning in the form found on our parish website,
www.stveronicassf.com. Reservation forms are
also available at the Pastoral Center.
For more information, contact: Adriana Azar
at adrianaazar@sbcglobal.net