March 15, 2015 - Our Lady of Loretto Church

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
March 15, 2015
Fourth 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 14 to March 22
BC: Fr.Brian Costello ME: Fr. Manuel Estrada
NH: Fr. Neil Healy
Day
Saturday
Time
Intentions
March 14—March 22
Priest *
9:00am
Amantica Bandoni +
5:00pm Vigil Luisella Giovannacci +
ME
ME
Sunday 3/15
7:30am
9:00am
10:30am
12 Noon
Macario Soto +
Gloria Valls +
Colleen Hautau +
OLL Paarishioners
ME
ME
NH
ME
Monday 3/16
7:00am
9:00am
Mary Ellen McIntyre (L)
Joe Ferraro Family (L) and +
ME
NH
Tuesday 3/17
7:00am
9:00am
Tony Cassamasimo +
Dennis Sullivan +
ME
NH
Wednesday 3/18
7:00am
9:00am
Donald Morrison +
Medeiros and Teixeira Family (L) and +
ME
NH
3/14
May all our deceased
Thursday 3/19
Friday 3/20
7:00am
9:00am
7:00am
9:00am
Bernadette Murphy +
Jospeh Ottolini +
Dominic and Antonette
Millevoi Family (l ) and +
ME
NH
BC
NH
Saturday 3/21
9:00am
Adrian and Pierina Giannini +
5:00pm Vigil Thomas Ryan +
BC
BC
Sunday 3/21
7:30am
9:00am
10:30am
12 Noon
BC
NH
BC
BC
Rosa Staben and Marion Montes +
Sixto and Gloria Yuml +
OLL Paarishioners
Parishioners rest in the
loving arms of God especially:
Elena Turroni
Bernadette Murphy
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, Drago Dolar, Niloo Fatema, Mary Lou Fuette, Thelma
Graves, Fr. Tom Hamilton, Martin Keaney, Bridie Keenan, Jim Lang, Betty McDonald, Mary Ellen McIntyre, Samuel Morris, Judy Nygard, Bob Rowden, Anita Skinner,
Mary Lisette Vazquez
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
frbrian@ollnovato.org Ext.227
Pastor
Rev. J. Manuel Estrada
frmanuel@ollnovato.org 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 3:30pm
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:
church@ollnovato.org
THIS WEEK IN CONFIRMATION AND YOUTH MINISTRY:
Monday, 3/16: Middle School Classes meet in the convent fr om 7-8:30
Thursday, 3/19: OLL YM Game Night! All high school aged teens ar e welcome! 7-8:30pm in the convent.
**Students preparing for First Communion, please remember to meet in the YM office at 6:30pm on your respective class nights.**
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. (annie@ollnovato.org; 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.
MARIN CATHOLIC
FASHION SHOW
The Marin Catholic Parents Association
invites you to join us for “The Great Gatsby”, the school’s annual fundraising and
auction on Saturday March 14, 2015 at the
Marin Civic Center Exhibit Hall in San
Rafael. The luncheon and dinner shows will
feature more than 250 Marin Catholic students on the catwalk,
modeling clothes from local boutiques and stores throughout
Marin.
The luncheon event begins at 10:00 a.m. , with the Marin marketplace filled with unique gift items followed by a luncheon
catered by Il Fornaio and fashion show. The dinner show starts
at 5:00 p.m. and features both silent and live auctions, a sitdown dinner by Il Fornaio, fashion show, live music and dancing. Luncheon tickets are $75.00, dinner show tickets are
$165.00. The MC Marketplace is open to the public and free
from 10:00-3:00 p.m. and is comprised of local vendors including Kathy Kamei designs, Kiki Bean and Beadhead and Lynn
Tallerico designs.
Event sponsors include Hartman Studios, Il Fornaio, Bradley
Real Estate, Bob and Shannon Altman, Mark Michna, DDS,
and Kevin and Christine Sharps.
Online bidding for an array of auction items opens to the public on February 23, 2015 at www.biddingforgood.com/
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
CALL BOB ABELING FOR AN APPOINTMENT
415-328-5789
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.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
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.
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
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].
Helping Hands March Meeting
Change of Date
Because St. Patrick’s Day falls on the 3rd
Tuesday this year, the next meeting of Helping Hands has been moved from March 17 to
WEDNESDAY MARCH 18. Same time and
place…7:00 p.m. in the school library.
Are you interested in joining Helping Hands?
Pick up a brochure in the vestibule and see
what they are all about! All are welcome.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62];
Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11
Tuesday:
Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30
Wednesday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10;
Lk 1:26-38
Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59
Friday:
Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42
Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56
Sunday:
Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16 (procession);
Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24;
Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 — 15:47 [15:1-39]
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997,
International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
LOVE AND DEATH
Unhappy is death
without the love of the Savior;
unhappy is love
without the death of the Savior.
—St. Francis de Sales
This Week at OLL
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Esta semana en OLL
15 Marzo —22 Marzo
March 15— March 22
The Fourth Sunday of Lent
SVDP—Library– 7pm
Our Mother of Perpetual Help—Chapel—6pm
Al-Anon—Convent – 7:15pm
Our Lady’s Prayer Group—Church—7:30pm
Helping Hands—Library– 7pm
Choir Practice– Choir Room—6:30pm
Thurs.
Eucharistic Adoration—Chapel—9:30am—5pm
Fri.
Soup, Salad and Stations
6pm—Parish Hall and Church
Sat.
Cenacle—Chapel—9:30am
Sun.
The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Domingo: Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma
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:
Quinto Domingo de Cuaresma
Ayudar Reunión Manos de marzo
Cambio de fecha
Porque el día de San Patricio cae en el 3er martes de este año, la
próxima reunión de Helping Hands ha sido trasladado desde el
17 de marzo al Miércoles 18 de marzo a la misma hora y lugar ... 7: 00 pm en la biblioteca de la escuela.
¿Estás interesado en formar parte de Helping Hands? Recoge
un folleto en el vestíbulo y ver lo que son todo! Todos son bienvenidos.
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.
LA NUEVA ALIANZA
Cuando el profeta Jeremías creó el término “nueva alianza” hacía algo muy radical. Para el pueblo judío,
sólo había una alianza, la que el Señor Dios había hecho con Israel por medio de Moisés en el Monte Sinaí.
Cuando Jeremías dice que de alguna manera Dios va a reemplazar la antigua alianza con una nueva, seguro
que sus oyentes pensaban que era algo muy atrevido. De ese modo Jeremías es un predecesor de Jesús,
quien, en el Evangelio de Juan se presenta siempre como alguien que reemplaza el pasado, estableciendo el
Reino de Dios de una manera nueva. Y en el pasaje del Evangelio de hoy, Jesús, “la nueva alianza” habla
con el lenguaje del “nuevo mandamiento” de amor cuando menciona el grano de trigo que muere y nuestra
propia muerte al egoísmo para poder resucitar con Cristo. Al finalizar la Cuaresma y al prepararnos a entrar
en la Semana Santa, el grano de trigo que muere es un símbolo excelente del tipo de muerte y autosacrificio
al que los discípulos están llamados, un símbolo de esa nueva alianza escrita en lo más profundo de nuestro
corazón.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
LECTURAS DE HOY
Primera lectura — El Señor hará una nueva alianza con la
casa de Israel. (Jeremías 31:31-34) o Ezequiel 37:12-14.
Salmo — Oh Dios, crea en mí un corazón puro
(Salmo 51 (50)) o Salmo 130 (129).
Segunda lectura — Cristo aprendió obediencia, y los que
ahora le obedecen encuentran en él la salvación eterna
(Hebreos 5:7-9) o Romanos 8:8-11.
Evangelio — Si el grano de trigo cae en tierra y muere, da
mucho fruto (Juan 12:20-33) o Juan 11:1-45
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