- Star of the Sea Catholic Church

A Stewardship Parish
Star of the Sea Church
4420 Geary Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94118 415-751-0450 fax: 415-386-5651 www.starparish.com
April 10th, 2016 Third Sunday of Easter: p253 in Red Missal
Extraordinary Form: Second Sunday after Easter: p631 in Black Daily Missal
Mission preacher
We welcome our mission preacher this
Sunday, Fr. George
Szal, a Marist who
has worked many
years in the missions.
The Marists have run
Notre Dame des Victoires on Bush
Street, and we look forward to hearing
Fr. George’s reports from the missions
today.
Eucharistic Miracles:
Many heartfelt thanks to
Leslie Low and all who
helped bring the Eucharistic Miracles exhibit to
our parish. Hundreds
came to see the miracles
from around the world,
and many will commit
to a weekly holy hour before the Sacrament when we get our chapel up and
running this summer. Thanks also to
those who have given towards the construction of that chapel. See our website
for progress.
Stewardship retreat: Our parish leadership (staff, Parish Council, Finance
Council, Stewardship Committee, and
key volunteers) will be on a Stewardship
Retreat later this month. Please pray for
us!
Weekend Masses
Saturday Vigil 4:30pm,
Sundays 8:00am, 9:30am,
11:30am (Latin), 1:30pm
Adoration
Saturday 9am-4pm,
Tuesday 7-8pm, Every 2nd
Sunday 3:15-4:15
RCIA Sponsors
Our RCIA program is
going gangbusters! 15
people are now preparing for the sacraments next Easter, 8 of
them for baptism. Imagine eight adult baptisms next year! Our
Monday night classes
are a great joy to me,
with lots of warm fellowship, solid Catholic
teaching, and alOur confirmation
ways wine and
class reaches the top
of Mt. Davidson to
cheese. If you
pray!
would like to be a
sponsor, please contact the parish office.
This Week’s Liturgical Lesson: A
tour through the Mass: the Second
Reading. After the Psalm, we hear the
“epistle,” usually from a letter of St. Paul
or St. Peter. Think of these as personal
letters to our own parish from one of the
apostles. A Charlie Brown cartoon once
showed Linus coming home from a Sunday School study of St. Paul’s letters. “I
always feel like I’ve been reading someone else’s mail,” he told his sister. The
Epistle is our mail, a letter to us.
Our pastor’s blog
can be read at
frilloblog.com
Daily Masses
Monday to Friday
7:30am (Latin), 12 noon
Saturday 8:30am
Social Events
Parish BBQ: First Sunday 2pm, Young Adults:
2nd & 4th Fridays 7:30pm
Holy Day Masses
7:30am (Latin), 12 noon,
5:30pm, 7:00pm (Latin with
choir)
Devotions to Jesus
Sacred Heart First Friday
after noon Mass, Divine
Mercy Saturdays at 3pm
Our Parish Mission:
to evangelize God’s
people beginning with
the gift of the Holy
Eucharist.
Fr. Joseph Illo
Administrator
Fr. Vito Perrone
Parochial Vicar
Martin Ford
Operations Manager
Ellen Torkelson
Secretary /HR
Thelma Queri
Secretary / Bookkeeper
Terrence Hanley
School Principal
Jacqueline Paras
Director of Pre-school
Sven Olbash
Director of Music
Dave Lorentz
Music Minister
Mary Ann Eiler
Adult Faith Formation
Lorna Feria
Children Faith Formation
Ed Tobin
Sacristan
Puri Abesamis
Liturgical Minister Coord.
Tim McRitchie
Custodian
Ryan Sebers
President Pastoral Council
Barbara Anderson
President Finance Council
Office Hours: 8:30am4:00pm. Office closed
12:00-12:30 for Mass.
Confessions
15 minutes before every Mass,
Saturday: 3:15-4:15, or by
appointment
Devotions to Mary
Perpetual Help Wednesday
after noon Mass. Fatima First
Saturday after 8:30am Mass
NEWS
The Sunday Scriptures
by Fr. Joseph Illo
Simon do you love me? [Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41,
Revelation 5:11-14, John 21:1-19] “We must obey God
rather than men,” St. Peter tells the Jewish leaders. God is
certainly asking of us things clean contrary to what the
world is demanding of us at this time. The world demands
“tolerance” of evil and falsehood, and God asks us to love in
truth. “Simon,” Jesus asks Peter in the Gospel, “do you love
me more than these?” Do we?
We want to hear from you!
The time is coming to tell us about what you like about our
parish, what concerns you and how we can improve. And in
our upcoming parish survey, you will have just the place to
tell us. Over the next two weeks or so, every registered
household will receive a parish survey. We ask that you take
time to read through it, respond to each question and then
mail it back to the parish office in the return envelope
provided or drop it in the offertory basket. You can also
complete it online through the link found on our parish
website. To help our parish become better and spiritually
stronger, we ask for your feedback. Thank you in advance
for your participation.
Divine Mercy Film
On Sunday May 22nd in the Parish Center Gym at 5:30pm,
we will show a documentary film on the original image of
the Divine Mercy commissioned by St. Faustina on a jumbo
20 foot screen. Hot dogs and pop corn will be available for
sale from the Holy Name Society. After the film, as part of
our Star Speakers Series, the director of the film will give a
presentation on the making of the film and will be available
to answer questions. More information will be available
next week. If you’d like to volunteer in any capacity, please
contact Mariella at [email protected]
Music Notes for this Sunday
Proper: Ego Sum Pastor (I am the Good Shepherd) by
Nethlandish renaissance composter Heinrich Isaac (14501517). Mass parts from the Kyriale, Missa Lux et Origo
Fr. Gaitley, author of “The Divine Mercy, the Second Greatest
Story Ever Told” which is available as on online video course for
free to all parishioners
Free online Divine Mercy
resource for parishioners
Star parishioners are invited to journey with renowned
speaker and author Fr. Michael Gaitley, MIC, as he shares
the dramatic history of God's love and mercy in The
Divine Mercy, the Second Greatest Story Ever Told.
This breathtaking series explores the transformative message
of St. Faustina, the miraculous appearance of Mary at
Fatima, the witness of St. Maximillian Kolbe, and the world
-changing papacy of Pope St. John Paul II. Each Sunday,
a new episode will be released for two weeks of availability.
Access by going to FORMED.ORG. Secret parish code is
DGG4E2 (case-sensitive)
Thanks to all who helped with
the Eucharistic Exhibit!
Thanks to Richard and Pat Bernatchez for coming out
to San Francisco to present this exhibit, to Leslie Low who
hosted our guests and coordinated the event and to all
others who helped out with cooking, moving tables and
spreading the word on this beautiful event.
SCHOOL
Dear Parents and Parishioners,
Father Illo, Father Perrone and I are writing to let you
know about a very important long-term project that is beginning in
our parish and school community.
We are all, of course, aware that we live, work, pray and
attend school in “earthquake country” here in the Bay Area. Most
often we do not give another thought to that reality and we go on
with our daily business. Every so often, however, new information
comes up around an issue, and as a result actions are taken.
With that idea in mind, the Archdiocese of San Francisco
recently provided extensive engineering seismic analysis for all of
our San Francisco Catholic schools. Knowing that all of our schools
were constructed over forty-plus years or more, the archdiocese is
attempting to assist all our schools in setting up long-term goals for
each of the school facilities. Each of our school buildings went
through the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake with little or no damage,
which speaks to the integrity of our facilities for that specific
earthquake. As responsible stewards of our schools’ students,
faculty, and staff, however, we want to strengthen the structures of
our school buildings to increase the safety of all parties in any future
earthquakes.
Over the coming months, each of our San Francisco
Catholic schools will begin to formulate a long-term strategic plan
to address and fund the work that has been noted in the engineering
seismic reports. Once the strategic plans are developed and
finalized, a timeline for the work to begin will then be
proposed. In most cases, we anticipate that the work will take
place over a period of two, three or more years. In order to avoid
interrupting the students’ academic programs during the school
year, we expect that the work can be done during summer
vacations.
Over the next few months, we and our parish and school
committee will be meeting with the engineers to put together our
parish and school strategic plan. We will keep everyone informed
as this plan is being developed, and we certainly welcome your
input and professional advice along the way.
Years ago, the founding parish and school families at every
archdiocesan school pooled together their time, energy and
treasure to establish the strong faith-filled learning environment
each one of your children enjoy today. We know that you, today’s
parish and school families, will again rally around that same goal to
ensure that future generations of students will have the
opportunities that your own children have been given today.
We thank you for your support of Catholic education
over the years and ask that you join us in prayer as we begin this
journey together for our children today and the future generations
of children who will be educated in our Catholic schools here in
San Francisco. Please join us next Wednesday, April 13, at 7:00
pm for our Parent Club meeting to hear more about this exciting
project.
Sincerely, Fr. Joseph Illo , Fr. Vito Perrone, Mr. Terrence Hanley
EVENTS
April 10th Bible Study Sundays after the 11:30am
Latin Mass (so about 1pm). Meets in the parish office.
Bring your own bible!
April 11th Adult Confirmation Class taught by Fr.
Joseph at the Rectory. Meets at 6:30pm until 8pm.
April 12th Bible Study Tuesdays at 3:30pm at the
parish office. Bring your own Bible!
April 12th Open Rectory After Vespers and before
the Holy Hour, you’re invited to our Open Rectory
Potluck at 5:30pm!
April 12th Parish Holy Hour Join us at 7pm in the
Main Church as we pray for the intentions of the parish
and the school.
April 15-17 Shalom Retreat With an emphasis on
inner healing and the Blessed Sacrament. This group
occasionally airs on their television station homilies by Fr.
Joseph Illo. For more information, email
[email protected]
April 16th All Day Adoration As we prepare to open
our Perpetual Adoration Chapel, we currently offer
Adoration all day from 9am until 4pm every Saturday.
April 17th Faith Formation Parents Meeting with
Fr. Joseph Illo Takes place in the auditorium at
10:45pm.
April 22nd Holy Hour Happy Hour Our young adult
program kicks back into gear. We pray a Holy Hour in
the church at 7:30pm followed by fellowship at Steins.
April 23rd All Day Adoration As we prepare to open
our Perpetual Adoration Chapel, we currently offer
Adoration all day from 9am until 4pm every Saturday.
April 23rd Star Outreach Volunteer Opportunity
Times to be determined. Will be serving food to
homeless. For more info, contact Jacqueline at
[email protected]
May 1st Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
May 1st Monthly Parish BBQ Details TBA
May 1st International Rosary and May Crowning
Rosary at 9am in church followed by May crowning.
Bring fresh flowers and rosaries!
May 5th Solemnity of the Ascension Holy Day of
Obligation
May 15th Pentecost The great feast of the Holy Spirit
May 21st-29th Walk or Bike to Worship Week
May 22 Divine Mercy Film and Director’s Cut A
very special presentation on the original image of the
Divine Mercy. More details to come.
For a complete list of events, please visit
www.starparish.com/events
STEWARDSHIP
Pray for the sick and homebound
Fr.John McDermott, Gabriel David, Ron Howes, Leoni Pryor, Mary
Guy, Billy Kennedy, Jenny Chow, Blanca Barahona, Valerie Chicas (4 years
old) , Valerie Abejuro Miller, Toby Goold, Raquel Pasco, Sister Theresa
Grant, Peter Haramis, Jane Reilly, Leslie Weber, Christina G. Piazo, John
Driscoll, Edna Herrera, Miles Sellai (4 years old), David Schiessl, David
Talpas, Joe De Graca, Matthew Nelson, Milagros Nelson, Cecilia
Conway, Sicily Guzman, Nora Sarinas, Peg Leal, Thomas Bolla, Michael
Haring, Anastasia Olbash, David VanSciver, Ben-Hur Palma, Alex Plachutin,
Russ Teft, Michael Hughes, Linda Tam, Mary Acdan, Charde Ford, Chuck
Lamere, James Houghton
We’ve reached 72%
of our AAA goal!
Parish Groups
Altar Society
Thelma Queri 751-0450
Chinese-American Assoc.
Gertrude Lee 752-3611
Filipino-American Assoc. of Star
(FAASTAR)
Estrelle Chan 575-0828
Holy Name Society
Wayne Racek (916) 409-5312
Holy Rosary Sodality
Contact Parish Office
Legion of Mary Meeting
Saturdays at 9:30am in the Parish Office
Star Community Outreach
1st Tuesday 5:30pm at Parish Office
H4 (Young Adults)
Martin Ford (415) 751-0450 x10
12% of Star Parishioners have given to
the AAA. Please help us increase that
to 20%. Give something — even just
$20! Please pick up an AAA brochure
or donate online at
http://www.sfarch.org/aaa
Mass Intentions:
We’re 72% there to making our goal of
$61,208 for the AAA!
Steward Stats
Time: 25 people
consecrated
themselves to
Jesus through
Mary last week
Talent: 72 posters
shown at last
week’s Vatican
Eucharistic
Miracles exhibit.
Treasure: $5800
Given in the
offertory ($4709
offline/ 1091
online)
DAY TIME INTENTIONS
SAT
4/9
8:30
4:30
SUN
4/10
8:00
+Kathryn Kearns
Thanksgiving James
Ines + Family
+Demitrio, Julia, Lauriano Rotor
9:30 +Elma Leonori Desuyo
11:30 +Adelina & Apolonia
Luna Family
1:30 +Hardy Mueller
MON 7:30 +Theresa Lemos
4/11 12:00 +Catherine Chow
TUE
4/12
7:30 Int. Nathan Cho
12:00 +Matias Rubang
WED 7:30 +Marie Claire Kendon
4/13 12:00 +Robert Lo Forti
People checking out the Eucharistic
Miracles Exhibit last week
PARISHIONER REGISTRATION
Please place this in the offertory basket
New Parishioner
Moving, please remove
New Information
Name
Address
THU
4/14
7:30 +Marion&John Depaoli
12:00 +Steve Ladwiniec
Phone
FRI
4/15
7:30 +Maria Cristina Ruiz
12:00 +Ellen Bolla
Email
CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS
Star of the Sea Church #895975
4420 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94118
CONTACT PERSON
Martin Ford
TELEPHONE
415 751-0450
SOFTWARE
MS Publisher 2013
Adobe Acrobat
Windows 8
TRANSMISSION TIME
Wednesday 9:00
SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION
January 31, 2016
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