Bulletin for July 31, 2016 - Our Lady of the Rosary, Italian National

Welcome to Our Lady of the Rosary Church
Italian National Catholic Parish
1668 State St., San Diego, 92101 l Phone (619) 234-4820 l www.olrsd.org l [email protected]
July 31, 2016
Pastor
Fr. Joseph M. Tabigue, C.R.S.P.
Associate Pastors
Fr. Louis M. Solcia, C.R.S.P.
Fr. Albino M. Vecina, C.R.S.P.
Deacon
Stephen O’Riordan
Mass Times
Daily (Monday - Saturday)
7:30 am - 12:00 pm
Saturday Vigil
5:30 pm
Sunday
7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm
Italian Mass First Sunday 12:00 pm
Holy Days
7:30 am, 12:00 pm, 7:00 pm
2nd Sunday
Gregorian Chant Latin Mass 4:00 pm
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Saturday, August 6th
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our Lady of the Rosary Mission Statement
We, the Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary, are a pilgrim church. Under the mantle of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, we grow as a people of God following Jesus, celebrating the Eucharist, living apostolic service,
continuing faith formation and Marian devotions. We strive to bring the joy of the gospel and imitate Jesus
through compassion, mercy and love, especially for the poor and marginalized. We seek to be faithful
stewards providing a heart and home for all. Our Lady of the Rosary
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We Welcome All Visitors to Our Celebration
While Holy Communion may only be received by prepared Catholics, for our
non-Catholic guests you are welcome to join the line to walk towards the priest
or deacon to receive a special blessing: Simply cross your arms over your
chest to receive a blessing.
Masses for the Week of July 31, 2016
Date for Mass request
Requested by
Saturday July 30
5:30 pm Maria Burzotta
Andrew & Cheryl Asaro
Sunday July 31
7:30 am Francesco Crivello †
Joe & Maria SantaStordo
9:00 am People of the Parish
10:30 am Jennie Chagas †
Daughters
12:00 pm Francesco Crivello †
Anna Maria Buscemi
Monday August 1
7:30 am Emma Olivia Thamer
Daughter
12:00 pm Elizabeth Andrea Sims †
Mom
Rosa Sanfilippo †
John & Pietrina Busalacchi
Tuesday August 2
7:30 am Roger Green †
Mary Ann Tarantino
12:00 pm Angelo Scardina †
Tina & Joe Principato
Antoinette Guidi †
Lia LoCoco
Wednesday August 3
7:30 am Stefano LoCoco
Nick & Sue LoCoco
12:00 pm Calogero (Carlo) Sanfilippo †
Maria Navarra
Maria Jose da Cruz Barros †
The Crivello Family
Thursday August 4
7:30 am Angelo Scardina †
Agatha Principato
12:00 pm Calogero (Carlo) Sanfilippo †
Maria Navarra
Mary Jean Balistreri †
Tina Farace
Friday August 5
7:30 am Isabelita Vallido †
Cornel & Lizza DelaCruz
12:00 pm Brian & Marissa Steele & Family
Dad & Mom
Lupita Fontaine de Maldonado †
Luisa Serena
Saturday August 6
7:30 am Perpetual Membership
12:00 pm Francesco Crivello †
Salvatore & Susan LoCoco
Ben Cruz †
Robert Delaney
5:30 pm Societa del Santo Rosario
Sunday August 7
7:30 am People of the Parish
9:00 am Amelda Yousif
Deacon Stephen & Vickie O’Riordan
10:30 am Jack & Ruth Krasovich
Marybeth Neilson
12:00 pm Ann Wright
Robert Mickle
Pastor’s Corner
“Take care to guard against all greed”
What is greed? According to some definitions of greed in the internet,
Greed is:
1. “intense and selfish desire for
something, especially wealth, power, or
food.” (google)
2. “An excessive desire to acquire
or possess more than what one needs or
deserves, especially with respect to material wealth.”(google)
Many people are falling in love with and
excessively and intensely desire worldly wealth. People are not satisfied with
the wealth that they already have in their
possession. They desire more and more
wealth even to the point of grabbing what
does not belong to them thereby committing evil and operating in evil ways against
their neighbor just to achieve their greedy
desire for wealth.
But Jesus Christ warns us in this Sunday’s gospel that our “life does not consist
in possessions.’ He also said of the man
in love with his riches, ‘this night your life
will be demanded of you; and the things
you have prepared, to whom will they belong?”
St. Paul advises us in our second reading
from his letter to the Colossians that we
should “seek what is above, where Christ
is seated at the right hand of God. Think
of what is above, not of what is on earth”
because as what the Lord Jesus says we
are fool if we store up treasure for ourselves but not rich in what matters to God.
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Sunday, July 31st
Society of Maria Santissima
Lauretana Presents
Mostaccioli and Homemade
Sausage Dinner.
From 11:00 am to 4:00 pm there is a Mostaccioli
and Suasage dinner served by the Society of Maria
Santissima Lauretana. The dinner for adults is $15
and for children is $6. Tickets are sold at the door
in the lower church hall. Come and join us for an
authentic Italian meal.
Prayer Intentions
We are listing the names of those who are sick,
and need prayers.
Remember in your prayers
Pat Land, Lauren Nicole, Steve G.,
Diane House, Jason Williamson
To submit a name of a relative or friend, you may
call the office with the name, or send an e-mail
to [email protected]. Names will remain on the
list for three weeks, unless otherwise requested.
Newly added names are bold.
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Sunday July 31 - Society Lauretana Hosts
Parish Dinner
Mostaccioli and homemade sausage (Salad and
dessert included). Adults $15, Children $6.
Monday August 1 - Padre Pio Mass and Devotion
Rosary starts at 6:35 pm followed by the Mass
at 7:00 pm
Tuesday August 2 - LIA Meeting
Meets in the lower church hall at 8:30 am.
Tuesday August 2 - Lauretana Meeting
Lauretana Society meets in the upper church
hall at 6:30 pm.
Wednesday August 3 - ICF Board Meeting
The ICF meets in the Pastoral Center in the
Padre Pio room at 7:00 pm.
Thursday August 4 - OLR Guild Meeting
The OLR Guild meets between 7:00 pm to 9:00
pm.
Friday August 5 - Catholic Night at Petco Park
Join us for the 2nd Annual Catholic Night at
Petco Park.
Visit the parish’s website for the complete calendar.
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Festa 2016 is Coming!!!
Festa 2016 will be on October 2, 2016. This is one of the best
annual events at our parish. This year, Bishop McElroy will
celebrate Mass in Amici Park.
Each year our expenses increase for this event. So this year we
our asking for benefactors to underwrite various costs related to
the event. These benefactors will be acknowledged in the program,
or you may remain anonymous.
Below are the opportunities. If you are interested, contact Father
Joe or Bill Smirniotis, the Business Manager, to discuss your
interest. Any portion of an opportunity will also be appreciated.
Festa 2016 Opportunities
Amici Park Tent (Five Donors)
Worship Aids/Programs
High School Bands (Three Donors)
Sound Systems
Safety Equipment
Golf Cart for Father Louis
Festa Supporters (Unlimited Donors)
$1,000 each
$1,000
$500 each
$750
$250
$200
$100 each
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Adopt a Dream Project
The Our Lady of the Rosary Stewardship Committee is inviting each parishioner to join
us in partnering with Father Joe’s Villages to adopt a family or adopt a teen this summer.
The Stewardship Committee strives to develop and sustain a culture of actively engaged
disciples of Jesus Christ, committed to a stewardship way of life. We are continually
striving to build a vibrant community in which every parishioner is invited to play an
active role. Guided by the Holy Spirit, we believe that together we can make a difference
in this community and in the world.
Adopt a Family
Some of the homeless who have gone through the program at Fathers Joe’s are offered supportive permanent
housing at the end of their stay. Coming off the street they often have very little when moving in to their new
homes. By adopting a family we can help them furnish their new homes, room by room.
Adopt a Teen
The Toussaint Academy for Homeless Teens supports homeless and runaway children, ages 14 to 18.
Toussaint prepares young people to develop a sense of self-worth and a connection to the community. In
addition The Academy trains teen’s skills towards future employment.
How to Help:
Visit the display in the back of the church and pick up a pre-printed donation slip. Return your donation to
the same
Where to leave donations:
Donations will be collected through Sunday, August 14, 2016.
Sunday: Please leave donations at the back of the church by the baptismal font.
Monday - Friday: Please leave donations at the OLR pastoral office which is open 9:00 AM - 12:00 and 1:00
PM - 4:00 PM.
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BACKGROUND OF THE LITURGY
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Very likely most of us live as if there will always be a “tomorrow.” True, when we get up in years, we begin to
think that maybe —’just maybe — we aren’t going to be around on this earth forever. But we still cling to the
thought that there will always be a tomorrow.
We may buy life insurance, but we seem to be convinced that it will never be needed. We plan for retirement,
but not for ultimate retirement. But what if ... what if there won’t be a tomorrow? Back in the “Cold War” days,
we were, perhaps, a bit more sober. We lived with the threat of nuclear war in the back of our minds. But even
then we didn’t much think it would happen. And it didn’t.
After 9/11 many of us were truly scared. We didn’t fly much. We didn’t travel abroad much. We wondered
about terror. Churches were filled with worshippers, just, as they were during World War II days. But it wore
off. Even though there is still the threat of terror, we somehow think “it couldn’t happen here ... to us.”
Without imparting morbid fear, today’s liturgy invites us to consider that this world is not the only one. There
will be an end. We aren’t going to be on this earth forever. And, if this is true, we should make our plans
accordingly.
There is an old cliche in the spiritual life: “Remember your last end, and you will never sin.” If we really thought
that today is the last day we have on earth we certainly would strive to live in expectation of Judgment. That
means repentance for the past, and living for God in the present, and avoiding sin at all costs.
Our first reading is taken from a famous passage in Ecclesiastes. This book has been called the most
depressing and fatalistic book in the Bible. We need to remember that there is very little notion of “life after
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death” in the Old Testament. For most of the time
in the Hebrew experience, it was thought that the
deceased, if there was any survival at all, went to
an uncomfortable place called “Sheol.” It was the
abode of the dead. It was not a happy time.
We liken “Sheol” to the experience we’ve all had
in waking up from a deep, deep sleep. When we
first wake up, we are weak; we don’t know who
we are, where we are, what century it is. That’s
like Sheol: it’s the place of weak “spirits.”
If the author of Ecclesiastes writes from this
context, it is easy to imagine his depression:
“Vanity, of vanities, and all is vanity.” You work
hard all your life, and for what? You die. You don’t
get to enjoy the fruit of your labor. You leave to
someone who didn’t work the fruit of your hard
labor. Vanity! What’s the sense in working at all?
In Hebrew times, God’s people began to
concentrate on an expected Messiah. They
developed the ideas that, when the Messiah
came, everything would be instantly perfect.
There would be no more sickness or suffering, no
death. There would be perfect justice and peace.
Evildoers would be punished, and the righteous
would be rewarded with glory, it would be unjust
of God not to allow the righteous of the past ( who
had died) a share in such joy. Therefore, they
developed the idea that, when the Messiah came,
the righteous dead would rise! That was the
beginning of the notion of happy life after death.)
The gospel echoes the first reading and goes
beyond it. The gospel passage was occasioned
by a person who wanted his brother to give him
the share of their inheritance. Jesus uses the
occasion to condemn avarice and greed in every
form.
The parable is of a man who lived only for this
world. In his prosperity, he cared nothing for
anyone else. When he had an abundant harvest,
he would simply build bigger and better barns. He
forgets that he will die.
In the parable, he dies that very night. And what,
then, happens to all his wealth? It is vanity. But
notice the step beyond Ecclesiastes: it is vanity
for not living for God. For, if you live for God, you
will experience a merciful, joyful judgment. If you
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live for yourself, you bring condemnation and
suffering on yourself.
The point is: how are you going to live your life?
Suppose this is the only day you have, how will
you live it? It is healthy spirituality to live each day
for the Lord. If we strive each day to live to the
best of our ability according to the Lord’s ways,
we shall never be anxious, frustrated, or troubled
by tomorrow - whether we live for many years.
The second reading might be accommodated
to this theme: you have been raised with Christ
in your baptism. Therefore, seek the things of
heaven. By your baptism, you were consecrated
as a child of God, temple of the Spirit, member
of Christ’s own Body. You were empowered and
commissioned to live according to that dignity.
For this reason, the baptized person can never
live as if this world is the only one.
We must always live in hope and expectation
of eternity. The epistle goes on to state what
we must avoid and put to death: any impurity,
avarice, greed, and so on. Paul calls these things
“idolatry.” For, when we give in to the sins of the
flesh, we equivalently worship them as gods. We
have become a new person, a new creation in
Christ through baptism.
Let us always live in that context. This world will
end. It may be soon. We have been called to
share God’s glory. May everything we think, say,
and do always be directed toward our eternal
goal.
Our Lady’s Gifts
Located in the
Pastoral Center building.
Enter from parking lot.
Monday - Wednesday: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday:
10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday: 8:30 am - 2:00 pm
(619) 234-0162 ~ [email protected]
Our Lady of the Rosary
Reconciliation (Confession)
Saturdays 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm,
Weekdays 11:30 am to 12:00 pm
30 minutes prior to each Mass (approach the
altar and ask the priest).
Parish Office: 1629 Columbia St., San Diego 92101
Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 12:00 pm; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Phone: (619) 234-4820 ~ Fax: (619) 234-3559
Devotions
Associate Pastors
Fr. Louis M. Solcia, C.R.S.P.
Fr. Albino M. Vecina, C.R.S.P.
[email protected]
Sacred Heart Devotion
1st Friday at 7:30 am
Blessed Mother Devotion
1st Saturday at 7:30 am
Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion
Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Goretti Mass & Devotion
1st Friday at 6:30 pm
St. Padre Pio Devotion
1st Monday of the month at 6:30 pm
Baptism
For registered parishioners. Parents and
godparents must attend a Baptism class, held
on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the Month, 6:30 8:00 pm. Baptisms are done on the 1st Sunday
of the month. Register online.
Matrimony
Notice is required nine months in advance and
before any other arrangements are made (i.e.
hall rental, invitation printing, etc). Contact the
office.
Eucharist for the Homebound/Sick
Contact the office to schedule receipt of
Eucharist at home.
CCD/Children’s Faith Formation
K - 7th Grade Classes are held Sundays, 9 – 11
AM. First Holy Communion is 1st and 2nd grades
Confirmation is 8th and 9th grades. (Please
consult Pastor about special circumstances.)
R.C.I.A (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
Instructions for Adults desiring to receive the
Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy
Eucharist meet Tuesdays at 7:00 pm in the
Downstairs Hall from September to Pentecost.
Pastor
Fr. Joseph M. Tabigue, C.R.S.P.
[email protected]
Deacon
Stephen O’Riordan
[email protected]
Business Manager
Bill Smirniotis
[email protected]
For bulletin announcements, accounting, Mass
requests, funerals, or general information: Call the
office or email [email protected]
Sacrificial Giving for July 24
Plate $ 2,812
Envelopes $ 5,744
Online $ 1,577
Total Sunday Collection $10,133
Building fund $720
Readings for the Week of July 31, 2016
Sunday: ECCL 1:2, 2:21-23; COL 3:1-5, 9-11; LK
12:13-21
Monday: JER 28:1-17; MT 14:13-21
Tuesday: JER 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; MT 14:22-36
Wednesday: JER 31:1-7; MT 15:21-28
Thursday: JER 31:31-34; MT 16:13-23
Friday: NA 2:1,3,3:1-3, 6-7; MT 16:24-28
Saturday: DN 7:9-10; 13-14; 2 PT 1:16-19
Next Sunday: WIS 18:6-9; HEB 11:1-2, 8-19; LK
12:32-48
Please, Come to Church Dressed Appropriately!
To be modestly and tastefully dressed is a sign of respect for God, for our selves, and for others. It’s a false
assumption that God does not care how we dress. Jesus told us, “Whatever you do to the least of my
brothers, you do it to me.” If our attire is indecently provocative (short shorts, strapless, backless, spaghetti
strap dresses/tops, or displaying cleavage), displaying unwholesome graphics (skulls, advertisements,
scantly clad people) or tattered, it becomes offensive to our brothers and sisters who are worshipping the
Lord and therefore offensive to God’s Majesty. Ask this question: “Would you dress this way before God?”
You are! He sees everything and you are in His house.