THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD May 8, 2016

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
May 8, 2016
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
Mass Intentions
May 7 to May 15
BC: Fr. Brian Costello ME: Fr. Manuel Estrada
NH: Fr. Neil Healy TD: Bishop Thomas Daly
Day
Time
Intentions
Priest
Saturday 5/7
9:00am
5:00pm
7:00pm
Sue Shirley +
Henry Yee +
Leslie Arguello (L)
NH
TD
ME
Sunday 5/8
8:00am
10:00am
12 Noon
Sue Maino +
Margaret McNern +
OLL Parishioners
NH
BC
ME
Monday 5/9
9:00am
Neil Battaglia +
ME
Tuesday 5/10
9:00am
Monsignor Fred Bitanga +
NH
Wednesday 5/11
9:00am
Helping Hands Members (L) and +
BC
Thursday 5/12
9:00am
Mike Doolittle +
NH
Friday 5/13
9:00am
Alberta Salinas +
ME
Saturday 5/14
9:00am
5:00pm
7:00pm
Ed Lockwood Family (L)
Teodoro Quinban +
OLL Parishioners
NH
BC
ME
Sunday 5/15
8:00am
10:00am
12 Noon
Margaret DeMartini (L)
Aida Dora Hidalgo +
For Our Parish Priests
BC
NH
ME
May all our deceased
Parishioners rest in the
loving arms of God.
Please pray for our parishioners who are sick and suffering
that they may know the embrace of Christ’s healing love.
Margaret Bohan, Adita Claire, Jesse Fuette, Fr. Dustin Gorell, Pete Hanley, Jean
Holt, Sharon Kielty, Marjorie Lane, Tom Martinez, Julia Matos, Sal Miceli, Wanda
Mower, Dalton O’Sullivan, Alice Rosaire, Arlene Schober, Paula and Dan Stilling,
Mary Stryker, Jeannia Trujillo, Vince Unsinn, Niloo Vahid, Cathy Westover
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.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
Mary, on this day when we honor all mothers, we turn to you. We thank
the Lord whom you serve for the great gift of motherhood. Never has it been known
that anyone who sought your intercession was left unaided by grace. Dear Mother,
thank you for your "Yes" to the invitation of the angel which brought heaven to
earth and changed human history. You opened yourself to God's word and the
Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.
Dear mother, intercede for all of our mothers. Ask your Divine Son to give them
the grace of surrendered love so that they could join with you in giving their own
"Fiat." May they find daily strength to say yes to the call to the sacrificial love- the
very heart of the vocation of motherhood. May their love and witness be a source of
great inspiration for all of us called to follow your Son.
On this Mothers day, Mother of the Word Incarnate, pray for us who have
recourse to you.
In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Rev. Brian Costello
[email protected] Ext.227
Mass Times
Pastor
Monday—Friday 9:00 am
Rev. J. Manuel Estrada
[email protected] EXT 230
Parochial Vicar
Saturday 9:00am
5:00 pm (Vigil Mass)
7:00 pm (Spanish Vigil Mass)
Rev. Neil Healy
In Residence EXT 233
Sunday 8:00 am, 10:00 am,
12 Noon Spanish Mass
Rev. Mr. Alex Madero, Deacon
Patrick Reeder EXT. 234
Parish Manager
Eucharistic Adoration
Every Friday
9:30am-5:00 pm
Office Staff
Erin Troy EXT. 222
Allen Shirley EXT. 236
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday3:00pm-4:00pm
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
Sandro Garcia Grades 1-3
en Espanol
415-897-2171
Annie Troy, Dir. Youth Ministry
and Confirmation
415-897-2171 ext.277
PRIEST EMERGENCY NUMBER
415-301-0514
Rosary
Monday—Thursday after
9am Mass and 5:30pm
Friday after 9am Mass and at 5pm
Sunday at 3:00pm
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:
[email protected]
Dear Friends,
As I mentioned in my Pastor’s Letter two weeks ago, a lot is going on around
here as the school year comes to a close.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all our OLL Mom’s. Today is your special day. I hope it is a good
one for all of you.
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Today’s 2nd Collection is for Catholic Charities. Catholic Charities does a lot of good in this
Archdiocese, especially with the poor and homeless. Please be as generous as you can with
this once a year collection. Thanks!
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I am planning a pilgrimage to Rome for Mother Teresa’s Canonization on September 4th.
We would be leaving SFO on August 31st and would be coming back on September 10th.
Besides Rome, we would be going to a number of different holy sites in Italy, including Assis and Loretto. If interested, please give me a call at the Rectory.
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During this Holy Year of Mercy, the Pope has asked us to set aside one day for adoration of
the Blessed Sacrament. I was thinking of doing this beginning on Monday, June 20th, with
the 9am Mass and ending it on Tuesday, June 21st, again, with the 9am Mass. I am doing
this on the day summer begins, the shortest night of the year. If interested in being adorers,
especially during the night time hours please let me know.
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CYO is a great program we have here at OLL which allows our young people to participate
in sports. One of the rules we have is that the family belong to a church and the young person is in religious instruction. Sounds fair to me, but there are a few parents who are challenging this rule. CYO doesn’t ask much, but the little they do ask, some parents have a
problem. Sad to say, this would never have happened when I was growing up.
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Al & Pat Olivier will be moving to Southern California, in the next few weeks, to be closer
to their daughter. Al & Pat have been parishioners here since 1963. I hate to see good people like Al & Pat leave. I thank them for their many years of service to OLL and wish them
nothing but the best in their new home.
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Lastly, this is a long overdue thank you to all who made our Easter Celebrations so special
this year. Thank you, Altar Society, for the beautiful flowers and decorations. Thank you
Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, Servers, and Ushers. Without you, we would not have had
an Easter. Last but not least, I want to thank our Choir, especially Rich Elliott. You have
never sounded better! Your wonderful music made Easter that much more special for me
and the parish. Thank you for being the best choir in all of Marin County.
Happy Ascension!
Happy Mother’s Day!
Father Brian
Our Lady of Loretto will once again be donating
to Get On The Bus this Mother’s Day and Fathers Day. Get On The Bus offers free transportation for the children and their caregivers to
the prison.
Each child is provided a travel bag, a photo with
his or her parent, and meals for the day
(breakfast, snacks, lunch at the prison, and dinner). On the trip home, a teddy bear with a letter
from their parent and post-event counseling.
Get On The Bus is a program of The Center for
Restorative Justice Works, a non profit organization that unites children, families and communities separated by crime and the criminal justice system.
Golf News: Sponsorship and Reservation
forms are now available
at all church exits for
OLL’s 12th Annual
Youth Ministry Golf
Tournament on June
23rd at Indian Valley Golf Club. We look
forward to your joining us on the course,
as a sponsor, or at the dinner in the church
hall following the tournament. For more
information, visit ollnovato.org.
Thank you!
Calendar Reminders from Parish
Religious Education Gr. 1-6:
May 16: 4pm Closing Mass and Ice Cream
Social (THANK YOU KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS FOR HOSTING!)
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
CONTINUALLY
PRAISING GOD
In both the first reading and
the Gospel we are told about
Christ’s glorious ascension into
heaven. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians reminds us that Christ has
been seated at God’s right hand
in heaven, above every choir of angels. There might
be a temptation to stay at an awed distance from Jesus Christ. However, the tone of today’s readings is
far from that temptation. The tone is exultant and the
message is urgent. We are to be his witnesses, and
the Gospel describes the first witnesses this way:
“[W]ith great joy . . . they were continually in the
temple praising God” (Luke 24:53).
How can we continually praise God? The answer
can be found in the second reading, in which Paul
prays that God will give us a “Spirit of wisdom and
revelation” in order to know Christ clearly
(Ephesians 1:17). We cannot stand at a distance. We
are to be enlightened and empowered.
MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH
TODAY!!!!!
8:30am to 12 Noon
Cost is $8 per person or $20 for families, it’s
the best deal in town!
MENU (Buffet Style): ALL Included
Crab Benedict
Pancakes
Scrambled Eggs
Fresh Fruit
Free Mimosas
Orange Juice
Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate
Proceeds Benefit:
OLL Boy Scout Council
This Week at OLL
May 8—May 15
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
Helping Hands Prayer Group—1pm—Church
Al-Anon—Convent – 7:15pm
ICF—Hall—5:30pm
Our Lady’s Prayer Group—Church—7:30pm
Thurs. Choir—Church—6:30pm
Fri.
Adoration—Chapel—9:30pm to 5:00pm
Sat.
Cenacle—Chapel—9:30am
First Communion—OLL School—11am
Sun.
PENTECOST
Esta semana en OLL
8 Mayo — 15 Mayo
Domingo: ASCENSION DEL SENOR
Lunes:
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: Miércoles de Ceniza
Nuestra Señora Grupo de
Oración- Capilla– 7:30pm
Ensavo del Coro-Espanol—Iglesia—7pm
Jueves:
Jueves Santo
Viernes: Adoration—Chapel—9:30pm to 5pm
Sat.
Cenacle—Chapel—9:30am
Domingo: PENTECOSTES
WORK OPPORTUNITIES
OLL YOUTH MINISTRY will be sending 25 young
people to this year’s Steubenville San Diego conference this Summer from July 29-31. 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 $400 –
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.
([email protected]; 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.
THIS WEEK IN CONFIRMATION &
YOUTH MINISTRY
Congratulations to our 2016 Confirmandi! May
God bless you & hold you close to his Most Sacred Heart. May you always know of the work of
the Holy Spirit in your lives! Thank you to Bishop
Tom Daly for joining us for this Sacrament. We
are so happy to have you back here with us at
Our Lady of Loretto.
Monday, 5/9: Middle School classes meet in the
convent, 7-8:30 in the Convent.
There will be no YM Thursdays until May 26. See
you then!
Steubenville San Diego Travelers: Ther e will be a
parent meeting on Monday 5/16 at 7:30pm in the
convent. Please make sure to attend so that we can
finalize all paperwork and set our summer schedule!
CONTINUAMENTE
ALABANDO A DIOS
Tanto la primera lectura
como el Evangelio nos cuentan
la gloriosa Ascensión de Cristo
al cielo. La carta de san Pablo a
los efesios nos recuerda que
Cristo está sentado a la derecha
de Dios en el cielo, por encima de todos los coros de
ángeles. Puede que tengamos la tentación de mantenernos a reverencial distancia de Jesucristo. Sin embargo, el tono de las lecturas de hoy dista mucho de
esa tentación. El tono es exuberante y el mensaje es
urgente. Hemos de ser sus testigos, y el Evangelio
describe a los primeros testigos de esta manera:
“Muy alegres. . . permanecían constantemente en el
templo alabando a Dios” (Lucas 24:53).
¿Cómo podemos alabar a Dios continuamente?
La respuesta se encuentra en la segunda lectura, en la
cual Pablo pide a Dios que nos conceda un “espíritu
de sabiduría y de reflexión” para conocer a Cristo
claramente (Efesios 1:17). No podemos mantenernos
a distancia. Vamos a ser iluminados y fortalecidos.
LECTURAS DE HOY
Primera lectura — Jesús les dice a los discípulos que
recibirán el poder del Espíritu Santo (Hch 1:1-11).
Salmo — Entre voces de júbilo, Dios asciende a su trono
(Salmo 47 [46]).
Segunda lectura — Que el Padre de la gloria del Espíritu de sabiduría y revelación (Efesios 1:17-23) o Hebreos
9:24-28; 10:19-23.
Evangelio — Los discípulos fueron testigos de todos los
sucesos de la vida de Cristo. (Lucas 24:46-53).
AMOR DE MADRE
Hay una sola criatura hermosa en el mundo, y es la de
cada madre.
—Proverbio chino
Queridos amigos,
Como ya he mencionado en la carta de mi pastor hace dos semanas, mucho está
pasando por aquí como el año escolar llega a su fin.
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El día de madre feliz a toda nuestra OLL de mamá. Hoy es su día especial. Espero que sea un buen
año para todos ustedes.
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2ª Colección de hoy es para Caridades Católicas. Catholic Charities hace mucho bien en esta Arquidiócesis, especialmente con los pobres y sin hogar. Por favor sea tan generoso que puedas con
esto una vez al año la colección. ¡Gracias!
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Estoy planeando una peregrinación a Roma para la canonización de la Madre Teresa el 4 de septiembre. Estaríamos dejando OFS el 31 de agosto y estaríamos regresando el 10 de septiembre.
Además de Roma, que sería ir a un número de diferentes lugares sagrados en Italia, como Assis y
Loretto. Si está interesado, por favor, dame una llamada en la Rectoría.
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Durante este Año Santo de la Merced, el Papa nos ha pedido que se anule un día por la adoración
del Santísimo Sacramento. Estaba pensando en hacer esto a partir del lunes, 20 de junio con la
misa de las 9 am y acabar con ella el martes, 21 de junio de nuevo, con el 09 a.m. Misa. Estoy haciendo esto en el día de verano comienza, la noche más corta del año. Si está interesado en ser adoradores, especialmente durante las horas de la noche por favor, dar a conocer.
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CYO es un gran programa que tenemos aquí en OLL que permite a nuestros jóvenes a participar
en los deportes. Una de las reglas que tenemos es que la familia pertenece a una iglesia y el joven
se encuentra en la instrucción religiosa. Sonidos justo para mí, pero hay algunos padres que están
desafiando esta regla. CYO no pedir mucho, pero lo poco que piden, algunos padres tienen un
problema. Es triste decirlo, esto no habría sucedido cuando yo estaba creciendo.
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Al & Pat Olivier se mueven al sur de California, en las próximas semanas, para estar más cerca de
su hija. Al & Pat han sido feligreses aquí desde 1963. No me gusta ver buenas personas como Al
& Pat licencia. Les doy las gracias por sus muchos años de servicio a OLL y les deseo todo lo
mejor en su nuevo hogar.
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Por último, se trata de un largo retraso gracias a todos los que hicieron nuestras celebraciones de
Pascua tan especial este año. Gracias, Sociedad del Altar, por las hermosas flores y decoraciones.
Gracias Ministros de Eucaristía, Lectores, servidores y acomodadores. Sin ti, no habríamos tenido
una Pascua. Por último, pero no menos importante, quiero agradecer a nuestro Coro, especialmente
rico Elliott. Usted nunca ha sonado mejor! Su música maravillosa Pascua hizo mucho más especial
para mí y para la parroquia. Gracias por ser el mejor coro en todo el condado de Marin usted.
Ascensión feliz!
¡Feliz día de la madre!
Padre Brian