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

July 1, 2018

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Empowered by the Spirit of God we celebrate Jesus’ presence in Prayer, Liturgy, Sacrament and Service”

GOD BLESS AMERICA

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY

Please pray for our parishioners who are sick and suffering that they may know the embrace of Christ’s healing love.

Avinia Family, Ignacia Azpeitia, May Barnett, Elaine Benson, Brian Biasca, Richard Blacker, Louis Boscacci, Louise Brannigan, Louise Caldwell, Andrea Costello, John Cullen, Bonnie de Rutte, Anette Diaz, Joe DiMare, Delmida Edwards, Michael Field-ing, Claudia Gitson, John Gross, Berth Guantes, Margaret Hamlett, Joseph Harris, Julia Hernandez, Max Hodel, Alice Horn, Ingrid Iacovetto, Eleanora LaCarrubba,

Gary Lai, Rose Lemoni, Alex Madias, Kate McAdams, Jesse Mendoza, Marybeth Mil-ler, Paola Tirado Moreda, Peggy Murphy, Dalton O’Sullivan Family, Ray Ostertag,

John Pardini, Tearah Parker, Ali Parviz, Paul Patocchi, Bob Perkins, Madeline Phelan, Lorraine Priolo, Phil Rappaport, Kerry Rodriguez, Arthur Ruiz, Margarita Ruiz, Allen Schwoob, Kenric Silva, Anita Skinner, Andy Spyrow, Colby Thompson, Monica S.,

Sue Steinbach, Betty Van Stratton, Cathy Westover, David Wilson

May all our deceased Parishioners rest in

the loving arms of Christ especially:

Bob Burke

Mass Intentions June 30 through July 8

AS: Fr. Andrew Spyrow EA: Fr. Erick Arauz

MR: Fr. Michele Raimondi

Saturday 6/30 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Sue Lockwood (L) Angulo Family (L) and + Santiago Ordonez +

EA EA EA

Sunday 7/1 8:00am 10:00am 12:00pm

Josephine Gelpf + OLL Parishioners Honorato Navaro Zavala +

EA EA EA

Monday 7/2 9:00am

Helen Haugh + TBD

Tuesday 7/3 9:00am

Dolores and Richard Fountain + TBD

Wednesday 7/4 9:00am

Elias Navarez, Jr. + TBD

Thursday 7/5 9:00am Pauline Kenney Helweg + TBD

Friday 7/6 9:00am

Rose Ottolini + TBD

Saturday 7/7 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Waltraud Ernst + Kitty Forde + Moises Guzman +

TBD

Sunday 7/8 8:00am 10:00am 12:00pm

OLL Parishioners Jim Murphy + Jesse Mendoza +

TBD

Day Time Intentions Priest

Rev. Brian Costello, Pastor Ext. 227

frbrian@ollnovato.org

Rev. Erick E. Arauz Parochial Vicar Ext. 233

RECTORY OFFICE

415-897-2171

Patrick Reeder EXT. 234 Parish Manager

Office Staff 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 and Co-Director of Adult Faith Formation

Kathleen Pitti

415-897-6714

Sandro Garcia Grades 1-3 en Espanol 415-897-2171 ext.225

Annie Troy, Dir. Youth Ministry

and Confirmation Co-Director of Adult Faith Formation

415-897-2171 ext.277

Richard Elliott, Choir Director 1-925-997-5041

willowsth@aol.com

PRIEST EMERGENCY NUMBER 415-301-0514

EMERGENCIES ONLY PLEASE

Mass Times

Monday—Friday 9:00 am

Saturday 9:00am 5:00 pm (Vigil Mass)

7pm Spanish Vigil Mass

Sunday 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm Spanish Mass

Eucharistic Adoration

Every Friday 9:30am-5:00 pm and

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 3:00pm

Baptisms

Please contact the Rectory- Catechesis Required

Pre– Baptismal Classes in English are held the second Saturday of each month at 10am. We share this ministry with St. Anthony’s Parish. Please call the rectory

office to schedule your class.

Pre– Baptismal classes in Spanish are held on the third Thursday of each

month at 6pm in the School Library. Please contact Sandro Garcia for more

information.

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

CURSILLO NEWS CURSILLO: A short course in Christianity

that you may find yourself asking why you hadn’t taken it sooner.

Women’s Weekend: Thurs. Nov. 8 - Sun. Nov. 11, 2018

Men’s Weekend: Thurs. Nov.15 - Sun. Nov 18, 2018 Contact: Jean & Tom Nelson (415) 892-2348

www.marincursillo.com

The St. Vincent de Paul pantry is in need of toilet paper, paper towels, breakfast cereal, canned tuna and canned chili. PLEASE PLACE YOUR DONATIONS IN THE CHURCH VESTI-BULES. PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR DONATIONS TO THE RECTORY OFFICE.

Dear Friends, Greetings from Jerusalem! This will be my last letter to you from the Holy City. It is said of Jerusalem that it is the closest place on earth to heaven. I turned 65 on June 2nd. I purposely kept it quiet because I didn’t want any big fanfare. The only thing I wanted to do on my birthday was to spend the day in Bethlehem. I got my wish and then some. I met up with a group of pilgrims from St James Church in Fremont. This was totally un-expected! I concelebrated Mass with the two priests leading the pilgrimage in the Grotto

of the Nativity where Jesus was born. It is always an honor and privilege to celebrate Mass, but to celebrate Mass in the very place Jesus was born, is beyond words! God is good! After Mass, sitting outside Nativity Church, I was looking at my emails and was blown away by how many pa-rishioners wrote wishing me a happy birthday and a happy 18th Anniversary of Priestly Ordination. This was the icing on the cake! I can’t get over all your good wishes and expressions of love sent me halfway around the world. It made my birthday a truly special day and one I will never forget. I am humbled by your kindness! God is indeed very good! I wanted to write to all the people who had written me, but that proved impossible. I got so many birthday emails that it would take me now until I leave Jerusalem on July 2nd to answer them all, thus the main pur-pose of this letter. My time in Rome and Jerusalem has been challenging at times, but mostly good. I will have many memories and stories to share with you when I return. Looking forward to seeing all of you on July 5th and thanking you, personally, for all your good wishes. Father Brian

GolfThanks&Raf leWinnersOur thanks to the 14th Annual OLL Youth Ministry Golf Tournament Committee (Al Angulo, Cleo Gause, Jane Hoth, Chick & Gina Kretz, Larry Mazzotta, Meredith Misakian, Jean & Tom Nelson, Stacey Randall, Leslie Skegrud, Cathy & Ed Timmer, Peter Torre, Annie Troy, and Theresa Zucconi) for their devotion to this year’s successful fund raiser. We especially thank Peter Torre for preparing the delicious dinner, Jeanemma Bova for sponsoring the dinner, Knights of Columbus for providing refreshments, Catholic Daughters, Tagliaferri’s, and other parishioners for providing appetizers, and our Youth Ministry teens and their families for selling raf le tickets and volunteering at the golf course and dinner, and inally our Hole-In-One volunteers. A very special thanks to our generous sponsors and to those of you who played golf, purchased raf le tickets, and/or attended the golf dinner. Your support of the Youth Ministry teens of this parish is deeply appreciated! The winners of this year’s raf le were as follows:

1stPrize: $ 1,000 cash Teri Guy 2ndPrize: $ 500 cash Emma Iwai 3rdPrice: $ 300 cash Dave Freeman There were additional prize baskets valued from $300 to $1000+, which were raf led off to those pre-sent at the dinner. Do check the Youth Ministry bulletin board in the front vestibule of the church for a list of winning golf-ers! Again, our most sincere thanks to all those who helped in some way to make this year’s Youth Ministry Golf Tournament a complete success. The net pro it is $24,974! God bless you all! Donna & Mike Morris, Co-Chairs 14th Annual OLL YM Golf Committee

UPCOMING SECOND COLLECTIONS July 15-16 Mission Appeal September 23—Priests’ Retirement Fund

Our Lady's "Peace Plan from Heaven"

At Fatima, Our Lady prom-ised that in the end her Im-maculate Heart Will Tri-umph, Russia will be con-verted, and some time of peace will be granted to the world. The final triumph can come soon, without a lot of blood shed. Or, it will come after war and terrible disasters, that may see the greater part of humanity wiped off the face of the earth. Each of us following Mary's Peace Plan will make the difference!

"WHAT CAN I DO?" Start by observing Our Lady's requests at Fatima:

Our Lady's "Peace Plan from Heaven" 1. Say the Rosary every day. 2. Offer up your daily tasks as a sacrifice in reparation for your own sins and sins of others. 3. Make 5 First Saturdays 4. Wear a Scapular as a sign of personal consecration. Our Lady of Loretto parish has committed to having in-formation, explanations, and materials available for you.

NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF

MT. CARMEL The Discalced Carmelite Nuns cordially invite you to attend their annual Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel from July 8th to the 16th, at 7:30pm each evening, in the Monastery Chapel. This year’s No-vena will be conducted by Rev. Jose Luis Ferroni, OCD,and Rev. David Costello, OCD both Parochial Vicars of the Carmelite Parish of Santa Cruz in Tuscon, Arizona. We are so happy to have Fathers Jose Luis and David with us for this Novena, as they are excellent homilists, with a wonderful knowledge of our Carmelite Spirituality and Sacred Scripture and a very special love of Lady Mount Carmel. We hope you will join us for these nine days of prayer and reflection.

Carmelite Monastery of the Mother of God

530 Blackstone Drive San Rafael, CA 94903

Thank you very much and God bless you! Sister Anna Marie Vanni, OCD, and all the Sisters

MISSION APPEAL JULY 15-16

At the invitation of the Arch-bishop, Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone, and the Archdi-ocese of San Francisco Mis-sion Director, Genevieve Eli-zondo, the Basilian Fathers Missions are grateful to Fa-ther Costello and the parish-ioners of Our Lady of Loretto

Church for hosting Rev. Bernard "Jess" Owens, CSB on Saturday, July 15th and Sunday July 15th, 2018. Father Jess is appointed to the Parish of San Lorenzo in Tehuacán in Mexico and has over 40 years experience in Hispanic ministry. Please visit to hear his appeal for the support of the Basilian Fa-thers' work in Mexico and Colombia. Funds support over 1000 student tuitions at INSA in Cali, Colombia - a Basilian institution ranked among the top 40 schools in the country. Along with your help, the Basilian Fathers Missions also work to feed, cloth, teach, and evangelize in Mexico, improving the lives of thousands living in San Lorenzo and Mexico City.

This Week at OLL July 1 — July 8

Sun. 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mon. SVDP—Teachers Room—7pm Tue. Perpetual Help Prayer Group—6pm—Chapel Al-Anon/Alateen—Convent –7:15pm Wed. Our Lady’s Prayer Group—Church—7:30pm Thurs. Choir Practice—Church— 6:30pm K of C—Hall—7:30pm Fri. Adoration—Chapel—9:30am to 5:00pm Sat. Cenacle—Chapel –9:30am Sun. 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Esta semana en OLL 1 Julio — 8 Julio

Domingo: XIII Domingo Tiemp Ordinario Lunes: Martes: JPC Discipulados—Capilla del Convento –7pm Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro-Chapel-6pm Al-Anon-Convento - 7:15 pm Miércoles: Nuestra Señora Grupo de Oración- Capilla– 7:30pm Ensavo del Coro-Espanol—Iglesia—7pm Jueves: Viernes: Adoration—Chapel—9:30am to 5pm Sab: Cenacle—Chapel—9:30am Domingo: XIV Domingo Tiempo Ordinario

Archdiocesan Annual Appeal Campaign Goal

$136,595 Received

$ (including pledges)

Percent of Goal 78

Don’t forget to make your contribution. All donations, in any amount, are appreciated.

Calling all OLL Students and Alumni

JOIN US ON THE FOURTH

Our Lady of Loretto will be walking in this years’ 4th of July parade and we would love you to join us! Everyone is welcome! In order for us to ensure we have enough decorations, props and goodies, please let us know you will be there! Send a quick email-to lisafuentes5@gmail.com or text to #415.987.7459 and simply give us your last name, and number of children.

APELACIÓN DE LA MIS-IÓN DEL 15 AL 16 DE JULIO Por invitación del Arzobispo, Mons. Salvatore J. Cordileo-ne y la Directora de la Misión de la Arquidiócesis de San Francisco, Genevieve Eli-zondo, las Misiones de los

Padres Basilianos agradecen al Padre Costello y a los feligreses de la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Loretto por acoger al reverendo Bernard "Jess" Ow-ens, CSB en Sábado, 15 de julio y domingo 15 de julio de 2018. El padre Jess es nombrado para la Parroquia de San Lorenzo en Tehuacán en México y tiene más de 40 años de experiencia en el ministerio hispano. Por favor visite para escuchar su llamado para el apoyo del trabajo de los Padres Basilianos en México y Colombia. Los fondos apoyan a más de 1000 estu-diantes en INSA en Cali, Colombia, una institución de Basilian clasificada entre las 40 escuelas más im-portantes del país. Junto con su ayuda, las Misiones de los Padres Basilianos también trabajan para ali-mentar, vestir, enseñar y evangelizar en México, mejorando las vidas de miles que viven en San Lo-renzo y la Ciudad de México.

FOUNDATION The will of the people is the only legitimate founda-tion of any government, and to protect its free ex-pression should be our first object. --Thomas Jefferson

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura -- Por envidia del diablo entró la muerte en el mundo (Sabiduría 1:13-15; 2:23-24). Salmo -- Te ensalzaré, Señor, porque me has librado (Salmo 30 [29]). Segunda lectura -- Que la abundancia de ustedes remedie la necesidad de sus hermanos pobres (2 Corintios 8:7, 9, 13-15). Evangelio -- ¡Oyeme, niña, levántate! (Marcos 5:21-43 [5:21-24, 35b-43]). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario Hispanoamericano Dominical (c) 1970, Comisión Episcopal Española. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados.

El "Plan de Paz del Cielo" de Nuestra Señora En Fátima, Nuestra Señora prometió que al final su Corazón Inmaculado triunfará, Rusia se convertirá, y se concederá un tiempo de paz al mundo. El triunfo final puede llegar pronto, sin mucha sangre derramada. O bien, vendrá después de la guerra y los desastres terribles, que pueden ver la mayor parte de la humanidad borrada de la faz de la tierra.

¡Cada uno de nosotros siguiendo el Plan de Paz de María hará la diferencia! "¿QUE PUEDO HACER?" Comience por observar las peticiones de Nuestra Señora en Fátima: El "Plan de Paz del Cielo" de Nuestra Señora 1. Di el Rosario todos los días. 2. Ofrezca sus tareas diarias como un sacrificio de reparación por sus propios pecados y los de los demás. 3. Haz 5 primeros sábados 4. Use un escapulario como señal de consagración personal. Nuestra parroquia Nuestra Señora de Loretto se ha comprometido a tener información, explicaciones y materiales disponibles para usted. Consulte la pantalla de Fátima en cada salida para obtener materiales y más información.

Queridos amigos,

¡Saludos desde Jerusalén! Esta será mi última carta para ti desde la Ciudad Santa. Se dice de Jerusalén que es el lugar

más cercano al cielo en la tierra.

Cumplí 65 años el 2 de junio. Intencionalmente lo mantuve en silencio porque no quería ninguna gran fanfarria. Lo

único que quería hacer en mi cumpleaños era pasar el día en Belén. Recibí mi deseo y algo más.

Me encontré con un grupo de peregrinos de St James Church en Fremont. ¡Esto fue totalmente inesperado! Concelebré la Misa con los dos

sacerdotes que conducen la peregrinación en la Gruta de la Natividad donde nació Jesús. Siempre es un honor y un privilegio celebrar la Misa, pero

celebrar la Misa en el mismo lugar donde nació Jesús, ¡está más allá de las palabras! ¡Dios es bueno!

Después de la misa, sentado afuera de Nativity Church, estaba mirando mis correos electrónicos y quedé impresionado por la cantidad de feligreses

que me deseaban un feliz cumpleaños y un feliz 18vo aniversario de Ordenación sacerdotal. ¡Esta fue la guinda del pastel! No puedo superar todos

tus buenos deseos y las expresiones de amor me enviaron a la mitad del mundo. Hizo de mi cumpleaños un día verdaderamente especial y uno que

nunca olvidaré. ¡Me siento honrado por tu amabilidad! ¡Dios es realmente muy bueno!

Quería escribir a todas las personas que me habían escrito, pero eso resultó imposible. Recibí tantos correos electrónicos de cumpleaños que me

tomaría hasta que saliera de Jerusalén el 2 de julio para responderlos a todos, por lo tanto, el objetivo principal de esta carta.

Mi tiempo en Roma y Jerusalén ha sido difícil a veces, pero en general es bueno. Tendré muchos recuerdos e historias para compartir cuando

regrese. Espero verlos a todos el 5 de julio y agradecerles personalmente por todos sus buenos deseos.

Padre Brian

AYÚDAME, SEÑOR Hoy escuchamos lecturas que nos acercan al misterio de sufrimiento y muerte. En los últimos años hemos sido testigos de la devastación de vidas y propiedades a manos de tsunamis y huracanes.

Muchos elevaron su lamento a Dios y pregun-taron: "¿Por qué?" Esta es una expresión sincera de ira hacia un Dios que creemos da la vida. Cu-ando perdemos a un ser querido, puede que nos preguntemos por qué la presencia de Cristo no es suficiente para hacer que esa persona resucite, incluso de entre los muertos, como la pequeña niña del pasaje del Evangelio de hoy. Entonces alzamos la voz y preguntamos: "¿Por qué?" En momentos como estos, debemos acudir a la oración del salmista: "¡Escucha Señor y ten pie-dad de mí; Señor, socórreme". Recemos para que nuestro luto algún día se convierta en danza.