Fax: 650-588-1481 Phone: 650-588-1455 www.stveronicassf.com

434 Alida Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080

Established 1951

St. Veronica Church

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 21, 2013

“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many

things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the

better part and it will not be taken from her.” - Luke 10:41-42

Parish Office Hours

Monday to Friday

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

(unless otherwise posted)

Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481

Parish Staff

Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor

Fr. Rafael de Avila, Parochial Vicar Deacon Roger Beaudry

Deacon Joseph LeBlanc

Jennifer Baylor, Administrative Assistant

Stephanie de Prume, Finance Manager Ext. 306

Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation &

Wedding Coordinator Ext.305 Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director

650-588-1455 Ext. 308

St. Veronica Catholic School www.saintveronicassf.org

Phone: 650-589-3909

Kathryn Lucchesi Pam Cavagnaro

Principal Vice Principal

Parish Office email: churchoffice@stveronicassf.com

St. Veronica Parish

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

Sacrament of Baptism

Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month.

Call the Parish Office 650-588-1455

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)

Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455 Ext.309

Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Ext. 305

Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades)

Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455 ext. 305

Mass Intentions WEEK of July 21 , 2013

Sun 07/21 6:45 † Amado Palaad Jr. 8:00 † Paul & Verena Broussard

9:30 † Mike & Kevin Folan

11:00 † Rosa Denis

12:30 People of St. Veronica

6:30 † Ma. de Jesus Lucero de Ruiz

Mon 07/22 6:30 † Amado Palaad Jr.

8:30 † Engracia R. Macalalag

Tue 07/23 6:30 † Paulino King

8:30 † Benito Tolentino

Wed 07/24 6:30 † Larry Dresser

8:30 † Amado Palaad Jr.

Thu 07/25 6:30 † Amado Palaad Jr.

8:30 † Richard Battaglia

Fri 07/26 6:30 † Amado Palaad Jr. 8:30 † Rafael Montalvo

Sat 07/27 8:30 † Amado Palaad Jr. 5:00 † Richard Battaglia

Sun 07/28 6:45 † Chuck Rowbotham 8:00 † Otto Graf

9:30 † Jessica Castillo

11:00 † Rosa Denis

12:30 People of St. Veronica

Reflecting on the Word

Our readings pair up the story of Jesus coming to dine at Martha and

Mary’s house with God coming to dine with Abraham and Sarah. And

just as Abraham turned to Sarah for help in preparing the meal, Martha

turns to her sister for a hand. After all, why should one person bear the

burden of serving the Lord?

But Mary does not come into the kitchen, even after hearing her sister

banging things around in there, perhaps a little more loudly than usual.

Instead, she stays sitting at the foot of the Lord, listening to him. Mar-

tha, not one to keep her thoughts to herself, addresses directly the cause

of her sister’s prolonged delay: “Lord, do you not care that my sister

has left me by myself to do the serving?” (Luke 10:40).

As a matter of fact, Jesus didn’t care. What he did care about was that

Martha was all “anxious and worried about many things”(10:41). Jesus

did not care about busy Martha but about worried and anxious Martha.

Even more simply, what he cared about was Martha. Not the meal, not

the table, not the time they ate, or whatever else was bothering her. He

just cared about Martha—and Mary, too, of course. But he didn’t have

to worry as much about Mary.

Perhaps we could consider this simply a story about Jesus visiting two

very dear friends and wanting some time with them both, together. And

if that was true then, why wouldn’t it be true now? If you find yourself

worried and anxious these days, give yourself some time with the Lord.

—James A. Wallace, C.SS.R. Copyright © 2012, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

Mass Schedule

Saturdays: 8:30AM & 5:00PM Sundays: 6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00AM, and 12:30PM

Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30AM, & 6:30PM

Monday - Friday: 6:30 & 8:30AM

Spanish Mass

First & Third Sunday of each month at 6:30 PM

unless otherwise announced

Confessions

Saturdays: 4:00—5:00PM

Liturgy of the Hours

Monday - Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00AM

Eucharistic Adoration

Monday - Friday: 9:00AM - 9:00PM

Parish Registration

Please complete and return form to the parish office, or simply drop it in the collection basket.

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Please remember the sick and the care-givers

in our community.

Pray they may find comfort and healing in Christ.

Kindly contact the Parish office if

Homebound Eucharistic services are needed.

Save the Date

Thursday, August 15:

Assumption of The Virgin

Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation

Saturday, August 24:

St. Veronica Parish

Picnic and Bocce Ball Tourna-

ment, Orange Park

Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works.

Day Mass Time 1st Collection Music Ministry Totals

Saturday 07/13/13 5:00 PM 1690.00 221.50 1911.50

Sunday 07/14/13 6:45 AM 730.00 172.00 902.00

8:00 AM 705.00 185.00 890.00

9:30 AM 1233.00 260.00 1493.00

11:00 AM 1081.00 268.00 1349.00

12:30 PM 782.00 200.00 982.00

TOTALS: $6,221.00 $1,306.50 $7,527.50

Envelopes received in the First Collection: June 29 & 30: 268

July 06 & 07: 303

July 13 & 14: 266

Welcome Newly Registered Parishioners!

Our parish continues to be blessed and enriched

by the presence of new parishioners:

Jojo Michael, Soraya, Justine,

Ammiel & Sian Galvan

May St. Veronica Church offer you a place

where you can bring your sorrow and joys, your

pain and triumphs and peace for your soul.

We welcome you with open arms and hearts!

From the Pastor’s Desk Dear Parishioners,

Updating You on Capital Campaign: The building de-

partment of the Archdiocese, Dryco Company

(contractor), the architects, and our three coordinators of

Capital Campaign are engaged in consultations. Fine tun-

ing is going on and final touches are being given before

the start of the first phase of the pavement work. As soon

as the start date is available, I shall let you know. Our goal

is to begin and complete this first phase well before the

school children return to school.

Bingo on Wednesdays in July: Just a reminder that

Bingo on Wednesdays this month of July benefits our

capital campaign. Please do consider participating in

Bingo this month and having a good time with your fam-

ily and friends. In the process, you’ll be supporting our

drive to raise money to pay for the pavement work.

Come one, come all!

Parish Center as Temporary Church: When the first

phase of the pavement work begins which will be all

around our church building, we anticipate that we may

not have access to the church for two or three weeks. I

would like to prepare you psychologically for this situa-

tion. No worries! We will turn our Parish Center into a

temporary church, with tarps laid and the altar and chairs

arranged conveniently. Our faith life and liturgical cele-

brations will continue uninterrupted. I would like to

thank you in advance for your understanding and the

spirit of accommodation. As Julian of Norwich says,

“All shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of

thing shall be well…”

Color in front of Pastoral Center: I recently had a con-

versation with our gardener Jean Curutchet about the

need to bring some color in front of the Pastoral Center.

Accordingly, he has already planted some colorful

plants. When you are in the Pastoral Center next time,

please do look around and enjoy the changes to the gar-

den. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” As and when

the opportunity arises, let’s make our campus a little bit

more green, more beautiful, and more colorful.

Audio-Visual Facility in the Pastoral Center: Those

of you who are familiar with the Pastoral Center building

will know that the old chapel in the building is now

called the Veronica Room, where meetings take place. In

that room, we have now stalled a good quality audio-

visual facility. This is in keeping up with the needs of the

parish and to provide for growth in faith and spirituality

through the means of audio-visual aids. Now we can

watch movies in that room on a big screen. Movies with

the themes of spirituality can help people share their in-

sights and faith, and help bring people together. We shall

put together a Movie Club, like we have a Book Club.

This room could also be used for lectures and retreats

with the facilities of PowerPoint and other modern

means of communication “to preach the good news

and make disciples of all nations” as our Lord com-

mands us to do.

Spanish Masses: After consultations with Father Ra-

fael, our new Parochial Vicar, I have decided to begin

Spanish Masses every Sunday effective the first Sun-

day of October. As you know, now we have Spanish

Masses on the first and third Sundays only of the

month. As you can sense, there are increasing num-

bers of Spanish-speaking members in our community

and we have the sacred obligation of providing for

their pastoral needs. I anticipate that there are going to

be increasing numbers of Baptisms, Quinceañeras,

weddings, and funerals in Spanish in our parish. This

is a sign of the evolving nature of our parish and the

church. This also is a reflection of the demographics

in South San Francisco, Bay Area, and California in

general.

Word of God---Entertaining Angels: Abraham and

Sarah entertain three angels who are disguised as men.

They go out of their way to care for the three travel-

ers. At the end, there is the promise of the son for Sa-

rah in her old age. In the gospel, Jesus is entertained

by Mary and Martha. Hospitality is the hallmark of

Christianity. Going out of ourselves and welcoming

others and making them feel at home and cared for---

these are all part of our faith journey. Whenever we

care for others and show them hospitality, we actually

entertain angels. Why, we entertain Jesus himself who

calls us to show hospitality to others, especially those

who do not receive hospitality from anyone else.

What is the quality of our faith that inspires us to wel-

come others in all sorts of situations and make them

feel affirmed, respected, and loved?

Catholic Joke: Gallagher opened the morning news-

paper and was dumbfounded to read in the obituary

column that not only had he died but also the local

church had already scheduled his funeral Mass. He

quickly phoned his best friend Finney. “Finney, did ye

see the paper?” asked Gallagher. “Sure and they say I

died.” “Sure and I saw it!” replied Finney. “Where are

ye callin’ from?”

Your Friend and Pastor,

Father Charles Puthota

Catholic Charities CYO Class Series for

Caregivers and Care Partners Summer 2013

Keep Your Loved One Engaged at Home: Strategies

for Dementia Caregivers

Topics covered are: enhancing activities based on a

person’s skills, abilities, and interests; utilizing effec-

tive communication; strategies to make your loved

one feel valued by providing opportunities to

contribute; and where to find resources

Date: Monday, August 19, 2013, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

San Mateo Senior Center

2645 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo

For more information or to retister for a class, please

call San Carlos Adult Day Services at 650.592.9325

or visit www.ccyo.org/sancarlosadultday.

Classes are offered free of charge thanks to the gener-

ous grants from the Sequoia Healthcare District and the Peninsula Health Care District.

Father Rafael de Avila,

our new Parochial Vicar,

introduces himself….

It is time to start

knowing each other a little

bit more because I´ve been

among you for nearly three

weeks already.

I was born in Mexico

City. I am the third child

out of four siblings. I was

nine years old when my

father passed away. Actually, he was working for the Mexi-

can government in the department of Treasury.

I was twelve years old when I went to the Minor semi-

nary of Guadalupe Missioners for Foreign Missions. It is a

missionary Society just like Maryknoll in the USA. As a

matter of fact, the first superior of this Society was a Mexi-

can born Maryknoll bishop whose name was Alonso Es-

calante. The Minor seminary was located in Guadalajara,

five hundred miles from Mexico City. After finishing my

High School I went into the Major Seminary to start my

studies in Philosophy. The next step was one year of noviti-

ate and after that, four years of Theology.

During the third year of theological studies my superi-

ors decided that I should get my degree in Theology in

Rome. I ended up for the rest of my studies living in the

Urbanian College and taking my degrees in the Urbanian

University and Gregorian University. At that time the Pope

in Rome was Paul VI.

I was still doing my Master’s degree when I was or-

dained. When I finished my studies, I returned to Mexico

City to teach the seminarians for Guadalupe Missioners.

In 1981 I worked for the Propagation of Faith Secretary. I

was sent to Jerusalem to start the Biblical Studies House of

Propaganda Fide, but this project did not last long because

of the social unrest at that time. So, I went back to Mexico

City, and I was appointed Dean of the Universidad Intercon-

tinental, a private university in Mexico City owned by Gua-

dalupe Missioners.

After three years in La Universidad Intercontinental I

was sent to work as missionary in Hong Kong where I had

to study another language and learn another culture. I spent

eight years in Hong Kong. Those were memorable years.

Then I took a sabbatical and came to Santa Clara University

to get a Master’s degree in Counseling. After that I was

asked by my superiors to go to Los Angeles, to work with

my confreres in a multilingual Parish.

In 1997 I came to the Bay Area and ever since I have

been ministering in several parishes of the Archdiocese: All

Souls, Saint Anthony of Padua in Menlo Park, Saint John

the Evangelist Church, Our Lady of the Pillar, Visitacion

Church, and St. Bruno. I am happy to join St. Veronica

Church. I look forward to getting to know you more and

serving this community. Thank you for your warm hospitali-

ty and friendship.

Baptism Information

Registration forms are available from the

Pastoral Center during regular office hours, or you

may download a form from our website at

www.stveronicassf.com.

Baptisms are celebrated on the 1st and 3rd

Saturday of each month at 11:00 a.m. unless

otherwise noted:

Preparation classes for parents & godparents are

held monthly on Tuesdays as noted below.

Classes are conducted in the Pastoral Center from

7:30 - 9:00 p.m. (Adults only please).

Please call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 to

reserve your space for the Baptismal Prep Classes.

Aug. (dates full) Sept. 7 & 21 Oct. 5 & 19

Nov. 2 & 16 Dec. 7 & 21

August 13 September 10 October 8

November 12 December 10

This week's Scripture Puzzle - Good Luck! FAITH FORMATION & RCIA 2013-14

Registration is now open for Faith Formation clas-

ses beginning in September 2013. Registration forms

are available on the parish web site

www.stveronicassf.com under the “Faith

Formation” link or by calling Faith Formation

Coordinator Karen Guglielmoni at the Pastoral

Center offices, 650-588-1455 ext. 305. Faith

Formation classes are offered to children beginning in

First grade and concluding with Confirmation (9th

grade or older). Please note that there are two years of

sacramental preparation for First Communion and Con-

firmation.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) is

offered for adults 18 years and older who wish to be-

come Catholic, or baptized Catholics who wish to com-

plete their sacraments of initiation (Communion and/or

Confirmation). Please call the office to sign up and

receive more information.

Last week's Scripture Word Search Solution

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heart

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St. Veronica Bocce Ball Tournament

Where: Orange Park Bocce Ball Courts

Check in 8-9 a.m. Games start at 9:00 a.m.

4 players/team (If you have less than 4 players, we’ll fill your team)

Limited to the first 16 paid teams - Total of 64 players

No Experience Necessary! Easy to Learn! We’ll teach you how to play!

Cost: $30.00 per participant includes the picnic lunch

Interested in playing? Contact the parish office to sign up & drop off

your check.

August 1, 2013

August 1, 2013