FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

May 19, 2019

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

OUR LADY OF LORETTO CHURCH AND SCHOOL 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, CA 94947

415-897-2171 FAX 415-897-8251 Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm

P P Gracious and loving God, we thank your for the gift of our priests. Through them, we experience your presence in the sacraments.

Help our priests to be strong in their vocation. Set their souls on fire with love for your people.

Grant them the wisdom, understanding, and strength they need to follow in the footsteps of Jesus. Inspire them with the vision of your Kingdom.

Give them the words they need to spread the Gospel. Allow them to experience joy in their ministry.

Help them to become instruments of your divine grace.

We ask this through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns as our Eter-nal Priest.

Amen.

Fr. Kyle Faller Fr. Ernesto M. Jandonero Fr. Michael Rocha

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY ORDAINED PRIESTS!

May all our deceased Parishioners rest in

the loving arms of Christ especially:

John Collins

Mass Intentions May 18 through May 26

BC : Fr. Brian Costello EA: Fr. Erick Arauz

Saturday 5/18

9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

John Collins + Fr. John Baldwin + Felipa Lima Fabian +

EA BC EA

Sunday 5/19

8:00am 10:00am 12:00pm

Robert A. Haley + Helen Ganas + OLL Parishioners

BC BC EA

Monday 5/20 9:00am

Norma Drake (L) EA

Tuesday 5/21 9:00am Steven Vanni + EA

Wednesday 5/22 9:00am

Geronemo Marave, Jr. + BC

Thursday 5/23 9:00am

Our Lady’s Intention for Notre Dame Cathedral

BC

Friday 5/24 9:00am Vassar and Reich Families (L) and + BC

Saturday 5/25

9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Mario Agustin Alfaro Alvarado + Adrian De Bruin + Socorro Guiterrez +

EA BC EA

Sunday 5/26

8:00am 10:00am 12:00pm

Arlene Schober + OLL Parishioners Leslie Arguello (L)

BC BC EA

Day Time Intentions Priest

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

Chuck Becker, Karin Craig, Mandy Gallegos, Mary Louise Henderson, Rachel Her-nandez, Andy Herr, Dennis Lambert, David Lovett, Rob Lowe, Tony Medeiros, Jesse

Mendoza, Scott Mitchell, Allison Morris, Bob Riley, Paulina and Jacob Telderer, Richard Thomas, Carol Torresan, Carlota Tovar, Renee Trechter,

Sr. Anna Marie Vanni, Steve Warner, Jay Wayne

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

415-897-6714

Annie Troy, Dir. Youth Ministry and Confirmation

Co-Director of Adult Faith Formation 415-897-2171 ext.277

Kathleen Pitti—Religious Ed. Secretary

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

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.

Pre–Baptismal classes in Spanish are held

on the third Thursday of each month at 6pm. Please call the rectory office to schedule

your class.

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

SPLENDORS OF EASTERN EUROPE PILGRIMAGE Including the Passion Play at Oberammergau

Hosted by Fr. Brian and Father McCain Prague—Budapest—Vienna—Oberammergau—

Munich 11 Days—September 7—17, 2020

$4,149 from San Francisco See the flyers available in the vestibules

for more details.

OLL CONFIRMATION CLASSES are on Summer Recess! Thank you to all of our fami-lies, and especially our volunteer catechists, for making this such a wonderful year. Reg-istration letters for the 2019/20 school year will be sent out over the Summer. Watch this space for Summer Youth Ministry events for our high school students. We'll see you at Mass! A HEARTFELT THANK YOU to all whose participation in our Confirmation Mass made it into such a beautiful success. We are so proud of our 2019 Confirmandi and are grateful to have each of you as fully initiated Catholics! May God, in his goodness, continue to bless you in all that you do. Information will be coming out over the Summer regarding our 2019/20 youth ministry leadership team & how YOU can be a part of it. Stay tuned!

ARCHDIOCESEAN ANNUAL APPEAL

RECEIVED TO DATE : $148,224 IF YOU HAVE NOT YET DONATED, PLEASE CON-

SIDER A CONTRIBUTION TO HELP US TO CONTIN-UE TO EXCEED OUR PARISH GOAL OF $130,000.

ALL MONIES RAISED OVER OUR GOAL ARE RE-TURNED DIRECTLY TO THE PARISH

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Have you seen the Youth Ministry Golf Tournament Sponsor board in the front vestibule of the church? Check it out! Be a sponsor and help us ill the rest of the board with a golf ball bearing your name or business. Chip in to make the 15thAnnualYouthMinis-tryGolfTournament the most suc-cessful yet! Thank you!! Our Lady of Loretto RCIA Program meets at 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday, upstairs in the Convent. The topic on May 22 is: The Christian Life I: Catholic Social Teaching. All adults are invited to participate.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Paul and Barnabas report-ed how God had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles (Acts 14:21-27). Psalm — I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God (Psalm 145). Second Reading — God’s dwelling is with the human race (Revelation 21:1-5a). Gospel — This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one an-other (John 13:31-33a, 34-35).

Dear Friends, The place of Mary in the daily lives of Catholics has declined, sad to say, in the last 30 years or so. That is unfortunate, a loss to us and to the Church as a whole. But this trend has begun to turn itself

around. There has been a gradual resurgence of interest in Mary, not only among Catholics, but also among Christians of other faiths as well. Devotion to Mary is becoming stronger than ever. Why? Because what many thought was a deemphasis on Mary in Vatican Council II was really a repositioning of Mary back to the center where she belongs. She does not belong off to the side by herself, not matter how high our pedestal is. She is one of us, among those who Christ died for. She is a member of the Church, not above or apart from it. She is a disciple of the Lord, the first and best disciple, but one who struggled to understand her Son, just like all of us do. She is also a mem-ber of the Communion of Saints, helping to bring us to the Lord, not someone who stands between us and the Lord. Father Tony Vallecillo will be taking Father Erick’s place as of July 1st. Father To-ny was ordained in 2014 and is now presently working at St. Peter’s Parish in San Francisco. Father Tony will be dividing his time between the OLL and St. Isabel-la’s Communities. I welcome Father Tony to the OLL Community and I thank Father Erick for his 1 ½ years of service. We will be celebrating Father Tony’s ar-rival and thanking Fr. Erick for his time with us. Watch for dates and times.

Have a great Easter Week! Go Warriors! Go Sharks! Father Brian

This Week at OLL May 19— May 26

Sun. Fifth Sunday of Easter Mon. SVDP,7pm,Teacher’s Lounge Tue. Perpetual Help Prayer Group, 6 pm, Chapel Al-Anon/Alateen, 7:15 pm, Convent Wed. Our Lady’s Prayer Grp, 7:30 pm, Church Thurs. Choir Practice, 6:30 pm, Church Fri. Adoration, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, Chapel Sat. Cenacle, 9:30 am, Chapel Sun. Sixth Sunday of Easter

Esta semana en OLL 19 Mayo — 26 Mayo

Domingo: Quinto Domingo de Pasqua Lunes: Martes: 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—Church—9:30am Domingo: Sexto Domingo de Pasqua

IDESI of Novato Festa do Espirito Santo Sunday, June 2,2019 9:00 am: Parade departs IDESI hall: 901 Sweetser Avenue. 10:00 am: Mass at Our Lady of Loretto Church. 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 6:00 pm: Sopas e Carne will be served at IDESI hall. Concert and dance in the afternoon and evening. No charge, Everyone is welcome.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Frequent fliers today have many ways to ac-crue air miles, so one doesn’t always have to en-dure long hours in cramped seats to earn free hours in cramped seats. In St. Paul’s day, there were no such perks, nor would there have been any legal system for him to protest the ship-wrecks he endured. He had other rewards in mind. The churches that he established in the catalogue of cities from today’s first reading must have been very different from one another. Language, culture, customs, religious history, obstacles to community, social challenges, the places where they met, their clothing, their bread and wine, all distinct, particular to the area. There were social customs as well: in a Christian household, the only place where a slave would be able to stand legally as an equal with the master would be at the table of the Lord, because at that table a new world of reconcilia-tion was imaged. While Paul revered local cus-toms, he was relentless about challenging the ways that people lived their Christian lives and how their worship reflected them. It is much the same today, as a global Catholic Church seeks to respect local customs and culture, allowing for differences in many things, yet always giving expression to the underlying presence of Christ, who binds us all together into his body.

MISIONEROS DE MISERICORDIA ¡Regresó Pablo! Después del “violento abuso” de la semana pasada, los oponentes organizaron una muchedumbre de lincha-miento que golpeó casi hasta la muerte a Pa-blo. Sin embargo, llama Pablo el “evangelista energizante”, transformando la crueldad mortal en un fervor vivificante. El valor pasado de Pablo debe inspirarnos a nuestro compromiso; el Apocalipsis futuro “nuevo cielo, nueva tierra” debe inspirar nuestro optimismo. Pero el Apocalipsis pre-sente nos asegura: “Esta es la morada de Dios entre los hombres”, debe desafiarnos a hacernos “misioneros de misericordia”. Ya que el Papa Francisco declaró que la credibi-lidad de la Iglesia está completamente de-pendiendo de nuestra muestra incondicional de misericordia. La misericordia, como dice Francisco, hace la Iglesia, el mundo y a cada uno joven otra vez, despertando a las virtu-des más nobles de la vida. De manera apro-piada, en el Evangelio de hoy, Jesús refuerza ese tema: “Así sabrán todos que ustedes son mis discípulos, si se aman unos a los otros”.

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Pablo y Bernabé continúan sus viajes para fortalecer el espíritu de los discípulos (Hechos 14:21-27). Salmo — Bendeciré al Señor eternamente. Aleluya (Salmo 145 [144]). Segunda lectura — Juan tiene una visión de Dios mo-rando con la raza humana (Apocalipsis 21:1-5a). Evangelio — Al igual que Jesús nos ama, así también nosotros debemos amarnos mutuamente (Juan 13:31-33a, 34-35).

Queridos amigos, El lugar de María en la vida cotidiana de los católicos ha declinado, lamenta-blemente, en los últimos 30 años. Eso es desafortunado, una pérdida para no-sotros y para la Iglesia en su conjunto. Pero esta tendencia ha comenzado a dar la vuelta. Ha habido un resurgimiento gradual del interés en María, no solo en-tre los católicos, sino también entre los cristianos de otras religiones. La

devoción a María se está haciendo más fuerte que nunca. ¿Por qué? Porque lo que muchos pensaron fue un énfasis en María en el Concilio Vaticano II, fue real-mente un reposicionamiento de María en el centro al que pertenece. Ella no pertenece a un la-do por sí misma, no importa cuán alto sea nuestro pedestal. Ella es una de nosotros, entre las que Cristo murió. Es miembro de la Iglesia, no por encima ni aparte de ella. Ella es una discípula del Señor, la primera y la mejor discípula, pero una que luchó por entender a su Hijo, al igual que todos nosotros. Ella también es miembro de la Comunión de los Santos, que nos ayuda a llevarnos al Señor, no a alguien que se interponga entre nosotros y el Señor. El padre Tony Vallecillo tomará el lugar del padre Erick a partir del 1 de julio. El padre Tony fue ordenado en 2014 y ahora está trabajando en la parroquia de St. Peter en San Francisco. El padre Tony dividirá su tiempo entre la OLL y las comunidades de St. Isabella. Doy la bienven-ida al Padre Tony a la comunidad OLL y le agradezco al Padre Erick por su 1 año y medio de servicio. Celebraremos la llegada del Padre Tony y agradeceremos al Padre. Erick por su tiem-po con nosotros. Esté atento a las fechas y horarios. ¡Tenga una gran semana de Pascua! ¡Vamos Warriors! ¡Vamos Sharks! Padre Brian

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE El primer día de mayo es reconocido como el día mundial del trabajo y conmemora seis mártires de Chica-go, quienes fueron fusilados en 1886 cuando la policía trató de impedir una pelea campal durante una huelga de obreros. Curiosamente esta fecha no es reconocida por los Estados Unidos pero sí por muchos países lati-noamericanos. En 1954, el Papa Pío XII apoyó los derechos del obrero incluyendo a san José Obrero en el ca-lendario cristiano. Esta fiesta celebra y recuerda la doctrina social de la Iglesia católica, una doctrina que insis-te que: “El mensaje cristiano no aparta a las personas de la edificación del mundo, ni les lleva a despreocupar-se del bien de sus semejantes, sino que les impone esta colaboración como un deber” (Gaudium et Spes 34). Es justo conmemorar a san José como obrero en el día mundial del trabajado, porque este santo varón nos recuerda que al trabajar uno colabora con Dios en la creación continua del mundo y de la humanidad. El traba-jo no sólo es derecho humano es una responsabilidad que se debe tomar con amor al prójimo. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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