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“Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb” Lk 1:39-45

FLANAGAN CENTER (415) 564-2632

HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH 1555 39th Ave. San Francisco, California 94122

Phone: (415) 664-8590 Fax: (415)759-4293

VISIT OUR WEBSITES: www.HolyName-SF.org www.holynamesf.com

PASTOR

Rev. Arnold Zamora

PAROCHIAL VICAR

Rev. Nicasio Paloso

AUXILIARY BISHOP EMERITUS /IN RESIDENCE

Most Rev. Ignatius Wang, JCD

PAROCHIAL ASSOCIATE

Rev. Mr. Michael Doherty, Deacon

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE

Sr. Stella Negri, FdCC

PASTORAL OUTREACH MINISTER Sr. Herminia Cosico, FdCC

SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR CHINESE MINISTRY D.R.E., HOLY NAME SCHOOL

Sr. Esther Ling, FdCC

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Mr. Tony Eiras

PARISH SECRETARY

Miss Colleen A. Durkin

PARISH MANAGER CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC DIRECTOR

Mrs. Jackie C. Alcaraz

YOUTH MINISTRY COORDINATOR

Mr. Leoul Samson

VOLUNTEER WEBMASTER

Dr. Joe Nicolas

PARISH NURSE PROGRAM Carol, R.N. (415) 664-8590 ext. 109

HOLY NAME SCHOOL 1560 40th Ave. SF, CA 94122 (415) 731-4077

Mrs. Judy Cosmos Miss Linda McCausland PRINCIPAL VICE PRINCIPAL

RECTORY 3240 Lawton St. San Francisco, CA 94122 (415) 759-4294

HOLY NAME PARISH SPORTS PROGRAM: Mr. Ron Alcaraz, BOYS’ ATHLETIC/GYM DIRECTOR Mr. Vince de Lucca, GIRLS’ ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

“HOLY NAME OF JESUS—WHERE NO ONE IS A STRANGER”

SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM (Family Mass), 11:30 AM, 5:15 PM (Vietnamese) Saturday 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 3:00 PM (Chinese), 5:00 PM (Vigil) Weekdays 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM Holy Days 7:30 AM, 9:00AM, and 7:30 PM Confessions 15 minutes before 9:30 and 11:30 AM Masses on Sunday & 4:30 - 5:00 PM Saturday or by appointment Perpetual Help Devotions Friday following the 9:00 AM Mass

Baptisms Baptisms by appointment Baptismal Preparation—Fourth Thursday of the month in the Pastoral Center - 7:30 PM Marriages Contact Pastoral Center 6 months in advance. Religious Education (for Children) Kindergarten to 9th Saturday 10 AM—12 Noon RCIA for youth Monday 5:00-6:30 PM Youth Program Junior High - Every Monday, 7:00-8:30pm; High School - Every Saturday, 1:00-2:30pm Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) Every Wednesday—Pastoral Center—7:30 PM Religious Education (for Adults) : Please call Sr. Stella 664-8590 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every Wednesday—9:30 AM—7:30 PM

HOLY NAME CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Private lessons are offered in piano, voice, guitar and violin.

Registration information is available in our website

(www.HolyName-sf.org) or you may contact Jackie at 664-8590

ext 114.

MAGDALEN OF CANOSSA CONVENT:(Canossian Sisters) 1858 38th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122 (415) 753-6685

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 20, 2009 O LORD of hosts, look down from heaven and see; take care of this vine, and protect what your right hand has planted.

— Psalm 80:15–16

MASS INTENTIONS WEEK of December 20, 2009

Sun 20 7:30 AM Mass for the People 9:30 AM Ignazio Flaviani† 11:30 AM SM Pauline Borghello,RSM Mon 21 7:30 AM PJ McGarthy† 9:00 AM Mark Hegarty Tue 22 7:30 AM Rozario Family 9:00 AM Martin Urrutia† Wed 23 7:30 AM John & Genevieve Harrington† 9:00 AM John Mockler† Thu 24 CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES 5:00 PM Children’s Mass 7:00 PM Vietnamese Mass 12 Midnight Concelebrated Mass Fri 25 CHRISTMAS DAY 7:30 AM Christmas Mass 9:30 AM Christmas Mass 11:30 AM Christmas Mass Sat 19 7:30 AM Willem, Roy & Patricia Schunk† 9:00 AM Michael Darcy† 5:00 PM Stephen Lam†

We pray for the Sick ...that they may experience God’s Love and Healing. Lorenzo Aguirre, Vita Briones, Dalmacio Briones, Jr., Joseph Fiumara, Sonia Coote, Deogracias Cusi, Lily Dee, Jose Dominguez, Lowel Lu, Erick Ongsitco, Mee Yee, Joyce Furman, Marion Kunst, Kevin Lomarde, Evangeline Agbunag, Gene Relam-pagos, Mario L. Guillermo, Mani Glanz, Lito Co-loma, Sampaguita Dizon, Leilani Buccat, Kathleen Carroll, Clara Lee, Claire Brandin, Mary Motak— Leung, Amy McNally, Linda Edwards, Julia Turner, Brian Haran, Bernadette Neeley We Pray for those who have died…that they be granted a home in heaven. Christine O’ Flaherty, Carol Mooney Asselin

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — From you, Bethlehem, shall come forth one who is to be ruler in Israel. He shall shepherd his flock by the strength of the LORD (Micah 5:1-4a). Psalm —

Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved (Psalm 80). Second Reading — By Christ doing the will of God, namely, offering himself, we have been consecrated (Hebrews 10:5-10). Gospel — Elizabeth speaks to her cousin Mary: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb” (Luke 1:39-45).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Lk 1:39-45 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; Lk 1:46-56 Wednesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24; Lk 1:57-66 Thursday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Lk 1:67-79 Friday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Midnight: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Saturday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Mt 10:17-22 Sunday: Sir 3:2-7, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28; Ps 128 or Ps 84; Col 3:12-20 [12-17] or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24; Lk 2:41-52

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Advent Monday: St. Peter Canisius; Winter begins Wednesday: St. John of Kanty Thursday: The Vigil of Christmas Friday: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Saturday: St. Stephen; First day of Kwanzaa

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION SUNDAY You are cordially Invited

On January, 3, 2010, as we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus and Epiphany Sunday, all Holy Name Parish volunteers are invited to the 11:30 AM Mass followed by a reception in your honor at the Flanagan Center. Volunteers are the heart of our community! You are always appreciated!

CHRISTMAS FLOWER ENVELOPES Envelopes for your Christmas Flower dona-tions will be available in the Church & the Chapel entry. Envelopes may be returned in the collection baskets, or in the Pastoral Center mailbox. Thanks to your generosity, our Environment Committee will be able to purchase flowers and plants now and throughout the year.

CALL TO FAITH E-CONNECT A New Resource for Lifelong Catechesis

Holy Name Parish has an exciting new web resource to continue your spiritual growth. The pro-gram is known as: "Call to Faith eConnect". We hope you take this opportunity to participate during this Advent Season to strengthen and to grow in your faith. Visit www.calltofaitheconnect.com/holyname or you may go to our Parish website: www.holynamesf.org - the link to “Call to Faith eConnect” is on our homepage. Lectors may take the opportunity to prepare for all of the Mass readings on "Call to FaitheConnect" as well.

AAA 2009 The end of the year is approaching and we are still in need of pledges to complete the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal for 2009. Our assess-ment is $52,900.00, and with 89% completed, we have $47,305.00 pledged and $41, 420.00 received. We need $5, 595.00 to complete the assessment. If we do not reach our assessment, the money will have to come from the Parish account. Will you please consider giving any amount to help us reach our goal by December 31? Please make checks payable to: Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. Forms are available in the Parish Office, or just drop your donation into the collection basket, or Parish Office mailbox at anytime. Thank you for you continued support of Holy Name Parish.

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2009 DIRECTORIES Have you picked up your Directory yet? The fol-lowing is a list of those who have not picked up their 2009 Parish Directories from the Parish office.

Ms. Melva Aguirre Mr. Everett Belcher

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Caselli Mr. & Mrs. Jose Dominguez

Mrs. Helen Dudum Mrs. Kathryn Fields

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Glynn Mrs. Barbara Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. William Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Miguel Mr. & Mrs. Frank O’Connor

Mr. & Mrs. Endy Tirta Mr. & Mrs. Edgardo Torres

Mrs. Sylvia Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yu

Kindly pick up your Directory between the hours of 9 am -3 pm Monday to Friday (please see office Holiday sched-ule on page 5). If you already received a copy of your Directory, please let us know by calling (415) 664 8590. If you would like to pick up your directory in the evening, please call Colleen or Jackie and we will have it ready for you for evening pick up.

THANK YOU Sr. Herminia and the Homebound Commit-tee wish to express our heartfelt thanks to all volun-teers who helped with the Homebound Mass on Sat-urday, December 12, 2009. The volunteers included Tony Eiras his beautiful music and choir, the Lay Canossians, driv-ers, servers, youth group, decorators, including Tony & Linda Sideco. Our thanks also to the many who donated food and money. Thanks to Pat Relampagos and her dancers who entertained us with the “Macarena”. Special thanks to our Pastor, Fr. Arnold Zamora, for celebrating our Mass. As part of our entertainment, Fr. Arnold and Fr. Nick both sang some enjoyable Christmas music. Last but not least, our thanks to Jackie and Colleen, our secretaries, for all their efforts. You are all very much appreciated.

HOLY NAME CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR THE

SPRING 2010 SEMESTER For more information: Call Jackie @ (415) 664 8590

CLASSES BEGIN ON JANUARY 11, 2010

MISA DE GALLO The Misa de Gallo is an annual Christmas tradition among Filipino Catholics. It is a nine-day series of early morning masses held just immedi-ately before Christmas Eve, with the liturgy tradi-tionally celebrated at four in the morning. The tradi-tion of Misa de Gallo began as singular Masses, cele-brated during early mornings in the Philippines, for workers setting off for the fields. Hence the name, which is Spanish for “Mass of the cock.” As the years passed, these Masses also became Masses of thanksgiving (Misas de aguinaldo), especially around the Christmas season. Subsequently, the format--nine days of Masses—merged with the Catholic practice of novenas, or special prayers said for a pe-riod of nine days to ask a favor or to intercede on someone’s behalf. The Misa de Gallo was brought to Holy Name Parish in 2003 by members and supporters of the Holy Name Fil-Am Club. Please join us in cele-brating the anticipation of His birth, from December 16-24 at 5:30 AM (Flanagan Center), through this novena of Masses and the sumptuous breakfasts provided by our generous sponsors.

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FAZtoral Council by Fr. Arnold Zamora It is with great joy that I announce to you the

formation of our new Parish Pastoral Council (PPC). The Parish Pastoral Council is a consultative body that makes recommendations to the pastor. Upon depar-ture of a pastor, the council ceases to exist until the new pastor officially reconstitutes the previous council or establishes a new one. The aim of the council is to make the life and activity of the parish ever more closely conform to the gospel. It assists the parish’s apostolic work, and coordinates various independent lay associations and initiatives. The members offer wise counsel so that the pastor plans the pastoral program systematically and carries it out effectively. Our Parish Pastoral Council is modeled from the three-fold function of Christ as a Priest, Prophet and King and hence broken into six different commis-sions or areas such as Worship, which oversees the liturgical and prayer life of the parish; Education or Evangelization, sets direction and implements pro-grams for various parish educational efforts, including all sacramental preparation, and Adult Education; So-cial Services or Outreach, oversee the work of the par-ish community service groups; Temporal Affairs, oversees financial matters for the entire parish and is responsible for updating the five-year maintenance plan for all parish facilities; Youth, which oversees the youth and young adult activities of the parish; and the Socio-Cultural committee, which coordinates parish social events, including Parish dinners and fundrais-ing. In addition we have three others representatives who oversees the parish in general and we simply named them “Committee At-Large.” Here are our new PPC members: Worship: Benny Capuyan/Roberta Beach Education: Patrick Cody/Diane Cresci Social Services: Tuan Nguyen/Mike Downing Temporalities: Paul Roscelli/ Ron Alcaraz Youth: Rose Tang/Tri Nguyen Socio-Cultural: Carol Murphy/Linda Sideco At Large: Mike Sharpe/Vince DeLucca/ Fred Grafelman

We’ve decided to have interim officers with a formal election after six months. They are: Patrick Cody, Chair, Benny Capuyan, Vice-Chair, and Carol Murphy, Secretary.

More power to all of you! The PPC is our Christmas gift to the parish, bring yourself to the Church as a gift.

May you have a wonderful Christmas!

Oh, Holy Night May the true meaning of Christmas

bless your heart and your home.

From the Priests, Deacon, Sisters and Staff of HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH

HOLY NAME LADIES AID Members of the Holy Name Ladies Aid will be col-lecting for the needy in the Parish. Boxes are at the exits. Your generosity is always appreciated!.

PARISH OFFICE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE The Parish office will be closed on Thursday, December 24 and Friday, December 25 and will only be open half day on Thursday, December 31 and closed on Friday, January 1, 2010.

From the Desk of the Parish Nurse: Important Facts about pneumonia: PNEUMONIA is an infection deep within the

lung. It may be due to a virus or bacteria and is usually treated with an antibiotic. Severe cases require treatment in the hospital. Milder cases can be treated at home. Symptoms usually start to improve during the first two days of treatment. HOME CARE: 1. Rest at home for the first 2-3 days until you feel

stronger. When resuming activity, don’t let yourself become overly tired.

2. Avoid exposure to cigarette smoke (yours or others). 3. You may use acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen

(Motrin, Advil) to control pain, unless another medi-cine was prescribed. (NOTE: If you have chronic liver or kidney disease or ever had a stomach ulcer or GI bleeding, talk with your doctor before using these medicines.) (Aspirin should never be used in anyone under 18 years of age who is ill with a fever. It may cause severe liver damage.)

4. Your appetite may be poor so a light diet is fine. Keep well hydrated by drinking 6-8 glasses of fluids per day (water, soft drinks, juices, tea, soup, etc.). This will help loosen secretions in the lung, making it eas-ier for you to cough up the phlegm (sputum). If you also have heart or kidney disease, check with your doctor before you drink extra amounts of fluids.

5. Finish all antibiotic medicine prescribed, even if you are feeling better after a few days.

FOLLOW UP with your doctor in the next 2-3 days (or as advised) to be sure you are responding properly to the medicine. [NOTE: If you are age 65 or older, or if you have chronic lung disease (asthma, emphysema or COPD), we recom-mend a PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION every five years and a yearly INFLUENZA VACCINATION (flu-shot) every autumn. Ask your doctor about this.] [NOTE: If you had an X-ray or EKG (Cardiogram), it will be reviewed by a specialist. You will be notified of any new findings that may affect your care.] RETURN PROMPTLY or contact your doctor is any of the following occur: • Not getting better within the first 48 hours of treat-

ment • More trouble breathing • Coughing up blood or increasing chest pain with

breathing • Fever over 101.5°F (38.0°C) for more than two days • Increasing weakness, dizziness or fainting • Increasing thirst or dry mouth • Sinus pain. Headache or a stiff neck • Chest pain not caused by coughing Carol, R.N. (415) 664-8590 ext. 109

HOLY NAME SCHOOL APPLICATION FOR FALL 2010

Applications are now available for the school year 2010/2011. If you are interested in taking a tour of the school, please call the office at 731-4077 for an appointment. Holy Name School, mindful of its mission to be witness to the love of Christ for all, admits student of any race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded to or make available to students at this school. Holy Name School does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin, age, gender or disability in administration of educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.”

HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH 2009 Christmas Schedule

CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES

Thursday, December 24

5:00 PM (Family {Children’s}Mass) 7:00 PM (Vietnamese Mass)

11:30 PM Christmas Carols

Holy Name Choral Ministry 12:00 MIDNIGHT Concelebrated Mass

Rev. Arnold E. Zamora, Main Celebrant Most Reverend Ignatius C. Wang, Presiding

CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES

Friday, December 25

7:30 AM 9:30 AM 11:30 AM

NEW YEAR’S DAY MASS

Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God (Not a Holy Day of Obligation)

Friday, January 1 9:30 AM

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT