Saint Junípero Serra Founder, 1769

Mission San Diego de Alcalá 10818 San Diego Mission Road, San Diego, CA 92108-2429

Phone: (619) 283-7319 Fax: (619) 283-7762 Website: www.missionsandiego.org

August 23, 2020

Rev. Peter M. Escalante, Pastor Rev. Bill Springer and Rev. Raymond Philip Napuli, Associate Pastors

Deacon Ernest Grosso PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday 9 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (619) 283-7319 Fax: (619) 283-7762 VISITOR CENTER/GIFT SHOP Rhonda Sosa, Manager Hours, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. (619) 281-8449

MSGR. HALTER ARCHIVES Hours - Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m.—12 p.m. (619) 283-6338 library@missionsandiego.org

SUNDAY MASS TIMES 5:30 p.m. Saturday—Mission Courtyard 7:30 a.m. Sunday—Mission Courtyard 9:00 a.m. Mission Courtyard 10:30 a.m. Spanish in Mission Courtyard 5:30 p.m. Mission Courtyard

WEEKDAY MASSES: 7:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m., (no Saturday 7a.m. Mass at this time.)

CONFESSIONS: By appointment only, please call the Parish Office.

ADORATION IN LA CAPILLA Suspended until further notice.

BAPTISMS: Please call the Parish Office at (619) 283-7319

MARRIAGES: Preparation with priest/deacon at least 9 months in advance.

NAZARETH SCHOOL: Principal Mrs. René Coons, (619) 641-7987

Mass Readings and Intentions

Sunday, August 23 Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Is 22:19-23; Ps 138:1-3, 6, 8; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 7:30am Baby Joseph LaHood

9am Leslie Nimmo 10:30am (Sp) Mrs. Naty Bugel

5:30pm Parishioners of Mission San Diego

Monday, August 24 St. Bartholomew

Rv 21:9b-14; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Jn 1:45-51

7am Marcela Fernanda Parodi 5:30pm Hector Villasana

Tuesday, August 25

St. Louis; St. Joseph Calasanz 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17; Ps 96:10-13;

Mt 23:23-26 7am Wulfilda Galvante 5:30pm Parker Cooley

Wednesday, August 26

2 Thes 3:6-10, 16-18; Ps 128:1-2, 4-5; Mt 23:27-32

7am Peter Pellett 5:30pm Rosemary Kerper

Thursday, August 27 St. Monica

1 Cor 1:1-9; Ps 145:2-7; Mt 24:42-51 7am Pura Gordola 5:30pm Karen Hogan

Friday, August 28

St. Augustine 1 Cor 1:17-25; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11;

Mt 25:1-13 7am Alan Cantoria 5:30pm Mario Llanos, Sr.

Saturday, August 29

The Passion of St. John the Baptist 1 Cor 1:26-31; Ps 33:12-13, 18-21;

Mk 6:17-29 5:30pm Adele and Joseph Nahas

Sunday, August 30

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 20:7-9; Ps 63:2-6, 8-9; Rom 12:1-2;

Mt 16:21-27 7:30am Parishioners of Mission San Diego

9am Beverly Reynolds 10:30am (Sp) Humberto Jaso

5:30pm Maureen Becker

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Activities this week at the Mission . . . Activities are cancelled until further notice.

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TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Eliakim is destined by God to be a father to those who live in Jerusalem (Isaiah 22:19-23). Psalm — Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands (Psalm 138). Second Reading — How deep are the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! (Romans 11:33-36). Gospel — Jesus asked the disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied, “You are the Christ” (Matthew 16:13-20).

TRUST Keys hold great significance for those who carry them. They represent the trust and authority of the owner when given to another person. We may give our house key to a trusted friend to take care of our matters while we are away. We may give keys to someone responsible for maintaining or working in a particular building. Keys to vehicles are given to people who have proven themselves responsible drivers. The readings today focus on this kind of trust—the trust that conveys authority and responsibility. In the first reading, the symbol is specifically that of a key; but the second reading and the Gospel also speak of trust and leadership as they refer to the earthly church that Jesus established. Copyright J.S. Paluch Co.

PATIENCE Patience is the companion of wisdom. —St. Augustine

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Daily and Sunday Masses have been moved outside in the Courtyard.

The Mission Church will remain open for visits

and prayer from: 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.

Suspended till further notice

MASSES

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

A Message from our Pastor

The Diocese of San Diego is providing Online Sunday Mass. This link will take you to a page that has English, Spanish, and Vietnamese Masses. https://www.sdcatholic.org/find-a-parish/on-line-Sunday-mass/

The Mission is recording Sunday Mass and posting to our website at https://www.missionsandiego.org and on our YouTube Channel. Please go to YouTube.com and join the Mission San Diego de Alcala channel. You will see our postings there.

Also providing Sunday Mass is Auxiliary Bishop Barron of Los Angeles. Use this link for those Masses. https://www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass/

SAINT MONICA (332-387) Feast Day - August 27 She had smiles for the neighbors, though her husband found her religion and the charity it inspired annoying. She made tearful prayers in private for a son, outwardly self-assured but, as his mother knew, inwardly restless, and whose girlfriend of a dozen years had borne his child out of wedlock. Though not the first or last such mother and son, Monica and Augustine are the Church’s most famous, so we keep their feast days back to back, with Monica’s, fittingly, first. To Rome she followed Augustine, then to Milan, where years of prayer—and nagging—finally bore fruit in his conversion by Saint Ambrose. For six months, mother and son enjoyed the blessing of rediscovering each other. Just in time! On the way home to North Africa, Monica took sick and died near Rome. No child who has mourned a parent can read, unmoved, Augustine’s tender account, in his Confessions, of Monica’s last days. At this time of the year, when parents watch apprehensively as children leave for school, may Monica’s perseverance and Augustine’s long-prayed-for conversion ease anxiety and kindle hope. Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch

UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION For information about COVID-19,

please visit: www.cdc.gov or Www.oronavirus-sd.com or

Www.cdph.ca.gov

Effective August 4, the Gift Shop is opened 7 days a week.

Thursday-Monday—9am to 3pm Tuesday and Wednesday—10am to 3pm

Want to volunteer? Call Rhonda at (619) 281-8449

Please pray for all those affected by the Coronavirus—Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. —John 14:27

Communion of the Sick or Homebound - During this period of COVID-19, many among us, especially the elderly and those with health issues are opting to not attend Mass. This has been difficult for those who desperately wish to receive Holy Communion. If you have someone at home who is unable to attend Mass, but who would like to receive Holy Communion, you may take Communion home to them. We will provide you with a PIX (a small vessel to transport the Eucha-rist). Bring the pix with you to Mass. At communion time, present the pix to the priest, Deacon or Eucharistic Minister, tell them how many consecrated hosts you need. They will place the Eucharist in the pix. Close the pix and put it in your pocket or purse. Then you receive Communion yourself, and then depart. It is important that you take Communion to the person IMMEDIATELY after Mass. Consecrated hosts are not permitted to be kept in the home. If you would like to arrange to receive a pix or have any ques-tions, contact the parish office. God bless you and your families, Fr. Peter

An additional Mass will be added to our Sunday Schedule

as of today, August 23.

Saturday, 5:30pm Sunday, 7:30 and 9:00am, 10:30am (Spanish)

and 5:30pm

All Masses are in the Mission Courtyard.

What’s Happening at the Mission and around the Diocese . . . Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Make it a Habit. The first weekend of each month provide an opportunity to bring your donations of Food/ Diapers/ Formula /Paper goods for our monthly collection. We provide non-perishable food to our sister parish, Holy Family in Linda Vista. We also support needy expectant mothers and families with young children through Birthline. Birthline is always in need of infant formula. Paper goods benefit the Fraternity House that cares for HIV/AIDS patients. This month, all coins left in the collection basket as you leave Mass will benefit Religious Education Scholarships here at Mission San Diego. Thanks for your continuing support.

Youth Ministry at the Mission—Registrations are now open for Confirmation classes and high school youth ministry. Register by visiting missionsandiegoyouth.org/confirmation-registration and fill out the registration form and medical release form, then email them to youthministrymsd@gmail.com. Each candidate and their family will then need to schedule an interview with the youth ministry team to get to know the candidate and their family and to go over program requirements and any questions you may have. The annual fee for the program is $125 and can be paid after your interview by cash, check, or credit card. Copies of the candidate's Baptism and first Holy Communion certificates will also be required, unless said sacraments were received at Mission San Diego. Confirmation prepara-tion is a two year program. Candidates must be 15 years old before May of their second year in the program (Candidates usually begin the program as freshman in high school). Classes will be held on Sunday evenings from 6:30- 8pm. Questions, please contact us at the email above or (619) 640-0481. In Christ, Mission Youth Ministry Team

Nazareth Preschool started their phenomenal Fall enrichment program on campus Wednesday, August 19 and both the children and teachers are so excited to be back together learning and having fun. The Nazareth Preschool (Lic # 376700726), located next to the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you have a child that will be turning 3 before September 1st and is fully potty trained, please contact

Mrs. Gina Barragan, Nazareth Preschool Director at 619-641-7954 or preschooldir@nazarethschool.org.

An Invitation to the RCIA Mission San Diego de Alcalá cordially invites you to enter the RCIA process this fall and experience a new and enriched meaning to your life through renewed faith and love. This process is for those interested in possibly becoming Catholics and for those Catholics who have not completed their Sacraments of Initiation. To register, please call Fr. Bill Springer or Linda Hewett at (619) 283-7319 or email LindaHewett@missionsandiego.org. The Mission RCIA process begins September 10, join us Thursdays from 7—7:45pm in the Mission Courtyard. All health guidelines will be observed (social distancing and face coverings.) We welcome you and pray that the Lord will bless your journey of faith.

BLOOD DRIVE - Mission San Diego de Alcalá—Donate Blood at a Donor Center or Mobile drive—September 13 - 19. Due to COVID-19 we are unable to have our Drive in the California Room. Blood donations are still needed! You can go to a Donor Center or any Mobile Drive with an Appointment (it’s Required) Please schedule your appointment by visiting www.sandiegobloodbank.org/GiveLife | (619) 400-8251 Safety measures are in

place. Mention Mission San Diego de Alcalá code MSDA when you donate. Photo ID required. Arrive hydrated. Kamila (pictured) needs blood every 3 weeks due to a rare form of anemia. She loves to sing and dance, play dress up, host tea parties, and make new friends.

Dear Pro-life friends, Please join us every Saturday morning at 9AM for the weekly on-line rosary for the protection of the unborn. You may join listening/viewing via Zoom on either your computer or smart phone. Free Zoom app can be downloaded to either. Or dial into the meeting on your phone. For either option you will not be seen or heard unless you are leading one of the decades. The links are the same every week. To join the Zoom Meeting, use this link on Saturday morning: Meeting ID: 886 8148 9190 Password: 5Ttcvf.

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250th ANNIVERSARY. . . . . . . . . . 250jubilee@missionsandiego.org ALTAR LINENS GUILD. . . . . . . . . .Peggy Stolberg (619) 203-5871 ALTAR SERVERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dean Gipson (858) 761-1073 AMERICAN FILIPINO ASSOC. . . . Zeny Dobrawa (619) 504-8925 AMERICAN HISPANIC. MIN. Dulce Maria Serrato (619) 961-9913 BAPTISMS. . . . . . . . . Please call the Parish Office at (619) 283-7319 BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY. . . Dr. Roberta Flynn (619) 980-9244 BIRTHLINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Melkerson (858) 292-4848 CANTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Justine Lee (619) 972-7380 CENTERING PRAYER . . . . . . . Ardy Woodmansee (858) 279-7278 DOCENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Bartel (858) 560-9312 FESTIVAL OF THE BELLS. . . . . . . . .festivalofbells@hotmail.com FINANCE COUNCIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cheryl Doss (619) 279-6138 9 AM FOLK CHOIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molly Nocon (619) 890-7607 GIFT SHOP/VISITOR CENTER . . . . Rhonda Sosa (619) 281-8449 HOSPITAL OUTREACH. . . . . . . . . Carmen Falcon (619) 916-8476 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. . . . . . . GK Brian Carr (619) 916-6597 COLUMBIETTES (Auxiliary). . . . . . . .Laura Sperry (619) 590-2223 LECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Virginia McCarron (818) 519-1769 MARTHA AND MARY GUILD . . . . .Karen Rebelo (858) 277-6243 MISSION-AIRES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sylvia Benitez (619) 449-4345 MSGR. HALTER ARCHIVES. . . . . . . Tony Falcon (619) 283-6338 MUSIC DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gene Regard (858) 487-7457 MISSION CHOIR . . . . . . . . .Frank Schuld, President (619) 464-0401 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Howard McCullough, Organist (858) 208-9515 OUTREACH TO SICK . . . . .Sr. Margaret Kelly, OP (619) 283-7319 PARISH COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crystal Carr (619) 916-6598 PARISH OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(619) 283-7319 RACHEL’S WOMEN’S CENTER. . . . .Kathy Estey (619) 723-0584 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION . .(4 yrs old—8th Grades and Children’s Sacramental Classes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carol Gamara (619) 624-0900 RCIA/ADULT FORMATION . . . . .Fr. Bill Springer (619) 283-7319 SACRED ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . Susan Swall (619) 518-3101 SENIOR MEN’S GROUP (MMC) . . . . Pete Corrao (619) 582-9386 SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE. Mike Peddecord (619) 929-8955 TASTE OF THE MISSION . . . . . . . .Rachel Peniche (858) 449-8060 USHERS/HOSPITALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . Cecil Boyd (619) 203-4309 WEDDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . .Call the Parish Office to begin the process YOUNG ADULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ximena Olea (619) 750-8417 YOUTH MINISTRY (Sr High) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(619) 640-0481

Directory of Ministries and Groups

Bulletin Items . . . Please submit one week in advance

of bulletin date to LindaHewett@missionsandiego.org.

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Volunteering, a good way to stay healthy and active. Mission San Diego has many opportunities. Best ones to start with are the Gift Shop and Docent Program. Call Rhonda (619.281.8449) or Janet (858.560.9312).

An Act of Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.

I love You above all things, and I desire to receive

You into my soul. Since I cannot at this

moment receive You sacramentally, come at least

spiritually into my heart. Lord, I know that You have always been there.

I embrace You and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

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Keep in Touch—We are using our FlockNote program and the Mission Website to send messages from our Pastor, Fr. Peter Escalante, and anything Fr. Peter learns from the Diocese. Please sign up for messages by texting alcala to 84576. Follow the steps once you get a response. You can also download the app for your smart phone. It is free. Or you can complete the form below and we will add you to FlockNote. Just drop it in the Donations Bag.

NAME: __________________________________________ EMAIL: __________________________________________ MOBILE: _________________________________________ BIRTHDAY: ___________ ANNIVERSARY:___________

Join the over One Million Prayer Warriors who have participated in “40 Days for Life,” an internationally coordinated 40-day campaign that aims to end abortion locally through prayer

and fasting, community outreach, and a peaceful all day vigil in front of abortion businesses. Mission San Diego parishioners will be participating at the Sarah Weddington Planned Parent-hood, at 4575 College Ave., San Diego, from Sep 23 thru Nov 1. Sign up for hours that are convenient for you at https://www.40daysforlife.com/sandiegocollegeavenue or call Annette (619) 656-9178 or Maureen (619) 972-0073 for information.

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