May 28, 2017 The Ascension of the Lord OUR LADY OF LORETTO PARISH

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

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

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

Darlene Belluomini, Laura Bernardini, Al Budzeleski, Betty Burke, Steve Cantor, Adita Claire, Janeen Corda-Brady, Maureen Crist, Paula DiStefano, Bunny Dodson,

Jeff Drucker, Ann English, Gennaro Fiorentino, Peter Fulchiron, Henry Haase, Mar-garet Hamlett, Daniel Harding, Florence Haron, Mary Ann Holtom, Kiera Hynes,

Johnny Johnston, Bridie Keenan, Sharon Kielty, Tom Knego, Marjorie Lane, Bill Leh-mann, Benita Lopez, Julia Matos, Dorothy Miller, Wanda Mower, Catherine O’Brien, Erika Oleson, Ray Ostertag, Dalton O’Sullivan, Roy Ottolini, Cindy Paladini, Tearah Parker, Gabriella Passa, Alyce Quiss, Sr. Herbert Raphael, Jeanne Roche, Alice Ro-saire, Alex Ruiz, Margarita Ruiz, Arlene Schober, Lauren and Janice Seale, Louise

Shipman, Anita Skinner, Matt Sowick, Sue Steinbach, Paula and Dan Stilling, Sarah Stryker, Mary Stryker, Jose Ugarte, Niloo Vahid, Loretta Van Vleck, Rita Wardner,

Kathy Weddle, Teresa Welsch, Claire Wiley, Dory Wivens

We are updating our prayer list and have removed names which have been on the list for some time. Please call the Rectory to have someone

May all our deceased

Parishioners rest in the loving arms

of Christ.

Mass Intentions May 27 through June 4

Day Time Intentions

Priest

Saturday 5/27

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

Joe Smith + Bea Horan Family (L) and +

BC BC JML

Sunday 5/28 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon

OLL Parishioners Richard & Mary Benning Family (L) and + Alberto Astete +

BC BC JML

Monday 5/29 9:00am Deceased Members of our Military + BC

Tuesday 5/30 9:00am

Mary Catherine Dunn + BC

Wednesday 5/31 9:00am

Tim Lockwood Family (L) BC

Thursday 6/1

9:00am Richard Doyle + BC

Friday 6/2 9:00am Brian Costello (L) BC

Saturday 6/3

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

Joe Smith + Eleanor Angulo +

BC BC TBD

Sunday 6/4 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon

Lombardi Family (L) and + OLL Parishioners Luisa Rangel and Estela Sanchez +

BC BC TBD

BC: Fr. Brian Costello JML: Fr. Juan Manuel Lopez Fr. John Piderit, ; RR: Fr. Ray Reyes

JA: Fr. Jorge Aria, MR Fr. Mark Reburiano

Rev. Brian Costello frbrian@ollnovato.org Ext.227

Pastor

Rev. Juan Manuel Lopez Parochial Vicar ext. 221

Church of the Assumption Parish 1-707-878-2208

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 Kathleen Pitti

415-897-6714

Sandro Garcia Grades 1-3 en Espanol

415-897-2171 ext.225

Annie Troy, Dir. Youth Ministry and Confirmation

415-897-2171 ext.277

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 Noon 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

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

2017 Special Collections Schedule

May 28—Catholic Communication Campaign June 25—Peter’s Pence (Holy Father) September 17—Priest’s Retirement Fund October 22—World Mission Sunday November 5—St. Patrick’s Seminary November 19—Campaign for Human Development December 10—Retirement for Religious

Golf News: Have you seen the Youth Ministry Golf Tour-nament Sponsor board in the front ves bule of the

church? Do check it out! Be a spon-sor and help us fill the rest of the board with a golf ball bearing your name or business. Chip in to make the 13th Annual Youth Ministry Golf Tournament the most successful yet! Thank you!!

Dear Friends, This will be my last weekly letter to you for awhile. I have asked Fr. Juan Manuel to write an occasional letter to fill you in on what is going on in the Spanish Community. You will be hear-ing from me , from time to time, on special occasions (Father’s Day, July 4th, etc.). As we begin the Summer Season, I wish each and every one of you a good and restful summer.

Before I close, I want to publicly thank Patrick, Erin and Allen for all their hard work. I might get the credit, but they do all the heavy lifting. There are many challenges and frustrations the staff deals with every day, but everything is done with much kindness and patience. We are lucky to have such good people here. Happy Ascension Sunday! Father Brian

OLL YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS

There will be no Thursday night minis-try hours until June 15. Study for your finals & we'll see our OLL teens soon!

OLL SCHOOL IS STILL ACCEPTING

APPLICATIONS

As our students are off enjoy-ing their summer vacation, the OLL school office is still open for the month of June. We are still accepting applications for the 2017-2018 school year. We have openings in grades TK - 7th grade and will accept appli-cations until the classes are full. Please stop by the school office and pick up an enroll-ment packet and discuss the enrollment pro-cess. We are here to guide you and to answer any of your questions to make Catholic edu-cation a possibility for your family. Our school office phone number is (415)892-8621.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Jesus tells the disciples that they will be witnesses to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:1-11). Psalm — God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord (Psalm 47). Second Reading — May the Father of glory give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation (Ephesians 1:17-23). Gospel — Jesus instructs the Eleven to bap-tize and teach people of all nations (Matthew 28:16-20).

OLL BOOK CLUB NEWS

The OLL Book Club is meeting May 31 at 10am in the Convent Chapel at 1819 Virgin-ia Avenue for discussion of "Champions of the Rosary" by Donald H Calloway, MIC. For more information you may visit https://churchpop.com/2016/12/11/is-this-little-known-new-book-the-greatest-ever-written-on-the-rosary/. Please join us as we continue to celebrate May as the month of Mary and delve deeper into the origins of the rosary, its greatest champions, and how to pray it. Af-ter that, we will break for summer. A new reading list for next year will be distributed in the early Fall. Please join us for great reading and fellowship. If you would like more information, please contact Amy at 415-897-6714 or amy@ollnovato.org.

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES The Parish wishes to extend to all those grad-uating this spring, our prayers for continued success as you move toward the future

A Prayer for our Graduates

May you have

WISDOM in heart and mind

SUCCESS in every challenge you find

COURAGE to seek life’s purpose for you

BELIEF in yourself to make it come true

STRENGTH to do your best and endure

And the guiding light of FAITH to ensure

That wherever you go, whatever you do,

God’s LOVE will always see you through.

Prayer for Visiting a Grave in a Cemetery on Memorial Day

God of Abraham and of Moses, Lord of the Living, who visited Jesus within His grave and filled Him with the fullness of eternal life, hear our prayer this day as we come to the burial place of all those who died that we might be free With reverence, we visit this sacred shrine where their body was placed within the womb of the earth to await the final day of glory. We pause in silence to be united with them. Lord, we have come on this pilgrimage of prayer to keep the flame of love alive within our hearts. As we read their name upon the marker-stone, we rejoice because that name has been written for all ages in the palm of Your divine hand. May the breath of creation that surrounds this grave— in trees, grass and earth, birds and sun— join us in prayer. May this pilgrimage remind us of what we already know: that nothing dies; rather, life is only transformed into new life. Holy is this grave, holy this earth that has held in gentle embrace the bodies of all who are buried in this cemetery. Lord, with reverence, we leave a wreath of worship at this grave, woven with love, adorned with memories and with our faith in the reality of that earthen Easter morning when all the holy dead shall rise in the splendor of Your glory. Till that day, eternal rest to all our service people and to all the holy dead. Amen

This Week at OLL May 28 - June 4 Sun. The Ascension of the Lord Mon. RECTORY OFFICE CLOSED Tue. Helping Hands Prayer Group—1pm—Church 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—7:00pm Fri. Adoration—Chapel—9:30pm to 5:00pm Sat. Cenacle—Chapel –9:30am Sun. Pentecost

Esta semana en OLL 28 Mayo— 4 Junio

Domingo: Solemnidad de la Ascensión del Señor Martes: Helping Hands Grupo de Oración por la Iglesia-1pm 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—9:30pm to 5pm Sab: Cenacle—Chapel—9:30am Domingo: Pentecoste

Congratulations to our Our Lady of Loretto Spanish

Religious Education First Communicants

Natalie Rodriguez Lopez Christopher Avalos Ulisses Torres Lirio Melendez Sulima Hernandez Alex Silverio Juan Molina Acosta Estrella Benitez Britny M. Serna Sonia Silverio Roy Ramirez Jesus Correa Castaneda Mia Avalos Ochoa Kimberly Mendez P. Dennis I. Garcia Luis Bermudez Briana Gonzalez J. Joselyn Benitez Andres Gonzalez A. Angel sabido G. Andrea Alas Esmeralda Lopez Sielo Gutierrez

We pray that you will forever be blessed as you continue to trust God and grow in His grace. Congratulations!

Tyler Abreu Ashley Barrera Juan Camarena Miguel Caro DelCastillo Nicole Caro DelCastillo Veronica Caro DelCastillo Juan Castaneda Stephany Castro Lucia Cayllahua Leah Coale Maggie Duffield Didier Esquivel Kyle Eyler Tatiana Frates Cristina Gallardo Arcelia Gonzalez Erik Gramajo Joe Hass Casey Johnston

Daniel Lopez Shanty Mar Gianna Marino Valeria Montalvo Aliya Navarro Pauline Navarro Tyler Nettelman Cinthia Ochoa Owen Ondricek Erasmo Ordonez Irene Barragan- Quintanilla Gaye Roegiers Gaby Romero Julissa Romero Matthew Sasan Lauren Seale Victoria Tamayo

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY CONFIRMED

“Let your faith shine brightly so that all your friends, family and everyone you meet

can see Christ.”

MEMORIAL DAY They fell, but o’er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save. —Francis Marion Crawford

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura -- Este Jesús que les han llevado volverá de la misma manera que ustedes lo han visto ir al cielo (Hechos 1:1-11). Salmo -- Entre voces de jubilo y trompetas, Dios el Señor asciende hasta su trono (Salmo 47 [46]). Segunda lectura -- Dios sentó a Jesús a su derecha en el reino de los cielos (Efesios 1:17-23). Evangelio -- Me ha sido dado todo poder en el cielo y en la tierra. Vayan, pues, y enseñen a todas las naciones (Mateo 28:16-20). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario Hispanoamericano Dominical (c) 1970, Comisión Episcopal Española. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados.

Queridos amigos, Esta será mi última carta semanal por un tiempo. Le he pedido al P. Juan Manuel a escribir una carta ocasional para rellenar lo que está pasando en la Comunidad Española. Tendrás noticias de mí, de vez en cuando, en ocasiones especiales (el Día del Padre, el 4 de julio, etc.). Al comenzar la temporada de verano, deseo a todos y cada uno de ustedes un buen y tran-quilo verano.

Antes de cerrar, quiero agradecer públicamente a Patrick, Erin y Allen por todo su arduo traba-jo. Puedo obtener el crédito, pero hacen todo el trabajo pesado. Hay muchos desafíos y frus-traciones que el personal trata cada día, pero todo se hace con mucha amabilidad y paciencia. Somos afortunados de tener gente tan buena aquí. Feliz Ascensión Domingo! Padre Brian

COMPARTE LA ESPERANZA

Las lecturas de hoy para la celebración de la Ascensión del Se-ñor una vez más nos recuerdan que los cris-

tianos somos pueblo de esperanza. En la se-gunda lectura, san Pablo con elocuencia ex-horta a los efesios a iluminar su mente para que puedan conocer la esperanza y la gloria que vienen de ser personas que ponen su confianza en el Señor Jesús. En el relato de la Ascensión, narrado en la primera lectura, el Señor Jesús asegura a los discípulos que el poder del Espíritu Santo vendrá sobre ellos. Finalmente, en el Evangelio, el Señor da a conocer a los discípulos que su misión es proclamar el Evangelio a todas las naciones. Esta maravillosa fiesta mantiene nuestros ojos enfocados en la esperanza en la que nos afianzamos desde el día de nuestro Bautis-mo.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE El mensaje de Nuestra Se-ñora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá o la Chinita como cariñosamente la llaman sus fieles, es sencil-lo: "Déjate renovar por Di-os". Renovación que ella misma recibió milagrosa-mente en el año 1586. En

ese entonces, su imagen pertenecía a doña María, una mujer sevillana de mucha piedad. Doña María había recibido como herencia por parte de su hermano Antonio una pintura de la Virgen del Rosario en tan mal estado que no se podía distinguir ni la Virgen madre con el niño Dios en sus brazos o los santos Antonio de Pado-va y Andrés apóstol. No obstante la mala con-dición de la pintura, doña María la colocó en su capilla donde pasaba las mañanas en oración. Un día, una indígena y su niño pasaban por la puerta de la capilla cuando notaron un gran brillo que venia del rostro de María iluminando el resto del cuadro con colores vivos y brillantes. Inme-diatamente llamaron a doña María, quien pudo ser testigo de la milagrosa renovación. Como al-go muy interesante, la imagen de cerca se ve bor-rosa y dañada, pero de lejos adquiere distinción y nitidez.