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LITURGY CORNER Hail Mary, full of grace… Today’s gospel on this Sunday before Christ‐ mas is Luke’s account of the angel Gabriel’s appearance to Mary. God begins the “Christ event” with Mary, a simple Galilean Jewish girl who is at the very bottom of the social ladder of her time; the God who created all things makes the fulfillment of his promise dependent upon one of the most dispos‐ sessed and powerless of his creatures. Yet God exalts her humility, her simplicity, her trust in his love and mercy; in Mary, God re‐ veals his “favor’ for the poor, the rejected, the abandoned, and the forgotten among us today. Mary’s yes to Gabriel’s’ words set the stage for the greatest event in human histo‐ ry: the birth of our Savior, Jesus. SPN office hours Mon - Fri: 9am - 4pm SA office hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 12nn Staffed by Missionaries of Faith since 2008 For Baptisms: Call the Parish office first for an interview with the pastor or associate. Parish registration & preparation class are required. Individual Confessions: Call 373-5201 or 373-5202 for appointment. Saturday Confessions : SPN - 4:00 - 5:00pm SA - 3:30-4:00 pm For Weddings: call priest at least 6 months in advance, parish registration & preparation classes are required. St. Philip Neri - St. Albert the Great Parish St. Philip Neri School TK-8 1335 High St. Alameda, 94501 Principal: Jessica Murray (510) 521-0787 St. Philip Neri Church - 3101 Van Buren St. Alameda, 94501 Phone: (510) 373-5200 Fax: (510) 227-6751 Mass schedule: Monday-Saturday 8:30 am Saturday Vigil 5:30pm Sunday 9:00am and 11:30am Holy Days St. Albert Church - 1022 Holly St. Alameda, 94502 Phone: (510) 373-5225 Fax: (510) 227-6751 Mass schedule: Monday-Saturday 7:30 am Saturday Vigil 4:30pm Sunday 8:00am and 10:30am Holy Days Pastor: Fr. Robert Chinnapan, mf (510) 373-5201 [email protected] Parochial Vicar: Fr. Anthony Madanu, mf (510) 373-5202 [email protected] Parish Website: www.spnsa.org “May it be done to me according to your word”
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LITURGY CORNER Hail Mary, full of grace… Today’s gospel on this Sunday before Christ‐mas is Luke’s account of the angel Gabriel’s appearance to Mary. God begins the “Christ event” with Mary, a simple Galilean Jewish girl who is at the very bottom of the social ladder of her time; the God who created all things makes the fulfillment of his promise dependent upon one of the most dispos‐sessed and powerless of his creatures. Yet God exalts her humility, her simplicity, her trust in his love and mercy; in Mary, God re‐veals his “favor’ for the poor, the rejected, the abandoned, and the forgotten among us today. Mary’s yes to Gabriel’s’ words set the stage for the greatest event in human histo‐ry: the birth of our Savior, Jesus.
SPN office hours Mon - Fri: 9am - 4pm SA office hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 12nn Staffed by Missionaries of Faith since 2008
For Baptisms: Call the Parish office first for an interview with the pastor or associate.
Parish registration & preparation class are required. Individual Confessions: Call 373-5201 or 373-5202 for appointment. Saturday Confessions : SPN - 4:00 - 5:00pm SA - 3:30-4:00 pm
For Weddings: call priest at least 6 months in advance, parish registration & preparation classes are required.
St. Philip Neri - St. Albert the Great Parish
St. Philip Neri School TK-8 1335 High St. Alameda, 94501 Principal: Jessica Murray (510) 521-0787
St. Philip Neri Church - 3101 Van Buren St. Alameda, 94501 Phone: (510) 373-5200 Fax: (510) 227-6751 Mass schedule: Monday-Saturday 8:30 am Saturday Vigil 5:30pm Sunday 9:00am and 11:30am Holy Days
St. Albert Church - 1022 Holly St. Alameda, 94502 Phone: (510) 373-5225 Fax: (510) 227-6751 Mass schedule: Monday-Saturday 7:30 am Saturday Vigil 4:30pm Sunday 8:00am and 10:30am Holy Days
Pastor: Fr. Robert Chinnapan, mf (510) 373-5201 [email protected] Parochial Vicar: Fr. Anthony Madanu, mf (510) 373-5202 [email protected] Parish Website: www.spnsa.org
“May it be done to me according to your word”
ST. PHILIP NERI- ST. ALBERT THE GREAT Alameda, CA December 24, 2017
Weekly Goal $10,300.00
Plate Received 10,410.50 Thank you for your
generosity ! $ 110.50
Second Collections Dec. 30 St. Vincent de Paul Jan. 7 Parish Maintenance
John L. Rosa Scholarship Fund 5th Annual ROSA Bowl
January 1st in O’Brien Hall , 1 - 5pm
Buffet/ Beverages/ Watch the Rose Bowl Meet our scholarship recipients
$50 tax deductible donation
benefiting “The John L. Rosa College Scholarship” An IRS recognized non-profit organization
www.JohnLRosaScholarship.org
For questions/reservations, contact Jan Rosa @ 523-1369.
ICF Polenta Dinner Saturday, January 13
O’Brien Hall
$22 for adults, $12 for children 12 & under Dinner includes salad, polenta with chicken,
dessert, and coffee. Raffle is available.
Reservations to Jeanette Zugnoni, [email protected] or (510) 523-8005
by 9:00 am on Monday, January 8.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Children of the parish are somewhat focused on Santa Claus these days, who is keeping an eye on who's naughty and who's nice. Santa Claus, with his heavenly patron Saint Nicholas, has been more or less in charge of gift-giving to American children for a hundred years or so. In other places, perhaps more attentive to our Christian tradition, there are different gift-bearers.
In Greece, Saint Basil delivers the presents on his feast day, December 31, and makes sure everyone is sprinkled with holy water. The Baby Jesus is in charge elsewhere, called the Christ-kind in Austria and Belgium, El Niño Jesús in Columbia, and Le Petit Jesus in France, where he shares his duties with Père Noël. In the Czech Republic almost everyone is atheist, but the infant Jesus, brings gifts to one and all. In Poland the "Star Man" is said to bring the gifts, although often he turns out to be the village priest in disguise. Saint Nicholas, not his Americanized cousin, is the giver in Holland, where he wears a bishop's miter, and in Russia, where he wears a bishop's crown. Soviet Russia tried to dethrone Saint Nicholas and promote Grandfather Frost, but no one was much fooled by this attempt to squeeze religion out of Christ's birth. One country has a saintly woman in charge of the gifts, Saint Lucy, honored in Sweden on December 13, when children serve their parents breakfast in bed, and others awake to news that they have been nominated for a Nobel Prize. Some children have a second round of gifts on Epiphany, when the magi assume the gift-giving duties. In general, the gifts of Christmas are simple pleasures, not great heaps of treasures. Once upon a time, a new pair of socks or an orange was enough for us. No matter what gifts we receive, all of them are to point us to the true gift, and the true giver.
--Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.
Your immense generosity in donating to our Giving Tree at St. Philip Neri is very much appreciated. We have col-
lected over $4,000 worth of grocery gift cards to be divided between St. Leo the Great in Sonoma and St. Anthony de Padua in Willits. Your kind-ness goes a long way in helping those in need especially this holiday season. Thank you.
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We are updating our sick list in the bulletin (shown below) in January 2018. If you wish to keep your name or someone you know in the list, please let the parish office know. Otherwise, we will start with a NEW list. Thank you.
We pray for our deceased … Alejandro Barin and Alan Olson We pray for our sick … Carol Caravelo, Sylvia Vargas, Jennifer Hillenbrand Biever, Bill Meyers, Rick Magarian, Margarito Bartolome, Louise Koepf, Greta Rosenberger, Steven Wayne Pucci, Noah Nguyen, Kristi Sahlman, Steve Zecher, Barbara Capon, Lily Eucker, Sharon Sheldon, Dan Lydon, Jeffrey Rockwell, John Lackey, Mary, Nathaniel Nakpil, Leticia Narciso, Ceferino Narciso, Jr., Marion Butcher, Joselito Geronimo, Elizabeth Miranda, Jewel Pinter, Josephine McKeever, Wally Gough,
Ulricksen Family, Miranda Robles‐Tuttle, Russ Goodman, Judy Harris, MaryAnn DeMerritt, Marge O’Hara, Luz Guidici, Tomas Bachicha, Jeff Croft Sr., Alvin Garabiles, Eve Martinez‐Santayana, Dr. Victoria Brown, Fr. William Marshall, Mary Lee, Guillermo Gonzalez, Roberto Pellegrino, Lillian Layante, Teresa Hert, Jo Marie Mendoza, Sharon Ramos, Mabelen Sanford, Siony Piatos, Bridget Kanady, Paula Rolleri, Nicholas Toth, Arvil Flippin, Maureen Mondello, Fr. Jim Sloan, Joan Pruden, Sherry Crevani, Steve Tao, Mario Galetto, David Truong, Bernard & Catherine Welz, Fr. Matthew George, Joyce Edwards, Erma Skinner, Esperanza A. Boglosa, Pat Medaglia, Peggy Rourke‐Nichols, Mike Rourke, David McNamara, Raul Macatangay, Dina Fazio, Ofelia Osalbo, Paul McCormack, Juner Valencia, Louis Garcia, Patrick Glynn, Betty Spingola, Shirley Morrison, Maggie Hobson‐Caracciolo, Trudi LeDruillenec.
How difficult in this year, when the fourth Sunday of Advent falls only one day before Christ‐mas Eve, to maintain any sense of waiting for the Feast of the Incarnation. It is appropriate that the readings for this Sunday are so pregnant with hope and anticipation; they mirror and magnify the excitement that comes with true waiting, knowing we are on the cusp of experiencing God's unlim‐ited love made manifest to us once again. The birth images in these readings are unmistakable and create a sense of imminent labor. The authentic life begins with the simple desire to be who God created us to be and cooper‐ate with God by playing the part he has designed for us in human history. The adventure of salvation begins when we stop asking, “What’s in it for me?” and turn humbly to God in our hearts and ask, “How may I serve? What work do you wish for me to do with my life? What is your will for my life?” Every generation turns its back on God in its own way. Our modern era has revolted violently against the idea of “God’s will.” Desperate to maintain the illusion of being in control of their lives, many modern Christians have either turned their backs on God or created a new spiritual rhetoric that allows them to determine selectively God’s will for their lives. And, yet, it is the very surrender‐ing of our own will to God’s designs that characterizes the whole Christian struggle. The spiritual life is primarily concerned with this single dynamic of turning our individual will over to God. God doesn’t call you to live an authentic life in order to stifle or control you. He invites you to live an authentic life so that, from an infinite number of possibilities, you can become the best ver‐sion of yourself. By calling you to live an authentic life, God is saying, “Be all I create you to be.”
— Matthew Kelly
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Sat. Dec. 23
8:30am 5:30pm
Denise Maddix † Michael McDonnell † Lolet Contemprato †
Sun. Dec. 24
9:00am 11:30am 5:30pm 12:00am
People of SPN-SA People of SPN-SA Tony Castaldo † Jack Cecconi † People of SPN-SA
Mon. Dec. 25
9:00am
People of SPN-SA Jack Hansen †
Tues. Dec. 26
8:30am
Papa & Mama Caviglia † Nestor Gangcuangco †
Wed. Dec. 27
8:30am Norberto Marababol †
Thurs. Dec. 28
8:30am
Mary Lee †
Fri. Dec. 29
8:30am Special Intention
Sat. Dec. 30
8:30am 5:30pm
Robert McDonald †
Sun. Dec. 31
9:00am 11:30am
People of SPN-SA Conroy & Dumon Family
Sat. Dec. 23
7:30am 4:30pm
Special Intention People of SPN-SA
Sun. Dec. 24
8:00am 10:30am 4:30pm
Andrea Lee Stricklen † People of SPN-SA People of SPN-SA
Mon. Dec. 25
8:00am 10:30am
People of SPN-SA People of SPN-SA
Tues. Dec. 26
7:30am
Arsenio Leong
Wed. Dec. 27
7:30am Mariano & Lourdes Relevante †
Thurs. Dec. 28
7:30am
George E. McDonald †
Fri. Dec. 29
7:30am
Margherit Ratto †
Sat. Dec. 30
7:30am 4:30pm
Ian & Catherine Ordinario Marie Femminis
Sun. Dec. 31
8:00am 10:30am
Tirzah Ruiz & Peter Andrew Aldrete † Ana Brown - Birthday
St. Albert the Great Dec. 23 - 31
St. Philip Neri Dec. 23 - 31
First Reading -- I will fix a place for my people. I will plant them so that they may dwell in their place without further disturbance (2 Sam-uel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16).
Psalm -- For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord (Psalm 89).
Second Reading -- To the only wise God, through Je-sus Christ, be glory forever and ever (Romans 16:25-27).
Gospel -- Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word (Luke 1:26-38).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass (c) 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
Monday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27-29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] During the Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14]
Tuesday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22
Wednesday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8
Thursday: 1 Jn 1:5 -- 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7cd-8; Mt 2:13-18 Friday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 128:
1-5 or Ps 105:1-6, 8-9; Col 3:12-21 [12-17]
TODAY'S READINGS READINGS FOR THE WEEK
1st Degree - K of C Alameda Council #1658 Wednesday, December 27 @ 7pm
St. Philip Neri’s O’Brien Hall - 3120 Van Buren St. Contact: Dennis Valerio 510-523-4101, [email protected] Bart Kinnard 510-329-1775, [email protected]
Santo Niño Prayer Group of the East Bay cordially invites you to their annual
FIESTA CELEBRATION on Saturday, January 6 starting with the
5:30pm mass at St. Philip Neri. “Traditional Karakol” will follow in O’Brien Hall. Dinner starts at 7pm.
Contact: Lita at (510)865-3287
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Join us for a night of friends, fun, food benefitting SPN’s Class of 2018... Friday, January 12th 2018
Doors open @ 6:00 p.m. Dinner @ 6:30 p.m., Bingo to follow. This is an adults only event. Childcare will be available next door in the Rectory basement ($10 per child includes pizza dinner). Cost is $25 and includes dinner, dessert, and six excit-ing games of Bingo. Round up your friends and make your reservation now! Call or email Heidi Schmidt at (510) 912-8835 or email [email protected] to reserve.
We are looking to purchase a Marian vestment to be used for our Blessed Mother’s feast days. If you would like to donate towards the purchase of this item, please drop off your donation to the parish office or mail to:
St. Philip Neri
3101 Van Buren St. Alameda, CA 94501
A CHRISTMAS PRAYER
Loving Father, Help us remember the birth of Jesus
that we may share in the song of angels, the gladness of the shepherds,
and the worship of the wise men. Let kindness come with every gift
and good desires with every greeting.
Today, as never before, Heavenly Father, we pray for your loving peace.
May peace reign in everyone’s hearts and may we always embrace Your greatest gift to
us, Your Son, the Prince of Peace. AMEN.
Saint Philip Neri Catholic School Respectful. Responsible. Reverent.
Life-long Learners. Transitional Kindergarten to 8th Grade
Information Night - January 10 at 7pm Kindergarten Classroom Open House - January 28 from10:15 - 12:15pm following the 9am All School Mass Apply online. Deadline for application: Jan. 31, 2018 RSVP to events: [email protected] 1335 High St., Alameda Tel. # (510) 521-0787
These photos show the 40 plus gift bags for Thanksgiving that St. Barnabas made with your
donations to Tom the Turkey at St. Albert. The additional food donated will be used to prepare
Christmas gift bags.
St. Patrick's in Oakland received Tom the Turkey donations at St. Philip Neri. They will let us know
how many gift baskets they prepared for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Thank you for your generosity and thoughtfulness.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
St. Vincent de Paul Conference of our parish
BEFORE
AFTER
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Parish Events
Suzann Silva RCIA Coordinator
373-5217 … [email protected]
Cathy Morales Youth Ministry
373-5216 … [email protected]
Diane Bustos Adult & Children’s Faith Formation Coordinator
373-5218 … [email protected]
Lydia Cho Music Director
373-5219 … [email protected]
Andrew Nguyen Youth Choir Director
882-3072
Jenny Feliciano Office Administrator and Bulletin Editor
373-5215 … [email protected]
Margaret Mariani Office Support & Facilities Coordinator
373-5229
Anh Truong Parish Bookkeeper
373-5214 … [email protected]
Jessica Murray SPN Elementary School Principal
521-0787 … [email protected]
Finance Council
Meets bi-monthly 1st Wed at 5:30pm CHAIR: Sandy Goya
Liturgical Committee Meets 1st Monday at 6:30pm
CHAIR: Diane Bustos
Pastoral Council Meets 2nd Tuesday at 6:30pm
Co-CHAIRS: Henry Ramos & Jeanne Decker
St. Vincent dePaul Conference assistance to the needy
call 373-5226 CHAIR : Jim Lee
Bereavement and Support Ministry call 373-5204
ST. PHILIP NERI Choir - Wednesdays Children’s Choir practice at 2:30 - 3:15pm, SPN Church Wednesdays Youth Choir practice at 6:30 - 8pm, SPN Church Thursdays Adult Choir practice at 7 - 8:30 pm , SPN & SA Church Knights of Columbus - 2nd Wednesday at 7:00 pm, Rectory Basement Direction for our Times - 2nd Wednesday at 9:00 am, Church Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - 1st Fridays at 9 am - 5 pm, Church 3rd Order Carmelites - 3rd Saturday at 9:00 -12 nn, Annex ICF Branch #10 - 1st Thursday 7:00 pm, Hall Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts - various groups
ST. ALBERT THE GREAT
Centering Prayer & Lectio Divina - 1st & 3rd Tuesday at 7:30 pm, Rectory Divine Mercy - Tuesdays at 6:00 pm, Church Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena - Wednesdays at 6:30 pm, Church Our Lady’s Prayer Group - Meets Wednesday at 4:30-6:00 pm, Church SPN-SA Parish Outreach - Meets 2nd Wednesdays at 9:00 am, Parish Hall St. Vincent de Paul Society - 2nd Sunday at 9:00 am, Rectory Meeting Room Mass of Anointing - 1st Friday at 9:30 am Legion of Mary - Thursday at 5pm, Rectory Rosary Makers - 3rd Saturday at 8:00 am, Hall
