Fr. Joseph Illo PastorFr. Mark Taheny Parochial VicarFr. Cameron Faller In ResidenceFr. Mathias Wambua In ResidenceThelma Queri BookkeeperMariella Zevallos Director of Communications and Parish LifeLynn Kraehling Director of MusicCarmen DuranPastoral AssociateDennis Ow Maintenance & Facilities LeadEd Tobin SacristanRyan Sebers Pastoral Council ChairMatthew Kain Finance Council ChairBeth LyonsStewardship Council Head

STAR OF THE SEA 4420 Geary Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94118 (415) 751-0450 www.starparish.com Of f ice Hours: M-F 8:30am-4:00pm. Closed 12:00-1:00pm

PRESCHOOL Ersie Arban Preschool Director (415) 751-0450

Weekend Masses Sat Vigil 4:30pm, Sun 8am, 9:30am, 11:30 am (Latin), 7:30pm

Eucharistic Adoration 24/7Except Saturday 4pm through Sunday 9pm. After 6pm use passcode to enter the chapel.

Daily Masses Monday to Friday 7:30am (Latin) 12 Noon Saturday 8:30am

Social Events Cof fee & Donuts After 8, 9:30 & 11:30am Sunday Masses. Young Adults Tuesdays 8pm

Holy Day Masses 7:30am (Latin) 12 Noon (English), 6:00pm (Sung Latin Mass)

Devotions to the Most SacredHeart of Jesus First Friday after the Noon Mass and at 6pm (Latin Mass). Divine Mercy Saturday at 3pm

Devotions to Mary of Perpetual Help Wednesday after the Noon Mass. Our Lady of Fatima First Saturday af-ter 8:30am Mass

Our Mission Statement: To evangelize God?s people beginning with the

gif t of the Holy Eucharist.

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Confessions 15 minutes before every Mass, Saturday 3:15-4:15pm or by appointment

Divine Mercy Fr. Cameron has been leading the Divine Mercy Novena after his daily 5pm rosary. We will celebrate Mercy Sunday this Sunday in all the Masses, with the final novena and sung chaplet

at 3pm. I am encouraged, though, that a good number of you have been joining our daily 5pm rosary on our Facebook and YouTube channels. I think it?s quite comforting to be able to pray the rosary all together after our day?s work is done. I plan to continue this daily live streamed rosary even after the Shelter-in-Place orders are lifted. God is certainly permitting this time of trial, and He will bring good things we may never know out of it. But one good from this affliction for many of us is a deeper love for prayer, and really a deeper love for each other. One of my dear priest friends comes from a family of seven children. His dad and mom would gather all the kids every day at 9pm to pray the rosary. Both their parents are dead now, but these families, all of whom have kept the faith, still pray the rosary as a family every night. Let this 5pm rosary be our family rosary hour, as members of this parish and this common human family. I look forward to praying the rosary with all of you, my dear children, at 5pm tonight!

When can we go to Mass again? As of today San Francisco?s Shelter-in-Place order will be lifted on May 3. Will we be able to resume public Masses on that day, which is a

Sunday? I don?t know, and of course the decision rests with the Archbishop. But let me assure you that I am doing everything I can, and I pray the Church?s leadership is doing everything it can, to resume public Masses as soon as possible. There are certainly ways to administer the Holy Eucharist safely, even in a pandemic. If grocery stores can do it, the Church can do it. If coffee shops and pet stores and liquor stores are deemed ?essential services? by the government, we must make sure that freedom of public worship is also respected as such. The free exercise of religion is the First Amendment to our Constitution,

much more protected in law than marijuana dispensaries.

Consecration to St. Joseph I continue to delight in my daily readings from Fr. Donald Calloway?s book on St. Joseph. Many of you are doing these readings with me, and I encourage you to

persevere until our May 1 Consecration to St. Joseph. My short summaries each morning can be found at www.frilloblog.com. Although we will not have our consecration Mass on May 1, I will print the consecration prayer on my blog that day. I am rescheduling our public consecration Mass for Saturday, May 30, at 8:30am. This is the vigil of Pentecost, and St. Joseph was espoused to the spouse of the Holy Spirit, so we will pray to the Holy Spirit, to Holy Mary, and to St. Joseph on that day. Fr. Joseph Illo

April 19 2020, Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy) LOW SUNDAY (The Octave Day of Easter) (Latin Mass)

The Of f ice will be closed to the public until May 7 or further notice. For questions please call 415-751-0450 8:30am to 4pm. Thanks!

NOTE: THE SCHEDULE BELOW IS TEMPORARILY CANCELED. OUR PARISH LIVE STREAM SCHEDULE OF MASSES IS ON PAGE THREE OF THE BULLETIN.

PRAYER

Time Intention Sat. 04/18 8:30am

4:30pm

+ Rene Ing

Int. for Fr. Brian Costelo for healing

Sun 04/19 8:00am

9:30am

11:30am

7:30pm

Int. Felix and Lucy Tai and Family

Int. for Timothy McKenna for healing

Int. for Daniel Arnaldo (Birthday)+ Francisco Matturano - Diaz

People of the Parish+ Maria Leonor and Eulofia Najarro

Mon 04/20 7:30am

12Noon

+ Maria Nam Vo+ Lai Fung Seen

+ Onesimo Quintana - Diaz

+ Lee Yau Tim

Tue 04/21 7:30am

12noon

+ Anthony and Leonora Sferra

+ Lai Siu Yeung

Wed 04/22 7:30am

12noon

Int. Kaylani Arnaldo (Birthday)

+ Simon C. Ysrael

Thu 04/23 7:30pm

12Noon

Int. Piedad Dominguez for healing

Int. for Jerry Ferguson (Birthday)+ Jaime Llanillo Ines (Anniversary)

Fri 04/24 7:30am

12Noon

+ Don Osborne

+ Thomas Cabugos, Jr.

Sat 04/25 8:30pm

4:30pm

+ Lee Yau Tim

+ Michele Hill

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Spencer Christensen, Billy Kennedy, Edna Herrera, Dave Van Sciver, Rosa Lee, Maria Fernanda Marcal, Sally Tu, Maggie Tom, Chuck La Mere, Esmenia Batinga, Norah Uyeda, Margaret Stangl, Margaret Sellai, Rosie Santos, Valentine Nevis, Juliet Tan, Miriam Valle, Carmen Smith, Mario Bruno, Katrinka Perry and family, Margo Kingsburry, Vicki Kruschin, Fr. Brian Costello, Ersie Arban, Marguerite Carter, Tom Schatz.

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The more common English word used in the Litany is ?courageous,? however, and it also helps us understand St. Joseph. The heart of this word ?courageous? is ? the word ?heart? (cor in Latin, coeur in French, etc.). Joseph was strong because he loved from his heart; he loved God, Jesus and Mary, and all other goods more than he feared evil and suffering. ?Perfect love casts out fear,? writes St. John the Beloved (1 John 4:18). Demons tremble, but St. Joseph stands strong in his love for God. Therefore this simple quiet man is known also as the ?terror of demons.? Love with all your heart, and you will be strong, invincible in Jesus Christ!

Divine Mercy

in My Soul

This Sunday is St. Faustina?s favorite day, Mercy Sunday. In her seventh year (two years before her First Holy Communion), Helena Kowalska, who later entered the convent as "Sr. Faustina," began receiving the tender mercy of Jesus into her soul. In the 1920s global populations were suffering exceptional darkness and despair. The

Great World War had destroyed most of Europe, and the Spanish Influenza following this global devastation took another 50 million human lives. It was at this time, between the two World Wars, that Jesus appointed Sr. Faustina as ?secretary of my mercy.? She was to tell the world that there is a God, and His tender love will outlast any affliction. ?I desire a Feast of Mercy,? Jesus told the simple Polish sister. ?I want you to paint an image of my mercy, to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, the Feast of Mercy.? That image dominates our sanctuary on this day, as you can see in the live streamed Masses. Fr. Cameron has been leading the Novena after every 5pm rosary, which you can join on our Facebook or YouTube. Blessed Feast of Divine Mercy! Fr. Joseph

St. Joseph' Day We are working toward May 1, when we consecrate ourselves to God through St. Joseph. As we enter the sixth week of isolation, we feel weakened. Here is my reflection from Fr. Calloway?s ?Nineteenth Day? reading, to give us strength: St. Joseph?s 11th title is Ioseph fortissimo, usually translated ?Joseph Most Courageous.? But the more precise translation is ?Joseph Most Strong.? In fact, the venerable liturgical prayer known as the Trisagion or ?thrice holy,? sung often in the Eastern Liturgy (and in the Latin Rite on Good Friday), calls upon God as the ?Holy Strong One,? or Sanctus Fortissimus. Joseph, the quiet man, portrays the Strength of God the Father in his strength.

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Baptism & Marriage Sacraments: For our Baptism and "Witness to Love" programs (marriage prep), please call 415-751-0450.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA): To learn about the Catholic faith and how to become Catholic, please contact Vivian Dudro at the parish office: 415-751-0450.

Parish School of Religion (PSR): For our Catechism Children's program. Please contact Clarisse Siu at 415-751-0450 or clarisse.siu@gmail.com.

Altar Servers, Fr. Mathias Wambua: 415-751-0450, or fr.mathias@starparish.com

Sacred Music Program, Lynn Kraehling: 415-812-2462 or lynn@starparish.com

Altar Society, Thelma Queri: 415-751-0450

Star Mothers, Rachel Christensen: scrchristensen@gmail.com

Chinese American Association, Gertrude Lee: 415-752-3611

Star Pro-life, Clarisse Siu, clarisse.siu@gmail.com

Filipino American Association (FAASTAR), Estrelle Chan: 415-575-0828

Star Outreach, Mariana Quintanilla: 415-637-2308, or mlo1420@gmail.com

Holy Name Society, Ron Konopaski: 360-460-9194

Street Evangelization, Eva Muntean: eva@starparish.com

Knights of Columbus, Huw Richardson: Text: 415-510-9877 or hrichardson@gmail.com. Monthly Council Meeting 3rd Mondays at 7PM. Monthly Pancake Breakfast, 1st Sundays after 11:30 Mass.

Young Adults, Maggie Tuttle: maggietuttle5@gmail.com

Legion of Mary, James Crim (415) 577-9817, jamespcrim@yahool.com

Adoration Committee, Thai Tran at 415-763-8569 thaitran9909@gmail.com

Lectors, Kathryn Kozuch, kathrynkozuch@gmail.com>,

Greeters and Ushers, Mariella Zevallos, (415)751-0450 mariella@starparish.com

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PA RI SH M I N I ST RI ES

All public services are canceled due to Shelter-in-Place orders.

Seven Days a week at 5pm we Live Stream Fr. Cameron Faller's rosary and novena prayers to the Divine Mercy.

Lauds (morning prayer) & Vespers (evening prayer): Monday - Friday 7am to 7:10am & 5:45pm to 6pm.

Sunday, April 19, Pray the Rosary at home with your family.

Sunday, April 19, Live Stream Masses 9:30am English, 11:30am Latin, 5:30pm English.

Tuesday, April 20, 7pm-8pm Holy Hour (Confession during Holy Hour).

Wednesday, April 22, Devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (every Wednesday after the Noon Mass). Live streamed.

Thursday, April 23, Pro-Life Prayer Group Canceled. Usually at 7pm at Planned Parenthood Clinic at 1650 Valencia St. Please pray at home!

Saturday, April 25, Live Stream Mass, 8:30am

Sunday, April 26, Live Stream Masses 9:30am, 11:30am (Latin), 5:30pm (English).

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LIVE STREAM MASSESFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/starparishsf | YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/starparish

Daily Mass: M-F 7:30am Latin, 12Noon | Saturday: 8:30am (English) | Sunday, 9:30am (English), 11:30am (Latin), 5:30pm (English). | Daily rosary 5:00pm, and Divine Mercy chaplet and novena.For those of us who are attending Mass virtually, please go to our website and start donating online: www.starparish.com/give. If you would like to donate cash or by check as you do on Sundays, please mail your checks, or drop your envelope (cash-check) in our parish office mail box at 4420 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118. Your gifts help us continue to serve parishioners during this time of uncertainty.Thank you for your generosity!

ST EW A RD SH I P a way of life

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The Spiritual Communion Prayer"My Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I long for you with my heart and soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, I beg you to come into me spiritually. I wish to receive you with the purity, humility and devotion with which your Most Holy Mother received you, with the spirit and fervor of the saints. Amen."

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Treasure: Sunday Offering $ 7,274

Easter Offering $ 6,811

Holy Land $ 495