Established 1951

St. Veronica Church

Fax: 650-588-1481 Phone: 650-588-1455 www.stveronicassf.com

434 Alida Way South San Francisco, CA 94080

A Stewardship Parish - Grateful Living through Faith, Fellowship, Service, & Giving

March 22, 2020

Fourth Sunday of Lent

“While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” - John 9:5

Christ Healing the Blind by El Greco

Parish Office email: churchoffice@stveronicassf.com

St. Veronica Parish Parish Office Hours

Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. (unless otherwise posted)

Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481

Parish Staff

Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor

Deacon Roger Beaudry

Mary Martin, Administrative Assistant, Ext.301 Silvia Reyes, Bookkeeper, Ext.304 Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation & Wedding Coordinator, Ext.305

Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director, Ext. 308

Jim Rodriguez, Custodian/Maintenance

St. Veronica Catholic School

www.saintveronicassf.org Phone: 650-589-3909

Mrs. Mary Boland Mrs. Pam Cavagnaro Principal Religion Coordinator

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are to be arranged through the Parish Office.

Baptisms in English are typically held on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month.

Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month. Call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)

Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455 Ext.309

Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Ext. 305 Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades)

Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455

MASS INTENTIONS for the Week of March 22, 2020

Sun 03/22 7:00 † Hector Posadas 8:30 People of St. Veronica 10:00 † Midge Damonte 11:30 † Illuminada A. de los Santos 6:00 † Jose Martinez

Mon 03/23 8:30 † William Healey † Bertram Zaro Sr.

Tue 03/24 8:30 † Edwin Broas † Agapito Valencia

Wed 03/25 8:30 Bento Pallasique † Hector Posadas

Thu 03/26 8:30 Benjamin Pallasique † Joven Pastor

Fri 03/27 8:30 † Leonardo Ramon Corral Alice Pallasique Family

Sat 03/28 8:30 † Raul Laurean † Joven Pastor 5:00 † Ernie Bortoli

Sun 03/29 7:00 † Rufino Leduna Jr. 8:30 People of St. Veronica 10:00 † Frank Monastiere 11:30 † Aniano V. Triunfo 6:00 † Antonio Posadas

St. Veronica Parish Mission Statement

St. Veronica Church is a multicultural community of believers who treasure Jesus Christ at the center of their profession of faith & practice. They worship & work to-gether to build up a community of family & friends according to the mind & heart of Christ. Out of the abundance of joy & grati-tude, they live & share the good news of faith & hope, striving to stand up for peace & justice, to spread love & compassion, to care for those who are in need, and to make our nation & the world a better place for all.

Parish Registration Please complete and return form to the parish office,

or simply drop it in the collection basket. Kindly print all information.

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Mass Schedule

Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 a.m.

Spanish Mass: Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30 a.m., 6:30 p.m. (English)

Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. First Fridays: 6:30 a.m. & 8:30 a.m.

Confessions Saturdays: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Liturgy of the Hours Monday - Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00 a.m.

Eucharistic Adoration 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday

except as posted for holidays and parish events

Stay up to date! Please note that all event listings are accurate as of the bulletin deadline and may have changed.

To the Faithful: Eucharistic Adoration has been temporarily suspended, and will resume when it is safe to do so.

Mondays in Lent: 4:30-6:30 p.m. confessions Fridays in Lent: Stations of the Cross will be

recited after 8:30 a.m. Mass and at 6:30 p.m. Sun., March 22: Confirmation with Archbishop

Cordileone, 3:00 p.m. (postponed) Sat., March 28: Track Mass, 5:00 p.m.

(canceled) Sun., April 5: Palm Sunday schedule as of

March 17, regular schedule of masses; proces-sion from the Parish Center at 9:45 a.m.

Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works.

Saturday 03/14/20 5:00PM 896.00 241.00 1137.00

Sunday 03/15/20 7:00AM 633.00 183.00 816.00

8:30AM 352.00 108.00 460.00

10:00AM 323.00 111.00 434.00

11:30AM 393.00 117.00 510.00

Spanish Mass 6:00PM 126.00 60.00 186.00

TOTAL IN-PEW DONATIONS: $2,723.00 $820.00 $3,543.00

Other Contributions 393.00 141.00 534.00

Day Mass Time 1st Collection Maintenance Totals

Envelopes received in the First/Second Collections:

Feb. 29/March 1: 300-1st coll.; 195-2nd coll. March 7 & 8: 270-1st coll.; 152-2nd coll. March 14 & 15: 110-1st coll.; 83-2nd coll.

If you currently receive envelopes but do not use them, please prayerfully consider including your donation in the collection basket.

Pray for our Beloved Deceased In your prayers this week, please remember the repose of

the souls of our deceased parishioners, especially:

Abelarda Manansala died March 1, 2020

Marcella “Marcy” Whitney died March 15, 2020

“Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, O Lord . . .”

Baptism Information

Registration forms are available from the Pastoral Center during regular office hours,

or you may download a form from our website at www.stveronicassf.com.

Baptisms are generally celebrated monthly on the 1st and 3rd Saturday in English. Please call the Parish Office to sign up.

Upcoming baptism dates are as follows: April 4 & 18

May 2 (full) & 16 June 6 & 20

Preparation classes for parents and godparents are held on the second Tuesday of the month.

Classes are conducted in the Pastoral Center from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. (Adults only please).

Please call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 for specific dates and to reserve your space for the

Baptismal Preparation Classes.

Reflecting on the Word Fourth Sunday of Lent

It is striking that in the story of the man born blind, the man’s neighbors enter into a debate - once he is healed - as to whether it is in fact the same man. It is as if they have difficulty recognizing him once the blindness that was for them his defining feature is gone. It is also noteworthy that they refer to him as “the one who used to sit and beg.” For them, he was not a person with a name and a story, but simply a part of the landscape, wholly defined by his blindness and his begging. Furthermore, de-spite the fact that they know nothing about him, and seem to want to know nothing about him, they pre-sume that his blindness must be the result of sin - either his sin or that of his parents. Part of the irony of the story is that it is the man’s neighbors who are really the blind ones. It is they who cannot see beyond their presumptions and prejudices and truly perceive the blind man. More-over, they cannot truly see Jesus, saying that they know that he is a sinner. As Jesus heals the man’s physical blindness, he is also trying to heal the blindness of the bystanders by giving them the eyes of faith, so they can see what the blind man now sees: that if Jesus were not from God he would not be able to do anything. Though we might think of healing physical blindness as a great miracle, the Gospel of John seems to be saying that it is spiritual blindness that truly needs to be overcome, and it is the healing of spiritual blindness that is the greatest miracle.

For Consideration & Discussion

Do I tend to reduce people to single characteris-tics, whether these are physical features or single events in their lives, as if these defined them?

What would it mean to see others through eyes that had been healed of all spiritual blindness?

Responding to the Word

Lord Jesus, Light of the world, you who have come to heal our blindness: give us eyes to see oth-ers truly, so that we may know them even as you know them. Amen. - Living the Word

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