THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD JANUARY 8, 2017

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

Darlene Belluomini, Al Budzeleski, Betty Burke, Adita Claire, Gloria Corda, Janeen Corda-Brady, Maureen Crist, Paula DiStefano, Bunny Dodson, Jeff Drucker, Ann English, Gennaro Fiorentino, Maureen Fox, Jesse Fuette, Fr. Dustin Gorell, Henry Haase, Margaret Hamlett, Andy Hansen, Florence Haron, Walt Heim, Mary Ann Holtom, Leonard Humphrey, Kiera Hynes, Johnny Johnston, Sharon Kielty, Tom Knego, Marjorie Lane, Julia Matos, Sally McGillis, Sal Miceli, Wanda Mower, Bob

Muster, Catherine O’Brien, Ray Ostertag, Dalton O’Sullivan, Cindy Paladini, Gabriella Passa, Alice Rosaire, Alex Ruiz, Margarita Ruiz, Lauren and Janice Seale, Louise Shipman, Matt Sowick, Dick Steinbach, Paula and Dan Stilling, David Strongin, Sarah Stryker, Mary Stryker, John Stuber, Annie Tubby, Pat U’Ren, Niloo Vahid, Loretta Van Vleck, Kathy Weddle, Teresa Welsch, Cathy Westover, 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

included on the Prayer List.

May all our deceased Parishioners rest in

the loving arms of Christ especially:

Adela Ramponi

Bob Martino Donald Girkout

Ken Weddle

Mass Intentions January 7 to January 15

Day Time Intentions

Priest

Saturday 1/7 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Jim Gilleran + Marti Ball +

BC BC JA

Sunday 1/8 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon

Jim Gilleran + Olsen Family (L) OLL Parishioners

BC NH MR

Monday 1/9 9:00am Westover Family (L) NH

Tuesday 1/10 9:00am

Jim Gilleran + NH

Wednesday 1/11 9:00am

Ted Shellooe + JML

Thursday 1/12 9:00am

Nora and Fran Costello + JML

Friday 1/13 9:00am Pete Zuckswert + NH

Saturday 1/14 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Jim Gilleran + Craig Dunnigan + OLL Parishioners +

NH NH JML

Sunday 1/15 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon

Jim Gilleran + Jim Nelson + Matt Sowick +

NH BC

BC: Fr. Brian Costello JML: Fr. Juan Manuel Lopez NH: Fr. Neil Healy, JP: 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

Rev. Neil Healy In Residence EXT 233

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

SAVE THE DATE ANNUAL WALK FOR LIFE

WEST COAST JANUARY 21, 2017

Join OLL parishioners & youth for the Annual Walk for Life. Our Lady of Loretto has a bus that will leave at 11:00am from the church parking lot for Civic Center Plaza in San

Francisco. The price is $20 per person or any donation appreciated.

To RSVP or for more information, please call Erin Troy at the Rectory 897-2171 or by email erin@ollnovato.org

Dear Friends, Happy New Year! My hope and prayer for 2017 is that we become closer together as a parish community, and in the pro-cess, become closer to God. Thank you to all the people and ministries, who made Christmas here at OLL so special this year. Thank you Rich and the choir, for all the beautiful music at our Masses. You never

sounded so good! Thank you Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Altar Servers, Ush-ers, Greeters, and Altar Society Ladies. Without you, things wouldn’t have run as smoothly as they did. Thank you Patrick, Erin, and Allen: you truly are the heart and soul of OLL. Thank you Kathleen, Jen, Amy, Annie, Kathleen P., Sandro and all our catechists, for all you do in passing on the faith to our children. Thank you Spanish Commu-nity, for sharing your faith and culture with us. Thank you SVDP, Helping Hands and Rest Program People who help the poor and homeless in our Novato Commu-nity. Thank you K of C, for all you do to build up our OLL Community. If I missed a person or group, thank you for all you do from the bottom of my heart. God’s choicest blessings on all of us as we begin this New Year together. Happy Epiphany! Father Brian

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM The unfolding of the story of the Incarnation con-tinues today as the Church celebrates the Epiphany. The tale of the magi from the East is one of the most fascinating in all of scripture. It has much to teach us about what we can come to expect, even in circum-stances and places that may seem insignificant or small. Bethlehem was a tiny town, what we might refer to today as a town without even one stop light. Yet it is over this seemingly insignificant place that the guiding star stops in its own search for the place where the Savior would be born. Too often we fail to recognize the fact that the star of Bethlehem comes to rest in our everyday lives, where we can experience God’s presence, manifested in ever new ways. Epiph-any calls us to shake off our stupor and recognize the One who comes to save us.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: The Epiphany of the Lord; National Migration Week Monday: The Baptism of the Lord Tuesday: First Week in Ordinary Time begins Friday: St. Hilary Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

EPIPHANY Solemn things of mystic meaning: Incense doth the God disclose; Gold a royal Child proclaimeth; Myrrh a future tomb foreshows. —Roman Breviary, Epiphany; Prudentius, fourth century

THANK YOU FROM HELPING HANDS FOR A SUCCESSFUL

2016 CHISTMAS OUTREACH

Helping Hands members wish to extend our sincere thanks to OLL Parishioners for your remarkable response to the 2016 Christmas Outreach campaign. Helping Hands received donations exceeding $24,000!!! Your donations allowed us to help 100 needy families, most of whom had children, celebrate Christ-mas with gift cards for food and presents. Each family also received a plate of beautifully decorated Christmas Cookies donated by Helping Hands members, and a Shepherds Ornament and Nativity Story provided by Our Lady of Loretto St. Vincent de Paul Conference. The families expressed heartfelt gratitude and joy as they received their gifts. Witnessing their thankfulness brought forth the true love and purpose of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Helping Hands is most grateful for your overwhelming generosity. We could not do this without each of you. You brought forth the true meaning of Christmas. May God send you all his blessings and peace in the coming year.

THE PROCLAMATION OF THE DATE OF EASTER ON EPIPHANY

Dear brothers and sisters: the glory of the Lord has shone upon us, and shall ever be manifest among us, until the day of his return. Through the rhythms of times and seasons let us cele-brate the mysteries of salvation. Let us recall the year’s culmination, the Easter Triduum of the Lord: his last supper, his cruci-fixion, his burial, and his rising celebrated between the evening of April 13th and the evening of April 16th. Each Easter— as on each Sunday— the Holy Church makes present the great and saving deed by which Christ has for ever conquered sin and death. From Easter are reckoned all the days we keep holy. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, will occur on the 1st of March. The Ascension of the Lord will be commemorated on May 28th. Pentecost, the joyful conclusion of the season of Easter, will be celebrated on June 4th. And this year the First Sunday of Advent will be on the 3rd of December. Likewise the pilgrim Church proclaims the Passover of Christ in the feasts of the Holy Mother of God, in the feasts of the Apostles and Saints, and in the commemoration of the faithful de-parted.

To Jesus Christ, who was, who is, and who is to come, Lord of time and history, be endless praise, for ever and ever.

Amen.

This Week at OLL January 8 - January 15 Sun. Epiphany of the Lord Mon. Tue. Helping Hands Prayer Group—1pm—Church Perpetual Help Prayer Group—6pm—Chapel Al-Anon—Convent – 7:15pm ICF—Hall—5:30pm Wed. Our Lady’s Prayer Group—Church—7:30pm Thurs. Choir Practice—Church—6:30pm Fri. Adoration—Chapel—9:30pm to 5:00pm Sat. Cenacle—Chapel –9:30am Sun. Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Esta semana en OLL 8 enero — 15 Enero

Domingo: La Epifania del Senor 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: Segundo Domingo en Tiempo Ordinario

The Wise Men followed the light of the star that led them to God’s gift to the world—His love

embodied in the Christ child.

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Thurs. evening March 23 through Sun. afternoon, March 26

Women’s Weekend:

Thurs. evening March 30 to Sun. afternoon, April 2

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TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! The Lord shines upon you and the glory of the Lord appears over you (Isaiah 60:1-6). Psalm — Lord, every nation on earth will adore you (Psalm 72). Second Reading — The Gentiles are coheirs, copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6). Gospel — Magi from the east arrive looking for the new-born king of the Jews (Matthew 2:1-12).

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — ¡Levántate y brilla, Jerusalén! La gloria del Señor amaneció sobre ti (Isaías 60:1-6). Salmo — Que te adoren, Señor, todos los pueblos (Salmo 72 [71]). Segunda lectura — El misterio de que los gentiles son coherederos, socios en la promesa en Jesucristo, se ha dado a conocer a los hombres (Efesios 3:2-3a, 5-6). Evangelio — Magos del oriente llegaron, diciendo: “¿Dónde está el rey de los judíos que ha nacido?” (Mateo 2:1-12).

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Es tiempo de añadir los re-yes magos al pesebre. En 1448 lle-garon los pesebres italianos a las iglesias españolas, pero no fue has-ta que el Rey Carlos III le regaló un pesebre a su hijo en el siglo XVIII que el uso de pesebres se expandió en los hogares. Desde entonces, el uso de nacimientos

llegó al continente americano en donde se conviertió en la decoración principal para las fiestas navideñas. Así como en todo país latinoamericano el mon-taje del Belén es una tradición, lo es también en Ve-nezuela. Con el pesebre venezolano llegan también aguinaldos, parrandas, Misas y patines. ¡Sí! ¡Patines! Desde la mitad del siglo pasado los venezolanos celebran la época navideña con “patinadas”. Estas “patinadas” normalmente se hacen por las mañanas y muchas calles están cerradas a los autos hasta las 8 a.m. para que niños y jóvenes puedan disfrutar de los patines, bicicletas y otros juguetes que les regala el niño Dios. Por esto, muchos niños duermen con un “cordoncito” atado al dedo gordo de los pies, que cuelgan por la ventana para que los despierten los que pasan patinado.

Queridos amigos, ¡Feliz año nuevo! Mi esperanza y oración para 2017 es que nos unamos más co-mo una comunidad parroquial, y en el proceso, nos acercamos a Dios. Gracias a todas las personas y ministerios, que hicieron la Navidad aquí en OLL tan especial este año. Gracias Rich y el coro, por toda la hermosa música en

nuestras misas. ¡Nunca sonaste tan bien! Gracias Lectores, Ministros Eucarísticos, Altar Servi-dores, Sostenedores, Greeters y Altar Society Ladies. Sin ti, las cosas no habrían funcionado tan bien como lo hicieron. Gracias Patrick, Erin y Allen: realmente son el corazón y el alma de OLL. Gracias Kathleen, Jen, Amy, Annie, Kathleen P., Sandro y todos nuestros catequistas, por todo lo que hacen en pasar la fe a nuestros hijos. Gracias Comunidad Española, por compartir su fe y cultura con nosotros. Gracias SVDP, Ayudando a Manos y Programa de Descanso Personas que ayudan a los pobres y sin hogar en nuestra Comunidad Novato. Gracias K de C, por todo lo que haces para construir nuestra comunidad OLL. Si me perdí una persona o grupo, gracias por todo lo que haces desde el fondo de mi corazón. Las más selectas bendiciones de Dios para todos nosotros cuando comenzamos este Año Nue-vo juntos. Feliz Epifanía! Padre Brian

LA PROCLAMACIÓN DE LA FECHA DE PASCUA EN EPIPHANY Queridos hermanos y hermanas: La gloria del Señor ha brillado sobre nosotros, y se manifestará entre nosotros hasta el día de su regreso. A través de los ritmos de los tiempos y las estaciones celebremos los misterios de la salvación. Recordemos la culminación del año, el triduo pascual del Señor: su última cena, su crucifixión, su entierro y su levantamiento celebrado entre la tarde del 13 de abril y la noche del 16 de abril. Cada Pascua -como cada domingo- la Santa Iglesia hace presente el acto grande y salvador por el cual Cristo ha vencido siempre el pecado y la muerte. Desde la Pascua son contados todos los días que guardamos santos. El Miércoles de Ceniza, el comienzo de Cuaresma, ocurrirá el 1 de marzo. La Ascensión del Señor será conmemorado el 28 de mayo. Pentecostés, la alegre conclusión de la temporada de Pascua, se celebrará el 4 de junio. Y este año el primer domingo de Ad-viento será el 3 de diciembre. Igualmente la Iglesia peregrina proclama la Pascua de Cristo en las fiestas de la Santa Madre de Dios, en las fiestas de los Apóstoles y Santos, y en la conmemoración de los fieles difuntos. A Jesucristo, que era, que es y que ha de venir, Señor del tiempo y de la historia, sea alabanza interminable por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.