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Meetings
This Week
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Sunday,
December 9
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11:00am RH
RCIA
12:15 pm CHP Guitar
Lessons
1:00pm YM Latino Youth
Group
2:00pm CAF Filipino Task
Force
2:30pm CH
Baptisms
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Monday,
December 10
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1:00pm KIT Over 50s
5:00pm CRY Legion of Mary
7:00pm 7W English Bible Study
7:30pm CRY St. Vincent de
Paul
8:00pm DR Grupo Progreso
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Tuesday,
December 11
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11:00am CAF Over 50s
1:00pm PH Adult Faith
Formation
5:00pm RH Youth Ministry
7:00pm CAF Meeting with parents
for First Communion
7:00pm SMJ Grupo Hispano
7:00pm SMA SCC (TZ)
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Wednesday,
December 12
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11:00am RH Adult Faith
Formation
7:00pm CH Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mass
7:00pm SMA SCC (FB)
8:00pm DR Grupo Progreso
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Thursday,
December 13
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11:00am RH Adult Faith
Formation
7:00pm CAF Italian Catholic
Fed.
7:00pm 7W Grupo
Oración
7:00pm YM Latino Youth Group
7:30pm CRY Epip.of the Lord
8:00pm DR AA (English)
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Friday,
December 14
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5:00pm CAF Grupo de
Oración
7:30pm 7W English Baptism
Catechesis
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Saturday,
December 15
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8:00am CAF School of
Religion
9:30am CH Faith Formation
11:20 am RH Adult Faith
Formation
4:00pm CH Confessions
7:00pm CH Simbang Gabi Novena
STARTS
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Sunday,
December 16
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9:00am CAF Knights of
Columbus
11:00am RH RCIA
12:15 pm CHP Guitar Lessons
1:00pm YM Latino Youth Group
2:00pm CAF Filipino Society
2:30pm CH Baptisms
7:00pm CH Simbang Gabi
Novena
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Mass
Intentions
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Sunday,
December 9
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6:30am Walter Hass
8:30am Mario & Mary
Balestrieri
10:00am Francisca Vega
11:30am Maria de Jesus
Gonzales
1:00pm Bauman, Hummel, Gamma
& Soares Families
5:30pm Eduardo Bautista
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Monday,
December 10
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6:30am Felix Crisologo
8:00am Community Mass:
- Francisco
Claudio
- Nino Andreoli
- Theresa
Petrini
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Tuesday,
December 11
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6:30am Dionisio Rapanut Sr.
& Jr. and Dominga
Lacuesta
8:00am AnitaMaria Cordero
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Wednesday,
December 12
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6:30am Avelino &
Zenaida Reyes
8:00am Marc Gabriel Herrera
7:00pm Raquel Garcia &
Family
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Thursday,
December 13
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6:30am Joe Twyman
8:00am John & Florence
Ward
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Friday,
December 14
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6:30am Lucilla Cebula
8:00am Father P. McCarthy
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Saturday,
December 15
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8:00am Antero Akbay Jr. and
Leonardo Palomares
5:30pm Edith Gannon
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Sunday,
December 16
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6:30am Intention of Vicky
Umale
8:30am Maria & Giovanni
Lombardi
10:00am Lester & Catherine
Callaghan
11:30am Celina Lay
1:00pm Francisca Vega
5:30pm Nemesia Villarente
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We
Congratulate the Newly
Baptized
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Agustin Flores
Alvarez
Roberto Flores
Copado
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Pray
for the
Sick
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Arnold &
Allyson Artes
Pat Blea
Dominic Carranza
Melton Diaz
Mike Fahey
Guillermo
Guillen
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Mark Lawrence
Diana Leung
Eleanor Mandoli
Luis Soto
Bob Volpe
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Pray
for the
Dead
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Thomas McVeigh
Lillian Grace
Miller
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All
those who have died from
violence this past
week.
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News
from the Church of the
Epiphany
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Coming
Up This Week
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Novena
Masses
"Our
Christian Faith is a Life-long Pilgrimage
with
Christ”
that is the overall theme of our Advent
Novena Masses. They will begin on December
15th thru the 23rd (everyday) at 7:00pm
here at the Church of Epiphany. After each
Mass a small reception will be held in the
cafeteria. The preparation is being
handled by the Spiritual Life Commission.
For more information please call Kathy
Parish-Reese, Chairperson at
415-333-7630.
THEMES
BY DAY:
- December
15: Faith
- December
16: Baptism
- December
17: Penance
- December
18: Eucharist
- (NOTE:
From 6:00-7:00pm there will be a
Communal Penance
Service)
- December
19: Confirmation
- December
20: Anointing of the
Sick
- December
21: Holy Orders
- December
22: Holy Matrimony
- December
23: When the Pilgrimage is
Completed
This
Week’s Second
Collection
Today’s
second collection is for the
Archbishop’s Annual Appeal.
Next
Week’s Second
Collection
Next
week’s second collection will be for
our Religious Education Program.
Last
Week’s Collection
Totals
The
first collection: $11,719.15.
The second collection: $2,242.12.
Thankyou!
Bible
Classes
Please
note there will be NO Bible Classes on
Monday, Dec. 24 nor Monday, Dec. 31, 2007.
Classes will resume on January 7, 2008
Announcements
Decoration
of the Church
We need
volunteers to help with the cleaning of
the church and the sanctuary on Saturday,
Dec. 22nd from 9:00am to 1:00pm and help
with decorating the church and Christmas
tree on Monday, Dec. 24th from 10:00am to
3:00pm.
The
Giving Tree
On
Sunday, December 2nd, we began the season
of Advent, a time of preparation for
Christmas. During this season,
parishioners are invited to share with the
less fortunate by taking an ornament from
the “Giving Tree,” which is
located near the sanctuary of the church.
We ask that you bring a new and freshly
wrapped gift for the person (gender and
age) listed on the ornament. Wrapped gifts
can be dropped off at the parish office
Mondays-Fridays 9am-8pm and on weekends
from 9am-3pm. We ask that all gifts be
brought before Dec. 16th. For more
information please call the parish office
(415) 333-7630.
Christmas
Plants
The
Liturgy Committee invites you to donate a
Poinsettia plant for the decoration of the
sanctuary during the Christmas Season.
Please bring plants to the parish office
beginning December 16, during office
hours. We ask that all plants be brought
in no later than December 23rd, so that
they can be used for decoration. If you
should have any questions, please call the
parish office at (415) 333-7630.
For
Your Information
Message
From the Archbishop
Archbishop
Niederauer has determined that in accord
with the practice of neighboring dioceses,
the obligation to attend Mass on January
1st, 2008, the Solemnity of Mary, the
Mother of God, is dispensed.
Parish
Office
The
Parish Office will be closed on the
following dates:
- *
Monday,
December 24th, 2007
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Tuesday,
December 25th, 2007 and
- *
Tuesday,
January 1st, 2008
World
Marriage Encounter
A
Christmas gift for married couples!!!
Couples, want to give each other something
really special this Christmas? How about a
gift filled with romance and excitement?
That’s just the beginning of what you
will receive on a Worldwide Marriage
Encounter Weekend. For more information
please call Paul & Yvonne at (650)
366-7093 or go to sf.lovemoredeeply.org.
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Christmas
Mass Schedule
Christmas
Eve Masses (December
24):
- 5:30pm:
Children’s
Mass
- 9:00pm:
Mass
- 11:30pm:
Caroling
- 12:00am:
Midnight Mass
Christmas
Day Masses (December
25):
- 6:30am:
Mass
- 8:00am:
Mass
- 10:00am:
Mass
- 11:30am:
Spanish Mass
- 1:00pm:
Mass
- (NOTE:
No 5:30pm
Mass)
New
Year’s Eve Masses (December
31):
- 6:30am:
Mass
- 8:00am:
Mass
New
Year’s Day Masses (January
1)
- 6:30am:
Mass
- 8:00am:
Mass
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Reflections
GOSPEL:
Matthew 3: 1-12
John the Baptist was one of those
preachers who did not mind stepping on
people’s toes, even those of the rich
and powerful. His mission was to get
people to repent and be baptized before
the Messiah arrived. John warns the
religious leaders of his time that they
mustproduce good fruit as proof of their
conversion. John wanted everyone to be
ready for the Messiah: no
excuses!
1.) How
are you getting ready for the Messiah? Are
your actions of justice, peace, and love
speaking loud and clear as you prepare for
Christmas? Are you really a follower of
Christ or are you just jumping on the
Advent-Christmas bandwagon?
2.)
Take a few quiet moments and ask Saint
John the Baptist to suggest something
just, peaceful, and loving that you could
do to prepare to celebrate Christmas as a
true follower of Christ. Give some
evidence that you mean to be ready! (You
may want to join with a partner to do
something special. The more the
merrier!)
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