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Meetings
This Week
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Sunday,
December 23
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12:15pm CHP Guitar
Lessons
2:00pm CAF Filipino Consultative
Board
2:30pm CH Baptisms
4:00pm YM Spanish Marriage
Encounter
7:00pm CH & CAFSimbang Gabi
Novena
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Monday,
December 24
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5:00pm CRY Legion of
Mary
7:30pm CRY St.Vincent de Paul
8:00pm DR Grupo Progreso
11:30pm CH Carols
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Tuesday,
December 25
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MERRY CHRISTMAS ~
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Wednesday,
December 26
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7:00pm SMA SCC (TZ)
8:00pm DR Grupo Progreso
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Thursday,
December 27
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7:00pm CAF Grupo de
Oracion
7:00pm YM Latino Youth Group
7:30pm CRY Epip.of the Lord
8:00pm DR AA (English)
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Friday,
December 28
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No Meetings...
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Saturday,
December 29
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8:00pm DR Grupo
Progreso
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Sunday,
December 30
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12:15 pm CHP Guitar
Lessons
1:00pm YM Latino Youth Group
2:30pm CH Baptisms
6:00pm CAF Filipino Task
Force
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Children’s
Liturgy
*Please
note there will be no Children’s
Liturgy on December 25th nor December
30th, 2007.
Mass
Intentions
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Sunday,
December 23
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6:30am Intention of:
Roberto & Caridad
Masangkay
8:30am Salvatore Concetta &
Rosario Turrisse
10:00am The Abad, David &
Tayag families
11:30am Thanksgiving: Maria
Espinosa
1:00pm Joe Spingola
5:30pm Chares Sheehy
7:00pm Sister Mary
Bernarda
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Monday,
December 24
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6:30am Severino Tigbao
8:00am Community
Mass:
- Frank Azzolino
- Francisco
Claudio
- Sophie & John
Arias
5:30pm Walter Isola
9:00pm Greg Evangelista
12:00am Margaret McKernan
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Tuesday,
December 25
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6:30am Salvador Tolosa
8:30am The Lari & Rosi
Families
10:00am Michael Neubecker
11:30am Bob Volpe
1:00pm Eugenio Natividad
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Wednesday,
December 26
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6:30am Antonio & Lucia
Raymundo
8:00am Joseph Nessi
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Thursday,
December 27
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6:30am Pepito Lapid
8:00am Sergio Valencia
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Friday,
December 28
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6:30am Juan Gilbuena
8:00am Cathlyn Bantug
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Saturday,
December 29
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8:00am Giovanni &
Antonietta Uccelli
5:30pm Thomas Sr. & Thomas
Lavin III
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Sunday,
December 30
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6:30am
- Aurora
Crisologo
- Dick Gornot
- Susan Power
8:30am Rosina Cava
10:00am Thanksgiving: The Dy Uchi
Family
11:30am Jose A. Herrera
1:00pm Fred Torrano Jr.
5:30pm Enrique Roman
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We
Congratulate the Newly
Baptized
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Jerard Asebo Del
Mar
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Pray
for the
Sick
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Arnold &
Allyson Artes
Pat Blea
Dominic Carranza
Nathan Carzon
Merlita Ceguerra
Melton Diaz
Mike Fahey
Guillermo Guillen
Mark Lawrence
Diana Leung
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Charlie
Lintini
Eleanor Mandoli
Celeste McFarland
Luciano Miguel
Stephen Miller Jr.
Rosauro Pascual
Angelica Reyes
Maria Salazar
Luis Soto
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Pray
for the
Dead
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Salvador Abad
Tonni Mayang Chico
Yesenia Enriquez
Carlos Renati
Elizabeth Tyrpin
Bob Volpe
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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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Bible
Classes
*Please
note there will be NO Bible Classes on
Monday, December 24 nor Monday, December
31, 2007. Classes will resume on January
7, 2008.
Parish
Office
-The
Parish Office will be closed on the
following dates:
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Monday, December 24th,2007 after
3pm
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
and
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Tuesday, January 1st,
2008.
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
*8:30am: 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
01)
6:30am: Mass
8:00am: Mass
*Please
note that Christmas Day Mass is
8:30am not 8:00am as previously
stated.
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 Dear
Parishioners,
Once
again we approach the most beautiful
season of the year, Christmas, a season
surrounded by holiday carols, presents,
good food and laughter.
In
the midst of all gaiety, we remember that
the central fact of Christmas is the birth
of Jesus, born into the world because of
the Father’s love for us. Let us keep
this realization close to our hearts this
Christmas, as we experience this holiday
filled with the kind of gratification that
only God’s love can
bring.
May
we, as your parish staff, extend to you
our sincere and personal Christmas
blessing. We wish you a very Merry
Christmas!
Father
Eugene Tungol &
Staff
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Last
Week’s Collection
Totals
The first collection:
$9,263.00.
The second collection:
$1,026.00.
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Announcements
Next
Week’s Second
Collection
Our
second collection for next week will be
for St. Vincent de Paul.
Christmas
& Simbang Gabi
Envelopes
Envelopes
for Christmas and Simbang Gabi donations
can be found at each entrance of the
church.
Decoration
of the Church
We need
volunteers to help decorate the church and
Christmas tree on Monday, December 24th
between the hours of 10:00am and 3:00pm.
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A
very BIG ‘Thank You’ to
everyone who helped with our
Giving Tree.
God
bless you all and may He repay
your kindness and
generosity.
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New
Year’s Eve Party
Please
join the Epiphany Filipino Task Force on
Monday, December 31st for their annual New
Year’s Eve Dinner/Dance. Tickets cost
$25 for adults and $10 for children under
12 years of age. For tickets and/or
information please call:
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Aleli Geronimo: (415)
584-8297
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Vicky Umale: (415)
586-8656
Thunder Valley Casino Trip
The
Over 50 invite you to join them on a trip
to Thunder Valley on Tuesday, January
15th. The cost is $26 per person with a
bonus. For reservation, please call Ruth
at (415) 586-0946 or Steve at (415)
239-7740. The bus will leave at exactly
8:30am from Naples & Italy Streets.
For
Your Information
Feast of
the Epiphany
The
Feast of the
Epiphany
will be celebrated on Saturday, January
5th, 2008 at the 5:30pm Mass. Archbishop
George Niederauer has graciously accepted
our invitation to be our presider. A
reception and entertainment will follow in
the cafeteria. Please mark your calendars!
Donations
for St. Anthony’s
Foundation
St.
Anthony’s Dining Room and Clothing
Program needs volunteers, plus donations
of money, food and clothing. St.
Anthony’s will have drop-offs
available at 119 Golden Gate Ave. (cross
street is Jones) from Saturday, Dec.15
through Christmas Day. Weekend drop-off
hours are 9am-3pm; weekdays 8am-6pm. For
further information, phone (415) 241-2600.
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.
Epiphany
School Open House
There
will be an Open House for prospective
families to learn about Epiphany School on
Sunday, January 27th beginning at 2:30pm
in the school cafeteria. Come meet the
teachers, students, administration, and
parents and find out more about the
school’s program. Applications will
be available for the 2008-2009 school
year. Come enjoy refreshments and
participate in a raffle.
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NON-DISCRIMINATION
POLICY:
The School of the Epiphany,
mindful of our mission to be
witnesses to the love of Christ
for all, admits students of any
race, color, and national and/or
ethnic origin to all the rights,
privileges, programs and
activities generally accorded to
or made available to students at
the School of the Epiphany. The
School of the Epiphany does not
unlawfully discriminate on the
basis of race, color, and
national and/or ethnic origin,
age, sex, or disability in the
administration of educational
policies, admission policies,
scholarship and loan programs,
and athletic and other school
administered programs.
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Reflections
GOSPEL:
Matthew 1: 18-24
Although Saint Joseph usually remains in
the shadows of the gospels, in
today’s reading he emerges into the
sunlight. We can see him clearly as a man
who clearly loves Mary. When an angel
assures him in a dream that Mary’s
child was conceived through the Holy
Spirit, Joseph dares to
believe.
Joseph’s
faith is richly rewarded. He becomes the
foster father of Mary’s child. And he
receives the honor of naming the child
Jesus, a name that means “Yahweh
saves.”
1.)
There is an old saying, “The path of
true love never runs smooth.” This
may not be true for everyone, but it
seemed to be true for Mary and Joseph.
However, they could be true and faithful
to each other because they were true and
faithful toward God. And God made the
rough ways smooth! What makes for rough
times in a relationship?between parents
and children, husband and wife, friend and
friend? What can smooth things
out?
2.)
Look at Joseph for an example?what did he
have to do before he could move forward in
a confusing situation?
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