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Meetings
This Week
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Sunday,
December 14
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11:00am RH RCIA
4:00pm DR Spanish Marriage
Encounter
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Monday,
December 15
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5:30pm CRY Legion of
Mary
7:00pm CH
Parish Novena
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Tuesday,
December 16
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5:00pm RH Youth
Ministry
7:00pm CH Parish
Novena
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Wednesday,
December 17
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7:00pm CH Parish
Novena
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Thursday,
December 18
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7:00pm CH Parish
Novena
7:30pm CHP Choir
Rehearsal
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Friday,
December 19
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Last Day
of School for Epiphany
7:00pm CH
Parish
Novena
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Saturday,
December 20
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9:30am RH Eucharistic
Ministers & Lectors
Meeting
1:00pm RH Grief Ministry
4:00pm CH Confessions
7:00pm CH Parish
Novena
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Sunday,
December 21
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9:00am OKH Knights of
Columbus
11:00am RH RCIA
2:00pm OKH Filipino Society
7:00pm CH Parish
Novena
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Mass
Intentions
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Sunday,
December 14
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6:30am Rizalino, Alfonso
& Arturo Briones
8:30am Cathlyn Bantug &
Jerome Flores
10:00am Enrique Roman
11:30am Intention: Maria
Espinosa
1:00pm Maria de Jesus
Gonzales
5 :30pm Ricardo & Lourdes
Alcaras
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Monday,
December 15
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6:30am Mingo &
Louisa Baciocco
8:00am Community
Mass:
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Annetta Machi
Sam Lucia
Otoniel
Muñoz
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11:00am People of
the Parish
7:00pm Zosimo Reyes
& Victoria
Casem
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Tuesday,
December 16
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6:30am Intention:
Christine Winston
8:00am
Filomena&CarmineVicino
7:00pm Shiela McCarthy
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Wednesday,
December 17
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6:30am Intention:
Danny & Estelita Bernal
8:00am Celina Lay
7:00pm Amelia O. Lumba
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Thursday,
December 18
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6:30am Matilde Agasid
8:00am Carlo Renatti
7:00pm Celedonia, Felipe &
Felipe Jr. Fabian
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Friday,
December 19
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6:30am Pedro G. Santos,
Jr.
8:00am Micheal Downing & John
Russo
7:00pm Thanksgiving: De
Castro Family
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Saturday,
December 20
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8:00am Jerome Lippi
5:30pm Mercedes Obdulia &
Mercedes Cativo
7:00pm Guillermo & Liberata
Bernal
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Sunday,
December 21
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6:30am Tomas Agpoon
8:30am Salvatore Rosario &
Cocetta Turrisi
10:00am Eduardo Bautista
11:30am Ivan Miranda Tavira
1:00pm Intention: Remedios
Cordero
5 :30pm Lester & Catherine
Callaghan
7:00pm Abraham & Leanor
Galang and Gerando & Victoria
Dizon
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Pray
for the
Sick
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Arnold &
Allyson Artes, Odet
Atiya, Angela
Aviles-O’Shea,
Richard Anduha, Mabel
Baker, Magdalena Blanco,
Elfrida Byrd Timoteo
Bohol, Faustino
Buenaventura, Delia
Carrasco, Nathan Carzon,
Krystal Chan, Winnie
Cheung, Vickie Crivello,
Abdon A. David,
Magdalena David, Dawn
Devenere, Editha
Esparza, Con Fahey,
Marilyn Fletcher, Jacob
Garcia, Bob Gardner,
Dennis Gillikin, Filmon
& Sally Gotaj,
Narcisa Gonzales, Samuel
Gutierrez, Vilma
Gutierrez, Fran Hartle,
Linda Ibarra, Rosie
Joseph, Leonard
Huddleston, Armando
Lanza, Gemma Lavapiez,
Leona Lawrence, Remigio
Leonardo, Diana Leung,
J.R. Litehiser, Frank
Loomis, Margie Lopez,
Luis Lopez, Ray Lopez,
Olivia Lumapas, Elisa
Mangabay, Deveda
Martinez, José
Rene Mena, Marilyn
Menjivar, Celeste
McFarland, Julia
Miranda, Josie Moggia,
Lorena Morales, Lou
Nardi, Victor Negron,
Ramona Pinkerman,
Dorothy Peter, Peg
Philpott, Dolores
Quattrin, Remedios
Ramos, Edwin R. Ramos,
Elsa & Max Ramos,
Evelyn Rosales, Tom
Repetto, David Ruport,
Sr., Richard Ryan,
Father Franc Shifrar,
Baby Natalie Solis, Tina
Strebel, Conrado, Sr.
& Victorina Uy Joe
Valerga, Ruby Vasquez,
Peiling Ye.
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To
keep these names on the
list, please notify us
every 2
weeks.
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Pray
for the
Dead
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All
those who have
died from
violence this
past
week.
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Verona
Miralles
Celia Montano
Proceso Wycoco
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News
from the Church of the
Epiphany
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Coming
Up Soon
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Novena of
Masses (Simbang Gabi)
“Journeying
as Workers in the Vineyard of the
Lord” is the theme of our Novena of
Masses for Christmas, which is being
coordinated by the Spiritual Life
Commission. It begins this Monday,
December 15th at 7:00pm until the
culmination on Tuesday, December 23rd Each
evening will consist of a faith testimony,
a homily by the celebrant, one of our
choirs singing and a reception in the
cafeteria. Let us all come together and
prepare for the coming of the PRINCE OF
PEACE, THE KING OF KINGS and THE LORD OF
ALL!
For information, please
call:
- Dante
G. Tayag (415) 334-5964
- Maria
Elena Herrera (415)
585-7878
All
Groups
As we
begin our preparation for Christmas. We
ask that all our groups postpone and/or
reschedule ALL evening meetings between
Monday, December 15th and Tuesday,
December 23rd so that we can all celebrate
our Parish Novena together. If you need to
reschedule, please contact Jenny at the
Parish Office. (415) 333-7630. Thank you.
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“Word
of Life” Quote of the
Week:
At
Christmas we contemplate
God made man, divine glory
hidden beneath the poverty of
a
Child wrapped in swaddling
clothes and laid in a manger;
the
Creator of the Universe
reduced
to the helplessness of an
infant.
Once we accept this paradox,
we
discover the Truth that sets
us
free and the Love that
transforms our lives. On
Bethlehem Night, the Redeemer
becomes one of us, our
companion along the
precarious
paths of history. Let us take
the
hand which he stretches out
to
us: it is a hand which seeks
to
take nothing from us, but only
to
give.
-Pope
Benedict XVI, Urbi et Orbi
Message, Christmas
2005
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Announcements
The
Giving Tree
Please
choose an ornament from the Giving Tree in
the church. You may bring an appropriate,
new, unwrapped
children’s
gift or a donation for a plant for the
homebound to the Parish Office by December
15th. Thank you for your generosity.
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Poinsettias
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We
are asking for poinsettia flowers
to decorate our altar and church
with. Red or white poinsettias
are asked to be brought to the
Parish Office before December
23rd
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Cleaning
of the Church
We will
be cleaning our church on Saturday,
December 20th from 10:00am to 12:00pm. All
help is needed and very much welcome. We
hope you can make it!
Annual
Discernment Weekend
St.
Patrick’s Seminary & University
will be hosting its 15th Annual
Discernment Weekend from 4:00pm on Friday,
January 16th to 1:00pm on Sunday, January
18th. Any men from the Archdiocese of San
Francisco considering a vocation to the
priesthood are cordially invited.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Mary
Verducci at (650) 325-5621, ext. 211 or
mary.verducci@stpatricksseminary.org
if you have any questions considering the
Discernment Weekend.
Walk for
Life 2009
Mark
your calendars for Saturday, January 24th,
2009. Join upwards of 25,000 pro-lifers
for the 5th Annual Walk for Life in San
Francisco as we peacefully proclaim our
message that abortion hurts women and we
all deserve better than abortion. For more
information visit the website:
www.WalkForLifewc.com.
To volunteer or to arrange transportation
contact (415) 586-1576 or email questions
to info@walkforlifewc.com
For
Your Information
Christmas
envelopes
We have
mailed our Christmas letters and offertory
envelopes. If you have not received them,
please contact the Parish Office. Thank
you.
Church
Decoration
We will
be decorating our church for Christmas on
Tuesday, December 23rd from 11:00am and
on. We hope to see you there!
Christmas
Mass Schedule
Christmas
Eve
Wednesday,
December 24th
6:30am
8:00am
5:30pm Children’s Mass
9:00pm
11:00pm Caroling
12:00am Midnight Mass
Christmas
Day
Thursday, December 25th
6:30am
8:30am
10:00am
11:30am Spanish Mass
1:00pm
NO 5:30pm Mass
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Today’s
Second Collection:
The
second collection is for the
Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. We are at
76% of our $84,800 assigned goal. Please
help us reach our goal!
Next
Week’s Second
Collection:
The
second collection will be for our Parish
Athletic Program.
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Last
Week’s Collection
Totals
Sunday’s Offering:
$9,587.70
Second Collection:
$2,087.06
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Reflections GOSPEL:
John 1:6-8, 19-28
Today’s gospel reading
is about the importance of giving witness.
The role of John the Baptist was to
testify to the light that is Christ. John
the Baptist said he was not the Messiah.
His baptism and his preaching were to
prepare for the Messiah, one far greater
than John. It is the coming of the Messiah
that the entire world awaits, and we learn
about who the Messiah is from all of
today’s readings. Waiting requires
patience on our part, and becoming
prepared for the one who is coming. How
are we preparing to celebrate Jesus’
coming this Christmas as the Messiah? What
kindness can we give to others this week
to show that we are ready?
1.) What does John say that he is
not?
2.) What does John say that he
is?
3.) Do you think John is clear about
what his work is?
4.) Why does John baptize?
5.) How can we prepare for the one
who is coming?
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