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This Sunday’s Rosary is led by the
OLR Guild 10:00 AM
Next Sunday’s Rosary will be led
by the Choir 10:00 AM
April 19th, 2015
Third Sunday of Easter
Our Lady of the Rosary Mission Statement
Rectory
1659 Columbia Street
Pastoral Center Parish Office
1629 Columbia St.
(619) 234-4820 ~ FAX (619) 234-3559 ~ www.olrsd.org
1668 State Street; San Diego, California 92101
Italian National Catholic Parish
Our Lady of the Rosary
Church Hall
1654 State Street
We, the Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary, are a pilgrim church. Under the
mantle of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we grow as a people of God following Jesus,
celebrating the Eucharist, living apostolic service, continuing faith formation
and Marian devotions. We strive to bring the joy of the gospel and imitate Jesus
through compassion, mercy and love, especially for the poor and marginalized. We seek to be faithful stewards providing a heart and home for all. Our Lady of the Rosary
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We welcome all visitors to our celebration.
While Holy Communion may only be received by
prepared Catholics, our non-Catholic guests are
welcome to receive a special blessing from the priest
during distribution. Simply cross your arms on your
chest as you approach the priest.
Masses of the Week:
April 19th to 26th, 2015
Saturday, April 18:
5:30 p.m. Joe Petronaci †
Julio & Lynn Guidi
This Sunday, April 19:
7:30 a.m. Parishioners, Benefactors & Friends
9:00 a.m. Girolamo & Antonina Carini † Mimmo Carini & Family
10:30 a.m. Giuseppe Giacalone †
Paul & Giustina Crimi
12 noon In Honor of St. Anthony
St. Anthony Prayer Group
Monday:
7:30 a.m. Perpetual Membership
12 noon Caterina Zizzo †
Concetta Corona & Family
Tuesday:
7:30 a.m. Vince Crisci †
Salvatore & Josephine Scafidi
12 noon Angie Giacalone †
Madeline Crisci & Family
Wednesday:
7:30 a.m. Vince Crisci †
Joe & Mary Sardo
12 noon For Thanksgiving
Hermisa Picatoste
Thursday:
7:30 a.m. Elena Cota †
Julie & Jerry Giacalone
12 noon Mario Sanfilippo †
Chuck & Frances Sanfilippo & Family
Friday:
7:30 a.m. Catherine Ruth Grobner Biedron † Jeanette Alessio Way
12 noon John Riggs †
Rosalia & Frank Crivello
Saturday:
7:30 a.m. Fred Palacio †
Michael & Mary Ford
12 noon Lisa Carini Gonzalez †
Christopher Carini
5:30 p.m. (Vigil) Angie Giacalone †
Tony & Marie Cefalu & Family
Next Sunday, April 26:
7:30 a.m. Anthony Sanfilippo †
Dcn. Stephen & Vickie O'Riordan
9:00 a.m. Parishioners, Benefactors & Friends
10:30 a.m. Joe Petronaci †
Paul & Giustina Crimi
12 noon Madonna del Paradiso
Please remember that our daily Mass Calendar fills rapidly.
Presently the wait is eight to ten months in advance.
If you hope to have a mass celebrated on a special date,
look ahead and call early.
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Pastor’s Corner
The common theme of today’s
readings is a challenge that our faith in the
living presence of the risen Lord should
strengthen our hope in His promises,
call us to true repentance for our sins
and lead us to bearing witness to Christ
by our works of charity. The readings
also remind us that the purpose of Jesus’
death and resurrection was to save us
from sins. Hence they invite us to make
our bearing witness to the risen Lord
more effective by repenting of our sins,
renewing our lives, and meeting Jesus in
the Word of God and at the Eucharistic
Table. The first reading from the Acts of the
Apostles describes how Peter fulfills the
mission of preaching Jesus. In this second
sermon, Peter goes on with the preaching
mission begun on Pentecost in Jerusalem,
and again presents Jesus as the fulfillment
of all the Messianic prophecies of the Old
Testament. He also asks the Jews to turn
toward God so that their sins might be
wiped away. In the second reading, John tells
us that true knowledge and love of God
consist in acknowledging that Jesus is the
expiation for our sins, by bearing witness
to Him in our lives and by obeying His
commandments. Today’s gospel leads us to reflect
on faith, doubts and crises. It shows us
how Jesus convinced his disciples of his
resurrection and how he commissioned
them to be his witnesses throughout the
world. He prepared them to receive
God’s power through the coming descent
of the Holy Spirit upon them, and he
commanded them to preach repentance
and the forgiveness of sins.
Go in peace to love & serve our God!
Our Lady of the Rosary
April 12th’s Collections
Weekly Goal = $11,000
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Great thanks to the generous donor
of the Roman Chasubles...
Masses$6,516
Mailed In$1,027
Online
$817.50
Total
$8,360.50
Thank You for your continued generosity!
Baptism Class
The next Baptism class will be this Thursday,
April 23rd at 6:30 PM in the St. Gianna Room of
the Pastoral Center. Parents wishing to have their
child baptized and confirmed adults who have been
asked to be a godparent must attend this program,
which is regularly offered by all the parishes.
Congratulations to the ICF
for another successful
Pancake Breakfast last Sunday.
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The newest council is from our parish!
Please like and follow them on Facebook.
Wednesday Classes with Fr. Louis Solcia
• We continue for a few more weeks with
Ecclesiastical Latin (20 minutes)
• We will finish the Baltimore Catechism (20
more pages)
• We will have question and answers for many
months to come on the Bible and morality
Please come and bring a GOOD JOKE
7:00 PM in the downstairs Parish Hall
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Liturgy Background
There is little contextual relationship between the
three readings of today’s Mass. Nevertheless, in each
of the readings there is the theme of repentance and
forgiveness. The last sentence of the first reading is:
“Reform your lives! Turn to God that your sins may
be wiped away.”
In the second reading, we hear: “If anyone does
sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ,
the righteous one. He is expiation for our sins.» In
the gospel, the risen Lord instructs his disciples:
«Thus it is written that Christ must suffer and rise
from the dead on the third day and that repentance,
for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his
name to all the nations.”
It may seem strange that we should be thinking of
“sin” during the Easter season. We are filled with the
joy of the resurrection. We rejoice in the baptism of
our neophytes. We are filled with fervor at, our
own baptismal renewal during Lent. Why, then, the
emphasis on sin? We might think of several reasons.
First of all, there is mystagogy. The Sundays
of the Easter season are devoted to a deepening
awareness in our neophytes of the sacramental life of
Christ in his Church. Last Sunday our gospel was
the “proof text” for the Sacrament of Reconciliation
(Penance, Confession). This Sunday, the emphasis is
on the penitent: We need not agonize over our sins;
Christ is always present to forgive.
Sin was the entire reason for his suffering, death
and resurrection. Our neophytes have never celebrated
the Sacrament of Reconciliation. They were baptized,
and immediately all sins (original and personal)
were taken away by the power of Christ’s death and
resurrection.
But what now? What if they should sin (as the
second reading observes)? Jesus is still our Mediator,
our Advocate with the Father. He still forgives sin —
through the medium of the sacrament of Penance or
Reconciliation.
A second reason for the theme of sin might be in
our very human tendency to be like Adam and Eve:
Deny, hide, pretend. Our fallen human nature does
not like to admit guilt. We may make a mistake.
We may have an accident. We may be victims of
our heredity or environment or peer pressure or other
factors, but we never sin!
Jesus Christ calls on us to be honest: We must
admit we are sinners, or we do not need a Savior!
If there is no sin, there is no need for redemption.
So the Church calls on all of us — neophytes and
old timers — to be honest: Admit your sins in
order that you may have forgiveness. The first step
toward metanoia is the admission that we are sinners
in need of God’s powerful mercy and forgiveness.
Still another reason for the theme of sin is the
very nature of the Church. The Church is holy.
The Church is the Body of Christ. The Church is
guided by the Holy Spirit. The Church is the people
of God. But the Church is also made up of sinners.
When a person enters the Church, he/she expects
everything to be perfect. The liturgy is, beautiful.
The teaching of the Church is not only true; it is
filled with meaning for our lives. Everything seems
to be going perfectly— as described in last Sunday’s
first reading: “...one heart and mind ... had everything
in common...” Everyone cared for everyone else.
So what happens when we find that there
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are sinners in the Church? And sometimes there
are big sinners. And sometimes the sinners are in
positions, of responsibility where one would expect
only holiness. In the recent past, the Church has been
afflicted with awful scandals. Should we all quit? We
were expecting perfection, and we find sinners!
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Our Lady’s Gifts
Congratulations!
Today’s Mass might cover this problem. There
are sinners in the Church. But that is the business
of the, Church, the reason for. Christ’s redemption.
To some extent, all of us are in need of redemption,
for all of us are sinners, unworthy of the grace of
God.
Rather than be downcast over the scandal of sin,
we need to rejoice that we can have a metanoia, a
conversion; a turning around of our lives. And
we can have confidence that God’s powerful grace
can change us sinners — into saints.
We need to remember that conversion is always
a possibility, even for the worst sinner. We could
begin enumerating great sinners who became great
saints: Start with Peter and Paul. Then Augustine.
And on and on.
Let us hate sin, but love the sinner. More than
that, let us rejoice that Jesus Christ is still our
Advocate, our Redeemer, our Mediator who brings
us the forgiveness of sin.
Remember the first step: Admit you are a sinner.
Then call on God, to change your heart.
Sanctuary Candles Dedication for
the week of April 19th
In Memory of Leonia & Francisco and deceased
Family Members by Maria Medina
Philip & Viola Archuleta
of St. Mary Magdalene in Clairemont
are the winners of the
bronze 45” statue of St. Michael.
Volunteer Opportunity at OLR
The Hospitality Café (Coffee & Donuts) needs
someone to put up tables and chairs before the 7:30
AM Mass on Sundays. We are resuming Coffee &
Donuts this Sunday, April 19th. Please call Sherry at
(619) 804-9365 if interested.
Baptisms ~ The following child has been joyfully welcomed into the family of God:
William Lawrence Moses Grimm, son of Ernest Pinamonti & Mary Short Grimm
God love & bless him always.
Marriage Banns ~ The following couples have exchanged a promise to marry in Christ:
Francesco Russo & Kristine Hawk
Nicholas Cooper & Reem Madanat
Rest in Peace ~ Kindly pray for the repose of the soul of Andrew DeMaria, who was called to his eternal
reward. Please remember him and his loved ones in your prayers. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful
departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
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Mass Schedule
Daily (Monday - Saturday): 7:30 am - 12 Noon
Saturday Vigil: 5:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:00
(Noon Mass in Italian on 1st Sunday of the Month)
Holy Days: 7:30 am, 12:00 Noon, 7:00 pm
2nd Sunday, Gregorian Chant Latin Mass: 4:00 pm
Devotions
Sacred Heart: 1st Friday at 7:30 am
Blessed Mother: 1st Saturday at 7:30 am
Mother of Perpetual Help: Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Goretti Mass & Devotions: 1st Friday at 6:30 pm
St. Padre Pio: 1st Monday of the month at 6:30 pm
Sacraments
Baptism ~ Given to registered parishioners. Parents &
Pastor
Fr. Joseph M. Tabigue, C.R.S.P.
Associate Pastor
Fr. Louis M. Solcia, C.R.S.P.
Deacon
Stephen O’Riordan ~ deaconstephen@olrsd.org
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Parish Office
Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Phone: (619) 234-4820 ~ Fax: (619) 234-3559
Pastoral Offices
Antoinette Cotton
antoinette@olrsd.org
(Office Manager/Accounting/Secretary)
Godparents must attend a BAPTISM CLASS. Instruction
given on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the Month, 6:30 - 8:00
PM. Baptisms scheduled on the 1st Sunday of the Month.
Register Online.
Reconciliation (Confession) ~ Saturdays from 4:00 to
5:00 pm, weekdays 11:30 am to 12:00 noon, 30 minutes
prior to each Mass (must approach the altar and request
from the priest).
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Matrimony ~ Notice is required 9 (nine) months in
Donna Piranio
(Receptionist, Mass Requests)
advance and before any other arrangements are made (i.e.
hall rental, invitation printing, etc). Contact Timothy.
shop@olrsd.org
Timothy Horning
tim@olrsd.org
(Bulletin & Newsletter Editor/Database Manager/
Accounting/ Weddings/Website)
Lori Lopez
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Angela Rieta
anglrieta@gmail.com
(Faith Formation Co-Principals)
donna@olrsd.org
To Register
Christian Education Classes (CCD) ~ Offered to
Come to the Pastoral Center or go to our website and fill
in the form found in the “Contact Us” tab.
You will be considered a Registered Parishioner
AFTER one year.
R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) ~
Pastoral Center Parking Lot
Monday - Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Sunday: 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
all registered parish students attending public school.
Kindergarten through Confirmation attend on Sundays from
9 to 11 am. Registered private school students wishing to
receive Communion & Confirmation must attend the two
year program for each Sacrament.
Instructions for Adults desiring to receive the Sacraments of
Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist meet Tuesdays at
7:00 pm in the Downstairs Hall from September to Pentecost
Eucharist For Homebound/Sick ~ Contact Sophie
Piconi at piconi@att.net to schedule receipt of Eucharist
at home.
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Please, come to Church Dressed Appropriately!
To be modestly and tastefully dressed is a sign of respect for God, for our selves, and for others.
It’s a false assumption that God does not care how we dress. Jesus told us “Whatever you do to the least of my brothers,
you do it to me.” If our attire is indecently provocative (short shorts, strapless, backless, spaghetti strap dresses/tops, or
displaying cleavage), displaying unwholesome graphics (skulls, advertisements, scantly clad people) or tattered, it becomes
offensive to our brothers and sisters who are worshipping the Lord and therefore offensive to God’s Majesty.
Ask this question: “Would you dress this way before God?” You are! He sees everything and you are in His house.