February 19 & 20, 2022 - St. Agnes Catholic Church
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Serving the Haight for 128 years
1025 Masonic Avenue | San Francisco | CA | 94117-2010 | www.SaintAgnesSF.org | 415.487.8560
February 19 & 20, 2022
Dear St. Agnes Community,
This weekend we are celebrating a memorial I confess I am as bewildered by the rapidly
Mass for the late Fr. Russ Roide, SJ, the first shifting rules about COVID 19.
Jesuit pastor at Saint Agnes. We are forever
indebted to his vision, his creativity, and his I suggest that for the time being, even though
love for this parish. Several of his brother masks aren’t required indoors, we continue to
Jesuits will celebrate the Mass with us at wear our masks at Mass and in hospitality out
10:30 AM on Sunday. I asked Fr. Ray to of love and care for one another. We are all so
come, and he expressed his strong desire, but eager for this pandemic to end, but we also
he is having some health issues and can’t want to ensure the health and safety of all. No
make it. We look forward to having him back one will be required to wear a mask here if
to visit us soon, so let’s pray for his back pain they are fully vaccinated, but we encourage
to go away! everyone to do so for the sake of the common
good of our community!
This week the State and the City rescinded the
mask mandates so people who are fully
vaccinated will not have to wear masks in
public places indoors or out.
Mission Statement Liturgy Schedule
We the people of Saint Agnes are: Sundays:
an inclusive, urban community, rich in diversity of age, ethnicity, 8:30am | 10:30am | 1:30pm (Español) |
gender, orientation, culture, talent, & treasure; a faith community
enlivened and empowered through Baptism to celebrate and 5:00pm Holy Hour, 6:00pm Mass
proclaim the presence of Christ among us.
Saturdays: 4:00pm
We commit ourselves to grow spiritually as disciples of Christ;
to become people for others; build community though
hospitality, ecumenism, and social & cultural events; understand Weekdays: 12:00pm – Monday - Thursday
cultural differences and accept them as sources of enrichment; Fridays @ Noon, Lay-led
give loving service & outreach to those in need; promote social
justice issues in our neighborhood and in the larger community Communion Service
of city, nation, and world.
We pledge to be lights in the darkness through the love that we
Live-stream Schedule
share in the name of Christ and through the power and guidance https://www.saintagnessf.org/st-agnes-
of the Holy Spirit. livestream.html
Sundays: 10:30am | 1:30pm (Español)Parish Information
Parish Staff & Ministries February 19 & 20
Pastor Fr. George Williams, S.J.
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Associate Pastor Fr. Alejandro Báez, S.J.
Priest in Residence Fr. Joe Spieler S.J.,
Fr. Brent Otto S.J. Date Intention Presider
Director of Liturgy & Music Frank Uranich
Feb. 19
Director of Operations & Finance Maureen Beckman Fr. George Williams
4:00 PM Jenny Morales (D)
Co-Directors, Spiritual Ministries Sr. Julia Prinz, Sr. Ellen Hess,
Sr. Sara Postlethwaite, VDMF Feb. 20
Coordinator of Children’s 8:30 AM Aileen Scully (D) Fr. Brent Otto
Faith Formation Sr. Teresa Malave, VDMF 10:30 AM Fr. Russell Roide, S.J. (D) Fr. George Williams
Office Manager Franca Gargiulo 1:30 PM Parishioners of St. Agnes Fr. Brent Otto
Bookkeeper/Accountant Dorenda Haynes 6:00 PM Cathy Brash (D) Fr. Alejandro Báez
Sexton Mario Hernandez Feb. 21
Cantor Scott Grinthal 12:00 PM Rita Sabatelli (D) Fr. George Williams
Sacristans Jose Herrera, Frank Mitchell, Feb. 22
Stacey Shaffer Lilia Cathey (D) Fr. Alejandro Báez
12:00 PM
Art & Environment Tuty Lockhart
Finance Committee Chair Chris Roman
Feb. 23
12:00 PM Clarita San Juan Pinto (D) Fr. George Williams
Outreach to Homebound/Sick TBA
St. Agnes & St. Ignatius Feb. 24
Comm. Food Pantry Director Kathleen Devine 12:00 PM Kieran Walsh (L) Fr. Joe Spieler
Wedding Coordinator TBA Feb. 25
Marriage Prep Classes Regina Lathrop & Bob Boguski 12:00 PM Communion Service Various Presiders
Parish Council Chair Karen Xavier Brugge Feb. 26
Director R.C.I.A. Cathy Collins 4:00 PM Parishioners of St. Agnes Fr. Alejandro Báez
LGBTQ Ministry Andrea Wise Feb. 27
Hospitality Coordinator Karen Kelly Mario Borao (D) Fr. Donal Godfrey
8:30 AM
10:30 AM Edmond Curtin (L) Fr. Donal Godfrey
Reconciliation Schedule 1:30 PM Michael Sharff (D) Fr. Alejandro Báez
6:00 PM Joseph Argo (D) Fr. Alejandro Báez
Saturdays, 3pm – 4pm or by appointment, please call
the Parish Office. D = Deceased; L = Living
Parish Office Hours New Parishioners
Monday – Friday: 9am – 4:30pm Welcome to our parish community! If you would like to
Fr. George’s Office Hours by appointment, please email at become a part of St. Agnes Parish, please fill out a
George@SaintAgnesSF.org or call. registration form online at our web site,
Fr. Alejandro’s Office Hours by appointment, please email at www.SaintAgnesSF.org. You may also fill out an orange
Alejandro@SaintAgnesSF.org or call. registration form located at the entrances of the church.
Office Phone: 415-487-8560 All are welcome here!
Sacraments
Please contact the Parish Office – Franca Gargiulo,
Franca@SaintAgnesSF.org for information about the
St. Agnes Stewardship following: Anointing of the Sick * Baptism * Children’s
Faith Formation & Liturgy of the Word * Communion
Collection Last week: $3,071
for the Homebound * Marriage * Rite of Christian
Last Year: $3,732
4:00pm:$309; 8:30am:$470; 10:30am:$1155; Initiation for Adults.
1:30pm:$136; 6:00pm:$901; Other Donations:$100
Please consider a donation through our website at Archdiocesan Victim’s Assistance
www.SaintAgnesSF.org If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual
abuse; or you suspect sexual abuse, please call (415) 614-
5506 for help.7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual
Life Center
1611 Oak Street
www.IgnatianSpiritualLifeCenter.org
The Spiritual Life Center (1611 Oak Street) provides programs
and services to the parish and larger faith community through
educational programs, opportunities for prayer, and community
events.
Upcoming Events
Black Lives Matter – A Remembrance and Protest
February 21 @ 7pm – 8pm via ZOOM
The Zoom meeting will be in support for more racial
justice in our surroundings. Music, prayer and sharing
– sponsored by the Verbum Dei Sisters. Click HERE to
join the Zoom.
Pope Francis’
February Prayer Intention The Mystery of Divine Sophia: What Sophia Gifts
Religious Sisters and Consecrated Women us on Our Spiritual Journey with Pamela Prime
We pray for religious sisters and consecrated February 24, 6:30pm – 8pm, (In-person and on
women; thanking them for their mission and their Zoom)
courage; may they continue to find new responses Pamela Prime is an author, retreat facilitator and
to the challenges spiritual director. She earned her MA from the Jesuit
of our times. School of Theology at SCU in Berkeley focusing on
Spirituality.
This is part of the 4th Thursday Events at the ISLC
St. Agnes Book Club
At the Ignatian Spiritual Life Center Synodal Journey
Friday, February 25th at 7:00 PM Every third Thursday of the month (March 17 next meeting)
The Book Club will meet to discuss @ 7:30 – 9pm, Via Zoom
THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY There will be a continuation of the discussion
by Amor Towles regarding the synodal process Pope
All must be vaccinated to attend. Francis is inviting us to! This process
is in collaboration with the other
Friday, March 25th at 7:00 PM
two Jesuit works - the St. Ignatius
The Book Club will meet to discuss
OLIVE AGAIN by Elizabeth Strout High School and the University of
All must be vaccinated to attend. San Francisco. Click HERE for the
Zoom link for the 3rd Thurs. Meetings.
Please contact Sr. Laetitia at Laetitiabordes@att.net
with any questions. How Religious Imagination Shifted During Covid –
Research ongoing
Offices Closed In what way has COVID challenged and perhaps
changed our own religious and spiritual imagination?
for President’s Day Please take time to join in our survey (link below) so
The Parish Office and the ISLC will be closed on we will be aware of what is evolving into other ways of
Monday, February 21st for Presidents Day. belonging and of imagination of the Christian
Mystery. Please, click HERE to take the survey. If you
are available for an interview, please email
ISLC@saintagnessf.org.Regular Hospitality Staff Corner
Resumes - Feb. 27th
On Sunday, February 27 we will resume our normal
hospitality after the 10:30am Mass on the ISLC patio.
Our RCIA participants will be hosting that Sunday and
look forward to meeting you. Sunday, February 20th there
will be a Memorial Mass for Fr. Russ Roide at the Franca Gargiulo
10:30am Mass. There will be a special reception outside
In the next few weeks, the two-year mark of life before
at the ISLC following.
and during the grand “lock down” will begin to dangle
memories, both large and small, in front of us. For me,
Ash Wednesday at St. Agnes one small memory was a hurried trip to Costco a day or
March 2, 2022 so before the actual lockdown. Like all people, we were
there to load up on real and perceived needs of pandemic
Mass @ 12:00 pm & 5:30 pm sustenance. With my then six-year-old son, our cart was
(Ashes given all day inside the church) loaded with staples, and not -so -staples (note : a decent
supply of Nutella). As we waited in the long line with
many other customers sporting concerned, somber
expressions, I could not help to notice a woman standing
behind us with a huge smile. I smiled back (remember,
this was a few weeks before mask mandates!) and my
son gave her a hearty Hi with a wave.
Ash Wednesday Soup Dinner
Still trying to grasp the reason for her broad grin in a sea
March 2nd of serious expressions, we started to chat when she burst
Please join us on March 2nd immediately following the out: “Oh, I cannot tell you how happy you made me
5:30pm Ash Wednesday Mass for a soup dinner in the today!” Puzzled, I thanked her tentatively and said I was
Spiritual Life Center., Please RSVP to happy – but what had we actually done to merit such a
Julia@SaintAgnesSF.com. compliment?
“I cannot tell you how happy I am to see people
St. Agnes LGBTQ Faith Sharing purchasing flowers! Everyone here is loading up on
March 10 at 6:30pm
disaster supplies. The flower bins are so full and will be
tossed if not purchased. But here you are, buying
The St. Agnes LGBTQ Ministry will host our flowers from the department I manage here! Bless you!”
next LGBTQ Faith Sharing evening of prayer and
fellowship on Thursday, March 10 from 6:30 - 8:00 in Sweetly stunned, I thanked HER for all her work and told
the Ignatian Spiritual Life Center. This event is open to her how Costco is my go-to flower place: pandemic or no
all. Please bring a friend and join us! pandemic, we always have flowers on our table!
She grinned and thanked us again, the shuffle of the
Phishing Email Scams checkout line forever separating us from a delightful
If you get an email that appears to be from Fr. sojourn in the midst of chaotic uncertainty. All I kept
George or Fr. Alejandro, be sure to check the email thinking: she is thanking us, but it was she who gave us
the gift of her appreciation, delight, and her energy
source. If it’s anything other than Fr. George’s
lovingly shared to create a mundane task a sparkle of joy.
(George@SaintAgnesSF.com) or Fr. Alejandro’s
(Alejandro@SaintAgnesSF.com) email: it is a I could not help to reflect on this small memory, an ever-
phishing email, do not open it or respond to it. gentle reminder to always appreciate all gifts: the
Scammers are creating false emails sublime, the beautiful, and all the blessings. It is with a
prayer that I ask to always remain aware and appreciative
based on our website. They
of those gifts and blessings surrounding me. And,
construct a convincing message, always remember to buy the flowers.
even using correct info such as our
address. Fr. George and Alejandro would not write
asking for “a favor” or “Gift Cards” and they would
always explain exactly what they were writing
about.Spiritual Apostles Creed
Life Center
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth;
1611 Oak Street And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, Our Lord,
www.IgnatianSpiritualLifeCenter.org who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Continuing Events: born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Centering Prayer was crucified, died, and was buried.
Mondays @ 7pm He descended into hell;
Mondays, 7pm. Contact Mary English at: on the third day he rose again from the dead;
thecentering@comcast.net . and ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God,
Silence of the Heart the Father almighty;
Tuesdays @ 9am (Silent prayer & sharing) from there he will come to judge the
Music, poetry, scripture, and spiritual reading, living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
followed by sharing and prayers for our
the holy catholic Church;
community. Please contact: Leonor the communion of saints,
Barnett: SilenceTuesday@gmail.com. the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
Thursday Morning Faith-Sharing
and life everlasting.
@ 9:30am – 10:30am, Via Zoom
Amen.
Gathers for word, silence, and sharing of our lives
and faith journeys. We give all the opportunity to Stewardship Prayer
share without interruption, advice, or cross talk. Lord and source of all gifts, I rejoice in the
These reflections are held in confidence. Please fullness of your generosity. I thank you for those
contact: Patti May for information: whose lives are visible signs of your love and
californiamandolin@gmail.com. blessing to others. Give me the courage to do the
same. Make me a good steward of all I have
Verbum Dei Sisters received, generously sharing my time, abilities,
Institute for Catholic Spirituality and and material resources to build up your kingdom
of love and justice. We ask this through Jesus
Spiritual Direction
Christ, in whom we begin and end all things.
The Institute presents a 3-year training program in
Amen.
Spirituality and Spiritual Direction (Bilingual)
directed by the Verbum Dei Sisters with the
assistance of faculty from the Jesuit School of Prayer of St. Francis
Theology of Santa Clara University (Berkeley). This (Prayer for Peace)
program is designed for those who desire to deepen Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
their relationship with God and are interested in the where there is hatred, let me sow love;
ministry of Spiritual Direction. Those seeking where there is injury, pardon;
spiritual growth for themselves or as an aid in their where there is doubt, faith;
ministry are welcome to participate in the 1st year. where there is despair, hope;
Those interested in training and formation as where there is darkness, light;
spiritual directors will participate 2nd and 3rd years. and where there is sadness, joy.
Admission to the 2nd year requires a process of O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much
discernment, successful completion of the 1st year seek to be consoled as to console;
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