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Saint Veronica Church
Established 1951
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 7, 2021
The Healing of Peter’s Mother-in-Law by James Tissot (Brooklyn Museum)
“For this purpose have I come.” - Mark 1:38
434 Alida Way South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone: 650-588-1455 www.stveronicassf.com Fax: 650-588-1481
Saint Veronica Parish
Parish Office Hours MASS INTENTIONS
Monday to Friday for the Week of February 7, 2021
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sun 02/07 7:00 † Wilfredo Balancio
Closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. 8:30 † Paul & Verena Broussard
(unless otherwise posted) 10:00 People of Saint Veronica
Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481 11:30 † Celerrina Yaco
1:30 † Rose Symkowick
Parish Staff Mon 02/08 6:30 † Consarcia Pamandanan
Father Patrick J. Driscoll, Pastor 8:30 † Francisco & Berenice Velarde
Father Shouraiah Pudota, Parochial Vicar Tue 02/09 6:30 † Mary Henriques
Father John Balleza, COSJ, in residence 8:30 † Lorraine Godfrey
Deacon Roger Beaudry Wed 02/10 6:30 † Brandon & James Fitzgerald
8:30 † Howard Connolly
Mary Martin, Administrative Assistant, Ext.301
Silvia Reyes, Bookkeeper, Ext.304 Thu 02/11 6:30 † Gertrude Eberle
8:30 † Virginia Da Costa
Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation &
Fri 02/12 6:30 † Nina Zaffke
Wedding Coordinator, Ext.305 8:30 † Joe Vaez
Jim Rodriguez, Custodian/Maintenance
Sat 02/13 8:30 † Carlos Lara Sr.
Saint Veronica Catholic School
www.saintveronicassf.org
Phone: 650-589-3909
Ms. Mary Boland
Principal
January 31, 2021 Offering Totals
1st Offering: $5,318.20
2nd Offering (Saint Vincent de Paul): $2,092.80
All other donations: $1,157.00
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Total Offerings: $8,568.00
Sacrament of Baptism
Baptisms are to be arranged through the Parish Office.
Please call for information and to make arrangements. Thank you to all the parishioners
who have been mailing in or dropping off their
Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month. offering envelopes at the parish office,
Call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455
those who contribute during Mass,
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) and those who contribute online!
Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455
Visit our parish website,
Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 ext. 305 www.stveronicassf.com,
Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades) for on-line giving information.
Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455 ext. 305
Parish Office email: churchoffice@stveronicassf.com
The Sanctuary Candle
and
Effective immediately, the Parish Office
Flowers for the Blessed will be CLOSED to all visitors!
Virgin Mary
Until further notice, as part of our effort
this week are hosted by to maintain a safe and healthy environment,
Frank Risso the parish office will no longer be receiving
in memory of visitors. The office will be fully staffed for
Gertrude “Grandma” contact by phone and email only. Our
Eberle priests will be available for sacramental
emergencies. Parishioners may also visit
If you would like to sponsor the our website, stveronicassf.com, and will
sanctuary candle or flowers, receive updates via Flocknote as they occur
please contact the parish office.
if they have signed up on Flocknote.
All requests, including reserving Mass
Pray for our Beloved Deceased intentions for 2021, will be handled by
In your prayers this week, please remember the repose of contacting the parish staff at 650-588-1455.
the souls of our deceased parishioners, especially: Just a reminder that Mass intention re-
quests are limited to four individual inten-
ToniAnn Dale - died Jan. 23, 2021 tions per three-month period.
Rene Leiva - died Jan. 23, 2021
“Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, O Lord . . .”
Parish Registration
Please complete and return form to the parish office, In addition to celebrating
or simply drop it in the collection basket.
Kindly print all information.
Sunday Masses at 7:00, 8:30,
Full Name(s)/Relationship(s): ____________________
10:00 & 11:30 a.m.
___________________________________________
in English
___________________________________________ and 1:30 p.m. in Spanish,
Address: ____________________________________ we continue to offer Mass
___________________________________________ Monday through Friday
City & Zip: __________________________________ at 6:30 and 8:30 a.m.
Phone:______________________________________ and Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
E-mail: _____________________________________
Primary language spoken at home: ________________ Regular confession time is from
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays
Updating Current Parish Registration
and by appointment
Moving / Please remove from mailing list (please call the parish office).
___This is a new registration Please call me
From our Pastor, Father Driscoll
Dear Friends in Christ, A few years ago, Auxiliary Bishop Robert Her-
mann of Saint Louis, Missouri (now retired) was giv-
As we ponder our Lord’s words and actions in en the charge to run that Archdiocese until a new
this Gospel passage for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Archbishop was appointed by the Pope. One day,
Time (Mk 1:29-39), the phrase that is Saint Bene- during his daily hour of prayer before our Lord in the
dict’s motto for monastic life can easily come to mind: tabernacle, Bishop Hermann thought of all the things
“Ora et Labora” --- “prayer and work”. he had to do that day. He commented: “… and so I
We read how our Lord’s life was filled with work stood up to leave.” The Bishop continued: “Then I
--- healings, preaching, teaching. He did not take it realized again all the things I had to do --- and I sat
easy. But it was not activity alone --- in this passage back down.” The Bishop was blessed to realize this
we are shown how He rose very early, before dawn, truth as our Lord Himself stated “I am the vine, you
and went to pray. The Scripture tells us that He went are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him,
to a “deserted place”. He went to encounter His bears much fruit; for without Me you can do noth-
heavenly Father in private, in prayer and in contem- ing.” (John 15:5)
plation. The holy season of Lent is nearing us. It is to be
Our lives are filled with many activities. Most of a time of increased prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
them are very important. So often we think of our These are most powerful spiritual tools and aids if we
Christian life as well as having to be “doing” some- undertake them in union with our Blessed Lord in the
thing. Saint James tells us that faith without works is desert. This will help us to be close to Jesus by set-
“dead”. Even so, we must first pray. Prayer can apt- ting aside ourselves more and more and thinking
ly be described as “union with God”, “raising our more of our Lord and thinking and acting for others in
hearts and minds to God”, “asking for good things need.
from God”. For sure, it is also and primarily placing Even in these days before and beyond the Len-
ourselves in His presence. In the presence of Him ten season we should be thinking of our Lord. Con-
who made His dwelling within us at baptism. templating what He might be thinking of this situation
It is good to reflect upon the truth that before we or that situation that we are encountering. How He
can do anything we must first “be” before we “do.” might handle “this” or “that”. How does He want me
That “being” is being with God. to respond to those people and situations He has
Most of us know of Saint Mother Teresa of Kol- allowed into my life? All the while, we should be
kata, the foundress of the Missionaries of Charity. praising Him, asking for an increase of His love and
Her community serves the poorest of the poor and His mercy.
now numbers more than 5,000 sisters throughout the And, of course, we should try to be like Holy
world. Mary and ponder our Lord’s own words and actions
We are blessed to have quite a few of them in in our hearts. By this we will deepen our union with
our Archdiocese. They run a men’s hospice in Pacifi- Him. Troubles will still remain but our reaction to
ca and serve food to the poor and tend to their other them will not be solitary --- our Lord will guide us,
needs in the city of San Francisco and elsewhere. protect us and strengthen us.
They also help with teaching the faith. They do not Yes our life of “activity” will always be there.
have an easy daily schedule by any means. As any- Even for some who are not able to get around much
one would guess --- the needs of the poor are limit- anymore there is indeed “work” to do --- working for
less. the Kingdom by offering the challenge of limitations
Be that as it may, following the way of life estab- and ill health up to Jesus on the cross so as to be
lished by Mother Teresa, the sisters do not go out united to Him in His suffering. This will then become
and work actively until they have spent an hour with His suffering and His suffering forgives sins and
Jesus adoring Him in the Most Blessed Sacrament of opens heaven to those in purgatory. It is a powerful
the altar and then assisting at Holy Mass. That is an means of “prayer and work.”
hour-and-a-half every day in prayer in the morning Saint Francis of Assisi encourages us when he
before undertaking “work”. Their work will not bear states: “We must faithfully and devotedly work, with-
true spiritual fruit without this union with God. As out extinguishing the spirit of the holy prayer and de-
Saint Augustine wrote; “… [virtues are] rather vices votion which the worldly things must be submitted to.”
than virtues so long as there is no reference to God
in the matter”. How can there be a reference to God Holy Mary, Saint Francis, Saint Mother Teresa, Saint
without a union with Him in our hearts and in the Eu- Veronica, pray for us!
charist, in prayer, as we undertake our daily activi-
ties?Ash Wednesday Mass Times It is with great joy that we welcome
into our church and community the
following children who received the
Mass Times on Ash Wednesday, Sacrament of Baptism at our Church
February 17th, will be 6:30 a.m., 8:30 on January 30, 2021
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in English and
6:30 p.m. in Spanish. Kendrix Jerome Gongora
In compliance with recently Malachi Anthony Gongora
announced protocols, ashes will be
sprinkled on the head of each person Lenten Vigil for Life
rather than placed Join in prayer with other local Catholics to end abortion. The
on the forehead. Lenten Vigil for Life will begin Ash Wednesday, February
17th, and continue Mondays through Saturdays until Saturday,
March 27th, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in
Face masks will front of Planned Parenthood at 435 Grand
be required and Ave. in South San Francisco.
indoor capacity will In order to maintain social distancing, space
is limited. To sign up, please contact Mary
be limited. at 650-219-6689.
Archdiocese of San Francisco School of
Pastoral Leadership Lecture Series
THE CATHOLIC FAITH AND MODERN SCIENCE
Are faith & science at odds?
A five-part online course with
Stephen Barr
Presented live via Zoom on Tuesdays: Feb. 2nd, 9th, 16th,
and 23rd, and March 2nd from 7:00-8:30 p.m. Recordings
will be available to all who register.
In these interacƟve lectures, Prof. Barr will show that the widespread idea that faith and science are opposed to
each other is based on serious misconcepƟons about the history of science, about what the Catholic Church teach-
es, and about what science has actually discovered about the world. In the 1st lecture, he will show how funda-
mental Catholic beliefs about God dovetail with the basic assumpƟons of science. In the 2nd lecture, he will show
how the Catholic Church, Catholic clergy, and Catholic lay people powerfully contributed to the founding and de-
velopment of science. In the 3rd lecture, he will discuss the beginning and creaƟon of the universe from the view-
point of both Catholic theology and modern cosmology. In the 4th lecture, he will show that the idea of the hu-
man “spiritual soul” is not in conflict with modern science. In the final lecture he will show how the idea of biolog-
ical evoluƟon is perfectly consistent with a ChrisƟan concepƟon of the universe. To learn more and to register,
visit www.sfarch.org/science.Moving Through the Loss of a Loved One
This focused support group is offered by the Saint
Pius Grief Ministry. The session is intended for those
who would like to participate in a support group focused
on progressing through their personal grief journey. The
sessions will be held on Tuesdays for 8 weeks beginning
February 9th. The specific time and method (in-person or
via Zoom) will be determined. For more information or
to register, please contact the Saint Pius Grief Ministry at
650-361-0655 or griefministry@pius.org.
Baptisms at Saint Veronica
Please call the parish office at 650-588-1455
for information about baptisms at our parish.
*****
Preparation classes for parents and
godparents are held on the second Tuesday Seeking Volunteer for Catholic Charities
of the month. Center for Immigration
As government restrictions allow, preparation Catholic social teaching calls us to welcome the stranger.
classes are held in the parish office Volunteers are invited to use their talents, skills, compas-
from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. (Adults only please) sion and commitment to answer that call. Four types of
or remotely via Zoom. volunteers to serve clients in San Francisco, San Mateo
and Marin Counties are needed:
Please call the parish office at 650-588-1455 1. Lawyers to work in partnership with staff attorneys
2. Application assistants to prepare DACA and Naturali-
to reserve your space for zation applications
Baptismal Preparation Classes. 3. Office volunteers
4. Spanish-speaking bilingual translators/interpreters.
Interested? Contact Carol Laughlin, volunteer coordina-
tor, at CLaughlin@CatholicCharitiesSF.org or 415-972-
1236.
Online Giving at Saint Veronica
We have online giving set up through Our Sunday Visitor,
which provides our donation envelopes. The direct link is: Saint Veronica is on Flocknote!
https://www.osvhub.com/stveronicassf/funds. This link is also
posted on the home page of our parish website, Flocknote allows Saint Veronica clergy and staff to be
www.stveronicassf.com, under “Online Giving”. able to communicate with our parishioners in a quicker and
more timely manner! If you had been receiving emails from
Additionally, the Archdiocese of San Francisco has set up a our “church office” email address, you will now receive them
way to make a one-time or monthly donation to any parish via Flocknote. To sign up to receive messages via email and/
within the Archdiocese. Select the amount you wish to do- or text, visit the parish website and click on the blue
nate, designate the funds for Saint Veronica Parish, and com- “Flocknote at St. Veronica’s” bar, or go directly to saintve-
plete billing and payment details. The direct link for online ronicaparish.flocknote.com.
giving through the Archdiocese is: www.sfarch.org/lifeline. We are also able to send messages via text. To receive
messages from Saint Veronica on your mobile phone, text:
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