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Saint Veronica Church
Established 1951
Fourth Sunday of Lent - Laetare Sunday
March 14, 2021
“For God so loved the world that He
gave His only Son, so that everyone who
believes in Him might not perish
but might have eternal life.” - John 3:16
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
for the Week of March 14, 2021
Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Sun 03/14 7:00 † Jim Sarantopulos
(unless otherwise posted) 8:30 † Sylvia Azzopardi
Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481 10:00 People of Saint Veronica
11:30 † Paula L. Gutierrez
1:30 † Rene Leiva
Parish Staff Mon 03/15 6:30 † Lydia White
Father Patrick J. Driscoll, Pastor 8:30 † Gren Peren Do
Father Shouraiah Pudota, Parochial Vicar
Father John Balleza, COSJ, in residence Tue 03/16 6:30 † Clement & Eulalia Fernandes
8:30 † Mary Margaret Biggins
Deacon Roger Beaudry
Wed 03/17 6:30 † Patrick Kerrigan
Mary Martin, Administrative Assistant, Ext.301 8:30 † Anthony Hoang Minh Dinh
Silvia Reyes, Bookkeeper, Ext.304 Thu 03/18 6:30 Renato & Alisa Aquino
8:30 † John Noonan
Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation &
Wedding Coordinator, Ext.305 Fri 03/19 6:30 † Maggie Kalvelage
8:30 Imelda Aquino De Dios
Jim Rodriguez, Custodian/Maintenance
Sat 03/20 8:30 † Marino Sun
Saint Veronica Catholic School
www.saintveronicassf.org
Phone: 650-589-3909
Ms. Mary Boland
Principal
March 7, 2021 Offering Totals
1st Offering: $7,593.10
2nd Offering (maintenance): $2,034.30
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION All other donations: $4,842.00
Total Offerings: $14,469.40
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.
Call the Parish Office at 650-588-1455 offering envelopes at the parish office,
those who contribute during Mass,
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)
Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455 and those who contribute online!
Visit our parish website,
Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 ext. 305
Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades)
www.stveronicassf.com,
for on-line giving information.
Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455 ext. 305
Parish Office email: churchoffice@stveronicassf.com
From Catholic San Francisco:
Masses following CDC health guidelines 'extremely
safe' to attend, expert says
The Sanctuary Candle this week
is hosted in memory of Mar. 8, 2021 by Nicholas Wolfram Smith
Lorraine Godfrey
With parishes across California resuming their liturgical
lives, Massgoers should be reassured about the level of risk
and going to church entails.
“It is extremely safe to attend Mass indoors following
Flowers for the Blessed common sense precautions as recommended by the CDC,”
Dr. Timothy Flanigan said.
Virgin Mary Flanigan is a professor of medicine and of health ser-
this week are hosted vices, policy and practice at Brown University; a member of
the university’s Division of Infectious Diseases and a Catho-
by Shirley Cauterucio lic deacon.
in memory of Following the ‘3 W’s’: “Wear a mask, wash your hands,
watch your distance from others,” is key for public safety, as
Father Wilton Smith well as heeding CDC recommendations for worship spaces
that include good ventilation, staying home when sick and
If you would like to sponsor the having capacity limits.
sanctuary candle or flowers, With hundreds of thousands of Masses being celebrat-
ed since parts of the country began reopening, “There have
please contact the parish office to been no clusters of cases reported that have been linked to
check on available dates. church attendance where these commonsense precautions
have been followed,” he said.
“This encouraging news should inspire confidence that
the guidelines in place -- based on CDC recommendations --
are working to decrease COVID-19 transmission,” Flanigan
wrote in an article in Real Clear Science. “While nothing
during a pandemic is risk-free, these guidelines mean that
Catholics (and public officials) may be confident that it’s
Parish Registration reasonably safe to come to church for Mass and the sacra-
ments. People should worship the way it’s best to worship.
When individuals follow the 3 W’s, we have not seen any
Please complete and return form to the parish office, outbreaks related to longer services,” he said.
or simply drop it in the collection basket. On Feb. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Califor-
Kindly print all information. nia's ban on indoor worship. In a Feb. 8 letter to priests,
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone welcomed the decision,
Full Name(s)/Relationship(s): ____________________ but stressed the importance of celebrating Mass safely and
noted the ruling “does not change the science.” Holding
___________________________________________ Mass outdoors adds “an additional safety precaution for those
gathered,” he said, and indoor liturgies must strictly follow
___________________________________________ the archdiocese’s safety protocols.
“The four principal practices remain in place: social
Address: ____________________________________ distancing, masks, sanitation, and ventilation,” he said.
The archbishop reminded priests his dispensation from
___________________________________________ the Sunday Mass obligation remains in place and said parish-
ioners who are sick should not attend Mass, while those who
City & Zip: __________________________________ are elderly or at high risk from COVID may “in good con-
science” remain home.
Phone:______________________________________ Flanigan said California’s COVID-19 outlook is very
encouraging, as CDC data shows cases have decreased about
E-mail: _____________________________________ 90% since the state saw record numbers of positive tests in
December and January.
Primary language spoken at home: ________________ With case rates dropping and the vaccination campaign
rapidly progressing -- about 18% of California’s population
has received at least one dose of a vaccine -- Flanigan said
Updating Current Parish Registration people should look forward to the phased lifting of COVID-
19 restrictions.
Moving / Please remove from mailing list “The COVID vaccine has been an enormous success
and has provided levels of protection that have been much
higher than any of us predicted. There is real cause for opti-
___This is a new registration Please call me mism and rejoicing,” he said.
From our Pastor, Father Driscoll
Thank you Jim Rodriguez! We will miss you. to touch the heart of another nor is it ever in
Last Monday, our parish custodian and part-time vain.” Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and
maintenance person, Jim Rodriguez, put in his let perpetual light shine upon them. May they
last day with us here at Saint Veronica. Thank rest in Peace, Amen. May their souls and the
souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace,
you Jim for six-and-a-half years of faithful ser-
Amen!
vice!
God bless you all! Father Driscoll
Jim has kept our church, offices and other parish
facilities clean, provided minor repairs and
maintenance --- and always did so with such a
great and positive attitude. Quietly, Jim has
helped with little projects with not only his labor From Saint John Henry Newman
but financial contributions (don't tell his pastor on the personal call from God to
Fr. Rolando at Mater Dolorosa parish!). Jim was
always happy to be available and ready to help do His work:
in any situation. We will miss him and wish
him well as he spends more time with his fami- “God has created me to do Him some de inite
ly. Enjoy retirement Jim! service. He has committed some work to me
Our School Is Fully In-Person again! which He has not committed to another. I have
We are happy that our lives are very slowly re- my mission. I may never know it in this life, but
turning to a smattering of normalcy --- little by I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a
little so far. Let us pray that the Covid infection chain, a bond of connection between persons.
rates continue to greatly decline and that the
vaccinations will really help expedite a return to He has not created
life as we knew it before Covid! me for nothing. I
Last Monday almost all of our students at Saint shall do good; I
Veronica Catholic School returned to in-person shall do His work. I
instruction. The former chapel located in our shall be an angel
parish offices is now temporarily a classroom of peace, a preach-
(some will remember that it was at one time the er of truth in my
kindergarten classroom). The office of our own place, while
school principal, Mary Boland, has also been not intending it if I
converted into a classroom. We are grateful to
God for all of our blessings! do but keep His
commandments.
Called by God from this life.
We have already announced the passing of our Therefore, I will
former pastor, Father Wilton Smith and our for-
trust Him, whatev-
mer principal Joan Coleman. Recently, we
learned of long-time parishioner Rudy Bertoloz- er I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in
zi passing away. sickness, my sickness may serve Him, in per-
plexity, my perplexity may serve Him.
We continue to commend to God's mercy and If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him.
love all of our loved ones who have passed away
in faith. God is eternal. He is beyond time and He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is
this means we can always help our loved ones about.
with prayers of commendation to God and confi- He may take away my friends. He may throw
dent prayers of mercy for them. As Pope Bene- me among strangers. He may make me feel
dict taught: “In the communion of souls terres- desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future
trial time is superseded ....so it is never too late from me. Still, He knows what He is about.”
Lent at Saint Veronica
Lenten Schedule Living A More Meaningful Lent
Daily Mass: Receive healing and absolution through the
♦ Monday through Friday - 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 sacrament of confession - please see the infor-
a.m. mation to the left for expanded confession times.
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Adoration of the Most Blessed Sign up for daily Lenten Reflections - “Led by
Sacrament: the Spirit” began on Ash Wednesday on
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♦ Tuesdays following the 8:30 a.m. Mass until
10:00 a.m. Pray the Stations of the Cross - our parish has
♦ Wednesdays 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
erected outdoor Stations of the Cross, beginning
by the side door of the church and continuing
around to the front of the parish center!
46 Days of Lenten Spiritual Exercises:
♦ Join for a daily reflection
Watch for a special prayer service and Lenten St. Vincent de Paul
conference: Food Drive
♦ Journeying through Lent with Holy Mary
♦ Presenter: Father Driscoll
♦ Details coming soon! Our St. Vincent de Paul Conference is ac-
cepting non-perishable food
Check our website! items. Through Good Fri-
Watch for Flocknote announcements! day, April 2, items may be
placed in the church vesti-
bule.
Abstinence: Everyone 14 years of age & older Lenten Vigil for Life
is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednes-
day, the Fridays of Lent, & Good Friday. Join in prayer with other local Catholics to end
abortion. The Lenten Vigil for Life began Ash
Fasting: Those 18-60 years of age are to fast on Wednesday, February 17th, and continues Mon-
Ash Wednesday & Good Friday. On these two days through Saturdays until Sat-
days the law of fasting allows only one full urday, March 27th, from 10:00
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Prayer to Saint Joseph
This Friday, March 19th, is the Feast of Saint Jo-
seph. As the Church continues to celebrate the
Year of Saint Joseph - as declared by Pope Francis
on December 8th, 2020 - let us seek his interces-
sion:
Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. To you God entrusted His
only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you
Christ became man.
Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father
and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us
grace, mercy, and courage, and defend us from eve-
ry evil. Amen.
Novenas to Saint Joseph are available in English
and Spanish on our Archdiocese Office of Faith
Formation website, www.sfarch.org/ooff.
Pray for our Beloved Deceased
In your prayers this week, please remember the repose of
the souls of our deceased parishioners, especially:
Rudy Bertolozzi
died March 6, 2021
Edna Gentile Baptisms at Saint Veronica
died February 27, 2021
Filipinas Valdomir Please call the parish office at 650-588-1455
for information about baptisms at our parish.
died February 9, 2021
“Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, O Lord . . .”
*****
Preparation classes for parents and
Online Giving at Saint Veronica godparents are held on the second Tuesday
We have online giving set up through Our Sunday Visitor, of the month.
which provides our donation envelopes. The direct link is:
https://www.osvhub.com/stveronicassf/funds. This link is also As government restrictions allow, preparation
posted on the home page of our parish website,
www.stveronicassf.com, under “Online Giving”. classes are held in the parish office
Additionally, the Archdiocese of San Francisco has set up a
from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. (Adults only please)
way to make a one-time or monthly donation to any parish or remotely via Zoom.
within the Archdiocese. Select the amount you wish to do-
nate, designate the funds for Saint Veronica Parish, and com-
plete billing and payment details. The direct link for online
Please call the parish office at 650-588-1455
giving through the Archdiocese is: www.sfarch.org/lifeline. to reserve your space for
Regardless of how our parishioners are giving, thank Baptismal Preparation Classes.
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