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MAY 1, 2022
Third Sunday of Easter
Sir James Thornhill,The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1729-31.
ABOUT OUR PARISH
CONTACT US
CHURCH & SCHOOL LOCATION MISSION STATEMENT
6309 El Apajo Road We are a praying, learning, and caring community fulfilling the mission God gives us
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 in baptism by our worship in faith, by our witness in hope, and by our service in love.
Praying through the Sacraments,
THE NATIVITY SCHOOL
858-756-6763 Learning through Religious Education,
P.O. Box 9180 Caring through Pastoral Care.
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
PARISH OFFICE WEEKLY PARISH CONTRIBUTIONS
Monday - Friday | 8:30am-3 pm
858-756-1911 FOR THE WEEK OF 4-24
www.nativitycatholic.org
P.O. Box 8770
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
OUR PARISHIONERS CONTRIBUTED $15, 260
CONFIRMATION MASS: $1, 165
IN THE COLLECTION LAST WEEK,
TO FURTHER THE MISSION AND MINISTRY PROVIDED BY THE
MASS SCHEDULE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING WHAT IS
WEEKDAY MASS MEANINGFUL TO YOU, TO SERVE OUR
Monday - Saturday | 8:00am BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST
WEEKEND MASS
Saturday Vigil | 5:00pm Are you a registered parishioner?
Sunday | 7:30am, 9:00am, If you’re not yet, we invite you to register!
10:30am Registration not only shows you belong to a certain parish but may be
*All Masses held indoor with necessary for certain benefits like scheduling sacraments, participating in
additional seating outdoors in the religious education programs and getting statements for
Courtyard. tax purposes. Call the office for a registration form!!
Sacraments
BAPTISM NATIVITY STAFF FACILITIES MANAGER
Gustavo Ortiz | 858-756-1911
Celebrated on the 4th Sunday, PASTOR gortiz@nativitycatholic.org
after the 10:30am Mass or by Fr. Agustin Opalalic| 858-756-1911
frato@nativitycatholic.org OFFICE MANAGER
appointment. Lourdes Barton | 858-756-1911
Please contact the Parish Office or PRINCIPAL lbarton@nativitycatholic.org
tpinnella@nativitycatholic.org Marc Thiebach
mzures@nativitymail.org COORDINATOR FOR
MARRIAGE MUSIC MINISTRY
www.thenativityschool.org
Saturdays, 11:00am or 2:00pm. Viktor Shekhtman
Contact the Parish Office. PASTORAL ASSISTANT vshekhtman@nativitycatholic.org
Deacon Noel Rivera| 858-756-1911
ANOINTING OF THE SICK ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
nrivera@nativitycatholic.org
Encouraged for anyone critically Tula Pinnella | 858-756-1911
ill, for the elderly, or prior to RCIA & YOUTH MINISTER tpinnella@nativitycatholic.org
Mike James | 858-756-1911
major surgery. PASTORAL COUNCIL
mjames@nativitycatholic.org
RECONCILIATION Carl Bobkoski, Milan Brandon,
Saturday | 3:30-4:30 pm FAMILY FAITH FORMATION Bill Hearne, Kathy Klink,
COORDINATOR Stephanie Kourie.
EUCHARIST Amanda Telles 858-367-3577 Craig Ryall, Marc Thiebach
Weekday Mass | atelles@nativitycatholic.org
Monday - Saturday at 8:00am FINANCE COUNCIL
BUSINESS MANAGER
Eucharist Adoration | Jeff Brandon, Michael Conway,
Jackie Marin
Monday - Friday 8:30am-9:30am Byrnes Lambert, Jackie Marin, Earl Parker
jmarin@nativitymail.org
Catherine Mowbray-Lorenz
Perpetual Help Novena |
DIRECTOR OF
Tuesdays after 8:00am Mass ADULT FAITH FORMATION SAFE ENVIRONMENT COORDINATOR
Rosary | Weekdays after 8:00am John Marin | 858-756-1911
Melanie Chao | 858-756-1911 ext. 7
mchao@nativitycatholic.org
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ABOUT OUR PARISH
MASS INTENTIONS
SATURDAY 4/30
PASTORAL CARE EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF 8:00 am Mary Ann Dorsuy, RIP
NATIVITY SAMARITANS HOLY COMMUNION & SACRISTANS 5:00 pm Clair Lynch, RIP
Stephanie Kourie Pat James | SUNDAY 5/1
skourie@nativitycatholic.org pjames@nativitycatholic.org 7:30 am Doug & Elaine Perrin, RIP
HOLY COMMUNION FOR THE SICK 9:00 am John Papppas, RIP
MENTAL HEALTH MINISTRY 10:30am Douglas Winton Ealy, RIP
For the homebound upon request. Lisa James | 858-367-0049
HOSPITALITY MINISTRY ljames@nativitycatholic.org MONDAY 5/2
Lory Fisher LECTORS 8:00 Shauna Clancy, RIP
lfisher@nativitycatholic.org Catherine Mowbray-Lorenz TUESDAY 5/3
Melissa Edwards cmowbraylorenz@nativitycatholic.org 8:00 Alicia Londono, RIP
medwards@nativitycatholic.org 760-964-9296 WEDNESDAY 5/4
8:00 Michael Gennuso, RIP
SMALL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES - USHERS THURSDAY 5/5
FAITH SHARING GROUPS Corbitt Kerr | 8:00 Shauna Clancy, RIP
Kathy Alameda ckerr@nativitycatholic.org Friday 5/6
kalameda@nativitycatholic.org 8:00 Maria Pham, RIP
ALTAR SERVERS SATURDAY 5/7
Bill Hearne | 8:00 am John Remick, RIP
bhearne@nativitycatholic.org 5:00 pm Alina Barton, SI
To honor all mothers and women who have loved,
nurtured, and raised us, we are offering a Novena of
Masses that will begin on Monday, May 9, 2022.
Whether living or deceased, this prayerful gift is a
wonderful way of expressing our gratitude for all that we
have received from our mothers.
To have your mother added to the list of those we pray
for, please use the envelopes available in the pews.
If you wish to have more than one person prayed for, please add their names in the
space provided so that they may be included in the Mother’s Day Novena as well.
May God bestow abundant graces upon our mothers who are still among us and take
into His Kingdom the ones who have already passed away
MAY 1, 2022 THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR C
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A NOTE FROM OUR PASTOR Greetings in the Lord On this third Sunday of Easter I wish to continue my reflections on the experiences of the Apostles after the death and resurrection of their Master, Jesus Christ – Our Lord. Last Sunday we read from the gospel of St. John how Jesus appeared to the Apostles who, for fear of the Jews, were hiding in a room. In that appearance Jesus greeted them with peace, breathed on them the Holy Spirit of forgiveness as the source of Peace for their fearful hearts and sent them on a mission to spread this message of peace. Furthermore, we heard how Thomas was made to believe in Jesus when he returned to the same group of Apostles who were still gathered in the same room, already believing but not yet courageous to go out and proclaim the message of Peace that Jesus sent them to spread. Today’s gospel reading shows us a number of the apostles to whom Jesus once more appeared. In this we see the apostles no longer gathered in a closed room but already out in the open and back to their former way of living as fishermen. There are many theories concerning this narrative. Some say that the apostles simply wanted to forget their experiences with Jesus who was crucified, died and reportedly have risen from the dead. Others believe that this was another way by which John the Evangelist wanted to portray how the gospel message should be proclaimed by the apostles after the resurrection of Jesus. Personally, I do believe that the apostles did not want to forget about Jesus at all, but I do think that they went fishing in order to start their mission in the original way of life that they had when Jesus called them to follow him. They were fishermen and they should have wanted to begin their mission of spreading the good news among the people whose trade they commonly shared. After a frustratingly disappointing night of fishing and catching nothing, the apostles still obeyed the command of a person whom they, at first, did not recognize as Jesus. Jesus asked them to throw the net into the deep and they did obey him without hesitation and caught a definite number of big fishes, to their amazement that led them to recognize that the person who commanded them was no other than their own Master and Lord. He was there watching them go fishing and catching nothing. And they were not aware of His presence because they were all concerned with their activity and they caught nothing. When they went ashore they saw He prepared for them something to eat for breakfast. This time they did not ask any question anymore because they were convinced that indeed Jesus was their in their midst. There are so many lessons that we can learn from this appearance of Jesus. I don’t even want to mention his dialogue with Peter whom he asked to feed his sheep after three very significant personal questions. That is a matter that could be a subject for another homily sometime. What concerns me now are two things: first, the fact that apostles decided to go back to fishing, original livelihood and second, how they promptly obeyed Jesus whom they did not even recognize at first. Why should they obey somebody they did not recognize and after such a very disappointing night when they could not catch anything if they were not expecting the Lord to come into their lives anytime? These two issues could be our lessons from today’s gospel. The first is to simply go back into the ordinary ways of life that we normally do. Every Christian should go back to his work, always conscious that the Lord is just there watching and looking at how we do our work no matter how we may apparently fail. Yet every Christian, just the apostles in the Gospel must be ready to obey when the Lord comes into our lives and do whatever he wants because, just like the apostles, we too will be able to produce a lot out of our work without expecting such results. If the apostles obeyed the command of the Lord whom they did not recognize at first, I believe, it was because they were open to His instant coming into their lives. This is a product of a deep faith that they have been gifted because of their faith in the Risen Lord who would come into their lives anytime He would want to. In this same manner while we continue in our journey in this vale of tears. Constancy in prayer and fidelity to the Lord would keep us open to his coming into our lives especially at moments we do not expect Him to appear. 4 CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY | RANCHO SANTA FE, CA
Next Nativity Men’s Group
May 5, 2022
Speaker: Deacon Frank Reilly
Understanding the Diaconate
in the Catholic Church
Deacon Frank was ordained as a Deacon in 2003 at the age of 38, after five years of
study, education, and training. Subsequent to his ordination, Deacon Frank served as a
Liturgical Assistant to Archbishop Cordileone while he was the Auxiliary Bishop in
San Diego. He currently serves as President of Reilly Financially Advisors (RFA),
a financial firm that invests fiscally and morally according to the teachings of the
Catholic Church. RFA has over $2B in management.
Deacon Frank is in active ministry at St. Kieran in El Cajon. He actively participates in
assisting at mass, baptisms, R.C.I.A. training, and has spent more than fifteen years
serving on the Liturgical Training Team for Deacon candidates in the Diocese of
San Diego. Deacon Frank also serves as conference sacristan and deacon at all
Napa Institute conferences. He is also a Board member of Benedict XVI Institute.
In his free time, Frank enjoys skiing, mountain biking, and being with his wife, Gina,
and their five children and one grandchild.
They will be moving to the RSF community near the end of May.
Join us for a night of Faith, Fellowship, Food, and Inspiration
Where: Church of the Nativity
When: Thursday, May 5, 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Dinner deliciously prepared by Chef Hubert Lorenz
Culinary Wizard (www.theculinarywizard.com)
Contact: Tim Van Damm timvandamm@gmail.com , 617.501.3950 or
Scott Maxwell smaxwell@ThomasMoreSociety.org
MAY 1, 2022 THIRS SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR C 5
AFTER-ABORTION HEALING RETREAT FOR CATHOLIC WOMEN (or Catholic-friendly) given by Rachel’s Hope on May 13-15, 2022. Professionally led. Held at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 3888 Paducah Drive, San Diego. Confidentiality maintained. Closing Mass included. Group Size limited. Cost $60; partial scholarships available. Limited housing available. “Not judged, not lectured, just healed”. For information/registration call Rosemary Benefield (858) 581-3022; text (858) 752-9378 or email rachels_hope@juno.com . Visit us on our website: www.RachelsHope.org 6 CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY | RANCHO SANTA FE, CA
MAY 1, 2022 THIRS SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR C 7
We gladly welcome the following children into the family of God and
into the faith community of Church of the Nativity,
who were baptized during the month of April.
Ignacio Daniel Guerra
Gannon Scott Hall
Aiden Morris Kropko
Ashley Kathryn Kropko
Please pray for them and their families.
Million Meal Event: Our diocese’s permanent
deacons are coordinating an event that aims to provide
one million meals to children and families living in
extreme poverty. About half of the meals will go to
Casa de los Pobres in Tijuana and the rest to the
Philippines and Africa. The deacons are seeking 3,000
volunteers to pack the meals during an amazing
weekend in June and they are raising funds to buy the ingredients.
The meals will be packed in three shifts outdoors at Cathedral Catholic High School:
Saturday, June 11, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and from 12:30 to 3 p.m.; and Sunday, June 12,
from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Volunteers are also needed to set up the event and to help
clean up after it ends. Parish teams, ministries, families and individuals can make an
impact on a child’s life —and they can have a ton of fun doing it.
To register go to sdcatholic.org/millionmeals, or for more information,
email deaconmike@saintbrigidparish.org.
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MAY 1, 2022 THIRS SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR C 9
On May 1 we will start a new unit on Relationships &
Communication. How do we form our identity as
Catholics? How do we develop our capacity for intimacy
with God? How do we love our neighbors?
We will talk about this and more. All freshmen-seniors
attending public or Catholic high school are invited to join us
from 5-6:15pm.
There will be no class on May 8 for Mother’s Day.
Teens should spend that time with or doing something nice for their moms instead. We will resume on May 15.
If any teens are interested in altar serving, lectoring, or singing at mass please contact Mike James at
mjames@nativitycatholic.org to be put on the lists for training.
For more information on Youth Ministry or Confirmation contact Mike James, Youth Ministry Director, at
mjames@nativitycatholic.org or see the Youth Ministry page on the parish website at
https://nativitycatholic.weconnect.com/youth-ministry
Congratulations to the High School Youth Ministry Confirmation
Class of 2022! They were Confirmed by Bishop Dolan on April 24!
Each of these teens had 2 years of prior catechesis, formation in the
faith of the church, experience of Christian living, proper
disposition, Confirmation Immediate Preparation Classes, a
Confirmation Retreat, spiritual writing assignments, and passed a
Final Interview in preparation for the sacrament.
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are alive and active in our Youth Ministry Program and parish!
Charlie Abts, Vincent Baltera, Christian Bentinck, Eric Bucher, Quinn Campbell, Ellie Carroll, Kathleen Day, Jake Eagan,
Blake Edwards, Gavin Fisher, Marissa Giampaoli, Tyler Gouslin,
Kyan Jaravata, Jack Knisley, Mason LaGrossa, Riley Leyva,
Beck Mahoney, Maya McAvoy, Caroline Millay, Beaux Miller,
Preston Morris, Owen Murphy, Jacob Pages, Marshall Richardson,
Payton Rodgers, Ava Smith, Charles Sutton, Luke Sutton,
McKara Sweeney, Jessica Tran, Ava Uhlenkott, Eva Willyard,
Gianna Ybarra, Brady Wahl, William Aufmann, Paul DiPasquale,
David Gauvreau, Jillian Aasand, Nora Gauvreau, and
Elle Gonzales.
For information on the High School Youth Ministry and Confirmation Programs contact Mike James,
Director of Youth Ministry at mjames@nativitycatholic.org or go to https://nativitycatholic.weconnect.com/youth-ministry.
Congratulations and welcome to these R.C.I.A. class members who received their Sacraments of Initiation
at the Easter Vigil on April 16:
Shana Pereira, Tamara Blum, Charles Trucchi, Chris Blei, Antonia Blei, Victoria Brown, Tuni Peters,
Tommy Peters, Annelise Gazale, Thomas Peters, and Scott LaRue!
The RCIA is now in the “Mystagogia” period where our class “relaxes in the Lord” until Pentecost.
We will have class on May 1 from 11:30am – 12:30pm.
On May 22 we will have a special End of the Year Celebration with the Adult Faith Formation Class in the lower orange grove
at 10:15 am. More details will be given in class.
For more information on R.C.I.A. please contact Mike James, R.C.I.A. Director, at mjames@nativitycatholic.org.
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