Jesus said to his disciples: "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,

which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

July 30, 2017 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time

OUR LADY OF LORETTO PARISH “Empowered by the Spirit of God we celebrate Jesus’ presence in Prayer,

Liturgy, Sacrament and Service”

OUR LADY OF LORETTO CATHOLIC CHURCH

1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, CA 94947 415-897-2171

FAX 415-897-8251 Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm

Please pray for our parishioners who are sick and suffering that they may know the embrace of Christ’s healing love.

Avinia Family, May Barnett, Margaret DeMartini, Bonnie de Rutte, Anette Diaz,

Delmida Edwards, Jesse Fuette, Claudia Gitson, Anne G. Graham, Margaret Ham-lett, Lanny Leemaster, Benita Lopez, Marybeth Miller, Paola Tirado Moreda, Ray Os-

tertag, Roy Ottolini, Tearah Parker, David Wilson

We are updating our prayer list and have removed names which have been on the list for some time. Please call the Rectory to have someone

included on the Prayer List.

Our 2017 MASS BOOK IS FULL

VISIT THE RECTORY IF YOU WISH TO HAVE A MASS SAID IN 2018

May all our deceased Parishioners rest in the

loving arms of Christ especially:

John Schoonover

Andy Zwald

Mass Intentions July 29 through August 6

Day Time Intentions

Priest

Saturday 7/29 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Harold Shapiro + Eleanor Angulo + Victor and Jacy Meshkovsky

TR BC JML

Sunday 7/30 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon

Maria Cresine + Margaret McNern + OLL Parishioners

TR TR JML

Monday 7/31 9:00am Mario Minolli + TR

Tuesday 8/1 9:00am

Mike Doolittle +

Wednesday 8/2 9:00am

Frank Baczynski +

Thursday 8/3

9:00am Jacquie Marie O’Rourke +

Friday 8/4 9:00am Bianca Erlenbach +

Saturday 8/5 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Bianca Erlenbach + Sally McGillis + Luis Olague +

Sunday 8/6 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon

OLL Parishioners Joe Guth + Adelfo Limeta + and Juan Lise +

BC: Fr. Brian Costello JML: Fr. Juan Manuel Lopez TR: Fr. Tom Reilly

Rev. Brian Costello frbrian@ollnovato.org Ext.227

Pastor

Rev. Juan Manuel Lopez Parochial Vicar ext. 221

Church of the Assumption Parish 1-707-878-2208

Patrick Reeder EXT. 234 Parish Manager

Office Staff Erin Troy EXT. 222

Allen Shirley EXT. 236

Our Lady of Loretto School Mrs. Kathleen Kraft, Principal

415-892-8621

Parish Religious Education

Amy Bjorklund Reeder, Dir. Grades 1-6 Kathleen Pitti

415-897-6714

Sandro Garcia Grades 1-3 en Espanol

415-897-2171 ext.225

Annie Troy, Dir. Youth Ministry and Confirmation

415-897-2171 ext.277

PRIEST EMERGENCY NUMBER 415-301-0514

EMERGENCIES ONLY PLEASE

Mass Times

Monday—Friday 9:00 am

Saturday 9:00am 5:00 pm (Vigil Mass)

7pm Spanish Vigil Mass

Sunday 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12 Noon Spanish Mass

Eucharistic Adoration

Every Friday 9:30am-5:00 pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday3:00pm-4:00pm

Rosary Monday—Thursday after 9am Mass and 5:30pm

Friday after 9am Mass and at 5pm Sunday at 3:00pm

Baptisms

Please contact the Rectory- Catechesis Required

Marriages

Please contact the Rectory at least 6 months in advance

Our Lady of Loretto

St. Vincent de Paul Society 415-497-5090

Visit us on the Web www.ollnovato.org

E-mail us: church@ollnovato.org

2017 Special Collections Schedule September 17—Priest’s Retirement Fund October 22—World Mission Sunday November 5—St. Patrick’s Seminary November 19—Campaign for Human Development December 10—Retirement for Religious

ONLINE REGISTRATION

Religious Education registration opens July 1st for Grades 1-12 in English and Grades 1-3 in Spanish.

Please visit www.ollnovato.org to register online.

Paper registrations will not be ac-cepted.

Parents, you must register your child online by September 1 for the 2017-2018 school season. Classes begin mid-September.

Dear Friends, Thank you, Father Tim, on your marvelous presentation on the Columban missions last Sunday. I was told that our second col-lection was almost as big as our first. Thank you, one and all, for your support of the Columban’s missions throughout the world.

Welcome Father Tom! Father Tom was born and raised in The City, went to school in The City, before becoming a Missionary of Africa, formerly know as the White Fathers. Father Tom worked in Zambia for 24 years before retiring to the Community’s Mother House in Washington D.C. Father Tom will be with us until mid August. When you read this I will be in San Diego at the Steubenville Conference with 25 of our young people. Thank you for supporting our Youth Ministry Pro-gram, especially our recently held Golf Tournament, for making this possible. Father Sebastian will be here on Thursday, August 17th, to celebrate the 10 o’clock Mass. Father Sebastian founded the male branch of the Missionaries of Charity and was a close friend of Mother Teresa. After Mass, there will be a talk on Mother, some Q and A, followed by a reception. I hope as many of you can make this Mass and talk as possible. School starts on august 17th, What happened to Summer ??!! There will be a second collection this weekend for SVDP. As you have in the past, I know you will be generous. Have a Great Week! Father Brian

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The achievement of the late 1960s and early 1970s in enriching the "euchology" or "words of thanksgiving" available in the Church's prayer is important on many levels. Ecumenically, it means that the Latin Rite now reflects the wealth of the East in having more than one prayer available to the Church. Pastorally, it actually acknowledges the place of the assembly in prayer, which is particularly clear in the Masses with Chil-dren. In fact, the traditional prayers of the Eastern Church served as models for our new prayers. In the East, what we call the Eucharistic Prayer is called the anaphora, and there are three main families of anaphora. Each family has a different "recipe" for arranging the usual parts of these prayers. All anaphora have "intercessions" included, but the Churches of Antioch place them toward the end of the prayer, Alexandria prefers them at the beginning before the "Holy, Holy," and Syria puts them at the very end. One branch of the Syrian family is unique in not men-tioning the words of Jesus at the Last Sup-per. The Roman Canon we once prayed ex-clusively has some connection with the Al-exandrian family, but once the signal for cre-ativity was given, all the wealth of every prayer tradition was on the table, and our Sunday Mass has been greatly enriched. --Rev. James Field

TODAY'S READINGS First Reading -- Solomon prays for an under-standing heart (1 Kings 3:5, 7-12). Psalm -- Lord, I love your commands (Psalm 119). Second Reading -- All things work for good for those who love God (Romans 8:28-30). Gospel -- The one who knows of the king-dom of heaven brings new and old from the storeroom (Matthew 13:44-52 [44-46]). .

LISTEN TO YOUR DREAMS God visits Solomon in a dream, and the scripture story nowhere tells us that Solomon awoke to have this conversation with God! So, still in his dream, Solomon answers God's question about what he desires most, and God grants his request for wisdom in abundance. In our waking hours, we are much distracted by work, home, family, traffic, entertain-ment, and many worries. When we try to think about what we really want out of life, we have trouble even imagining what that might be. But deep inside, our real longings dwell, known to God and to the Holy Spirit. Our dreams, unencumbered by defenses, may hold clues to what our deepest needs are, or what bothers us most. They could be God speaking.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Ignatius of Loyola Tuesday: St. Alphonsus Liguori Wednesday: St. Eusebius of Vercelli; St. Peter Julian Eymard Friday: St. John Vianney; First Friday Saturday: The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major; First Saturday; Blessed Virgin Mary

COMPASSION If you love the justice of Je-sus Christ more than you fear human judgment, then you will seek to do compas-sion. --Mechtilde of Magdeburg

This Week at OLL July 30 - August 6 Sun. 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Second Collection for St. Vincent de Paul Mon. Tue. Perpetual Help Prayer Group—6pm—Chapel Al-Anon/Alateen—Convent – 7:15pm Wed. Our Lady’s Prayer Group—Church—7:30pm Thurs. Choir Practice—Church—7:00pm Fri. Adoration—Chapel—9:30pm to 5:00pm Sat. Cenacle—Chapel –9:30am Sun. Feast of the Transfiguration

Esta semana en OLL 30 Julio — 6 Agosto

Domingo: XVII Domingo Ordinario Martes: Helping Hands Grupo de Oración por la Iglesia-1pm JPC Discipulados—Capilla del Convento –7pm Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro-Chapel-6pm Al-Anon-Convento - 7:15 pm Miércoles: Nuestra Señora Grupo de Oración- Capilla– 7:30pm Ensavo del Coro-Espanol—Iglesia—7pm Jueves: Viernes: Adoration—Chapel—9:30pm to 5pm Sab: Cenacle—Chapel—9:30am Domingo: La Transfiguración del Señor

PARISH FATIMA ACTIVITIES SAVE THE DATE

Sunday August 13

Fatima Youth Mass. We welcome all youth of the Parish to this special Mass to pray for you as you return to school or go on to new experience.

Friday, September 8th

Fatima Rosary and talk, by Rev. Jospeh Previtali, Archdiocesan Fatima Expert. 6:30pm. In the Parish Hall.

Father Previtali is a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. He received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of Thomas Aquinas in 2010. For the past four years, he has served at Our Lady of the Pillar Parish in Half Moon Bay. He is an adjunct professor of Theology at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park. Father Previtali will be returning to Rome for doc-toral studies in the autumn of 2017.

Wednesday, September 13th

Fatima Rosary after the 9AM Mass. Monthly prayer in-tentions will be gathered and a short Q &A session will follow.

Saturday, October 7th

Rosary Rally, Miwok Park, hosted by Jim Quinn. Time TBD

October 13th and 14th

Mass at 9am followed by Adoration and Rosary; 5pm Rosary followed by all night Adoration and culminating with Mass at 9am Saturday morning and refreshments.

Registro en línea El registro de Educación Religiosa abre el 1 de julio para los grados 1 al 12 en inglés y los grados 1-3 en español. Por favor visite nuestro sitio web www.ollnovato.org para registrarse en línea. Los registros de papel no serán aceptados Padres, debe inscribir a su hijo en línea antes del 1 de septiembre para la temporada escolar 2017-2018. Las clases comienzan a mediados de septiembre. Que tengas un verano maravilloso.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Esta semana celebramos la fiesta de la Virgen de Co-pacabana. Copacabana es la capital de Manco Cápac, Bolivia. En dicho lugar, un descendiente de los reyes incas, Francisco Tito Yupanqui buscó esculpir una imagen de la Candelaria. Su primera imagen fue col-ocada en la iglesia por su párroco, pero llegó un nue-vo párroco quien la sacó del templo por tosca y fea. El pobre de Tito viajó a Potosí, Bolivia, donde em-prendió cursos de escultura. Con el tiempo esculpió otra imagen de la Candelaria. Esta vez estudió varias imágenes de María y mandó ofrecer una Misa a la Santísima Trinidad pidiéndole la inspiración nece-saria para esculpir una imagen digna de la Virgen. Los años de práctica en su arte, unidos a su devoción, le ayudaron a esculpir una imagen fina y bella que en 1583 fue colocada en su propio santu-ario. La Virgen de Copacabana tiene uno de los primeros santuarios marianos en América Latina. Curiosamen-te, se celebra el 5 de agosto, día que María hizo ne-var en la antigua ciudad de Roma, Italia, para mostrar dónde deseaba tener su primer templo. --Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM

Queridos amigos, Gracias, Padre Tim, por su maravillosa presentación sobre las misiones colombinas el domin-go pasado. Me dijeron que nuestra segunda colección era casi tan grande como nuestra pri-mera. Gracias a todos por su apoyo a las misiones de Columban en todo el mundo. Bienvenido padre Tom! Padre Tom nació y se crió en la ciudad, fue a la escuela en la ciudad, antes de convertirse en un misionero de África, antes conocido como los Padres Blancos. El

Padre Tom trabajó en Zambia durante 24 años antes de retirarse a la Casa Madre de la Comunidad en Wash-ington DC El Padre Tom estará con nosotros hasta mediados de agosto. Al leer esto estaré en San Diego en la Conferencia de Steubenville con 25 de nuestros jóvenes. Gracias por apoyar nuestro Programa de Pastoral Juvenil, especialmente nuestro recientemente realizado Torneo de Golf, por hacer esto posible. El Padre Sebastian estará aquí el jueves 17 de agosto para celebrar la Misa de las 10 horas. El Padre Sebastián fundó la rama masculina de las Misioneras de la Caridad y fue un amigo cercano de la Madre Teresa. Después de la Misa, habrá una charla sobre la Madre, algo de Q y A, seguida de una recepción. Espero que muchos de ustedes puedan hacer esta Misa y hablar lo más posible. La escuela comienza el 17 de agosto, ¿Qué pasó con el verano ?? !! Habrá una segunda colección este fin de semana para SVDP. Como lo has hecho en el pasado, sé que serás generoso. ¡Que tengas una buena semana! Padre Brian

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura -- Dame a mí, tu servidor, la capacidad de juzgar bien (1 Reyes 3:5, 7-12). Salmo -- Amo, Señor, tus mandamientos (Salmo 119 [118]). Segunda lectura -- Estamos predestinados a ser conformados a la imagen del Hijo de Di-os (Romanos 8:28-30). Evangelio -- Cuando encontramos la perla de gran valor, tenemos que ofrecer por ella todo lo que poseemos (Mateo 13:44-52 [44-46]).

ESCUCHA TUS SUEÑOS Dios visita a Salomón en un sueño, ¡y el rela-to bíblico no dice en ninguna parte que Sa-lomón se despertó para tener esta conver-sación con Dios! Así, todavía en su sueño, Salomón responde a la pregunta de Dios so-bre lo que más desea, y Dios le concede en abundancia su pedido de tener sabiduría. En nuestras horas de vigilia, estamos muy distraídos con el trabajo, la casa, la familia, el tráfico, la diversión y muchas pre-ocupaciones. Cuando tratamos de pensar en qué es lo que realmente queremos en la vida, nos cuesta un poco imaginar lo que pueda ser. Mas allá en el fondo, moran nuestros verdaderos anhelos, que Dios y el Espíritu Santo conocen. Nuestros sueños, libres de las trabas de las defensas, pueden guardar la clave de nuestras más hondas necesidades o lo que nos molesta más. Puede que sean el modo que Dios usa para hablarnos.

Dios nos ama a cada uno como si no existiese nadie más. --San Agustín