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

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

Sacrament and Service”

November 20, 2016 Christ the King

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

Carol Abeling, Darlene Belluomini, Al Budzeleski, Betty Burke, Adita Claire, Gloria

Corda, Janeen Corda-Brady, Maureen Crist, Paula DiStefano, Ann English, Gennaro Fiorentino, Maureen Fox, Jesse Fuette, Fr. Dustin Gorell, Henry Haase, Andy Han-sen, Florence Haron, Walt Heim, Mary Ann Holtom, Kiera Hynes, Johnny Johnston, Sharon Kielty, Tom Knego, Marjorie Lane, Julia Matos, Sal Miceli, Wanda Mower,

Bob Muster, Catherine O”Brien, Ray Ostertag, Dalton O’Sullivan, Cindy Paladini, Ga-briella Passa, Alice Rosaire, Alex Ruiz, Margarita Ruiz, Lauren and Janice Seale, Louise Shipman, Dick Steinbach, Paula and Dan Stilling, Sarah Stryker, Mary

Stryker, John Stuber, Pat U’Ren, Niloo Vahid, Kathy Weddle, Ken Weddle, Teresa Welsch, Cathy Westover, Dory Wivens

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

May all our deceased Parishioners rest in the loving arms of

Christ: Mary Krabbe Cary Smith

Eleanor Angulo Carmen Alves

Mass Intentions November 19 to November 27

Day Time Intentions

Priest

Saturday 11/19 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Felix Elu + A. Leonard Bjorklund, Jr. + Teodora Torres +

BC NH JS

Sunday 11/20 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon

Father John Ward + Mary Baker + OLL Parishioners

NH BC JML

Monday 11/21 9:00am Jim and Ruth Rogers and Family (57th Anniversary)

BC

Tuesday 11/22 9:00am

Cecilia Ottolini + NH

Wednesday 11/23 9:00am

Nancy Wright + JML

Thursday 11/24 10:00am Deceased Members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society

BC

Friday 11/25 9:00am Frank Baczynski + NH

Saturday 11/26 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Grace Moraes + Sabastian Francis Cremidis + OLL Parishioners

BC NH JML

Sunday 11/27 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon

Frank Baczynski + Elizabeth Kusick + George Flevares (L)

BC NH JML

BC: Fr. Brian Costello JML: Fr. Juan Manuel Lopez NH: Fr. Neil Healy, JS: Fr. Joe Spiler

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

Rev. Neil Healy In Residence EXT 233

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

OLL ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY The St. Vincent de Paul Society pantry is in need of canned vegetables, spaghetti sauce, chili, baked beans, peanut butter, jelly, tuna and canned fruit. PLEASE PLACE YOUR DONATIONS IN THE CHURCH VESTIBULES. PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR DONA-TIONS TO THE RECTORY OFFICE. We appreciate and thank you for your con-tinuing support and will keep you in our prayers.

ENGRAVED BRICK REMEMBRANCE OF ALL SOULS

November, the month of All Souls, is the perfect time to remember your loved ones with an engraved, personalized brick. Donation is $100 for a 4” x 8” brick, 4 lines, 21 characters per line, or $175 for an 8” x 8” brick, 6 lines, 21 characters per line. It will be placed in the plaza for all to witness as your permanent legacy ben-efiting our Parish. Net proceeds are tax deducti-ble and will be used to directly improve our Par-ish community. Brick ordering instructions and details are on the orange Brick Order Form located at church en-tries. Thank you.

Our Lady of Loretto School is looking for an Extended Care Director to run our be-fore and after school child care. We are looking for someone who has child care experience. We are looking to fill this position immediately. This position is a full time hourly position. Please contact the school principal, Kathleen Kraft at (415)892-8621.

Dear Friends,

Since this is the weekend before Thanksgiving, I thought I would share a Dear Abby column with you from a few years ago. I hope you gobble it up as much as I did.

How’s your health? Not so good? Well, thank God you’ve lived this long. A lot of people haven’t. You’re hurting? Thousands— maybe millions are hurting more. (Have you ever visited a veteran’s hospital?

Or a rehabilitation clinic for handicapped children?) If you awakened this morning and were able to hear the birds sing, use your vocal chords to utter human sounds, walk to the breakfast table on two good legs, and read the newspaper with two good eyes, praise the Lord! A lot of people couldn’t

How’s your pocketbook? Thin? Well, most of the living world is a lot poorer. No pensions. No welfare. No food stamps. No Social Security. In fact, one third of the peo-ple in the world will go to bed hungry tonight.

Are you lonely? The way to have a friend is to be one. If nobody calls you, call them. Go out of your way to do something nice for somebody. It’s a sure cure for the blues.

Are you concerned about your country’s future. Hooray! Our system has been saved by such concern. Concern for honesty in government, concern for peace, and concern for fair play under the law. Our country may not be a rose garden, but it is also not a patch of weeds. Freedom rings! Look and listen. You can still worship at the church of your choice, cast a secret ballot, and even criticize your government without fearing a knock on the head or a knock on the door at midnight. And if you want to live under a different system, you are free to go. There are no walls or fences, nothing to keep you here.

Here are our coming events: Sunday, November 20th: Campaign for Human Development 2nd Collection.

10am: School Mass and 1st Reconciliation Enrollment Mass. Office closed Thursday, November 24th and Friday, November 25th. Thursday, November 24th: Thanksgiving Day

Mass is at 10am. No 9am Mass! Bring your bread and wine to be blest. Sunday, November 27th: First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of our new Church Year

2017. Calendars will be blest and distributed. Monday November 28th—Archbishop’s Holiday—Rectory and School Closed Friday December 2nd, 10am: OLL School’s Christmas Luncheon Saturday, December 3rd at 6pm: Christmas Thank You Dinner for all church ministries in

the Hall. All Lectors, EM’s, Choir Members, Greeters, Ushers and Altar Society Members are invited. No children! Sign in table at the entrance to the Hall. The Buffet Dinner will

ADVENT ADULT FAITH FORMATION Please join us for our Advent Series Christ-mas: The Real Sto-ry (see crossways.org) which will be presented in the convent chapel at 10am on the following Wednesdays: 11/30, 12/7, 12/14, & 12/21 Class space is limited to the first 30 regis-trants. Please contact Amy Reeder (415) 897-6714 amy@ollnovato.org or Annie Troy (415) 897-2171 x277 annie@ollnovato.org to reserve your spot. There will also be a sign up sheet in the sacristy entrance.

have a Mexican theme.. Sunday, December 4th: Sister Jeanette’s 50th Anniversary Celebration as an Ursuline Sister

at the 10am Mass. Reception follows in the Hall. Tuesday, December 6th at 11am and 6pm: Advent Reconciliation Service at St. Anthony’s. Thursday, December 8th, The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy

Day of Obligation. Masses are at 9am (School Attending), 6pm, and 7:30pm (Spanish). Sunday, December 11th, at the 10am Mass: RCIA Rite of Welcoming. Candy Canes blest

and given out at all Masses. Monday, December 12th, Our Lady of Guadalupe: Masses at 12:01am Spanish, 9am Eng-

lish and 7pm Spanish Tuesday, December 13th at 7pm: Doug, Dana and James Harmon Advent Concert in the

Church. Free Will Offering will be taken up. Thursday, December 15th at 6:30pm School Christmas Concert. Sunday December 18th after the 8am and 10am Masses: Knights of Columbus “Breakfast

with St. Nicholas” Sunday, December 18th at 4:00pm and 7:30 pm: Choir Christmas Concerts Saturday, December 24th, Christmas Eve: Masses are at 5pm (Children’s Mass), 7pm and

9pm (Spanish). Sunday, December 25th, Christmas Day, a Holy Day of Obligation: Masses are at 8am,

10am, and 12 Noon (Spanish) Sunday, January 1st, New Year’s Day, a Holy Day of Obligation: Masses are at 8am, 10am,

and Noon (Spanish)

Happy Thanksgiving! Father Brian

THIS WEEK IN CONFIRMATION & YOUTH MINISTRY

NO CLASSES THIS WEEK. CLASSES RESUME 11/28

CS Lewis’, The Screwtape Letters, is our Novem-ber selection for the OLL Book Club. The book is available through Amazon or on iBooks. Read it at your leisure and join us on Thursday, December 8 at 10am in the convent chapel for coffee and discus-sion.

RCIA/Adult Education Our Lady of Loretto RCIA Program meets at 7:30 p.m. each Tuesday, upstairs in the Convent. The topic on November 22 is:

Sustaining Our Faith: Sacraments – Bap-tism and Confirmation.

All adults are invited to participate.

This Week at OLL November 20 - November 27 Sun. Christ the King Mon. SVDP—Library—7pm Tue. Helping Hands Prayer Group—1pm—Church Perpetual Help Prayer Group—6pm—Chapel Al-Anon—Convent – 7:15pm Wed. Our Lady’s Prayer Group—Church—7:30pm Thurs. Thanksgiving Mass 10am Rectory Closed Fri. Adoration—Chapel—9:30pm to 5:00pm Rectory Closed Sat. Cenacle—Chapel—9:30am Sun. First Sunday of Advent

Esta semana en OLL 20 Noviembre — 27 Noviembre

Domingo: Cristo Rey 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: Primer Domingo de Adviento

BLESSED ARE YOU, LORD OUR GOD, WHOSE MESSENGER IS DEATH

By: Edward Hays

Lord and Conductor of the Universe, we acknowledge and affirm the mystery of sunsets and farewells, of departures and finales as integral notes in Your divine chorus. We are thankful even for the pains of daily dying., for the daily separations that are the counterpoint in our common lives. With gratitude, we listen to the yearly song of creation, the melody off spring, summer and autumn which rises till the death-rest of winter, only to begin again in the Resurrection of Spring. We take joy, as our hearts rise to You, that this divine harmony of death and life was sung by prophets and holy people, and that Your Son, Jesus, sang that song with His whole person in His death and resurrection from the tomb. We are grateful for His living example, for Him who found it so difficult departing from His friends so that a greater experience of life might be His and theirs In His footsteps, along the path of death and resurrection, we process toward our own death and resurrection to You. Help us, compassionate God, to let Your ancient and eternal song of death and life be played out in each of us, as we live out our faith that death is but a doorway that opens unto a greater and fuller expression of life, that opens to a final union with You who are life! Blessed are You, Lord of Life, who alone knows the hour of our death and ultimate union with You. Blessed are You, Lord our God, whose messenger is death. Amen +

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE En la frontera entre México y El Paso en Texas en los Estados Unidos hay una grandísima imagen de Cristo Rey con sus brazos extendidos en bienvenida y sobre una cruz. En el continente Americano encon-tramos imágenes de Cristo en las montañas como Cristo Redentor en Brasil, o Cristo de los Andes, en-tre Chile y Argentina, o el Cristo Rey en Colombia; todos observando calladamente pesares y progresos de sus pueblos y naciones. En toda Latinoamérica se grita esperanzadamente “Viva Cristo Rey”. La Iglesia universal honra a Cristo con el título de Rey solo desde 1925, pero siempre tuvo la certeza que el pobre Jesús de Nazaret es nuestro Maestro y Señor y, contra él no pueden las fuerzas del mal ni la injusticia. Terminando el Año Litúrgico, es justo y necesario recordar y festejar que Jesús reina para siempre. En Latinoamérica y en todas partes donde la in-justicia parece dominar, Cristo Rey es continuo re-cuerdo de la promesa divina; de la esperanza de un mundo mejor no allá en el cielo sino aquí en la tierra renovada. Por eso terminemos el año litúrgico gritan-do “Viva Cristo Rey”.

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Se unge a David rey de Israel (2 Samuel 5:1-3). Salmo — Vayamos con alegría al encuentro del Señor (Salmo 122 [121]). Segunda lectura — El Padre nos trasladó al Reino de su Hijo amado (Colosenses 1:12-20). Evangelio — El malhechor arrepentido recibe la promesa del paraíso de boca de Jesús (Lucas 23:35-43).

DÍA DE LA DEPENDENCIA En el Día de Acción de Gracias reconocemos nuestra dependencia. —William Jennings Bryan

Queridos amigos, Ya que este es el fin de semana antes del Día de Acción de Gracias, pensé que compartiría una querida columna de Abby con ustedes desde hace unos años. Espero que lo devoren tanto como yo. ¿Cómo estás de salud? ¿No tan bien? Bueno, gracias a Dios que has vivido tanto tiempo. Muchas per-sonas no lo han hecho. ¿Estás sufriendo? Miles, quizás millones están sufriendo más. (¿Alguna vez ha visitado un hospital de veteranos o una clínica de rehabilitación para niños discapacitados?) Si despertó

esta mañana y pudo oír a los pájaros cantar, use sus cuerdas vocales para pronunciar sonidos humanos, camine a la mesa de desayuno en dos buenas piernas , Y leer el periódico con dos buenos ojos, alabar al Señor! Mucha gente no podía ¿Cómo está tu bolsillo? ¿Delgado? Bueno, la mayor parte del mundo vivo es mucho más pobre. No hay pensiones. No hay bienestar. No hay estampillas de comida. No hay Seguridad Social. De hecho, un tercio de la gente en el mundo irá a la cama con hambre esta noche. ¿Estás sola? La manera de tener un amigo es ser uno. Si nadie te llama, llámalo. Salga de su manera de hacer algo agradable para alguien. Es una cura segura para el blues. ¿Le preocupa el futuro de su país? ¡Hooray! Nuestro sistema ha sido salvado por tal preocupación. Preocupación por la honestidad en el gobierno, preocupación por la paz y preocupación por el juego limpio bajo la ley. Nuestro país puede no ser un jardín de rosas, pero tampoco es un parche de malezas. ¡Anillos de la libertad! Mira y escucha. Todavía puedes adorar en la iglesia de tu elección, lanzar una votación secreta, e incluso criticar a tu gobierno sin temer un golpe en la cabeza o un golpe en la puerta a la medianoche. Y si quieres vivir bajo un sistema diferente, eres libre de ir. No hay paredes o cercas, nada que te mantenga aquí. Estos son nuestros próximos eventos: Domingo, 20 de noviembre: Campaña para el Desarrollo Humano 2ª Colecta. 10am: Misa Escolar y 1ra Matrícula de Reconciliación. Oficina cerrada el jueves, 24 de noviembre y viernes, 25 de noviembre. Jueves, 24 de noviembre: Día de Acción de Gracias La misa es a las 10am. ¡No hay misa de las nueve! Trae tu pan y tu vino para ser benditos. Domingo 27 de noviembre: Primer Domingo de Adviento, el comienzo de nuestro nuevo Año 2017 de la Iglesia. Los calendarios serán benditos y distribuidos. Arzobispo de vacaciones-Recuento y escuela cerrada Viernes 2 de diciembre, 10am: Almuerzo de Navidad de la escuela OLL Sábado, 3 de diciembre a las 6 pm: Navidad Gracias Cena para todos los ministerios de la iglesia en el Salón. Se invita a todos los Lectores, EM, Miembros del Coro, Greeters, Ushers y Altar Society Members. ¡Sin hijos! Firme en la tabla en la entrada al pasillo. La cena buffet tendrá un tema mexicano. Domingo 4 de diciembre: Celebración del 50 aniversario de la Hermana Jeanette como Hermana Ursulina en la Misa de las 10 am. Martes, 6 de diciembre a las 11 am y 6 pm: Advent Reconciliation Service en St. Anthony's. Jueves, 8 de diciembre, La Inmaculada Concepción de la Santísima Virgen María, un Santo Día de Obligación. Las misas son a las 9am (Asistencia Escolar), 6pm, y 7:30 pm (Español). Domingo, 11 de diciembre, en la Misa de las 10 am: RCIA Rito de Bienvenida. Candy Canes blest y repartidos en todas las misas. Lunes, 12 de diciembre, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: Misas a las 12:01 am Español, 9am inglés y 19h español Martes, 13 de diciembre a las 7 pm: Doug, Dana y James Harmon Adviento Concierto en la Iglesia. La Oferta de Libre Voluntad será tomada. Jueves, 15 de diciembre a las 6:30 pm Concierto Escolar de Navidad. Domingo 18 de diciembre después de las 8am y 10am Misas: Caballeros de Colón "Desayuno con San Nicolás" Domingo, 18 de diciembre a las 4:00 pm y 7:30 pm: Conciertos de Navidad del Coro Sábado, 24 de diciembre, Nochebuena: Las misas son a las 5pm (Misa de los Niños), 7pm y 9pm (Español). Domingo, 25 de diciembre, Día de Navidad, un Santo Día de Obligación: Las misas son a las 8am, 10am y 12 del medi-odía. Domingo, 1 de enero, Día de Año Nuevo, un Santo Día de Obligación: Las misas son a las 8am, 10am, y el mediodía (español) ¡Feliz día de acción de gracias!