The Parish office will be closed on Monday, November 11th in

observance of Veteran’s Day.

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Thank you to all our Veterans for serving our country

and protecting our freedoms!

Don’t forget about our

St. Didacus

Parish Feast Day

Celebration

and our

87th Anniversary!

Potluck Dinner

Sunday, November 10th

5:00pm in the Parish Hall

Please bring a dish to share from the categories listed

by your last name:

A-G Side Dish H-R Main Dish S-Z Salad

Bring your whole family for this

fun parish celebration!

THIS WEEKEND!

Choose Life

One thing that is both certain and

uncertain is death. Its ambiguity

creates a sense of anxiety and a

desire to escape its grip at all

costs. We fear death; we fear

that we will be forgotten; we fear

going to hell. We need to pause and reflect on

Christian hope and “the last things.”

In the Gospel, Jesus talks to those who do not

believe in the resurrection. What will happen to us

after we die? What will the resurrection be like?

Will I see my family and loved ones? Jesus avoids

the details. God is “not the God of the dead, but of

the living.” St. Paul says that God is always faithful,

directing our lives toward love of God in Christ.

God wants everyone to have everlasting life.

Traditional Catholic teaching claims that life after

death is open to all people. God condemns no one,

but we can condemn ourselves. Like the Maccabean

brothers in today’s first reading, we have the

freedom to choose life or death.

Belief in the resurrection of the dead involves a sur-

render of the total self into the loving arms of God.

We prepare for death by the way we live. Daily mo-

ments of prayer are moments of surrender to God,

who is always faithful. Our communal prayer at the

Eucharist is our “yes” to a future life of promise. —Living With Christ

St. Didacus, Our Patron Saint Saint Didacus had a fond devotion for the poor and

was considered to have imprudent generosity in

sharing with them the food that was meant for the

friars. While on his way to the poor with food

wrapped in his habit he was stopped by his

superior who asked to see what was in the folds.

Knowing that he would be reprimanded, he

answered that he was carrying flowers. When asked

to reveal what he had, he opened the folds of his

habit and a variety of flowers cascaded to the

ground.

Thanks to your generosity, we are able to carry on

the mission of St. Didacus to offer food assistance

to those in need in our parish and community.

On the Cover: You might not recognize this statue of St. Didacus. It is on display at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. It is a beautiful mid-17th century sculpture by Spanish artist, Pedro de Mena. Take a trip to the museum to see this beautiful statue. It is on perma-nent display on the second floor in their European Art section.

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GIFTS OF OUR TREASURY

THE WEEK OF November 3, 2013

Collection for November 3, 2013 $5,472.00 Restricted Funds for November 3, 2013 $2,242.00 Total Income: $7,714.00

Saturday…………........November 9 5:00PM………………....†Mary Pacheco Sunday………….....…..November 10 8:30AM…………...…….People of St. Didacus 10:00AM………….…….†Hector Miguel Huerta Chavez 11:30AM………………..Herminia Brignoni, Spec. Int. Monday………………...November 11 7:30AM………………....†Loretta Balistreri Tuesday………..…..….November 12 6:00PM……………........†Lenore Robles Wednesday……......….November 13 8:30AM………………….†Socorro M. Adcock Thursday………...…….November 14 7:30AM…………………..†Joseph Moser Friday…………...……...November 15 7:30AM………………….†Glen Maiers

Saturday…………........November 16 5:00PM………………....Watson Family, Spec. Int.

Mass Intentions

Please Pray For

Weekly Events at St. Didacus

Sunday, November 10, 2013 Location Parish Feast Day Potluck 5:00pm Hall Monday, November 11, 2013 Location Parish Office Closed Pastorela Practice 6:30-8:30pm Hall Small Faith V 7:00pm Winona Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Location Small Faith III 8:30am Hall Youth Ministry 6:30pm Hall Small Faith I & II 6:30pm Hall Small Faith IV 7:00pm Hawley Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Location Eucharistic Adoration 7:30-8:30am Church Religious Ed 5:30pm School Choir 7:00pm Church Thursday, November 14, 2013 Location Divine Mercy Meeting 4:00-5:00pm Hall Spanish Choir 6:30pm Church RCIA 7:00pm Hall Friday, November 15, 2013 Location Encuentro Matrimonial 7:30-9:00pm Hall Saturday, November 16, 2013 Location Marriage Encounter 7:00-9:00pm Hall

Welcome to St. Didacus Parish! Masses Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 8:30am & 10:00am English 11:30am in Spanish Daily Mass Mon., Thurs., Fri. 7:30am Wednesday 8:30am & Tues. 6:00pm Eucharistic Adoration Wednesdays 7:30am—8:30am First Fridays 8:00am—9:00am Confessions—Saturdays 3:30pm or by appt.

Pastor, Fr. Michael J. Sinor Parish Office 619-284-3472

And the special intentions in our Book of Needs

Maria Luz Arrellano Katherine Artale Jim Barnes Diann Bauer Dan Bauer Herbert Baxter Martha Becerra Rita Bonnell Norm Boyer Herminia Brignoni Ibeth Brignoni Lee Burnett Ruben Campos Marie Cavanaugh Terry Davidson Irene Davis MaryLou De Luca Juanita Diaz Cecelia Dueber

Maria Fielding Susan Guenzel Rosie Kinninger Marcella Halweg Bernie Kober Marilyn Kober Virginia Lantry Juanita Lopez Maria Lopez Dolores Mediano Esteban Mediano Segunda Ordona Sylvia Paiz Dominick Palestini Diane Porter Dolores Robertson Atina Rodriguez Aaron Rodriguez Alette Rodriguez

Gladys Palestini Jeff Salazar Patricia Seay Christine Segura Alice Sergi Michael Smith Raymond Sparks Mary Sutton Angel Tapia Pedro Tapia Therese Tucker Carol Verdon Catarina Zizzo Rose Zaragoza Adalina Zarate

Josephine

Culture of Life Family Services

Baby Bottle Drive Last weekend to return your bottles!

Readings for the Week of November 10, 2013 Sunday: 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14/2 Thes 2:16--3:5/ Lk 20:27-38 or 20:27, 34-38 Monday: Wis 1:1-7/Lk 17:1-6 Tuesday: Wis 2:23--3:9/Lk 17:7-10 Wednesday: Wis 6:1-11/Lk 17:11-19 Thursday: Wis 7:22b--8:1/Lk 17:20-25 Friday: Wis 13:1-9/Lk 17:26-37 Saturday: Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9/Lk 18:1-8 Next Sunday: Mal 3:19-20a/2 Thes 3:7-12/Lk 21:5-19

Faith Day: Sunday, November 24th

Mater Dei Catholic School

12:00pm-5:00pm

Did you know? St. Didacus is the patron saint

of the Diocese of San Diego, Franciscan laity,

Franciscan lay brothers and cooks?

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4630 34th Street, San Diego CA 92116 284-8730

Come hungry next Sunday! Cub Scouts of America Pack 958

host their annual

Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, November 17th

Come for breakfast after both the 8:30 & 10:00am Masses. Everyone is welcome. Proceeds benefit the St. Didacus Food Pantry.

FOOD PANTRY THANKSGIVNG BASKETS Your donations are a blessing to our parish!

The Food Pantry is collecting food for our annual Thanksgiving Food Baskets. Please leave your non-perishable

donations in the Food Pantry basket at the Church entrance by Wed., Nov. 20th. If you are in need and would like to request a Thanksgiving Basket, please call Bernie Arreguin at 619-281-5387 by Monday, November 18th. If you’d like to volunteer to help us put our baskets together, please join us on Wednesday, November 20th at 6:00pm in the Parish Hall. Call Bernie with any questions.

jars of gravy boxed potatoes cranberry sauce canned yams marshmallows

canned veggies canned fruit canned soup bread mixes

Von’s Gift Cards

Serve a Mama’s Pie or two for Thanksgiving!

Kari Lorraine Scott will be outside after Mass this weekend so that you can order your Mama’s Pies. If you’d like to order your pie on-line you can do so at Kari Lorraine’s pie seller page: http://mamaspies.org/mypage.cfm?ID=121. St. Didacus is pick-up site #30. You can also sign up as a pie seller for Team Didacus on the website at

www.mamaspies.org. Remember, when you buy your Thanksgiving pie from Mama’s Kitchen, 100% of the proceeds benefit our neighbors battling AIDS or cancer. Every pie sold buys over 6 meals for one of Mama’s clients. If you don’t need a pie, you can buy a Client Pie.

Wanted: New Christmas Cards for Inmates to Send to Their Families

The Catholic Diocese Office for Social Ministry’s Restorative Justice Program coordinates the distribution of thousands of Christmas cards each year to jails, prisons, and detention facilities. —Needed - boxes of NEW/unopened religious themed Christmas cards, especially Spanish language cards —Please no cards containing pieces that can be removed & no cards requesting/requiring donations to an organization

Any questions, please call 858-490-8323 or email jwalsh@diocese-sdiego.org

Bring your card donations to the Parish Office by Monday, December 2nd.

Many thanks to the Altar Society for their generous donation of $500 to the parish’s Food Pantry. That money will go directly to help feed the needy of our parish and community.

We will be selling St. Didacus t-shirts soon.

We’ll sell them after Mass or you can come

to the Parish Office. We’ll have women’s

and men’s 100% cotton t-shirts available.

8th Grade Legacy Gift

It has become a tradition for the

8th grade class to leave a gift to

current and future students of St.

Didacus School. This year’s 8th

grade class is raising funds to help

purchase a Bar-coding System to

benefit the St. Didacus School

Library. Specially engraved Christmas ornaments

depicting St. Didacus Parish Church will be available

for sale through Advent to help them meet their goal

of purchasing this special system for the school. Thank

you for your support of this school tradition.

The 8th Graders will be selling these special

ornaments after Mass this weekend. Your

purchases will help them leave a

lasting gift to the school.

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St. Didacus Parish Trivia:

$40,500….the total cost of the land and the

Church when it was built in 1926.

$1,921.80...original cost for all the

stained glass windows in the Church.

Frank Hope, Jr. is the original designer of

St. Didacus Church.

The St. Didacus Altar Society has been a

vibrant parish group since the parish was

founded in 1926.

Thomas V. Murphy was the first pastor

of St. Didacus Church.

St. Didacus School was established in

1939. It had six classrooms and 160

students enrolled.

The Church hasn’t always

had a bell tower. It was added in the late 1970’s

by Msgr. Patrick O’Dowd.

Taking a closer look...

St. Didacus Church

Scavenger Hunt

1. How many steps are

there in front of the

Church?

2. How many crosses can you find on the out-

side of the Church and Parish Hall?

3. How many different color roses can

you find planted around St. Didacus?

4. What year was the Parish Hall built?

5. How many stained-glass windows do we have

with the Blessed Mother on them?

6. How many with Jesus?

7. How Many bells are in the bell

tower?

8. Who greets visitors walking by

Fr. Mike’s garage?

9. What is the address of the Church?

10. Is it an angel or a saint? No-it’s an OWL! See

if you can spot it on the outside of the Church.

First recorded baptism at St. Didacus Church:

Richard Larkin Corey, January 16, 1927 First recorded marriage at St. Didacus Church:

Clifford E. Scates & Alice McMahon, June 20, 1927

First recorded funeral at St. Didacus Church: Sarah Gibbons, September 17, 1927 First child registered at St. Didacus School: Sister Marissa, C.S.C., in 1939

St. Didacus Parish...a special place

St. Didacus Church...how it looked in the

beginning. In 1943 this altar was replaced with a

new altar purchased with funds donated from the

estate of Mrs. Katherine Logsdon, daughter of

John Adams, a California pioneer. The altar

shown here was donated to Holy Family Church

in Linda Vista.

St. Didacus Church...by the numbers:

1926-2013

Marriages: 1,742

Baptisms: 5,772

Funerals: 2,209

Pagina 6 XXXII Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 10 de noviembre 2013

La oficina parroquial estará ce-rrada el lunes 11 de noviembre en conmemoración del día de

los Veteranos.

Les agradecemos a nuestros ve-teranos, por su servicio a nuestro país y por proteger nuestras libertades.

En la portada del boletín:

Es posible que no reconoz-

can esta estatua de San Di-

dacus (San Diego). Se en-

cuentra en la exhibición del

Museo de Arte de San Die-

go en Balboa Park. Es una

hermosa escultura de me-

diados del siglo 17, fue

hecha por el artista español,

Pedro de Mena. Vaya al

museo para ver esta hermosa estatua. Se

encuentra en exhibición permanente en el

segundo piso en la sección de arte euro-

peo.

No se olvide HOY es nues-

tra celebración de nuestra

fiesta parroquial

y el 87°Aniversario de

nuestra parroquia.

Cena para compartir

Hoy domingo 10 de nov.,

5:00 PM en el Salón Parroquial

Favor de traer un platillo para compartir la siguiente

categorías por su apellido:

A-G Platillo para acompañar

H-R Plato principal S-Z Ensalada

Traiga a toda su familia para esta divertida

celebración parroquial

St. Didacus, Nuestro

Santo Patrón

San Didacus (San Diego)

siempre quería ayudar a

los pobres y sus superio-

res consideraban que a

veces era imprudente su

generosidad, al compar-

tir la comida que era pa-

ra los frailes y se la daba

a los pobres. Un día le

llevaba comida a los po-

bres y envolvió la comi-

da en su hábito; su su-

perior lo detuvo, le pidió ver lo que llevaba

en los pliegues de su habito. Y el le dijo

que llevaba flores. El superior le pidió, que

abriera los pliegues de su hábito, en don-

de había una gran variedad de flores que

cayeron en el suelo.

Gracias a su generosidad de nuestra co-

munidad parroquial hemos sido capaces

de llevar a cabo la misión de San Didacus

para ofrecer comida a los necesitados de

nuestra parroquia y de la comunidad.

El Servicio de la Cultura de la

Vida les agradece que devuelva

su biberón para ayudar a las ma-

dres que necesitan asistencia.

24 de Noviembre, celebración de los

Votos Perpetuos del P. Rubén

Acompáñenos el próximo domingo

Los Scouts estarán vendiendo pan-

cakes por favor lleguen temprano y

desayunen Pancakes

el Domingo 17 de noviembre