Rev. Shouraiah Pudota: frsp@ourladyofthepillar.org Rev. Joseph Previtali: jprevitali@gmail.com Twitter : “@FatherPrevitali” Rev. Charles Onubogu: In Residence Deacon John McGhee

Second Sunday of Advent December 7, 2014

Our Parish Clergy

Parish Coordinators and Staff

Mass Schedule

Monday through Friday: 8:00 am Saturday:

8:00 am - 5:00 pm - 8:00pm (Spanish) 4:00 - 4:45 pm - Reconciliation / Confessions (bilingual)

Sunday: 8:00 am - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Spanish) - 6:00 pm

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Every Friday after 8:00 am Mass - Benediction 12:00 pm

First Friday of the Month after 8:00 am Mass - Benediction 6:30pm

St. Anthony's — Pescadero 696 North Street, Pescadero, CA 94060

Saturday: 6:00 pm (Spanish) - Sunday: 9:00 am

Our Lady of Refuge — La Honda 146 Sears Ranch Road, La Honda, CA 94020

Sunday: 10:30 am

As a Catholic community, we strive to grow in faith together through the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

FOUNDED 1868

May God Bless you all,

Fr. Shouraiah Pudota

Dear Parishioners, “Advent weekdays have their own proper Mass texts, and the Liturgy of the Hours draws from Seasonal Proper as well as from the Ordinary. Human beings cannot live without hope. Unlike the animals, we are blessed- or cursed- with the ability to think about the future and to fear our actions and to fear our actions in shaping it. So essential is this to human life, that human beings cannot live without hope, without something to live for, without something to look forward to. To be without hope, to have nothing to live for, is to surrender to death in despair. But we can find all sorts of things to live for and we can hope for almost anything; for some measure of success or security or for the realization of some more or less modest ambition; for our children, that they might be saved from our mistakes and suffering and find a better life than we have known; for a better world, throwing ourselves into politics or medicine or technology so that future generations might be better off.” Estimados Feligreses: “Los dias de adviento tienen sus propios textos en las Misas y la Litugia de las Horas se nutre de la temporada adecuada asi como de la ordinaria.” “Los humanos no podemos vivir sin esperanza. A diferencia de los animales, somos bendecidos o maldecidos con la habilidad para pensar acerca de el futuro y a tener miedo a nuestras acciones y a tener miedo a como nues-tras acciones se definen. Esto es tan esencial para la humani-dad que los humanos no podemos vivir sin esperanza, sin una razon para vivir, sin una razon para mirar hacia adelante. Si no tenemos esperanza, no tenemos nada porque vivir, es rendirse a la muerte en desesperacion. Pero podemos encontrar todo tipo de cosas para vivir y podemos desear cualquier cosa: por un poco de triunfo y seguridad o por la realizacion de algo menos ambicioso: por nuestros niños, ellos deben de ser salva-dos de nuestros errores y sufrimientos y encontrar una vida mejor que la que nosotros hemos conocido; para un mundo mejor.”

RCIA | Adult Faith Formation: Christopher A. Devcich (English) Carlos and Celina Rivera (Spanish) Religious Education K-6th Grade: Claudia Miramontes Weddings: Juana Ruano Youth Confirmation: Elizabeth Neapolitan Parish Office: Monday–Friday 9:00am-1:00pm ;1:30pm-4:30pm 650-726-4674 FAX: 650-726-0980 Religious Ed 650-726-5587 Email: office@ourladyofthepillar.org

Parish Announcements

PARISH REGISTRATION FORM Please complete and return form to the parish office, or simply drop it in the collection basket. Name (s):________________________________________ Name (s):________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________ City & Zip ______________________________________ Phone:__________________________________________ Email:___________________________________________ Sunday Envelope: Yes______ No ________ _______ Updating Current Parish Registration _______ Moving/ Please remove from mailing list. _______ This is a new registration ____ Please call me.

TRAVEL WITH FATHER SHOURAIAH PUDOTA To The Holy Land, Lourdes and Fatima –2015 Trip Where: Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Gethsemane, Galilee, Lourdes, Fatima. Trip Dates: May 25—June 5, 2015 Cost: 4,399.00 Airfare and ALL Included To register, please contact (855) 842-8001 or (508) 340-370 You can also register online at: www.proximotravel.com

Jim Manning Glenn Gonzales Greg Cowan Marcel Culp Joe Ashe John Candelori Amber Pack Raul Bautista Casey Cunningham Dr. Joy Enriquez

Michael Santiago Mary Elliott Alteamor Espejo Abby Franco Gustav Felmery Nancy Madieros Rosario Salas Juanita Lahip Ann Wright Alan Deese

John Medina Jena Losch Mary Ann Koepf Sam Reynal Sarah Santana Lourdes Amaguer Graciela Martinez Tammy Endsley

Pray for Our Parishioners Who are Sick

Pray that God’s healing power will fill them with strength and hope. To add a name, please call the Parish Office.

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR OUR PARISH December 3 - 11: Our Virgin Of Guadalupe Novena begins with the Rosary at 6:30 pm and Mass at 7:00pm each day December 7: Mass at Pescadero at 6:00pm December 8: The Immaculate Conception Mass Schedule: Mass: 8:00am (English) Mass 6:00pm (English) 8:00pm (Spanish). Mass at 6:00pm La Honda December 12: Celebration of Our Lady Of Guadalupe 3:30 am Church will be open. 4:00 am Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe 4:30 am Songs to the Virgin 5:00 am Mass 6:00 am Offer of the flowers and last blessing. 6:30 am Please join us for a gathering 7:00 pm Apparitions of the Our Lady of Guadalupe 7:30 pm Songs to the Virgin 8:00 pm Mass 9:00 pm Please join us for a gathering after mass December 14: 12:00 pm Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe 1:30 pm Gathering together after mass December 14: Coast Side Community Christmas Sing at Our Lady of the Pillar at 7:00pm, congregations who are going to participate are: Holy Family Episcopal Church, Coastside Chorale, Pescadero Community Church, Coastside Lutheran Church, Community United Methodist Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter-day Saints. December 16-23: 5:30 pm each day Holy Rosary and “ O Antiphon” Mass. Novena in preparation for Christmas. (English) December 16-23: 7:00 pm Celebration of “Las Posadas” at Our Lady of the Pillar (Spanish) December 24: Our Lady of the Pillar 5:00 pm Mass in English 8:00 pm Mass in Spanish 12:00 am Midnight Christmas mass St. Anthony’s Pescadero 6:00 pm Mass in Spanish December 25: Our Lady of the Pillar 8:00 am Mass in English 10:00 am Mass in English 12:00 pm Mass in Spanish St. Anthony’s Pescadero 9:00 am Mass in English Our Lady of Refuge 10:30 am Mass in English December 24: Office closes at Noon. December 25: Office is closed.

READINGS FOR NEXT WEEK THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

1st. Reading: Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11 Psalm: Luke 1:46, 49-50, 53-54 (Isaiah 61:10b) 2nd. Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 Gospel: Mark 1: 1-8

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Mass Schedule and Intentions

Saturday EVENING December 6, 2014 5:00 pm John Sr.,Belmira,John Jr.,Carlos Vaz+ 8:00 pm Jose Sousa +

Sunday December 7, 2014 8:00 am Idalina & Francisco Costa + 10:00 am Maria Bertao + 12:00 pm Siste Cordeli Silva + Por Nuestro Padre Jesus 6:00 pm Joe Lopes & Parents +

Monday December 8, 2014 8:00 am Eduardo y Maria Silveira +

Tuesday December 9, 2014 8:00 am Joe Goulart +

Wednesday December 10, 2014 8:00 am Manuel Machado & Family + Paulina Rodrigues +

Thursday December 11, 2014 8:00 am Lucia Melo & Family + Rosina Zolezzi +

Friday December 12, 2014 8:00 am Virgin of Guadalupe

Saturday December 13, 2014 8:00 am Jose & Palmira Cota & Family +

St. Anthony’s 6:00 pm December 6, 2014 George Mirelas + 9:00am December 7, 2014 Joe Sousa +

Our Lady of Refuge 10:30am December 7, 2014 John Costa +

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Parish Organizations

1st Collection 2nd Collection Our Lady of the Pillar $ 4,494 $ 2,913 Our Lady of Refuge $ 201 $ 124 St Anthony’s $ 235 $ 96 Second Collection: St. Vincent De Paul Society December 7: Retirement for Religious December 14: Annual Appeal (AAA) December 21: Building Fund December 28: Annual Appeal (AAA)

The Missionaries of Charity ( Sisters of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) invite you to the Holy Mass of the first profession of vows of four of their novices on Monday, December 8, 2014, at 4:00pm at St. John the Evangelist Church ( 19St. Mary’s Ave-at Marsilly St.) Fr. Jose P. Padit will be the main celebrant. All are most welcome! Please keep the sis-ters in your prayers. Las misioneras de la caridad ( Hermanas de la beata madre Teresa de Calcuta) les invitan a la primera profesion de votos de cuatro de nuestras novicias el 4 de Diciembre 2014, en la iglesia de San Juan Evangelista (19 St. Mary’s Ave. - at Marsilly St. ) en San Francisco. La Santa Misa tendra lugar a las 4:00pm. El Padre Jose P. Padit sera el principal cele-brante. Todos estan cordialmente invitados. Por favor recen por nuestras hermanas.

NO ROOSTER MASSES After consulting with the parish community, the priests of the parish have decided that we will not have the “Rooster Masses” this year due to scheduling complications. We will have, however, the traditional Midnight Mass for Christmas. In the future we hope to renew the parish tradition of the “Rooster Masses” in preparation for Christmas. But we are happy to invite you to the Novena Rosary and Novena Mass from December 16– 23 at 5:30pm.

HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY MONDAY, DECEMBER 8

St. Anthony’s: Sunday, December 7, Vigil Mass: 6:00pm Bilingual Our Lady of the Pillar: 8:00am English and 6:00pm English 8:00pm Spanish Our Lady of the Refuge: 6:00pm English

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE

The St. Vincent de Paul Society, with your assistance, would Like to make Christmas a little brighter for families in need with our annual Christmas Giving Tree. GIFTS REQUESTED: You will find the giving tree in the vestibule adorned with tags each representing a needy child in our community. If you would like to participate, simple take a tag from the tree, purchase a gift, wrap it with the tag attached, and return to the office or donation box in the vestibule before December 15. PRAYERS REQUESTED: The St. Vincent de Paul Society will be providing gifts this year for the homeless in our community as well as senior shut ins. We ask you to keep them in your prayers especially during the Christmas season. Many thanks for your kindness and generosity.

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