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Pastor: Rev. Augusto E. Villote Parochial Vicar: Rev. Manuel Igrobay, Jr. School Principal: Ms. Katie Franco Phones: Rectory: (650) 755-9786; FAX # (650) 756-2268 School: (650) 755-4438 Rel.-Ed.: (650) 755-4010 Parish Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9:00am to 5:30 pm (closed for lunch from 12 noon to 1:00 pm); Saturday 10:00am to 1:00 pm. MONDAY—CLOSED Masses: Weekdays: 7:15 A.M. Morning Prayer 7:30 A.M. Mass First Fridays: 7:30 A.M. & 6:30 P.M. Saturdays: 7:45 A.M. 4:00 & 5:30 P.M. Vigil Masses Sundays: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 A.M. (English) 1:00 P.M. (Spanish) 6:30 P.M. (English) Holy Days: 7:30, 9:00 AM, 12:15 & 6:30 PM Confessions: Saturdays 3:00 -3:45 PM (or by appointment) Wednesdays 5:30-6:00PM Baptisms: Sundays at 2:30 PM : 1st, 2nd and 4th Sunday in English. 3rd Sunday in Spanish, Baptismal Preparation:1st Monday in English 2nd Monday in Spanish 7:00-8:00 P.M. at the Jubilee Hall. Parents and Godparents are required to attend the preparation. R.C.I.A- Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults; Sundays, 3:00pm, Jubilee Hall CCD Religious Education Program: Saturday, 9:30-11:00am Weddings: Saturdays… (please call six months in advance) First Friday Devotion: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30 AM until 6:10 PM; Benediction at 6:15 PM 5:30 PM Sacred Heart Holy Hour of Reparation; 6:30 PM Mass Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help: Every Wednesday: 6:10 PM Benediction followed by Rosary 6:45 PM Novena/Mass 1st Wednesday: Healing Mass 3rd Wednesday: Mass w/Anointing of the sick Every Saturday: 7:45 AM-Novena/Mass

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Wednesday 8:30AM—6:10 PM Benediction First Friday 8:30AM—6:15 PM Benediction Sunday 4:00PM—5:30PM Vespers and Benediction

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP O MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP, grant that I may ever invoke your most powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the sal-vation of the dying. O Purest MARY, O Sweet-est MARY! Let your name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, O Blessed Lady, to suc-cor me whenever I call on you, for, in all my temptations, in all my needs, I shall never cease to call on you, ever repeating your sa-cred name, Mary, Mary! Oh, what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence, what emo-tion, fills my soul when I utter your sacred name, or even only think of you! I thank the Lord for having given you, for my good, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with merely uttering your name. Let my love for you prompt me ever to hail you, Mother of Perpetual Help!

First Sunday of Advent December 3, 2017

OLPH School Connection

As this glorious Advent season gets underway, I would like to invite the OLPH pairshioners to join in on a little holiday fun! OLPH School will be hosting a Christmas Boutique Monday, December 4th through Friday, December 8th from 8:00 - 3:00. This is a great opportunity to help the school and get a few holiday treats for loved ones. Items range in price from 50 cents to $40. Also, our OLPH 8th Grade class has prepared a beautiful Mass for next Sunday, December 10th (10:00 AM). They will be hosting a bake sale / BBQ throughout the day. As always, we thank you for your ongoing support.

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Is 2:1-5; Sal 122 (121):1-9; Mt 8:5-11 Martes: Is 11:1-10; Sal 72 (71):1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lc 10:21-24 Miércoles:Is 25:6-10a; Sal 23 (22):1-6; Mt 15:29-37 Jueves: Is 26:1-6; Sal 118 (117):1, 8-9, 19-21, 25- 27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Viernes: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Sal 98 (97):1-4; Ef 1:3-6, 11-12; Lc 1:26-38 Sábado: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Sal 147 (146):1-6; Mt 9:35 — 10:1, 5a, 6-8 Domingo: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Sal 85 (84):9-14; 2 Pe 3:8-14; Mc 1:1-8 LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES

Domingo: Primer Domingo de Ad viento Lunes: San Juan Damasceno Miércoles: San Nicolás Jueves: San Ambrosio; Día para Re cordar Pearl Harbor

Viernes: La Inmaculada Concepción de la Virgen María Sábado: San Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

COMO UN NIÑO Alguien que aspira a recibir la gracia de Dios tie-ne que ser puro, con un corazón tan inocente como el de un niño. —San Nicolás

SIN ARRUGAS No dejar que el corazón se arrugue, tener espe-ranzas, ser amable, alegre, reverente: esa es la mane-ra de vencer la vejez. —Thomas Bailey Aldrich

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-9; Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday: Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147:1-6; Mt 9:35 — 10:1, 5a, 6-8 Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 85:9-14; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: First Sunday of Advent Monday: St. John Damascene Wednesday: St. Nicholas Thursday: St. Ambrose; Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Friday: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday: St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Friday, December 8th A Holy Day of Obligation

Masses: 7:30am, 9:00am, 12:15pm, 6:30pm

GOD HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN We begin the season of Advent with a heartfelt call for our own repentance. We remember God’s faithful love for us, and call upon God to help us to turn back. For “behold, you are angry, and we are sinful” (Isaiah 64:4). In the first reading and in the psalm, we recall God’s promises and lament our unfaithfulness and our guilt.

We call upon God’s might and power in order to save us. With Isaiah, we ask God to “rend the heavens and come down, / with the mountains quaking before you” (Isaiah 63:19). Yes, God is faithful to us, because we are the work of God’s hands. God is the potter, we are the clay. And yet, our concept of how God will come to save us is rooted in our own expectations of a warrior God who crushes mountains and thunders into our lives with great noise and glory. But God has a dif-ferent plan: the Incarnation. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Nov 19 Nov 26 1st collection …… $ 5,288.43 $ 4,970.59 2nd collection: Campaign for Human Development ……... 2,862.00 St. Vincent de Paul ……………….. 2,840.16 This week’s 2nd collection: Parochial School & Religious Education Program Next week’s 2nd collection: Retirement Fund for Religious Help care for elders. “Thanks to support from the Retirement Fund for Religious, we are now in a much better position to care for our elders,” writes a religious sister. Your donation helps her religious community and hundreds of others provide for aging members and plan for long-term needs. Please give to next week’s Retirement Fund for Religious collec-tion. Thank you. ARCHDIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL (AAA) Our AAA assessment …..……. $ 52,657.00 Collected …………….……….. 37,199.00 Balance ………………………. 15,458.00

Exposition of the Blessed Sacra-ment: Every Wednesday after the 7:30am Mass until the 6:10pm Benediction. Every Sunday at 4:00pm with

Vespers; followed by Benediction. Mass at 6:30pm.

Sunday, December 3rd, start of Novena to Our Lady of Gua-dalupe at 6:30pm Mass. Tuesday, December 12th—Mañanita at 5:30am, followed by Mass Thursday, December 14th, Ad-vent Recollection with Fr. Pet-tingil at 6:30pm. Parish Reconciliation at 7:30pm.

December 16th—24th: 5:30am Simbang Gabi December 24th: 6:30pm Children’s Mass 11:00pm Christmas Carols 12:00am Midnight Mass December 25th: 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:00pm

“Silog Sale”

All day Sunday, Dec 3rd Sponsored by CCD Class

Simbang Gabi Commissioning Mass

A Filipino tradition, the Christmas Novena of Mass-es called Simbang Gabi be-gins its annual celebration in the Archdiocese. The Commissioning Mass, which heralds the begin-

ning of the season, is at St. Mary’s Cathedral on December 5 at 7:30 pm, with Cardinal William Levada as main celebrant. Reception and fellow-ship follow the Mass. During the Novena period, from December 16 to 24, nearly 50 parishes in the Archdiocese will celebrate Masses as part of this tra-dition.

First Sunday of Advent

December 3, 2017 Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. — Mark 13:33

Dec 3, Sunday LEGION OF MARY, PRAESIDIUM: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Marian Hall, 8:30am Mary, Mother of Christian Family, Jubilee Hall, 8:30am Our Lady of Hope, Jubilee Hall, 10:30am Our Lady of Nativity, Marian Hall, 11:15am PRAYER GROUP OF VIRGIN MOST FAITHFUL Marian Hall, 10:00am CHOIR PRACTICE, Jubilee Hall, 1:30pm

Dec 4, Monday Baptism preparation class in English, Jubilee Hall, 7:00pm Dec 6, Wednesday LEGION OF MARY: Praesidium: Mary Model of Youth, Jubilee Hall, 8:00pm Dec 8, Friday YOUTH GROUP MEETING School Hall, 6-8:00pm

Dec 9, Saturday LEGION OF MARY, PRAESIDIUM: Mary, Morning Star, Jubilee Hall, 9:15am Our Lady of Grace, Jubilee Hall, 11:00am

Welcome to Our Lady of Perpetual Church

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Let us pray for our sick relatives and friends, elderly and the homebound in our parish: Gloria Tamo, Jocelyn Presto, Belen Garay, Terry Macaraig, Roman Dug-tong, Leila Mendoza, Celenires Ranjel,

Rey and Dionisia Aquino, Carlo Paras, Cresenciano Bayani, Joan Keenan, Joel Cabab, Genevieve Brown, Macario Jonson, Gaspar E. Velasco Jr., John Paul Velasco, Virginia Domingo, Riza Schlicht, Mary Rose Coronado, Ann Murphy, Del Clemena, Jeanette Dorr, Vicky Aguilar, Aida & Jose Aguilar, Crispina Lapis, Paola Lomeli, Lydia Marcaida, Angelina Val-derrama, Jackie Anne Mingoa, Florentina Israel, Eu-lalia Puig, Joseph Magat, Robert Israel, Juanita Padi-al, Sister Philomene, Alicia Baccay, Irene Mira, Frances Ira, Ernesto Sarmiento, Rosie Vedamoni, Carol Sarmiento, Ildefonso Warren, Patrio Mingoa, Adelina Susbilla, Rolly Rivera, Xavier Schon, Mari-lyn Buenafe, Arsenio Campomanes, Teresita David, Flerida David, Lorna Zapanta, Joseph Fortine, Linda Moffet, Dylan Ray Ruaro, Elizabeth Igtanloc, David Lavelle and Ricardo Aquino. For homebound visits, please call the rectory office at 650 755-9786. Please help us keep this list updated by notifying us of any changes. Thank you.

As we begin Advent we are called to “Be watchful! Be alert” as we stand in joyful anticipation for the grace of Christmas to once again bless our lives. Your gift to the St. Vincent de Paul

Society will help the poor to celebrate the grace of God’s love this Christmas. Our heartfelt thanks to the parents and students of our OLPH School for their donations of canned foods for Thanksgiving. Thank you!

LIKE A CHILD One who aspires to the grace of God must be pure, with a heart as innocent as a child’s.—St. Nicholas

To save you a trip to the parish office, please use the Mass Intention envelopes found in the vestibule of the church. Fill out all the blanks with your phone number and place your donation in the envelope and place it in the collection basket when you come to Mass. NOTE: These envelopes are not opened until Mon-day, so do not schedule your Mass intentions for Monday morning.

Please note also that the parish office does not ac-cept mass intentions over the phone.