April 2, 2017 Fifth Sunday of Lent

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”

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

Darlene Belluomini, Al Budzeleski, Betty Burke, Steve Cantor, Adita Claire, John Coffman, Janeen Corda-Brady, Maureen Crist, Paula DiStefano, Bunny Dodson, Jeff Drucker, Ann English, Gennaro Fiorentino, Peter Fulchiron, Henry Haase, Margaret Hamlett, Terry Hanley, Daniel Harding, Florence Haron, Mary Ann Holtom, Kiera

Hynes, Johnny Johnston, Bridie Keenan, Sharon Kielty, Tom Knego, Marjorie Lane, Bill Lehmann, Julia Matos, Dorothy Miller, Anna Morrison, Wanda Mower, Catherine O’Brien, Ray Ostertag, Dalton O’Sullivan, Cindy Paladini, Tearah Parker, Gabriella

Passa, Alyce Quiss, Alice Rosaire, Alex Ruiz, Margarita Ruiz, Arlene Schober, Lauren and Janice Seale, Louise Shipman, Anita Skinner, Matt Sowick, Sue Steinbach, Pau-la and Dan Stilling, Sarah Stryker, Mary Stryker, John Stuber, Niloo Vahid, Loretta

Van Vleck, Kathy 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

included on the Prayer List.

May all our deceased Parishioners rest in

the loving arms of Christ, especially:

Geraldine Farey Elizabeth Fiorito

Al Olivier Mercedes Hall

Mass Intentions April 1 through April 9

Day Time Intentions

Priest

Saturday 4/1 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Rose Vallerga + Lewis Skowronek + Asociación de Jovenes Para Cristo

BC BC JML

Sunday 4/2 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon

OLL Parishioners Mary Alice and Gary Musante (L) Maria Senovia Pineda +

BC BC JML

Monday 4/3 9:00am Sally Costello (L) BC

Tuesday 4/4 9:00am

Tony Tai (L) BC

Wednesday 4/5 9:00am

Alice and Bill Maider + JML

Thursday 4/6 9:00am

Jim and Eileen Costello + JML

Friday 4/7 9:00am Vassar Family (L) and + BC

Saturday 4/8 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm

Rose Vallerga + George Schilling

BC BC JML

Sunday 4/9 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon

Kent McIntyre + OLL Parishioners Gladys Sanchez de Fonseca and Cesar Fonseca Sanchez +

BC BC JML

BC: Fr. Brian Costello JML: Fr. Juan Manuel Lopez Fr. John Piderit, ; RR: Fr. Ray Reyes

JA: Fr. Jorge Aria, MR Fr. Mark Reburiano

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 April 14—Holy Land (Good Friday) April 23—Black and Indian Home Missions/ Catholic Home Missions May 14—Catholic Charities CYO appeal May 28—Catholic Communication Campaign June 25—Peter’s Pence (Holy Father) 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

Golf News: Joinusatthe13th Annual OLL Youth Ministry Golf Tournament onThurs-day,June 29rd atIndian

ValleyGolfClub. Wehopeyouwilljoinusonthecourse!Notagolferbutwouldliketoparticipateinsomeway,thencon-siderbeingasponsor,buyingaraf leticket(s),and/orenjoyingadeliciousdinnerinthechurchhallfollowingthetournament.Formoreinformation,vis-itollnovato.org.Thankyou!

Dear Parishioners, It has been such a pleasure living at Our Lady of Loretto again, following my years from 1986 to 1992 as your Parochial Vicar. You have welcomed me into your lives again, and I have felt your warmth and your kindness. These past two years have been an opportunity for new spiritual growth in my life, and I am grateful to you. As a retired priest of the Archdiocese, I am not bound by an appointment letter to a parish, and I look forward to making changes from time to time. While I am still healthy and relatively able-bodied, I would like to experience life at another Marin parish, and have requested a move to nearby Saint Isabella. Fr. Mark Reburiano has let me know that he would also be pleased with this arrangement, and so I will be heading a little further south. I’ve been ordained for 50 years, and after an initial 12 years of ministry in Camden, New Jersey following my ordination for the Diocese of Camden, I have served in the Archdiocese of San Francisco for the past 38 years, with 30 years in Marin County at Our Lady of Loretto, Saint Rita and Saint Anselm. Clearly, I have found my home among all of you, and I look forward to continuing many relationships with friends in the County as I unpack my bags in Terra Linda and join Fr. Mark. Please keep me in your prayers, and know that I will keeping you and your intentions in mine as well. God bless each of you, and each of our beautiful Marin parishes. Fondly, Father Neil Healy March 27, 2017

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SCHEDULE

April 8th—9th Palm Sunday

Saturday, April 8th Confessions from 3:00pm to 4:00pm

5:00pm English 7:00pm Spanish Vigil Masses

Blessed Palms will be distributed after all Vigil Masses

Sunday, April 9th 8:00 am and 10:00 am Masses in English

12 Noon in Spanish Blessed Palms will be distributed after all the Masses

April 13th

Holy Thursday No 9am Mass today

7:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Altar of Repose / Adoration In Parish Hall until 10 pm

April 14th Good Friday

No 9am Mass today 12:00 pm —School Passion Play

1:00pm—Choir Performance 2pm: Liturgical Service: Veneration of

the Cross and Communion 8pm Spanish Liturgical Service:

Veneration of the Cross and Communion

April 15th Holy Saturday

No 9am Mass No Confessions

8:00pm - Easter Vigil

April 16th Easter Sunday

Masses 8:00am and 10:00am in English 12 Noon in Spanish

  

SECOND COLLECTION Thank you for your generous support of The Catholic Relief Services Collection. and for helping Jesus in disguise. Last week we raised $3,982. Your contributions will make a difference for the poor and marginalized around the world. If you missed the collec-tion, it’s not too late to give. Just visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections.

RCIA/Adult Education

Our Lady of Loretto RCIA Program meets at 7:30 p.m. each Tuesday, upstairs in the Convent. The topic on April 4 is: Resurrection of Our Lord and the New Covenant. All adults are invited to participate.

OLL Parish Religious Education Grades 1-6 are on Easter Break (no

classes) the weeks of

April 9th and April 16th.

We resume classes Monday April 24.

OLL Adult Faith Formation

The next meeting of the OLL Book Club will be April 6 at 10am in the Con-vent Chapel (1819 Virginia Ave.) when we will discuss Vin-ny Flynn's book "7 Secrets of Confession". The next book will be "Tattoos on the Heart" by Gregory Boyle for dis-cussion May 3.

For those wishing to send condolences to Pat Olivier, her address is:

40139 Via Marisa

Murieta, CA 92562

This Week at OLL April 2 - April 9 Sun. Fifth Sunday of Lent Mon. SVDP—7pm—Library 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 K of C—Hall—7:30pm Thurs. Choir Practice—Church—6:30pm Fri. Adoration—Chapel—9:30pm to 5:00pm Sat. Cenacle—Chapel –9:30am Sun. PALM SUNDAY

Esta semana en OLL 2 Abril — 9 Abril

Domingo: Quinto Domingo de Cuaresma 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: Domingo de Ramos

F A Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.

For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting

are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person

is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals

that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning

abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin

Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.

Members of the Eastern Catholic Churches are to observe the

particular law of their own sui iuris Church.

If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter

Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the "paschal fast" to honor the

suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves

to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Resurrec-

tion.

Ayuno y Abstinencia

Todas las personas de 14 años de edad en adelante

están obligadas por la ley de abstinencia. Todos los adul-

tos hasta los 60 años de edad están obligadas por la ley

del ayuno.

La disciplina canónica actual para la penitencia para los

Estados Unidos, además al carácter general del tiempo

de Cuaresma, se puede resumir de la siguiente manera:

El Miércoles de Ceniza y el Viernes Santo son días de abstinencia de carne y también días de ayuno; esto es, limitado a una sola comida completa.

Los otros viernes de Cuaresma permanecen días de abstinencia de carne.

Los viernes del año, fuera del tiempo de Cuar-esma, permanecen como días de penitencia, pero cada persona puede substituir la abstinencia de carne tradicional por alguna otra práctica de arre-pentimiento voluntario o penitencia personal; esto puede ser mortificación o templanza física, o actos religiosos, o de caridad, o de testimonio cristiano.

THIS WEEK IN CONFIRMATION & YOUTH MINISTRY

Monday, 4/3: Middle School classes meet in the convent 7-8:30. Thursday, 4/6: Spring Retreat for ALL high school teens. 6-10pm in the OLL Hall. MANDA-TORY. Plan Ahead: The 8th grade retreat will take place on Saturday 4/29 from 9am-2pm at the OLL Convent. This is Mandatory for all 8th grade Confirmation students! The OLL Youth Ministry Choir has begun sing-ing at the 5pm Mass on the first and third Saturday of every month. Any teens inter-ested in joining them should contact the youth ministry office. They are having lots of fun with this new opportunity to contribute to the Mass and thank you for your support!

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Abriré sus tumbas; pondré mi espíritu en ustedes para que tengan vida (Ezequiel 37:12-14). Salmo — Con el Señor hay misericordia y redención completa (Salmo 130 [129]). Segunda lectura — El Espíritu de vida mora en no-sotros (Romanos 8:8-11). Evangelio — Yo soy la Resurrección y la Vida (Juan 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]).

MIRA El pesar mira hacia atrás, la preocupación mira alre-dedor, la fe mira hacia arriba. —Anónimo

Estimados feligreses, Ha sido un placer volver a vivir en Nuestra Señora de Loreto, Siguiendo mis años de 1986 a 1992 como su vicario parroquial. Me has acogido de nuevo en tus vidas y he sentido Calidez y su amabilidad. Estos dos últimos años han sido Oportunidad de nuevo crecimiento espiritual en mi vida, y estoy agradecido tú. Como sacerdote jubilado de la Arquidiócesis, no estoy Una carta a una parroquia, y espero poder hacer cambios de vez en cuando. Aunque todavía estoy sano y relativamente cuerdo, me gustaría Experiencia en otra parroquia de Marín, y han solicitado una mudanza Cerca de Saint Isabella. Fr. Mark Reburiano me ha hecho saber que también estaría satisfecho con Este arreglo, y así estaré dirigiendo un poco más al sur. He sido ordenado por 50 años, y después de una inicial de 12 años de Ministerio en Camden, Nueva Jersey después de mi ordenación para la Diócesis de Camden, he servido en la Arquidiócesis de San Francisco para la Últimos 38 años, con 30 años en el condado de Marin en Nuestra Señora de Loret-to, San Rita y San Anselmo. Claramente, he encontrado mi hogar entre todos De ustedes, y espero continuar con muchas relaciones con Amigos en el condado mientras saco mis maletas en Terra Linda y me uno al p. Marca. Por favor, manténme en sus oraciones, y sé que voy a mantener Usted y sus intenciones en la mía también. Dios los bendiga a cada uno de ustedes, ya cada una de nuestras hermosas par-roquias Marín. Afectuosamente, Padre Neil Healy 27 de marzo de 2017