OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR CATHOLIC CHURCH Iglesia Católica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar

400 Church Street, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 (650) 726-4674

Office Hours: Open Monday—Friday 9:00am– 4:30pm

Email: office@ourladyofthepillar.org

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT NOVEMBER 27TH, 2016

Rev. Joseph Previtali Administrator

jprevitali@gmail.com

Rev. Gabriel Wankar Parochial Vicar

Rev. Charles Onubogu

In Residence

Religious Education (650) 726-5587 K-6th Grade

Claudia Miramontes Ext. 210 Youth Confirmation

Elizabeth Neapolitan Ext. 209

Encargada de Ensayo para Bodas: Juana Ruano

RCIA/ Adult Faith Formation: Rev. Joseph Previtali (English)

Educación/ Sacramentos para Adultos Carlos y Celina Rivera (Español)

Parish Secretary: Paula Martinez Fax: (650) 726-0980

Mass Schedule Monday through Friday: 8:00 am

Saturday:

8:00 am - 5:00 pm - 8:00pm (Español) Sunday:

8:00 am - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Español) 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 (Español) Sunday: 9:00 am

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

Sunday: 10:30 am

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, What would our lives be like without Jesus? The Season of Advent invites us to keep in our hearts that time before the Coming of the Lord in His profound love in the Incarnation. We are called in today's liturgy to feel deeply the desire for Jesus to come to us. In the traditional epistle for today, St. Paul urges us to cast off the deeds of darkness and to put on the armor of light. He is teaching us that, up until now, we have very much been living as if Jesus had not yet come to our souls. In our sins, we have lived in the darkness that is separate from the Light of Christ. When Jesus comes to our souls by grace - and it is this coming of the Lord for which we long daily - He shines His saving Light into every part of our soul and He fills us with the joy of possessing Him in divine love. In the traditional gospel for today , we are invited to desire and to look for the Lord's Second Coming at the end of time. Thus, we see already on the First Sunday of Advent that this holy season celebrates and deepens our desire for what our Catholic tradition calls the three "advents" ("coming towards") of Christ: His advent in the humble manger of Bethle-hem, His advent into our souls by grace, and His advent in Kingly glory at the end of the world. We pray during this season for an increase in the theological virtue of hope, whereby we desire from the depths of our soul all three advents of Christ. This holy desire will be fulfilled finally when we enter into His Glory and Joy in the Beatific Vision of Heaven. Today we arise from the drowsiness of chasing after joys apart from Him and awaken to the dazzling Light of the pure Joy of pleasing our Beloved, Who is coming to us, His Bride. Advent is the springtime of the Church. Today the Church is young. May she rejoice in Christ in each one of our hearts this Advent! Pray for me, Father Joseph Previtali

Confessions Schedule Monday (Lunes) 6:00- 7:00 pm 8:45- 9:30 pm Tuesday (Martes) 7:00- 7:45 am

Wednesday (Miércoles) 7:00– 7:50am Thursday (Jueves) 7:00– 7:50 am 5:30- 6:30 pm Friday (Viernes) 6:00- 7:00 pm

9:00- 10:00 pm

Parish Announcements

Sick Relatives & Friends/ Parientes y Amigos Enfermos

Pray that God’s, healing power will fill them with strength and hope. Glenn Gonzales, Joe Ashe, Virginia Shea, Raul Batista, Manuel Arca, Terry R. Fenwick, Geral-dine Medigan, Javier Ramos, Marina Williamson, Mickey Williamson, Alteamor Espejo, Abby Franco, Rachel Thein, John Romero, Pedro Bautista, Donald Thierry, Shiela Santos, Shannon Perez, Don Wright, Harvey Koepf, Jena Losch, Sam Reynal, Duncan Harter, Loretta Duran, Tammy Endsley, Kathy Repetto, Raquel Corona, Rich Perez, Marie Caloca, Claire Simonich.

Pray for Our Parishioners Who are Sick

Our Lady of the Pillar Monday Nights Adult Catechism with Father Joe 7:30pm—8:30pm @ New Hall Third Tuesday of the Month Knights of Columbus Meeting Old Hall—7:00pm Tuesday Nights Bible Study 5:30pm– 7:00pm @ Conference Room Miércoles por la Noche Estudio de la Biblia 7:00pm en el Salón Viejo (Old Hall) Saturday Morning Legion of Mary Meeting Conference Room 9:00am– 11:00am Second Sunday of the Month Hospitality for 8:00am Mass Old Hall Office will be closed Thursday, November 24th Friday, November 25th Thursday, December 11th

Opportunity to learn more about our Catholic tradition!

GREGORIAN CHANT CLASS With Fr. Joe Previtali

Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 7:00 pm at St. Anthony’s in Pescadero

All are welcome! Community Holy Hour after Gregorian

Chant class on December 22, Class at 7:00pm;

Holy Hour at 8:00pm

Oportunidad para profundizar su conocimiento de nuestra tradición Católica!

CLASE BILINGUE DEL CANTO GREGORIANO (MUSICA CATOLICA) Con Padre Joe Previtali

Jueves, 22 de Diciembre , a las 7:00 pm en la Iglesia de San Antonio en Pescadero Todos son bienvenidos!

Tendremos Hora Santa después de la Clases de Canto Gregoriano, Clase a las 7:00pm; Hora Santa - 8:00pm

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Thursday, December 22nd 6:00pm-7:00pm

CHRISTMAS MASSES 2016

Christmas Eve Masses Saturday December 24th Our Lady Of the Pillar 8:00am Mass in English 5:00 pm Vigil Mass in English 8:00 pm Misa de Vigilia 12:00 am Midnight Mass Sung Latin Mass St. Anthony’s Pescadero 6:00 pm Misa en Español Sunday December 25th Our Lady Of the Pillar 8:00 Mass in English 10:00 Mass in English 12:00 Misa en Español St. Anthony’s Pescadero 9:00 am Mass in English Our Lady of Refuge 10:30 am Mass in English Saturday December 31th Our Lady Of the Pillar 8:00 am Mass in English 5:00 pm Mass in English 8:00 pm Misa en Español St. Anthony’s Pescadero 6:00 pm Misa en Español

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION MASS SCHEDULE Thursday December 8, is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Concepcion of our Blessed Mother. It is a holy day of obli-gation which means we attend Mass like on a Sunday. The Mass schedule is: Wednesday December 7 7:00pm Bilingual Mass at Our Lady of the Pillar 7:00pm Bilingual Mass at St. Anthony’s (Pescadero) Tuesday December 8 8:00am English Mass at OLP 3:30pm English Mass at OLP 7:00pm English Mass at Our Lady of Refuge (La Honda) 7:00pm Misa en Español Nuestra Señora del Pilar

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Saturday EVENING November 26, 2016 5:00pm Joaquin Balbina & Maria Coelho + Maria Rames & Donzilia Melo + 8:00pm Juan Cabrera + Sunday November 27, 2016 8:00 am Jose & Luz Maria Mora + and Family Joe Lopes + & Isabel, Jose Gabriel + 10:00 am For the Parish 12:00 pm Adan Ramos + 6:00 pm Joe Daniel Rocha + Monday November 28, 2016 8:00 am Eduardo & Maria Silveira+ Joseph Zellner Jr. + Tuesday November 29, 2016 8:00am Eduarda Furtado + Wednesday November 30, 2016 8:00 am Idalina and Francisco Costa + Thursday December 1st, 2016 9:00 am Frank Vaz Jr. + and Family Friday December 2nd, 2016 8:00 am Antonio & Maria Avila + Saturday December 3rd, 2016 8:00 am Eduarda Furtado + 5:00pm Juvenal Melo + and Family Anne Minoletti (Int.) & Family 8:00pm Hermanos Hernandez (Int.) Sunday December 4, 2016 8:00 am Michael Rodriguez + & Family 10:00 am Manuel Machado + & Family Joe Daniel Rocha + 12:00 pm Por la parroquia 6:00 pm Frank Vaz Jr. + and Family St. Anthony’s 6:00pm November 26 Sal Betancourt + 9:00am November 27 Amanda Blanco + 6:00pm December 3 Por las Almas del Purgatorio 9:00am December 4 Bob Monsen + Our Lady of Refuge 10:30am November 27 August Roelands + 10:30am December 4 Dorothy Wylie +

1st Collection 2nd Collection Our Lady of the Pillar $ 5,132 $ 1,746 Our Lady of Refuge $ 300 $ 152 St Anthony’s $ 386 $ 247 Second Collection this week: Annual Appeal December 4: Building Fund December 11: Retirement for Religious December 18: Annual Appeal December 25:

CHILDREN’S BAPTISM/ BAUTIZO DE NIÑOS Children’s baptisms in English are held the Second Sunday of the month at 2:00 PM. Los Bautizos de los niños en Es-pañol son: Primer Sábado y Ter-cer Sábado de el mes a las 11:00 AM. Las clases para los Padres y Padrinos que desean Bautizar se llevan a cabo el primer Jueves de cada mes en el Salón Viejo (Old Hall) a las 7:00pm.

INVITATION FOR CHRISTMAS CHOIR

We would like to invite all the people who can sing to join us for the Christmas Caroling on Sunday, Decem-ber 11th. at the Lutheran Church. If you would like to join our choir please contact Mike Rossi after the 10:00 am Mass on Sundays, or you can call the Parish office. Rehearsals are Mondays at 7:00 to 9:00pm in the Church.

ST. VINCENT de PAUL GIVING TREE The me has come for our annual St. Vincent de Paul Society Christmas giving tree. You will find the tree in the ves bule adorned with tags rep-resen ng a needy child in our com-munity. If you would like to par ci-pate, simply take a tag from the tree, purchase a gi , wrap it with the tag a ached, and return to the office or dona on box in the ves bule before December 18.

CELEBRACION A LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE

Diciembre 12, 2016 3:30 am Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe 4:00 am Presentación de la Obra de las Apariciones 5:00 am Misa (Español) 7:00 pm Presentación de las apariciones de la Virgen 8:00 pm Misa (Español)

CELEBRATION OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

December 12, 2016 3:30 am Songs to the Virgin of Guadalupe 4:00 am Pageant: The Apparitions 5:00 am Mass (Spanish) 7:00 pm Songs and Pageant: The Apparitions 8:00 pm Mass (Spanish)

PARISH ADVENT RETREAT “Turning Towards the Lord” On Thursday, December 15, from 6:30pm-9:00pm At Our Lady of the Pillar Church we will have our Advent Parish Re-treat. We will begin together in the church at 6:30 with our welcome and opening prayer. Then, Fr. James Moore, from St. Dominic's in San

Francisco, will be giving the talk in English and Mon-signor James Kelly, from Menlo Center in Menlo Park, will be giving the talk in Spanish. Following the talks, we will gather again in the church for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. There will be five priests available for confession and we will conclude with Benediction. All are welcome!

RETIRO DE ADVIENTO PARROQUIAL "Volviéndose hacia el Señor"

El jueves 15 de diciembre, de 6:30 pm a 9:00 pm, en la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, tendremos nuestro Retiro Parroquial de Adviento. No reuniremos en la Igle-sia a las 6:30pm con nuestra oración de bienvenida y apertura. Después el Padre James Moore, de St. Domi-nic's en San Francisco, estará dando la plática en Inglés y Monseñor James Kelly, del Menlo Center en Menlo Park, estará dando la plática en Español. Después de las pláticas, nos reunire-mos de nuevo en la iglesia para la adoración del Santísimo Sacramento. Habrá cinco sacerdotes disponibles para la confesión y concluiremos con la Bendición. ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

As we prepare for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12, I would like to draw your attention to our recently re-finished shrine of Our Lady of Guada-lupe on the southeast end of the parish property. I want to thank our many gener-ous donors for their love for Our Lady and I especially want to thank Alfonso Sención for his generous leadership and hard work in the work of beautification. I hope that you find our shrine a peaceful place to encounter the motherly love of the Blessed Virgin Mary. -Father Previtali

Mientras nos preparamos para la fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Gua-dalupe el 12 de diciembre, me gustaría llamar su atención a nuestro recién terminado Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en el extremo sureste de la Iglesia. Quiero agradecer a todos nuestros generosos donadores por su amor a Nuestra Señora y quiero agra-decer especialmente a el Sr. Alfonso Sención por su generoso lide-razgo y arduo trabajo para el embellecimiento de nuestra fuente. Espero que encuentren nuestro santuario un lugar tranquilo para encontrar el amor maternal de la Santísima Virgen María. -Padre Previtali

Queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo, ¿Cómo sería nuestra vida sin Jesús? La Temporada de Adviento nos invita a guardar en nuestros corazones ese tiempo antes de la Venida del Señor en Su pro-fundo amor en la Encarnación. Estamos llamados en la liturgia de hoy a sentir profundamente el deseo de que Jesús venga a nosotros. En la epístola tradicional de hoy, San Pablo nos insta a aban-donar las obras de las tinieblas ya ponernos la armadura de la luz. Él nos está enseñando que, hasta ahora, hemos vivido mucho como si Jesús aún no hubiera llegado a nuestras al-mas. En nuestros pecados, hemos vivido en la oscuridad que está separada de la Luz de Cristo. Cuando Jesús viene a nues-tras almas por gracia - y es esta venida del Señor por la cual diariamente diariamente - Él brilla Su Luz salvadora en cada parte de nuestra alma y nos llena de la alegría de poseerlo en el amor divino. En el evangelio tradicional de hoy, estamos invitados a desear y buscar la Segunda Venida del Señor al final de los tiempos. Así, vemos ya en el Primer Domingo de Adviento que esta santa temporada celebra y profundiza nuestro deseo por lo que nuestra tradición católica llama los tres "advenimientos" de Cristo: Su advenimiento en el humilde pesebre de Belén, Su Advenimiento en nuestras almas por gracia, y su advenimiento en la gloria del Rey en el fin del mundo. Oramos durante esta temporada por un aumento en la virtud teológica de la esperanza, por la cual deseamos desde las profundidades de nuestra alma los tres advents de Cristo. Este deseo santo se cumplirá finalmente cuando entramos en Su Gloria y Alegría en la Visión Beatífica del Cielo. Hoy nos levan-tamos de la somnolencia de perseguir alegrías aparte de Él y despertar a la deslumbrante Luz de la alegría pura de agradar a nuestro Amado, que viene a nosotros, Su Novia. El Adviento es la primavera de la Iglesia. Hoy la Iglesia es joven. ¡Que se regocije en Cristo en cada uno de nuestros corazones este Adviento! Oren por mi, Padre José Previtali