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: Monday—Friday 9:00am– 4:30pm

Email: office@ourladyofthepillar.org Website: www.OurLadyofthePillar.org

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER APRIL 29th, 2018 “Let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth” — 1 John 3:18

Rev. Jose Corral Pastor

Fr. Corral’s phone number: (650) 713-5301 Rev. Gabriel Wankar

Parochial Vicar Rev. Charles Onubogu

In Residence Religious Education

(650) 726-5587 K-6th Grade

Claudia Miramontes Ext. 210 Youth Confirmation

Kenneth & Yesenia Staal Ext. 209 Encargada de Ensayo para Bodas: Juana Ruano

Wedding Rehearsal: Cruz McDonald RCIA/ Adult Faith Formation: Terry Ruppel

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

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

Mass Schedule- OLP Monday through Friday: 8:00 am Saturday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm(Español) Sunday: 8:00 am - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm(Español) - 6:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday: 4:00 pm—5:00 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 6:30 pm St. Anthony's — Pescadero Our Lady of Refuge — La Honda 696 North Street, Pescadero, CA 94060 146 Sears Ranch Road, La Honda Ca 94020 Saturday: 6:00 pm (Español) Sunday: 9:00 am Sunday: 10:30 am

LIVING BRANCHES The Gospel and second reading for this Fifth Sunday of Easter emphasize the need for us to remain in Christ, and He in us. This shared life finds expression in the image of the one vine and many branches. We become living branches of the vine, members of the Body of Christ through Baptism, Eucharist and Con-firmation, sacraments of sharing God’s own life. The First Letter of John describes the fruit of this vine as active love of neighbor: “And His commandment is this: we should believe . . . and love one another” (1 John 3:23). Our first reading from Acts shows us an example of someone who shares in Christ’s life in the person of Saint Paul. Paul’s fearless witness, even at the risk of his life, is proof to everyone that the risen Lord’s Spirit truly fills him with life and is bearing fruit in him. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Parish Announcements

Sick Relatives & Friends/ Parientes y Amigos Enfermos

Pray that God’s, healing power will fill them with strength and hope. Joe Ashe, Virginia Shea, Raul Bautista, Manuel Arca, Javier Ramos, Marina Williamson, Mickey Williamson, Abby Franco, Rachel Thein, Shiela Santos, Shannon Pe-rez, Harvey Koepf, Jena Losch, Sam Reynal, Duncan Har-ter, Loretta Duran, Tammy Endsley, Raquel Corona, Rich Perez, Marie Caloca, Claire Simonich, Mary Elliot, Helen Victa Castillo, Maria P. Nuñez Merlo, Claire Hayes, Carol Duvall, Adriana Rivas, Angela Niemann, Max Gaveman, Michael White, Maria Cano, Cindy Carroll., Shana Reallypond, Sylvia Ellen, Glenn Gonzales, Vickie Rudor-fer, David Hudson.

Pray for Our Parishioners Who are Sick

Our Lady of the Pillar 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 after 8:00am Mass (Old Hall) Clases de Bautizo Para Padres y Padrinos El tercer Jueves del Mes 7:00pm en el Salon Viejo (Old Hall)

Are you or someone you know dealing with or challenged by the end of their marriage? The Archdiocese of San Fran-cisco has a special ministry for men and women who have experienced the pain of sepa-

ration and divorce. We believe that the Church has a rich treasury of people, Holy Scripture, tradition and pastoral ministry on which it can draw to serve its members whose marriages end in divorce. We strive to lay open this wealth and make known Christ's abundant healing love so that all who suffer from separation and divorce might experience healing, recon-ciliation and new life. We also recognize that separated and divorced people, through their vulnerabil-ity, suffering, courage, faithfulness and patient endurance bear witness to Christ and His redeeming grace in the world. They are not mere recipients of the Church's compassion; they are as well, ministers of that compas-sion. “May the church be the place of God's mercy and love, where everyone can feel themselves welcomed, loved, forgiven and encouraged to live according to the Gospel." - Pope Francis "The Church is definitely against divorce, and divorced people are strongly against divorce as well, but the Church isn't against divorced people." - Father Al Grosskopf, SJ. The Catholic Divorce Ministry has a meeting to answer questions and offer help, at the support group that meets the first and third Wednesdays of the month, 7:30 P.M. at the Parish Center, St. Stephen Church, 451 Eucalyptus Drive, San Francisco. Please contact Fr. Albert A. Grosskopf, S.J." <grosskopf@usfca.edu>or call him at 408-884-1729 for more information.

Grief Care Support and Training at Mission Hospice Mission Hospice, 1670 South Amphlett Blvd., Suite 300, San Mateo Sr. Toni Lynn Gallagher, RSM, Bereavement Coordinator 415-681-

6153 / tlgallagher@mercywmw.org missionhospice.org/events — 650-554-1000 Mission Hospice offers many educational pro-grams in grief care. Most of them are cost-free; some provide Continuing Education Units. Up-coming events include Ann Randolph’s work-shop on “Stories that Heal,” and professional trainings in “Complicated Grief” by Dr. Kathe-rine Shear of Columbia University. For com-plete information on all upcoming events, visit the Mission Hospice website.

Good Bye & Farewell Thank You! Please join us in thanking Ida Helms for her many years of dedicated service to our parish community with Holy Mass on Friday, May 4th, at 6:00 pm fol-

lowed by a farewell gathering in the Old Hall. Please bring an entrée, salad or dessert to share. Beverages will be provided.

Your Offerings | Supporting Our Parish

Collection for Abril 21st– April 22th 1st Collection 2nd Collection Our Lady of the Pillar $ 4,436 $ 2,456 St Anthony’s $ 512 $ 128 La Honda $ 177 $ 68 Second Collection this weekend: Black & Indian Home Missions May 6: St. Vincent de Paul May 13: Catholic Charities May 20: Annual Appeal May 27: Catholic Communication Campaign

HOLY ROSARY The Legion of Mary invites all pa-rishioners to join them the first Saturday of every month at 11:00am in praying the Holy Rosary out in front of Our Lady of the Pil-lar Church. If the weather is not favorable, we will gather indoors. Please join us, and bring a friend. All are invited!

Festival of Marian Hymns at Cathedral on Mother’s Day Sunday, May 13, 4:00 pm St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco benedictinstitute.org / festival-marian-hymns The Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Wor-

ship invites you to a Mother’s Day Festival of Mari-an hymns at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the As-sumption, offering an innovative “Lessons and Car-ols” format to honor Our Mother. The congregation (not merely an audience) will sing together simple versions of classic and new hymns to Mary. The songs will be followed by spiritual reflection. And then the gorgeous sacred polyphonic form of the hymns will be sung by a 16-voice professional choir, affectionately dubbed “The Benedict Six-teen.”

The Christian Imagination: Anthony Esolen & Dana Gioia Saturday, May 5, 12:30 – 2:00 pm Stanford University Campus: Asian American Activities Center, Old Union Clubhouse, 524 Lasuen Mall, Stanford benedictinstitute.org The Benedict XVI Institute presents two of the coun-try’s most eminent Catholic writers in a discussion of “The Christian Imagination.” Dana Gioia is a poet, essayist, librettist, author of many books and articles, a former director of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poet Laureate of his home state of Cali-fornia. Anthony Esolen is a prolific author, a trans-lator of Dante, and a scholar of renaissance and clas-sical literature. He is a teaching fellow at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. The event is free; no registration is required.

Vallombrosa Retreat Center 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park David Leech 650-325-5614 davidl@vallombrosa.org vallombrosa.org/calendar For complete information and registration dead-lines, visit the Calendar of Events at the website, phone, or e-mail, above. Mother Mary’s Love Presenter: Fr. Brian Mullady, O.P. May 11 – 13 (retreat for women and men) Mothers’ Day Mass and Lunch The return of our beloved Mothers’ Day Mass and Lunch. Mass in our chapel, with a gourmet lunch afterwards. Single tickets, multiple tickets, and entire tables are available. Sunday, May 13, 11:00 am Engaging the Heart: A Marriage Preparation Workshop Presenters: Vallombrosa Staff May 26 and June 16 Saints Alive: One Big Happy Family Presenter: Father Nathan Castle, O.P. June 22 - 24 American Saints: Star-Spangled Saints Presenter: Alice Camille July 5 –11 (retreat for women and men)

Mosaic TV on Young Catholics and Digital Communication Sunday, May 6, 5:30 am KPIX television Channel 5, CBS Bay Area sfarch.org/mosaic-tv It is the age of digital communication. The devices that receive and send messages are pow-erful and portable; we have them in our hands, our pockets, our cars, and our homes; the messaging is ceaseless and seductive, and the flow of information (good and bad) is practically infinite. Young people especially seem to “live on their devices.” On this epi-sode of Mosaic, our guest expert is Samantha Yee, a young writer and editor, student and scholar, who is already a veteran professional, creating digital commu-nications for Catholic groups. As she says, “If young people are living on the internet, that’s where we have to reach them.” Samantha discusses how she and asso-ciated networks of young Catholics live the faith and teach the faith online. Prior episodes of Mosaic are ar-chived on the archdiocesan website (above).

Mass Schedule and Intentions

Saturday EVENING April 28, 2018 5:00pm Geni Gusti + 8:00pm Griselda Ayala Zamora + Sunday April 29, 2018 8:00 am Joe Lopes, Jose & Isabel + 10:00 am Vickie Rudorfer (Int.) 12:00 pm Irene Galindo + (20 years anniversary) 6:00pm Souls in Purgatory Monday April 30, 2018 8:00 am Manuel Machado + & Family Miguel Acosta & Terresa Mata + Tuesday May 1st, 2018 8:00am Manuel & Maria Ferreira + & Parents Paciencia Supnet + Wednesday May 2, 2018 8:00 am Joseph Rocha + Adriana Roelands + Thursday May 3, 2018 8:00 am Francisc o & Idalina Costa + & Family Friday May 4, 2018 8:00 am Eddie Andreini + Phyllis M. Haberer + Saturday May 5, 2018 8:00pm For the Souls in Purgatory 5:00pm Antonio & Maria Simas + & Family 8:00pm Griselda Ayala Zamora + Sunday May 6, 2018 8:00 am Joe Lopes, Parents & Diana + Michael Rodrigues + 10:00 am Meredith Reynolds + 12:00 pm Por la Parroquia 6:00pm Frank Vaz Jr. + & Family St. Anthony’s 6:00pm April 28 John Sidener + 9:00am April 29 Gloria Matison + 6:00pm May 5 Paulina Caal + 9:00am May 6 Consuelo Sanchez + Our Lady of Refuge 10:30am April 22 Rev. Floriano Jose Soares + 10:30am April 29 Gloria Matison +

St. Vincent de Paul Society Our Lady of the Pillar Conference

FOOD PANTRY HOURS Monday/ Lunes 5:00pm–7:00pm

Thursday/ Jueves 5:00pm—7:00pm Saturday/ Sábado 10:00am– 12:00pm

SARMIENTOS VIVOS El Evangelio y la segunda lectura para este Quinto Domingo de Pascua hacen hincapié en la necesidad de que permanezcamos en Cristo y él permanecerá en noso-tros. Esta vida compartida está representada en la imagen de la vid que tiene muchos sarmientos. Nos convertimos en sarmientos vivos de la vid, en miembros del Cuerpo de Cristo por el Bautismo, la Eucaristía y la Confirmación, por los sacramentos que nos hacen compartir la vida de Dios. La primera carta del apóstol san Juan describe el fruto de esta vid como el amor activo al prójimo: “Y este es su mandamiento: que creamos . . . y que nos amemos unos a otros” (1 Juan 3:23). En la primera lectura de los Hechos contamos con un ejemplo de una persona que participa de la vida de Cristo en la persona de san Pablo. El audaz testimonio de Pablo, incluso a riesgo de perder su propia vida, es prue-ba para todos de que el Espíritu del Señor resucitado ver-daderamente lo llena de vida y da fruto en él. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE En el año 1674 una argentina, Doña Ana Mattos de Siquey-ras se llevó a su casa una imagen de la Virgen María para hacerle una capillita en sus terrenos a un lado del rió Luján. La imagen era de repu-tación milagrosa y Doña Ana deseaba tenerla cerquita de su hogar. Al día siguiente la imagen se había regresado a un eremitorio donde la cuida-ba un esclavo africano llama-do Manuel. Esto le pasó un

par de veces hasta que se le ocurrió a Doña Ana llevarse en peregrinación a ambos María y Manuel. Desde entonces en una capilla abierta al público María se quedo sin ningún pro-blema. Como muchos ricos, Doña Ana quería echarse a Dios en el bolsillo llevándose para si misma la imagen de María. Pero nuestra Señora de Luján tenia otro plan. Ella deseaba estar con el esclavo Manuel y con el pueblo. En fin, Doña Ana se fijó que a Dios y su madre no los controla nadie y nadie los puede hacer su propiedad, a lo contrario, ellos se entregan a los pobres y desamparados. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.