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San Francisco, CA. www.holyname-sf.org

The Sunset District with Holy Name Church Photo by: David S. Bush

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 19, 2010

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THE PRIESTS,

DEACON, SISTERS & STAFF OF

HOLY NAME PARISH

We pray for the Sick ...that they may experience God’s Love and Healing. Lorenzo Aguirre, Vita Briones, Dalmacio Briones,Jr., Deogracias Cusi, Jose Dominguez, Evangeline Agbunag, Gene Relampagos, Mani Glanz, Clara Lee, Claire Brandin, Amy McNally, Julia Turner, Bernadette Neeley, Theresa Collins, Peggy McCarthy, Bridget Shanley, Jorge Buccat, Arturo Martin, Leilani Buccat, Alexis Rivera, Aurora Urmeneta, Carol Elliott, Alice Fiumara, Philip Nordstrom, Inge Nordstrom, Rosa Maria Alonso We pray for those who have Died…that they may be granted a home in heaven. Jim McShane

MASS INTENTIONS WEEK of December 19, 2010

Sun 19 7:30 AM Mass for the People

9:30 AM Dolores Mullane†

11:30 AM Ethyl Gathering †

Mon 20 7:30 AM B. Armand

9:00 AM Walter Pudlow†

Tue 21 7:30 AM Linda McCausland†

9:00 AM Tom Johnson†

Wed 22 7:30 AM Heli Rozario Family

9:00 AM Martin Urrutia†

Thu 23 7:30 AM John & Genevieve

Harrington†

9:00 AM Toni Regent†

Fri 24 CHRISTMAS EVE

Sat 25 CHRISTMAS DAY

PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE OF MASSES BELOW

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 19, 2010 They shall name him Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.” - Matthew 1:23

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — You will be given this sign: the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel (Isaiah 7:10-14). Psalm — Let the Lord enter; he is king of glory (Psalm 24). Second Reading — God has called us to belong to Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1-7). Gospel — The son born of Mary shall be called Je-sus, for he will save his people from their sins. He shall be Emmanuel, “God is with us” (Matthew 1:18-24).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 7:10-14; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zeph 3:14-18a; Lk 1:39-45 Wednesday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; Lk 1:46-56 Thursday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24; Lk 1:57-66 Friday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Lk 1:67-79 Saturday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Midnight: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Sunday: Sir 3:2-7, 12-14; Ps 128; Col 3:12-21 [12-17]; Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH 2010 Christmas Schedule CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES

Friday, December 24 5:00 PM (Family/Children’s Mass)

7:00 PM (Vietnamese Mass) 11:30 PM Christmas Carols Holy Name Choral Ministry

12:00 MIDNIGHT Concelebrated Mass

Rev. Arnold E. Zamora, Main Celebrant Most Reverend Ignatius C. Wang, Presiding

CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES Saturday, December 25

7:30 AM 9:30 AM (Bishop Wang, Presider)

11:30 AM 5:00 PM

NEW YEAR’S DAY MASS Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God

(Not a Holy Day of Obligation) Saturday, January 1

9:30 AM

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Advent Tuesday: St. Peter Canisius; Winter Solstice Thursday: St. John of Kanty Friday: The Vigil of Christmas

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Yan Yick Man Lee Mr. & Mrs. John Wu Dottie Murphy James Hurley Marie Wilkinson Keith Wilkinson Chris Homreck Antone & Susie Abele James & Dennis Woods Albert & Eileen Orth Anthony, Neil, Timothy & Joe Abele Dorothea Brophy Mrs. Barbara Vitalis Mr. & Mrs. Pablo V. Veron Donald Van Tricht & Family Vera & Fred Schwenk Ray Jhanda Pastor Valle Q. Rosa Quintero Mable Eastburn Brigid Brannen Tong Tai Tseuk Choy Man Tsuk Tin Sun Tong Paddy Tong Anacleto Falloria Tony Taniguchi Mr. & Mrs. John Snow Hyeyon Song Bob Solvin Richard Solvin Jim & Catherine Shea The Maroevich & Shea Families Sebastinelli/Reynolds Family Aurora V. Rivera Benigno M. Rivera Gregoria V. Arias Nory A. Rivera Tony V. Arias Remy Evangelista Ramos, Timog, Sanchez & Sabado Families John Quinn Run Yun Situ William Poon Mr. & Mrs. Pierre Poydessus Mrs. Monina Micaller Ike Rodelas

Dr. Juan V. Balaoro Mrs. Carmen S. Orque Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O’Brien All Members of the Nguyen Family Forgotten Souls All People Mr. & Mrs Vincent MacEvilly Santos & Miguel Families John Murphy Kathy Borst Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mertes The Sullivan & McCarthy Families Marvin H. Lantrip Felipe c. Gania Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Low Mrs. Rosa Leung Mr. & Mrs. Perry Lam Walter & Maria Lam Mrs. Perla Legaspi Diony A. Lagrimas Florencio G. Mangrobang Isidora P. Mangrobang Fidela P. Mangrobang Ismael & Editha P. Mangrobang Mrs. Helen H. Koo Pat Kinahan & Family Mr. & Mrs. G. McCormack Mrs. S. Korn Mr. & Mrs H. Marchand Miss Veronica Hughes Kennedy Family Manfredi Family Jim Hable William Haslam Dr. & Mrs. Silvestre Ganzon Gaggero Family Garcia & Rowan Families Ms. Agnes Fong Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Foland Pacifico & Caridad Dullano & Family Laurent, Marianne and Deceased Members of Etchelet Family Libby D. Francisco Deceased Members of E. Fernando Family Lita B. Rigor Letty L. Serrano In Honor of Jean-Noel Etchelet Mr. & Mrs. Simeon Octaviano Elena Cusi Cobbs

CHRISTMAS FLOWER OFFERING In Memory/Honor of or Donated by:

Mrs. Lucita R. De Castro Family Miss Teodora de la Cruz Antonio Campos Ike Rodelas Alfonso & Lourdes Ipalari Jose & Josefina Chan Ms. Carmen Casim Mrs. Agnes Chan Marie & William Creedon David & Marguerite Costello Sean Conefrey and the Deane and Conefrey Families Mr. & Mrs. Jose Albano Mrs. Abundia Baugh Mrs. Phyllis Cecchettini Mr. Jerry Back Ramona Claxton Golden & Cassidy Families Nino Cresci Matthew & Delia Durkin Steve Perotti Mr. & Mrs. Alphonse Demee Alphonse F. Demee Bernard, Alfred, Julia, Lionel Demee Antonio I. Dela Pena Irene M. Dela Pena Ceferino Carag Eleonora Carag Consorcia Galarosa Franco Ruiz All our Deceased Family & Friends & all the Souls in Purgatory—Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Hagan Julie Wu, Bill Hsu, Shau Mei Hsu, Mary Motak Leung, Fred Motak, Mary Motak Margaret & Frank Jordan Margaret, Tim & Mary Driscoll The Lippi Family & the Orduno Family Natalio LaFuente & Sinforosa Sy Ethnea & Bill Auslen Peggy Pounty James Lynch, Ellen Lynch Pedro F. Ceniza, Consorcia O. Ceniza & Nicholas L. Petropoulos Anita Starr Diana Wong

FAZtor’s Notes By Fr. Arnold Zamora I started this week with an up-set stomach. Not good news, not a good way to start the week. Could it be from the cold weather, or from the food of the many parties I went to? If last week was a “Merry and Mary” week, this week has been a “Christmas Party” week. Last Saturday, we had a Christ-mas party for our “Homebound” pa-rishioners. It was preceded by a Mass celebrated by Fr. Nick, our parochial vicar. The two main organizers, Jose-

phine Dito and Mani Glanz, were not able to attend because they were both physically challenged. Yet, they made sure that everything was taken care of. We are grateful for these two great and tireless workers who are always there to take on every challenge in ministry or in ordinary life. Later the Chinese Ministry Christmas Party was held at the same venue. The place was filled with laughter and cheers, but most of all with good food. After indulging myself with Chinese food, I could only eat dessert at a parishioner’s Christmas party that followed. The following day was the Christmas party for the Philippine Consulate at Intramuros Restaurant. As their chaplain, I have to say the invocation and prayer before they could eat. Wednesday was our Seniors Club Christmas party at the Irish Cultural Center. Thursday was the combined Christ-mas party for our Parish Pastoral Council, Finance Council and Parish staff at Fr. Don’s Dining Room in the Pastoral Cen-ter. Two Christmas parties are going on this Sunday; one for our Religious Education teachers and the other is the Arch-bishop’s Christmas party for priests and religious. With all the parties, your fridge might be packed with all the “to-go” foods and I have to decline the gracious offer of bringing home left-overs. You should label your stored food with the date, or else you will have an upset stomach, too. It reminds me of a story of a wife: I had changed my system for labeling homemade freezer meals. I used to carefully note in large clear letters, "Meatloaf" or "Pot Roast" or "Steak and Vegetables” or "Chicken and Dump-lings" or "Beef Pot Pie." However, I used to get frustrated when I asked my hus-band what he wanted for dinner because he never asked for any of those things. So, I decided to stock the freezer with what he really likes. If you look in my freezer now you'll see a whole new set of labels. You'll find dinners with neat little tags that say: "Whatever," "Anything," "I Don't Know," "I Don't Care," "Something Good," or "Food." My frustration is now reduced because no matter what my husband replies when I ask him what he wants for dinner, I know that it is there waiting.

Photo by : Edgar Estonina

JOIN US FOR 5 MORE MORNINGS OF MISA DE GALLO

5:30 a.m. – Flanagan Center MASS CELEBRANTS Dec. 20 – Rev. Fr. Ted Magpayo—Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Mercy Dec. 21 – Rev. Fr. Jess Labor—Parochial Vicar, St. Andrew Dec. 22 – Rev. Fr. Elias Salomon—Parochial Vicar, St. Elizabeth Dec. 23 – Rev. Fr. Don D’Angelo—Former Pastor, Holy Name Church Dec. 24 – Rev. Bishop Ignatius Wang - Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus/In Residence, Holy Name Church

Weekly Offering

12/05/2010 Same weekend 2009

CASH $1,341.64 $1,099.50

CHECKS $4,846.00 $4,059.00

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Total Collection $6,187.64 $5,185.50

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To mark Holy Name of Jesus Church’s 85th An-niversary, a “Tree of Life”, a bronze tree trunk with approximately 400 leaves was installed at the back of the Church. Donors will have their names, or those they wish to honor, engraved

on the leaf. The proceeds of the donations to the “Tree of Life” will go towards a much-needed Cap-ital Improvement Fund. It is well known by all who gather here that we are constantly dealing with many repairs needed in our aging buildings (circa 1941, 1949 and 1964). We are confident that the funds raised from the Tree of Life will provide for some of the necessary expenses that we anticipate for the future. The Holy Name Tree of Life was un-veiled October 10, 2010 at the 85th Anniversary Mass and Pastor’s Installation presided by Most Rev. Robert McElroy. Each leaf costs $500 with a $25.00 engraving charge. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - YES, I would like to donate to the Holy Name Tree of Life Project  

Name _____________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________ City, State, Zip Code _____________________________________________ Phone Number _____________________________________________

Name(s) for Engraving : We suggest se ng a MAXIMUM number of characters per leaf to 5 lines, 25 characters per line including spaces.

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Leaf Color Choice: ____Gold ___Silver ___Bronze

Please send checks to HOLY NAME, 1555 39th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122 Tel. (415) 664-8590.

HOLY NAME OF JESUS’ TREE OF LIFE PROJECT

Dear Holy Name Families, Thank you to all of you who attended our annual Christmas Concert last Thursday evening. Mr. Tony Eiras and Ms. Nora Murphy, along with all of the teachers, worked hard to prepare our stu-dents for the evening event. Songs of the Christmas season filled the church as students sang with their “buddies,” performed The Twelve Days of Christ-mas and joined in with the audience to end the evening concert. Please join us on December 24 at the 5:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass. Students will take part in the reenactment of the birth of Christ, and the con-gregation will be led in song by Mr. Tony Eiras and Mr. and Mrs.Victor Flaviani. Coming together as a community as we celebrate Mass is the perfect way to welcome the Christ child. Merry Christmas and God bless you. Sincerely, Mrs. Judy Cosmos SHOPPING AT BORDERS? Please stop in at Borders Stonestown next week, Monday and Tuesday (the 20th and 21st) and have your gift items wrapped by our eighth grade stu-dents. They will be there from 1:00 to 8:00 pm.

HOLY NAME FAMILIES HELPING OTHERS TOYS FOR TOTS The money we raise from the Thursday, December 16th, $2 free dress will go to the Toys for Tots drive. This is a drive all fire stations organize to collect toys for children on Christmas. We will give the toys to the fire station assigned to our school BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB Thank you to Sabrina Senhaji, 1st, and Ethan Camacho, 7B, for donating books to the library this holiday season!

HOLY NAME SCHOOL

THANK YOU Sr. Herminia and Committee would like to thank every-one who helped at last Saturday’s Homebound Mass. Special Thanks to Fr. Nick for celebrating this special Mass.

SEWING ANGELS NEEDED The Priests’ Vestments and Church linens

are in dire need of repair. If you are good at sewing and would like to share your tal-

ents, please contact Sr. Stella at (415) 664-8590.

SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM (Family Mass), 11:30 AM, 5:15 PM (Vietnamese) Saturday 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 3:00 PM (Chinese), 5:00 PM (Vigil) Weekdays 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM Holy Days 7:30 AM, 9:00AM, and 7:30 PM Confessions: 15 minutes before 9:30 and 11:30 AM Masses on Sunday & 4:30 - 5:00 PM Saturday or by appointment Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every Wednesday—9:30 AM—7:30 PM Perpetual Help Devotions: Friday after 9:00 AM Mass Baptisms by appointment Baptismal Preparation—Fourth Thursday of the month in the Pastoral Center - 7:30 PM Marriages Contact Pastoral Center 6 months in advance. Religious Education (for Children) Kindergarten to 9th, Saturday 10 AM—12 Noon RCIA for youth Monday 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) Every Sunday from 9:30-11:00 AM at the Pastoral Center R.C.I.A. (Chinese) Every Saturday—Pastoral Center—10:00 AM Religious Education (for Adults) : Please call Sr. Stella 664-8590 Bible Class every Tuesday@10-11 AM (Flanagan Center) Bible Study Group (Chinese) Every Wednesday—7:30 PM — Flanagan Center Parish Pastoral Council: contact Fr. Arnold Zamora St. Vincent de Paul Society meeting— every Monday at 7:30 PM (Pastoral Center) Legion of Mary: Contact Rose Symkowick (415) 731-4652 Blood Pressure Screening: every 2nd Wednesday from after the 7:30 AM Mass until Noon (Pastoral Center) Holy Name Ladies Aid: every 1st Wednesday of the Month at 11:45 AM (Flanagan Center) Senior Club: every Thursday at 11:00 AM (Flanagan Ctr.) Monday Night Yoga: every Monday at 6:15 PM (Flanagan Ctr.); contact Jackie at (415) 664-8590 FIL-AM Club: every 3rd Friday of the month (Flanagan Ctr.)

Welcome New Parishioners! Please complete and return form to the Pastoral Center (1555 39th Ave.), or simply drop it in the collection basket. Kindly print all information.

Name(s) ____________________________________ Address ____________________________________ City & Zip __________________________________ Phone ______________________________________ E-mail: _____________________________________

RECTORY: 3240 Lawton St. San Francisco, CA 94122 (415) 759-4294 FLANAGAN CENTER: (415) 564-2632 PARISH NURSE PROGRAM: Carol, R.N. (415) 664-8590 ext. 109 CANOSSIAN SISTERS: (415) 753-6685 1858 38th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122

PARISH STAFF: Rev. Arnold E. Zamora, Pastor Rev. Nicasio Paloso, Parochial Vicar Most Rev. Ignatius C. Wang, JCD Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus/In Residence Rev. Mr. Michael Doherty, Deacon/Parochial Associate Sr. Stella Negri, FdCC, Pastoral Associate Sr. Herminia Cosico, FdCC, Pastoral Outreach Minister Sr. Esther Ling, FdCC, Spiritual Director Chinese Ministry/D.R.E., Holy Name School Jackie C. Alcaraz, Parish Manager Director/Holy Name Conservatory or Music Colleen A. Durkin, Parish Secretary Holy Name School Alumni Coordinator Tony Eiras, Music Director Carol Elliott, RN, Parish Nurse Joe Nicolas, Webmaster Ron Alcaraz, Boys Athletic Director Vince de Lucca, Girls Athletic Director

Business Office: 1555 39th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122 Phone: (415) 664-8590 Fax: (415) 759-4293 Www.HolyName-SF.org’

Holy Name Parish Celebrating 85 years of building a Catholic

community to honor His HOLY NAME

HOLY NAME SCHOOL: (415) 731-4077 Website: www.holynamesf.com Judy Cosmos, Principal 1560 40th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122

Holy Name CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Private lessons are offered in piano, voice, guitar and violin. Registration information is available in our website: (HolyName-sf.org) or you may contact Jackie at 664-8590.

Patrick Cody, Parish Pastoral Council Chairperson Jim Regan, Parish Finance Council Chairperson Pls. contact the Parish office if you would like to contact members of the Pastoral or Finance Councils.