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Mater
Dolorosa Catholic Church
Third Sunday of Advent
December 17, 2006 -
Bulletin
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Cry
out with joy and gladness: For among you
is the great and Holy One of
Israel.
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—
Isaiah 12:6
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THEME
OF OUR LITURGY:
The
promise of peace, the peace
beyond all understand, is now
within our
grasp.
First Reading:
Zephaniah
3:14-18a
Your God will sing joyfully
because of you, as one sings at
festivals.
Second
Reading:
Philippians
4:4-7
Rejoice in the Lord always. I
shall say it again:
Rejoice!
Gospel:
Luke
3:10-18
Whoever has two cloaks should
share with the person who has
none. Whoever who has good
should do
likewise.
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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
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Sunday,
December 17
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8
AM
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Sally
Orta (D)
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10
AM
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Pietro
Malatesta (D)
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Noon
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Antonino
Palomba (D)
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5
PM
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People
of the Parish
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Monday,
December 18
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8:30
AM
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People
of the Parish
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Tuesday,
December 19
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8:30
AM
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Laura
& Rey Galarza
(SI)
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Wednesday,
December 20
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8:30
AM
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Kevin
McKenna (D)
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5
PM
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Mrs.
Herrera (D)
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Thursday,
December 21
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8:30
AM
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Valentino
Dobrich
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Friday,
December 22
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8:30
AM
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Joseph
& Carlos Vergara
(SI)
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Saturday,
December 23
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8:30
AM
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People
of the Parish
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5
PM
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Joe
Iskra (D)
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COLLECTION
TOTALS - December 10, 2006
First Collection
Total - $3,928.00
Second Collection Total -
$1,250.50 (Parish
Improvement)
Cost of running
the parish this week— $5,760.00
Registered Families: 929
Registered Families who support the
parish: 469
Thank
you for your continued
support!
Please
keep in your prayers. . . . . . . .
Marilyn
Branuchizzi, David Hernandez and Antonino
Palomba.
AS
A PARISH COMMUNITY
We pray for all the sick in our parish,
especially: Maureen Dan, Jack Devine,
Florence Farrow, Jovita Guajardo, Lory
Manzano, and Bob Reid.
May
God bless them and their
families.
Interested
in Becoming a Eucharistic
Minister?
If you would like
to serve God by becoming a Eucharistic
Minister at Mater Dolorosa Church, please
contact Sister Agnes at 650-244-9764. It
is a great way to serve our Lord and our
Church!
Our
Second Collection this Sunday is for our
School Improvement Fund. Please
be as generous as
possible.
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Dear Friends,
Congratulations to Angela
and Bettina on a wonderful job
they did putting on the two
Christmas Concerts last weekend.
Thank-you, thank-you,
thank-you!
Congratulations also are
due to the 8th grade Boy’s
Basketball Team who won the B
Division South City Championship
last weekend. Good going,
guys!
I am looking for a few good
men interested in joining the
Knights of Columbus. So far, we
have 20 parishioners, but we need
a few more. If interested,
please call Bert Nocum, Grand
Knight at St. Augustine’s,
at 650-878-0617. He will be able
to explain to you what the
Knights are all about.
Since Father Padazinski was
named to the post of Chancellor
for the Archdiocese, people have
asked me what exactly a
Chancellor does. The Chancellor
is responsible for canonical
(church) affairs and is the
official notary of the
Archdiocese. He oversees the
statistical reports of the
Archdiocese for official
directories, and supervises the
work of professionals who
maintain the Archdiocesan
Archives. Father Padazinski
adds: “I do anything the
Archbishop wants me to do.”
Amen to that!
We just got our goal for
the 2007 Annual Appeal: $44,000.
Last year you may recall it was
$29,000., a difference of
$15,000. The goal is reached by
taxing us 18% on our Sunday
collections. Our collections are
up and thus, so is our Annual
Appeal Goal. More about this
after the holidays.
A reminder that we have an
Advent Penance Service this
coming Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Hope
to see you there!
Happy
Third Week of Advent!
Father
Brian
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Thank you to
Cathy Rosia and all her helpers for the
Bingo Luncheon, and Bettina Yap and all
her musicians, for the Christmas Concert.
Both events raised money for the parish
and the school, but more importantly,
brought a spirit of joy to our parish
during this beautiful Christmas season at
Mater Dolorosa. Thank you to all who
volunteered their time and talents to
bring these enjoyable events to our
parish.
Christmas
Confessions
Advent
Penance Service:
Tuesday, Dec. 19th, 7:30 p.m.
Individual Confessions:
Saturday, Dec. 23rd, 3:30 to 4:30
p.m.
Simbang
Gabi Mass
Friday,
Dec. 22nd, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday,
December 24th:
8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:00 Noon (No
Evening Sunday Mass)
Christmas
Masses
Christmas
Eve, Sunday, Dec. 24th:
5:00 p.m. (Children’s Mass)
10:00 p.m. (Midnight Mass)
Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25th:
8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12 Noon
No Evening Mass
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FOR JESUS’
BIRTH
Please join the
Mater Dolorosa School community to
celebrate the birthday of our Lord Jesus
Christ by partaking in this blessed event.
Children from the school will be
performing traditional Christmas carols
and spreading good cheer to families,
friends and parishioners! Join us on
Monday, December 18th, 6:30 p.m., at
Mater Dolorosa Church.
There is no
admission fee, but whatever amount you
wish to donate is greatly appreciated.
All funds will go towards support of the
school. We hope you will unite with us in
coming together as a true Christian
community to bring out the spirit of the
Christmas
season!
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