Fax: 650-588-1481 Phone: 650-588-1455 www.stveronicassf.com

434 Alida Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080

Established 1951

St. Veronica Church

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

January 20, 2013

Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee and so

revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him. - John 2:11

http://catholicphoenix.com/wp-content/uploads/

Parish Office Hours

Monday to Friday

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Closed for lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

(unless otherwise posted)

Phone: 650-588-1455 Fax: 650-588-1481

Parish Staff

Fr. Charles Puthota, Ph.D., Pastor

Fr. Linh Nguyen, Parochial Vicar Deacon Roger Beaudry

Deacon Joseph LeBlanc

Jennifer Baylor, Administrative Assistant

Stephanie de Prume, Finance Manager Ext. 306

Patricia Spiteri, Parish Secretary Karen Guglielmoni, Faith Formation &

Wedding Coordinator Ext.305 Christopher Lindstrom, Music Director

650-588-1455 Ext. 308

St. Veronica Catholic School

www.saintveronicassf.org

Phone: 650-589-3909

Kathryn Lucchesi Pam Cavagnaro

Principal Vice Principal

Parish Office email: churchoffice@stveronicassf.com

Mass Intentions

WEEK of January 20 , 2013

Sun 01/20 6:45 † Evelyn Casagrande

8:00 † Paul & Lizia Azzopardi

9:30 † Steven Dub

11:00 † Donald MacKenzie

12:30 People of St. Veronica

Mon 01/21 6:30 Doree Jacinto

8:30 † Dick Battaglia

Tue 01/22 6:30 † Amy Matthew

8:30 † Eulogio D. Alcantara, Jr.

Wed 01/23 6:30 † Rosanna Perez Ocampo

8:30 Tomas Carpio IV

Thu 01/24 6:30 † Andrew Stormzand

8:30 Danny Campbell

Fri 01/25 6:30 † Roberto Vallangca

8:30 † Rufino Monterola

Sat 01/26 8:30 † Antonio Deloria

5:00 † Mike & Kevin Folan

Sun 01/27 6:45 † Gada Kharsa-Roman

8:00 † Ann Young

9:30 † Jean Finley

11:00 † Vincent Walsh

12:30 People of St. Veronica

St. Veronica Parish

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

Sacrament of Baptism

Baptismal Preparation classes are held once a month.

Call the Parish Office 650-588-1455

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)

Call the Parish Office to register 650-588-1455 Ext.309

Faith Formation: 650-588-1455 Ext. 305

Catechetical instructions (1st to 8th grades)

Confirmation Classes: 650-588-1455

Reflecting on God’s Word

“Do whatever he tells you,” is what today’s Gospel pointedly

suggests (John 2:5). Perhaps too pointedly, because it just may turn

out that none of what he tells us seems appealing. Be that as it may,

life does serve up new wine.

Yet as always the question remains, how does anyone know

what we’re being told to do? How does one read the signs of per-

sonal times? A good marker, it would seem, is to pay attention to

one’s gifts. It may not be the only marker, but certainly one not to

be ignored. St. Paul writes to the Corinthians that our strengths and

talents come from the Spirit, and that each is given for some bene-

fit. Other translations say they are given for the common good,

which seems to be a better way of putting it, because it broadens

our view and prevents us from understanding any gift in terms of

personal benefit or preference. It may be that the old wine we just

drained did quench our personal thirst, but that the new wine is for

the common good.

So when the old wine runs out and we’re offered new wine,

it’s worth considering whether we’re being called to some new role

in life. It may be that life is ratcheting up our degree of participa-

tion, calling us to make some new contribution we have not even

considered. And we may be surprised. It may enrich the taste of life.

On this day, then, raise a toast to God’s new creation. To new

wine. The British say Cheers! The Germans, Prosit! Poles, Na

Zdrowie! In Spain, Salud! And Lithuanians, Sveikas! Believers,

well, they say Alleluia! —Rev. Joseph. J. Juknialis

Copyright © 2012, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

Mass Schedule

Saturdays: 8:30AM & 5:00PM Sundays: 6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00AM, and 12:30PM

Holy Days: 6:30, 8:30AM, & 6:30PM

Monday - Friday: 6:30 & 8:30AM

Spanish Mass

First Sunday of each month at 6:30 PM

unless otherwise announced

Confessions

Saturdays: 4:00—5:00PM

Liturgy of the Hours

Monday - Friday: Morning Prayer at 6:00AM

Eucharistic Adoration

Monday - Friday: 9:00AM - 9:00PM

Parish Registration

Please complete and return form to the parish office, or simply drop it in the collection basket.

Kindly print all information

Name(s) _____________________________________

Name(s) _____________________________________

Address _____________________________________

____________________________________________

City & Zip ____________________________________

Phone ______________________________________

E-mail: ______________________________________

Updating Current Parish Registration

Moving / Please remove from mailing list.

___This is a new registration Please call me.

Please remember the sick and the care-givers

in our community.

Pray that they may find comfort and healing in Christ.

Kindly contact the Parish office if Homebound

Eucharistic services are needed.

ON THE HORIZON

Sunday, Jan. 20 - Winter Sports Mass, 9:30 AM

Monday, Jan. 21 - Pastoral Office Closed for

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

Saturday, Jan. 26 - Walk for Life, Civic Center

Plaza, 12:30 PM

Sunday, Jan 27 - Catholic Schools Week begins

with 9:30 AM Mass

Saturday, Feb. 9 - Annual Crab Bash, 9 PM

Thank you for supporting St. Veronica Parish and its works.

Day Mass Time 1st Collection Maint./Repair Totals

Saturday 01/12/13 5:00 PM 1755.00 155.00 1910.00

Sunday 01/13/13 6:45 AM 682.00 206.00 888.00

8:00 AM 981.00 188.00 1169.00

9:30 AM 1423.00 259.00 1682.00

11:00 AM 1048.00 238.00 1286.00

12:30 PM 1858.00 261.00 2119.00

TOTALS: $7,747.00 $1,307.00 $9,054.00

Envelopes received in the First Collection: December 29 & 30: 293

January 05 & 06: 294

January 12 & 13: 327

Welcome Newly Registered Parishioners!

Our parish continues to be blessed and enriched by the

presence of new parishioners:

Claire Anne Palada

Our parish welcomes you with open hearts and open arms.

We thank God you have chosen to join our community.

Please remember in your prayers the recent losses from

our community.

Lois Burton - Died December 31, 2012

"Eternal Rest Grant Unto Her, O Lord …"

Opium Wars, wreaking havoc on local culture and civili-

zation.

Shanghai Bazaar: Another place I enjoyed strolling

through was Shanghai Chenghuanmiao (Old City God

Temple), a popular scenic area and architecturally dis-

tinctive Bazaar, where I bought my ten-dollar watch,

which to this day I’m proudly wearing! I also bought a

fine looking bronze head of the Buddha, the price of

which I successfully bargained down from $600 to $70!

With the famous Taoism temple and the Yuyuan Garden,

this is a fascinating gem of a place.

Magnetic Levitation Train: After visiting a silk factory

and attending the famous Shanghai Acrobatic show, the

next day early in the morning we caught the impressive

Maglev (magnetic levitation) train at Longyang Road

Station to the Shanghai Pudong airport. This fastest train

with a top operational speed of 268 mile per hour was

built with German technology at a cost of $ 1.2 billion.

The distance of 18.1 miles is covered in 7 minutes and

20 seconds. In the first two minutes, the train picks up a

speed of 217 mph. During a non-commercial test run,

this train once reached a speed of 311 mph. The tourists

love to get on this levitating train---for bragging rights!

From Shanghai airport, we took a two-hour flight to Bei-

jing, from where we caught a 12-hour flight back to San

Francisco. Beijing airport is massive and magnificent

My general impressions of China: This most populated

nation on earth with 1.347 billion people (India’s popu-

lation: 1.21 billion; U.S.: 315 million; world population:

7.1 billion) boasts of thousands of years of history, cul-

ture, religion, and civilization. At the same time, there is

much modernity and dynamism that makes this nation

one of the most powerful and fastest-developing nations

in the world. Their greatest asset is the people. They

have millions of people at the service of nation-building.

Of course, there are major issues like the lack of freedom

of religion and expression. I feel one of the reasons they

are able to forge ahead in their development is their one-

party political structure. Democracy is a messy affair,

and they have not chosen to go through that process still.

However, the Chinese seem to have come up with a bril-

liant and shrewd blend of Capitalism and Communism. I

would recommend to you a trip to China to see this great

nation for yourself. I went with “China Focus,” a San

Francisco company that made our tour most enjoyable

and memorable.

Your friend and pastor,

Father Charles Puthota

Dear Parishioners, China Travel Notes---the Last Stop---From Guilin

to Shanghai: Up until I was interrupted by the beauti-

ful season of Christmas, I had been sharing with you,

for some weeks, my city-by-city experiences in China

during my visit there in October 2012. Now we are in

2013! How time flies! I wish to complete my trave-

logue in this bulletin. After my visits to Beijing (Great

Wall of China, Forbidden City, & Summer Palace),

Xian (Terracotta Warriors), Chengdu (Great Pandas),

Hong Kong (endless high-rise buildings, harbor & the

Big Buddha), and Guilin (Lijiang river cruise through

the most alluring landscape), we took a two-hour flight

to Shanghai, the most populated city in the world with

23 million people, a major global, financial center, the

busiest container port in the world, a center of culture,

fashion, commerce, media, tourism, and technology.

The word Shanghai means “above sea or on sea.” It is

a glamorous and unique city because of the blend of

ancient and modern cultures, and the mingling of the

oriental and western traditions. The Huangpu River

flows through downtown Shanghai, dividing the city

into the old Puxi and modern Pudong districts.

Skywalk on Oriental Pearl Tower: When you stroll

along the famous Bund, you can look across the river

at the impressive high-rise buildings in Pudong finan-

cial district. I had the pleasure of going up on the Ori-

ental Pearl Tower in Pudong, a signature tower like the

Transamerica Building in San Francisco. At 1535 feet

high, it has a distinctive structure with a huge ball to-

ward the base and another ball on top of the tower.

The top ball houses a skywalk. I had to fight my fears

off to walk on my first-ever skywalk. Some in my

travel group said they couldn’t muster the courage

because they said they would not like to “tempt fate”.

My friends Tina and Amy in the group, though hesi-

tant at first, followed my lead and really enjoyed the

skywalk. As you stand on the glass floor of the sky-

walk and look down, you see the manicured gardens

over a thousand feet below---and it is scary. You fear

that the glass floor might collapse and you would go

hurtling down to your death. It was a thrill I really en-

joyed, a strange combination of fear and joy. Now, I’m

ready to do the skywalk on the Grand Canyon over the

edge! The bottom section of the tower houses the

Shanghai Municipal History Museum, which focuses

on over 100 years of Shanghai history, from the Opi-

um War of 1842 to the present. I was impressed with

the sophistication and complexity of its presentation.

We got a sense of how the British East India Company

forced Shanghai to import the British opium (produced in British India), which set off the two

From the Pastor’s Desk

“The time is always right to do what is right.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

St. Veronica Catholic School Serving South San Francisco since 1958

January 27-February 2 – Catholic Schools Week

www.saintveronicassf.org

Email: office@stveronicacatholicschool.org

Is your child ready for Kindergarten? Are you think-

ing of St. Veronica School as a new beginning for your

child’s education?

If so, you are cordially invited to our Open House at

St. Veronica School on Sunday, January 27, 2013. You

will have the opportunity to visit all the classrooms,

after the 9:30AM mass, speak with the teachers and

other parents. An Application packet will be available

if you are enrolling for the first time.

Please note: If you are thinking of enrolling your child

for a grade other than Kindergarten, grade availabil-

ity will be determined after Easter.

St. Veronica Catholic School, mindful of its mission to be witness to

the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color, and na-

tional and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, program and

activities generally accorded to or make available to all students at

this school. St. Veronica Catholic School does not discriminate on the

basis of race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex or disa-

bility in administration of educational policies, admissions policies,

scholarship and loan programs, athletic and other school-administered

programs.

OPEN HOUSE Sunday,

January 27, 2013 After the 9:30 a.m. Mass

until 12:00 p.m.

This week’s Gospel puzzle Last week’s puzzle solution

Saint Veronica Men’s club Crab Bash Saturday, February 9, 2013

6:00p.m. – Midnight

$50 per person with hosted bar

Surf & Turf Dinner Menu

Caesar salad, Marinated Crab, Tri -Tip with veggies, pesto pasta, & dessert

Please send in the reservation form, along with your check made out to

“St. Veronica Men’s Club”

Please indicate below all names in your party.

List Names

1.____________________________________

2.____________________________________

3.____________________________________

4.____________________________________

Number of adults attending _________ x $50 =

_____________

If you have any questions, please email Terrie Aqui-

no: graciesgems@sbcglobal.net

RSVP by January 31st. This event sells out very

quickly

If possible, we will try and seat you with other couples

of your choice:

1. ____________________________

2. _____________________________

3. _____________________________ 4. _____________________________

.Reservations can be sent to the school office or

Pastoral Center: Attention:

“CRAB BASH RESERVATIONS”

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A THINKING CATHOLIC

IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD?

Starting in Lent, the Archdiocese of San Francisco is offering a course designed to answer that very question. This

course will bring online presentations from the best theologians and teachers in the nation to illuminate Catholic teach-

ing on Christ, the Church, and the foundation for a hope-filled life in our modern world.

Meeting weekly from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. in locations throughout the Archdiocese, participants will gather to deep-

en their knowledge, share their lived faith and probe the questions that arise when adult Catholics grapple with the

awesome mysteries of God’s salvation.

To register, please fill out the form below and return it along with a check in the amount of $25.00, payable to the

Archdiocese of San Francisco. Please mail this registration form and your check to FORWARD IN FAITH, Archdio-

cese of San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cut here and mail form to above address along with payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Name _____________________________________________________

Phone _____________________________________________________

Address ____________________________________________________

Email ______________________________________________________

Your parish _________________________________________________

Please select the location where you will attend FORWARD IN FAITH.

Saint Anselm Church, Ross, Tuesday nights

Saint Mary Cathedral, San Francisco, Tuesday nights

Corpus Christi Church, San Francisco, Wednesday nights

Saint Stephen Church, San Francisco, Thursday nights

Saint Augustine Church, South San Francisco, Tuesday nights

Saint Denis Church, Menlo Park, Tuesday nights

Saint Mark Church, Belmont, Wednesday nights

Saint Dunstan Church, Millbrae, Thursday nights

(Please see the center spread of the bulletin for Session topics)