PastorFr. Joseph M. Tabigue, C.R.S.P.

Associate PastorsFr. Louis M. Solcia, C.R.S.P.

Fr. Albino M. Vecina, C.R.S.P.

DeaconStephen O’Riordan

Welcome to Our Lady of the Rosary Church

1629 Columbia St., San Diego, 92101 l Phone (619) 234-4820 l www.olrsd.org l parish@olrsd.org

Our Lady of the Rosary Mission StatementWe, the Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary, are a pilgrim church. Under the mantle of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we grow as a people of God following Jesus, celebrating the Eucharist, living apostolic service, continuing faith formation and Marian devotions. We strive to bring the joy of the gospel and imitate Jesus through compassion, mercy and love, especially for the poor and marginalized. We seek to be faithful stewards providing a heart and home for all.

Mass TimesDaily (Monday - Saturday)7:30 am - 12:00 pmSaturday Vigil5:30 pmSunday7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pmItalian Mass First Sunday 12:00 pmHoly Days7:30 am, 12:00 pm, 7:00 pm2nd SundayGregorian Chant Latin Mass 4:00 pm The Most Holy Trinity

May 22, 2016

Italian National Catholic Parish

Our Lady of the Rosary Page 2 Little Italy, San Diego, CA

Pastor’s CornerLast Sunday in our reflection we men-tioned of the Holy Spirit as the greatest weapon of the disciples in their mission of spreading the good news and the mighty acts of God done in Jesus Christ.

Again our gospel this Sunday of the Most Holy Trinity talks about of one of the roles of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will guide the CHURCH to all truth because He is the spirit of truth. The mission of the CHURCH is the same mission of the Most Holy Trinity as Jesus taught to his disciples “Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he (Holy Spirit) will take from what is mine and declare it you.” The CHURCH needs the presence of the Holy Spirit to help her understand the truth and to be able to proclaim the truth.

The Most Holy Trinity guards us al-ways from our enemies so that we may not turn away from the truth especial-ly when we are attacked by the false teaching against the doctrine of the TRINITY.

May the blessings of the Most Holy Trinity always be with you all. Amen

Our Lady of The Rosary Church Is a Hearing Loop equipped building to aid in hearing.

We Welcome All Visitors to Our CelebrationWhile Holy Communion may only be received by prepared Catholics, for our non-Catholic guests you are welcome to join the line to walk towards the priest or deacon to receive a special blessing: Simply cross your arms over your chest to receive a blessing.

Masses for the Week of May 22, 2016Date for Mass request Requested by

Saturday May 217:30 am Perpetual Membership 12:00 pm Frank Crivello † Frank Damato5:30 pm Andrew DeMaria † Ann DeMaria Sunday May 227:30 am Francesco Crivello † Anna Fiorentino9:00 am People of the Parish10:30 am Antonino & Rosalia Mercurio † Giuseppe Tarantino12:00 pm Josephine Bologna Estedo Family Monday May 237:30 am Mary Tarantino † Sal & Maria Zizzo12:00 pm Michele Fiorentino † Mario & Donate Fiorentino Berchmas Jacob Anna JacobTuesday May 247:30 am Frank Crivello Jerry Bohun 12:00 pm Consuelo Diaz DeBravo † Katherine Brower & Cony DeBravo Albita † Patricia SakoverWednesday May 25 7:30 am Peter LoCoco Wife & Sons12:00 pm Antoinette Guidi † Steve & Rosalie Balistreri Anthony DiPronio † Paul FrancoThursday May 26 7:30 am Frank Crivello † Angelo Storniolo12:00 pm Frank Crivello † John & Dorothy LoCoco Fares & Craft Families AnonFriday May 277:30 am Frank Crivello † Frank & Suzann LoCoco12:00 pm William John Pollan A Thankful Mother Elizabeth Jacob Anna JacobSaturday May 287:30 am Perpetual Membership 12:00 pm Antonio, Antonina & Joseph † Mary McIlwee5:30 pm Andrew DeMaria † Ann DeMaria

Prayer IntentionsWe are listing the names of those who are sick, and need prayers.

Remember in your prayers Colleen Nichols, Meade Massa,

Pat Land To submit a name of a relative or friend, you may call the office with the name, or send an e-mail to parish@olrsd.org. Names will remain on the list for three weeks, unless otherwise requested. Newly added names

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Upcoming EventsSunday, May 22nd - Knights of Columbus Membership DriveMembership drive from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm in front of the church.

Sunday, May 22nd - Photo DirectoryPhotos taken for the parish directory in the upper church hall from 8:30 am to 11:00 am.

Monday, May 23 - Knights of Columbus General MeetingMeets in the upper church hall at 7:00 pm.

Wednesday, May 25 - Bible StudyBible study class meets to study the Life of Jesus with Fr. Louis Solcia. Meets in the lower church hall this week at 7:00 pm.

Thursday, May 26 - Baptism ClassBaptism preparation class conducted by Deacon Stephen O’Riordan meets in the Padre Pio Room at 6:30 pm.

Thursday, May 26 - Mercy ClassMeets in the lower church hall from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Visit the parish’s website for the complete calendar.

EucharisticProcessionIn celebration of

theFeast of Corpus Christi, everyone

is invited to participate in a sidewalk Eucharistic

Procession around the block of OLR

next Sunday,May 29th,

immediately following the

10:30 AM Mass.

Faith Formation CornerRegistration for CCD 2016-2017

Registration forms are available in the Pastoral Center. Please register your child for 2016- 2017 by May 31st.

The offices of Our Lady of the Rosary will be closed on Monday, May 30th in remembrance of Memorial Day.

Mother's Day Novena

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Remembered in the Mothers Day Novena of Masses

Mother’s Day Novena Inez ForsytheBlanche KorpalskiNancy TaylorMinnie RobinsonAgnes WilliamsAntoinette GuidiJennie Blasi HopperFelicitas Matinez AyalaVirginia Pauline MoranvilleKatie AsaroRuth OsunaTobia KattulaGazala KattulaDiantha AbaroaDorothy LincolnEva Louise CalduellGina Gillis Nee MinguillanLiz Beyer Nee MinguillanMargaret Beth LewisTrinidad MedozaIrene PoperGulia LoaiyaMa Christine Warner HauserAuelina MonglicmotMaria Teresa Alvarez QuinteroMargaret MorrisFlorence MorrisTeresa VillasenorStella LehrEnoe Reyes MinozaLouise VentoAnita BohnRuth PerranceMrs. BronowGrandma JohnstonGrandma PiersonAmalia YoungGrandma YoungAnna Costello Stella FohneCeclia EhretCarolina BohmMary Barone

Mother’s Day Novena Maura KorbinMarilynn NevilleCasey SilvaMary Ellen GordonMary Lynn PedrazaLisa DeStefanoNorma AlstonKathleen GutierrezLilly CastagnolaLori Maria LopezSarinllsa VitaleAntonia VitaleMartha SalasCleatilde BantistaLeah SoriagaMatilde Ortiz-LuisCarmen AguirreDionisia HernandezGinny CirinoClanca Clara de VargasGuadalupe MirandaSharon BlasoDeirdre OakelyShirley JordanCheryl PaoluccioHelen FaresEleanore BurkeAlice OchoaRosalinda MarucaMarissaRossySandra CeciliaAline FloresJuanitaMague VelazquezNorma AntoniaNatalie RaffeMary MurphyNena MinguillanMarjorie Sue BarkerLionia RaquelRosalinda BarreraRosalind Donoghue

Mother’s Day Novena Sara CavataioEsther LeuzziPamela FrancoJacquelyn MuluaneyMarilyn M/H CobbBegliardi ClaraChristine KaneFlorencia PagadorDorothy GorhamRosemary GotthelfIrene RiveraDolores MorrisYnette MorrisChristina MorrisRose Lopez GonzalesVirginia SanchezCelia ArellanoRose Marie BalistrieriJune LasaterDeloris MeyerEdith PagadorEditha AustriaFlorence PanganibanNila AbedeNida LinaErica Swan UchietsChristina Swan RamirezJean HogeAuda KruegerHarriet FinkAnna Karina DistsaioNancy BurkeEilerMaria ToradoMaria Antonieta TorrescanoBrenda BaezJessica SkillmoreYuvemalia Maria BellMary Grimm

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BACKGROUND OF THE LITURGYThe Most Holy Trinity

The Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity should be the root and center of our entire spiritual life. Longstanding tradition in the Church states that devotion to Our Lady is a sign of a healthy spiritual life. Even so, Mary is not the center of our prayer life or our faith life!

The Mystery of the Trinity is the heart and center. From this mystery comes, first of all, the Incarnation. From the Incarnation comes the redemptive life of Jesus Christ. From the mystery of redemption comes the sacramental life of the Church.

And in the mystery of the Church and the sacraments (especially Eucharist) we have the Communion of Saints and special devotion to Our Lady. But everything is tied together in the Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. In an attempt to describe what our faith life, our prayer life, our spiritual life should be, we use four prepositions: to, through, in, and with. Let us begin at the outset with true doctrine.

We believe that there is one God in Three Persons, co-equal in majesty. The words of the Athanasian Creed are our expression of profound belief: The Father is eternal, almighty, infinite; so also the Son; so also the Holy Spirit. Yet there, are not three almighties or three eternals or three infinites, but only one almighty, eternal, infinite God.

But the Father is not the Son, and the Son is not the Holy Spirit. From all eternity the Father begets the Son; from all eternity, the Son is born of the Father. From all eternity, the Father and the Son produce the Holy Spirit; from all eternity, the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (or from the Father through the Son).

With such profound and precise theological distinctions, how can the Trinity be the practical basis and root of our spiritual life? Here is where the prepositions come in. Although God is to be adored as God, and although each Person must be adored as God, nevertheless, we attribute origins to the Father.

Our, liturgical prayer is usually addressed to the Father. We consider the Father to be the Creator, the source of life and of every blessing, therefore in our spiritual life, our prayer must be primarily directed to the Father; our personal and private spiritual life should parallel and imitate our liturgical life.

Even though He reveals Himself as “Father” and as “Shepherd” and as one having tender care over us, as the God of loving kindness, still we realize our own situation and we hesitate to come to Him. What is there that we can offer him which is worthy of Him? How can we repay His infinite majesty when we have sinned?

We come to the Father through the Son. From all eternity, the Father modeled us on His Son. And not on the eternal Son as such, but on the eternal Son as He became flesh. According to Pauline thought and the thought of Duns Scotus, the Son would have become incarnate even if there had never been any sin!

From all eternity, we were to be modeled on the incarnate Son who was to come. Jewish theology held (and still holds) that the Torah was the ultimate Word of God. God from all eternity breathed forth His Torah which was his ultimate word, His ultimate self-revelation.

This ultimate word of the Torah was not made known to mankind until Moses, but it was eternal. And it was the model of all creation. All things were made through, unto, and for the Torah.

When Paul became Christian, he did not change his theological framework; he simply changed his doctrine! Whatever he had previously held about the Torah, he now applied to Christ Jesus: He is the ultimate and eternal Word.

Through Him all things were made. From all eternity, God chose us in Him to be His adopted children. He is the first-born of all creation. He is the model, the purpose, and the cause of all creation.

Therefore, if we shrink from approaching the all-holy Father, we come to the Father through Jesus Christ! He came to this earth in order to bring us to the Father. Because of sin, He restored us to the Father’s favor and He gave Himself totally and completely to the Father for our sake. And He joins us to Himself.

Therefore through Him, we have access to the Father. Through Him, we have the forgiveness of our sins. Through Him we offer God a worthy sacrifice of praise, appeasement and thanksgiving.

Jesus is our one Mediator with the Father. He pleads for us at the right hand of the Father. He alone is our Savior.

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We find on each page of the New Testament the power that we have in coming to the Father through Jesus Christ, his Son.

Jesus Christ has gone to heaven to prepare a place for us. He is in the Father’s glory to be our Media-tor, Redeemer and Savior. But even he can seem far removed from us: His saving deeds can seem so long ago and far away. Therefore he sent us the Paraclete, the Spirit.

In the Spirit, we are made one with the Lord Jesus Christ. In the Spirit, we are conjoined with all the other members of Christ so that we bear each oth-er’s burdens and carry each other’s sorrows. In the Spirit, we are enabled to live the very life of Jesus Christ while still living in this world.

The Spirit is our advocate, our strength, our defense attorney here on earth. The Spirit enables us to pray when we do not feel like praying. When we are bone-dry, the Spirit within us cries out “Abba, Fa-ther.” The Spirit manifests among us the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In the Spirit, as we said, we are joined with each member of Christ: This includes not only the mem-bers here on earth, but those in heaven. We have in them wonderful examples of the life of Christ. With them we all give glory to God.

The most important member of Christ, of course, is his Mother, the Blessed ever-virgin Mary. She is what we should have been, were it not for sin. She is the sign to us of what we shall be in spite of sin. She is the perfect model of the Christian life. With, her, and with all the saints, in the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ, we give glory to our heavenly Father.

Every blessing in turn comes from the Father to us through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. We need to make this mystery the practical basis of every prayer of ours. We cannot have a tormented spiritual life; it is not Christian! We can’t go running to this or that saint, or doing this or that devotion, or saying this or that prayer as if we just “do things.” Rather, our en-tire prayer life must be grounded in and oriented to the mystery of the Trinity. With the above meditation in mind, let us look at the Scriptures today: Our first reading was formerly used in Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the wisdom literature of the Old Tes-tament, wisdom is often personi fied. True wisdom was thought to be the Torah.

As we have said, the Torah was the ultimate, eternal self-revelation of God. It was God’s eternal word. With the fullness of Christian revelation, we realize that Jesus Christ, not the Torah, is the wisdom of

the Father. He was before all ages, at the Father’s side, when all things were made. In the theology of both Paul and of John, Jesus Christ is the eternal Word, the Wisdom of the Father. He is the model and cause of all creation.

The second reading expresses our Trinitarian spirit-uality: We have access to the Father through Jesus Christ. We share his life, and therefore experience afflictions. These afflictions help us to mature in faith and hope. Our hope is fulfilled because the Holy Spirit has been poured out into our hearts.

The gospel speaks of the return of Jesus to the glory of the Father. But in Jesus’ name, the Father will send the Spirit to guide us into all truth. The Spirit will confirm the Church in truth. This is one of the great passages which give us assurance that the Church must always teach truth and can, never teach error.

This may give us another insight on our relationship with the persons of the Trinity: As the Son is the full-ness of the Father, so the Church is the fullness of Christ because of the Holy Spirit. Christ manifested the truth of the Father; now that he returns to the Father, the Church will manifest the truth of Christ because of the Holy Spirit.

Let us rejoice in the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the Church. Let us renew our dedication to the in-fallible teaching authority of the Church. And let us ground our lives in the mystery of the Trinity: Give glory to the Father through the Son in the Holy Spirit with the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the saints!

Our Lady’s GiftsLocated in the

Pastoral Center building. Enter from parking lot.

Monday - Wednesday: 10:00 am - 3:00 pmThursday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pmFriday: 10:00 am - 8:00 pmSaturday: 10:00 am - 5:30 pmSunday: 8:30 am - 2:00 pm

(619) 234-0162 ~ shop@olrsd.org

Our Lady of the Rosary

Parish OfficeMonday - Friday 9:00 am to12:00 pm; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pmPhone: (619) 234-4820 ~ Fax: (619) 234-3559PastorFr. Joseph M. Tabigue, C.R.S.P. josephcrsp@olrsd.org

Associate PastorsFr. Louis M. Solcia, C.R.S.P.Fr. Albino M. Vecina, C.R.S.P.padreal@olrsd.orgDeaconStephen O’Riordan deaconstephen@olrsd.orgBusiness ManagerBill Smirniotis william@olrsd.orgFor bulletin announcements, accounting, Mass requests, funerals, or general information: Call the office or email parish@olrsd.org

To Register as a ParishionerThe easiest way is to go to our website and fill out the form found in the New to OLR tab. You may also copy the form and mail it to the office at 1629 Columbia St., San Diego 92101.

BaptismFor registered parishioners. Parents and godparents must attend a Baptism class, held on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the Month, 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Baptisms are done on the 1st Sunday of the month. Register online.Matrimony Notice is required nine months in advance and before any other arrangements are made (i.e. hall rental, invitation printing, etc). Contact the office.Eucharist for the Homebound/SickContact the office to schedule receipt ofEucharist at home.CCD/Children’s Faith FormationK - 7th Grade Classes are held Sundays, 9 – 11 AM. First Holy Communion is 1st and 2nd gradesConfirmation is 8th and 9th grades. (Please consult Pastor about special circumstances.) R.C.I.A (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) Instructions for Adults desiring to receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist meet Tuesdays at 7:00 pm in the Downstairs Hall from September to Pentecost.

Readings for the WeekSunday PRV 8:22-31; ROM 5:1-5; JN 16:12-15Monday 1 PT 1:3-9; MK 10:17-27Tuesday 1 PT 1:10-16; MK 10:28-31Wednesday 1 PT 1:18-25; MK 10:32-45Thursday 1 PT 2:2-5, 9-12; MK 10:46-52Friday 1 PT 4:7-13; MK 11:11-26Saturday Jude 17, 20b-25; MK 11:27-33Next Sunday GN 14:18-20; 1 COR 11: 23-26; LK 9:11b-17

Please, Come to Church Dressed Appropriately!To be modestly and tastefully dressed is a sign of respect for God, for our selves, and for others. It’s a false assumption that God does not care how we dress. Jesus told us, “Whatever you do to the least of my brothers, you do it to me.” If our attire is indecently provocative (short shorts, strapless, backless, spaghetti strap dresses/tops, or displaying cleavage), displaying unwholesome graphics (skulls, advertisements, scantly clad people) or tattered, it becomes offensive to our brothers and sisters who are worshipping the Lord and therefore offensive to God’s Majesty. Ask this question: “Would you dress this way before God?” You are! He sees everything and you are in His house.

DevotionsSacred Heart Devotion 1st Friday at 7:30 amBlessed Mother Devotion 1st Saturday at 7:30 amMother of Perpetual Help Devotion Tuesday at 7:30 pmGoretti Mass & Devotion 1st Friday at 6:30 pmSt. Padre Pio Devotion 1st Monday of the month at 6:30 pm

Reconciliation (Confession)Saturdays 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm,Weekdays 11:30 am to 12:00 pm30 minutes prior to each Mass (approach thealtar and ask the priest).