HOLY NAME OF JESUS PARISH San Francisco, CA www.HolyName-SF.org FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME January 29, 2012

MASS INTENTIONS WEEK of January 29, 2012

Sun 29 7:30 AM Mass for the People

9:30 AM Glenn Cheetham†

11:30 AM Ina Gavin†

Mon 30 7:30 AM Andrew Farren†

9:00 AM Special Intentions of the

Carbonel Family†

Tue 31 7:30 AM Castor Nacario†

9:00 AM John McEllistrim†

Wed 01 7:30 AM Jacob Dietzen†

9:00 AM Chuck Mertes†

Thu 02 7:30 AM Roger Pendenza

Family†

9:00 AM John McEllistrim†

Fri 03 7:30 AM Lee Lui Chong Yuk†

9:00 AM Pat Kinsella†

Sat 04 7:30 AM Kun Chat Chiang† &

Wai Chun Lau†

9:00 AM Antonio Campos†

5:00 PM Peter Morley†

We pray for the Sick ...that they may experience God’s Love and Healing. Lorenzo Aguirre, Dalmacio Briones Jr., Deogracias Cusi, Evangeline Agbunag, Gene Relampagos, Mani Glanz, Janice Di Martini, Mary Medina, Clara Lee, Amy McNally, Peggy McCar-thy, Jorge Buccat, Arturo Martin, Alexis Rivera, Aurora Ur-meneta, Alice Fiumara, Philip Nordstrom, Inge Nordstrom, Rosa Maria Alonso, Marilou L. Dullano, Laura Andrade, Viola Mahoney, Christopher Weinman, Poy Wong, Leny Lopez, Mee Yee, Arturo Palarca, Johanna Bualat, Juan Aguirre, Frank Lynch, Arlene V. Rivera, Kevin Lu , Dory Constantino, Daniel E. Da-Luz, Margaret O’Brien, Fr. Tom Seagrave

We pray for those who have Died…that they may be granted a home in heaven.

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME January 29, 2012 Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the LORD who made us.—Psalm 95:6

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Moses spoke to all the people, saying: “A prophet like me will the LORD, your God, raise up for you” (Deuteronomy 18:15-20). Psalm — If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading — Brothers and sisters: I should like you to be free of anxieties (1 Corinthians 7:32-35). Gospel — The people were astonished at Jesus’ teaching (Mark 1:21-28).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13; Mk 5:1-20 Tuesday: 2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30 — 19:3;

Mk 5:21-43 Wednesday: 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17; Mk 6:1-6 Thursday: Mal 3:1-4; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 [22-32]Friday: Sir 47:2-11; Mk 6:14-29 Saturday: 1 Kgs 3:4-13; Mk 6:30-34 Sunday: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; Ps 147; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23;

Mk 1:29-39

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time;

Catholic Schools Week Tuesday: St. John Bosco Thursday: The Presentation of the Lord;

Groundhog Day Friday: St. Blaise; St. Ansgar; Blessing of Throats;

First Friday Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday

SAVE THE DATE:

ANNUAL MANDATORY MEETING FOR EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS and

THOSE WHO WISH TO BE EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 1 PM in the F.C.

And ANNUAL MANDATORY MEETING FOR ALL LECTORS and those WHO WISH TO BE LECTORS

Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 1 PM in the F.C.

ACE COLLECTION Next Sunday’s Second Collection is the ACE Collection for the benefit of our Parish School. Your generosity is always appreciated by our school children.

PENNY DRIVE 2011 We are still collecting for our penny drive...

Pennies, Silver Change, Dollars & Checks welcome! We have collected $3,344.89 towards our goal of $5,290. Proceeds of this fundraiser will be used to pay for a candle stand

for the Chapel You may drop off your donations in the glass containers at the back of the Church or at the Pastoral Center office.

HOLY NAME TREE OF LIFE The Holy Name “Tree of Life”, a bronze tree trunk with ap-proximately 400 leaves is located at the back of the Church. Donors can have their names, or those they wish to honor, en-graved on the leaf. The proceeds of the donations to the “Tree of Life” will go towards a much-needed Capital Improve-ment Fund. Each leaf costs $500 with a $25.00 engraving charge. We suggest setting a MAXIMUM number of charac-ters per leaf to 5 lines, 25 characters per line including spaces. Leaf color choices are ___Gold, ___Silver or ___Bronze.

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Please send engraving request with check payment (payable to Holy Name Parish) or drop by the church office, 1555 39th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122. For more information, please call (415) 664-8590.

BAKE SALE The Religious Education teach-ers together with the Youth Group, will sponsor a Bake sale to raise money to go to the Religious Ed. Congress - March 2012 Please support this activity and help our Reli-gious Education Teachers and the Youth Leader to be able to attend the Congress.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 5TH SUNDAY COLLECTION We hope everyone had a joyous Christmas and

will also enjoy a healthy New Year. The funds from these 5th Sunday collections are used to help those in need.

Assistance is given to persons who come to the Pastoral Center for food, shelter or travel needs. We also provide financial help to SVDP programs and other conferences

dealing directly with persons in need. Thank you again for your past support. Please use your SVDP enve-lope in this weekend’s collection.

The Archdiocese of San Francisco Invites you to our Celebration of the

21st WORLD DAY OF THE SICK MASS A Special Invitation to the Sick and their Caregivers

Location: Cathedral of St. Mary the Assumption, 1111 Gough Street at Geary, San Francisco, CA Principal Celebrant: Archbishop George Niederauer Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012 Time: Noon Hosted by: Order of Malta Western Association, USA

HOLY NAME

Presents…

Youth Mass February 5, 2012

9:30 AM

COME & JOIN US!!

HOLY NAME CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything." ~ Plato Private instrumental or voice lessons are at the center of every musician’s education, and are essential to developing a lifelong love of music. The Holy Name Conservatory of Music offers private instruction to students ages five through adult in piano, guitar, violin or voice. Our teachers tailor pri-vate lessons to address the learning style and goals of each student, from the beginner to the advanced student aspiring a career in music. Equal emphasis is placed on developing technical proficiency, inter-pretive skills, individual creativity, and self-confidence. Our students are encouraged to partici-pate in the Fall and Spring Recitals every year. The Spring Semester has started but there's still time to catch up. There are a few timeslots still available. Please contact Jackie at (415) 664-8590 for more information about our program and our es-teemed faculty. More information is also available on the Parish website www.holyname-sf.org and click on "Conservatory" .

COMING UP IN MARCH: FIL-AM CASINO TRIP. More information will be available in next week’s bulletin.

The Soul cannot live without love.—St. Francis de Sales

BLESSING OF THE THROATS In honor of the Feast of St. Blaise, there will be a blessing of the throats at the 7:30 and 9 AM Masses in the Chapel on Friday, February 3.

When we try to make an impression, that’s the impression we make—anonymous

FAZtor’s Notes By Fr. Arnold Zamora Thank you again for your support for the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. Looking at the list of parishes that have and have not completed their assess- ment and those that exceeded their goal, it made me proud of our parish. I already received a check of $2,465 as the reimbursement or the surplus of our goal that we have exceeded. We will use this money for the repair of our church doors. This may not be enough but it certainly helps. We welcome our Catholic students, especially our Holy Name school children, this Sunday at the 9:30AM Mass for the opening of Catholic Schools Week, which usually begins the last Sunday in Janu-ary. This year it is January 29th to February 5th. Catholic Schools Week is an annual national celebra-tion of the important role that Catholic elementary and secondary schools across the country play in provid-ing a value-added education for America’s young peo-ple. I can still feel the heartache of the 49ers loss to the NY Giants. I am not here to memorialize that de-feat or to add insult to injury. I just have some reflec-tions on that day, that rainy Sunday. I said to myself, “rain or shine” they play! But is it “rain or shine” we pray? Then I came across another reflection that I would simply entitle: “Isn’t it funny?” Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Isn't it funny how someone can say 'I believe in God' but still follows the ways of the devil (who, by the way, also 'believes' in God). Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing? Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me? Why is it so hard to tell the truth but yet so easy to tell a lie? Why are we so sleepy in church but right when the sermon is over, we suddenly wake up? Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e-mail, but yet we forward all of the nasty ones? Yes, God loves us all, but He favors "fruits of the spirit" over "religious nuts!"

“Working for God does not pay much, but His retire-ment plan is out of this world.”

HOLY NAME SCHOOL A Catholic K-8th School in the Sunset District

OPEN HOUSE Holy Name School & Preschool Welcomes You Families are invited to visit Holy Name School & Preschool to learn more about our community. Holy Name School is a Catholic school commit-ted to offering its students a strong, spiritual foundation based on the teachings of the Catholic Church and a solid, academic education. Each student is expected to achieve his or her highest level of scholarship while learning values to help them become compassionate, contributing and responsible members of society. Wednesday, February 1st at 8:30 AM Holy Name School•1560 40th Ave. /Lawton St. www.holynamesf.com Holy Name Preschool is located in our former library on the right hand side of the schoolyard towards the arcade. Please call the School (415)731-4077 or the Preschool (415) 664-4753 for more information.

HOLY NAME PRESCHOOL

Ages 2 1/2 - 6 yrs.

HOLY NAME SCHOOL Celebrates Catholic Schools Week

January 30th-February 3rd The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2012 is: “Catholic Schools: Faith. Academics. Service.” The theme expresses three priorities that make Catholic schools stand apart from other educational institutions. Children are taught faith – not just the basics of Christi-anity, but how to have a relationship with God. Aca-demics, which in Catholic schools are held to very high standards, help each child reach his or her poten-tial. Service, the giving of one’s time and effort to help others, is taught both as an expression of faith and good citizenship. “ It is the responsibility of the entire Catho-lic community—bishops, priests, deacons, religious, and laity—to continue to strive towards the goal of making our Catholic elementary and secondary schools availa-ble, accessible, and affordable to all Catholic parents and their children, including those who are poor and middle class. California’s 569 Catholic elementary and 114 Cath-olic high schools currently have more than 214,000 stu-dents enrolled.

ABOUT OUR COVER: Rembrandt. Simeon with the Christ Child in the Temple c.1666-69. Oil in Canvas. National Museum. Stockholm, Sweden.

Weekly Offering 1/22/12 1/23/11

CASH 1,390.07 1,342.84

CHECKS 2,759.00 2,624.00

Total Collection 4,149.07 3,966.84

# of Envelopes 198 220

WHOSE AUTHORITY? A man stands on your front doorstep, holding a Bible: “Good afternoon. May I share a few words of Christian truth with you?” “Sure. Where do you get this truth?” “From the Bible, of course.” “That’s your authority? The Bible?”

“Yes, it’s the only authority for Christians.” “Can you prove that from the Bible?” “What do you mean?” “I mean I don’t believe the Bible claims to be the sole rule of faith. Please show me where the Bible claims such a status for itself.” Sometimes the conversation goes more like this: “Good afternoon. May I share a few words of Christian truth with you?” “No, I’m a Catholic.” The door closes. Many door-to-door proselytizers have good intentions. They want to convert you to the “truth”—as they see it. From their perspective, the Bible is the sole authority for the Christian faith. Some are taught that Catholics are prohibited from reading the Bible or know nothing about the scriptures. However, not only do we have full access to the Bible, but we hear segments of it proclaimed every time we celebrate Mass. In today’s first reading God gives Moses the right to speak with divine authority to the people of Israel. In today’s readings Jesus and Moses are recognized as speaking and acting with the authority of God. Both Jesus and Moses acted as a bridge between the people and God. For us the scriptures are a bridge for God’s truth, but so are the sacraments and the lived ex-perience of the Church—what we call Tradition. It is part of our responsibility as disciples of Jesus to learn from the scriptures, to listen attentively at Mass, to read scrip-ture prayerfully for ourselves, and to learn more about the Bible through reading, studying, and learning with others.

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MARRIAGE PREPARATION PROGRAM This program is available to all engaged cou-ples, and space is guaranteed. This program satisfies the San Francisco Archdiocese, Oakland, San Jose and Santa Rosa Dioceses requirement for marriage prepa-ration. Engaged couples are invited to view marriage as a Sacrament of our Church. This Archdiocesan ap-proved program focuses on viewing marriages as: a lifelong commitment; a journey of love and renewal; a rela-tionship that includes Christ; an integral part of our Church. 2012 Sessions February 4th , March 24th , May 5th , August 4th , October 20th

Programs are one day, all day, Saturdays, 8:30 AM-5 PM Location: St Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St. @ Geary

Blvd., San Francisco, 94109 Cost: $200 per couple – Includes Lunch

Lead Couple: Joe & Connie D’Aura For information: call: 415-664-8108,

or email: daura@ccwear.com

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS Celebrated by Rev. William Young

Immaculate Conception Church 3255 Folsom St. (cross St. is Cesar Chavez St.)

Every Sunday at 5:30 PM For more information please contact:

Helena (650) 906-9618 Andrew (415) 5151-9613 Glenda (650) 291-4251

Naty (415) 564-8473

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Forty days after Christmas, this week’s ancient feast of the Presentation of the Lord is an extension of the shining days of Christ’s coming into the depths of winter. This is the day when, for a thousand years, the Church has blessed a year’s supply of candles. In many places, a procession forms outside the church. The core memory is of Simeon and Anna’s meeting with the infant Jesus and his parents outside the tem-ple on the fortieth day after the child’s birth, and the delight of going to the table of the Lord for the Eucha-rist, a foretaste of our final meeting with Christ. For some Christians, today is known as “The Meeting,” suggesting not only the encounter in the temple, but also our assembly at the Lord’s table and our longing for the kingdom. One story suggests that the commotion made by so many candle-bearing, hymn-singing faithful in the wintry fields of Germany on their joyful way to Mass stirred the badger from hibernation to examine this promise of springtime. The interrupted nap of the groundhog is amazingly linked to the light of Christ driving away the shadows of the world’s darkness. This beautiful feast only rare-ly falls on a Sunday. What better reason could there be for candles at dinner tonight? —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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

Holy Name Parish Business Office: est. 1925 1555 39th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122 Phone: (415) 664-8590 Fax: (415) 759-4293 www.HolyName-SF.org

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. To register or more infor-mation please contact Jackie at (415) 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.

SCHEDULE OF MASSES Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM (Family Mass), 11:30 AM, 3:15 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 Sacred Heart of Jesus Devotions: Friday after 9:00 AM Mass Perpetual Help Devotions: Saturday after 9:00 AM Mass First Saturday Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary begins at 8:30 AM with the Rosary, then Mass & Benediction 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.) Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00 PM in 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) except JULY & AUGUST 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 (Assembly Room); Please contact Jackie at (415) 664-8590 FIL-AM Club: Every 3rd Friday of the month, 6:45 pm (except Oct. and Nov. at 7:30 pm) at the Flanagan Center. HOLY NAME Choir Practice: every Tuesday at 7:30 PM

PARISH STAFF: Rev. Arnold E. Zamora, Pastor Rev. Nicasio Paloso, Parochial Vicar Most Rev. Ignatius C. Wang, JCD Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus/In Residence 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 of 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, Gym Director Rodil Hidalgo, Boys Athletic Director Vince de Lucca, Girls Athletic Director

HOLY NAME PRESCHOOL: (415) 664-4753 Alice Ho Seher, Preschool Director Website: www.holynamesf.com & click on Preschool