2555 SEVENTEENTH AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116 TEL: (415) 664-8481; FAX: (415) 661-2957 EMAIL: STCECILIA@STCECILIA.COM WEB : STCECILIA.COM

PARISH OFFICE:

At this time, the Parish Office is open on a limited basis. To contact our Parish staff please see the Parish website or leave a message with the office. Your inquiry will be returned as soon as possible. TEMPORARY MASS SCHEDULE: MONDAY - SATURDAY: 9:00 AM SATURDAY VIGIL - 5:00 PM SUNDAY: 9:30 AM AND 11:30 AM

CHILDREN’S FAITH FORMATION (CFF)

Pre-K/K to Grade 8 Virtual Classes

Louise Foo, CFF Volunteer Email: lhyfoo@hotmail.com

SACRAMENT of BAPTISM

Registered parishioners are invited to have their children baptized at St. Cecilia’s. Parents and

Godparents must participate in our Baptismal Preparation program.

RITE of CHRISTIAN INITIATION of ADULTS (Adult Baptism)

For information, please call (415) 664-8481

CONFESSION

By Appointment (415) 664-8481

SACRAMENT of MATRIMONY To be married at St. Cecilia, either the bride or the

groom must be Roman Catholic. 1. You qualify as an “in parish” couple if you live within the parish boundaries or, have been regis-tered and active for six months or, have been raised in the parish. 2. If you do not meet one of the three qualifications, then you are considered an “outside of parish” couple. 3. Contact the parish office at least six months prior to the date of your proposed wedding to participate in our marriage preparation program.

ANOINTING of the SICK This sacrament is for the elderly, the seriously ill, or those scheduled for surgery. Call us when a family member is admitted to a hospital or nursing facility.

SICK CALLS In case of emergency, please call 415-535-8719.

HOSPITAL VISITS &

MINISTRY to the HOMEBOUND Please call the Rectory with the names of

relatives or friends in the hospital or homebound.

PASTOR Rev. Rene Ramoso

ASSOCIATE PASTORS

Rev. Paul Arnoult Rev. Sebastine Bula, VC

DEACON

Rev. Mr. Rory Desmond

IN RESIDENCE Rev. Msgr. Floro Arcamo

Rev. L. Joseph Landi

SECRETARY: Irma Lavitoria

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SCHOOL 660 Vicente Street San Francisco, CA 94116 Phone: (415) 731-8400 Email:Office@stceciliaschool.org Principal: Christopher Uskert Secretary: Karen Carberry Receptionist: Karen Colen Monday thru Friday: 8:00AM-3:30PM

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This Week’s Mass Intentions Monday, March 08 Vicente Chiang

Trevor Roberts

William S. Stewart, Living

Tuesday, March 09

Sesinando Gonzaga

John McCorry

Jamileh Nazzalla

Wednesday, March 10

Frances Gaffey

Joy Dayoan Banaria

Jerry Berlandis

Thursday, March 11

Anne McEntee Keville

Eulogia Paulo Bayona

James and John O’Neill

Friday, March 12

William McLaughlin

Jack and Maria Kavanagh

Felisa Trinidad Resurreccion

Saturday, March 13

Philip and Patricia Kwan

Health of Phil Rosprim

Marybeth Barrett

Sunday, March 14

Florentino A. Herrera

Dr. Edward & Anthony Erigero

Third Sunday of Lent - March 07, 2021

CONFESSIONS Confessions are scheduled by appointment. Please call the parish

office @ 415-664-8481 and leave a message saying your name,

phone number and day and time of your availability. One of the

priests will call you to confirm the scheduled appointment.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR GIFT

Offertory Collection 2021

February 27–28 - $9,797

TEMPORARY MASS SCHEDULE

At this time, we are celebrating one weekday (public) Mass

at 9:00 AM, Monday thru Saturday.

The church will be open for visitation from 9:00 AM thru

2:00 PM, Monday - Saturday, holidays excepted.

Saturday (vigil) Mass at 5:00 PM and Sunday Masses at

9:30 AM and 11:30 AM.

To attend Mass, a signed waiver is required, and masks and

social distancing must be maintained at all times.

Due to the ongoing health emergency, church capacity is

limited to a maximum of 100 persons.

If you are ill, elderly, have an underlying health condition,

or are simply anxious about returning to Church for any

reason, Archbishop Cordileone reminds you that, even

though public Masses have resumed, all Catholics are

dispensed from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass

indefinitely during this current health crisis. Remember that

all Masses are live-streamed, seven days a week.

The Instruction Manual

In the First Reading, God gives Moses and the Israelites the

ten commandments. These are God’s basic instruction manual

for life. In Christ’s Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5-7), that basic

instruction manual is supplied with more details. The ten

commandments forbid murder. The Sermon on the Mount

commands you actually to love your enemy, turn the other

cheek to him, and so on.

The rules of God’s instruction manual for us are helpful; but,

as we all have learned, it is hard to know in what

circumstances they apply. Suppose you take the

commandment about turning the other cheek to apply to

someone who is beating his wife. If you apply it to mean that

you should not try to stop him, you will simply be cooperating

with his evil.

The trick is to see that the commandment about turning the

other cheek has to be applied in the context of the broader

rule: love your enemy. If you enable your enemy to become

more evil, how have you loved him?

Elsewhere in the Gospel (John 2:15), Christ uses a whip to

chase the moneychangers out of the Temple. In doing this he

helps us understand how to apply the rules. In cases where

turning the other cheek would make your enemy worse

instead of better, loving your enemy requires helping him to

stop his evil in some other way. And that is why the same

Christ who gave the Sermon on the Mount drives out the

moneychangers. If he had turned the other cheek to them, he

would have been an enabler of their evil. Instead, it is good for

them, as well as for others, that they stop the evil they were

doing. And so Christ uses force to get them to stop.

Here is the thing to notice, then. God’s instruction manual for

life is not limited just to the sets of rules in the ten

commandments and the Sermon on the Mount. There is a

medieval saying: every act of Christ is a teaching for us

(Omnis Christi actio nostra est instructio).* Christ’s life and

actions, as they are set out in the Gospels, are our best help

for seeing how to live our lives well. Our best instruction

manual is Christ himself. -Eleonore Stump

There is a medieval saying: every act of Christ

is a teaching for us

2021 & 2022 MASS INTENTIONS

To request a Mass Intention, please mail or drop off

your list with the following information:

1.) Name of person (indicate if living or deceased)

2.) Name and phone number of the person requesting

the Mass.

3.) Check donations payable to Saint Cecilia Church.

* We still have openings as early as the 3rd week of

March 2021.

Saint Cecilia’s Mothers’ Club Fundraiser

St. Cecilia’s Mothers’ Club invites you to enjoy the annual

Spring Fundraiser, A Whole New World, on Saturday, March

20, 2021. With the support of our entire SC Community, we can

make this virtual fundraiser a huge success! Visit our website:

https://scssf.ejoinme.org/awnw to learn more and if you would

like to help with the fundraising, send an email to

SCSpringFundraiser2021@gmail.com.

2019-2020 Saint Cecilia Parish Financial Report

July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020

Is now available for your perusal on our website

under the NEWS heading or you may request a hard

copy from the Parish Office.

Fasting and Abstinence

Good Friday, and all Fridays of Lent: Everyone of age 14

and up must abstain from consuming meat.

On Good Friday: Everyone of age 18 to 59 must fast unless

exempt for medical reasons.

Those that are excused from fasting and abstinence outside

the age limits include the physically or mentally ill, including

individuals suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes.

Also excluded are pregnant or nursing women. In all cases,

common sense should prevail, and ill persons should not

further jeopardize their health by fasting.

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Congratulations to our newly confirmed!

Alex Allison Jacob Aloise

Santino Baisman Molly Bradley

Eion Burke Timothy Chop

Joseph Coffey Claire Considine

Jayden Corado-Rosales Christopher Cua

Jamison Dekker Griffin Doeff

Vincent Douglas Dylan Duffy

Jonah Dy Alexa Endo

Aidan Fernandez-Del Campo Mary Kate Flynn

Alexander Manuel Fonseca Hunter Gabrielsen

Ava Godtland Gregory Gonzales

Kyle Haettenschiller Kennedy Hansen

Kingston Ho Brandon Holland

Colin Hu Ethan Hunter

Samantha Jaramillo Anthony Keenan

Genevieve Kohlmyer Alyssa King

Finn Kramer Connor Lewis

Jack Loos Nicholas Luongo

Jayden Ly Joe Maguire

Meaghan Manning Anam McCartney

Bennett McKee Joseph McKeon

Eoin McLoughlin Shalinda Moriarty

Eric Moulia Kate O’Keeffe

Julian Ozaeta Linda Palmer

Nathaniel Porter Sean Reyes

Conor Riordan Gavin Stans

Aidan Sweeney Gabriella Turok

Matt Valentini Noalani Victorio

Adan Zakrzewski Noah Vigil

Katherine von Germeten Nicholas von Germeten

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (DST) DST will begin at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March 14th

Dear Parishioners,

It is with deep sadness that we announce today that Mr. Christopher Uskert will be leaving Saint Cecilia

School this summer. Mr. Uskert has served as Principal for almost two years and has been a great leader for

our parents, teachers and children. We are sorry to see him go but support him in his decision for what is best

for his family.

We are forming a search committee to help identify and hire a new school principal and will keep you all

appraised of our progress. We hope to identify, interview and hire a new principal during the summer hiatus.

Meanwhile, you can join in supporting this effort by your prayers.

We thank Mr. Uskert for all the hard work that he has done for us and we wish him and his family the best.

Please join me in prayers of thanksgiving and well wishes for Chris and his family as they move forward with

new opportunities and for our school community as we search for a new principal.

May the Lord bless us all with his divine mercy.

-Fr. Rene