St. Patrick’s is uniquely a sign of God’s loving presence. It was here when the miners left for the gold country, it served the Irish immigrants, withstood the great fire and earthquake of 1906, continued to serve the Irish, then the Spanish-speaking, now the Filipino community, the numerous tourists and conventioneers and always the business world by which it is surrounded. Now it exists in a neighborhood undergoing redevelopment. Un-changed in the midst of change, it still repeats for all the message of Him who is the resurrection and the life.

Schedule of Sacraments

Eucharistic Celebrations Sundays ~ 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (sung Latin) 12:15 p.m. (Family Mass on 2nd Sunday), 5:15 p.m.

1st Sunday ~ 2:00 p.m. Tagalog Mass

3rd Sunday ~ 2:00 p.m. Charismatic Mass and Healing Service

Monday through Friday ~ 7:30 a.m., 12:10 p.m. & 5:15 p.m.

Saturdays ~ 7:30 a.m. & 12:10 p.m. ~~~ 5:15 p.m. Anticipated Mass

Sacrament of Baptism (infants and children) Baptismal Prep Class ~ Every 1st Saturday at 9:00 a.m.

Sacrament of Baptism ~ Every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Please call the parish office at least two months before the preferred date of Baptism. All Baptisms are scheduled through the parish office and Baptismal classes are required for all first time parents and godpar-ents.

Sacrament of Marriage You must first be a registered and active parishioner for at least six months prior to arranging a marriage at St. Patrick. Arrangements for this celebration must be made at least six months in advance. No date may be reserved without first consulting with the Pastor.

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Tuesdays and First Fridays ~ 11:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m.

Saturdays ~ 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick Please call the Rectory at (415) 421-3730

St. Patrick Catholic Church San Francisco’s Historic Landmark #4

Founded in 1851 756 Mission St. (between 3rd and 4th Streets)

San Francisco, CA 94103 Tel (415) 421-3730 ~ Fax (415) 512-9730

Website: www.stpatricksf.org

March 09, 2014 First Sunday of Lent

Pastoral Staff Pastor ~ Rev. Roberto “Fr. Obet” A. Andrey Supply Priests ~ Rev. Dan Maguire Supply Priests ~ Rev. Eamonn Donnelly, S.V.D.

Parish Manager ~ Linda Benson Secretary & Receptionist ~ Victoria Wicklund Music Coordinator ~ Charles Corpus Liturgical Wedding Coordinator ~ Virginia Dilim Religious Education Coordinator ~ Nenette Murata RCIA Coordinator ~ Jeff Murata

Please Pray for our Holy Father’s Intentions for March Universal: That all cultures may respect the rights and dignity of women.. For Evangelzation: That many young people may accept the Lord’s invitation to consecrate their lives to proclaiming the Gospel.

March 09, 2014 First Sunday of Lent ~ Year A

Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Ps 51:3-6,12-13,17; Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12,17-19; Mt 4:1-11 Like Adam and Eve (1), Jesus was tempted, but did not sin (3). Our sinfulness (Ps) is acquitted through one man, Jesus Christ, in whom we are justified (2).

Treasures From Our Tradition Today, we know more about the beginnings of Lent than our ancestors did. We know that Lent is first of all about baptism, and secondly that it is about the desire of all the baptized to renew the power and potential of that sacrament at Easter. For centuries, this deep truth was largely obscured, but today docu-ments have come to light to reshape the Church’s thinking and practice. One source, discovered in the 1880s, is the pilgrim diary of a Spanish nun, Egeria, writing her sisters a detailed travelogue of a fourth-century sojourn in Jerusalem during Holy Week. She describes in vivid detail her participation in liturgies that are close cousins of our own Holy Week prayer, from a festive procession with palms to a procession to the cross. Her greatest delight is in the huge number of elect: men, women, and chil-dren who experience a time of deep retreat and identification with Christ’s cross, guided by the bishop and supported by their godparents’ constant nurture. The discovery of Egeria’s diary proved to be a moment of grace for the Church; after a long period of “ecclesial amnesia,” we know at last that baptism is really the work of a whole community of faith, convened by God.

~ Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

The Way Out Today’s readings launch us into Lent with the story of salva-tion. How did we humans get where we are? How do we get out? Genesis—through the Adam and Eve narrative—explains that we got separated from God and happiness through greed, selfishness, arrogance. But, as Paul explained to the Romans, God has not aban-doned us, and never will. We get out through the “new Adam,” Jesus Christ, through whom the death of sin is conquered by the life of “overflowing grace.” From the start, though, Jesus—like Adam and Eve, like you and me—had to face “the tempter.” Shown fame and wealth, he was tempted to grab for it. But Jesus saw through such foolish-ness. During Lent we will look at what the tempter spreads be-fore us daily, then try to make choices that put us on the side of the angels.

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Reflecting on God’s Word Twice a year the Gospels take us to the desert. John the Bap-tist cries out on two Sundays every Advent, and Jesus encoun-ters Satan every Lent. What makes the desert so ideal a setting as we prepare to celebrate the two great mysteries of our faith? The desert is a place of testing, as God’s people learned when they wandered around it for forty years. With hardened hearts, they had rejected the God who had liberated them from slavery in Egypt, losing faith even while God was talking to Moses and setting down the conditions for their adoption. Up went the golden calf and out went the memory of what God had just done for them. Even Eden wasn’t enough to keep the human heart open. Even there it was clear that we could be seduced by anything that looked good and promised more than it could deliver. But Jesus showed that one of us could measure up to the test and reveal himself as the “beloved Son” that he had been called at his baptism (Matthew 3:17). The desert is also for wooing. The prophet Hosea quotes God saying, “So I will allure her [Israel]; I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart” (Hosea 2:16). And when Satan left Jesus, God sent “angels [who] came and ministered to him” (Matthew 4:11). So we come to this Lent and the possibility that God wishes to draw us out into a quiet, lonely place to have us meet the One who made us, redeemed us, and continues to shape us into tem-ples of the Holy Spirit.

~ James A. Wallace, C.Ss.R. Copyright © 2013, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

Clarence Ann & Cesar Diaz, III Karsten & Kristal Anne Jeske

Parish Family Corner Welcome to Our New Parishioners

Happy Birthday to Our Parishioners!! Ian Cabungcal 03/09 Charlotte Juliana Hong 03/12Amir Rezaee, Jr. 03/10 John Yabut 03/12Sheila Cortez 03/11 Azucena Cabanero 03/13Carmelo Lacap 03/11 Noah Yabut 03/14Ethel Ababa 03/12 Lizzie Marie Banares 03/15

Temptation Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

~ William Butler Yeats

Prayer The value of persistent prayer is not that God will hear us, but that we will finally hear God.

~ William McGill

Charismatic Mass Time Changes The monthly Charismatic Mass and Healing Service sched-uled for March 16th has been cancelled. The next Charismatic Mass will be on Sunday, April 27th, Divine Mercy Sunday.

Ministers Schedule March 15 & 16, 2014

Saturday, 5:15 p.m. Presider - Fr. John Heinz, O.F.M. Conv Readers - Sophiemarie Kung, Arlene Ambata Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Ana Buzon, Luzviminda Grajales, Mary Josue, Ester Aldana, Jeannette Chafe Altar Servers - Kaye Locsin, Roseanne Locsin, Angelo Locsin, Ram Locsin

Sunday, 7:30 a.m. Presider - Fr. Dan Maguire Readers - Vida Jackson, Bert Albano Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Marivic Pomento, Guada Garchitorena, Therese Guintu Altar Servers - Alica Santos, Jerome Pacho, Justin Pacho

Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Presider - Fr. John Heinz, O.F.M. Conv Readers - Rizalina Fernandez, Jose Ferrer Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Celso Man-goba, Rose Mangoba, Ligaya Gementera, Adela Cardenas, Rufina Oviedo Altar Servers - Martin Manuel, Matthew Tan, Miguel Cruz, Alyssa Bautista

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. (Latin Mass)

Presider - Fr. Tom Czeck, OFM, Conv Readers - Susan Salcedo, Cristin Salangsang Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Miguel Herrera, Ben Banatao Altar Servers - Edzon Hagape, Lawrence Hagape, Kristoffer Peji, Jonas Pardillo, Christian Cristobal

Sunday, 12:15 p.m. (Family Mass)

Presider - Fr. John Heinz, O.F.M. Conv Readers - Renniel Santos, Virginia Dilim Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Rosalinda del Rosario, Tessie Baricuatro, Flora Ollison Altar Servers - Elizabeth Merchan, Marc Mallari, Maricar Mal-lari, Dylan Ayao, Precious Listana

Sunday, 5:15 p.m. Presider - Fr. Eamonn Donnelly, S.V.D. Readers - Rowena dela Cruz, Charles Rosh Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Teng Sullivan, Trinidad Raymundo, Thelma Dancel, Joanna Badua, Luz-viminda Grajales, Zachary Duldulao Altar Servers - Kenneth Bautista, Bryan Bautista, Jaira Esleta, Evelyn Perdue

Franciscan Mission Appeal Fr. John Heinz, OFM, Conv. and Fr. Tom Czeck, OFM, Conv. will be here on March 15th and 16th, as the Conventual Franciscan Friars will be making an ap-peal for their Mission in Vietnam. There

will be a second collection next weekend the mission in Viet-nam which serves lepers and the poor in this Communist coun-try. If you would like to support this good work with a check, please make it out to “St. Patrick Parish”. We ask for your gen-erosity and prayers. Thank you!

From the Desk of Fr. Obet

As I mentioned last Sunday, today is Stew-ardship Sunday in our parish. We are also launching the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal 2014 this weekend of March 8th and 9th. In lieu of the homily I decided to have a video presen-tation of the AAA. In that video Archbishop Cordileone describes some of the programs,

ministries and services that impact families within our parish and neighboring parishes. The Appeal is not only about asking for your financial donations but also an eye-opener on how you can practice your stewardship. Remember that we are not just stewards but also Christian stewards. As Christian stewards we share in the three-fold min-istry of Jesus as priest, prophet and king. The common priest-hood that we share by virtue of our baptism requires us to cele-brate the sacraments, especially the Sunday Eucharist. St. Pat-rick’s main ministry is to provide meaningful liturgies not only to the parishioners but also to the many visitors from all over the world who join us in our liturgical celebrations. Volunteer-ing as a liturgical minister is one way of sharing in the priest-hood of Jesus. Catechists in the Religious Education Program, RCIA, Baptismal and Marriage Prep are fulfilling their pro-phetic ministry in teaching and providing formation for those who are preparing to receive the sacraments. Prophetic ministry is not about predicting the future but it is about proclaiming the truth of the word of God. The ministry of Jesus as king is all about service. Jesus said that he did not come into the world to be served but to serve. When we participate in the works of justice and mercy on behalf of persons in need we are able to share in the ministry of Jesus as king. Joining the Saint Vincent de Paul Society here at St. Patrick’s is an effective way to reach out to less fortunate among us. I hope that in the future we will be able to explore more opportunities on how we can become the “Church of the Poor.” Throughout the first year of his pa-pacy, becoming the “Church of the Poor” is Pope Francis’ con-sistent call to all of us, the clergy and the laity. Our support of the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal is a step in the right direction on how we can truly become the “Church of the Poor.” Many, if not all of the programs and ministries of the archdiocese that the AAA supports, benefit our brothers and sisters who are most in need of our gifts of time, talent and treasure.

Today’s Readings

First Reading — The man and the woman ate the fruit of the one tree that God had told them to avoid, and their shame over-took them (Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7). Psalm — Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned (Psalm 51). Second Reading — Death reigned from Adam to Moses, but now grace and life abound in Christ Jesus (Romans 5:12-19 [12, 17-19]). Gospel — Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit and there he fasted for forty days and forty nights (Matthew 4:1-11).

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St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVdP) St. Patrick Conference

Volunteer Activities

Sandwich Making 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. every Tuesday St. Patrick Parish Hall Kitchen (below church) 756 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 421–3730

For more volunteering opportunities at the MSC – Homeless Shelter, Ozanam – Wellness Center, Vincentian Help Desk and Riley Center, please contact the SVdP Volunteer Coordinator:

Anjali Verna Ruvalcaba Phone# (415) 977 – 1270 Ext. 3018

Email: aruvalcaba@svdp-sf.org

Lent

The annual Lenten season is the fitting time to climb the holy mountain of Easter. The Lenten season has a double character, namely to prepare both catechumens and faithful to celebrate the paschal mystery. The catechumens, both with the rite of election and scrutinizes, and by catechesis, are prepared for the celebration of the sac-raments of Christian initiation; the faithful,

ever more attentive to the word of God and prayer, prepare themselves by penance for their renewal of their baptismal promises (Cæremoniale episcoporum, 249). ♦ Lent runs from Ash Wednesday until the Mass of the Lord’s

Supper exclusive on Holy Thursday. ♦ Lenten weekdays are not commemorated on solemnities and

feasts. Ash Wednesday and the days of Holy Week take precedence over all solemnities and feasts.

♦ All memorials of saints occurring during Lent are observed as optional. Hence, they may be omitted or observed as com-memorations.

♦ Alleluia is not sung or said from the beginning of Lent until the Easter Vigil.

♦ During Lent the altar should not be decorated with flowers and musical instruments may be played only to give necessary support to the singing. On the Fourth Sunday of Lent (“Lætare”) and on solemnities and feasts, musical instruments may be played and the altar decorated with flowers.

Baptisms and Marriages During Lent Baptisms and marriages are not forbidden during Lent, how-ever, the unique character of the season prompts us to make some adjustments to our regular patterns of celebrating these Sacraments. Baptism: Canon 867 obliges parents “to take care that infants are baptized in the first few weeks.” Therefore, it is under-standable that infant baptisms might be scheduled during the first few weeks of Lent, but perhaps put off from the later weeks of Lent until the Easter Season. It is not fitting that in-fant Baptisms be celebrated on the days of Holy Week leading up to the Easter Triduum. However, at all times, an infant in danger of death is to be baptized without delay. Marriage: Marriages may be celebrated within Mass during Lent, however, the prohibition against floral decorations at the altar during Lent, with the exception of the fourth Sunday, must be observed. Likewise, in accord with the penitential character of the season, lavish wedding decorations of any sort are dis-couraged during Lent.

Preparation for Lent

Abstinence ~ Everyone fourteen years of age and older is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, the Fridays of Lent and Good Friday.

Fast ~ Everyone eighteen years of age and older, but under the age of sixty, is also bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday..

On these two days, the law of fast allows only one full meal per day, but does not prohibit taking some food during the day, so long as this does not constitute another full meal. Drinking liquids during the day is permitted.

When health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige. If you are in doubt concerning fast or ab-stinence, a priest assigned to pastoral ministry or confessor should be consulted. In the spirit of penance, the faithful should not lightly excuse themselves from this obligation.

Éireann go Brách!!

St. Patrick parish is honored to welcome the United Irish Societies on Saturday, March 15, 2014 as they make their annual pilgrimage to celebrate the feast of St. Patrick with a Mass at 9:00 a.m..

Christ shield me this day Christ with me,

Christ before me, Christ behind me,

Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,

Christ on my right, Christ on my left,

Christ when I lie down, Christ when I arise,

Christ in the heart of every person who thinks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in the ear that hears me

(St. Patrick, from his breastplate)

Mass Intentions for Mar 09 - Mar 15

SUN 09

7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

† Catalina & David Ramos † Alegre Ledesma † Parishioners, Benefactors & Friends † Ariston Barbonio † Jesus Fernandez

Rev. Roberto Andrey,

St. Patrick

MON10

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

BD Connie Gorgonio BD Doris Headington † Juliana Viray

Rev. Dan Maguire,

Retired

Most Rev. Robert

McElroy, San Francisco

William Cardinal Levada, Retired

Most Rev. William Justice,

San Francisco

FRI 14

SAT 15

THU 13

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

† Remo Benardo † Anselma Perez FH Nelson Porlas

† Dorotea & Benedicta Ortiz † Luis & Danilo Purqued † Josefa Flores Marcelino

BD Ralph Gerald Garcia † Rodrigo Amezquita FH Andrea Smith

Pray for your Priests

TUE 11

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

TG Luluday Villanueva † Jose Manuel Poblete FH Primitivo Fajardo

Rev. Eamonn

Donnelly,SVD Retired

Date Time Intention

Readings for the Week

Monday: Lv 19:1-2,11-18; Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: Est C:12,14-16,23-25; Mt 7:7-12 Friday: Ez 18:21-28; Mt 5:20-26 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Mt 5:43-48 SUNDAY: SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

Gn 12:1-4a; Ps 33:4-5,18-20,22; 2 Tm 1:8b-10;Mt 17:1-9

Saints & Special Observances SUNDAY: SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

Living God’s Word We pray that this Lent will be a time of deeper understand-ing of what it means to be God’s beloved child. We ask God to open our eyes to recognize those things that draw us away and to be open to how God might be drawing us closer.

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First Sunday of Lent March 09, 2014

“The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.”

~ Matthew 4:10

Welcome to St. Patrick!!

Welcome to all of our out-of-town visitors, thank you for worshipping with us!!

Most Rev. Salvatore

Cordileone, San Francisco

WED

12

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

† Domingo Hill Soliman BD Gabriel De Leon FH David Sun

Happiness Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalized.

~ G. K. Chesterton

Stations of the Cross Everyone is encouraged to join the communal praying of the Stations of the Cross every Friday after the 5:15 p.m. Mass during the Lent. Stations of the Cross prayer books are available in the gift shop for $3. The Santo Niño Novena, normally prayed on Fridays, will not be prayed in lieu of the Stations of the Cross.

Pray For Our RCIA Elect

This Sunday, March 9th, our six RCIA catechumens (soon to be Elect) will begin their final period of preparation and purifica-tion leading to their receiving the Sacraments of Initiation during this year’s Easter Vigil. We are also blessed to have four Candidates, already baptized, who will be received into

the Full Communion of the Catholic Church, also during the Easter Vigil. They will attend, along with the other Catechu-mens and Candidates from throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Rite of Election celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the As-sumption. Please pray for our brothers and sisters as they near the day when they may finally join us at the Lord’s table.

Top row: (Elect) Sara Rezaei, Mehrdad Isvandi, Cynthia Fong, Yeounjae Kang, Jane Mackie Second Row: (Elect) Sunny Woo; (Candidates) Ertha Jones, Octavio Kew, Kevin Leach, Francisco Quijano