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Meetings
This Week
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Sunday,
December 21
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9:00am OKH Knights of
Columbus
11:00am RH RCIA
2:00pm OKH Filipino Society
7:00pm CH
Parish
Novena
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Monday,
December 22
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5:30pm CRY Legion of
Mary
7:00pm CH
Parish
Novena
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Tuesday,
December 23
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11:00am Decorating of the
Church
7:00pm CH
Parish
Novena
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Wednesday,
December 24
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Christmas Eve
Parish
Office Closes at
4:00pm
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Thursday,
December 25
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Merry
Christmas!
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Friday,
December 26
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No Meetings &
Parish
Office Closed
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Saturday,
December 27
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NO School of Religion
4:00pm CH Confessions
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Sunday,
December 28
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2:00pm OKH Knights of
Columbus
2:00pm RH Filipino
Consultative
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Mass
Intentions
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Sunday,
December 21
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6:30am Tomas Agpoon
8:30am Salvatore Rosario &
Cocetta Turrisi
10:00am Eduardo Bautista
11:30am Ivan Miranda Tavira
1:00pm Intention: Remedios
Cordero
5 :30pm Lester & Catherine
Callaghan
7:00pm Abraham & Leanor
Galang and Gerando & Victoria
Dizon
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Monday,
December 22
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6:30am
Thanksgiving:Robert
& Caridad
Masangkay
8:30am Community
Mass:
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Emiliano
Cabuay
Cenon Marquez
Intention: Teresita
Delago
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7:00pm Thanksgiving: Danny
Bernal
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Tuesday,
December 23
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6:30am Rosina Cava
8:00am People of theParish
7:00pm Yelva Roque
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Wednesday,
December 24
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6:30am The Lari & Rosi
Family
8:00am Maria & Giovanni
Lombardi
5:30pm Abad, David & Tayag
Families
9:00pm Greg Evangelista
12:00am People of the
Parish
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Thursday,
December 25
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6:30am John & Sophie
Cordero
8:30am Salvador Tolosa &
Eugenio Natividad
10:00am Michael Neubecker
11:30am The Herrera & Aguirre
Families
1:00pm Natividad Valera
Velasco
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Friday,
December 26
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6:30am Milagros
Bartolome
8:00am Sergio Valencia, Sr. &
Hugo Morales
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Saturday,
December 27
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8:00am Thomas, Sr. &
Thomas III Lavin
5:30pm Walter Isola
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Sunday,
December 28
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6:30am Domingo & Maria
Culannay
8:30am Juan Gilbuena
10:00am Jose & Elvira
Rimon
11:30am Jose A. Herrera
1:00pm Evelyn C. Grossmann
5 :30pm John Spears
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Pray
for the
Sick
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Arnold &
Allyson Artes, Odet
Atiya, Angel Agpoon,
Angela
Aviles-O’Shea,
Richard Anduha, Mabel
Baker, Paulette Bennet,
Magdalena Blanco,
Elfrida Byrd, Timoteo
Bohol, Faustino
Buenaventura, Delia
Carrasco, Nathan Carzon,
Krystal Chan, Winnie
Cheung, Vickie Crivello,
Abdon A. David,
Magdalena David, Dawn
Devenere, Editha
Esparza, Con Fahey,
Marilyn Fletcher, Jacob
Garcia, Bob Gardner,
Dennis Gillikin, Filmon
& Sally Gotaj,
Narcisa Gonzales, Samuel
Gutierrez, Vilma
Gutierrez, Fran Hartle,
Linda Ibarra, Rosie
Joseph, Leonard
Huddleston, Armando
Lanza, Gemma Lavapiez,
Leona Lawrence, Remigio
Leonardo, Diana Leung,
J.R. Litehiser,Frank
Loomis, Margie Lopez,
Luis Lopez, Ray Lopez,
Olivia Lumapas, Elisa
Mangabay, Deveda
Martinez, José
Rene Mena, Marilyn
Menjivar, Celeste
McFarland, Julia
Miranda, Josie Moggia,
Lorena Morales, Lou
Nardi, Victor Negron,
Deborah Nunu, Ramona
Pinkerman, Dorothy
Peter, Peg Philpott,
Dolores Quattrin,
Remedios Ramos, Edwin R.
Ramos, Elsa & Max
Ramos, Bill Richau,
Evelyn Rosales, Tom
Repetto, David Ruport,
Sr., Richard Ryan,
Father Franc Shifrar,
Baby Natalie Solis, Tina
Strebel, Conrado, Sr.
& Victorina Uy Joe
Valerga, Ruby Vasquez,
Peiling Ye
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To
keep these names on the
list, please notify us
every 2
weeks.
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Pray
for the
Dead
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All
those who have
died from
violence this
past
week.
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German
Guerrero
Antionetta Recchioni
Carla
Cukar
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News
from the Church of the
Epiphany
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Coming
Up Soon
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Novena of
Masses (Simbang Gabi)
“Journeying
as Workers in the Vineyard of the
Lord.” Join us at 7:00pm until
Tuesday, December 23rd. Let us all come
together and prepare for the
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Dear
Parishioners,
Christmas
and Year End Giving is not only a
Catholic tradition, but Christmas
marks the beginning of the
Ultimate Gift–God’s
gift of His only son, Jesus
Christ.
Tradition
holds that the three kings or
wise men followed the star to
bring gifts to the newborn king;
beginning a tradition of gift
giving during the Christmas
season we enjoy each and every
year.
As
the season of Advent concludes
the same flurry of activity is
happening at Epiphany. The
liturgy committees are planning
our celebrations. Choirs are
rehearsing. The plans for
decorating the Church have been
finalized. Our Saint Vincent de
Paul Society is distributing the
gifts from our parish
“Giving Tree”. Parish
groups are having their parties.
Yes, it’s beginning to look
a lot like
Christmas.
May
we, as your parish staff, extend
to you and yours our sincere and
personal Christmas blessing. We
wish you every happiness this
season and throughout the New
Year!
Warmest
wishes,
Fr.
Eugene Tungol &
Staff
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Poinsettias
We
are asking for poinsettia flowers
to decorate our altar and church
with. Red or white poinsettias
are asked to be brought to the
Parish Office before December
23rd.
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Church
Decoration
We will
be decorating our church for Christmas on
Tuesday, December 23rd from 11:00am and
on. We hope to see you there!
Announcements
Christmas
envelopes
We have
mailed our Christmas letters and offertory
envelopes. If you have not received them,
please contact the Parish Office. Thank
you.
Knights
of Columbus New Year’s Eve
Bash
Happy
New Year!
The Knights of Columbus invite you to
their New Year’s Eve Party on
Wednesday, December 31st at 6:00pm in the
cafeteria. Tickets are $15 and include
hors d’oeuvres and champagne. For
ticket information, please contact Jesse
Ty (415) 794-0652 or Terry Adion (415)
584-5496.
Feast of
the Epiphany: Jan. 3rd
Save
the date! Our parish will be celebrating
our feast day, Feast of the Epiphany, on
Saturday, January 3rd at the 5:30pm Mass.
We will have the honor of having Bishop
William Justice as our main celebrant.
Thank you
Dinner: Feb. 7th
Do you
volunteer at Epiphany? If so, please mark
Saturday, February 7th on your calendars
for the dinner.
Liturgy
of the Word for Children
There
will be no Liturgy of the Word for
Children on Sunday, Dec. 28th.
Christmas
Mass Schedule
Christmas
Eve
Wednesday,
December 24th:
5:30pm Children’s Mass
9:00pm
11:00pm Caroling
12:00am Midnight
Mass
Christmas
Day
Thursday,
December 25th:
6:30am
8:30am
10:00am
11:30am Spanish Mass
1:00pm
NO 5:30pm
Mass
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For
Your Information
EPIPHANY
SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE!
There
will be an Open House for prospective
families to learn about Epiphany School on
Sunday, January 11, 2009 beginning at
2:30pm in the school cafeteria. Come meet
the teachers, students, administration,
and parents and find out more about the
school’s program. Applications will
be available for the 2009-2010 school
year. Come enjoy refreshments and
participate in a raffle.
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NON-DISCRIMINATION
POLICY
The
School of the Epiphany, mindful
of our mission to be witnesses to
the love of Christ for all,
admits students of any race,
color, and national and/or ethnic
origin to all the rights,
privileges, programs and
activities generally accorded to
or made available to students at
the School of the Epiphany. The
School of the Epiphany does not
unlawfully discriminate on the
basis of race, color, and
national and/or ethnic origin,
age, sex, or disability in the
administration of educational
policies, admission policies,
scholarship and loan programs,
and athletic and other school
administered
programs.
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School of
Religion
School
of Religion classes will resume on
Saturday, January 10th.
Walk for
Life 2009
Join
upwards of 25,000 pro-lifers onSaturday,
January 24th, 2009 for the 5th Annual Walk
for Life in San Francisco.
For more information visit the website:
www.WalkForLifewc.com.
To volunteer or to arrange transportation
contact (415) 586-1576 or email:
info@walkforlifewc.com
Today’s
Second Collection:
The
second collection is for our Parish
Athletic Program.
Next Week’s Second
Collection:
The
second collection will be for the
Retirement of Religious
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Last
Week’s Collection
Totals
Sunday’s Offering:
$8,857.03
Second Collection:
$3,447.12
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Reflections
GOSPEL:
Luke 1:26-38
In today’s reading
about the annunciation, an angel tells
Mary that she is to be the mother of
Jesus. The angel recalls the prophecy to
David that we saw in the first reading.
“The Lord God will give him the
throne of David his father. He will rule
over the house of Jacob forever, and of
his kingdom there will be no end.”
Mary does not understand this great
mystery but accepts God’s will
humbly: “I am the handmaid of the
Lord. May it be done tome . . . .”
There may be times when God will ask of us
things we do not completely understand.
Mary’s openness to God’s will
can help us. We should pray lovingly and
gratefully to Mary for the blessings she
helps bring to us.
1.) Mary does not understand all
that God was asking of her. What is the
sentence in Luke’s gospel that tells
us this?
2.) What three comforting words did
the angel speak to her?
3.) What did Mary respond to the
angel that says she was willing to do
God’s will?
4.) How can we listen to God who
speaks to us in different ways?
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