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Fr.
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From
the Pastor's
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A
Message from
Father Charles
Puthota
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February
9,
2025
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Dear
Parishioners of
St.
Elizabeth,
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Archdiocesan
Annual Appeal (AAA)
2025: I'm giving
you a heads-up on the
letter I'm putting in
the mail on February 11
for each parishioner of
St. Elizabeth about this
year's concerted
campaign to raise
$36,292 in support of
the Archdiocesan
ministries. Next
weekend, February 15-16,
at Masses I'll be
speaking about AAA and
officially launching our
annual drive. I humbly
seek your support in
making this drive
successful as quickly as
possible. Thank you for
supporting it whole
heartedly the last four
years and I'm hoping
this year too you will
support it with the same
enthusiasm and
fervor.
Parish Lenten
Retreat on Saturday,
March 22: As you
know, Lent starts with
Ash Wednesday on March
05. As part of our
Lenten practices and
observances, I'll be
giving a retreat for
half a day on Saturday
March 22. It will start
with the 8:30am Mass,
followed by light
breakfast and coffee in
Cantwell Hall. Then
there will be three
sessions with intervals
in between. It will end
with lunch about 1:00pm.
Registration fee: $15.
Registration forms will
be made available next
week.
Word of God, Fifth
Sunday in Ordinary
Time: Isaiah has
an awesome vision of God
in the temple which
leads him to the deep
realization of his
sinfulness. The angel of
God purifies him. God's
grace has now claimed
him to be his prophet,
and Isaiah says: "Here I
am, send me."
Paul includes himself
among those who met the
Risen Christ.
Acknowledging that he
persecuted the church,
Paul calls himself "the
least of the apostles,
not fit to be called an
apostle." He quickly
adds though: "But by the
grace of God I am who I
am, and his grace to me
has not been
ineffective." Where is
Paul the fierce
persecutor of the
church? He is now the
most ardent promoter of
the same church.
At Jesus' word, Peter
puts out into the deep,
after a night's failed
effort. The abundance of
fish fills him with the
divine presence of
Jesus. Deeply aware of
his unworthiness, he
says, "Depart from me,
Lord, for I am a sinful
man." But Jesus has
other plans for him.
Peter now has to become
the catcher of people
for the Kingdom of
God.
A pattern emerges in
these accounts. With a
personal experience of
God in Jesus, we become
acutely aware of our
sinfulness, but God
calls us all the same,
graces us, and uses us
for his work. Charles C.
Morrison says, "The
Christian Church is a
society of sinners. It
is the only society in
the world in which
membership is based upon
a single qualification:
that the candidate be
unworthy of
membership."
The Word of God this
Sunday is a perfect
vocation promotion
material. The Church
needs young women and
men for God's service in
religious life and
priesthood. In the wake
of their personal
encounter of Jesus,
their rising sense of
sinfulness will not be
an insurmountable
obstacle. Jesus has the
power to purify and
grace them. But they
have to rise to the
occasion and say, "Here
I am, Lord. Send
me."
A Story to
Ponder: A man
went to see a
psychiatrist and said
that every night he was
visited by a twelve-foot
dragon with three heads.
He was a nervous wreck,
could not sleep at all
and was on the verge of
total collapse. He had
even thought of suicide.
"I think I can help
you," said the
psychiatrist, "but I
must warn you that it
will take a year or two
and will cost three
thousand dollars."
"Three thousand
dollars!" the man
exclaimed. "Forget it!
I'll just go home and
make friends with
it."
A Prayer of St.
Thomas Aquinas:
Grant me grace, O
merciful God, to desire
ardently all that is
pleasing to You, to
examine it prudently, to
acknowledge it
truthfully, and to
accomplish it perfectly,
for the praise and glory
of Your name. Amen.
Oscar Wilde
Quotes: 1. "To
live is the rarest thing
in the world. Most
people exist, that is
all."2. "Always forgive
your enemies; nothing
annoys them so much." 3.
"Be yourself; everyone
is already taken." 4.
"We are all in the
gutter, but some of us
are looking at the
stars." 5. "A good
friend will always stab
you in the front." 6.
"Every saint has a past,
and every sinner has a
future." 7. "I am not
young enough to know
everything." 8. "Hearts
are made to be broken."
9. "The very essence of
romance is uncertainty."
10. "Who, being loved,
is poor?"
Humor: 1.
The Preacher and the Bus
Driver: A bus driver and
a preacher arrive at the
gates of heaven. St.
Peter welcomes them both
but gives the bus driver
a higher place in
heaven. The preacher
protests, "Why does he
get a better spot than
me? I devoted my life to
God!" St. Peter replies,
"Reverend, when you
preached, people slept.
When he drove, people
prayed." 2. The
Confession Surprise: A
man goes to confession
and says, "Bless me,
Father, for I have
sinned. I stole a rope."
The priest asks, "And
what did you do with the
rope?" The man replies,
"Well, Father
there was a cow attached
to it." 3. God Alone
Knows: The smart-alec
seminarian thought he
had pulled a good one.
On the final exam, which
asked students to delve
into the complexities of
theology, he simply
wrote: "Only God knows
the answers to these
questions!" Grading the
paper, the professor
wrote, "Nice
proposition. If true,
God gets 100. You get a
0."
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Your
Friend and
Pastor,
Fr.Charles
Puthota.
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MASS
SCHEDULE
as of
November 23,
2023
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Saturday:
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4:30
p.m.
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Sunday:
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8:30
a.m. & 10:30
a.m.
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Monday
thru Saturday:
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8:30
a.m.
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Holy
Days:
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8:30
a.m. & 6:00
p.m.
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Confessions:
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..4:00
p.m. on Saturdays before the 4:30
Vigil Mass
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10:00
a.m. on Sundays before the 10:30
a.m. Mass
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PARISH SACRAMENTAL
CELEBRATIONS
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SACRAMENT
OF
BAPTISM
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SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
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High
School Students
should call the
Religious
Education
Office for more
information.
Adult
confirmation is
available on an
individual
basis.
-.Details
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SACRAMENT
OF THE
ANOINTING OF
THE
SICK
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Call
the Parish
Office in case
of serious
illness and
before surgery
and hospital
care. -
Details
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SACRAMENT
OF
EUCHARIST
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Our
Eucharistic
Ministers are
available to
bring the
Eucharist to
the sick or
homebound.
Contact the
Parish Office.
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Details
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SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
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Saturday
3:30pm to
4:15pm or by
appointment. -
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SACRAMENT
OF
MARRIAGE
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There
is a six month
period of
preparation for
the celebration
of this
Sacrament.
Contact the
Parish Office
to make
arrangements. -
Details
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Faith
Formation
- Cantwell
Hall
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Saturday
9:00am to
11:00am. -
Details
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Parish
Office:
(415)
468-0820
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Benediction
and Our Lady of
Perpetual Help
Novena:
Wednesdays
after the 8:30am
Mass.
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Legion
of Mary
Meeting
5:00pm Monday in the
Church.
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1000
Hail Mary's
Third
Saturday after the
8:30am Mass until
3:30pm.
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Over
50
Group
Thursdays at 12:00pm in
Cantwell Hall.
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Rev.
Charles Puthota, Ph. D.,
Pastor
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Sandy
Mehrwein,
Parish
Secretary
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Patricia
Spiteri,
Pastoral
Coordinator
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Laurrie
Digneo,
Coordinator
of Faith
Formation
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