Easter schedule, Mother Ireland report

Please join us for Easter!

EASTER VIGIL - HOLY SATURDAY

 Sacred Heart Church, Olema         March 26         9 a.m.         Morning Prayer
                                                                                     8 p.m.        Mass (Bilingual)
 

EASTER SUNDAY MASS

Sacred Heart Church, Olema           March 27        9 a.m.

                                       10:30 a.m. (Espanol) 

 St. Mary Magdalene, Bolinas           March 27       9 a.m. and 11 a.m.      
      

MOTHER IRELAND POST-EVENT REPORT

According to parishioner Ken Eichsteadt, the "Mother Ireland" event held at the Dance Palace last Sunday and featuring award-winning storyteller Neshama Franklin, was a rousing success!

"It went very well," he says. "About 80 folks attended, monies raised (from the auction, bake sale and drinks) was around $2,600 and all I heard were very positive comments.  It was fun!"

ARCHBISHOP REQUESTS PRAYERS AND ADVOCACY 

FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS

At the chrism Mass on March 17, 2016, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone urged the faithful and the clergy to stand with persecuted Christians, particularly in Syria and Iraq.  "Let us especially pray and advocate of our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ, and other religious minorities, heedig the pleas of the bishops of our country and out state to make our voices hear.  The killing must stop."
Please remember them in your prayers.

From Catholic San Francisco:

CATHOLIC TRADITION: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BLESSING OF THE OILS

On March 17, Archbishop Salatore J. Cordileone celebrated a chrism Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral and blessed the oils that will be used in sacramental and liturgical rites by parish churches in the coming year.  

"Before becoming wine and oil, the grape and the olive must first be crushed," Archbishop Cordileone is quoted as saying. "This is what our Savior came to do for us. God's anointed one was crushed for our sins...Our Lord was crushed, like olives in the olive press, in order to bring us the healing balm and sweet fragrance of God's mercy. 

According to the the Archdiocese's director of worship. Laura Bertone in the Catholic San Francisco: 

* Three oils are blessed: the oil of chrism, the oil of the cathechumens, and the oil of the sick.

* The oils are used in baptisms, confirmation, ordination and the consecration of altars.

* Chrism means "annointing" in Greek and Christ means "annointed one"

* In the Mass, the three oils are solemnly processed to the altars in "ampullae"

* The Bishop/Archbishop pours balsam perfume into the olive oil and mixes them

*Both the oil and the balsam reach back to annointing rituals in the Old Testament and early church

*He then breathes over them and prays to the Holy Spirit 

*The blessing of the oils on the altar also blesses the oils from parishes held in lower rooms of the church

FATHER HARRY SCHLITT'S GOD SQUAD BOCCE TOURNAMENT

A fundraiser of TV Mass with a weekly audience of more than 40,000 homebound people

                                                                          April 9

                                                        8:30 a.m.       Warm-up and practice

                                                        9:30  a.m.      Tournament begins

                                                        12 noon        Barbecue lunch (snacks and beverages all day)

Marin Bocce Federation

at Albert Park

550 B St. in San Rafaael

$350 for a team of four 

RSVP: 415.244.0771 

ANNUAL SPRING LUNCHEON

A fundraiser for St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County

April 20

$45

Marin Country Club in Novato

RSVP: 415.883-3055 or haleyanni@yahoo.com

WEEKLY REFLECTION

"And David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Please, let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man."   2 Samuel 24:14

Message from Father Rafael, Holy Week and Easter schedule, "Mother Ireland" event this Sunday afternoon

A message from Father Rafael De Avila y Romero,  Pastor:

Easter 2016

One more year, we are about to celebrate the great festivities of our Christian faith: the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Holy Week tells us that there is always hope, joy and thankfulness.  Holy Week reminds us, that through generosity, the shadows of death or despair vanish from our lives.  Holy Week shows us that God, our Father, always takes care of the most excellent outcome of his hands - us!

Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ,  God our Father is telling us that the light is shining over us, that life is blooming and hope never vanishes.

Easter time tells us that we, mankind, are one just as one the Bread and Wine - the Body and Blood of Christ - are one.  We are always united, not uniformed.  We are the beautiful and colorful tapestry brought to new life by the Resurrection of Christ.  HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL.


Un ano mas estamos por celebrar las grandes fiestas de nuestra fe cristiana: la Pasion, Muerte y Resurreccion de nuestro Senor Jesucristo. La semana santa nos dice que siempre hay esperanza, alegria y agradecimiento. La semana santa nos recureda que a traves de la generosidad las sombras de la muerte o de la deseperacion se desvanecen de nuestras vidas. La semana santa nos muestra que Dios, nuestro Padre, seimpre esta cuidando el fruto mas excelente salido de sus manos: NOSOTROS.

Por medio de la muerte y resurreccion de Jesucristo, Dios nuestro Padre nos esta diciendo que la luz esta brillando sobre nosotros que la vida esta floreciendo y que la esperanza nunca desaparece.  

El tiempo de Pascua nos dice que nosotros, la humanidad, somos uno asi como el Pan y el Vino - el Cuerpo y Sangre de Cristo - son uno. Nosotros estamos siempre unidos, no uniformados. Nosotros somos la bella y colorida tapiceria que ha obtenido la nueva vida por medio de la Resurreccion de Cristo. FELICES PASCUAS DE RESURRECCION PARA TODOS.

Holy Week and Easter schedule for Sacred Heart Parish.  Please join us!

PASSION (PALM) SUNDAY MASS

Sacred Heart Church, Olema
March 19    7 p.m.           (Espanol)
March 20    9 a.m.
March 20   10:30 a.m.     (Espanol)


St. Mary Magdalene, Bolinas
March 20    10:30 a.m.

HOLY WEEK - PASCHAL TRIDUUM

Sacred Heart Church, Olema
Holy Thursday   March 24    8 p.m.      Mass of the Lord's Supper
                                                              (Bilingual) and
                                                              Washing of the Feet

Good Friday      March 25    9 a.m.      Morning Prayer
                                             5:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross
                                             6 p.m.      Good Friday Liturgy (Bilingual) 

Holy Saturday/
Easter Vigil        March 26   9 a.m.         Morning Prayer
                                             8 p.m.        Mass (Bilingual)
 

EASTER SUNDAY MASS

Sacred Heart Church, Olema
March 27      9 a.m.
                     10:30 a.m. (Espanol)

St. Mary Magdalene, Bolinas
March 27      9 a.m. and 11 a.m.      
      

 "MOTHER IRELAND"

 A FUNdraiser for Sacred Heart Parish and the Dance Palace

Don't miss our church fundraiser this Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m.  Storytelling,  Celtic music, Irish dancing, Irish coffee and treats, and a silent auction.  It will be a grand time!

Here's the flyer with more details....

 Happy St. Patrick's Day 

Four-leafed clovers apparently exist but are rare, so if you find one,  you're in luck.  Why?

According to legend, the first leaf is for Faith, the Second is for Hope, the third is for Love and the fourth is for luck!  

Lenten events, Harvest Jams, Job Postings

HARVEST JAMS

The Discalced Carmelite Nuns of San Rafael are selling their gift-wrapped handmade jams -  Peach, Apricot, Bumbleberry and Pear-Plum - from their convent in Terra Linda.   This is the last of the Harvest Season and as soon as these are gone, they're gone.  Perfect for hostess or thank you gifts and even better for your own breakfast muffins or toast.

Available in the convent lobby 

During daytime hours

530 Blackstone Drive in Terra Linda

415.479.4964

srdol@motherofgodcarmel.org

BREAKFAST WITH THE IRISH CONSUL GENERAL

Join the members of the Catholic Marin Breakfast Club for Mass, breakfast and a talk by Irish Consul General Philip Grant.

$15

7 a.m. Friday March 4

St. Sebastian Church

Sir Francis Drake Blvd. at Bon Air Road in Greenbrae

415.461.0704 (between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) 

or email sugaremy@aol.com

WALK THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

7 p.m. Fridays during Lent

at:

St. Patrick Church

114 King St. in Larkspur

415.924.0600

St. Sebastian

373 Bon Air Road in Greenbrae

415-461.0704

St. Isabella

One Trinity Way in Terra Linda

415.479.1560

SAINT RITA'S LENTEN SOUP AND LECTURE SERIES

7 p.m. March 8

Saint Rita Catholic Church 

100 Marinda Dr. in Fairfax 

415.456.4815

JOB POSTINGS

The Archdiocese of San Francisco is looking for a manager of payroll.
Applicants must have a Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration or equivalent work experience, comprehensive knowledge of payroll systems and five years of payroll experience.  Certified Payroll Professional preferred.   Apply to Patrick Schmidt at schmidt.patrick@sfarch.org

The San Francisco Archdiocese of San Francisco's Department of Catholic Schools hosts a Jobs Fair for Marin County teachers of pre-school through Grade 8 for school year 2016 - 2017. 

10 a.m. to 12 noon 

Saturday,  March 19 

St. Hilary School in  Tiburon

LENTEN REFLECTION

"The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better." - Pope Francis