San Fernando Cathedral The Oldest Cathedral Sanctuary in the United States-Founded in 1731

Location– 115 W. Main Plaza

Parish Office Mailing Address - 231 W. Commerce

San Antonio, TX 78205

www.sfcathedral.org

Most Reverend Gustavo García-Siller, M.Sp.S Archbishop of San Antonio

San Francesco di Paola Catholic Church Location - 205 Piazza Italia

Parish Office Mailing Address - P. O. Box 7783

San Antonio, TX 78207

Rector: Very Rev. Victor Valdez

Parochial Vicars: Rev. Prasanna Mese

Rev. Juan Carlos Tejada Rev. Raymond Schuster - In Residence

Deacons: Deacon Joe Marroquin Deacon Julio Garcia III Deacon Victor Cepero

Deacon C. Roger Macias Deacon Ismael Casanova-Re red

Deacon Doroteo Pedroza - Re red

Director of Religious Ed: Lupita Mandujano

Director of Music Ministries: Rick Mc Laughlin

Parish Staff:

Louis Sanchez - Parish Administrator Janie Vela-Cavazos - Admin. Assistant

Mary E. Garza - Bookkeeper Ruben Alvarado - Recep onist/Records Veronica Alvarez - Wedding Coordinator

Dora Ramos - Gi Shop Manager Amelia Nieto-Office of Advancement

Elizabeth Nunez - Housekeeper

Sacristan: Marta Figueroa

Maintenance: Arturo Bustamante

Development: Amelia Nieto, CFRE - Execu ve Director

SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DECEMBER 18, 2016

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday/Sabado - 8:00a.m. (Sabatina Español) & 5:00p.m. (English)

Sunday/Domingo - 6:00 a.m (Español), 8:00 a.m. (Español/Televised), 10:00 a.m. (English), 12:00 p.m. (Español), 2:00 p.m. (English), 5:00 p.m.(Bilingual)

Monday/Lunes - Thursday/Jueves - 12:05 p.m. (Bilingual) & 5:30pm (Bilingual) Fri./Viernes - 12:05 p.m. (Bilingual)

Confessions/Confesíones Everyday from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Adoration Every Wednesday from 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Baptism/Bautismos/Marriage/Matrimonio Please contact the Parish Office /Favor de llamar a la Oficina

Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Gift Shop Hours Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm (Lunch 1pm - 2pm) Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm (Lunch 1pm - 2pm) Sunday 8:30am - 3:30pm

Parish office: (210) 227-1297 Fax: (210) 271-0149 Gift Shop: (210) 357-5608 Gift Shop Fax: (210) 223-7854 Development office: (210) 576-1365 Fax: (210) 576-1367

Please pray for those who are sick and in need of healing graces.

John A. Cavazos Josie Castillo Mallory Rayne Salazar Leo Castillo Madelyn R. Salazar Matthew J. Salazar Elva M. Mc Knight Lonnie Cantu Carlos E. Alvarado Yvette Alizadeh Arnulfo Valencia Sandra Villarreal Charles Francis Rufe Elsa Munoz Ramona Bell Judy Cooper Maria Y. Torres Olga Medina Robert Reyes Michael J. Espinoza Jr. Bea Cepero Marivic A. Bonto-Kane John J. Kane Gloria A. Bonto Peter Paul Vincent A. Bonto Carmen Natal Lydia Natal Irene & Glenn Shifflet Sr. Eladio Alvarado Jr Gloria Menchaca Frank De Leon Rylee Ramon Raymond Cosme Ophelia Rios Ghincea Garay Robert Anthony Rios Dolores Moreno Blas Saenz Dianna Hernandez Ray Hernandez Angelita Najara Manolo Lago Louis Martin Gutierrez Jr. Linda Garcia Alcorta Roberto G. Zapata John Cano Phillip Guerra Joe Lopez Emiliano Aparicio Gasper L. Mendoza Gilbert Perez Ms. Eleanor Quintanilla Irene Gutierrez Armando Solis Fidel & Grace Herrera Maria Regina Vidal Laura Martinez Manuel Castillo Jr. Amy Webber Ella Mae Treat Ty Cline Alfonso Cazarez Joel Rivera Gilbert Rodriguez Robert Hadley Armando Diaz Rodolfo M. Delgado Mario Alberto Casarez Rosalinda Casarez Kimberly Marie Gutierrez Connie Concepcion Winters Ynes Sandoval Trevino Jr. Lewis Gutierrez Sr. Robert & Josephine Martinez Olga Silva Michael Chapa Jr. Crystal Huerta Christen Emery Huerta Manuel Castillo Jr. Samantha Martinez Jeannette Garcia Mr. & Mrs. Medrano Gloria Gonzalez Richard Arredondo Laura Lopez Rodrigo Pepi Camaron Long Dora Ramirez Mario Ramirez Sofie Rodriguez Charles Mendez Jacob Gonzales Cruz R. Soto Amber Jane Soffea Concepcion Vidales Anthony Arevalo Irene Slocum Roxanne Hylton Denise Salcedo Daniel Olivarez JoAnn Howard Nancy Gonzalez Melissa R. Gutierrez Daniel Winters Letty Miorelli Noah Buble Joyce Mc Daniel Luis Hernandez Blair Crowther Andrew Kauffman

If you would like a name to be put on the prayer list or to remain on the prayer list please call the parish office at 210-227-1297 ext. 131 or you may email valvarez@sfcathedral.org Thank you!

Parish Organiza ons Mee ng Date Time & Loca on

Hijas de Maria Knights of Columbus 1st Sunday of the Month 2nd Friday of the Month 11:00am - La Sala 6:30pm - San Juan Room

Columbian Squires Finance Council 3rd Sunday of the Month Last Thursday of the Month 3:30pm - San Jose Room 6:00pm - Concepcion Room

Prayer Group Pastoral Council Every Tuesday 2nd Monday of the Month 7:00pm - Concepcion Room 6:30pm - San Juan Room

Guadalupano Society 3rd Saturday of the Month 9:30am - Cathedral Choir Room

San Fernando Pray for us

GIFT SHOP WILL BE CLOSED ON SUNDAY, DEC. 25TH AND MONDAY,

DECEMBER 26TH.

SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DECEMBER 18, 2016

A message from Fr. Victor/Un mensaje de parte de Padre Victor

The Parish Offices will be closed on Friday, Dec. 23rd and Monday, Dec. 26th in observance of the Christmas Holiday.

On behalf of Fr. Victor, Fr. Prasanna, Fr. Juan Carlos, Fr. Raymond and the Staff of the San Fernando Cathedral

we wish you and your families a blessed and Joyous Christmas.

SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DECEMBER 18, 2016

San Fernando Cathedral now provides Online Giving—a convenient and safe way to make a one-time or recurring donation. Getting started is e a s y — j u s t v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e ,[www.catholicearth.com/sfcathedral], and click

our Online Giving link. When you participate, your gift will be se-curely transferred directly into the parish bank account. And you won’t have to remember to write a check or stop by the ATM on Sundays!

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — You will be given this sign: the virgin shall con-ceive and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel (Isaiah 7:10-14).

Psalm — Let the Lord enter; he is king of glory (Psalm 24).

Second Reading — God has called us to belong to Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1-7).

Gospel — The son born of Mary shall be called Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. He shall be Emmanuel, “God is with us” (Ma hew 1:18-24).

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — La señal del Señor es que la virgen estará embara-zada y dará a luz un hijo varón (Isaías 7:10-14).

Salmo — Va a entrar el Señor: Él es el Rey de la Gloria (Salmo 24 [23]).

Segunda lectura — Jesús, descendiente de David biológicamen-te, fue establecido el Hijo de Dios en poder. (Romanos 1:1-7).

Evangelio — María, la comprome da de José, quedó embaraza-da por obra del Espíritu Santo (Mateo 1:18-24).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Lk 1:5-25

Tuesday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 1:26-38

Wednesday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Lk 1:39-45

Thursday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56

Friday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lk 1:57-66

Saturday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79

Sunday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11 -14;Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15 -20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14]

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Jue 13:2-7, 24-25a; Sal 71 (70):3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Lc 1:5-25

Martes: Is 7:10-14; Sal 24 (23):1-4ab, 5-6; Lc 1:26-38

Miércoles: Cant 2:8-14 o Sof 3:14-18a; Sal 33 (32):2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Lc 1:39-45

Jueves: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lc 1:46-56

Viernes: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Sal 25 (24):4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lc 1:57-66

Sábado: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Sal 89 (88):2-5, 27, 29; Lc 1:67-79

Domingo: Vigilia: Is 62:1-5; Sal 89 (88):4-5, 16-17, 27 29; Hch 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25]Noche: Is 9:1-6; Sal 96 (95):1-3, 11-13; Tit 2:11-14; Lc 2:1-14 Aurora: Is 62:11-12; Sal 97 (96):1, 6, 11-12; Tit 3:4-7; Lc 2:15-20 Día: Is 52:7-10; Sal 98 (97):1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14]

San Fernando Cathedral Knights of Columbus Council #9463

recrui ng New Members

The San Fernando Cathedral Knights of Columbus #9463 is ac vely recrui ng. If you are a Catholic man 18 years of age or older and are interested in joining the Knights, please call or email our Mem-bership Director Jus n Marmolejo at (830) 660-2829 or contact by email at koc9463@gmail.com or click the “WANT TO JOIN OR GET INFO?” bu on on our website at www.kofc9463.org.

SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DECEMBER 18, 2016

HOLIDAY MASS SCHEDULE & EVENTS Sunday, December 18th Regular Mass Schedule-6am, 8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm & 5pm La Gran Posada-Bring Children dressed as Angels and/or Shepards 6:00 pm – Milam Park; prayer service

6:30 pm – depart Milam Park

6:40 pm – Mi Tierra Restaurant.

6:50 pm – KWEX

7:10 pm – Spanish Governor’s Palace

7:20 pm – City Hall

7:40 pm – County Courthouse

8:00 pm – SFC; Prayer service & Christmas music with Mariachi choir

Saturday, December 24th (Christmas Eve) Masses - 5pm, 7pm, 11pm(Christmas Carols) followed by Midnight Mass -12am-Celebrants: Archbishop Gustavo & SFC Priests - (All Bilingual)

Sunday, December 25th (Christmas Day) Masses - 6am (Spanish), 8am (Spanish), 10am (Bilingual), 12noon (Spanish), 2pm ( English) & 5pm (Bilingual) Sunday, January 1, 2017 Masses - 8am, (Bilingual), 10am (English), 12noon(Spanish) & 2pm (English)

SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DECEMBER 18, 2016

SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 18, 2016

SUNDAY - DECEMBER 18, 2016 6:00 a.m. †Deacon Pat Rodgers - Rosemary Kowalski

8:00 a.m. Parish Community and Television Viewers

10:00 a.m. †Mrs. Ernestina P. Magnon - Ernestina Muzette Felux †Choco Gonzalez Meza - Daniel S. Meza & Family/Alfonso & Norma Gonzalez & Family †Josefa Galindo Gonzalez - Daniel & Choco Meza & Family Family Members Birthdays and for all relatives & Friends who are ill - Consuela Caballero Anaya

12:00 p.m. Familia Alvarez Tostado Godines– Por Salud y bienestar - Dr. Roberto Rosas y familia 2:00 p.m. Daniel & Sandy Rodriguez - Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary †Lonjina Palomo - Olga Enriquez †Amalia Fernandez - Family 5:00 p.m. †Carmen A. Montalvo Gutierrez - Daughter & Son in law, Idalia C. & Tommy Ortiz

MONDAY – DECEMBER 19, 2016 12:05 p.m. †Martinez Camargo - Wife & Daughter 5:30 p.m. For All Men & Women in the Military

TUESDAY - DECEMBER 20, 2016 12:05 p.m †Oscar y Paquita Asencio - Hijos, Luis y Nora 5:30 p.m. For those sick in the Parish Community WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 21, 2016 12:05 p.m. For the Homeless

5:30 p.m. For peace around the world

THURSDAY - DECEMBER 22, 2016 12:05 p.m. †Samuel Peter Valle - Arthur C. Reyna & Family 5:30 p.m. For the Elderly FRIDAY - DECEMBER 23, 2016 12:05 p.m. For the Homebound

SATURDAY - DECEMBER 24, 2016 5:00 p.m. †Roberto & Tomasa Gonzalez Family & †Carmen Gonzalez & Family - Alfonso Gonzalez †Arthur C. Reyna - Reyna Family Jon J. Kane - Happy Birthday - Marivic & John Kane

7:00 p.m. †Melchor Filiciano - Alberto Y Laura Galvan

12:00 a.m. For the Parish Community

Parish Registration/Forma de Registración Name:_____________________________________________________________ Nombre

Address:___________________________________________________________ Domicilio

Zip Code:_____________________________________________________________ Codigo Postal

Telephone Number:______________________________________________ Número de telefono

Email:______________________________________________________________

Date:______________________________________________________________ Fecha

If you are not receiving envelopes from San Fernando, you are not registered as a parish member. There will be a two month process before receiving envelopes. Please fill out the above form and return it to the Gift Shop to become an official parishioner.

Catholic Chari es, Archdiocese of San Antonio Food Pantry and Wellness Clinic every Friday from 9am - 12:00 noon

at 231 W. Commerce For more information please call 210-377-1133.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Advent

Tuesday: St. Peter Canisius; Winter Sols ce

Thursday: St. John of Kanty

Friday: The Vigil of Christmas

Saturday: The Na vity of the Lord (Christmas)

San Francesco Di Paola San Antonio, TX DECEMBER 18, 2016

San Francesco di Paola Catholic Church

Mass Schedule: Saturday 5:30pm (English) Sunday 11:00am (English) Domingo 1:30pm (Español)

Baptisms/Bautismos - Baptism Classes and required documents are needed please contact Ruben Alvarado at 210-227-1297 ext. 128 for more information and dates.

Marriage/Matrimonios & Quinceañera’s - Must be scheduled at least 6 months prior to the wedding or quinceañera date upon availability of the Parish. Paperwork, documents, and requirements must be met before marriage or quinceañera’s are celebrated. Please contact Veronica Alvarez at 210-227-1297 ext. 131

Funerals - Contact Ruben Alvarado at 210-227-1297 ext. 128.

Mass Intentions/Names for Prayer of the Sick- can be made at parish during the weekend mass with the envelopes provided or you may contact the parish office. Mass Intentions should be made at least three weeks in advance if the intentions are to be put into the bulletin.

Location - 205 Piazza Italia/Parish Office Mailing Address - P. O. Box 7783, San Antonio, TX 78207 Office: (210) 227-0548 Fax: (210) 226-5086 Website: www.catholicearth.com/sanfrancescodipaola

Lay Ministry Barbara Bertani Liturgy Committee Jo Ann Scrivano Sick Ministry Rose Marie Pagonis Altar and Rosary Society Cathy Ruffo Aguirre San Francescani Society Ron Bucchi

The Sanctuary Lamp for

December will shine for:

In Memory of †Al La Macchia

& †Ben & Florence Corbo

By: Bobby & Rozana Corbo & Family

Please pray for those who are sick and in need of healing graces/

Por favor oren por los enfermos

Finley De Fossett, Angelina & Ivan Hinojosa, Christopher Jackson Bordano, Luke Bordano, Josephine Garza, Jeff Mc Coy, Alexis Kimberly Garcia, Mariah Chanel Torres, Ralph B. Torres, Leonard & Regina Lee, Loretta Gutierrez, Jorge Faria VanDune, Mariana Gaspar, John Tia, Dolores Pantusa, Tamara Lee Young, Joseph Roberto Moreno, M. del Carmen Sanchez, Mike Casanovan, Adrienna Toscano, Guido Bordano IV, Mario Reyes, Cynthianna Martinez, Lorene Sirianni, Jacqueline Egidio, Kathy Greco, Janie Miller, Frances Ponzio, Sue Forestello, Dolores Lopez, Annie Pantusa, Mr. Joe Garza, Mary Paglia, Sandy Mazzetti, Annie La Macchi, Sammy Greco & Patrick John Meyers

Sunday, DECEMBER 18, 2016 11:00a.m. †Maricella G. Estrada - Henry F. Garcia †In loving memory of Daniel Constanzo Sr. - Family 1:30p.m. Para la comunidad de la Parroquia Saturday, DECEMBER 24, 2016 4:00p.m. †Rosalie P. Rizzo - Ponzio Family †Carl Ponzio - Rita & Family †Blas & Thelma Scrivano - Sammy & Joann Scrivano †Elizabeth & James Gillen - Sammy & Joann Scrivano †Petra & Fermin Garza - Joe & Minerva Sanchez

Sunday, DECEMBER 25, 2016 11:00a.m. †Romulo Mar nez - Rosemary Pagoni & Family †Sam Bonanno - Rosemary Pagoni & Family

San Francesco Di Paola San Antonio, TX DECEMBER 18, 2016

Holiday Mass Schedule For San Francesco Di Paola

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Mass - 4:00pm

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Mass - 11:00am

The Altar & Rosary Society is again asking anyone who would like to donate a poinse a in honor of a loved one to please contact Rose Marie Pagonis at 210-344-4226 or 210-289-9887. The cost of the Poinse a is $12.00.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION By now, the first Christmas carols are heard in the home, but usually not yet in church. What is a “carol” anyway? Originally, a carol was any kind of communal song sung at a fes val such as a harvest. By the thirteenth century or so, carols were associated with household celebra ons. “Carol” comes from the Old French carula, meaning a cir-cular dance. Carols weren’t for church, since the language of liturgy was La n and the carols were in the common language. Their characteris c sound comes from medieval chord pa erns, and they o en have strong refrains for everyone to sing. Even in the churches of the Refor-ma on, carols didn’t make it into church services un l the 1870s or so, since there was a preference for psalms. An-glicans resisted popular carols; most of our beloved carols came via the Methodists, an offshoot of the Church of England. The Catholic Church generally didn’t admit carols to liturgy either, but we didn’t make laws against them.

We are told that the beloved carol “Silent Night” comes from Catholic Austria and a harried parish music director. Joseph Mohr, the priest of St. Nicholas in Oberndorf, had wri en the words in 1816, but offered them to his music director, Franz Gruber, when the church’s organ broke. Mohr asked him to write a melody that could be played on guitar as a prelude to Mass. Gruber finished the tune just hours before midnight Mass in 1818. The people were shocked to hear a guitar in church, but were charmed by the sweet lullaby. The church was swept away by a flood in the 1990s and the village later relocated, but the towns-people have set up the “Silent Night Memorial Chapel” at the site. Today the carol is in print in some three hundred languages. How wonderful that the pipe organ broke on that night!

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

The Caritas Corner

Thank you all for your continued generosity and love in ac-tion in caring for our brothers and sisters in need in our community. The Caritas – or “Charity” -- Fund is adminis-tered by the San Francescani Society and funded through the second collection normally on the third Sunday of each month. Its purpose is to assist recipients – who through no fault of their own have fallen on hard times and have recog-nizable “one time” needs – in “getting back on their feet.” Since the beginning of the fund in Dec 2014 over $11,000 worth of assistance has been disbursed – again, as a result of your tremendous generosity.

Throughout the year we are continually looking for addition-al brothers and sisters in need in our community who deserve our help. We would value any input you might have in helping us indentify those in need. Inputs can be made to Ron Bucchi, Society President, 210-857-1115.

All donations are tax deductible under SFDP’s 501(c) (3) designation as a not-for-profit entity. Again, we are funded through the second collection donations normally on the third Sunday of each month. In addition to the once a month second collection, the Caritas Fund accepts individu-al as well as business donations. Donations can also be mailed to: Henry Garcia, Treasurer, San Francescani Soci-ety, P.O. Box 782474, San Antonio, TX 78278-2474

Again, thank you for your generosity and support and we look forward to keeping you updated as we continue to help our brothers and sisters in need.

May you have a Happy and Blessed New Year!

San Francescani Society

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