January 8, 2017
January 8, 2017
January 8, 2017
Columba Parish
3327 Glencolum Drive, San Diego, CA 92123
SAN DIEGO
PARISH LIFE
BINGO: Every Friday night at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 4:00 p.m.
CHILDCARE: Every Sunday at 9:30 am in the Preschool; for
infants and children up to four years of age.
Parish Secretary
Business Manager,
Pastoral Assistant
BAPTISMS:
Call Deacon Vasquez - 619-818-0972 or
email: [email protected]
MARRIAGES:
Nine months preparation required.
Call the Parish Office for information.
MUSIC MINISTRY:
St. Columba Church Childrens Choir Kathleen Mawanay - 5:30 pm (Sat.)
Traditional Choir Mark Villas/Pat Dalton - 7:30 am
Spiritus - Hans Becker - 9:30 am
Contemporary - Tess Nelson - 5:30 pm (Sun.)
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R.C.I.A.
Mike Conroy
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MEMBERSHIP
To register as a member, please complete a white registration card found at the back of the church, or register online
through our website (listed on cover).
Also, if you are currently using envelopes, please inform the
rectory of any status/address change.
JANUARY 8, 2017
culture of encounter, and in doing so to look
beyond our own needs and wants to those of
others around us. In the homily given at his first
Pentecost as pope, he emphasized the
importance of encounter in the Christian faith:
For me this word is very important. Encounter
with others. Why? Because faith is an encounter
with Jesus, and we must do what Jesus does:
encounter others. With respect to migrants, too
often in our contemporary culture we fail to
encounter them as persons, and instead look at
them as others or render them invisible. We do
not take the time to engage migrants in a
meaningful way, as fellow children of God, but
remain aloof to their presence and suspicious of
their intentions. During this National Migration
Week, let us all take the opportunity to engage
migrants as community members and neighbors
all of whom are worthy of our attention and
support.
Pastors Corner
My dear brothers and sisters,
This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the
Epiphany when we recall the arrival of the Magi
at Bethlehem and the presentation of their gifts
of gold, frankincense and myrrh. These unique
gifts might lead us to question why they brought
those three particular gifts and so I offer for your
reflection a passage from the spiritual writer
Abbot Marmion, O.S.B. who wrote:
The symbolism of the gifts therefore refers both
to the One to whom they are offered and to
those who present them. Gold, the most precious
of metals, is the symbol of royalty; it denotes, on
the other hand, the love and fidelity that
everyone owes to his prince. Incense is
universally acknowledged to be the symbol of
divine worship; it is offered to God alone. In
preparing this gift, the Magi showed that they
had in view to proclaim the Divinity of Him Whose
Birth was announced by the star, and to confess
this Divinity by the supreme adoration that can
be rendered to God alone. Finally, they had
been inspired to bring Him myrrh. What would
they show by this myrrh which is used to dress
wounds, and to embalm the dead? This gift
signified that Christ was Man, a Man capable of
suffering, who would one day die. The myrrh also
symbolized the spirit of penance and immolation
which ought to characterize the life of the
disciples of the Crucified.
Fr. Ed
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12
7:00 amMM
Amparo & Jose Toves
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13
7:00 amMM Int. of Joann Bertsch
8:15 amMM
Aida Pelayo
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14
8:00 amMM
Kim Leonetti
5:30 pmDA
Michael Dubreuil
SUNDAY, JANUARY 15
7:30 amMM
Richard & Cameron
Hudjohn
9:30 amMM
Marcus Garcia
5:30 pmDA People of the Parish
DAFr. Daniel Anyanwu, MMFr. Ed McNulty
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SAN DIEGO
BAPTISMS
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MARRIAGE HELP
Retrouvaille offers hope: hope that it is not too
late, hope of a different and better marriage.
Retrouvaille helps couples to show each other
mercy through the opportunities it provides to
listen, to forgive, to be reconciled and to
move into their futures believing that God
loves them and with His help and their efforts
their marriages can be healed and restored.
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JANUARY 8, 2017
WELCOME!
DAY OF DIALOGUE
The
Lutheran/Anglican/Roman
Catholic
Dialogue of San Diego is hosting a Day of
Dialogue on Saturday, January 21 at the
Diocesan Pastoral Center, 3888 Paducah Drive.
The topic this year is Here I stand. I can do no
other! The love of Christ impels us! Presenters this
year are Pastor Paul Bieber, Father John Proctor
and Dr. David Mosley, who will reflect on the
500th commemoration of the Reformation and
its effect on the Church today.
The program begins at 9:30 a.m. with
registration at 9:00 a.m. It concludes at noon
with lunch. Cost is $25 which includes lunch.
Registration will be taken at the door.
William McGuigan
ADORATION
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be held
on Saturday, January 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. in the daily chapel. If you would like to
commit to a specific time, there is a sign-up
book in the chapel.
He is waiting for you, He is close to you, He loves
you, He is merciful, He forgives you, He gives you
the strength to begin again.
~ Pope Francis
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