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The Easter Triduum, which begins today, Thursday, with the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper, called traditionally as Maundy Thursday, reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday, is the SUMMIT of the Liturgical Year.
It commemorates Christ's Paschal Mystery, the PASSION, DEATH and RESURRECTION of Jesus.
Let the Triduum be ours and may these great feasts that we are about to celebrate touch our hearts and our souls.
On this first day, in place of the usual 9:00 morning Mass, we will have a Communal Morning Prayer taken from the Divine Office or the Liturgy of the Hours that forms the official set of prayers of the Church "marking the hours of each day and sanctifying the day with prayer."
After the Morning Prayer, we shall observe SACRED SILENCE, which enables us to quiet our minds and hearts as well as hear God's gentle voice as we enter upon the important mysteries of our faith during the Easter Triduum.
Then in the evening, at 7:00pm, we'll begin the Easter Triduum with the celebration of Maundy Thursday. We shall commemorate Jesus Christ's Last Supper with his disciples that reminds us of the importance of humility, selflessness, and service to others. Maundy is derviced from the Latin word for "command," and refers to Jesus' commandment to the disciples to "Love one another as I have loved you." This will be ritualized with Jesus' example and command to his disciples by washing their feet, a significant role of servants.
After Mass of the Lord's Supper, the faithful are invited to participate in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until midnight. This represents the disciples who were invited to stay up throughout the night with the Lord during his agony in the garden before his betrayal by Judas.
At the designated hours of adoration, the different SAC Parish Ministries and organizations are encouraged to keep watch.
On this second day of the Triduum, in place of the usual 9:00 morning mass, we'll have the Communal Morning Prayer followed by Sacred Silence.
Today and tomorrow, the faithful is encouraged to observe the PASCHAL FAST (Fasting and Abstinence) to prepare in receiving the joys of the Lord's resurrection with responsive hearts.
Prior to the actual celebration of the Lord's Passion at 2:30pm, the Live Stations of the Cross will be led by the children from our Faith Formation program. Then, reflections on the Seven last Words of Jesus on the cross by seven parishioners will follow. They are
First Word: Patricia Chan (P&G Choir Member)
Second Word: John Talay (Young Adult and Altar Server)
Third Word: Danielle Anicette (RCIA)
Fourth Word: Jim Cha (RCIA)
Fifth Word: John Paes (Parish Pastoral Council)
Sixth Word: Fran de Asis (Legion of Mary)
Seventh Word: Romy Quevedo (Knights of Columbus)
Shortly after the reflections of the Seven Last Words, the celebration of the Lord's Passion will take place. It consists of three parts:
(1) the Liturgy of the Word and the Solemn Intercessions
(2) the Adoration of the Cross
(3) and Holy Communion
The first day of the Novena to the Divine Mercy will also be prayed inside the chapel after the celebration of the Lord's Passion.
At 7:00pm, the children from our Faith Formation program will lead once more the Live Stations of the Cross.
On this third day of the Triduum, in place of the usual 9:00 morning mass, we'll have the Communal Morning Prayer followed by Sacred Silence.
Holy Saturday is the third day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum and it is the Saturday before Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord.
We will begin the Easter Vigil at 8:00pm on Holy Saturday. It is the first official celebration of Jesus Christ's Resurrection from the dead. This night's vigil is the greatest and most holy of all solemnities in the Catholic Church
On this holy night, the Church keeps watch, celebrating the Resurrection of Christ in the sacraments and awaiting his return in glory. It is the turning point of the Paschal Mystery, the Passover of the new covenant, which marks Christ's passage from his passion, death to his resurrection.
The Easter Vigil consists of four (4) parts:
(1) The Service of Light
(2) Liturgy of the Word
(3) Liturgy of Baptism
(4) Liturgy of the Eucharist
5:00am Salubong - Fr. Ray Reyes
6:00am Fr. Raul de los Santos
7:30am Fr. Martin Njoalu
9:00am Fr. Ray Reyes
11:00am Fr. Ed Dura
12:30pm Fr. Raul de los Santos
There is NO 5:30pm Mass
5:00am
Salubong (meaning "to encounter" or "to welcome") is an Easter Sunday pre-dawn ritual or ceremony that reenacts the Risen Christ's meeting with His sorrowing mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. It recounts the angel's great news of the Lord's resurrection and the removal of the black veil on Mary's face to end her sorrow.
Saint Augustine Children's Choir will be singing joyful songs during the Salubong as well as at the 6:00am Mass. Please join them and their parents as they host the hospitality in the parish hall shortly after the early morning services.
There will be an Easter Egg Hunt for kids sponsored by our Youth Ministry and Faith Formation Program on Easter Sunday, March 31st after 9:00 am Mass in the courtyard.
Please bring your own Easter basket.
from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. It's a time to remember that the Risen Lord was not in a rush to ascend. After his resurrection, our Risen Lord would spend time appearing to his disciples and preparing them for Pentecost, the coming down of the Holy Spirit. These 50 days are celebrated as a single joyful feast called the "Great 50 days."
UPDATES AND CALENDAR OF EVENTS
The Paschal Fast is an external expression of our effort to unite ourselves with Christ who, abandoned from everyone, suffers on the cross and submits his entire life to the hands of the Father.
The Paschal Fast is observed on Good Friday and continued, where possible on Holy Saturday. This way, we will receive the joys of the Lord's resurrection with uplifted and responsive hearts.
What is the Easter Triduum?
As a Christian community at SAC, we are entering into the final week of preparation for Easter Sunday, a week often called Holy Week. This Holy Week, we start talking about something called Triduum. Taken from a Latin root that means, “three days,” Triduum is a period of time that traces the final days of Jesus’ life, his death, and his resurrection from the dead.
On the first day, the Holy Thursday, March 28th, at 7:00pm, we will celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper that marks the last meal that Jesus had with his disciples, wherein he showed them what it means to serve by washing their feet. It is also meant to mark what is seen as the establishment of the celebration of the Eucharist or the Holy Mass.
On the second day of the triduum, we will observe Good Friday on March 29th, 2:30pm. This day is marked with fasting and prayer as a way to remember Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross. The Good Friday liturgy involves the reading of Jesus’ passion and death from the Gospel of John as well as an opportunity to pray with and venerate a cross – the instrument of Jesus’ death and our salvation.
On the third day, the Holy Saturday, March 30th, is meant to be a quiet day, remembering the empty space that was present for the disciples of Jesus after his death and before his resurrection. They did not expect the resurrection and so were left in a place of grief.
Then after sundown on Holy Saturday, March 30th at 8:00pm, the Easter Vigil is celebrated. This is one of the longest of Catholic liturgies, involving several readings from scripture tracing God’s care for humanity, the baptism and reception of new members of the Church and the celebration of the Eucharist. Ten (10) members from the Elect (RCIA) will be receiving the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Communion) on this evening. The Easter Vigil commemorates the night when Jesus rose from the dead. Jesus Christ has risen to die no more! Humanity has been invited into that same pattern, the Paschal Mystery, through death to life.
DIVINE MERCY DEVOTION
Novena will begin from Good Friday thru Easter Saturday
Mar. 29-April 6
Check flyer for the time of the Novena for each day
Feastday is on the 2nd Sunday of Easter (the Divine Mercy Sunday)
April 7th at 12:30pm.
Schedule:
PILGRIMAGE to POLAND, CZECH REP., AUSTRIA, SLOVENIA,
CROATIA & BiH-MEDJUGORJE
April 4 - April 16, 2024
Come and join our once-in a lifetime Saint Augustine’s Eastern European Pilgrimage from April 4-16, 2024.
Highlights of this Pilgrimage are the visits to the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Poland on Divine Mercy Sunday, the Infant Jesus of Prague at the Czech Republic and Our Lady of Medjugorje.
SAC's Praise and Glorify Choir will be providing music at the daily masses in the famous shrines of Eastern Europe.
We have a few remaining seats left to fill.Please contact Patricia in the parish office at (650) 878-2282 for more information.
WEEKDAY AFTERNOON MASS IS BACK
Beginning Friday, April 5, 2024
CONFESSIONS
New Schedule Effective Friday, April 5, 2024
Every Friday 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Every Saturday 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
TAGALOG MASS
Next Sunday, April 7th at 5:30pm
Most Rev. Mylo Hubert Vergara, Presider
Augustinus Choir with Sister Nona
CONCERT FOR A CAUSE
St. Augustine Children's Choir
Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 7pm
For the Renovation of the Parish Hall
The Children's Choir are selling tickets after the 9am, 11am & 12:30 masses for their upcoming Concert on May 4th. All proceeds will help fund the renovation of the parish hall.
Tickets are $25 general admission, $50 for VIP tickets and 3 years old and under are FREE.
Can't buy tickets in person? Please contact the parish office for more info or Elinore Grecia @ 650-867-6059.
Every Tuesday at 7:00pm
An excellent way to deepen our knowledge and appreciation of Sacred Scriptures, is to understand the context, history, and message of the different Books of the Bible.
Come and join SAC's virtual Bible Study every Tuesday from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. Deacon Virgil and the SAC Clergy lead the study.
To host the Traveling Vocation Cross, please call Elsa Rozal at (650) 922-9618 or email her at entroz09@yahoo.com.
The Traveling Vocation Cross (TVC) Program provides an excellent opportunity for families to...read more
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
The 9-Day Novena Prayers to St. Joseph leading to his Feast Day was a series of reflection of our beloved Saint Joseph, beloved Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster-father of our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Although Saint Joseph has not spoken a word in the gospels, he was regarded as the greatest male saint for his righteousness and obedience in fulfilling God's Will in his life. He became the patron of the family, protector of the Universal Church, the workers, the poor, the sick, the needy, the afflicted, and the dying. Through the inspiration of SAC's St. Joseph Ministry, devotees were guided to proclaim the good news of extending Saint Joseph's love for the poor in our midst.
The Feast Day was celebrated with the Holy Mass, a procession to his shrine where everyone recited the Patris Corde (With a Father’s Heart) Prayer of St. Joseph. It ended with nice brunch sponsored by the St. Joseph Ministry and Italian Catholic Federation (ICF)
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The St. Joseph Ministry along with the Praise & Glorify Choir partnered with City of South San Francisco in offering an evening of Dinner & Music for its seniors on March 22. And on March 23, the Josephines, ICF, along with the Legion of Mary will be donating Easter Grocery Baskets to the ten families under the care of St. Vincent de Paul Society of SAC Conference.
Click on the button below to view photos of Celebrating the Feast Day of St. Joseph.
THANK YOU
SAC & P&G Golf Fundraising
Last Saturday, March 9, 2024
Thank You Parishioners, Players, Donors and Sponsors for the Successful SAC and P&G Fundraising Golf Tournament
SAC and Praise & Glorify thank the parish staff, donors, sponsors, and players for their participation in the very successful Golf Tournament to raise funds for the Renovation of the Parish Hall and for their ministry at SAC and commitment to serve our community.
P&G hosted the Golf Tournament on March 9 in their unique way of bringing joy to everyone who participated with champorado, arroz caldo, specialty coffee, donuts, breakfast bag to kick-start the morning with pregames in the putting green.
Post tournament, players enjoyed music and entertainment with their dinner, and had the opportunity to bid on the live auction, which included signed Manny Pacquiao gloves, First Light Caregiving Services, Alejandro Tosti PGA Pro signed hats.
Please click on the link below to see photos, courtesy of Jizelle Oliva and Hiraya Gabriel. Raffle winners are posted in this week’s eBulletin.
The Knights of Columbus Council 9714 donated a check of $2,400 as their share from the proceeds of the Pre-Valentine Dinner Dance held last February 10th. The members of the council intended ...read more
CONGRATULATIONS!
The Knights of Columbus Council 9714 has chosen to honor... read more
DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT GOES?
USING GREEN BINS versus CLIMATE CHANGE
You may recall Senate Bill 1383, a local ordinance that took effect last January 1, 2022, which requires Californians to separate organic waste such as yard trimmings, food scraps, food-soiled paper, clean paper and cardboard from landfill-bound garbage.
As the ordinance indicates...read more
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REMEMBER
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Always check with your church leader personally.
A Parochial Vicar or an Associate Pastor functions as a co-worker with his pastor and is expected to fulfill the entire pastoral ministry on behalf of the entire parish. Unlike the 6-year term of a pastor, a parochial vicar has no term and may be assigned to another parish usually after 2 or 3 years or even longer at times.
Father Martin Njoalu, VC, has been SAC's parochial vicar since 2019. This week, we received the communication from the Vicar for Clergy office stating that Father Martin has been asked to serve as the parochial vicar of the newly formed Marin Parishes Cluster beginning July 1, 2024. He will be assisting the pastor, Father Sebastine Bula, VC, also a priest from his society. Together, they will be shepherding Saint Cecilia Parish (Lagunitas), Saint Mary's Church (Nicasio) and Saint Rita Parish (Fairfax).
Also in the official communication, our beloved Father Ed Dura, who has been at SAC since 2012, will be transitioning to a retired priest status beginning July 1, 2024, but he will remain in residence at SAC.
A new parochial vicar from Nigeria is being assigned to SAC, beginning July 1, 2024. His name is Fr. Ifeanyichukwu Henry Uwabunkeonye. More information about our SAC's new parochial vicar will be forthcoming.
Let us pray for Father Martin, Fr. Ed, Fr. Henry and for the other clergy who will be assuming new responsibilities in the summer for the good of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. (NB: A day of gratitude and sending forth for Father Martin is being planned.)
St. Augustine Children's Choir
For the Renovation of the Church Hall
Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 7:00pm
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During the observance of the sacred days this Holy Week, the RCIA Elect will be be fulfilling some significant roles during the various services. Most importantly at the Easter Vigil (Saturday evening), specifically at the Baptismal Liturgy, they will receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Communion.
Let's continue to hold them in our prayers together with their sponsors and the RCIA Team.
Danielle Jae Anicete
Vince Anonuevo
Jim Cha
Maria Mikaela Elvira Guiyab
Jose Rafael Guiyab
Bruce Maddox
Raquel Penazo
Alyssa Sancio
London Soledad
Lisa Marie Wong
Every year the Archdiocese of San Francisco requests each parish to assist in funding programs and ministries for the people of Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties. The goal for the 2024 Archdiocesan Annual Appeal is $6.3 million. SAC's goal is $165,428.
We ask that all of our parishioners consider contributing to this important fund. You may use the online giving system or the pledge cards that we will be mailing in the coming weeks.
Join us for the launch of the National Eucharistic Revival Pilgrimage from the West with the St. Junipero Serra Route. Join Archbishop Cordileone and the Eucharistic Perpetual Pilgrims for 11:00am Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral followed by a pilgrimage walk with the Blessed Sacrament across the Golden Gate Bridge.
For more information, please contact Sandra Kearney at (415) 614-5505 or kearneys@sfarch.org.
The National Eucharistic Revival is a momentous, three-year initiative that will bear fruit for years to come. During the previous Year of Diocesan Revival, clergy and diocesan leaders built the foundation for this movement to thrive at the parish level.
This year, beginning on the Feast of Corpus Christi on June 11, 2023, SAC will answer four key invitations.
Click below to find out what to expect from this Year of Parish Revival and how we are invited to respond.
In support of the National Eucharistic Revival, Adoration of the BLESSED SACRAMENT is available every Friday until 5:00pm.
OUR VISION
Saint Augustine Parish is a worshiping community that enthusiastically manifests faith through action, with open arms for all of God's children.
OUR MISSION
We live God's Word and continue His Work.
STEWARDSHIP
The grateful response of a Christian disciple who recognizes, receives and cultivates God’s gifts, and generously shares these gifts in love of God and neighbor.