Prayer Corner
We pray for these people in our community:
Gina Rubin-
mother of alumni
Jessica and Amanda
Fr. Jordan Bradshaw
Israel Salazar- Father of Samuel and Anthony
St. Dominic pray for us.
If you or someone you know are in need of prayers, let us know and we will add them to our prayer list.
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Holy Rosary School
Dear Parents,
It is with great sadness that I share Holy Rosary graduate, Mikaila Lucido, class of 2009, was in a fatal car accident on Sunday morning. Mikaila's father Ed Lucido also taught 7th grade at Holy Rosary for almost 10 years. Many of our school families know the Lucido family as their three boys also attended Holy Rosary. This is a sad time for the family, our community and for the faculty that taught the Lucido children. There is a gofundme.com page that has been setup for anyone who would like to donate. You can find the link here
https://www.gofundme.com/support-the-lucidos.
Cards can be mailed to Ed and KC Lucido P.O. Box 1687 El Granada, CA 94018.
We ask that you keep the Lucido Family in your prayers.
With Thanksgiving upon us, this tragedy reminds us to be thankful for the time we have with our friends and families. I am grateful for our school families and this great community. Please be careful when driving this holiday season.
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Thanksgiving Break: No School
Thanksgiving Holiday: No School
Thanksgiving Break: No School
* Wednesday, November 30 ... Uniform Sale; Barnes & Noble Night
* Friday, December 2 ... PreK and Kinder Christmas Program
* Tuesday, December 6 ... 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grades Christmas Program
* Wednesday, December 7 ... 4th, 5th, 6th Grades Christmas Program
* Thursday, December 8 ... Mass: Feast of the Immaculate Concepcion
* Thursday, December 15 ... 8th Grade Christmas Dinner
* Friday, December 16 ... Town Hall
* Monday, December 19 ... No Choicelunch; Togo's Lunch (must pre-order)
* Wednesday, December 20-Tuesday, January 3 ... Christmas Break; No School &
Office Closed
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the Emergency Evacuation Drill on November 18th. It is our hope to have the best process available to us in order to keep our children safe.
Please take a few minutes to complete this survey in order to help us evaluate our procedures from all perspectives.
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Holy Rosary Parish
Ladies Christmas Dinner
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Holy Rosary YLI is hosting a Holiday Boutique on Monday 11/28/16 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm in Dominican Hall. Come start your Christmas shopping early.
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Fr. Roberto's Corner
Thanks
Thank you all for your generosity toward the Rosary Sunday collection for the Dominican student brothers in Oakland last month. We raised $16,784.00 for them! God bless you for your generosity.
The End of the World
The readings for our weekday and Sunday masses at this time of the year often deal with the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus at the end of time. The images in these Scripture readings can be frightening - wars, plagues, earthquakes, famines, etc. And many people - Christians and others - publicly predict the end will come soon. Remember all the hulabaloo surrounding the supposed end of the Mayan calendar in December of 2012 and the earlier publicity about Harold Camping's predictions of "Judgment Day" (see the image at right)? Thankfully, our Catholic Church has garnered wisdom from having been around so long and having been through many of these predictions, and our faith can help us not be so disturbed by these false prophets and give us the proper approach to what the end of the world means for us.
We do believe, as we say in the Nicene Creed every Sunday, that "[Jesus] will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead." And Jesus did talk about his second coming, especially in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21. But as to when or how that great event will take place no one knows. As Jesus said: "But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Mt 24:36, Mk 13:32).
The Book of Revelation (as well as the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament) has a number of references to worldwide catastrophes and cataclysms in the heavens (Revelation Chapters 6, 8 and 9) that will signal the final
confrontation of good versus evil, and it is extremely important for us to consider these apocalyptic symbols and images in their historical context of severe persecutions against the early Christians (in the Book of Revelation) and against the Jews (in the Book of Daniel). Unfortunately, the Book of Revelation, more than any other book of the Bible, has often been misinterpreted and manipulated by many people throughout the centuries to bring people to faith in God through fear (see, for example, the "Left Behind" series of books and movies). Fundamentalists often use biblical words from the Book of Revelation like "Armageddon," "Rapture," "Tribulation," "the Antichrist," etc. and mistakenly try to attribute them to specific people, events, times and places in our contemporary world. And, most sadly, they use their interpretations in a way that creates fear in people's hearts and an image of an angry and vengeful God who will send many people to hell. Hollywood, of course, loves this kind of wild imagery and confrontation; it sells because it is deals with religious beliefs and is also entertaining and scary. But, as our Church teaches, a relationship with God based on fear is not healthy and is certainly not what God wants; he wants us to love him not to be afraid of him.
Our Catholic Church teaches that there will, indeed, be some sort of struggle and suffering before Jesus returns in glory (see, for example, the Catechism of the Catholic Church #675), but that we don't know much about the specifics of when or how it will take place. The Church assures us, however, that we can trust in our loving Creator's goodness, providence and justice which will be present at that time to carry us through whatever may come. Instead of being fearful about the end of the world or trying to predict when it will happen, we, as Christians, need to be busy about doing God's work now to make his kingdom present in our world "as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are [his], now and forever" (from the priest's prayer and our response at the end of the Our Father during Mass).
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