St.

Columba Parish
3327 Glencolum Drive, San Diego, CA 92123

Visit our web site: www.stcolumbasandiego.com

Phone: (858) 277-3863
Fax: (858) 277-3883
Email: stcolumbarectory@gmail.com
OFFICE HOURS
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closed weekends and holidays.
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday: 8:00 AM and 5:30 PM (Vigil)
Sunday: 7:30, 9:30 AM & 5:30 PM
Monday-Thursday: 7:00 AM / Friday: 8:15 AM
Holy Days: See bulletin.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Second Saturday, 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
CONFESSIONS
Saturdays, 4:00 to 5:00 PM or by appointment
ROSARY
Monday-Saturday before daily Mass
ST. COLUMBA CATHOLIC CHURCH SAN DIEGO

Rev. Edward McNulty PARISH LIFE

Pastor ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: 2nd Saturday,
Daily Chapel, 8:30 am—3:30 pm. For more info, call Alma
Rev. Gervatius Hong at 858-565-4231.
Chaplain of Korean Ministry BIBLE SHARING: Mondays, 8:00-9:30 a.m. in the Ministry
Center. For more info, call Dottie at 858-277-0229.
Rev. Mr. Bill Vasquez
Deacon BINGO: Every Friday night at 6:30 p.m. in the hall. Doors open
at 4:00 p.m.
PARISH OFFICE STAFF:
CHILDCARE: Every Sunday at 9:30 am in the Preschool; for
Kathi Lohry Parish Secretary infants and children up to four years of age.
Marlo Antonio Business Manager,
CUB SCOUTS: Kindergarten to 5th grade; contact Deb
Pastoral Assistant
Oberg at 858-717-7851 or email: doberg10@aol.com
BAPTISMS:
Call Deacon Vasquez - 619-818-0972 or CULTURE OF LIFE MINISTRY: For information, call Louise
Holland at 619-316-7498.
email: deaconvasquez@gmail.com
DIVINE MERCY DEVOTION: Mondays and Fridays at 3:00 p.m.
in the Daily Chapel (chaplet, rosary and a reading from
MARRIAGES:
the diary of St. Faustina)
Nine months preparation required.
GRIEF & BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP: The 1st Monday,
Call the Parish Office for information.
7:00-8:00 pm in the Ministry Center. Call Robin at (858) 277-
3861 for more information.
MUSIC MINISTRY:
GREETERS/USHERS: Terry Foster at 858-427-7178.
St. Columba Church Children’s Choir -
Kathleen Mawanay - 5:30 pm (Sat.) HOMEBOUND OUTREACH: If you or someone you know
needs Communion or other services because they are
Traditional Choir -
homebound, contact the rectory or Robin at (858) 277-
Mark Villas/Pat Dalton - 7:30 am 3861.
Spiritus - Hans Becker - 9:30 am
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Council #1349. Round Table,
Contemporary - Tess Nelson - 5:30 pm (Sun.) Richard Portugal. For info call (858) 279-8731.
tessnelsonmusic@cox.net
LAY APOSTLES for JESUS CHRIST RETURNING KING: 2nd
Tuesday in the Music Room, 6:30-8 p.m. Contact Peggy
R.C.I.A. Keller at (619) 933-6677.
Mike Conroy (858) 278-1507
MEN’S CLUB: The 1st Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in the Hall. All
men of the parish are welcome and encouraged to join.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND YOUTH OFFICE: Contact Curtis Carlson at 858-337-5768.
Robin Keator, DCM (858) 277-3861 MEN’S FAITH GROUP: First Saturday, 8:45 am in the Ministry
robin.keator@yahoo.com (619) 922-7941 Center. All men are invited to this informal spiritual
Office hours: Sundays, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm gathering to share prayer, discussion and donuts.
Mon., Tues., & Wed., 5:30-9:00 pm PRAYER MEETING: Join us in praise, songs, scripture
readings, teachings and worship every Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
ST. COLUMBA SCHOOL: in the Ministry Center. For more info, call Mary Quinn at
(858) 278-0526.
www.stcolumbaschoolsd.org
Rose Navarro, Principal (858) 279-1882 R.C.I.A.: The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults is for adults
seeking Baptism and for baptized adults seeking the
Linda Glenwinkel, Secretary (858) 279-1882
sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation. For more info,
Trish Gilsdorf, Preschool Director (858) 279-0161 call Mike Conroy at 858-278-1507.
Marlo Antonio, Business Manager (858) 277-3863
ROSARY MAKERS: First Thursday at 2:00 p.m. in the Music
MEMBERSHIP Room. Call Teresa for more info at 858-277-6240.
SENIORS’ CLUB: 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month, 10:30 a.m.
To register as a member, please complete a white in the Parish Hall. Open to seniors 50 and up in our parish.
registration card found at the back of the church, or For more info, contact Donna at 858-278-3415.
register online through our website (listed on cover).
Also, if you are currently using envelopes, please inform YOUTH GROUP: Sundays, 6:30-8:00 p.m. in Ministry Center for
the rectory of any status/address change. both Junior & Senior High. Info: call (858) 277-3861.
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Pastor’s Corner death, so we might share eternally in God’s

life, our souls united again with our risen
My dear brothers and sisters, bodies (Catechism, 459, 460). Even in this life
our soul – which is our innermost self – is a
I hope you are planning on joining us for a single unity with our body (Catechism, 365).
spaghetti dinner hosted by the sixth-grade This oneness of body and soul calls us to
class of the school. The dinner will take place treat our bodily life, and that of others, with
on Saturday evening, January 27th. All funds the greatest respect. And the relationship
raised by this dinner will go to assist the God has established with and among us
students of the sixth-grade class with calls us to reach out to every human being
offsetting the cost of attending sixth-grade with unconditional love. Jesus taught that
camp. All parishioners are invited to join us. we must love one another as He loves us (Jn.
Also, please mark your calendars and plan 15:12). And the fact that every human is
to join us for the Gala 2018 which will take made in God’s image has specific
place on Saturday evening, March 10th at the implications depending on one’s situation in
Four Points Sheraton. This is a great evening of life.”
friends, food and fun. This event is one of the Finally, back after a few weeks of R&R, I
primary fundraisers for our school and assists would like to take this moment to thank
in helping to keep Catholic education Monsignor Larry Purcell, Father Michael
available to as many young people as Pham and Fr. Nate McWeeney who so
possible. We hope that all of our parishioners generously covered our Masses while I was
will join us for this event and celebrate the away.
over fifty years of Catholic education we
have offered here at Saint Columba and to Fr. Ed
set us firmly on the road to another fifty years.
We need the participation of all our parish MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
families to make this another successful
evening. MONDAY, JANUARY 22
Tomorrow (January 22nd) marks the 45th 7:00 am—EM Int. of Laura Plummer
anniversary of the Supreme Court decision
Roe vs. Wade. In light of this tragic TUESDAY, JANUARY 23
anniversary, I would like to share with you a 7:00 am—EM Ann & Stan Kay
brief passage from the United States
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24
Conference of Catholic Bishops Office for
Pro-Life. “When we hear a phrase all our lives, 7:00 am—EM Donor’s Intention
it can become stale. No matter how true or THURSDAY, JANUARY 25
profound, it loses the power to capture our 7:00 am—EM Int. of Rick Schultheis
attention and invite reflection. Made in the
image of God is such a phrase. Because God FRIDAY, JANUARY 26
created human beings in His own image, 8:15 am—EM Alfonso & Mercy
each of us has a unique dignity. "Of all visible Catindig
creatures only man is ‘able to know and love SATURDAY, JANUARY 27
his creator’…and he alone is called to share 8:00 am—EM Bonifacio & Sevilla
by knowledge and love, in God’s own life. It
Tamares
was for this end that he was created, and this
5:30 pm—DA People of the Parish
is the fundamental reason for his
dignity" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, SUNDAY, JANUARY 28
356). What does it mean to be made in the 7:30 am—EM Joseph McDougall
image of God? Jesus himself is the answer. It 9:30 am—EM Int. of Jane Pisor
means to be holy and loving, to give oneself 5:30 pm—DA Dicken Hall
for the sake of others even to the point of
DA—Fr. Daniel Anyanwu, EM—Fr. Ed McNulty
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SPAGHETTI DINNER
Saturday, January 27
4:30—8:30 p.m.
Mark your calendar for the annual Spaghetti
Dinner hosted by the 6th grade in the parish
hall. All meals include salad, bread, dessert
and non-alcoholic drink. Beer and wine will be
available for purchase. Pre-sale tickets are
available at the school office.
BAPTISMS
We welcome into our Catholic family the
following children who were baptized in
December:
Lorenzo Gregorio, Finnegan McGivern
& Asher Vibal
1/14/18 SUNDAY COLLECTION
Plate Collection: $1,293.85
Envelope Collection: $4,487.47
Online Giving: $2,364.00
Total # of Envelopes: 160
ST. COLUMBA CHURCH CHILDREN’S
CHOIR SEEKING NEW SINGERS
Happy New Year from the St. Columba Church
Children’s Choir!
The St. Columba Church Children’s Choir is seeking
new singers in grades 3 to 12. Students must be able
to attend weekly Saturday rehearsals at 4:30 p.m. in
the church as well as 5:30 p.m. Saturday Mass.
Students will learn hymns and sacred choral
literature, study music theory and learn to sight-sing
while working together to create beautiful musical
liturgy.
For further information and registration forms,
please contact Kathleen Mawanay, St. Columba
Church Children’s Choir Director, at:
stcolumbasings@gmail.com.
No previous experience is needed. Ms. Mawanay
will be available after the 5:30 p.m. Saturday
Masses. Please come by and meet me.
There is no cost to become a member, just a
willingness to share your time and talent.
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SAN DIEGO
HOMELESS OUTREACH
Wednesday, January 24
Our Youth Group is planning another outreach to
the homeless downtown on January 24. You can
help support them in this project by donating any
of the following items:
bottled water
blankets
socks (children's, women's, men's)
toiletries
snacks (chips, granola bars, cookies)
jelly / creamy peanut butter
oranges / tangerines
sandwich bags / gallon-size plastic bags
hot cocoa mix
hot beverage cups
Collection boxes for your donated items are
available in the church vestibule, the hall, and
the Ministry Center. Please drop items off by
Tuesday, Jan. 23.
For more info, or to volunteer, call Robin at 619-
922-7941.
THANK YOU!
IN NEED OF PRAYER
Please pray for:
Joe Brozovic, Peggy Cahill, Tom Conners,
Dori Lee Davis, Imelda Del Rosario,
Gail Hietpas, Sally Ilagan, David Lane,
Myrna Singca, Nilda Tamares, Debbie Tortora
NOTE: Please call or email the rectory to request a name
be added to the list. The names will be on the list for a
period of 30 days. If you wish the person to be on the list
longer than one month, you will need to call the rectory
to request that it be added again.
POPE TWEETS
The more we are rooted in Christ, the
more we rediscover interior peace, even
in the midst of daily challenges.
Pope Francis @Pontifex
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Mon: 2 Sm 5:1-7,10/Ps 89:20-22,25-26/Mk 3:22-30
Tues: 2 Sm 6:12-15,17-19/Ps 24:7-10/Mk 3:31-35
Wed: 2 Sm 7:4-17/Ps 89:4-5,27-30/Mk 4:1-20
Thurs: Acts 22:3-16/Ps 117:1-2/Mk 16:15-18
Fri: 2 Tm 1:1-8/Ps 96:1-3,7-8,10/Mk 4:26-34
Sat: 2 Sm 12:1-7,10-17/Ps 51:12-17/Mk 4:35-41
Next Sun: Dt 18:15-20/Ps 95:1-2,6-9/1 Cor 7:32-35/
Mk 1:21-28
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SCHOOL NEWS
BISHOP FLORES SCHOLARS FUND: To all our St. Columba families we encourage you to go to Bishop
Flores Scholars Tuition Assistance Program, and apply for assistance. Application forms are available
online at http://www.bishopfloresscholars.org Deadline for student applications are February 28th.
Tuition assistance awards will be finalized March 23rd. Schools and families will be notified via email
late March – early April. Important reminder; you do not apply through FACTS!

6TH GRADE SPAGHETTI FUNDRAISER DINNER: Invite family and friends to join us Saturday, January 27th for
our 6th grade spaghetti dinner from 4:30 – 8:30 pm in the parish hall. All meals include; salad, bread, non-
alcoholic drink, and dessert. Pre-order tickets are $10.00 for adults, and children 11 & under are $5.00.
Pre-sale drink tokens (beer & wine) are $5.00. Tokens will be available for pick-up at “will call” night of
dinner. All pre-sale order must be received in the school office by Thursday, January 25th. Tickets at the
door are $11.00 for adults, child (11 & under) $6.00, beer or wine tokens $6.00. You can also purchase
tickets after the 9:30 Mass this Sunday, January 21st. You can also stop by the office to pick-up an order
form, and place your order.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OPEN HOUSE: One of the most important weeks of our school year is the celebration
of Catholic Schools Week. We celebrate a school dedicated to living and teaching the gospel message
of Jesus Christ, and celebrate our uniqueness as a family community. We want to welcome our St.
Columba families, friends and parishioners to join us Sunday, January 28th for 9:30 Mass. Students will be
doing the Sunday readings at this special Mass. Following Mass our Open House will be from 10:30 – 12:00.
We invite you to visit our classrooms, preschool and computer lab. Bring a family who might be interested
in finding out more about our school and the gift that lasts a lifetime – Catholic education. Also, on
Saturday, January 28th, The American Red Cross will be here once again for our 2nd annual blood drive
from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. To schedule your appointment, visit redcrossblood.org. use sponsor code: St.
Columba or stop by the school office to register.

GRANDPARENTS DAY: Friday, February 2nd is Grandparents Day! We welcome all our grandparents to join
us starting with Mass at 8:15, followed by a Continental Breakfast from 9:15 – 10:00 am – recess 10:00-
10:15,and 10:30 – 11:30 students will perform for our grandparents, and ending the day with grandparents
visiting the classrooms from 11:30 –12:00. Also, it would be very helpful if you would contact the office by
Monday, January 29th, so we can get an idea of approximately how many will be attending. Thank you.

GIFT CARDS: Thank you to all our families and parishioners who support this program for our school. If you
want to order and need an order form, please stop by the office to pick one up or go online to
www.shopwithscrip.com. Enter the new school code D6D72A8L5922, and follow the simple instructions.

LOOKING AHEAD: Gala 2018 is fast approaching! Invite family and friends to join us Saturday, March 10th
at the Four Points by Sheraton located at 8110 Aero Drive. Tickets for the drawing were sent home
December 22nd with your child. Each family received 10 tickets, and we need every family to commit to
purchasing these tickets. The drawing for $5,000.00 is the main prize of the event. If each of our families
reach out and support this drawing our goal can become a reality. To help make this event a great
success we need everyone’s support.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR: Mark your calendar! Scholastic Book Fair begins January 28th through February
2nd. This is a great school event that encourages the love of reading, and helps to get supplies and books
for our classrooms. A very special thank you to Sonia Ortega for organizing this year’s book fair.
Volunteers are needed! More information will be coming home soon.

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