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Church of the Transfiguration 4000 E. Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley, CA 94552-4908
(510) 538-7941 Fax (510) 538-7983 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.transfigchurch.com July 1, 2018
Rev. Mario L. Borges, Pastor ● Rev. Terence O’Malley, Parochial Administrator Deacon John A. Mignano ● Deacon Timothy L. Moore ● Deacon Burton J. Rigley
LITURGICAL MINISTRY: Eucharistic Ministers, Stephen and Carina Kowalewski Lectors, Barbara Mehan Altar Servers, Clarence Decano
FINANCE COUNCIL: Chairman, Mark Zaleski
PARISH ORGANIZATIONS: Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), 60 Plus or Minus Club, Cursillo Group
SAINT VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY: (510) 274-0830 Serving our community.
SICK & HOMEBOUND MINISTRY: Claudia Paquette, (510) 537-8986
STEWARDSHIP: Chairperson, Ed Coelho, (510) 881-5705 WINGS “Women in God’s Spirit”: Trish Ferrari, (510) 329-9407 HALL MANAGER: Pat Ballinger, (510) 537-1502
HALL RENTAL MANAGER: Monica Corona, 510-239-7941
YOUTH MINISTRY: Alfonso Corona III [email protected] PARISH OFFICE: Phone: (510) 538-7941 Fax: (510) 538-7983 Hours: 8:00 a.m. — 4:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday (Closed between 12:00 & 1:00 p.m.) Friday, 9:00a.m. — 12:00 Noon - Saturday & Sunday—Closed Secretary, Gloria Meeker Secretary/Bookkeeper, Phyllis Moore
SCHEDULE OF MASSES Saturdays 4:00 p.m. Sundays 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. (Except First Fridays - 9:30 a.m.) Communion Service - Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3:00-3:45 p.m. BAPTISMS: Pre-baptismal class is required. Class is held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Rectory. Please call the Parish Office, (510) 538-7941, to register. MATRIMONY: Six months advance notice required. Please call the parish office. WEDDING COORDINATOR: Mel Speed (510) 909-9334 or [email protected] FUNERALS: Please contact the funeral home of your choice and then the parish office. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Director, Patrice Ballinger (510) 537-1502 or [email protected] RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Please call the parish office. MUSIC MINISTRY: Director, Alexander Katsman (510) 538-7941, Ext. 302 or [email protected]
Mission Statement: “Transfiguring Our Community Through Faith”
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 1, 2018
You changed my mourning into dancing; O L , my God, forever will I give you thanks.
— Psalm 30:13
Mass Intentions (June 30-July 7, 2018) Sat. 4:00 p.m. Alice & Jerry Sullivan Sun. 7:30 a.m. Mary Jane Thompson 9:00 a.m. Jose Costa & Family 11:00 a.m. For the People Mon. 8:00 a.m. Benedicta Patrao Tues. 8:00 a.m. Augusto, Eduina and Belmira Silva and Family Wed. 8:00 a.m. Sandra Carter and Maynard Lucero Thurs. 8:00 a.m. Vivienne Duff Fri. 9:30 a.m. Ivete Campelo Sat. 4:00 p.m. Eugene O’Brien
Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of: June 23rd & 24th—$7,094.00 (compared to $12,000 average weekly stewardship goal) Thank you for continuing in your stewardship role of providing for the upkeep of our parish community.
We extend a warm welcome to new parishioners. Please pick up a registration form in the vestibule of the church and return it to the Parish Office. This helps us to serve you better.
July Birthdays Happy Birthday to you, May God Bless you.
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, May God Bless you!
Remember Transfiguration in your Will and Living Trust
The next Baptism Class will be Tuesday, July 10, 2018.
Please call the Parish Office to register.
Transfiguration Catholic Church
Steve & Susie Dennis will be hosting coffee and donuts this Sunday after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Stop by and enjoy the fellowship.
Dear Parishioners, There will be no morning masses at Transfiguration Church the week of July 23-27. We will be paving the lower parking lot that week. For your information: Our Lady of Grace Church, 3433 Somerset Ave., Castro Valley, has a weekday Mass at 8:15 a.m. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Yours in Christ, Fr. Mario L. Borges
Pancake Breakfast There will be no Pancake Breakfast in the months of July and August. We will resume in September.
O LORD, BE MY HELP Today we encounter readings that draw us into the mys-tery of suffering and death. In the past few years we have witnessed the devastation of life and property through earthquakes and hurricanes. So many lifted their lament to God, simply asking, “Why?” This is an honest expression of anger toward a God who we believe is the giver of life. When we lose a loved one, we can wonder why the pres-ence of Christ is not enough to make that person rise, even from death, as did the little girl in today’s Gospel passage. Again we raise our voices and ask, “Why?” At moments such as these, let us make the prayer of the psalmist our own: “Hear, O L , and have pity on me; O L , be my helper.” Let us pray that our mourning will one day be turned into dancing. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
For Your Information The Parish Office will be closed on
Wednesday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day.
Peter’s Pence Collection This weekend, we will have the Peter’s Pence Collection, which provides Pope Francis with the funds he needs to carry out his charitable works around the world. The proceeds benefit our brothers and sisters on the margins of society, including victims of wars, oppression, and disasters. For more information, please visit: www.usccb.org/peters-pence.
Note: Mass on Friday, July 6th will be at 9:30 a.m.
Congratulations to the parents of: Kylie Elizabeth Badarello who was baptized here last Sunday.
Adult Bible Study There will be no Bible Study
on Monday July 2, 2018.
Buon Tempo Upcoming Dinners Transfiguration Parish Hall
All parishioners are invited to the following dinners: July 17, 2018—Spare Ribs (Pork) August 7, 2018—Chicken Cacciatore If you are interested in attending, please call the Dinner Line, 510-483-6929. Information: Call Len Tallo, President at 510-912-5730.
TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 Psalm:30—Gospel: Mark 5:21-43
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Am 2:6-10, 13-16; Ps 50:16bc-23; Mt 8:18-22 Tuesday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 10:24-29 Wednesday: Am 5:14-15, 21-24; Ps 50:7-13, 16bc-17; Mt 8:28-34 or, for Independence Day, any readings from the Mass “For the Country or a City,” nos. 882-886, or “For Peace and Justice,” nos. 887-891 Thursday: Am 7:10-17; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 9:1-8 Friday: Am 8:4-6, 9-12; Ps 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131; Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: Am 9:11-15; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 9:14-17 Sunday: Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123:1-4; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday: St. Thomas Wednesday: Independence Day Thursday: St. Elizabeth of Portugal; St. Anthony Zaccaria Friday: St. Maria Goretti; First Friday Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday
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San Damiano Retreat Center 710 Highland Dr., Danville
A free Children’s Summer Book Series with Jan Stegner will be offered on the Mondays of July from 10:00 a.m. to noon at San Damiano Retreat Center. For more information, call 925.837.9141, Email: [email protected], or visit SanDamiano.org.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION As Independence Day draws near, we think of the men and women of the military who serve with courage and competence, some far from home. How does the Church accompany them? In 1939, Pope Pius XII created an independent jurisdiction of the Catholic Church called the “Military Vicariate.” In 1985 Pope John Paul II created the “Archdiocese for Military Ser-vices, USA.” Spanning the globe and serving nearly one and a half million Roman Catholics, more than one thousand priests minister in hospitals, on military bases of all the armed forces, on ships at sea, and on the battlefield. The AMS does not ordain priests, but accepts priests on loan from religious orders and dioceses. In 1824 a Jesuit priest named Adam Marshall enlisted in the Navy and died at sea in 1825. He was assigned as a “schoolmaster,” but he sought out and ministered to Catholic sailors. Twenty years later, President Polk was worried that the war with Mexico was seen as anti-Catholic, so he recruited two Jesuit priests to serve in the army as chaplains. At the time of the Civil War, only about ten percent of Americans were Catholic. Military policies forced Catholic soldiers to attend Protestant services. The Church protested this rule, and many priests volunteered to become chaplains. Their witness and the courage of the “Nuns of the Battlefield” (several orders of sis-ters who assisted Civil War victims) helped temper prejudice against Catholics and pave the way for the life and ministry of this vigorous and unique archdiocese. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
FESCO Merger With La Familia The Family Emergency Shelter Coalition, (FESCO), has wonderful news to share with our Coalition members and supporters.
Effective July 1, FESCO will be merging with La Familia Counseling Services, a larger multi-service agency found-ed in Hayward in 1975. FESCO will remain committed to providing housing and critical services for homeless Alameda County families and their children. By merging with La Familia, FESCO will have a greater ability to provide our families with a more diverse array of social services, encompassing pro-grams for mental health, substance abuse, and/or educa-tion and employment opportunities. FESCO has much to gain from this merger, as does La Familia, which currently is not able to provide housing options for their clients. Our passionate commitment to serving homeless families and their children will continue as FESCO becomes a part of La Familia. The FESCO Coalition Board will continue as an Advisory Committee working in collaboration with La Familia’s executive staff. Most importantly, our mer-ger with La Familia will enhance FESCO without any negative impact on our current clients, continuity of care, nature of services, or intended use of any real property owned by FESCO. On behalf of hundreds of FESCO families over the past 30 years, we wish to acknowledge our community for your dedication, volunteerism, and financial contributions in support of our mission. If you have any questions regarding this merger, please contact Bob Peppler in the evening at 510-538-3108 or via email at: [email protected].
Sixty Plus or Minus Club Please join us for our continental breakfast and meeting in the Hall following the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Friday, July 6th. Our hosts will be June Rigley, Kay McCann, Carol Moss, Elena Jimenez, and Elsie Boyd. Bingo will be played after the meeting. Non-members are always welcome. Please sign up today if you plan to attend.
LETTER FROM POPE FRANCIS THE “JOY OF THE GOSPEL” CONTINUED...
The Proclamation of the Gospel—#243
Dialogue between faith, reason and science.
The Church has no wish to hold back the marvellous pro-gress of science. On the contrary, she rejoices and even delights in acknowledging the enormous potential that God has given to the human mind. Whenever the sciences – rigorously focused on their specific field of inquiry – arrive at a conclusion which reason cannot refute, faith does not contradict it. Neither can believers claim that a scientific opinion which is attractive but not sufficiently verified has the same weight as a dogma of faith. At times some scientists have exceeded the limits of their scientific competence by making certain statements or claims. But here the problem is not with reason itself, but with the promotion of a particular ideology which blocks the path to authentic, serene and productive dialogue.
Fr. Terry’s Remarks—Pope Francis makes a state-ment today that we all need to know and remember:
'' THE CHURCH HAS NO WISH TO HOLD BACK THE MARVELOUS
PROGRESS OF SCIENCE''. The truth is that every step we make in knowing the world better, the more we can marvel at God's crea-tion. Faith and science, like faith and knowledge, are sides of the same coin. Our problem, as we stated last week, is that many of us only know and look at one side of the coin and are unfamiliar with the de-tails of the flip side. Good dialogue happens when both sides go to the trouble of understanding how the other thinks according to their own expertise. I can be an expert in the realm of faith thinking but a dumbbell when it comes to logic or science. When we enter a dialogue, let us always try to give the other credit in his field and be humble enough to acknowledge we are learners in hers. Then there is hope on all sides.
