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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 December 13, 2015
Rev. Mario L. Borges, Pastor ● Rev. Terence O’Malley, Parochial Administrator Deacon Martin J. Leach ● Deacon John A. Mignano ● Deacon Timothy L. Moore ● Deacon Burton J. Rigley
LITURGICAL MINISTRY: Liturgy Coordinator, Sean Cooper Eucharistic Ministers, Stephen and Carina Kowalewski Lectors, Barbara Mehan Altar Servers, Alicia Antonio Youth Liturgy, Michelle Gilman
FINANCE COUNCIL: Chairman, Mark Zaleski
PARISH ORGANIZATIONS: Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), 60 Plus or Minus Club, Hospitality Committee
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”: Bobbie Blackard,510-581-4149 HALL MANAGER: Pat Ballinger, (510) 537-1502
HALL RENTAL MANAGER: Ann McAusland, 510-239-7941
YOUTH MINISTRY: Sean Cooper, (510) 581-5870 or [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 Marian Room, Parish Hall. Please call the Parish Office, 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 Director, Martin Mijalski. 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”
Third Sunday of Advent December 13, 2015
With joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation.
— Isaiah 12:3
Transfiguration Catholic Church
Mass Intentions (December 12-19, 2015) Sat. 4:00p.m. Special Intention for Manuel Silva & Family Sun. 7:30a.m. Janice Paulo 9:00a.m. For the People 11:00a.m. Anthony Bettencourt Mon. 8:00a.m. Special Intention for Manuel & Maria Costa and Family Tues. 8:00a.m. Special Intention for Manuel Silva and Family Wed. 8:00a.m. Marie Brown Thurs. 8:00a.m. Madeline Samarzes Fri. 8:00a.m. Don Tayer Sat. 4:00p.m. Paul & Martha Nguyen
Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of December 5th & 6th—$8,936.50 (compared to $12,000 average weekly stewardship goal) Christmas Flowers—$516.00 Thank you for continuing in your stewardship role of providing for the upkeep of our parish community.
Remember Transfiguration in your Will and Living Trust
For Your Information When writing your checks for regular or special collections, please make all checks payable to Transfiguration Church (a request made by our bank). The Church will then send one total check for each special collection to the designated charity. Also, please write in the memo portion of your check the name of the collection to which you are donating. This will help the office to give you proper credit. Thank you for your support!
Coffee and Donuts Isaac Nodal & Jocelyn Nodal will be hosting coffee and donuts this Sunday after the 9:00a.m. Mass. Stop by and enjoy the fellowship.
Adult Bible Study There will be no Bible Study on Monday, December 14th, 21st, 28th. We will resume in January 2016. Watch the bulletin for more in- formation about the dates.
Attention Amazon Shoppers! Transfiguration is now a registered non-profit on Amazon Smile, Amazon’s charitable giving program. To register your account for donations to Transfiguration, go to smile.amazon. com, search for “Transfiguration Castro Valley”, and click choose. Amazon will then donate .5% of qualifying purchases to Transfiguration! All you have to do is the initial setup, and then go to: smile.amazon.com each time you shop! If you have questions about how the program works, please contact Sean Cooper at 581-5870 or transfig_youth@ sbcglobal.net.
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.
Transfiguration Parish Goal Update Our goal here at Transfiguration Parish for the “Reclaiming Christ’s Mission Together” campaign is $549,431.11. So far, we have raised $316,547.68 (57.61% of our goal). We still have $232,883.43 to be raised. Let’s keep going to reach our goal! If you have not yet responded, please consid-er doing so soon. Remember, our parish will receive 25% of all monies collected up to our goal and 50% of funds raised above our goal. Thank you for your support!
Deadline Today! Did you forget your “Giving Tree” gift? The gift is due today, December 13th. We really need those gifts so we can deliver them to our families. Questions: please call 510-581-4448.
Thank you!
Christmas Schedule Dec. 17th—7:30p.m.—Reconciliation Service
Dec. 24th—4:00p.m. Children’s Mass Midnight Mass—Christmas Carols—11:30p.m.
Dec. 25th - 7:30, 9:00, 11:00a.m. January 1, 2016, New Year’s Day
Mass at 10:00a.m. & 7:30p.m. Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God
Holy Day of Obligation
Church Decorating Party for Christmas You’re invited to join us for a decorating party on Monday, December 21 at 7:00pm! There will be Christmas music, Christmas treats, and plenty of Christmas Joy! Help us get our church ready to celebrate our savior’s birth! Please RSVP to Sean Cooper at [email protected] or (510) 581-5870. (Have a ladder you can bring? Please let us know when you RSVP. Thank you!)
Please Note The Parish Office will be closed on December 25, 2015 and January 1, 2016 in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays.
~~Religious Education~~
Baptism Class There will be no class in December.
The next Baptism class will be Tuesday, January 12, 2016. Please call the Parish Office to register.
Classes, as usual, this week.
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT and OPEN HOUSE
Tomorrow Evening at 7:30p.m. Please remember to bring your cookies to share!
Confirmation
Class, this week is a bit different …. Meet by 7:15 at the latest! Remember to bring your newspapers!!! Lit. Reminder: Faithfulness and Self Control will be serving Next Sunday, December 20 at 9:00. PGO Reminder: WOW! MOST of you have signed up to go caroling at a local rehab hospital this coming Thurs-day, December 17 … We will pack you all in there to the delight of some lonely people … you are JOY! We meet at 5:45 on Stanton Avenue. We will need parent drivers to get us all back to church in time for dinner and class… Please ask your folks if they can help out.
TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18a Second Reading: Philippians 4:4-7
Psalm Isaiah 12 —Gospel: Luke 3:10-18 READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6, 7bc-9; Mt 21:23-27 Tuesday: Zep 3:1-2, 9-13; Ps 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-19, 23; Mt 21:28-32 Wednesday: Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21b-25; Ps 85:9-14; Lk 7:18b-23 Thursday: Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Friday: Jer 23:5-8; Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19; Mt 1:18-25 Saturday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Lk 1:5-25 Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45
Note: There will be no Liturgy meeting in December.
Thank you for advertising in our bulletin. We appreciate your support!
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Advent Penance Services Church of the Transfiguration—December 17th, 7:30p.m.
Our Lady of Grace—Adoration & Confessions: December 17—7:00-8:00p.m.
St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Food Drive St. Vincent de Paul will be collecting non-perishable food items the weekend of December 12 and 13. Collected food will be distributed to poor families in our parish before Christmas. Our Thanksgiving Food Drive helped 76 children and 65 adults for a total of 141 very grateful people. Thanks for your generous do-nations. We hope to help a similar number of the needy for Christmas. There will be a bin in the entrance of the Church where you can place your items. Please no expired dates. Your support will be greatly appreciated by the families we serve.
Collection for Retirement Fund for Religious This weekend we will have a collection to help aging sisters, brothers and religious order priests. Each year the need to pro-vide for our elderly becomes more pressing. Your donation helps provide necessities such as prescription medications and nursing care. Please give to those who have given a lifetime.
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT AND C.C.D. OPEN HOUSE!! In the Church
TOMORROW NIGHT
Monday, December 14 at 7:30p.m. We invite the ENTIRE PARISH to gather with us to see and hear our children present the story of the very first Christmas! We hope you can join us...We have cookies!
St. Vincent de Paul Meeting Sunday, December 20, 2015—10:00a.m.
Parish Hall—All are welcome.
Your Prayers Are Requested for the Repose of the Soul of: Jo Ann Frances Ceniceros (Wife of Mario Ceniceros)
Congratulations to the parents of: Liam Kurt Burton Noah James Rivera Austin Jacob Sequeira Charlotte Katharina Gay who were baptized here last weekend.
Help Needed Our St. Vincent de Paul Society needs help moving the food collected for its Christmas Give-Away from the Rec-tory to the Hall on Friday, December 19 at 9:00 a.m. Any help would be greatly appreciated especially if you have a truck or SUV. Please come to the Rectory at 9:00a.m. on the 19th. Moving the food should only take 30 minutes.
ONE WARM COAT This is what 330 warm coats look like! Thank you to our candidates. Thank you to everyone who donat-ed. There will be 330 warmer people this winter!!
Our parish is AMAZING!
LETTER FROM POPE FRANCIS THE “JOY OF THE GOSPEL” CONTINUED...
The Church’s Missionary Transformation—#111 The entire people of God proclaims the Gospel Evangelization is the task of the Church. The Church, as the agent of evangelization, is more than an organic and hierarchical institution; she is first and foremost a people advancing on its pilgrim way towards God. She is certain-ly a mystery rooted in the Trinity, yet she exists concrete-ly in history as a people of pilgrims and evangelizers, transcending any institutional expression, however neces-sary. I would like to dwell briefly on this way of under-standing the Church, whose ultimate foundation is in the free and gracious initiative of God. A people for everyone Fr. Terry’s Remarks— When many of us think of our Church, too often the image that comes to mind is either a building or an institution of Pope, bishops, priests, etc., nearly always an institution of some kind. But like our Faith, the Church is primarily people like you and me in a close and personal relationship with Jesus. We must try more and more to see the Church as each of us and all of us on a march, on a pilgrimage relating to each other and moving towards God. Each of us must try and en-courage others to join in. It is the best thing we can do for them, people we love, people we are distant from, people we fear or 'hate'. Don't be held back by your lack of knowledge. It’s not a ' brain' you are bringing to Jesus. It is a breathing, warm-blooded, loving, frightened human being. Have you seen some of the pictures that the great-hearted people carry in their arms, children they rescued from drowning in the Mediterranean Sea? These wonder-ful loving people don't ask questions. Some can't even swim, all they know is a fellow is in danger. He/she needs dry land so let's get her/him to land. We all need God, let's get everyone to Jesus.
