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July 22 - 29, 2017

Intention Requested by

Saturday, Jul. 22 5 p.m. Leonor Tiongson † Mom and Dad

Sunday, Jul. 23 8 a.m. Renaldo Marin † Marin Family

9:30 a.m. Thanksgiving of Ana Prindle and

Children for Blessings of Good Health Ana Prindle

11 a.m. Leola Richardson † Murray Richardson

12:30 p.m. Leonor Tiongson † Mom and Dad

6 p.m. St. John Parishioners St. John Parish

Monday, Jul. 24 8 a.m. Priscila Manasan-Healing Fely Sabares

Tuesday, Jul. 25 8 a.m. Chris Vasquez Patrick O’Reilly

Wednesday, Jul. 26 8 a.m. Maria Monteiro Ana Monteiro

Thursday, Jul. 27 8 a.m. For the Salvation of Souls St. John Parishioner

Friday, Jul. 28 8 a.m. Blessed Virgin Mary Intentions Elaine LeCrom

Saturday, Jul. 29 8 a.m. Martin Padilla † Alice and Nanette Barce

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Rodolfo Abesamis, Virginia Alday, Gera Assefa

Jade Austin, Evelyn Baker, Pearl &

Patrick Batiste, Paul Batist, Irene

Blair, Robert Britto, Richard Calapini

Evelyn Canepa, Jeff Chavez

Bernadine Clark, Brenna Clark

Jennette Cleadenger, Betty Cooper

Linda Crittondon, Ernesto P. Cruz

Pablo de la Vega, Mary Dong, Tami Duncan

Juanita Estrellas, Philomena Giese, Mike Giovannini

Joseph Golinveau, Domingo Gregorio, Andy Gutierrez

Ruben Gutierrez, Maydelle Halligan, Joanne, Marvin &

Maurice Haynes, Sherry Highlander, Tamaya Hunt

Pat Jeffre, Ann Jones, Tom Kennedy, Robin Laws

Maria Impang Lozada, Bernice Luckett, Marian &

Michael Luoma, Nancy McVey, Francis Mondragon

Eiji Nakamura, Ester Oppus, Judith Padilla, Theresa

Parella, Angelina Patacsil, Victoria Payless, Fely

Sabares, Linda Schneider, Esther Esmilla Taylor

Salvador Tejero, Rose Texara, Pat Tilley, James

Vaughn, Joseph Vidal, Sarah Vidal, Evodio Walle

Jan Williamson

Let Us Pray for the Sick

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Stewardship

Envelopes & EFT, July 16, 2017 $ 5,131

Loose Donations 1,639

Total Regular Collection $ 6,770

Thank you for your generosity.

To commemorate the 100 years anniversary of

Our Lady’s apparition to Francisco, Jacinta, and

Lucia, a rosary procession will be begin at the

Chapel on Aug. 13, Sunday at 6:30pm. (No Mass).

It was not until August 19 that Our Lady had ap-

peared before the children. She had told the children

to continue to come and pray the rosary. She had

also told them that on the last month, which will be

in October, that a miracle will take place that will

make the people believe about the apparitions.

The families of the children had noticed a

“magnificent fragrance” that day coming from the

branch which the children had taken from the tree

where Our Lady had set foot.

The Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for the Month of July

Lapsed Christians. That our brothers and sis-

ters who have strayed from the faith, through our

prayer and witness to the Gospel, may rediscover

the merciful closeness of the Lord and the beauty

of the Christian life.

Centennial Anniversary of Our Lady at Fatima

Good stewards in a parish are like the yeast in today’s Gospel. Their selfless gifts of time and talent help

help the parish grow and thrive, and their example inspires others to become good stewards, too.

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This Week’s Service Schedule

Sunday Readings: Wis 12:13, 16-19, Rom 8:26-

27, Mt 13:24-43.

Monday Readings: Ex 14 5:18, Mt 12:38-42.

Or Sir 3:17-24, Mt 19:27-29.

Tuesday Readings: 2Cor 4:7-15, Mt 20:20-28.

Wednesday Readings: Ex 16:1-5,42:9-15, Mt

13:1-9.

Thursday Readings: Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b,

Mt 13:10-17.

Friday Readings: Ex 20:1-17, Mt 13:18-23.

Saturday Readings: Ex 24:3-8, Jn 11:19-27 Or

Lk 10:38-42. Or 1Jn 4: 7-16, Jn 11:19-27 Or Lk

10:38-42.

Liturgy of the Hours, Mon.-Fri. at 7:40am.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena, Wed.,

8:30am at the Church and 6pm at the Chapel.

Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, Mon.- Fri.,

8:30am at Church; Daily, 3pm, 9pm, and

10pm (Spanish) at the Chapel. Wed., 7:30pm

(Spanish) at the Chapel.

Visit to the Blessed Sacrament, 24-Hour Daily

at the Chapel.

Charismatic Prayer and Praise and Rosary,

Thu.,7pm at the Chapel.

Holy Infant of Prague Novena, Thu. at 8:30am.

Prayer Service (Brazilian), Mon., 7:30pm, Com-

Cen2Fl

Masses and Confessions (As Shown in the Bul-

letin cover).

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Braveheart’s Corner

Divine Mercy Chapel Jesus said, “Tell All Souls About

My Mercy While There Is Still

Time.”

Jesus, your special friend, is

waiting for you in the Blessed Sacrament at

Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel, next door to

the Church.

Celebrate the Fatima Centennial by hosting

Our Lady’s Pilgrim Statue of Fatima in your own

home with the Rosary, the Chaplet of the Divine

Mercy, and Our Lady’s Message at Fatima.

(Spanish/English).

Please call: Enrique Sanchez, (510) 237-8873.

Centennial Rosary Crusade

What Is An Indulgence? An indulgence is the remission in the eyes of

God of the temporal punishment due to sins already

forgiven.

Participation in prayer dedicated to the Virgin

Mary, praying the Our Father and the Creed, and to

invoke the Mother of God before a shrine of Our

Lady of Fatima merit an indulgence as granted by

Pope Francis for the 2017 Centennial Year.

Volunteer to Teach The Children’s Religious Education Class

welcomes anyone willing to teach children about

the sacraments of Reconciliation (Penance) and

Holy Communion.

CRE needs two catechists for the coming term

this September. For more information, contact

Lynne at (510) 501-4894 .

Parishioners at St John the Baptist Church will

be joining the Catholic Voice pilgrimage to the

shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Spiritual guide for the pilgrimage, scheduled for Feb-

ruary 9-13, 2018 will be Fr Larry D'Anjou, . This 5-

day pilgrimage costs $1899 (double occupancy), in-

cludes airfare, hotel, breakfast, dinner and touring.

For further information or reservations, please call

Marianna Pisano of Unitours at 1-800-777-7432 .

USBishopsConf Website

THE RECEPTION OF HOLY COMMUNION AT MASS

The Church understands the Communion Proces-

sion, in fact every procession in liturgy, as a sign of

the pilgrim Church, the body of those who believe

in Christ, on their way to the Heavenly Jerusalem.

All our lives we who believe in Christ are moving

in time toward that moment when we will be taken

by death from this world and enter into the joy of

the Lord in the eternal Kingdom he has prepared for

us. The liturgical assembly of the baptized that

comes together for the celebration of the Eucharist

is a witness to, a manifestation of, the pilgrim

Church. When we move in procession, particularly

the procession to receive the Body and Blood of

Christ in Communion, we are a sign, a symbol of

that pilgrim Church "on the way."

For some, however, the experience of the Com-

munion Procession is far more prosaic, analogous

perhaps to standing in line in the supermarket or at

the motor vehicle bureau. A perception such as this

is a dreadfully inaccurate and impoverished under-

standing of what is a significant religious action.

The Communion Procession is an action of the

Body of Christ. At Christ's invitation, extended by

the priest acting in Christ's person: "Blessed are

those called to the supper of the Lamb," the mem-

bers of the community move forward to share in the

sacred meal, to receive the Body and Blood of

Christ which is the sign and the source of their

unity. In fact, each time we move forward together

to receive the Body and Blood of the Lord, we join

the countless ranks of all the baptized who have

gone before us, our loved ones, the canonized and

uncanonized saints down through the ages, who at

their time in history formed a part of this mighty

stream of believers.

This action by Christ's body, the Church assem-

bled for the Eucharist, is manifested and supported

by the Communion Chant, a hymn in praise of

Christ sung by the united voices of those who be-

lieve in him and share his life. The General Instruc-

tion of the Roman Missal takes this hymn very seri-

ously, mandating that it should begin at the Com-

munion of the priest and extend until the last person

has received Communion.

For some, however, the singing of this hymn

is perceived as an intrusion on their own prayer,

their private thanksgiving after Communion. In

fact, however, this hymn is prayer, the corporate

thanksgiving prayer of the members of Christ's

Body, united with one another. Over and over

again the prayers of the liturgy and the norms of

the General Instruction emphasize this funda-

mental concept of the unity of the baptized,

stressing that when we come together to partici-

pate in the Eucharistic celebration we come, not

as individuals, but as united members of Christ's

Body. In each of the Eucharistic Prayers, though

the petition is worded in slightly different ways,

God is asked to send his Holy Spirit to make us

one body, one spirit in Christ; the General In-

struction admonishes the faithful that "they are

to form one body, whether in hearing the Word

of God, or in taking part in the prayers and in the

singing..." (no. 96). It describes one of the pur-

poses of the opening song of the Mass as to

"foster the unity of those who have been gath-

ered" (no. 47), and says of the Communion

Chant that "its purpose [is] to express the spiri-

tual union of the communicants by means of the

unity of their voices, to show gladness of heart,

and to bring out more clearly the

'communitarian' character of the procession to

receive the Eucharist" (no. 86).

It is difficult for some of us to embrace this

emphasis on Mass as the action of a community

rather than an individual act of my own faith

and piety, but it is important that we make

every effort to do so. Christ himself at the Last

Supper pleaded with his Father: "Holy Father,

keep them in your name that you have given

me, so that they may be one just as we are... as

you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they

also may be in us..." (John 17:11, 21). Baptism

has joined us to Christ and to one another as the

vine and its branches. The life of Christ, the

Holy Spirit, animates each of us individually,

and all of us corporately and guides us together

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Cont. Holy Communion

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The person distributing Communion says

audibly to each person approaching, "The Body

of Christ." This formula should not be altered,

as it is a proclamation which calls for a re-

sponse of faith on the part of the one who re-

ceives. The communicant should audibly re-

spond, "Amen," indicating by that response his

or her belief that this small wafer of bread, the

wine in this chalice are in reality the body and

blood of Christ the Lord.

When one receives from the chalice, the

same proclamation is made by the person dis-

tributing Communion and the Communicant

again responds, "Amen." It should be noted that

it is never permissible for a person to dip the

host he or she has received into the chalice. If,

for some reason, the communicant is not able

or willing to drink from the cup then that per-

son should receive only under the form of

bread.

It seems appropriate to conclude this reflec-

tion on the Communion Procession and the re-

ception of Communion with a quotation from

the Catechism of the Catholic Church, no.

1396:

In Baptism we have been called to form but

one body. The Eucharist fulfills this call: "The

cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a par-

ticipation in the blood of Christ? The bread

which we break, is it not a participation in the

body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we

who are many are one body, for we all partake

of the one bread” (1 Cor 10:16-17):

If you are the body and members of Christ,

then it is your sacrament that is placed on the

table of the Lord; it is your sacrament that you

receive. To that which you are you respond

“Amen” (“yes, it is true!”) and by responding

to it you assent to it. For you hear the words,

“the Body of Christ” and respond “Amen.” Be

then a member of the Body of Christ that

your Amen may be true (St.Augustine, Sermon

272: PL 38, 1247).

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in our efforts to become one in Christ.

Finally, the fact that the Communion Pro-

cession is a profoundly religious action tells us

something about the way in which we should

participate in this procession. We are the Body

of Christ, moving forward to receive the Christ

who makes us one with himself and with one

another. Our procession should move with dig-

nity; our bearing should be that of those who

know they have been redeemed by Christ and

are coming to receive their God!

The General Instruction asks each country's

Conference of Bishops to determine the posture

to be used for the reception of Communion and

the act of reverence to be made by each person

as he or she receives Communion. In the

United States, the body of Bishops determined

that Communion should be received standing,

and that a bow is the act of reverence made by

those receiving. These norms may require some

adjustment on the part of those who have been

used to other practices, however the signifi-

cance of unity in posture and gesture as a sym-

bol of our unity as members of the one body of

Christ should be the governing factor in our

own actions.

Those who receive Communion may receive

either in the hand or on the tongue, and the de-

cision should be that of the individual receiv-

ing, not of the person distributing Communion.

If Communion is received in the hand, the

hands should first of all be clean. If one is right

handed the left hand should rest upon the right.

The host will then be laid in the palm of the left

hand and then taken by the right hand to the

mouth. If one is left-handed this is reversed. It

is not appropriate to reach out with the fingers

and take the host from the person distributing.

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Preparing for Baptism Parents will need to sign up for 2 consecutive

classes in preparation for children’s baptism.

Forthcoming classes are as follows:

August 13 and 20, September 10 and 17, October 8

and 18, November 12 and 19, December 10 and

17.

To All Volunteers and Employes: Register

at virtusonline.org to attend a live training on

Protecting Our Children on August 26, Satur-

day, from 9am-12n at the Conference Room.

For questions, call the Office.

Building A Safe Environment Help keep our church clean.

Next weekend, the Fifth Sunday of the month,

there will be a Second Collection to benefit our par-

ish outreach ministries. As always, half will go to

our St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVDP), and half to

GRIP. Here is a summary of what your contribu-

tions to SVDP have accomplished since the last

Fifth Sunday in April:

We visited eight households, all with either

elderly disabled or young children, in their homes

and then provided a total of $3,138 in assistance

with utilities or rent, preventing utility shutoff and

stopping eviction.

Our Food Pantry was open 6 times, and we

served a total of 432 households and 1,132 people

(people are counted each time they come) with

about 14,100 lbs of food. We spent $2,781 to buy

food from the Food Bank and stores, but also dis-

tributed $9,670 in food donated to us by our Vin-

centian volunteers, the parish community, our

school, and local stores.

Our dedicated SVDP volunteers contributed

346 volunteer hours and 282 miles of driving to

serve our neighbors in need. –Patrick Moran

SAFE TIME

Seeking hosts to open your home to a

needy person or family

A new nonprofit organization called Safe Time

has started operations in the East Bay to help pre-

vent homelessness. Safe Time recruits volunteer

hosts who will provide living quarters in their

apartment or house for a few months to a person or

family with a housing crisis. Safe Time applicants

are referred by schools, churches, and community

service agencies as appropriate for home-sharing.

Applicants are screened to be non-substance-

abusers, healthy (including behavioral health),

have no violence in their lives, and have a credible

short term plan to acquire traditional housing.

Compatibility is assessed via two separate meet-

ings between the host and applicant, first at a neu-

tral location such as a coffee shop, and secondly at

the home of the host. Volunteer hosts receive no

rent. Arrangements such as meals, etc. are worked

out as agreed between the guest and host.

For more information visit SafeTimeHost.org

or call 510-524-5525.

We thank you for your generosity, and in-

vite you to continue to pray for and support the

SVDP ministry.

Want to volunteer?

Email: patrickmoran84@yahoo.com

St. Vincent de Paul Program at St. John Parish

Carrying on the mission of Christ through the

Annual Appeal. We, all of God’s people, unite in

faith by clothing the naked, feeding the hungry and

instructing those who hunger for God’s truth and

justice.

2017 Bishop’s Appeal

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Senior Center Events

July 25: Guest Speaker at 11:30am/ Lunch is

Served at 12:30pm Call 237-3808 ( Tuesdays)

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