Sunday, 3/12

CLOW

3 yr. old, Pre-K, K, Parish Hall 9:15am

ICF, Parish Hall 2:30 pm

Confirmation, 6 pm Monday, 3/13

RE Grds 1-5, School/Hall 3:30 - 5 pm

RE Older Sac, Rm B 3:30 - 5 pm Tuesday, 3/14

RE Grds 1-5, School/Hall 3:30 - 5 pm

RE Grds 7-8, Parish Hall 7 - 8:15 pm

Perpetual Help Devotion, Church 7 pm Wednesday, 3/15

RE Grds 1-5, School/Hall 3:30 - 5 pm

RE Grds 6, Parish Hall 7 - 8:15 pm

Wednesday, 3/15 - cont.

St. Vincent de Paul, Min. Ctr 7 pm Thursday, 3/16

Centering Prayer, Min. Ctr 10 am

RCIA, Chapel 7 pm

Youth Group, Parish Hall 7 pm Friday, 3/17

Stations of the Cross, Church 6 pm Saturday, 3/18

Men’s Fellowship, Chapel 7:30 am

Secular Franciscans, Min. Ctr 9 am

St. Patrick’s Day Party, Gym 5:30 pm Sunday, 3/19

CLOW

3 yr. old, Pre-K, K, Parish Hall 9:15am

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

Daily Masses: Monday-Friday,

8:00 am and 6:30 pm

Saturday Masses: 8:00 am & 5:00 pm

Sunday Masses:

7 am, 8 am, 9:15 am, 10:45 am, 12:15 pm,

6:00 pm

CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 3:30 pm

to 4:30 pm

Parish Office: 682-2486 www.ctkph.org

Religious Ed: 686-1017

www.ctkreligious education.org

Youth Ministry: 676-0979

www.ctkym.org

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WEEK AT A GLANCE

Mass Intentions

3/13 8 am - Adeline Reck+ 6:30pm - Robert Rehme+ 3/14 8 am - Mary Beth Barrett+ 6:30 pm - Eleanor Rivera+ 3/15 8 am - Ed Erikson+ 6:30 pm - Jim Emig+ 3/16 8 am - Michael Kelly+ 6:30 pm - Lorenzo Verceles+ 3/17 8 am - Harry McElroy+ 6:30 pm - Jim Emig+ Saturday, 3/18 8 am - Jim Cunnison+ 5 pm - Mark McDonald+ Sunday, 3/19 7 am - Pablo Aquino+ 8 am - Jack McGervey+ 9:15 am - Eleanor Rivera+ 10:45 am – Sharon Rose Hammond+ 12:15 pm - Frank Tomerson+ 6:00 pm - CTK Parishioners

To Hear the Gospel and Make a Difference

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PARISH STAFF CONTACTS

Fr. Paulson Mundanmani 682-2486 paulson.ctk@gmail.com Fr. Vince Cotter 682-2486 vcotter643@aol.com Fr. Brian Timoney, Michael Dibble and Fr. Tom Burns 682-2486 Deacon John jashmore1108@gmail.com Fr. Brian Joyce brianjoyce.ctk@gmail.com Sr. Dominic Bonnici, OP 682-2486 sisterdominic.marie@gmail.com Kate Doherty 682-2486 katedoherty.ctk@gmail.com Religious Education Director Sr. Maureen Viani, SNJM 686-1017 mvianictkre@gmail.com Assoc. Director: Joan Smits 686-1017 jsmitsctkre@gmail.com Youth Minister, Rick Lejano 676-0979 ctkyouthminister@gmail.com Chris Caban, Principal 685-1109 ccaban@ctkschool.org Al Garrotto: RCIA/faith share 849-6319 algarrotto@comcast.net Robin Morley, Office Staff 682-2486 ctk.robin@gmail.com Helen Christian, Office Staff 682-2486 hchristian326@gmail.com Kathy Ridgway, Office Staff 682-2486 kridgway02@gmail.com Phyllis Gurnett, Music Director pgurnett6@aol.com

Second Sunday of Lent First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4

The first 11 chapters of Genesis are referred to as pre-history because they teach truths in parable form. Today we begin the 12th chapter which contains stories with identifia-ble historical roots. The first of these is the call of Abraham, whose origi-nal name was Abram. Second Reading: 2 Timothy 1:8-10

The second letter to Timothy, although probably written some 30 years after Paul’s death, was written in his name. This was an acceptable practice at that time. The author, writing as Paul would write if he were alive, encourages the readers in the face of trials.

Dear Parishioners, In the spirit of the season of Lent I share with you a writing by Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI. I find it very insightful and inspiring. Sr. Dominic Marie, OP Be ‘patient' As Christians, we believe that Jesus gave us both his life and his death. Too often, however, we do not distinguish between the two, though we should: Jesus gave his life for us in one way, through his activity; he gave his death for us in another way, through his passivity, his pas-sion. It is easy to misunderstand what the Gospels mean by the Passion of Jesus. When we use the word passion in relationship to Jesus' suffer-ing we spontaneously connect it to the idea of passion as pain, the pain of the crucifixion, of scourging, of whips, of nails in his hands, of humiliation before the crowd. The Passion of Jesus does refer to the-se, but the word asks for a different focus here. The English word passion takes its root in the Latin, passio, meaning passivity, and that's its real connotation here. The word "patient" also derives from this. Hence what the Passion narratives describe is Je-sus' passivity, his becoming a "patient." He gives his death to us through his passivity, just as he had previously given his life to us through his activity. Indeed the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke can each be neatly di-vided into two distinct parts: In each Gospel we can split off every-thing that is narrated until Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane and call this part of the Gospel: The Activity of Jesus Christ. Then we could take the section of the Gospels that we call "the Passion" and call that section: The Passivity of Jesus Christ. This would in fact help clarify an important distinction: Jesus gave his life for us through his activity whereas he gave his death for us through his passivity. Hence: Up until his arrest, the Gospels describe Jesus as active, as doing things, as being in charge, preaching, teach-ing, performing miracles, consoling people. After his arrest, all the verbs become passive: he is led away, manhan-dled by the authorities, whipped, helped in carrying his cross, and ul-timately nailed to the cross. After his arrest, like a patient in palliative care or hospice, he no longer does anything; rather others do it for him and to him. He is passive, a patient, and in that passivity he gave his death for us. There are many lessons in this, not least the fact that life and love are given not just in what we do for others but also, and perhaps even more deeply, in what we absorb at those times when we are helpless, when we have no choice except to be a "patient." Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI

Pray for Our Sick May you be wrapped up in God’s love, Found deep in His everlasting

wings, Carried and kept, safe and cherished.

May the healing power of Christ breathe across your being now.

Jim Olwell Dave Simmons

Julie Miller Rachel Gomez Lynete Dattar

Sam Critz

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2017 Men’s Retreat, March 24-26. For more information, to register, or if you want to help on a committee, call Pete O’Brien at 925-899-6662.

Church Support 3/5/17 $30,590 (Plate Collection $20,735 + online giving $9855) Catholic Ed: $4781.00

Winter Nights at CTK will be March 27 - April 10, 2017. Sign ups for food donations and individual volunteers are live on our website (www.ctkph.org). There are still openings for ministries wanting to host a night or individuals wanting to host special activities (i.e. craft pro-jects, nail painting). Please call Kate for more information.

CTK Young Adults: Join us at CTK’s popular St. Patrick’s Day party on Sat. March 18 at 6 pm. To sit at our table, contact Rick at 676-0979 or email cktyouthminis-ter@gmail.com by March 6.

Summer@Carondelet is back! This year, we are offering a variety of co-ed middle and high school courses. We also have specifically for girls, our middle school sports clinics and a Girls Leadership pro-gram designed for 4th-5th graders. Visit us at carondeleths.org/summer for more information about these exciting classes.

An elderly widow was invited out to lunch on Valentine’s Day. She says the outing was extremely meaningful because her husband had always taken her out to eat on Valentine's Day.

Save the Date! April 29, 2017 will be the first dinner show/auction for the music ministry at CTK. Join us after the 5 pm mass for a spectacular event. More information soon!

The Knights of Columbus invite you to join us for our 11th annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at CTK.

Saturday, March 18 at 5:30 pm in the gym. Online ticket sales at kofcph.org. Three course meal: homemade soup, corned beef & cab-bage and homemade apple crumble. Live Irish music and CTK Irish Danc-ers. Tickets: adults $30, children $15 (kids meal served). Tickets on sale after masses this weekend. Contact Jay Becker at 925-818-1915 for info.

Calling all women! Magnificat SO-TI, a Ministry for Women, invite you to join them at a prayer breakfast. April 1, 9:30 - 12:30 at Crowne Pla-za, 45 John Glenn Drive, Concord. Our speaker will be Sonja Corbitt, a well-known talk show host of the Bible Study Evangelista. Bring your bibles and join us as Sonja shares her message to “love and lift all you’ve been given.” For more information and tickets, go to magnificatsoti.org.

A Decree from Bishop Michael Barber: The disciplinary practice of abstaining from meat on the Fridays in Lent is an important dimension of the penitential nature of the sea-son . This year, the Feast of St. Pat-rick, March 17, 2017, falls on a Fri-day in Lent. Given the many celebra-tions that occur on this day, in accord with the norm of law, I herewith grant to all Catholics of the Dio-cese, a dispensation from abstinence from meat and meat products. I en-courage all who make use of the dis-pensation to engage in another sacri-ficial or charitable act that day. Giv-en in Oakland, this twenty second day of February, 2017. The Most Reverend Michael C. Barber, SJ.

A three week series on Unity will explore the treasures of diversity and difference as key to the communion of persons we call the human family. All events take place in the St. Perpet-ua parish hall (3445 Hamlin Rd. in Lafayette) and are preceded by a sim-ple soup supper at 6:15 pm, with presentations starting at 7:00 pm. March 23: Take the Child and his Mother and Flee - Fr. Bonacci, C.P. March 30: The Greatest Among you Serves the Least - Rev. Goodman. April 6: I am a Better Me Because I Met You - Fr. Bonacci. 925-286-0272 X 203 for more info.

Have you heard about Listen for Life’s popular “Notes for Nourish-ment” concerts? The next concert is Sunday, March 19 at 3 pm, in honor of St. Joseph on his feast day. It’s a free one hour, family friendly music adventure at 3 pm inside the Basilica of St. Joseph (1109 Chestnut St., Al-ameda). 510-540-5136 for info.

A Friendly Manor thanks the pa-rishioners of Christ the King for sup-porting our annual daffodil sale. You are wonderful!

Save the Date! This year’s Quo Va-dis Camp will be July 9-12, 2017 at the Oakland Diocesan Youth Retreat House in Lafayette. Quo Vadis Camp aims to assist young men to recognize and respond to their own vocation invitation from our Lord and grow in their relationship with Christ. Please spread the word. For more information call 510-267-8345.

Daily Masses at 8 am and 6:30 pm (Monday through Friday)

Stations of the Cross on Fridays at 6 pm

(Not on First Fridays). March 10, 17, 24, 31

Parish Reconciliation Services: Saturday March 25 at 3:30 pm Monday March 27 at 7 pm

HOLY WEEK Palm Sunday, Sunday April 9 Mon., April 10, Tue., April 11, Wed., April

12 - 8 am mass only (no evening mass) Holy Thursday Liturgy April 13 (no morning mass) 7 pm ~ Mass of the Lord’s Supper (washing of the feet) 8 pm ~ Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the gym Good Friday, April 14

(no morning mass) 12 pm ~ Taize Prayer around the Cross

1 pm ~ Stations of the Cross 1:40 pm ~ Preaching on the Passion of Jesus

2 pm ~ Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion 6 pm ~ Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion

Easter VIGIL , Saturday, April 15 7:30 pm (no morning mass)

Easter Sunday, April 16 7 am, 8 am, 9:15 am, 10:45 am, 12:15 pm Two outdoor masses at 9:15 am and 10:45 am. NO 6 pm Mass

2017 Lenten Schedule