church of the transfiguration · 15/3/2020 · sat. 4:00 p.m. mae menolascino stewardship corner...
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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 March 15, 2020
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: Eucharistic Ministers, Elmer & Puri Serrano Email: [email protected] 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: Call (510) 274-0830 for assistance. Call Mike Dresen (510) 813-6854 for more information about this ministry.
SICK & HOMEBOUND MINISTRY: Mary Kay Kelder, (510) 582-7253
WINGS “Women in God’s Spirit”: Peggy Maurer, (510) 538-5671
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, Elmer Serrano 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”
Mass Intentions (Mar 14—Mar 21, 2020) Sat. 4:00 p.m. Giuseppe & Angelina Balistreri Sun. 7:30 a.m. For the People and Sem Serna (40th Day Death) 9:00 a.m. Ed & Florene Love 11:00 a.m. Gregorio & Santiago Ramirez Mon. 8:00 a.m. John Sousa Tues. 8:00 a.m. Dorothy Meeker-Dugas Wed. 8:00 a.m. Linda Hand Thurs. 8:00 a.m. Diane Johnston Fri. 8:00 a.m. Mary Tavares Sat. 4:00 p.m. Mae Menolascino
Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of : Mar 7th & Mar 8th — $7,037.00 Bishop’s Appeal — $2,500.00 (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.
Transfiguration Catholic Church
Tim & Rose Maier will be hosting coffee and donuts this Sunday after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Stop by and enjoy the fellowship.
Thank you for advertising in our bulletin. We appreciate your support!
Deadline for Bulletin The deadline for items in the bulletin is
Monday, 4:30 p.m.
Adult Bible Study There will be no Bible Study on
Monday March 16, 2020
We invite all women to join us for WINGS (Women in God's Spirit)
WINGS is a faith enhancement group that encourages spiritual growth through prayer,
scripture study, Catechesis, life sharing and community.
WE WILL MEET AT TRANSFIGURATION CHURCH MARIAN ROOM (Hall)
Next Meeting: March 19, 2020
9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. -------
Speaker: Sadie Hess
Topic: “Destiny is not a Destination: My Walk to My Place in the World”
Catholic Relief Services Collection March 22, 2020
Funds from this collection help provide food for the hun-gry and support to displaced families around the world.
Baptism Class The next Baptism Class will be Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Please call the Parish Office
Third Sunday of Lent March 15, 2020
While we were still sinners Christ died for us. — Romans 5:8
Dear Parishioner, I read this recently that I want to share with you. It’s words of Wisdom for our Lenten Season: “Watch your thoughts … Because they become your Words Watch your Words … For they become your Habits Watch your Habits … For they become your Character Watch your Character … For it will lead to your Destiny.” Blessings, Fr. Mario L. Borges Pastor
St. Vincent de Paul Meeting this Sunday, March 15, 2020 10:00 a.m.
In the Holy Family Room in the Parish Hall. All are welcome.
Your Prayers Are Requested for the Repose of the Soul of:
Claudia Paquette
St.Patrick’s Day Family Dinner Saturday, March 21, 2020
Tickets on sale after all masses on Feb 29 & Mar 1, Mar 7 & 8 and Mar 14 & 15
Cost: $25 Adult $10 Child Cocktail Hour (no host bar) - 5:00pm
Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner - 6:00pm Dessert Auction, Raffles & 50/50
Live Irish Music provided by "Charmas"... want a sneak peek?
Go to www.charmasband.com Interested in helping out? We have plenty of volun-teer opportunities. For more information or to re-serve tickets please contact Andrea Sullivan (510)
919-0437 or [email protected] Bí linn agus a bheith Gaeilge don oíche!
Please Note During Lent, Mass will begin without the usual pro-cession into the church. We ask the community to be quiet and meditate in silence five (5) minutes before mass.
TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Exodus 17:3-7
Second Reading: Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 Psalm: 95—Gospel: John 4:5-42 (5-15,
19b-26, 39a, 40-42) The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-51b, 6, 7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38] SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Third Sunday of Lent Tuesday: St. Patrick Wednesday: St. Cyril of Jerusalem Thursday: St. Joseph; Spring begins Friday: Abstinence
Class, on Monday, as usual
2nd Year Parents:—First Communion Planning Committee this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ….
All Are Welcome!
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Buon Tempo Upcoming Dinners Transfiguration Parish Hall
All parishioners are invited to the following dinners: May 5th — Pasta Pesto/Chicken If you are interested in attending, please call the Dinner Line, 510-483-6929. Reservations must be made by the Friday before the dinner.
As we have done in the past, our Lent is also an in-vitation to our children to share their pennies with the poor. We ask our children to come up and drop their donation in the “Pennies for the Poor” jar when the ushers are taking up the collection for the community at large.
THIRST Each time today’s Gospel story is read, I can’t help but think of the many television commercials I’ve seen depicting perspiring athletes lifting a bever-age to their lips while the scorching sun beats down on them. Our culture has definite ideas about how to quench thirst. Today, those ideas are turned upside down. The Samaritan woman operates, initially, on the TV commercial level. She asks Jesus for the flow-ing water so that she will not have to keep coming to the well. Jesus then talks about what real thirst is, and how he, and he alone, can quench that thirst. Lent calls us to find those places deep within ourselves where we thirst. In our thirst, as did the Israelites, we cry out to God asking for springs of living water. Deep down we know that only the Lord can satisfy these thirsts. —Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Reminder
There will be Stations of the Cross every Friday night at 7:30 p.m. during Lent.
LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
DECLINE IN THE QUALITY OF HUMAN LIFE AND THE BREAKDOWN OF SOCIETY
#44 Nowadays, for example, we are conscious of the disproportionate and unruly growth of many cities, which have become unhealthy to live in, not only because of pollution caused by toxic emissions but also as a result of urban chaos, poor transportation, and visual pollution and noise. Many cities are huge, inefficient structures, exces-sively wasteful of energy and water. Neighbourhoods, even those recently built, are congested, chaotic and lack-ing in sufficient green space. We were not meant to be inundated by cement, asphalt, glass and metal, and de-prived of physical contact with nature. Fr. Terry’s Remarks: We love the cities and at the same time we view them as monstrosities but with our ever expanding world popula-tion they are necessities. For many reasons!!! What we must do is mitigate their blight and turn them into not just homes, workplaces, entertainment venues and so many other necessary and helpful additions to our lives. We must turn them and construct in ways that their baleful effects on our environment are transformed, so that they help Mother Nature and not violate Her so badly. To do that we have to be ready to radically change our habits, to make sacrifices and remember the old adage we learned as kids; ''You should love your neighbor as yourself.'' Oh; it is so appealing, but in practice it is very, very hard.
Pause a minute … One of the worst days so far for Coronavirus was the 10th of February. On that day, 108 persons in CHINA died of Coronavirus. BUT, on the same day … 26,283 people died of Cancer 24,641 people died of Heart Disease 4,300 people died of Diabetes And on that day, Suicide, unfortunately, took more lives than the virus did, by 28 times. Moreover, Mosquitoes kill 2,740 people every day, HUMANS kill 1,300 fellow human every day and Snakes kill 137 people every day.