Church of the Transfiguration 4000 E. Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley, CA 94552-4908

(510) 538-7941 Fax (510) 538-7983 E-mail: transfig_office@sbcglobal.net Website: www.transfigchurch.com April 26, 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: eserrano76@gmail.com 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 transfig.oasis@gmail.com

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 melspeed@live.com FUNERALS: Please contact the funeral home of your choice and then the parish office. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Director, Patrice Ballinger (510) 537-1502 or TransfigCCD@aol.com RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Please call the parish office. MUSIC MINISTRY: Director, Alexander Katsman (510) 538-7941, Ext. 302 or Transfig_Music@sbcglobal.net

Mission Statement: “Transfiguring Our Community Through Faith”

Transfiguration Catholic Church

SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA (1347-1380) April 29 Imagine the pope receiving a young woman still in her twenties who addresses him as “my sweet Christ on earth,” then orders: “Get back to Rome where you be-long!” Amazingly, Gregory XI complied! Yet this was but one astonishing incident in the extraordinary life of Catherine of Siena, a truly unique medieval wom-an. Youngest of twenty-five children, Catherine re-fused marriage and became a Dominican Tertiary at sixteen, cloistering herself at home in contemplative prayer, austere penances, and mystical experiences, culminating in “spiritual espousal” to Christ. Then, incarnating the Dominican ideal of “passing on to oth-ers the fruits of contemplation,” Catherine left her sol-itude to care for the poor, nurse the sick, comfort the dying, and bury the dead. Increasingly renowned for converting souls and healing bodies, she was sought after to broker peace during civil wars and Church schisms. All this, and like Jesus, whom she called “my Divine Spouse,” she died at thirty-three! Four hundred letters and her spiritual classic The Dialogue inspired Paul VI to name her, together with Teresa of Ávila, the first women Doctors of the Church. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Third Sunday of Easter April 26, 2020

You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.

— Acts 2:28

Announcement In this new day of trying times, we as a Parish have to re-think on how we can best communicate with each other on issues pertaining to our own well-being and our church. In this regard, with the current digital technology, we can continue to communicate as a community. Please give your permission to our Parish Office to use your email address to be added to your database profile to be used strictly for Parish communication purposes. If you’re not yet registered with the Parish, please let the office (transfig_office@sbcglobal.net) know so we can send you copy of the registration form.

CONTRIBUTION SUPPORT A heartfelt thanks as you continue to contribute ei-ther electronically (online contribution) or regular mail. The Parish Office also have a mail slot next to the front door that you can drop your envelope. Please check our website: transfigchurch.com if you would like to consider on-line donation. Thank you for your support.

For your convenience the following are the Trans-figuration Church electronic links: Transfiguration website: www.transfigchurch.com Electronic Bulletin: www.e-churchbulletins.com/bulletins/523293.pdf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Church-of-the-Transfiguration-115417251810536/ On-Line Donation: https://www.sagepayments.net /eftcart/forms/donate.asp?M_id=798399645711

Transfiguration Church regular Masses continue to be suspended while the mandate “Shelter-in-Place” stays in-effect. Please follow the Sunday Mass at 12 Noon via Facebook or YouTube. Thank you.

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GOD’S PLAN Saint Peter speaks to us twice today. In the first reading, we hear an excerpt from his sermon on Pentecost; in the second, part of his first letter. Once a frightened, uneducated fisherman who often said just the wrong thing, now Peter is speaking what he knows to be true. Everything Jesus had said now makes sense. His death and rising were all part of God’s plan, and our faith and hope can be centered on God. Today’s Gospel tells the story of Jesus’ walk to Emmaus with two of the disciples. Frightened, sad, and confused, the two of them don’t recognize Jesus, who tells them what we heard Peter say above: All this had to happen as part of God’s plan. In the end, these disciples recognize Jesus as we are to recognize him—in the breaking of the bread. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Acts 2:14, 22-33

Second Reading: 1 Peter 1:17-21 Psalm: 16—Gospel: Luke 24:13-35

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: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40 Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59, or, for the memorial, Gn 1:26 — 2:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24; Ps 90:2-4, 12-14, 16; Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69 Sunday: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Ps 23:1-6; 1 Pt 2:20b-25; Jn 10:1-10 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Third Sunday of Easter Tuesday: St. Peter Chanel; St. Louis Grignion de Montfort Wednesday: St. Catherine of Siena Thursday: St. Pius V Friday: St. Joseph the Worker; First Friday Saturday: St. Athanasius; First Saturday

Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of : Apr 18th & Apr 19th — $2,632.00 Easter Donation—$5,665.00

(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.

Announcement

Our strange new world of “the time of the corona-virus” means that we’ll all be spending a lot more time at home. This also has affected the publishing of The Catholic Voice newspaper. In order to keep our staff safe and still deliver the Catholic news to our Di-ocese of Oakland readers The Catholic Voice will now publish once a month starting with the April 13, 2020 issue until further notice. It is our hope that read-ing The Catholic Voice will help you make the most of this time spent at home and better share our Catho-lic faith with others. Our prayer together strengthens the bond we have with each other in our Lord and makes us a powerful source of hope, healing and peace in the midst of this challenging time. The Catholic Voice Staff

STAY WITH US, LORD Walk with us, Lord, along the road of resurrection! Explain for us, so slow to believe, the things that Scripture says of you. Break the bread of the Eucharist with us whenever we share our lives with our brothers and sisters. Stay with us each time night approaches and the daylight fades in our hearts! —From Come, Lord Jesus by Lucien Deiss, CSSp, copyright © 1976, 1981, Lucien Deiss. Published by World Library Publications. p.168

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

#47. Furthermore, when media and the digital world become omnipresent, their influence can stop people from learning how to live wisely, to think deeply and to love generously. In this context, the great sages of the past run the risk of going unheard amid the noise and distractions of an information overload. Efforts need to be made to help these media become sources of new cultural progress for humanity and not a threat to our deepest riches. True wisdom, as the fruit of self-examination, dialogue and generous encounter be-tween persons, is not acquired by a mere accumula-tion of data which eventually leads to overload and confusion, a sort of mental pollution. Real relation-ships with others, with all the challenges they entail, now tend to be replaced by a type of internet commu-nication which enables us to choose or eliminate rela-tionships at whim, thus giving rise to a new type of contrived emotion which has more to do with devices and displays than with other people and with nature. Today’s media do enable us to communicate and to share our knowledge and affections. Yet at times they also shield us from direct contact with the pain, the fears and the joys of others and the complexity of their personal experiences. For this reason, we should be concerned that, alongside the exciting possibilities offered by these media, a deep and melancholic dis-satisfaction with interpersonal relations, or a harmful sense of isolation, can also arise. Fr. Terry’s Remarks: Pope Francis' words today on modern media are just what the doctor ordered. Please read a few times and take them in. I will not distract.