Sacred Heart Catholic Church

2140 N. Cedar Avenue(JUST SOUTH OF CLINTON ON CEDAR)

Fresno, CA 93703-2697Phone: 559-237-4121; FAX: 559-237-0122

E-mail: sacredheartfresno@att.netWebsite: sacredheartfresno.org

OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Liturgical Schedule:Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday at 8:00a.m.Wednesday: Communion Service 8:00a.m. Saturday: Vigil Mass at 4:00p.m.Sunday Masses: 7:00a.m. - Early Risers Mass,9:00a.m. - Family Mass, 11:00 a.m. - Children / Life Teen Mass, 1:00 p.m. - Charismatic Mass.

Horario de Servicios en Espanol:Misa Diaria: lunes y jueves a las 6:00p.m. y viernes a las 5:45p.m., miercoles servicio de comunion a las 6:00pm Misa de Domingo a las 5:00p.m.Hora Santa: jueves a las 6:30p.m. a 7:30p.m. - en la capillaAdoración Eucarística Nocturna en la capilla cada cuarto sabado a las 8pm hasta 5am Domingo con Misa.RICA: Rito de la Iniciacion cristiana de Adultos:miercoles a las 6:00p.m. en RFC #2..Grupo de Oracion: viernes 7:00p.m.-St. Mary's RoomGrupo de Jovenes: viernes 7:00p.m.-St. Patrick’s RoomReconciliacion/Confesion: viernes - 3:45p.m. - 5:15p.m.Educacion Religiosa: Las clases son en espanol losviernes de 5:30p.m. a 7:00p.m. en St. Patrick’s Room

Reconciliation/Confession Friday’s - 3:45p.m. - 5:15p.m.Eucharistic Adoration: Friday’s: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30a.m.4th Saturday from 8pm till 5am on Sunday-Spanish LifeTeen EXALT every 1st Tuesday 6:00p.m.-7:00p.m. Every Tuesday in English 6:00p.m. - 7:00p.mEvery Thursday in Spanish 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.

Baptisms: First & third Sunday is for baptism in English.The Second Saturday is for baptism in Spanish.Weddings: By appointment, six months advance notice.Religious Education Office: 237-4121. CCD Classes: inthe Activity Center on Sundays - 1st grade-8th grade,9:30a.m. to 12noon. Concludes with Mass.Confirmation/Life Teen Youth Program: Sundays 11am-2pm: Includes Mass at 11:00a.m.RCIA: Thursday’s 7:00 p.m. St. Patrick’s Room

Welcome! We extend our hands and hearts in Christian fellowship to you here, celebrating with us, whether long time residents or newly arrived in the Parish. If you would like to register as a MEMBER or UPDATE your personal information, please fill out this section and return it to the Parish Office or drop it in the collection basket.Full Name/s....................................................................................................Phone.........................................Address.........................................................................................City...................................Zip......................____New Member/s ____Send me Sunday Offering Envelopes ____Update Address Information____Moving, remove me from Church mailing list

Everyone is WelcomeBienvenidos a Todos

Fr. Hilary Silva, PastorRev. Mr. Robert Sesma: Director of RCIARev. Mr. Tom Ognibene: Pastoral Care CoordinatorOffice Manager: Kelley AvilesDirector of Religious Education/YM: Kathy AlegriaCCD Spanish Coordinator - Esmeralda HernandezConfirmation Coordinator - Sylvia DominquezDirector of Environment: Edna DeLucaWedding Coordinator: Inez CastroLectors & Eucharistic Ministers: Cecelia LingenfelterAltar Servers Coordinator: Cassandra RiojasUshers Coordinator: Raymundo BarbaMusic Director: GeeGee VillaramaFinance Council Chairperson - Mike ChavezParish Ministries Council Chairperson - Jose MejiaSpanish RCIA Coordinator: Antonio AlasSacred Heart Helping Hand - Ted & Connie Borges

OrganizationsAltar & Rosary Society: President: Stephanie Pesqueira - 367-7089, Meeting: 1st Wednesday of Month@ 6:00 p.m.Knights of Columbus: Grand Knight: Jose Mejia -287-8155, Meeting: 3rd Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.Website:www.KofC8786.comGuadalupe Society: President: Hilda Saldate -224-1034, Meeting 1st Sunday at 11am.

Prayer GroupsCharismatic Prayer Group: Every Thursday @ 7:30 p.m. - held in St. Mary’s Room.Men’s Prayer Group: Every first Tuesday @ 7:00pm - held in St. Joseph’s Room In His Name Ministry: Every Wednesday @6:00pm - held in St. Joseph’s Room.

PLATE COLLECTION / COLECTAApril 2, 2017 $ 7,330.95 Building Fund $ $1,853.34

April 9th n/a Helping Hand n/aTODAY’S SECOND COLLECTION: NONE

UPCOMING COLLECTIONS: April 23, CCD Building Fund April 30, Home Missions

Please use your Offering EnvelopesPor favor, use sus sobres de ofertorio

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEKIntenciones de misa de la semana

Holy Saturday, April 158pm + Melton M. Cruz by Jun & Lou SorianoEaster Sunday, April 167am Sacred Heart Parishioners9am + Pip Parangalan by the Alsing family1pm + Jess M Ortega by the Ortega familySpanish 5pm + Ely Sarabia de parte de una amigaMonday, April 178am + Ezquiel Rodriquez by the Guadalupe SocietySpanish 6pmTuesday, April 188am Wednesday, April 198am Communion Service6pm Servicio de CommunionThursday, April 208am + Carolina Pereira by M/M L. LingenfelterSpanish 6pmFriday, April 218am + Soledad Chavira by Augustine ChaviraSpanish 6pm Infant Jesus by Mary CastilloTo schedule a Mass Intention, please come to the Parish office, the requested donation is $10.00.Para reservar una intención de misa, por favor venga a la oficina de la parroquia, la donación solicitada es de $10.00.

Easter Sunday April 16, 2017When Christ your life appears,

then you too will appear with him in glory. — Colossians 3:4 “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad” (Psalm 118:24). Let us remember that these words of today’s responsorial psalm are not only sung from the hearts of those gathered in our parish. They are also sung by the poor in tiny barrios throughout Central and South America. They are sung by those denied religious freedom in our world; these Christians lift their voices in clandestine places of worship. These words are sung by people who have lost loved ones to acts of terrorism and war around the globe. Even in the midst of conflict and division, Christians still come together to declare that poverty, loneliness, violence, and division will never, ever have as much power as the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Indeed, let us rejoice this day and be glad!Easter is nearly three weeks later this year than last. Why does the date wobble

around the calendar so? The way of calculating the date was set by the Emperor Constantine in 325. The decision ended a very bitter controversy in the church. Some people wanted to synchronize the Pasch with Passover on the fourteenth day of the Jewish month Nissan, and their opponents wanted it after the Passover was complete, on the Sunday after the first full moon of springtime. The ecclesiastical rules do not exactly connect with the astronomical rules. The emperor squashed the hopes of the quartodecimans, as the fans of 14 Nissan were called, and chose Sunday. The traditional rule is that Easter is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after the vernal equinox, the fourteenth day of the new moon, and later than March 21. Thus, Easter wobbles between March 22 and April 25. The actual tables and methods for computing the date are extraordinarily detailed, with subtle variations and mind-bending exceptions and charts with “golden numbers,” “dominical letters,” and “epacts” measuring leap years. In 1954 and 1962 the ecclesiastical calculations actually overrode the astronomical new moons and bumped Easter back a month! Today, there is a movement in the World Council of Churches (Protestants and Orthodox) for all Christians to combine their celebrations, based on the star charts for the Jerusalem skies. In principle, the Catholic Church is open to an ecumenical agreement on a fixed date for Easter, but we desire a unanimous decision from the World Council.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK Por Favor recen por los enfermos

Alice Madamba, Lucy Rios, Mary Sullivan, Leonard Pavy, Mary Kendrick, Betty Burns, Margaret Sanchez, Isaiah, Ramona & Joseph Romero Jr., Jean Kiehl, Charles Steele, Henry Gutierrez, Dominc Rossi, Marcus Cato, Ish Hernandez, Jeri Hernandez, Laura Lopez, Tillie Melendez, Candace Saldana, Bobby Mata, Jeanette Cserna, Max McGinnis, Gay Hock, Bill Stumpp, Andrew & Denise Castenada, Andrea Barba, Jose Antonio Barba, Judy Colmenero, Philis Alviso, Margaret Zanabria, Sherri Peters, Manuel & Irene Colmenero, Debbie & Cliff McCallum, Lupe Singh,Please call the Parish office each week on Monday [Tuesday, if Holiday] to keep the above person’s names on this list, otherwise we will assume they are doing better and remove their names....Thank you for your cooperation.Por favor hablen a la oficina de la Parroquia los lunes de cada semana (martes si es día festivo) para mantener en la lista los nombres de las personas escritas arriba. De otra manera asumiremos que están mejorando y quitaremos sus nombres de la lista…… Gracias por su cooperación.To add someone to the above list, schedule visits with

Pastoral Ministry of the Sick, Homebound or DyingPlease call the Parish Office: 237-4121.

Wishing that the Blessings of the Lord fills your heart and home with Happiness

not only for Easter but always....Happy Easter!

BIRTHDAY WISHES/felicitaciones de cumpleaños4-16 Mike Sabalboro 4-17 Fr. Alex Ignacio4-18 Margarita Torres 4-19 Antoinette Cruz4-19 Carlotta Flores 4-20 Richard Lopez4-20 Rebecca Filgas 4-20 Raul Riojas4-20 Clarissa Uriba 4-21 Gloria Garibay4-21 Ariel Gonzales 4-21 Betty Papac4-22 Maria Rivas 4-22 Fr. Hilary Silva WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

4-15 Ernest & Juanita Gonzales4-19 Martha & Angel Rosales

To add names to the Birthday & Anniversary list please fill out a tan colored birthday & anniversary form located at the entrance of the church or stop by the office for one.

TODAYS READINGSFirst Reading — Peter is an eyewitness: The Lord is risen (Acts 10:34a, 37-43).Psalm — This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118).(1) Second Reading — All who are baptized, set your hearts in heaven (Colossians 3:1-4) or(2) Second Reading — Christ our Passover is sacri-ficed; therefore let us celebrate (1 Corinthians 5:6b-8).Gospel — Three witnesses, Mary, Peter, and John; each responds to the empty tomb (John 20:1-9) or Matthew 28:1-10 (or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Luke 24:13-35).

READINGS FOR THE WEEKMonday:Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15Tuesday:Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35Thursday: Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2, 5-9; Lk 24:35-48Friday: Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27; Jn 21:1-14Saturday:Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-21; Mk 16:9-15Sunday:Acts 2:42-47; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Pt 1:3-9; Jn 20:19-31

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSunday: Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the LordMonday: Monday within Octave of Easter; Income Tax DayTuesday:Tuesday within the Octave of EasterWednesday:Wednesday within the Octave of EasterThursday:Thursday within the Octave of EasterFriday: Friday within the Octave of EasterSaturday: Saturday within the Octave of Easter; Earth Day

UPCOMING SALES, EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS AT SACRED HEART

4-30 Sacred Heart Spring Festival - RFC Grounds

Save the Date Sacred Heart Festival

Sunday, April 30, 2017Contact Lisa @ 559-908-6905

askshfestival@gmail.com

Easter Schedule / Domingo de PascuaSaturday Easter Vigil / Sabado Vigilia Pascual

April 15th ~ 15 de Abril8pm Bilingual Mass - Misa Bilingue

Baptism / Bautismo, First Communion / Primera Communion

Easter Sunday Masses / Misas del Domingo de PascuaApril 16th ~ 16 de Abril

7am English, 9am English, (no 11am mass) 1pm English, and 5pm Spanish.

POPE FRANCIS VIDEOThe Knights of Columbus will be showing POPE FRANCIS a video on the Pope’s life up until he became the Pope.

In English ~ April 17th 6:30pm - 7:30pmHeld in the Church

Everyone is invited - FREE MOVIE EVENT.

FLOWERS FOR THE ALTARReservations for Altar Flowers can be arranged by going to the Parish Office and reserve the weekend you would like flowers dedicated in honor/memory of a loved one. Donation $35.00.

BULLETIN ADVERTISERS Please look on the back of our bulletin for our new Bulletin Advertisers, please show your patronage and let them know you have seen their ad on our bulletin.

MASS INTENTIONS Would you like to have a Mass offered for a deceased loved one or for special intentions of a living family member? It is simple to do, just come to the parish office and request a Mass Intention. We will go through the Mass Calendar and schedule a Mass with you. Mass Intention stipend $10.00. (includes mass card)

FESTIVAL - Sunday, April 30, 2017Starts at 11:00am Bilingual Open Air Massconcludes at 6pm with the raffle @ 5:30pm

RAFFLE PRIZES - tickets only $1.00ea.Need Not be present to win:1st Prize winner $1,000.00

2nd Prize winner 50’ Smart TV / Sound Bar3rd Prize winner - 4 Tickets to Disneyland

Must be Present to WinHourly winners 12-4pm

No purchase necessary to participate in drawing, purchase will not increase odds of winning.

SPRING FESTIVAL NEEDSCake Walk Baked items

Silent Auction ItemsVolunteers for Game Booths.

Contact Lisa @ 559-908-6905 oraskshfestival@gmail.com

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED The Parish Office will be closed on April17th in observance of the Easter Holiday.

NEED HELP WITH ADDICTIONIn His Name Ministry is held every Wednesday in St. Joseph’s Room from 6pm to 8pm. This will be a weekly meeting, Everyone is welcome. This Ministry is to help those who are affected by all types of addiction. No Registration is required, come experience the Healing Power of Jesus.