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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 July 31, 2016
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, Stephen and Carina Kowalewski Lectors, Barbara Mehan Altar Servers, Clarence Decano Youth Liturgy, Michelle Gilman
FINANCE COUNCIL: Chairman, Mark Zaleski
PARISH ORGANIZATIONS: Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), 60 Plus or Minus Club, Cursillo Group
SAINT VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY: (510) 274-0830 Serving our community.
SICK & HOMEBOUND MINISTRY: Claudia Paquette, (510) 537-8986
STEWARDSHIP: Chairperson, Ed Coelho, (510) 881-5705 WINGS “Women in God’s Spirit”: Bobbie Blackard,510-581-4149 HALL MANAGER: Pat Ballinger, (510) 537-1502
HALL RENTAL MANAGER: Ann McAusland, 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, Gloria Meeker 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 Marian Room, Parish Hall. Please call the Parish Office, 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”
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 31, 2016
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart.
— Psalm 90:12
Mass Intentions (July 30-August 6, 2016) Sat. 4:00p.m. John Ferreira Sun. 7:30a.m. Patrick Forde 9:00a.m. For the People 11:00a.m. Frank Bavaro Mon. 8:00a.m. Special Intention for Connie Thompson Tues. 8:00a.m. Elvira Gomes Wed. 8:00a.m. Mary Alice Petersen Thurs. 8:00a.m. Special Intention for Chris Georges and Louis Fucilla Fri. 9:30a.m. Mary Tavares Sat. 4:00p.m. The O’Brien & Dailey Families
Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of: July 23rd & 24th —$8,634.00 (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.
We extend a warm welcome to new parishioners. Please pick up a registration form in the vestibule of the church and return it to the Parish Office. This helps us to serve you better.
Remember Transfiguration in your Will and Living Trust
Baptism Class
The next Baptism class will be Tuesday, August 9, 2016. Please call the Parish Office to register.
Transfiguration Catholic Church
Coffee and Donuts Nhat & Kathleen Nguyen will be hosting coffee and donuts this Sunday after the 9:00a.m. Mass. Stop by and enjoy the fellowship.
TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11
Psalm 90 Gospel: Luke 12:13-21
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jer 28:1-17; Ps 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102; Mt 14:13-21 Tuesday: Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; Ps 102:16-21, 29, 22-23; Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 Wednesday: Jer 31:1-7; Jer 31:10, 11-12ab, 13; Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 16:13-23 Friday: Na 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7; Dt 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41; Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Lk 9:28b-36 Sunday: Wis 18:6-9; Ps 33:1, 12, 18-22; Hb 11:1-2, 8-19 [1-2, 8-12]; Lk 12:32-48 [35-40] SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Alphonsus Liguori Tuesday: St. Eusebius of Vercelli; St. Peter Julian Eymard Thursday: St. John Vianney Friday: Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major; First Friday Saturday: The Transfiguration of the Lord; First Saturday
HITTING IT BIG It seems to be commonly accepted nowadays that every-one wants to win the lottery, hit the slots big at the casi-no, or be a millionaire. This attitude is akin to what the first hearers of the parable of the successful farmer would have thought: Why, of course he’d want to find a way to preserve his good fortune for the future, to secure for himself a life of leisure, eating, drinking, and merriment. It’s exactly the kind of life that the right ticket, hand of cards, or quiz show answer might bring us today. Being surrounded by this “common wisdom” makes the words of Qoheleth, the psalmist, Paul, and Jesus all that much harder to hear today. Perhaps good fortune will be ours, perhaps it will not be. But if we make that fortune or the quest for it the heart, the very center, of our lives, then we will live to regret it. We will not achieve the future secu-rity we pursue, and we will lose the present moment in the chase. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Congratulations to the parents of: Luca Menro Grazzini Violetta JoJean Grazzini Lizbeth Ramirez Morales Kimberly Nathalia Morales Alvarez who were baptized here last Sunday.
Planting the Seeds of Stewardship Everything is a gift from God.
Note: Mass on Friday, August 5th will be at 9:30a.m.
Adult Bible Study Monday evening, August 1, 2016 in the Marian Room, Parish Hall, 7:00-8:30p.m. No sign-up required, just drop in. Free will offering.
Credit, Debit, and Electronic Check Offerings If you would like to make your Sunday offering by credit or debit card, or electronic check, please go to our website: transfigchurch.com, and click on the “Donate” tab. From there, click on the “Donate Now” button to be taken to a secure website to complete the setup of your offering.
Pancake Breakfast We will not have a Pancake Breakfast on Sunday after the 7:30 and 9:00 Masses in the month of August. We will resume on September 25th.
St. Vincent de Paul Collection: There will be a second collection for St. Vincent de Paul the weekend of July 30 and 31. SVdP helps the poor in our parish by providing food, gas, and household assistance to our neigh-bors in need. In May, SVdP volunteers made 41 visits provid-ing assistance to 197 individuals, many of whom were chil-dren. We appreciate your generosity and encourage you to be generous once again for the collection at the Masses on July 30 and 31. Please use the envelopes in the pews for the collec-tion.
Support St. Vincent de Paul's Backpack/School Supply Drive!
St. Vincent de Paul is collecting new backpacks filled with school supplies for children of the poor that we serve in our parish community. Each backpack needs some or all of the following supplies: pencil case, pencil sharpener, regular pen-cils, colored pencils, erasers, washable markers, scissors, glue sticks, ruler, folders with pockets, small /individual packs of tissue, pens, drawing paper, and wide ruled paper in spiral notebooks. We will be in the vestibule of the Church on August 6 and 7 after all of the Masses to collect the backpacks filled with sup-plies. If you have any questions, please call Nancy Hollis-ter, 510-889-7011 or email: [email protected].
Sixty Plus or Minus Club Please join us in the Hall following the 9:30a.m. Mass on Friday, August 5th. Our hosts will be Marlene Tallo, Jo Green and Barbara Coelho. We will have someone from Eden Medi-cal Services Senior Injury Prevention speak about contributing factors that cause falls. Those attending will receive a “Falls Prevention Manual”. Everyone is welcome to come to our meeting. Please sign up today if you plan to attend as the hosts need to have a count of attendees.
MERCY The Heart of Peace
Interfaith Meeting of Prayer for Peace All are invited for an evening
of prayer and dialogue in the spirit of peace. The Cathedral of Christ the Light Event Center
2121 Harrison St., Oakland, CA 94612 September 6, 2016
Prayer 5:45p.m. Panel Dialogue: 6:30p.m. Procession & Pledge 8:00p.m.
RSVP at JubileeOfMercy-EB.org or Oakdiocese.org/InterfaithMeeting
For more information, contact Jean Evans at 510-267-8357 or [email protected].
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Sometimes the treasures of art can provide us with clues about traditions. Take, for example, the miter, the conical hat with lappets, or back-flaps that fall to the shoulders. This cap is worn by bishops in the Catholic West. Eastern Catholics favor a crown, but we have this curious headpiece. In Greek, the word means “turban.” Old paintings and mosaics provide clues about headgear for bishops, and there is very little artistic evi-dence for the miter before the year 1000. Before then, some kind of head covering might have been worn to offset the damp and chill of unheated churches. The pope, as far back as the seventh century, often wore a cap called a camelaucum. Around that time, artists painting St. Peter began to portray their subject wearing this hat. By the year 1000 or so, the pope began to grant similar helmet-shaped headgear as gifts to visit-ing abbots and bishops. They returned home with these new chapeaus, and before long everybody wanted one! Today, miters are granted not only to bishops, but to certain favored abbots and occasionally abbesses. Pope Benedict XVI set aside the tradition of the papal tiara in favor of the miter, even on his coat of arms. Pope Paul VI was the last pope to have a coronation. As recently as the 1960s, miters were tower-ing skyscrapers of jewels and rich silks, but now a simplicity of style is favored by bishops. Miters are here to stay, and experi-enced altar servers know how to await the bishop’s removing of the miter, since he does not wear it when he is saying the presidential prayers or the Eucharistic Prayer. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co
Transfiguration Youth Ministry Alfonso Corona III
is our new youth minister. Welcome to him and
be ready for new ideas! Questions? Contact Alfonso at:
Blood Drive Dear Parishioners, You are TRULY amazing!!! Thanks to all blood donors, last Sunday’s drive was a GRAND SLAM for Blood Center recipi-ents!! There were 19 dona ons, of which 3 were double red cell dona ons. 22 total products were collected and 66 lives have been saved!! Thank you!!!! TRANSFIGURATION DONORS ROCK!! What you do ma ers. Thank you again for being a HERO to the blood recipients and their families. Coordinator, Blood Centers of the Pacific
Your Prayers Are Requested for the Repose of the Soul of: Patrick Conroy
LETTER FROM POPE FRANCIS THE “JOY OF THE GOSPEL” CONTINUED...
The Church’s Missionary Transformation—#144
Words which set hearts on fire
To speak from the heart means that our hearts must not just be on fire, but also enlightened by the fullness of rev-elation and by the path travelled by God’s word in the heart of the Church and our faithful people throughout history. This Christian identity, as the baptismal embrace which the Father gave us when we were little ones, makes us desire, as prodigal children – and favourite children in Mary – yet another embrace, that of the merciful Father who awaits us in glory. Helping our people to feel that they live in the midst of these two embraces is the diffi-cult but beautiful task of one who preaches the Gospel. Fr. Terry’s Remarks— We talked about heartfelt ex-changes in our Homily time during Mass this past week. Our exchanges must not only be full of passion; we see a lot of that these days when we watch or listen to our polit-ical debates and results are far from positive. Our homilies must be enlightened by better understanding of Scripture and faithful following of the Gospel in our own lives. It also helps if we understand something concerning or have some genuine experience of the subjects we are sharing. It is always graceful if our homilist has respect for the wide and deep knowledge of the people in church and never loses sight of the truth that the faithful people of God come to church to be nurtured, challenged and to worship, and of course, to show their appreciation by their presence and adding to the collection. We should never stop assuring people that they live always in the loving embrace of an all merciful Father and a loving Mother.