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 August 19, 2018

Rev. Mario L. Borges, Pastor ● Rev. Terence O’Malley, Parochial Administrator 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

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”: Trish Ferrari, (510) 329-9407 HALL MANAGER: Pat Ballinger, (510) 537-1502 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, 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 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”

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 19, 2018

Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.

— John 6:53

Mass Intentions (August 18-25, 2018) Sat. 4:00 p.m. Felix Ulep, Sr. Sun. 7:30 a.m. Donald La Londe 9:00 a.m. For the People 11:00 a.m. Juliana Monteiro Mon. 8:00 a.m. Vincent Rodrigues Tues. 8:00 a.m. Vivienne Duff Wed. 8:00 a.m. Rena M. Molinari Thurs. 8:00 a.m. Jan Paulo Fri. 8:00 a.m. Francisca, Manuel, and Jose Costa & Family Sat. 4:00 p.m. Edward & Mary Joaquin and Dr. Douglas Franklin

Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of: August 11th & 12th—$10,725.00 (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

The next Baptism Class will be Tuesday, September 11, 2018.

Please call the Parish Office to register.

Transfiguration Catholic Church

Craig & Martha Sihner 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!

THIS EUCHARISTIC FEAST Some things about human nature don’t change, even over the course of centuries. When we celebrate a holiday, we have a meal; when we celebrate a significant event, we have a feast. In today’s first reading, Lady Wisdom is set-ting a feast, a sign of celebrating the covenant that Israel has with God. Israel’s central remembrance of its saving Exodus covenant is the Passover meal. So it is natural—and not coincidental—that the Christian celebration of the new covenant sealed by the blood of Christ on the cross happens at a meal, our Eucharist, offered first by Jesus in the context of Passover remembrance. It is easy for us, sometimes, to forget the very long and rich religious and human origins of our eucharistic feasting on the bread and cup that are the Body and Blood of Jesus. Today, and for the next few Sundays that we hear the “Bread of Life” discourse from John, let us bring to mind the loving cove-nant that God makes with us, and be filled with great joy at this marvelous feast that we have come to attend! Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Adult Choir News Our wonderful Adult Choir is getting back together after summer break and we are looking for new choir mem-bers. We are a friendly and supportive group and would love you to join us in inspiring and uplifting experience of praising God in song! We rehearse weekly and sing at 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sundays. If you never tried or if you haven’t sung in a choir in a while this would be a great time to join Transfiguration Adult Choir! Please contact Alexander Katsman, Music Ministry Director, by email at Transfig_Music@sbcglobal.net. You can also leave a message at (510) 538-7941, ext.302 or see our musicians at church on a weekend. We are looking forward to meeting you!

Congratulations to the parents of: Alexis Christine Parra Joseph Takeshi Sarmiento who were baptized here last Sunday.

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 community. Each backpack needs some or all of the follow-ing supplies: pencil case, pencil sharpener, regular pencils, 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 back of the Church on August 18 and 19 after all of the Masses to collect the backpacks filled with supplies. If you have any questions, please call Nancy Hollister, 510-913-6081 or email: nancy.hollister@comcast.net.

St. Vincent de Paul Meeting Sunday, August 19th—10:00 a.m.

Parish Hall All are welcome.

Buon Tempo Upcoming Dinners Transfiguration Parish Hall

All parishioners are invited to the following dinners: September 4, 2018—Tri Tip October 2, 1018—Chicken Cacciatore If you are interested in attending, please call the Dinner Line, 510-483-6929. Reservations must be made by the Friday before the dinner. Info: Call Len Tallo, President, 510-912-5730.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Proverbs 9:1-6

Second Reading: Ephesians 5:15-20 Psalm: 34—Gospel: John 6:51-58

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ez 24:15-24; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 19:16-22 Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-28, 30, 35cd-36ab; Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 20:1-16 Thursday: Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 22:1-14 Friday: Rv 21:9b-14; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Jn 1:45-51 Saturday: Ez 43:1-7a; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 23:1-12 Sunday: Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Ps 34:2-3, 16-21; Eph 5:21-32 [2a, 25-32]; Jn 6:60-69 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Bernard Tuesday: St. Pius X Wednesday: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday: St. Rose of Lima Friday: St. Bartholomew Saturday: St. Louis; St. Joseph Calasanz; Blessed Virgin Mary

Adult Bible Study Monday evening, August 20, 2018 in the Marian Room, Parish Hall, 7:00-8:30 p.m. No sign-up required, just drop in. Free will offering.

The Catholic Community of Pleasanton Invites You To Celebrate

REV. PAUL D. MINNIHAN 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION

TO THE PRIESTHOOD Saturday, September 8, 2018—5:00 p.m.

Celebration of Eucharist St. Augustine Church

3999 Bernal Avenue, Pleasanton Reception to follow, St. Augustine Hall

Youth Ministry and Youth Music News We are looking for Middle, High School and College students to join our amazing Youth Choir and Band in leading the music at Sunday 9:00 a.m. Mass. If you like to sing or play an instrument with a great band this is the place to be! Our first rehearsal will be on Monday, August 27th at 5:30 p.m. We are also looking for those who might be interested in being a cantor at Youth Mass. For more information or any questions please email Alex at Transfig_Music@sbcglobal.net or see him after 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday. We would love for you to join us!

Happy 90th Birthday to Luis Antonio!

Confirmation “Opening Night”

The time has come for our H S teenagers to consider continuing their Religious Education and exploring the idea of completing their Initiation into the Roman

Catholic Church. Our Catholic Sacraments of initiation are three: Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation. High School Students, do you wish to investigate what it means to become a fully initiated member of the Catholic Church? Here is your chance.

Confirmation at Transfiguration is not a graduation! Here, we strive to create a dynamic and engaging two year program that is sure to keep you on your toes in faith and service and encourage you to step into your call as disci-ples for a lifetime.

Want to learn more about it? Please join us with your Parent(s) for an Information Meeting on Thursday, August 23 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. to hear the details, ask questions and make a preliminary decision.

At our “Opening Night”, on August 23 we will explain the program in detail. We will then give you time to talk it over together, as a family. At the conclusion of the even-ing, we will be accepting the names of those teens who wish to further explore the program by attending an all-day, mini-retreat on Sunday, Sept. 9. We will also be collecting a permission slip and $30.00 per student to cov-er the costs of the mini-retreat.

FYI: Confirmation Preparation is Not offered at our Cath-olic High Schools; it must be completed within the parish.

Parents: While the final decision to be confirmed must be that of your teen; your support is crucial. If your daughter/son has expressed any interest in exploring the Sacrament of Confirmation at this time, it is essential that you BOTH attend this Opening Night for the entire time, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. If your teen decides to wait, our next class will begin fall, 2020.

We look forward to meeting with you on August 23.

Your Prayers Are Requested for the Repose of the Soul of: Alejandro Alvarez (Father of Veronica Javonillo)

LETTER FROM POPE FRANCIS THE “JOY OF THE GOSPEL”

The Proclamation of the Gospel—#250

Interreligious Dialogue

An attitude of openness in truth and in love must characterize the dialogue with the followers of non-Christian religions, in spite of various obstacles and difficulties, especially forms of fundamentalism on both sides. Interreligious dialogue is a necessary condition for peace in the world, and so it is a duty for Christians as well as other religious communities. This dialogue is in first place a conversation about human existence or simply, as the bishops of India have put it, a matter of “being open to them, sharing their joys and sorrows”. In this way we learn to ac-cept others and their different ways of living, think-ing and speaking. We can then join one another in taking up the duty of serving justice and peace, which should become a basic principle of all our ex-changes. A dialogue which seeks social peace and justice is in itself, beyond all merely practical con-siderations, an ethical commitment which brings about a new social situation. Efforts made in dealing with a specific theme can become a process in which, by mutual listening, both parts can be puri-fied and enriched. These efforts, therefore, can also express love for truth.

Fr. Terry’s Remarks—Too many of us begin dia-logue hoping or perhaps determined to convince or convert or prove a point. The result is not unusually more misunderstanding and even another reason to disagree. A sincere desire to learn from and a love for mutual sharing are a sound and healthy basis for genuine dialogue. To win is not the object but to have a strong desire for openness and a desire to share joys and sorrows. I may be very strong in my faith, I may be quite clear in my mind and heart what Jesus taught but in dialogue I am meeting Christ in the other and Jesus wishes me to listen to him and respond to him in the person who is speaking with me at this moment. Genuine dialogue reveals our love for truth and love of neighbor.

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