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 July 7, 2019

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 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: Claudia Paquette, (510) 537-8986

STEWARDSHIP: Chairperson, Ed Coelho, (510) 881-5705 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, 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”

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 7, 2019

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

— Galatians 6:14

Mass Intentions (July 6-13, 2019) Sat. 4:00 p.m. For the People Sun. 7:30 a.m. Helen La Londe 9:00 a.m. Ben and Flor Peña 11:00 a.m. Antonio & Frank Ferreira Mon. 8:00 a.m. May Feeney Tues. 8:00 a.m. For the People Wed. 8:00 a.m. Special Intention for John and Cindy Kathain Thurs. 8:00 a.m. Janusz Zaleski Fri. 8:00 a.m. For the People Sat. 4:00 p.m. Anthony Bettencourt

Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of June 29th & 30th will be in next week’s bulletin. 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.

July Birthdays Happy Birthday to you, May God Bless you.

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, May God Bless you!

Remember Transfiguration in your Will and Living Trust

Transfiguration Catholic Church

Steve & Susie Dennis will be hosting coffee and donuts this Sunday after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Stop by and enjoy the fellowship.

Adult Bible Study There will be no bible study on

Monday, July 8, 2019.

Baptism Class The next Baptism Class will be

Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Please call the Parish Office to register.

GOD’S PROVIDENCE Today’s readings celebrate God’s providence. No matter how wonderful (or heartbreaking) our relationships are, God always provides for us. No one cares for us the way God does. Isaiah delights us with a deeply intimate image of God caring for us “as a mother comforts her child.” The proph-et describes us not as the usual “children of God,” but as “babies.” We should not resist this image, but rejoice in it. Trusting in God’s care, we can all let down our guard and rest like infants in the lap of our mother. Saint Paul’s trust in God allows him to be at peace like this. He boldly declares that no one can “make troubles” for him, because he has given himself completely to Jesus. And when Jesus sends his disciples out to preach and heal, he challenges them not to provide for themselves, but to let faith be their guide. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Pancake Breakfast There will be no Pancake Breakfast in the months of July and August. We will resume in September.

Thank you for advertising in our bulletin. We appreciate your support!

Holy Father (Peter’s Pence) Collection Next weekend, we will have the Holy Father (Peter’s Pence) collection which provides Pope Francis with the funds he needs to carry out his charitable works around the world. The proceeds benefit the most disadvantaged; victims of war, oppression, and disasters.

Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services Community Outreach Staff from the Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services, a Ministry of the Diocese of Oakland will be here this weekend after all Masses to discuss the spiritual and practical reasons for learning about Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services. After each Mass, there will be a short presentation along with a question and answer session in the Marian Room of the Parish Hall. Please take advantage of this oppor-tunity to better understand the importance of a Catholic funeral and burial.

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.

Buon Tempo Upcoming Dinners Transfiguration Parish Hall

All parishioners are invited to the following dinners: July 16, 2019—Pork Spare Ribs August 6, 2019—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.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Isaiah 66:10-14c

Second Reading: Galatians 6:14-18 Psalm:66—Gospel: Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9

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

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gn 28:10-22a; Ps 91:1-4, 14-15ab; Mt 9:18-26 Tuesday: Gn 32:23-33; Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b, 15; Mt 9:32-38 Wednesday: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a; Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Mt 10:1-7 Thursday: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 10:7-15 Friday: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30; Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Mt 10:16-23 Saturday: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a; Ps 105:1-4, 6-7; Mt 10:24-33 Sunday: Dt 30:10-14; Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37; or 19:8-11; Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday: St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions Thursday: St. Benedict Saturday: St. Henry; Blessed Virgin Mary

2020 Pilgrimage to Poland, Prague and Germany Including The Passion Play of Oberammergau

Hosted by Fr. Thomas Czeck OFM Conv., pastor at Our Lady of Grace in Castro Valley, this 11-day pilgrimage begins August 11, 2020. We will visit Warsaw, Niepoka-lanow (Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe), Czestochowa (home to the Black Madonna), Krakow, Auschwitz, Wadowice (birthplace of Pope Saint John Paul II), Prague (see the famous Infant of Prague) & Munich. The price is $4649 per person and includes roundtrip air from San Francisco, first class/select hotels, hotels and guesthouses in Oberammergau, 1stclass admission tickets for the Pas-sion Play, most meals, comprehensive sightseeing with an English-speaking guide and more. Space is limited so book early to avoid disappointment! For a brochure and more info, please contact Heidi Denzler-Halsey at 510- 881-7850 or heidimdh106@gmail.com.

Children’s Book Readings San Damiano Retreat Center

710 Highlands Drive, Danville Mondays in July, 10 a.m. to noon with Jan Stegner. Regis-ter at www.sandamiano.org or call 925.837.9141, ext. 315.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION It’s high summer now, school is out, the pace of work slows, and some people drift away. There are visitors in the churches every summer, and familiar faces are “among the missing.” Some find the summer’s call more appealing than the summons of the church bells. Many, however, would not dream of missing a Sunday, and so they make their way to Mass in unfamiliar places, watch-ing the locals for clues as to when to sit or stand, where the Communion stations are. In answering the call, they keep the “sabbatical” rhythm of the Christian life: every seventh day, the Body of Christ assembles for worship. For centuries, there was no obligation to Sunday Mass in the sense of a written law, but Christians have always yearned to be together on Sunday. In the city of Abitina, during a persecution by the Emperor Diocletian, a group of Christians were urged to stop worshiping together on Sundays. They responded, “Then take our lives, for with-out the Sunday we cannot live.” By a curious coinci-dence, the appointed readings today center us on thoughts of peace. On our Independence Day, the experience of worship situated us in community, and evoked a commit-ment from us to be advocates of peace in all aspects of our society’s life. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Backpack Drive Our St. Vincent de Paul Conference will again be collect-ing new backpacks with school supplies before and after all the masses on July 27th & 28th. They will be distribut-ed to our client families in need and through St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County. New backpacks should include 2 notebooks, wide-ruled binder paper and binder, colored pencils, sketch pad, reg-ular pencils and pens, colored washable markers, ruler, small tissue packs, erasers, and crayons. If there are any questions, please contact Nancy Hollister: (510) 913-6081 or nancy.hollister@comcast.net.

Come join the fun with the Italian Catholic Federation for an old-fashioned picnic on Thursday, July 11th in Stack center at Our Lady of Grace. Doors will open @ 6:00 PM and dinner will begin @ 6:30 PM. Menu includes, hot dogs with condiments, salads and desserts plus bever- ages. For reservations, please call Juanita @ 1-510-582-7242, deadline is Monday, July 8th. Hope to see many of you there!

LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS

ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME

United by the same concern. #7. These statements of the Popes echo the reflections of numerous scientists, philoso-phers, theologians and civic groups, all of which have enriched the Church’s thinking on these questions. Outside the Catholic Church, other Churches and Christian com-munities – and other religions as well – have expressed deep concern and offered valuable reflections on issues which all of us find dis-turbing. To give just one striking example, I would mention the statements made by the beloved Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with whom we share the hope of full eccle-sial communion. Fr. Terry’s Remarks: This week Pope Francis wishes us to be aware that it is not only Popes who are gravely alarmed at the state of our planet. Numerous weighty scien-tists, philosophers, theologians and civic groups, not to forget everyday people who observe what is happening around them, and other Christian churches and communities of all beliefs are increasing by expressing their fears about climate change and the danger of irreversible damage to our Mother Earth. The chorus of anxiety is rising, things are hap-pening but are we paying enough attention? Are we ready to be more aware and to adapt?