SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 - 23RD SUNDA Y IN ORDINARY TIME

"jNnn-ma, Djuh, Djuh!"Mark 7: 31-37

Jesus' travels had taken him out of Jewish territory into the northern communities of thegentiles, the pagans. Even there, the stories of his healing power were known. As he entered

one of the ten villages on the shores of the Lake of Galilee, a group of men were hurrying

toward him. In front was a man about Jesus' age. He started to run, holding his arms up inprayerful supplication.

"Nnn-ma, Djuh, Djuh," the man strained to speak, bringing his hopeful face so close thatJesus could smell his breath.

His friends filled in around them, explaining, "He is deaf and cannot speak clearly. Hebegs you to heal him." The deaf man's eyes were fervent with hope.

Nearly all of Jesus' miracles had been performed among his own Jewish community. To

heal this man, who was not a Jew, would emphasize that Jesus' message and preachingwere for all people, not just the Jews. Yet, the revelation that he was the Messiah was for his

disciples only, and even then he was revealing it by very slow degrees.The crowd now forming wanted to see the magician do his trick right there in front of

them. Jesus, needed to have intimacy with his Father. So he decided to take the man aside

and heal him privately. He led the jabbering deaf man away from the crowd. When alone,

Jesus cradled the mans head in his hands and pushed his index fingers into the man'sears-as if he was opening a passageway into them.

"Nnn-ma, Djuh, Djuh," the man stammered again, his eyes wild with excitement. Hiswhole body began to tremble.

Jesus lifted his eyes heavenward and gave up a loud groan. "Be opened," he commanded in a stern voice, still holding the man's head inhis hands. Like water bursting through a broken dam, sound flooded the man's ears as he heard Jesus cry out, "Ephphatha!"

Jesus spat and touched the man's tongue, releasing the impediment.

The words he had been trying to say burst free on his tongue with crystal clarity. 'Heal me, Jesus," he said.Jesus smiled at him. "You are healed. But I ask you not to tell anyone about this."

When they returned to the waiting crowd, the man could not contain his joy. He shouted to them. "I am healed. I can speak. Jesus has givenme voice and now I hear!"

Shrieks and shouts of amazement shot through the crowd as they saw the miracle before them. They began to clamor around Jesus, somewith tears in their eyes. Jesus was carried along in the midst of the crowd as it flowed down the hill toward the village.

There was no escape from them. As they were swept along, like two prisoners, Jesus and the healed man exchanged glances. Despite thejoy of his new hearing and speech, the man turned away from Jesus, his eyes were filled with shame. The once-deaf man realized he had failedto do the only thing that Jesus had asked of him.

Has Jesus performed a miracle in your life? All of us have prayed for a special intention. Unlike the man in the Gospel story we are notasked to "tell no-one about this."

Instead we are invited to go out and preach to all nations, telling them about the good news of Jesus. This news is revealed in Scripture andin our own lives. When your prayers are answered it is God's love for you revealed. When there is a miracle in your life it is a continuation of theGospel. Go tell the world!

-- Deacon Dick Folger

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JOIN US THIS THURSDAY IN A CELEBRATION OF OUR

LADY OF FATIMA. Come and join us in our candle-lit Rosaryprocession honoring Our Lady of Fatima. It takes place on the13th of every month from May through October on the parishgrounds. This month it is being held on Thursday, September13 at 6:00 p.m. in the Church. If you are interested in helping toorganize this religious tradition, please contact Debbie at510.396.0249. We encourage representation from differentcultures so we can say the Rosary in various languages.

ATTENTION PARISH LAY MINISTERS­IT'S TIME TO RENEWYOUR "SAFE ENVIRONMENT"CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTAll of our parish volunteers, regardless of the ministries in whichthey serve, are required to either attend a "class" or participatein an online session concerning how to keep our children safe.This program is required by the National Conference of CatholicBishops. Other religions have also developed similar programsfor their volunteers:·~-7,."'- -: .-

Our parish was placed on a rotation schedule by theDiocese which requires that all of our volunteers and layministers renew their training at the same time, once every threeyears.

THIS IS THE YEAR! All of our volunteers will need to take

part in Safe Environment Training this fall. This applies to allvolunteers and members of parish organizations and ministries,regardless of whether they interact with children in the course oftheir work, and regardless of when they took their last course.

For your convenience, two training sessions will be heldhere at OLR in each language. The schedule is now as follows:

ENGLISH

Tuesday, September 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the ChurchSunday, September 23, 12:45 p.m. (after 11 :30 Mass), in

the Eddie Dobrec Room of the Parish HallSPANISH

Sunday, September 23, 11:00 a.m. (after the 9:45 Mass)in the Eddie Dobrec Room of the Parish Hall

Tuesday, September 25, 7:30 p.m. in the ChurchYou may also take this course online at

www.shieldthevunerable.org if you understand how to use theInternet - if not, you must come to the Church to take the class.We prefer that you take the class in person at the parish, asour parish is billed $8.00 for each course that is takenonline.

If you are a lay minister, volunteer, or member of aparish organization you MUST attend one of these sessionsor take the online course this month. Please mark yourcalendar now.

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For September 2, 2012FirstCollection(IncludingEFT) .OurbudgetedgoalfortheFirstCollection .SeeondCollection:ChurchInteriorRenovation .Children'sEnvelopes .

Thank you VERY much! We appreciate your support.

For September 10,2012 to September 16,2012Mon. 8:15a.m.- CommunionServiceTue. 8:15a.m.- ForWorldPeaceWed. 8:15a.m.- Forus,theParishionersThur. 8:15a.m.- MarlaIsabelDiaz(Dee.)Fri. 8:15a.m.- CrespinChipres(Health)Sat. 9:00a.m.- InhonorofSaintsJuanandJacintodelosAngeles(Thanksgiving)

5:00p.m.- JoeGoss(Dec.);BernardMcAtee(Dec.)Sun. 6:45a.m.- GeorgeNerl(Dec.)

8:15a.m.- Christine(Gaska)Borja(Birthday);Suzanne(Gaska)Esquivel(Bithday)

9:45a.m.- RosaGuerrero(Dee);PlacidaCarrillo(Dec.)11:30a.m.- JessOrozco(Dee.)

For September 10, 2012 to September 15, 2012Mon 1Corinthians5:1-8/ Luke6:6-11Tues. 1Corinthians6:1-11/ Luke6:12-19Wed. 1Corinthians7:25-31/ Luke6:20-26Thu. 1Corinthians8:1b-7,11-13/ Luke6:27-38Fri. Numbers21:4b-9/ Philippians2:6-11/ John3:13-17Sat. 1Corinthians10:14-22/ John19:25-271:1.11~117.·~·.:~:r.!.,.

For September 16, 2012 - 24111 Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading:Isaiah50:4c-9a/2nd Reading:James2:14-18/ Gospel:Mark8:27-35

WeekendMasses:< '.:Saturday:5:00p.m.English;6:15p.m.Cantonese':"'Sunday:6:45a.m.Spanish;8:15a.m.English;9:45a.m.Spanish;11:30a.m.English

DailyMass(BilinguaQ:Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,8:15a.m.;Saturday9:00a.m.(CommunionServiceonMondays)

SacramentofReconciliation:EverySaturday,3:30p.m.£,fSacramentsofBaptismandMarriage _'_" . _.:,.:~_..- CalltheParishOfficesixmonthsinadvance,510471-2609-:--·..Phone:(510)471-2609Fax:471-4601E-mail:admin@olrchurch.org

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THIS WEEKEND'S SPONSORSHIPS

THE HOSTS AND WINE are sponsored by the Torres Family,in celebration of the 34th Wedding Anniversary of Ignacio y ElisaTorres

FLEA MARKET PICK-UP SERVICE NOW OFFERED EVERYSATURDAY. No matter how large or small, if you have items to donateto the Festival flea market, we will pick them up from your home. Weare now scheduling pick-ups on Saturdays from now until the Festival.If you need a pick-up, please call the Parish Office at 510.471.2609 andleave your name, phone number, address, and a description of whatyou want to be picked up. We will call you on Friday evening toschedule a time on that Saturday for pick-up. Thank you in advance forsupporting our flea market - one of the largest fund raisers in ourFestival. Please see the flyer included as a page in this Bulletin formore information.

WHEN THE FLEA MARKET LADIES SPEAK, YOU SHOULDLISTEN. The flea market ladies would like to thank the

parishioners who have donated items to the Festival FleaMarket. They report that they are very pleased with the itemsthat have been donated thus far - the items will be very goodsellers, and the items are in great, clean condition!

The ladies have only one additional request - keep thesehigh-quality items coming in! Please do not wait until the lastduties of sorting, cleaning and pricing items. As a result, theynow can be found in the cargo containers polishing their nails.The latest news is that their finger nails look great, as do thenails on 8 of their ten toes. This means that they will be reallybored two toes from today. So please, donate more items nowand give them something to do!

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,2012IN THE PARISH HALL

TICKETS:• $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children 12 and under• Available in front of the Church after Masses and

at the Parish Office during the week

DOOR PRIZES -- DRAWING --50/50 RAFFLE

MENU:• Spaghetti• Garlic Bread• Tossed green salad• Dessert

SCHEDULE:• No-host bar opens, 6:00 p.m.• Dinner, 7:00 p.m.• Dancing, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

CALL THE PARISH OFFICE FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: 510.471.2609

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FLEA MARKETHOME PICK-UP SERVICESTARTS EARLIER THIS YEAR,HAPPENS MORE OFTEN

Historically, we have had two at-home pick-up days right before the Festivalwhere we would go to parishioners' homes to pick up donations of furnitureand other large items for the Flea Market.

Due to a number of parishioners approaching us saying that they wished wewould start this service earlier and pick up more items, WE WILL NOW OFFERPICK-UP SERIVCE EVERY SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER.

Pick-ups will not only be for furniture and large items, but for the donation ofany item that we accept. There is no donation too few in number or too smallfor pick-up.

TO REQUEST A PICK-UP call the Parish Office at 510.471.2609 during theweek (Tuesday-Friday, 1T:OO a.m.-3:00 p.m. and 6:00-9:00 p.m.) Leaveyour name, phone number, address, and a description of the items you wantus to pick up (i.e. the type of items and their size). This description is helpfulto us so we can send the correct vehicle and number of people to load theitems. We will call you on Friday evening to schedule a time window for Satur­day morning.

i>" If a Saturday morning will not work for you, call us anyway, and we will see ifanyone is available to attend to your pick-up on another day of the week.

Thank you very much for your support of our Flea Market.

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY CHURCH, UNION CITY, CALIFORNIA

The Festival is just 4 weeks away!

BIG FESTIVAL MEETING THIS THURSDAY

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

We will have our first of two General Festival Meetings THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall. This meetingis intended to start organizing our volunteers to help run this huge, complex event. If our volunteers attend both general meetings andfollow the instructions given at the meetings, the success of the Festival will be assured!

Who should attend this meeting? Attend if any of the following apply to you:• Those who worked on the festival last year, and plan to do so again this year.• Those who signed up to help somewhere (on tables at the Church, at the parish school) and haven't been called yet.• Those who signed up to help and have been called.• Both booth chairpeople and booth workers.• Those who have been thinking about working on the festival, but are not sure what it entails.• Any person who breathes at least once a day.

Hope to see you there!

THE INTERNATIONAL PILGRIM STATUE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA TO VISIT OLR. The famous pilgrim statue has been at otherparishes in the Oakland Diocese, most notably at Holy Spirit in Fremont. It will be here at OLR on Sunday, September 23, from 4:00 to7:00 p.m. Be sure to save the date! We will publish a schedule of events in next week's Bulletin.

The statue was sculpted in 1947 by Jose Thedim. It has traveled continuously across the world, visiting over 100 countries. Manymiracles have been recorded from the travels. This statue has been seen and documented to have shed tears on many occasions.

A WORD OF "THANKS" TO OUR VOLUNTEER CHURCH CLEANERS. This week we would like to acknowledge cleaning Team #1,which will be cleaning our Church this Tuesday and Friday at 4:00 p.m. The members of this team are Gary Arroy and VeronicaMaldonado. We thank them for their hard work and dedication.

If anyone else would like to join them to help, please meet them at the Church at 4:00.

CONFIRMATION AND ENGLISH YOUTH GROUP INFORMATIONWe will be taking sign-ups for Confirmation, the th and 8th Grade Youth Group and the High School Youth Group after allMasses during the next two weekends.

7th and 8th Grade Youth Group: Meetings will be held on Tuesdays from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. The first meeting will be on September 11.Sign up for this group after Mass during the next two weekends of just come to the first meeting.

HiQh School Youth Group: Meetings will be held on Sundays in the Upper Room of the Hall from 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. The first meetingwill be on September 16. Sign up for this group after Mass during the next two weekends of just come to the first meeting. You mustcomplete one year of High School Youth Group in order to be considered for Confirmation.

Confirmation: Confirmation is for 11th and 1ih graders who have completed one year of High School Youth Group. Meetings are heldon Sunday evenings from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Please sign up after Mass during the next two weekends or call Sheryl Bartlett at510.219.2077. We will begin interviews on Sunday, September 16.

JOIN OUR TEAM IN THE "CLEAN UP" POSITION. Over the last couple of years volunteers have been cleaning our church-instead ofan employee or an outside janitorial service. This has saved us a considerable amount of money, not to mention the fact that ourvolunteers are doing an excellent job. Seems like we hit a "home run" on this one!

At this time it seems that we need more volunteers to come forward to fill in some empty spaces on the teams, as the teams havelost members here-and-there over the years.

So if this is your calling, consider joining the "big leagues" as a member of one of our cleaning teams. There are six teams, and eachteam cleans the church for a week, both on a Tuesday and a Friday, on a rotating basis. In effect, each team cleans the church a littleless than one week a month. Tasks include dry mopping the floors, washing the tile floors, dusting the pews, cleaning out pew bookracks, washing windows, vacuuming carpeted areas, cleaning restrooms, and throwing out trash and recyclables.

Please call our office at 510.471.2609 if you are interested. Thank you.

FESTIVAL KICK-OFF SPAGHETTI DINNER to be held on Saturday, September 22 in the Parish Hall. The same spaghetti dinner wehad on April 21, only this time we are having it to kick-off our Festival and to raise money to help pay for Festival supplies. Same greatfood, same great band (Nova Edicao), and hopefully same great people - meaning you! Come join us! Tickets are $10.00 for adults and$5.00 for children 12 and under. Tickets will be on sale in front of the Church after our weekend Masses and at the Parish Office duringthe week. Please see the flyer included as a page in this Bulletin for more information.

~ This WeeIIJJJiliiIL At O.L.Tuesday, September 11

Bible Study, English, home of Olive Riley-Stewart, 10:00 a.m.Rosary, Spanish, 6:00 p.m.Rosary, English 7:00 p.m.7th and 8th Grade Youth Group Meeting, Upper Room, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 12Rosary, Spanish, 6:00 p.m.Rosary, English 7:00 p.m.Finance Committee Meeting, Office Room 206, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 13Rosary, Spanish, 6:00 p.m.Rosary, English 7:00 p.m.Festival General Meeting, Parish Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, September 14Rosary, Spanish, 6:00 p.m.Dinner for those in need, Eddie Dobrec Room, 6:00 p.m.Spanish Choir Practice, Church, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 15Rosary, Spanish, 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 16Second collection for St. Vincent de PaulExit Collection for our Holy Father in RomeEnglish Choir Practice, Church, immediately after the 11:30 a.m. MassHigh School Youth Group Meeting, Upper Room, 6:00 -7:15 p.m.Confirmation Group Meeting, Upper Room, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.