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St. Felicitas Catholic Church
1662 Manor Blvd. San Leandro
Email: [email protected]
Telephone Number (510) 351-5244 ● Fax (510) 351-5730
www.stfelicitassl.org
Parish Staff
Rev. Thomas Khue
Parochial Administrator
Ext. 286
Parochial V icar
Ext. 297
Rev. Eddie Castañas
Deacon Timothy Myers
[email protected]
Mercey Zamora Pastoral Assoc./Spanish Ministry
347-1293
Sr. Mary Anh Cong (LHC)
Liturgical Ministries
Vietnamese Community
Altar Servers
347-1283
Sr. Ancilla Marie Le (LHC)
Sharon Clancey
Office Secretary
351-5244
Judi Lema
Bulletin
351-5244
Convent
351-5577
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER—APRIL 10,2016
Mass Schedule
Sunday
7:30 am - 9:00 am - 10:30 am
12:30 pm (Spanish) 4:30 pm (Vietnamese)
Saturday
8:15 am - 4:30 pm (Vigil)
Daily (Monday to Fr iday) 7:00 am - 8:15 am
Holy Days 7:00 am 8:15 am
7:00 pm
1st Friday Exposition – St. Joseph’s Chapel
12:30 to 4:45 pm
Sacraments
Reconciliation—Saturday, 3:15 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. or
by appointment.
Baptism—4th Sunday of every month at 2:30 p.m.
Contact Parish Office for information
Marriage—Arrangements to be made 6 months
prior to the wedding.
Parish Office Hours
Monday - Tuesday
Wednesday - Thursday
Friday
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Pastoral Care
347-1287
Parish School
1650 Manor Blvd.
Meghan Jorgensen
357-2530
Fax: 357-5358
Principal
Religious Education Office
Sandi Walton
Geri Lara
St. Vincent de Paul
Director of Religious Education
347-1282
Fax: 510-351-5730
[email protected]
Youth Services
347-1285 or 326-5693
[email protected]
706-1972
EMERGENCY NUMBER (510) 309-8097
(During non-office hours)
Third Sunday of Easter
April 10, 2016
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
to receive power and riches,
wisdom and strength,
honor and glory and blessing.”
— Revelation 5:12
Here are Father Tom’s scattered thoughts . . .
In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, today is a good day to reflect on Divine
Mercy. Jesus loves each one of us and all of us! Today’s Gospel is a beautiful
scene of Mercy and Forgiveness.
Jesus appears to the disciples for the third time after His Resurrection and
shares a meal with them. It is here he shows mercy and forgiveness to Peter.
Jesus asks Peter three times whether he loves Him and Peter responds, “Lord
you know everything. You know that I love You.” Peter’s confession of his
love for Jesus . . . May each one of us join Peter in this confession. “I love
you, Lord. Help my lack of love.”
Peter grew through his mistakes. Peter reformed his life after his mistakes.
What happened to Peter can happen to us also if we have the faith to accept
God’s love and forgiveness. It is impossible to truly meet Jesus and remain the
same. Meeting Jesus transforms all of us.
We continue the celebration of Easter. The Church continues the
celebration. EASTER NEVER ENDS! Why? Because Jesus rose from the
dead and He is with all of us and He is everywhere.
In Divine Mercy and Peace,
Father Tom
Jubilee Year of Mercy
April 10, 2016
Third Sunday of Easter
How appropriate today’s Gospel for this Jubilee Y ear
of Mercy, both because of the “breakfast” Jesus provides
(“a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread”) and the
number of fish in Peter’s net (“one hundred fifty-three”)
(John 21:11–12). Of the fish, Saint Augustine suggests
that the roasted fish is the suffering Christ. Saint Gregory
the Great adds that Christ lowered himself to swim in the
“water” of our humanity; to be caught in the “net” of our
death; to be “roasted” in his Passion on the fire of
suffering. Saint Jerome claims that “one hundred fiftythree” represents the full number of known species of fish,
signifying that the Church’s “net” has room for all our
widely diverse humanity, securing our unity-in-diversity
in the hands of Peter and his successors. Having received
God’s mercy as “the beating heart of the Gospel,” may the
Church—we—“pattern [our] behavior after the Son of
God
who
went
out
to
everyone
without
exception” (Misericordiae Vultus, 12).
Young at Heart Luncheon
Hawaiian Décor
Dress Hawaiian
When: Wednesday April 20, 2016 at Noon
Where: Monsignor McGinty Hall (Gym)
Menu:
B-B-Q Pulled Pork Sandwich on So Roll
Pineapple Coleslaw
Macaroni Salad
Dessert
Cost:
$6.00 per person
Tickets are available in the parish office during the week
un l April 15th. Tickets will be sold a er the 4:30 pm
Mass on Saturday, April 16th and a er the 7:30, 9:00, and
10:30 Mass on Sunday, April 17th.
TICKETS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE IN THE PARISH OFFICE
ON MONDAY, APRIL 18TH OR TUESDAY, APRIL 19TH.
—Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
Papal quotes Copyright © 2015, Libreria Editrice V aticana. Used with permission.
Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Come and join us for this devotion every Tuesday
morning after the 7:00 a.m. morning Mass.
NECESSARY
Grace is necessary to salvation, free will is equally
so; but grace in order to give salvation, free will in
order to receive it.
—St. Bernard
Parish Acts of Mercy
Thank you to all who donated coats for the Parish Coat Drive in March. Those coats went to April Showers and
the Davis Street Family Resource Center. You donation is greatly appreciated.
The month of April, we will be supporting April Showers. This is a program that provides showers at the Boys
& Girls club in San Leandro for men and women in need. They provide clean undergarments, clothing, hot soup,
and a bag lunch. They have provided a list of their current needs:
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New or gently used wash cloths
New Toothbrushes and/or Travel size Toothpaste
New Deodorant
New Men's briefs size Medium & Large (most in demand)
Men's Athletic Socks
Men's sturdy pants (Jeans or Work pants)
Bins will be available in the vestibule of the Church on Sunday April 16-17 and April 23-24. Please drop your
donations in the bins. Thank you for your support in this Jubilee Year of Mercy.
St. Felicitas Parish Council
Week of
April 10th, 2016
Nestor Arana
Mark Balliet
David Bargas
Paul Bartels
Ann Cher mack
Tom Chermack
Mary Curry
Mariah Davenport
Rafael DeRosa
Donald Dor n , Sr.
Melba Fiscus
Edward Fletcher
Ken Frakes
Brian GarciaSappington
Rudy Griego
Connie Guaraglia
Joyce Guaraglia
Mae Heasley
Nativadad Hollman
Sara Le Fargo
Joseph Leo
Barbara Maloon
Clarisse Mascarenah
Peggy Miller
Virginia Monsor
Eppie Montano
Mija Mulligan
Anna Nguyen
Peter Luom Nguyen
Elina Olivera
John O’Malley
Teresa O’Malley
Armando Ortiz
Mao Pham
Paul Prado
Peter Purificacion
Josie Raxslon
Matthew Regge, Jr.
Lucy Reightman
Joel Rivera
Myriam Rodriguez
Ernesto Romero
Jorge Salloman, Jr.
Manuel Salloman
Patricia Salloman
Billy Schmalfeldt
Darryl Sheilds
Amy Smith
Sheryl Smith
Jack Thompson
Tomas Torres
Anne Tran
Mary Valladon
Adeleine Vargus
Maria Jesus Vargas
Velia Vargas
Ilsa Webb
Joyce White
A name posted in dark print was added to the prayer list this week!
Do you have a seriously ill family member or friend? If you
have the person’s permission, you may request that their
name be printed in the bulletin for prayers. Names will be
deleted after one month. Call the parish office at 351-5244
to leave the name of the family member who is in need of
prayer.
Sun.
4/10
Manuel Minor †
10:30 am Parishioners
12:30 pm Michael Del Toro (T)
Mon.
4/11
Tues.
4/12
Wed.
4/13
7:00 am Joseph Taitano †
8:15 am Jame Le †
Thurs
4/14
7:00 am Patrick Forde †
8:15 am Madeline Lassalle †
Fri.
4/15
7:00 am Jose Eduina Silveira †
8:15 am Marissa Villanueva †
Sat.
4/16
8:15 am Phero Thanh Nguyen †
Maria Nguyen †
Philip Erlwein †
4:30 pm Parishioners
4/17
7:30 am Valentino Mumford †
Lorene Mumford Rouse †
9:00 am David Resendez †
10:30 am Carl Conti †
Violeta Asoy †
Madeleine Lassalle † — March 19, 2016
Pat Forde † — March 24, 2016
let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them
7:00 am Aurora Robles †
8:15 am Art Matoza †
Who Entered into Eternal Life
Manuel Natividad Minor † — April 4, 2016
7:00 am Michael & Donald Frazier †
8:15 am Mildred Wilberts †
Sun.
Carolyn Motta † — March 31, 2016
7:30 am Jesus Montoya †
9:00 am Agustin & Estela Muli †
12:30 pm Nathan A. Sue and Family (B)
L-Living †-Deceased A-Anniversary B-Birthday T-Thanksgiving
Pray the Rosary for World Peace
7:30 am Church (daily)
8:45 am Church (Mon-Tues-Wed-Fri-Sat )
8:45 am S.J. Chapel on Thursday
READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF April 11th
Monday:
Acts 6:8-15; Psalm 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30;
John 6:22-29
Tuesday:
Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Psalm 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a,
17, 21ab; John 6:30-35
Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Psalms 66:1-3a, 4-7a;
John 6:35-40
Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 66:8-9, 16-17, 20;
John 6:44-51
Friday:
Acts 9:1-20; Psalm 117:1bc, 2; John 6:52-59
Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Psalm 116:12-17;
John 6:60-69
Sunday:
Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalms 100:1-3, 5;
Revlation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30
FINANCIAL CORNER
Our Weekly Goal
$ 11,700.00
Sunday Collection —April 3rd, 2016
$
9,180.00
Amount needed to reach our goal
$
2,520.00
Maintenance
$
5,694.50
Stewardship of April 3rd of $459.00 went to the Missionaries
of the Sacred Heart Seminarians in Indonesia, Philippines
and Papua, New Guinea.
Sunday of Divine Mercy April 10, 2016
~ Sandi Walton ~
D i r e c t o r o f R e l i g io u s E d u c a t i o n
Events for Today
Children’s Liturgy of the Word Today
Second Collection
This Week: Bishop’s Annual Appeal
Next Week: The Catholic Voice
Events for the Week April 11th, 2016
10:00 am Book Club
Mon
4/11
Tues
4/12
Wed.
4/13
Thurs
4/14
Fri
4/15
SMC
6:30 pm St. Vincent de Paul
AE Room
6:45 pm Jr. High Faith Formation
School
3:00 pm Faith Formation Parent Faith Share
SMC
7:00 pm Spanish Meeting
AE Room
We would like to encourage family, friends and
members of the parish community to join us in prayer
for the children of our parish that will be celebrating
the Sacrament of First Holy Communion on May 7th.
Prayer cards of the students that have been
preparing for First Communion will be distributed to
parishioners this weekend. We ask you to take one of
these cards home and remember that child in your
prayers.
We welcome you to send a card to that child.
Please write the child’s complete name on any cards
that you send. Cards for our First Communion students
can be dropped off at St. Joseph Center by April 29th
and we will forward these to the children.
7:00 pm Family Choir Practice (10:30) SJC Chapel
7:00 pm Spanish Catechist Meeting
SMC
Spanish Juvenile and Adult
7:00 pm
Choir Practice
AE Room
6:30 pm Filipino Meeting
AE Room
7:00 pm Baptism Class
SMC
7:00 pm Spanish Youth Group
Soc. Hall
7:00 pm Spanish Children’s Choir
Soc. Hall
7:30 pm Vietnamese Choir Practice
AE Room
Parish Food Drive Saturday
April 23rd & Sunday April 24th
The St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) conference request
food donations from our parish family. The conference
will hold a parish-wide food drive to assist the families in
our community. Donation boxes will be available at the
church the weekend of Saturday April 23rd and Sunday
April 24th, 2016. We are asking for non perishable food
items.
Peanut butter, jelly, canned fruits and vegetables,
pasta and pasta sauce, canned soup, fruit juice, pork and
beans, canned tuna, canned meat, canned pasta, macaroni
& cheese, canned beans. sugar, salt, ketchup, and
mayonnaise.
Also monetary donations and Safeway/Lucky gift
cards are greatly appreciated. All items donated goes to
help people in need. Thank You in advance for your
continued support.
Saint Felicitas, Saint Vincent de Paul
Meghan Jorgensen
Principal of
St. Felicitas School
Happy Easter Season to all of you! We now
celebrate the Easter Season, which is the longest
Liturgical Church season. We celebrate for 50 days and
end with the birth of the Church, Pentecost Sunday.
During the Easter Season we are reminded that Jesus’
Resurrection is actually the most important part of our
faith, and we celebrate it every Sunday at Mass as a mini
Easter! We are called to be models of the great joy of
Easter as we exit Mass and go in peace to love and serve
the Lord!
As we celebrate great joy during our Easter Season,
I wanted to send out a special joy filled thank you to
Gene Jaskot a long time parishioner who volunteers a ton
of time at our church. He donated his time to make a
special St. Felicitas Preschool sign for us that matches
the rest of our signs. So I would say that makes it
official!
Don’t forget that it’s admissions and enrollment
time at our school for grades Preschool through 7th
grade. Our enrollment is very strong but we still have
some spaces available so come on by and see us!
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I am very much looking forward to the talent show
next week! It will be a great night for the community!
Please remember to purchase your tickets early as we
sold out last year. There will be a 10 ticket minimum
this year and your student performer will be sitting with
you when they are not performing. More information
will come at the dress rehearsals. Thank you in advance
for your help and support in making this a great event!
Reflexionemos sobre la Palabra de Dios
Hechos 5:27—32, 40—41 / Salmo 29:2, 4, 5—6, 1—12, 13 /
Apocalipsis 5:11—14 / Juan 21:1—19 ó 21:1—14
Cuando comparamos a los apóstoles antes y después de la muerte de
Jesús podemos ver que no sólo le ocurrió algo especial a Jesús en su
resurrección, sino que un cambio maravilloso se dio también en los
apóstoles. Hasta la muerte de Jesús los apóstoles no estaban muy bien
parados que digamos, pues a la hora de la verdad lo que hicieron fue
correr.
Pero después que el Señor resucitó y se les apareció tenemos un cuadro bien distinto. En los
Hechos de los Apóstoles Lucas nos da la descripción más detallada de lo que pasó después de que
el Espíritu Santo descendiera sobre esta pequeña comunidad orante.
El don más obvio fue el valor (coraje), una palabra que tiene la misma raíz latina que
“corazón”. Se les concedió un corazón nuevo. El Espíritu Santo sopló una vida nueva en ellos y les
dio un corazón apasionado por el amor de Cristo, inflamado para predicar el evangelio. Y así
fueron al templo, el centro de su ciudad, y allí predicaron y enseñaron acerca de Jesús dando testimonio de él como el Mesías, el Justo, el Autor de la Vida.
Ellos realizaron “muchos signos y prodigios” (Hechos 5:12), curando a los enfermos y
expulsaban a los espíritus inmundos. Allí fueron arrestados, llevados a prisión y azotados; mas, una
vez que los soltaron, regresaron al templo para volver a hacer lo mismo y ser arrestados de nuevo.
Durante todo eso se mantenían alegres.
Hay una frase que se recuerda del filósofo Friedrich Nietzsche: “Creeré en el Redentor cuando
los cristianos se vean un poco más redimidos”. Y a ti, ¿se te ve redimido?
—James A. Wallace, . . .
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Vivamos la Palabra de Dios
Oremos para que aumente nuestro
valor y así estar dispuestos a dar un
testimonio alegre del Señor; para que
podamos ser como Pedro y los otros
apóstoles, que siguieron a Cristo a
través del sufrimiento hasta la gloria.
Cada uno se ellos pudo responder
positivamente y más de una vez a la
llamada del Maestro: “Sígueme”.
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derechos reservados.
JESUS CHRIST IS THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
MAY EACH ONE OF US FOLLOW THE
LIGHT OF CHRIST.
(Easter Vigil – 2016)