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 February 9, 2020 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 WINGS “Women in God’s Spirit”: Peggy Maurer, (510) 538-5671 HALL RENTAL MANAGER: Monica Corona, 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, Elmer Serrano 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 [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”
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Church of the Transfiguration 4000 E. Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley, CA 94552-4908
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
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 [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”
Mass Intentions (Feb 8—Feb 15, 2020) Sat. 4:00 p.m. Gregory Davis Sun. 7:30 a.m. Mary Jane Thompson and For the People 9:00 a.m. Herminio Dimaano 11:00 a.m. Vernon Venjohn Mon. 8:00 a.m. Jean Alvernaz Tues. 8:00 a.m. Len Tallo Wed. 8:00 a.m. Jim Green Thurs. 8:00 a.m. Manuel, Antonio Belmira Freitas & Family Fri. 8:00 a.m. Elmer & Jean Pearson Sat. 4:00 p.m. Milagros Madulid
Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of Feb 1st & 2nd will be reported next week. Thank you for continuing in your stewardship role of providing for the upkeep of our parish community.
Transfiguration Catholic Church
Baptism Class The next Baptism Class will be
Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Please call the Parish Office to register.
Thank you for advertising in our bulletin. We appreciate your support!
Deadline for Bulletin The deadline for items in the bulletin is
Monday, 4:30 p.m.
Congratulations to the parents of:
Arya Lian Hom Rowan Oliver Gomes
Max Emmanuel Campos-Salazar
who were baptized here last weekend.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 9, 2020 Light shines through the darkness for
the upright. — Psalm 112:4
St. Vincent de Paul Meeting next Sunday, February 16, 2020, 10:00 a.m. In the Holy Family Room in the Parish Hall.
All are welcome.
POLENTA FEED Saturday, February 15th Our Lady of Grace Church Hall. Doors open 6:00 p.m. The Italian Federation is serving polenta, salad, sausage, wine, dessert, soda, coffee, enter-tainment and raffles. $35 per person or $250 for a table of eight. Reservations and payment in advance; deadline February 8th. Please send checks to Lisa Crudo, 3718 September Court, Castro Valley 94546. For table of eight send one check with names of those at your table. Ques-tions? Call Lisa at 510-861-9835.
Pancake Breakfast Team “A” will be hosting the Pancake Breakfast this Sunday after the 7:30 a.m. & 9:00 a.m. Masses in the Parish Hall. All-you-can-eat pancakes, ham, sausage, scrambled eggs, orange juice, coffee/tea/hot choco-late. Adult: $4, Senior: $3, Child: $3, Family: $8. Be sure to come and enjoy a great meal and the fellow-ship. See you there!
LATER . . . One who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything. —Samuel Johnson
Remember Transfiguration in your Will and Living Trust
For Your Information When writing your checks for regular or special col-lections, please make all checks payable to Transfig-uration Church (a request made by our bank). The Church will then send one total check for each spe-cial collection to the designated charity. Also, please write in the memo portion of your check the name of the collection to which you are donating. This will help the office to give you proper credit. Thank you
TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Isaiah 58:7-10
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Psalm: 112—Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-7, 8-10; Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3-5, 10-11; Mk 7:1-13 Wednesday: 1 Kgs 10:1-10; Ps 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40; Mk 7:14-23 Thursday: 1 Kgs 11:4-13; Ps 106:3-4, 35-37, 40; Mk 7:24-30 Friday: 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19; Ps 81:10-11ab, 12-15; Mk 7:31-37 Saturday: 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34; Ps 106:6-7ab, 19-22; Mk 8:1-10 Sunday: Sir 15:15-20; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34; 1 Cor 2:6-10; Mt 5:17-37 [20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37] SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Marriage Day Monday: St. Scholastica Tuesday: Our Lady of Lourdes; World Day of the Sick Wednesday: Lincoln’s Birthday Friday: Ss. Cyril and Methodius; Valentine’s Day Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary
We invite all women to join us for WINGS (Women in God's Spirit)
WINGS is a faith enhancement group that
encourages spiritual growth through prayer, scripture study, Catechesis, life sharing
and community.
WE WILL MEET AT TRANSFIGURATION CHURCH MARIAN ROOM (Hall)
Next Meeting: February 20, 2020
9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. -------
Speaker: Dean Ron Pangan
Topic: “Blessed and Gifted: A Call to Discipleship”
NO CLASS on MONDAY as we honor Mr. Lincoln
YES, Class, as usual, on WEDNESDAY
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We are Away on Retreat … Please Keep us in your Prayers. Class Update: Class, as usual, on Thursday. Parent/Sponsor Update: our “Reception Committee” will meet this coming Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m.in the hall.
Confirmation
Buon Tempo Upcoming Dinners Transfiguration Parish Hall
All parishioners are invited to the following dinners: March 3rd — Corn Beef & Cabbages May 5th — Pasta Pesto/Chicken If you are interested in attending, please call the Dinner Line, 510-483-6929. Reservations must be made by the Friday before the dinner.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION “Ordinary” is not always a desirable adjective. Who would not be insulted to receive a thank-you note for your “ordinary birthday gift,” or “the ordinary hospitality at the dinner party”? No restaurant advertises its “ordinariness,” no car dealer seats a customer at the steering wheel and whis-pers, “Look how ordinary it is!” Yet here we are in “Ordinary Time.” The word carries a different meaning here: it does not mean these days are dull, boring, pedestrian, un-interesting. It means “ordinal,” or “numbered” Sundays, a season of the year when we follow the story of Jesus’ life and ministry in an ordered way, with each Sunday assigned an ordinal number. You can amaze your friends with this example of Catholic arithmetic: the “Ordinary Sundays” begin with the last Sunday of Christmas, the Baptism of the Lord, continue until the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, and resume after a cluster of feasts following Pentecost Sunday. The numbers are calculated by counting backwards from the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Thirty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
#39 The replacement of virgin forest with plan-tations of trees, usually monocultures, is rarely ade-quately analyzed. Yet this can seriously compromise a biodiversity which the new species being intro-duced does not accommodate. Similarly, wetlands converted into cultivated land lose the enormous bio-diversity which they formerly hosted. In some coastal areas the disappearance of ecosystems sus-tained by mangrove swamps is a source of serious concern. Fr. Terry’s Remarks: The huge growth in world population has put im-mense pressure on the need of monoculture to meet the demand for basic foods. Clearing our forests to plant palm oil forests, or grain, or large cattle or do-mestic animal factories is a simple, profitable solu-tion. But quick solutions can and do have devastat-ing side effects. It has taken Mother Nature perhaps millions of years to create our diverse forests and create a balanced ecosystem in which intricate and intimate relations between all the participants has given us our wonderful world. We must not be sur-prised that upsetting the balance so painstakingly achieved over time has placed us all in peril. We all need to repent and do due penance.
Adult Bible Study Monday evening, February 10, 2020 in the Marian Room, Parish Hall, 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. No sign-up required, just drop in. Free-will offering. There will be no Bible Study on Monday, February 17, 2020 due to President’s Day.
