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 June 16, 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”

The Most Holy Trinity June 16, 2019

[T]he love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

— Romans 5:5b

Mass Intentions (June 15-22, 2019) Sat. 4:00 p.m. For All Fathers Sun. 7:30 a.m. For All Fathers 9:00 a.m. For All Fathers 11:00 a.m. For All Fathers Mon. 8:00 a.m. Gene O’Brien Tues. 8:00 a.m. Manuel Faria and Rosa Freitas & Family Wed. 8:00 a.m. Special Intention for Agnes Capina Thurs. 8:00 a.m. Jan Paulo Fri. 8:00 a.m. John Hennessy Sat. 4:00 p.m. Chester A. Kuta

Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of : June 8th & 9th—$7,034.00 (compared to $12,000 average weekly stewardship goal) Building Fund—$3,715.00 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

Transfiguration Catholic Church

Sunita D’Costa will be hosting coffee and donuts this Sunday after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Stop by and enjoy the fellowship.

Adult Bible Study Monday evening, June 17, 2019 in the Marian Room, Parish Hall, 7:00-8:30 p.m. No sign-up required, just drop in. Free-will offering.

Baptism Class The next Baptism Class will be

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

A Father’s Prayer

Lord, may we always be an example of Your love

and patience to our children.

May we pass on Your wisdom and goodness just as Joseph did with Jesus.

We ask for your continued blessings for our family.

Amen

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!

Congratulations to the parents of: Juan Martin Guzman who was baptized at Transfiguration.

Happy Father’s

Day!

THIS IS THE HOLY TRINITY Today we celebrate the Holy Trinity, one of the most con-founding mysteries of our faith. Through this mystery we experience our relationship to God: Creator, Savior, and Holy Spirit. This relationship is not easy to understand or to describe. It does not become clearer through analysis. Its complexity mirrors the complexity of all our relationships. We understand our relationships with our spouses, our chil-dren, our parents, and our friends only through daily give-and-take, annual rituals, and the life-changing moments we share. We understand our relationships only as we live them. The relationships we have with those we love, and who love us, sustain us through an uncertain and difficult life. This is the Holy Trinity. What is striking about today’s readings is that each is incom-plete. What they do offer is a description of a moment in our relationship, a memory of a time and an event when our rela-tionship made sense even though that sense may be beyond our ability to describe fully. Often that is all that our faith offers, that is, a memory of what is possible, what is prom-ised, what has been given. A memory of eternity, of love beyond understanding is to be cherished and nurtured even if not fully understood. This is the Holy Trinity. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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: Proverbs 8:22-31 Second Reading: Romans 5:1-5

Psalm:8—Gospel: John 16:12-15 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: 2 Cor 6:1-10; Ps 98:1, 2b, 3-4; Mt 5:38-42 Tuesday: 2 Cor 8:1-9; Ps 146:2, 5-9a; Mt 5:43-48 Wednesday: 2 Cor 9:6-11; Ps 112:1bc-4, 9; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: 2 Cor 11:1-11; Ps 111:1b-4, 7-8; Mt 6:7-15 Friday: 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30; Ps 34:2-7; Mt 6:19-23 Saturday: 2 Cor 12:1-10; Ps 34:8-13; Mt 6:24-34 Sunday: Gn 14:18-20; Ps 110:1-4; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Lk 9:11b-17 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: The Most Holy Trinity; Father’s Day; Julian Calendar Pentecost Monday: Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Wednesday: St. Romuald Friday: St. Aloysius Gonzaga; Summer begins Saturday: St. Paulinus of Nola; Ss. John Fisher and Thomas More; 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.

Your Prayers Are Requested for the Repose of the Soul of: Ana Nunes

C.C.D. registration continues! Flyers are available in the vestibule of the church. Please pick one up, fill out the registration form on the back, and

return it to the bright yellow box or mail ASAP. THIS YEAR’S REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS

JUNE 30! Thank you in advance for your prompt response.

YOU ARE THE BEST!

Announcing...CCD Registration!

Deadline for Bulletin The deadline for items in the bulletin is

Monday, 4:30 p.m. Thank you for your support!

Lost and Found Did you lose an earring recently? If so, call the Parish Office, (510) 538-7941, to claim it.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today’s feast, extending a dimension of Easter joy into Ordinary Time, reminds us that every aspect of worship centers on the mystery of God in three persons. At bap-tism, we are initiated into Christ and the Spirit. The Creed we recite at Mass every Sunday has its roots in the ancient celebration of baptism, when a new believer was ques-tioned at the edge of the waters of the font with three questions: Do you believe in God, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit? Three questions, three affirmations, three immersions into the saving waters. Because every liturgy abounds with references to the Trinity, not only in words but in blessings by the sign of the cross, this feast was not easily accepted into the calendar. Pope Alexander in the eleventh century remarked that the liturgy is so laden with praise of the Trinity that there was no need for a special feast. Two hundred years later, while in exile in France, Pope John XXII proclaimed the feast, but it was not until 1911 that Pope St. Pius X gave it status as a solemnity. A favorite image in art for today is the Icon of the Trinity, showing three glorious winged men seated at a table laden with bread and a cup of wine. It recalls Abraham’s hospi-tality to angels and gives expression to the inner life of God, a life lived in relationship, a life poured out in abun-dance whenever Christians gather at the table of the Eu-charist to give praise to the Father, in Christ, in the em-brace of the Spirit. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS

ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME

Nothing in this world is indifferent to us.

#4. In 1971, eight years after Pacem in Terris, Blessed Pope Paul VI referred to the ecological concern as “a tragic consequence” of unchecked human activity: “Due to an ill-considered exploitation of nature, humanity runs the risk of destroying it and becoming in turn a victim of this degradation”. He spoke in similar terms to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations about the potential for an “ecological catastrophe under the effective explosion of industrial civiliza-tion”, and stressed “the urgent need for a radical change in the conduct of humanity”, in as much as “the most extraordinary scientific advances, the most amazing technical abilities, the most astonishing eco-nomic growth, unless they are accompanied by au-thentic social and moral progress, will definitively turn against man”.

Fr. Terry’s Remarks: When our Popes publish an important teaching or development to all the peo-ple, it may be the first time many of us become aware of the teaching or the problem. The Pope has to reassure us all that he is not pulling a rabbit out of a hat. You see many of us are very traditional, espe-cially, when it comes to our religion. Some of us also think that we learned it all from good Sister or the educated Jesuits, so there's no need for new ideas. This is why our Popes nearly always begin by refer-ring to previous Popes' letters. And today and the next few weeks we will have Pope Francis reference the words of popes and their letters that we have for-gotten or never knew. Pope Francis is informing us if we are willing to pay attention; ''This problem also worried your favorite Pope of blessed memory, so perhaps now you will begin to pay attention to what I'm saying.'' And this week he begins by quoting Blessed Pope Paul VI: ''The most extraordinary sci-entific advances, the most amazing technical abili-ties, the most astonishing economic growth, unless they are accompanied by authentic and moral pro-gress, will definitively turn against man.'' That was in 1971. We should listen to our Pope.