Sacred Heart Catholic Church

2140 N. Cedar Avenue(JUST SOUTH OF CLINTON ON CEDAR)

Fresno, CA 93703-2697Phone: 559-237-4121; FAX: 559-237-0122

E-mail: sacredheartfresno@att.netWebsite: sacredheartfresno.org

OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Liturgical Schedule:Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday at 8:00a.m.Wednesday: Communion Service 8:00a.m. Saturday: Vigil Mass at 4:00p.m.Sunday Masses: 7:00a.m. - Early Risers Mass,9:00a.m. - Family Mass, 11:00 a.m. - Children / Life Teen Mass, 1:00 p.m. - Charismatic Mass.

Horario de Servicios en Espanol:Misa Diaria: lunes y jueves a las 6:00p.m. y viernes a las 5:45p.m., miercoles servicio de comunion a las 6:00pm Misa de Domingo a las 5:00p.m.Hora Santa: jueves a las 6:30p.m. a 7:30p.m. - en la capillaAdoración Eucarística Nocturna en la capilla cada cuarto sabado a las 8pm hasta 5am Domingo con Misa.RICA: Rito de la Iniciacion cristiana de Adultos:miercoles a las 6:00p.m. en RFC #2..Grupo de Oracion: viernes 7:00p.m.-St. Mary's RoomGrupo de Jovenes: viernes 7:00p.m.-St. Patrick’s RoomReconciliacion/Confesion: viernes - 3:45p.m. - 5:15p.m.Educacion Religiosa: Las clases son en espanol losviernes de 5:30p.m. a 7:00p.m. en St. Patrick’s Room

Reconciliation/Confession Friday’s - 3:45p.m. - 5:15p.m.Eucharistic Adoration: Friday’s: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30a.m.4th Saturday from 8pm till 5am on Sunday-Spanish LifeTeen EXALT every 1st Tuesday 6:00p.m.-7:00p.m. Every Tuesday in English 6:00p.m. - 7:00p.mEvery Thursday in Spanish 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.

Baptisms: First & third Sunday is for baptism in English.The Second Saturday is for baptism in Spanish.Weddings: By appointment, six months advance notice.Religious Education Office: 237-4121. CCD Classes: inthe Activity Center on Sundays - 1st grade-8th grade,9:30a.m. to 12noon. Concludes with Mass.Confirmation/Life Teen Youth Program: Sundays 11am-2pm: Includes Mass at 11:00a.m.RCIA: Thursday’s 7:00 p.m. St. Patrick’s Room

Welcome! We extend our hands and hearts in Christian fellowship to you here, celebrating with us, whether long time residents or newly arrived in the Parish. If you would like to register as a MEMBER or UPDATE your personal information, please fill out this section and return it to the Parish Office or drop it in the collection basket.Full Name/s....................................................................................................Phone.........................................Address.........................................................................................City...................................Zip......................____New Member/s ____Send me Sunday Offering Envelopes ____Update Address Information____Moving, remove me from Church mailing list

Everyone is WelcomeBienvenidos a Todos

Fr. Hilary Silva, PastorRev. Mr. Robert Sesma: Director of RCIARev. Mr. Tom Ognibene: Pastoral Care CoordinatorOffice Manager: Kelley AvilesDirector of Religious Education/YM: Kathy AlegriaCCD Spanish Coordinator - Esmeralda HernandezConfirmation Coordinator - Sylvia DominquezDirector of Environment: Edna DeLucaWedding Coordinator: Inez CastroLectors & Eucharistic Ministers: Cecelia LingenfelterAltar Servers Coordinator: Cassandra RiojasUshers Coordinator: Raymundo BarbaMusic Director: GeeGee VillaramaFinance Council Chairperson - Mike ChavezParish Ministries Council Chairperson - Jose MejiaSpanish RCIA Coordinator: Antonio AlasSacred Heart Helping Hand - Ted & Connie Borges

OrganizationsAltar & Rosary Society: President: Stephanie Pesqueira - 367-7089, Meeting: 1st Wednesday of Month@ 6:00 p.m.Knights of Columbus: Grand Knight: Jose Mejia -287-8155, Meeting: 3rd Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.Website:www.KofC8786.comGuadalupe Society: President: Hilda Saldate -224-1034, Meeting 1st Sunday at 11am.

Prayer GroupsCharismatic Prayer Group: Every Thursday @ 7:30 p.m. - held in St. Mary’s Room.Men’s Prayer Group: Every first Tuesday @ 7:00pm - held in St. Joseph’s Room In His Name Ministry: Every Wednesday @6:00pm - held in St. Joseph’s Room.

PLATE COLLECTION / COLECTAMay 7 $ 6,644.54 Building Fund $ 1,878.62

TODAY’S SECOND COLLECTION: Facilities FundUPCOMING COLLECTIONS:

May 21, Catholic Charities, May 28, CCD Building Fund

Please use your Offering EnvelopesPor favor, use sus sobres de ofertorio

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEKIntenciones de misa de la semana

Saturday, May 138am + Don Soper by the Alsing family Sunday, May 147am + Josephine Whittinghill by Ed & Leilani Whittinghill9am + Ralph & Annie Carlos by Sylvia Lozano11am + Silvano P. Martin by the Martin family1pm Sacred Heart Parishioners Spanish 5pm + Veronica Ponce & Guadalupe Diaz by Sara B.Monday, May 158am + Ezquiel Rodriquez by the Guadalupe SocietySpanish 6pm + Joselyn Villalobos by the familyTuesday, May 168am + Jesus Salazar by Pacita SalazarWednesday, May 178am Communion Service6pm Servicio de CommunionThursday, May 188amSpanish 6pm +Josefina Espinosa by Consuelo EspinosaFriday, May 198am Spanish 5:45pm +Josefina Espinosa by Consuelo EspinosaTo schedule a Mass Intention, please come to the Parish office, the requested donation is $10.00.Para reservar una intención de misa, por favor venga a la oficina de la parroquia, la donación solicitada es de $10.00.

Fifth Sunday of EasterMay 14, 2017“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father

except through me.”— John 14:6Today we sense the apostles’ trepidation as they begin to realize that the Lord would soon be leaving them. In their fear, they ask, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” (John 14:5). Jesus tells them that he is the way. The Easter season has been a time of growing in Easter faith so that we, too, may learn to know that Jesus is the way. We can take comfort in the Lord’s promise that he is going to his Father’s house to prepare a place for us, his chosen people who have been called out of darkness into God’s wonderful light. As the paschal candle continues to burn during this holy season, let us remember that in baptism we were given the light of Christ. With Christ our light as the beacon lighting our way, let us march toward the glory of Pentecost. In many parish churches, more rarely in monastery churches and cathedrals, the tabernacle with the Blessed Sacrament is visible from a doorway or aisle in the church. Normally, a person is to give the proper sign of reverence, a genuflection, when passing

in proximity to the tabernacle. The word “genuflect” comes from Latin roots meaning bending (or flexing) the knee. A common-sense exception to the rule is for a sacristan who is taking care of the church and can’t be genuflecting every thirty seconds during a vacuum run. Also excepted are persons in procession entrusted with important symbols of the Lord’s presence. So, a crossbearer or a minister carrying the Gospel book, or ministers on their way to their Communion stations do not genuflect. For everyone else, the usual sign of reverence for the Lord’s presence in the Blessed Sacrament is to genuflect on the right knee. The oldest form of reverence during prayer in our tradition is standing; kneeling or genuflecting is a sign borrowed from old civic practice. The posture of kneeling, even on one knee, is a sign of submission. Servants would take this position before their masters in the ancient world. It said: I’m not running away, I’m yours, I’m here for you. This is what your genuflection says when you enter a Catholic church where the place of reservation of the Blessed Sacrament is visible to you: I’m yours.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK Por Favor recen por los enfermos

Alice Madamba, Lucy Rios, Leonard Pavy, Mary Kendrick, Betty Burns, Margaret Sanchez, Isaiah, Ramona & Joseph Romero Jr., Jean Kiehl, Charles Steele, Henry Gutierrez, Dominc Rossi, Gay Hock, Bobby Mata, Jeanette Cserna, Max McGinnis, Bill Stumpp, Judy Colmenero, Philis Alviso, Mary Borges, Edna Deluca, Henry Ortega, Marcus Cato, Laura Lopez.

Please call the Parish office each week on Monday [Tuesday, if Holiday] to keep the above person’s names on this list, otherwise we will assume they are doing better and remove their names....Thank you for your cooperation.

Por favor hablen a la oficina de la Parroquia los lunes de cada semana (martes si es día festivo) para mantener en la lista los nombres de las personas escritas arriba. De otra manera asumiremos que están mejorando y quitaremos sus nombres de la lista…… Gracias por su cooperación.

To add someone to the above list, schedule visits withPastoral Ministry of the Sick, Homebound or Dying

Please call the Parish Office: 237-4121.Let us not love with words or speach BUT with

actions and in truth - 1 John 3:18

BIRTHDAY WISHES/felicitaciones de cumpleaños5-13 Raiko Smith 5-13 Ivan Arias5-13 Nathaniel Montano 5-14 Errikka Barbosa5-14 Stacy Hannel 5-14 Kyle Villarama5-15 Jesse Calderon 5-15 Angelica Sanchez5-15 Felix Melander 5-16 Nate Medina5-16 Hanju Martinez 5-16 Priscilla Vallez5-16 Trino Verduzco 5-17 Felix Melander5-17 Thomas F. Rodriguez Sr. 5-17 Joey Aleman5-18 Donna Ognibene 5-18 Gerald Montanez Jr.5-19 Dominga C. Sanchez 5-19 Lucy Rios5-19 Alex Moreno 5-19 Andrew M Colfer5-19 Ava Osuna 5-19 Marina Gutierrez

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY5-19 Eddie & Tammy Moraga

5-19 Ed & Lani Whittinghill5-19 Louie & Annie Rodriquez

To add names to the Birthday & Anniversary list please fill out a tan colored birthday & anniversary form located at the entrance of the church or stop by the office for one.

TODAYS READINGSFirst Reading — To meet their growing needs, the community chooses seven reputable men to serve the new Greek believers (Acts 6:1-7).Psalm — Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you (Psalm 33).Second Reading — We, like living stones, let ourselves be built into a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:4-9).Gospel — “Show us the Father,” Philip asks Jesus. To which Jesus replies: “Whoever sees me, sees the Father” (John 14:1-12).

READINGS FOR THE WEEKMonday: Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-4, 15-16;Jn 14:21-26Tuesday:Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-13ab, 21; Jn 14:27-31aWednesday:Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-5; Jn 15:1-8Thursday:Acts 15:7-21; Ps 96:1-3, 10; Jn 15:9-11Friday: Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-10, 12; Jn 15:12-17Saturday:Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-3, 5; Jn 15:18-21Sunday:Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; 1 Pt 3:15-18 or 1 Pt 4:13-16; Jn 14:15-21 or Jn 17:1-11a

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSunday: Fifth Sunday of Easter; Mother’s DayMonday:St. Isidore the FarmerThursday:St. John ISaturday:St. Bernardine of Siena; Armed Forces Day

UPCOMING SALES, EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS AT SACRED HEART

5-28 Guadalupe Society Food Sale - Guadalupe Park

FLOWERS FOR THE ALTARReservations for Altar Flowers can be arranged by going to the Parish Office and reserve the weekend you would like flowers dedicated in honor/memory of a loved one. Donation $35.00.

BULLETIN ADVERTISERS Please look on the back of our bulletin for our new Bulletin Advertisers, please show your patronage and let them know you have seen their ad on our bulletin.

HEALING SERVICE at SACRED HEART Thursday, May 18, 2017 with Deacon Ralph Poyo

officiating founder of New Evangelization Ministries Inc. 6:30p.m. Praise Music 7:00 Healing Service

You will begin to HEAL when you let go of past hurts, forgive those who have wronged you and learn

to forgive yourself for your mistakes.CENTRAL VALLEY

CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RETREATMay 19-21, 2017 at St. Anthony Retreat Center, Three Rivers, CA. Cost $180.00 per person. Call Leonard or Cecelia at 229-9907. Come and be blessed with a beautiful weekend of PRAISE & WORSHIP!

Religious Education FormationHave you felt the call in becoming a Catechist to help in CCD or the Adult formation? If so, we need you. We are in need of catechist (teachers) and aides. You will be required to attend Basic Catechist Formation in order to be certified. All those who work with children are required to attend a Safe Environment Presentation and have a Live Scan. For more information, please call the Parish Office.

VBS - VACATION BIBLE STUDY Registration is open for all children Pre-K - 6th grade. Come spend a week sharing God’s love at MAKER FUN FACTORY created by God, build for a purpose. Registration fee, $25.00.

June 19-23, 6pm - 8pm in St Patrick’s Banquet Room.

PEARLE ZALUD FUND - SCHOLARSHIPPastor Recommended Individual Scholarship Application award from Pearle Zalud Fund for full-time college students that have a college major in music or agriculture related field of study. Applications are due by July 31st so contact the parish office if you are interested in this scholarship award.

HONOR YOUR FATHERS June 18thCelebrate FATHER’S DAY with a Triduum of Masses. Special Masses will be offered at Sacred Heart Church on Saturday, June 17th at 4:00p.m., and Sunday, June 18th during all Masses. Fathers will be honored at all masses. Father’s Day spiritual envelopes can be found in your offering packets or at the entrance of church, kindly place them in the collection basket or take them to the Parish Office. Deadline before June 13th, late entries will not be published.

FUNDRAISING SCHEDULING MEETINGFOR ALL GROUPS OF SACRED HEART

We will be having a Fundraiser Scheduling Meeting on Tuesday, June 12, 2017 at 6:00pm in St. Martha’s Kitchen for all Organizations of Sacred Heart. Please bring your calendars, we will be scheduling bake sales, fundraisers, dinners, etc. for 2017. ALL GROUP LEADERS MUST ATTEND THIS MEETING TO GET ON THE 2018 CALENDAR! If you have any questions please call Kelley in the Office.