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MISSION STATEMENT We, the clergy of St. Basil the Great, guided by the Holy Scripture, Tradition and Magisterium inspired by the Holy Spirit are called by Christ to evangelize, to educate and to motivate the lay faithful to become active witnesses to the spirituality of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) through sacraments, liturgy, praise and worship.
St. Basil the Great Catholic Church
1200 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo, CA 94590
Website: http://www.stbasilvallejo.org
Rev. Alfredo L. Tamayo - Pastor
Rev. Ronald V. Torres - Parochial Vicar
Deacon Mike Urick
Deacon Errol Kissinger
Parish Center - (707) 644-5251
1225 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo, CA 94590
Lillian Gatchalian - Admin. Assistant
stbasiloffice@gmail.com
Sheri Thomas - Business Manager
Parish Office Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
9:00am to Noon & 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Office Closed Wednesdays
St. Basil School - (707) 642-7629
1230 Nebraska Street, Vallejo, CA 94590
Julia Boen ~ Principal
St. Basil Preschool - (707) 642-5966
1225 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo, CA 94590
Lisa Butler ~ Director
Religious Education/Youth Ministry
(707) 644-8309
1230 Nebraska Street, Vallejo, CA 94590
Julie Kissinger ~ Director
MUSIC MINISTRY
Cherry Lopez ~ Director
JANUARY 18, 2015 ~ SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SACRAMENTS Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturday, 4:00 to 5:00pm
Sacrament of Baptism: Pre-Baptism preparation
class required. Please call the Parish Office for
more information.
Sacrament of Marriage: Minimum 6 months
advance notice required. Please contact the Parish
Office to make an appointment with the Marriage/
Wedding Coordinator.
Pastoral Care for the Sick/Homebound: Please
call the Parish Office to arrange for home and
hospital visits
Anointing of the Sick, please call (707) 567-9500
Stewardship at St. Basil Parish
Grow our Gifts…Share Our Blessings
Stewardship of Treasure
01/11/15: $10,003.30
Your ongoing support is essential in
helping us meet the many needs of the
parish and community.
In today’s first reading, we hear Samuel
respond eagerly, “Here I am!” each time
the Lord calls him. May we, too, be
listening for the call of God in our lives
and be ready to say like the psalmist,
“Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.” Stewardship by the Book….Sharon Hueckel
SCHEDULE
OF MASSES
Saturday:
5:30pm (Vigil Mass)
Sunday:
7:30am, 9:30am,
11:30am & 5:30pm
Daily:
7:15am in the Mary Chapel
Holy Days:
7:15am, 9:30am & 7:30pm
PLEASE
PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER
YOUR GIFT
TO ST. BASIL PARISH.
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.
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St. Basil School invites you to our Open
House on January 25, 2015. Join us for our
School Parish Mass at 9:30 AM on same day.
Reception and Open House is from 10:30 am
- 1:00 pm. Take this opportunity to visit our
classrooms, meet our faculty and staff and
visit with the St. Basil School community.
Looking forward to seeing you!
Julia Boen
Principal
Catholic School Week January 25 - 31, 2015
WATCHING FOR THE MESSIAH
Today’s Gospel story of John and his disciples
seeing and following Jesus sounds so simple and cas-
ual, it’s easy to miss the significant acts of faith that
are made.
John points to Jesus: “Look,” he says, “there is
the Lamb of God.” John’s faith in Jesus is evident, so
evident that John’s disciples immediately leave his
side to follow this Jesus.
The two disciples make their own act of faith.
They follow Jesus, spend time with him, and are
quick to spread the good news of their discovery:
“We have found the Messiah.”
It is easy to forget that the expectations of gener-
ations, the hopes of many ages of faithful people
were being fulfilled in these simple acts of faith. The
Lamb of God, the Messiah, foretold by the prophets,
had finally come. Nearly everyone among the Jewish
people was watching for the Messiah back then; who
in our own society watches for signs of the presence
of the Messiah today? Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Speak, Lord, for your
servant is listening (1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19).
Psalm — Here am I, Lord; I come to do
your will (Psalm 40).
Second Reading — Your bodies are mem-
bers of Christ; glorify God in your body (1
Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20). Gospel — The first disciples saw where
Jesus was staying and they stayed with him
(John 1:35-42). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for
Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the
Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Old customs fade slowly, and in 1560 the Council of
Trent tried for significant change in pastoral care of the sick.
People resisted, thinking that the last breath was the right time
for the sacrament. Although physical improvement was often
noted after anointing, it was seen as a kind of bonus, rather
than an expected outcome of a prayer for good health,
strength, patience, and even healing. More than four hundred
years later, many people still do not ask for anointing until it is
literally too late for the person to have reasonable hope of
healing, or at least be aware enough to participate in the ritual.
By then, it may even be too late for viaticum, the true “last
rite.”
We have a treasure in our tradition that we seem reluctant
to use. We visit the sick, we anoint those who are in the first
crisis of illness, we give Communion to those who are dying,
and we keep vigil and pray for those close to death. When
anointing is celebrated early enough, optimally when the sick
person is still at Sunday Mass, it can be a source of courage,
faith, and hope for a difficult road ahead. When we anoint our
sick, we remind them that they belong to Christ and a commu-
nity of faith. We bring them into the presence of Christ to rec-
oncile, heal, and give strength and hope. We resist forces that
isolate and alienate the sick; the symbol of touch is a powerful
act of acceptance. Why wait until the crisis of illness is dire
before we apply such a rich remedy to body and soul? —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
The fullness of joy is to behold God
in everything. —St. Julian JOY
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Heb 5:1-10; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 2:18-22
Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9, 10c;
Mk 2:23-28
Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 3:1-6
Thursday: Heb 7:25 — 8:6; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Mk 3:7-12, or any
of a number of readings for the Day of Prayer
Friday: Heb 8:6-13; Ps 85:8, 10-14; Mk 3:13-19
Saturday: Heb 9:2-3, 11-14; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9;
Mk 3:20-21
Sunday: Jon 3:1-5, 10; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Cor 7:29-31;
Mk 1:14-20
WORRIES The greatest of worries can’t pay the smallest of debts. —Anonymous
Jesus said to her:
“Give me a drink.” John 4:7
The Diocese of Sacramento and various
congregations representing a number of
Christian denominations will come to-
gether for an Evening of Ecumenical
Prayer and Fellowship on Wednesday,
January 21, 2015 at 7:30 pm at the
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
An Evening of Prayer and Fellowship
Pro Life Retreat 2015 (Given in English) A one-day retreat for anyone involved in pro-life work of any kind will
be offered by Fr. Matt Spenser, OSJ, on February 28, 2015 at the Our
Lady of Grace School in West Sacramento. $10 cost includes lunch. For
more information and to register go to www.ProLifeRetreat.com.
WE WELCOME THE NEW MEMBERS
OF OUR ST. BASIL’S FAITH COMMUNITY
Our warmest welcome to all who worship with us!
If you are not yet registered, fill out the form below and place it in the offering basket
or mail it to the Parish Center, 1225 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo, CA 94590. Upon
receipt of this form we will mail you the parish registration form to complete and
return. Thank you!
NAME:____________________________________________
ADDRESS:_______________________________________
CITY______________________ZIP______________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: __________________________ 3
Saturday ~ January 17, 2015 ~ 5:30pm
Man-On Cheng (+)
Jaime and Benita Belen (+)
Ernesta Furtado (+)
Austusto and Maria Furtado (+)
Mariano and Lina Pacheco (+)
Sunday ~ January 18, 2015 ~ 7:30am
Sandy Morgado (+)
Agapita Olario Galia (+)
Eric Sopang (+)
Kwan Gene Yun (+)
Nerissa Gabriel (+DA)
Sunday ~ January 18, 2015 ~ 9:30am
Dominic Goyena (6th BD)
Jerillene J. Arnoco (+)
Hilaria Liguid (+40th day)
Estrella Pamogas (+)
Sunday ~ January 18, 2015 ~ 11:30am
Crescencio Gaviola (S.I.)
Bobby Ramilo Amagan (S. I.)
Angel and Buen Ramilo (+)
Consolacion Cosme (+)
Mark Anthony Soriano (+BD)
Sunday ~ January 18, 2015 ~ 5:30pm
Seferino Naliza (+)
Luminosa C. Reyes (+)
Gertrudes Reyes Masadao (+)
Praxedes Santos (+DA)
Jose Ramirez (+DA)
Monday ~ January 19, 2015 ~ 7:15am
Casiana Lucas(+)
Stephen Mingham (+)
Tuesday ~ January 20, 2015, 2014 ~ 7:15am
Rosemary Tuel (+)
Juanita Sagun (+)
Edgardo Datar (+BD)
Wednesday ~ January 21, 2015~ 7:15am
Jaime and Benita Belen (+)
Francisco Pavon (+BD)
Thursday ~ January 22, 2015 ~ 7:30pm
Florencia Paule (+)
Serafin A. Torga, Sr. (+DA)
Friday ~ January 23, 2015 ~ 7:15am
Vicente Santos (+DA)
Katie Abeyta
Edna Arcebal
Yola Bekhit
Boni and Gigi Capuyan
Arthur Cuanang
Edzel David Brown
Andre Davis
Danilo Dipiramo
Milagros de Guzman
Dorothy Egidio
Modesto Gatmen
Fredric Gough
Cris and Severina Ilagan
Aly Rose Jacobsen
Millie James
Rodolfo Lomibao
Dolly Marquez
Winnie Meadows
Rolando Mercurio
Jim Murphy
James O’Brien
Nicholas Policar
Ed Sablan
Anna Silva
Dominador Viray
Nathaniel Williams
Matilda Wilson
January 25, 2015
Second Sunday in
Ordinary Time
January 18, 2015
Your body is a temple of the
Holy Spirit within you. — 1 Corinthians 6:19a
On February 7, 2015 the Sacramento Diocese will present the
MOTHER & DAUGHTER PROGRAM for ages 10 to 12
at St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in the Conference Room. The
Mother-Daughter Programs explore God’s special gift of
human fertility and the beauty and wonder of God’s plan for
growing up and becoming a woman. All presentations are
pure, light-hearted and affirming! St. Vincent’s will host an
English language program from 9:00am-12:30pm. To regis-
ter online, contact a local site coordinator, or to review pro-
gram content, go to www.MotherDaughterProrgam.com. To
register by mail or with other questions, please contact Steve
Patton at(916) 733-0133 or email: spatton@scd.org or Ana
Jaime at (707) 280-0717.
January 19, 2015
Called to be a Catechist (Given in English)
All Catechists and those working in Faith Formation are invited to a workshop on
“Called to be a Catechist” sponsored by the Department of Evangelization and Cat-
echesis on Saturday, January 24th from 9AM-12PM at Divine Mercy Church in Sac-
ramento. This workshop will help us understand the call and vocation of a catechist,
discuss the importance of catechesis in the life and mission of the church, identify
qualities and talents of a catechist, and much more. Our speaker will be Sharon
Laitinen. Come gain insights on how to fulfill this call from God to bring His king-
dom to life. For more information or to register contact Rosina Hendrickson at (916)
733-0153 or rhendrickson@scd.org.
Choose Life 2015 - January 22, 2015 (Given in English) All middle-school & high-school youth, teachers, parents and ministers are invited to
attend this exciting event. Find out what does being “Pro-Life” vs. “Pro-Choice”
really mean, learn how can you talk about abortion with friends and family and gain
skills to make a difference at your schools and parishes. Choose life 2015 is happen-
ing on January 22,2015 at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament starting at 7:00pm.
Featured guests include, Brennan Cull, Amanda Vernon and Bishop Jaime Soto. For
more information please contact Steve Patton at (916) 733-0133 or spatton@scd.org.