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 July 21, 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”

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 21, 2019

It is [Christ] whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

— Colossians 1:28b

Mass Intentions (July 20-27, 2019) Sat. 4:00 p.m. John Crone Sun. 7:30 a.m. Jane Huffman 9:00 a.m. For the People 11:00 a.m. Juliana Monteiro Mon. 8:00 a.m. Richard Monteiro Tues. 8:00 a.m. Gene O’Brien Wed. 8:00 a.m. Rosa, Belmira & Antonio Freitas and Family Thurs. 8:00 a.m. Ana and Joe Nunes Fri. 8:00 a.m. Jose Moniz Garcia and Delfina Garcia Sat. 4:00 p.m. Conceicao Camacho

Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of: July 13th & 14th—$ 7,253.50 (compared to $12,000 average weekly stewardship goal) Peter’s Pence ( Holy Father)—$1,020.00 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

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.

Transfiguration Catholic Church

Clarence, Sheila & Christian Decano 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, July 22, 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, August 13, 2019. Please call the Parish Office to register.

A MINDSET OF SERVICE There’s a lot of traveling, delivering, and visiting going on in our readings today. In Genesis Abraham cares for the needs of three mysterious travelers. The psalm responds, celebrating the kind of righteousness that Abraham prac-tices. Then, in his letter to the Colossians, Saint Paul de-scribes his own ministry as almost like a delivery service: he, God’s steward, brings the word of God to their com-munity. Finally, Luke’s Gospel shares the well-known story of Mary and Martha, and the different ways they welcome Jesus into their home. Amid all this coming and going, we are invited to pay attention to the ways we tend to the needs of others. Each of us can ask, How am I pre-sent to God and others in my life? Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Pancake Breakfast There will be no Pancake Breakfast in the month of August. We will resume in September.

St. Vincent de Paul The next meeting will be on Sunday, July 21st at 10:00 a.m. in the Holy Family Room in the parish hall. We are looking for additional members to help those in need in our Parish. Please contact Mike Dresen (510-813-6854) or any parish SVdP member to learn more about this ministry.

Congratulations to the parents of: Emilia Marian Bak Evelyn Helena Bak Stefan Alexander Bak Lucas Anthony Huerta Kennedy Kathryn Revay who were baptized at Transfiguration.

IMPORTANT! If you receive an email or a text from Fr. Mario asking for gift cards, please do not respond! This is a fake!

Sixty Plus or Minus Club Please join us in the Hall after the 9:30 a.m. Mass for our continental breakfast and meeting on August 2nd. Our hosts this month are Arline and Richard Souza, Beverly Campiotti, Pat Frohwein, and Jan Alcantor. Bingo will be played after the meeting. Guests are always welcome. Please sign-up if you plan to attend.

Buon Tempo Upcoming Dinners Transfiguration Parish Hall

All parishioners are invited to the following dinners: August 6, 2019—Chicken Cacciatore September 3, 2019—Tri Tip 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: Genesis 18:1-10a

Second Reading: Colossians 1:24:28 Psalm:15—Gospel: Luke 10:38-42

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: Sg 3:1-4b or 2 Cor 5:14-17; Ps 63:2-6, 8-9; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 Tuesday: Ex 14:21 — 15:1; Ex 15:8-10, 12, 17; Mt 12:46-50 Wednesday: Ex 16:1-5, 9-15; Ps 78:18-19, 23-28; Mt 13:1-9 Thursday: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1bc-6; Mt 20:20-28 Friday: Ex 20:1-17; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 13:18-23 Saturday: Ex 24:3-8; Ps 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15; Mt 13:24-30 Sunday: Gn 18:20-32; Ps 138:1-3, 6-8; Col 2:12-14; Lk 11:1-13 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Mary Magdalene Tuesday: St. Bridget Wednesday: St. Sharbel Makhlūf Thursday: St. James Friday: Ss. Joachim and Anne Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

Children’s Book Readings San Damiano Retreat Center

710 Highlands Drive, Danville Mondays in July, 10 a.m. to noon with Jan Stegner. Register at www.sandamiano.org or call 925.837.9141, ext. 315.

The Performing Academy Theater presents the following shows (performed by children) at:

The Center for the Arts 19501 Redwood Rd., Castro Valley

August 9 - 5:30 p.m. Little Mermaid August 9 - 7:00 p.m. Mary Poppins August 10 - 1:00 p.m. Little Mermaid August 10 - 2:30 p.m. Mary Poppins Tickets can be bought at the box office 1 hour before each show.

Backpack Drive Our St. Vincent de Paul Conference will again be collect-ing new backpacks with school supplies before and after all the masses on July 27th & 28th. They will be distribut-ed to our client families in need and through St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County. New backpacks should include 2 notebooks, wide-ruled binder paper and binder, colored pencils, sketch pad, reg-ular pencils and pens, colored washable markers, ruler, small tissue packs, erasers, and crayons. If there are any questions, please contact Nancy Hollister: (510) 913-6081 or nancy.hollister@comcast.net.

Blood Donation Drive Vitalant (previously known as Blood Centers of the Pacific) will be doing their regular blood drive in the Church Hall on Sunday July 21st from 10 a.m. thru 2 p.m. To schedule your life-saving appointment, please visit www.bloodheroes.com, click Donate Blood and enter sponsor code COTT. Don’t forget to bring your photo id as well as eat and drink plenty of water before your donation. Every 3 seconds someone needs a blood transfusion - Please be a life-saver! Although 38 percent of the U.S. popula-tion is eligible to donate blood at any given time, less than 10 percent do so annually. You don’t need a special reason to give blood; you just need your own reason. Some of us give blood because we were asked by a friend, some know that a family member or a friend might need blood someday, and others simply believe it is the right thing we do. If you have any ques-tions, please contact Sunita D’Costa dcostasu@gmail.com or at 510-733-2500.

Come join our Italian Catholic Federation Branch #343 for a fun evening of wine, hors d' oeuvres and painting, no artistic talent required! This is a fundraiser to help pro- mote education from 8th grade through seminary years. Paint Nite will be held at Our Lady of Grace Stack Hall on Friday, Aug. 9th. Doors open at 6:00PM for hors d'oeuvres and wine, painting will start at 7:00 PM and you will have something to take home with you. $45 each. For reservations please sign up on line @ https://www.yaymaker.com/events/_10163124, for questions call Lisa @ 510-861-9835.

Cathedral of Christ the Light Summer Organ Recitals

Please join us for beautiful music featuring the magnificent Conroy Memorial Organ. The one-hour concerts, open to all, will be at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays (except as noted) at the Cathe-dral, 2121 Harrison St., Oakland. A free-will offering will be requested. Aug. 7: Hentus van Rooyen, South Africa Aug. 14: John Renke, Cathedral Organist Aug. 25, 5 p.m.: Benjamin LaPrairie, Associate Director of Music, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC Aug. 28: Rudy de Vos, Cathedral Music Director

LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS

ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME

United by the same concern. #9. At the same time, Bartholomew has drawn atten-tion to the ethical and spiritual roots of environmen-tal problems, which require that we look for solu-tions not only in technology but in a change of hu-manity; otherwise we would be dealing merely with symptoms. He asks us to replace consumption with sacrifice, greed with generosity, wastefulness with a spirit of sharing, an asceticism which “entails learn-ing to give, and not simply to give up. It is a way of loving, of moving gradually away from what I want to what God’s world needs. It is liberation from fear, greed and compulsion”. As Christians, we are also called “to accept the world as a sacrament of communion, as a way of sharing with God and our neighbours on a global scale. It is our humble con-viction that the divine and the human meet in the slightest detail in the seamless garment of God’s cre-ation, in the last speck of dust of our planet”. Fr. Terry’s Remarks: Pope Francis gives two paragraphs to Patriarch Bartholomew, it is his way of honoring the Patriarch but also assuring us that his words are vital. Last week the Patriarch reminded us that our harm of the planet is sinful. This week he tells us why. In our Sacraments we use bread, wine, water, oil, words and gestures to bring grace, life and forgiveness into our lives. They are essential elements of our sacramental life. What the Patriarch is reminding us this week is; if bread, wine, water and oil are so sacramental how much more is the Earth that supplies them? We are not just talking about goods and money and convenience, our Moth-er Earth is in essence sacramental. Our ancestors of old sensed this long before our theologians said; Sacrament.