Divine Mercy Catholic ChurchDivine Mercy Catholic ChurchDivine Mercy Catholic ChurchDivine Mercy Catholic Church

2231 Club Center Drive, Sacramento, CA 95835 | Tel: (916) 256-3134 | Fax: (916) 265-1999 divinemercy.parish@sbcglobal.net | www.divinemercynatomas.com

Pastor

Rev. Soane Kaniseli pastor@divinemercynatomas.com

Deacon Rick Morales deacon@divinemercynatomas.com

Office Staff Julie Aninzo Linda Casarino Michelle Ignacio Fids Reina (Bookkeeper) Facility Maintenance Ed Pagala (Supervisor) Edgar Espino Renato Perez

Bulletin Coordinator Michelle Ignacio bulletin@divinemercynatomas.com

Capital Campaign Renee Chavez campaign@divinemercynatomas.com

Music Ministry Elvis Molina � Bill Carlos

MISSION STATEMENT ~ To establish a faith-filled community bonded by love. To

proclaim the good news, foster personal encounters with the living Christ and strengthen

the family by witnessing the gospel values of love, mercy, justice, forgiveness and service to

all.

Sacrament of Penance Saturday 3:45 - 4:45 PM or by appointment Sacrament of Baptism Every 3rd Saturday of the month at 10:00 AM Please contact the Parish Office to talk with the Pastor 2 months before the Baptism day. Sacrament of Matrimony Please contact the Parish Office to talk with the Pastor 6 months before the wedding day. Anointing of the Sick Please call (916) 525 - 8059 Rosary English: 30 mins before every Mass Spanish: Thursdays at 7:00 PM Chaplet of Divine Mercy Immediately after every Mass

Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 PM

Sunday Mass 7:30 AM

9:30 AM

12:30 PM

5:00 PM

Filipino Mass 6:30 PM

Every 2nd Saturday of the Month

Spanish Mass 7:00 PM

Every 2nd Sunday of the Month

Tongan Mass 2:30 PM Every 4th Sunday of the Month ______________________________________

WEEKDAY MASSES

Mon - Wed - Fri 6:30 PM Tue - Thur - Sat 8:30 AM

Every Friday Holy Hour 3 - 4 PM (Blessed Sacrament Exposed)

First Friday Morning Mass 8:30 AM Exposition* 9:00 AM Benediction 5:45 PM Evening Mass 6:30 PM

*Hourly Adorers needed during Exposition

� Mass Schedule �

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Welcome To Divine Mercy Catholic Church

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time ���� June 9, 2013

“I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.”

~ Responsorial Psalm 30 ~

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Message from Our Pastor, Fr. Soane Kaniseli . . .Message from Our Pastor, Fr. Soane Kaniseli . . .Message from Our Pastor, Fr. Soane Kaniseli . . .Message from Our Pastor, Fr. Soane Kaniseli . . .

The Love of God

is experienced and revealed

in many ways

G od is Love and they who dwell in love, dwell in God and God in them as John’s Gospel tells us. God made His plan for our salvation after the fall of our first parents because He loved us. In today’s First Reading, the story of Elijah during his time at the woman of Zarephath’s house indicates that God loves everyone. If we open our

hearts to receive His graces, then we would experience His saving power. The love of God was shown to both Elijah, the man of God, and the woman of Zarephath, whom God inspired to take Elijah into her home. The hospitality of the woman showed Elijah God’s power to save. She was prepared by God to take care of him until the rain comes, and at the same time God showed the woman His love and His power to save by giving back her son’s life through Elijah.

The love of God was shown to St. Paul when He converted him on the road to Damascus and put him on a mission to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles. Out of God’s merciful love, He converted a murderer to become His Apostle to the Gentiles. There is no excuse for sinners to say that God does not love them. We will surely experience the love of God when we open our hearts to His saving graces.

God’s love and His plan for the salvation of the world continued to unfold in the New Testament. St. Paul told the people of Galatia that the Gospel he preached was not from human origin. He said: “I did not receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ” (Gal 1:12). In the Second Reading during last Sunday’s Mass, we heard St. Paul told the Corinthians that he received from the Lord what he handed down to them. We learn that it is the Mass we are celebrating today that St. Paul received its formula from the Lord and he handed it down to the Corinthians (1Cor. 11: 23ff). The Mass we are celebrating is the expression of God’s love to us.

J esus Christ came to save all people. He makes God’s love present in human relationships. The plan of God for the salvation of all human kind was fulfilled in Christ. In Luke’s version of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, he put it that Jesus began in Galilee and he was in a synagogue at Nazareth where he stood up to read. He read this from the

Book of Prophet Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.” Jesus was rejected in His own town but He kept on spreading the message of the kingdom of God in other towns and villages because of His love. He continued to make the people experience God’s love by the healing of their illnesses, freeing them from demons, cleansing the lepers to let them return to their own community, feeding the hungry, and many more.

In today’s Gospel Reading, Jesus raised the dead son of a widow in Nain. The people of Nain glorified God, exclaiming that a great prophet has arisen in their midst, and God has visited them. We are glorifying God every day because of His love and mercy we experience.

I believe that you and I would not be here today if God did not love us. Notice that He gave us everything that we think we owned. Let us love His love with everyone we meet today and everyday. Let us also make known to God our love by offering Him the best of our times, talents and treasures.

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Announcements and Upcoming Events

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The CommTech Ministry is looking for LCD monitors (new or old) that will be used for furnishing the portable classrooms with desktop PCs. We will also be accepting any computers (desktops or laptops) and

computer peripherals (routers, modem, switches, external drives, power strips, ethernet/LAN cables, etc.) that we might be able to use for the classrooms or harvest for parts. Please drop off your donation at the Parish Office anytime between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday - Friday. Please email support@divinemercynatomas.com for any questions.

CommTech Ministry

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Graduates of Divine Mercy Parish!

Pete Hernandez Christian Dapiaoen Anthony Principe-Contreras Jessica Gutierrez Jaime Santiago Roderick Enriquez Earl Kho Clark Kho Al Quimsing Anne Uson Madeline Calgano

Rianna Ridad Ralph Vincent Relador Ariana Criste Joshua Montes Christina Chan Donovan Serrano Ivan Andre Jamilla Paolo Pham Claudine Anglo Connor Johnson Alexandra Johnson

Our Lady of Fatima Procession

Our Lady of Fatima procession will be on Thursday, June 13th after the 8:30 am Mass. Let us pray together for world peace and for an increase in vocation to the priesthood and religious life. Contact persons are Tess Mostajo (916) 792-4193 and Auring Pagala (916) 515-1045.

Consolation & Bereavement Ministry

~ NEXT MEETING ~

Wednesday, June 12th at 7:00 pm in room P4

The Divine Mercy Angels of Mercy Ministry to the Poor

was established to assist the needy in our community. If you are in need or know any family that can benefit from our services please contact us.

In the last 12 months we have assisted over 90 needy families within and outside our parish. Your generous support has helped provide the basic needs of the poor in our community and is appreciated by members of the Angels of Mercy and, most importantly, by the families who benefited from your donation. Jesus said, “Whatever you do for the least among you; you did for me” (Mt 25:31-46).

We hope for your continued support either by donations or by joining our ministry to help us provide the basic needs of the poor in our community.

If you are interested in providing additional financial support for the poor in our community, either by direct donation or joining the Divine Mercy Angels of Mercy Ministry, please contact us at (916) 384-6238 or (916) 397-1904. If you want to join us or just want know more about our ministry, please drop in at one of our meetings. The Angels of Mercy meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm in room P9 of the portable classrooms. Because of planned summer vacations our NEXT MEETING will be on August 15th.

Thank you again for your support.

Angels of Mercy

RCIA - Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

Would you like to join the Catholic Church? Divine Mercy RCIA is exactly what you are looking for. The Inquiry classes, followed by other studies of the Catholic Faith will prepare you for your Faith Journey leading to full communion with the Catholic Church.

Please contact the Parish Office to get an application or you can download one from our website. After you have filled out your application, have the parish office schedule a meeting with Father Soane.

Communion of the Sick and Homebound

If you or anyone in your family is sick or advanced in age and subsequently unable to attend Mass regularly and would like Holy Communion brought to them at home, please contact the Parish Office.

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Portable Restroom Project

U P D A T E

May 31 to June 3

Works were done after 6:00 pm. Water pipes and drainage system were installed on the south side of the restrooms. Thermostat control, aircon units and lights were connected to maintain cool temperature and bright working area inside the restrooms.

Portable Trailer $ 12,300

Trenching of underground sewer pipe $ 4,400

Electrical Materials $ 3,600

Carpentry & Plumbing Materials $ 4,000

Total Expenses to Date $ 24,300

As of June 4, 2013, the total amount raised for this project is $20,000. We were able to raise less than $6,000 in the last two weeks. More than $2,000 of this amount are pledges.

We still need your financial help. The source of our funding for this project while waiting for donations and pledges to come are the General and Capital Campaign Funds.

The General Fund comes from your weekly offerings that

The breakdown of expenses are as follows:

Volunteer electricians Leo

Velasquez and Ed

are earmarked for general expenses like utilities, wages, maintenance and others. Capital Campaign Fund is your money that is made to pay our church loan. Your weekly offerings are funding short-term financing of this project. Donations made for the restrooms are made to pay the money borrowed from these funds. If we fail to replenish the general fund on time, other services like the utilities and wages will be affected.

The restroom project is a result of a define need coming from our children in our Faith Formation classes. This is for their safety, convenience and comfort. We hope that most of us will contribute in having this project completed by July.

Please remit donations made with note: "Restroom Donations" on your check.

THANK YOU for your generosity!

We still need a volunteer plumber to course the main pipe to the direction of the portable restrooms. The area has already been prepared. Volunteers are also needed to clean the area and its surroundings. They can come in Saturday afternoon after 2:00 pm.

We have a handful of volunteers this week, yet few works were done because of funding constraint. One of our volunteers decided to donate materials needed for water piping. We used pex and copper pipes to save money.

We have new volunteers to do the painting of external walls and the two containers. Oscar Lara and his son came and asked if they can donate paint and do the painting themselves.

Catholic Trivia

Liturgically and Biblically, what is the

most important Christian holiday,

which is described in every gospel?

A. Christmas B. Halloween C. Easter D. Thanksgiving

Answer is C. While Christmas is very important, Easter is the most important because it is our Lord's resurrection, the day He conquered death! Christ's death and resurrection are described in all four Gospels; the story of His birth appears in only two.

Volunteers Mike Del Rosario

& Eugene Declarador

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Thank you for your generous financial contributions to support parish operations and repayment of our loan obligation. Please consider increasing your offerings or donations.

SECOND COLLECTION

Sharing Our TreasureSharing Our TreasureSharing Our TreasureSharing Our Treasure

OFFERTORY COLLECTIONS

Sunday Weekly Goal $ 7,500

12-May $ 7,570

19-May $ 6,122

26-May $ 6,264

02-June $ 5,685

YTD Sunday Collections $ 306,676

YTD Weekly Goal $ 360,000

YTD Shortage (15%) $ (53,324)

BUILDING FUND COLLECTIONS

∗ Capital Campaign pledges & donations

∗ Designated Gifts for portable classrooms, classroom sponsors & restroom sponsors

∗ Memorials (pew) & wish list donations

Annual Goal $ 335,257

12-May $ 3,103

19-May $ 2,136

26-May $ 4,490

02-June $ 16,011

Year-to-Date Collections $ 318,952

2nd Capital Campaign Report

as of June 2, 2013

Goal $ 1,000,000

Pledges - 98% $ 975,567

Collections - 44% $ 431,006

YTD Offertory Collections $ 368,487

YTD e-Pay Collections (6%) $ 17,515

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June 8 - 9 Storms & Disasters

Relief Effort

FundraisingFundraisingFundraisingFundraising UpdateUpdateUpdateUpdate

This message contains good news good news good news good news and bad news bad news bad news bad news . . .

BAD NEWS: We will not have a Festival this year. This impacts us financially as the Festival was our biggest annual revenue-generating activity. We hope to have a Festival again next year but in the meantime . . .

GOOD NEWS: We have a variety of other fun-filled activities planned to raise money. Please help where you can and “Save These Dates” :

⇒ Now – July 4th : Divine Mercy Fireworks will be available for pre-sale and when our booth opens.

⇒ Friday, July 26th - 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm:

a. Hawaiian Luau Dinner Dance - includes a family hour with face painting & children’s line dancing. For the parents, an open bar with Piña Coladas, beer & wine; beautiful leis will be on sale; there will be a tasty dinner catered by Hannibal’s, with music and dancing. Fun for the whole family!

b. 50/50 Cash Raffle – tickets will be distributed in 2 weeks and each Parish family is encouraged to purchase two $10 tickets. The cash prize will be half of all tickets sold, net of expenses. The prize is projected to exceed $1,000 – we will update you weekly in the bulletin. Drawing will take place during the Luau on July 26th and you need not be present to win.

⇒ August – December 2013 : Car Raffle Tickets on sale. Win a new car or select an alternate cash prize of $15,000. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold at $50 each. Each Parish family will be encouraged to buy one ticket.

⇒ September – December 2013 : Your 2014 Entertainment Books go on sale.

⇒ Friday, September 13th: “Back to School” Pre-Golf Tournament Dinner Dance with a live band.

⇒ Saturday, September 14th – Divine Mercy’s 2nd Annual Golf Tournament at Haggin Oaks. This year there will be a special incentive for lady golfers!

⇒ Saturday, December 14th – Christmas Dinner & Silent Auction. Location to be determined. This will be a nice evening out.

⇒ January – May 2014: Divine Mercy’s May Flower Festival (Flores de Mayo) - Details to follow in our bulletin and website.

W e hope these activities will delight you. They also give you a chance to win a nice prize, enjoy the fellowship of our Church community and purchase items that you might buy elsewhere. Why not get your fireworks and Entertainment Books right here at Divine Mercy and help our Parish?

THANK YOU for your continued support!

Flag Day Friday, June14th

SUNDAY BULLETIN DEADLINE: Submission of bulletin announcements is due every Monday at 4:00 pm. Please

email your announcements to bulletin@divinemercynatomas.com

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Mass IntentionsMass IntentionsMass IntentionsMass Intentions

June 08 Saturday 8:30am Camille Theriault � 5:00pm Victor Briscoe, Sr. � 6:30pm Filomeno Garcia �, Rolando Botones � (9th Day) June 09 Sunday 7:30am Divine Mercy Parishioners (Pro Populo) 9:30am James Humphrey � 12:30pm Filomeno Garcia �, Asunsion Tirao Claveria � 5:00pm Sharon Santiago (Thanksgiving), Lucila Hernandez � June 10 Monday 6:30pm Filomeno Garcia � June 11 Tuesday 8:30am Filomeno Garcia � June 12 Wednesday 6:30pm Filomeno Garcia � June 13 Thursday 8:30am Rosalia De Guzman Rosario �, Filomeno Garcia � June 14 Friday 6:30pm Josefa Carlos � (Death Anniversary), Filomeno Garcia �

Week At A GlanceWeek At A GlanceWeek At A GlanceWeek At A Glance

June 10 Monday

11:00am Funeral Mass 7:00pm Sto. Niño Novena (after the 6:30 pm Mass) 7:15pm Children’s Choir Practice (Church) 7:30pm St. Faustina’s Rosary Makers (P9) 7:30pm The Creed (Narthex) June 11 Tuesday 9:00am Timeline Bible Study (Narthex) 5:00pm Quinceañera Rehearsal (Church) June 12 Wednesday 10:00am The Creed (Narthex) 1:00pm Fundraising Committee (Narthex) 6:30pm Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help 7:00pm Consolation & Bereavement Ministry (P4) 7:15pm Divine Mercy Devotion Ministry Meeting (P5) 7:30pm Meeting (Narthex) 7:30pm K of C 4th Degree Membership Meeting (P7) June 13 Thursday 1:00pm Fundraising Committee (Narthex) 7:00pm Timeline Bible Study (Narthex) 7:00pm Rosary in Spanish (Church) 7:00pm Lectors’ Training (P9) June 14 Friday 9:00am Altar Society Flower Arrangement (Narthex) 12noon Divine Mercy Network (Narthex) 3:00pm Holy Hour (Church) 8:30pm Adult Choir Practice (Church) June 15 Saturday 10:00am Baptism 1:00pm Quinceañera 3:45pm Confession 6:00pm Tongan Youth (P7/8) 7:00pm Lord’s Flock Catholic Charismatic Grp (Narthex) June 16 Sunday 2:00pm Youth Ministry (Narthex)

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Meet on the 2nd Monday and 4th Wednesday of the month immediately after the 6:30 pm Mass.

June 10th - P9 and June 26th - Narthex

If you are interested in participating, email faustinas_rosaries@sbcglobal.net or call Eric Watson

at (916) 374-9085.

St. Faustina’s Rosary Makers

Divine Mercy Catholic Church is not liable to users of the data or informa�on provided herein, or to any other party, for any loss or damage,

consequen�al or otherwise, including but not limited to �me, money or goodwill, arising from the use, opera�on or modifica�on of the data or

informa�on. Please visit the website for the full disclaimer. If a name published in the weekly bulle�n is incorrect, please call the Parish Office at (916)

256-3134 or email bulle�n@divinemercynatomas.com to have it corrected.

Pray For The Sick

Sanford Alesna Sera Adjemian Consolatrix Ageas Adam Agot Teresita Alagad Sanford Alesna Oma Alice Cynthia Alvarez Lamberto Aquino Aurora Arciga Mart Arciga Amanda Aspiras Vincent Aspiras Lucila Bacani Reynaldo Bacani Theresita Bacani Madylee Balaoro RJ Balaoro Nita Balauro Yolly Batan Mike Bostock John Byers

Teologia B. Cada Avelina Calara Corazon Canilao Kelley Casagrande Emilie Castañeda Rogelio Cruz Lilyana Da Silva Teresita Daganlan Bess Dagcasin Eden De Guzman Enrica Del Pilar Aric Del Rosario Pj Del Rosario Walter Dennis Dus0n Disuanco Luke Domingo Marilou E. Dan Engelage Ema Escarcha Shirley Espiritu Merry Flores Loretha Ford

Whitney Friedberg Gambrell Family Mary Gomez Barbara Graichen Catherine Guerrero Amelia Guibao Ellen Gyasi Hacke3 Family Dave Harless Eduardo Hernandez Marie Holmes Kamille Honrada Felicitas Ignacio Aldo Innocen0 Lee Innocen0 Jacque Family Kent Kim Joe King Nancy Longmire Liwayway Magsarili Generoso Malabonga Pedro Malabonga

Jun Malabunga Lourdes Malabunga Antonio Mamonong, Jr. Florencia Manansala Rey Manuel Cindy Marek Juan Marquez Hilario Mar0nez Josephine McCalip Rosemary McCarty Susan Mejares Gus Melgoza Na0 Mendoza John Mendoza Dave Miller Sally Miller Thelma Miller Le3y Mostajo Chason Neri Grace Nga0a Arsenia Nudas Anita Orangga

Van Ostrand Consuelo Parlan Marlene Pieper Luis Puno Joseph Quaile Roland Quaile Lisa Quisisem Reyes Family Sharon Ross Mila Sarmiento Marily Schmucki Glen Shaffer Stacie Shaffer Aurora Soriano Liz Soriano Erlinda Soto Wendy Souza Bill Spallas Glenda Stephens Ann S0llion Clyde Stribling Carolina Tamayo

Roger Tamayo Manuel Tamayo, Sr. Gerardo Tamparong Juliana Torralba Romar Torres Rose Torres Carmina Trias Ric Tupaz Edwin Ugalde Marlyn Q. Uy Robert P. Uy Evelyn Venckus Jaime Villalon Domingo Villarama Efren Villarama Mario Villarama Richard Weeks Aaron Yan Delfin Yan Teresita Yan Georgina Yeboah Jennifer Zingapan

St. Anthony

of Padua

Thursday,

June 13th

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N ot well-known or highly touted in conversations about the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska are the pangs of abortion she suffered on behalf of souls who experienced this tragic

occurrence. It’s quite obvious from Saint Faustina’s entry that abortion is not just an issue with Catholicism or the Pro-Life movement, but is also an issue with God Himself. Here is Saint Faustina’s entry (1276):

September 16, 1937. I wanted very much to make a Holy hour before the Blessed Sacrament today. But God’s will was otherwise. At eight o’clock I was seized with such violent pains that I had to go to bed at once. I was convulsed with pain for three hours; that is, until eleven o’clock at night. No medicine had any effect on me, and whatever I swallowed I threw up. At times, the pains caused me to lose consciousness. Jesus had me realize that in this way I took part in His Agony in the Garden, and that He Himself allowed these sufferings in order to offer reparation to God for the souls murdered in the wombs of wicked mothers. I have gone through these sufferings three times now. They always start at eight o’clock in the evening and last until eleven. No medicine can lessen these sufferings. When eleven o’clock comes, they cease by themselves, and I fall asleep at that moment. The following day, I feel very weak.

This happened to me for the first time when I was at the sanatorium. The doctors couldn’t get to the bottom of it, and no injection or medicine helped me at all or did I myself have any idea of what the sufferings were about. I told the doctor that never before in my life had I experienced such sufferings, and he declared he did not know what sort of pains they are. But now I understand the nature of these pains, because the Lord himself has made this known to me. Yet when I think that I may perhaps suffer in this way again, I tremble. But I don’t know whether I’ll ever again suffer in this way; I leave that to God. What it pleases God to send, I will accept with submission and love. If only I could save even one soul from murder by means of these sufferings!

Something to keep in mind is that Saint Faustina was a victim soul. God called her to experience suffering on behalf of the world’s sins. As Christians, God calls all of us to pray for mercy on behalf of our own sins and the sins of the world. Saint Faustina’s Diary is not her own. She was God’s instrument to express His thoughts to the world. This diary is a diary of mercy not judgment. It is the mercy of God we seek in prayer, not the judgment of God. There are many women who have had abortions who today very much wish they had not. Jesus gave us the Divine Mercy Chaplet as a means to seek His mercy for all souls. And certainly it is no coincidence that Jesus arranged that the Divine Mercy Chaplet could be prayed using His Mother’s beads.

Divine Mercy Devotion Ministry Secret Harbour

St. Faustina Suffered for Victims of Abortion

Sunday, June 16

Summer

begins

Friday,Friday,Friday,Friday,

June 21June 21June 21June 21

We would like to invite you to join us in praying the Rosary in Spanish every Thursday at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome!

Guadalupe Ministry

Knights of Columbus

Meetings are every 1st

and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. NEXT

meeting is on June 18th with the location TBD. Please contact Barry Criste (916) 515-1964 or Eric Watson (916) 374-9085 for more

information.