St. Joachim Catholic Church

Iglesia Católica de San Joaquin

July 26, 2015

21250 Hesperian Blvd, Hayward, CA 94541 www.stjoachim.net

(510)783-2766

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary

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MASS SCHEDULES Sunday Mass in English Saturday 4:30 PM, Sunday 7:30, 9:00,10:30 AM and 12:15 PM Daily Masses 7:00 and 8:30 AM (Saturday 8:30 AM) Reconciliation Saturday 3-4:00 PM Misas Dominicales en Español Sábado 6:00 PM, Domingo 2:00, 6:00 PM Misas en Español Miércoles 7:00 PM Reconciliación Miércoles 6-7 PM, Sábado 3-4:00 Parish Office 783-2766 Parish Fax 783-2760 Parish Email ~~ stjoachimoffice@gmail.com Parish Office Hours

Monday-Friday 10:00am-7:30pm bilingual available T,W,F— 4—7:30 Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm bilingual available 10 AM– 4 PM Sunday 9:00am-4:00pm bilingual available 12PM– 4 PM

Rev. Joseph Antony Sebastian, SVD Pastor Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 10:00 am to 12.00 pm 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm (with appointment) lunes, martes, miércoles, y viernes 0:00 am a 12:00 pm 5.00 pm a 8.00 pm (con cita )

Rev. Stephen Ayisu SVD Parochial Vicar Monday, Wednesday Thursday, and Friday 10:00 am to 12:00 pm 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm (with appointment) lunes, martes, miércoles y jueves 10:30 am a 12:00 pm

5:00 pm a 8:00 pm (con cita)

Ariel Mayormita Music Director/Director de Música Phone Ext. #223 E-Mail stjoachimmusic1@gmail.com Flor Herce ……...………..Bookkeeper Pat Ludwig …Administrative Assistant

Faith Formation Office 785-1818

Oficina de Formación de Fe Glenda Aragón Director of Faith Formation Email …..…. glendaaragon@comcast.net Abraham Gonzalez …... Faith Formation Coordinator /Youth Minister 550-6878…...sjformation510@gmail.com Bertha Cruz…….Administrative Assistant

St. Vincent de Paul 783-0344 Office hours 1:30-3PM ONLY Monday-Friday San Vicente de Paul Gary Enos President

St. Joachim School 783-3177 Escuela de San Joaquín Armond Seishas Principal Sandra Garzon School Secretary

St. Joachim Pre-School 783-0604

Marisa Melgarejo Director

MASS SCHEDULES Sunday Mass in English Saturday 4:30 PM, Sunday 7:30, 9:00,10:30 AM and 12:15 PM Daily Masses 7:00 and 8:30 AM (Saturday 8:30 AM) Reconciliation Saturday 3-4:00 PM Misas Dominicales en Español Sábado 6:00 PM, Domingo 2:00, 6:00 PM Misas en Español Miércoles 7:00 PM Reconciliación Miércoles 6-7 PM, Sábado 3-4:00

From the

Pastor’s

Desk:

A certain king was to visit a village under his rule and the villagers decided to contribute, each man a jar of wine, for the royal feast. All the wine was to be poured into a big barrel from which it would be served. One man thought to himself: With all the men in the village each pouring a jar of wine into the barrel, what difference would it make if I poured in a jar of water and save my wine. A jar of water among so much wine would hardly make any difference. Unfortunately, he was not the only man in the village who thought that way. When the king arrived and the barrel of wine was ready to be served, it was discovered to be full of water and very little wine. Many other men in the village too had contributed water instead of wine, thinking that it did not matter, since

other people's contributions would make up for their not contributing.

Some time back when I read this story I laughed a while. As it is the case with every moral story, after a while the truth of the story dawned on me. Whenever there is a common need and we are requested to help out, we all agree that we all should help out. And the needed amount seems well within our limit. But when the time comes for us to make the contribution, suddenly there arises in our heart some kind of unwillingness. Then we begin to rationalize and justify our sudden lack of interest with so many reasons such as – Oh, I just recently came to America, my neighbor is earning more than me, there are so many rich people in my parish, I am an unregistered member of this parish, I am undocumented etc. But can we wait to repair the Bell Tower till everybody gets equal salary? Can we stop repairing our restroom till we all get a more expensive car? Can we

stop paying to our employees till our other concerns are settled?

People like me who have come from countries where we are used to get money from well to do countries to repair and to maintain the facilities still think that the church can get money from well to do country to maintain its facilities. Fortunately God has brought us to the most well to do county. While the environment has changed, unfortunately our mentality has not changed. When I worship in this beautiful church, I gratefully think of the people who donated from their income to build this beautiful church and to maintain its facilities. God has brought me to this wonderful land. Now it is my duty to contribute to maintain and to preserve this church and all its facilities without looking for excuses not to contribute. It is in giving for the common good our true character comes out.

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Ralph Nicholas A. Barreto Leticia Garcia Dawn Michelle Major Michael Diamond Carol Esperanza Colon Michael Avalos David Sanchez Maria Rossman Juanita Estrellas Rachel Pangilinan Caruz Kathryn Noel Major Elisa Butschy Michael Joseph Major Jr. Eugenia Hunter Amelia Mamaril Angelica Gomez Teresita Ochoa. Juanita Chavez

ST Vincent de

Paul

Food offering for next week:

Canned Vegetables or Pork & Beans Vegetales, Carne de puerco o frijol

enlatado

Paula Cruz

Alzira Seishas

COLLECTION FOR WEEK July 19, 2015

The Total amounts for the plate collection

$ 8,805.20

EFT collection $ 1,275.00 On- Line Giving $ 40.00

Total for the WEEK $ 10,120.20

Un cierto rey fue a visitar un pueblo bajo

su dominio y los aldeanos decidieron

contribuir, cada uno un vaso de vino

para la fiesta real. El vino fue vertido en

un barril grande del cual iban a servir.

Un hombre pensó a sí mismo: con todos

los hombres del pueblo cada uno

vertiendo un vaso de vino en el barril,

qué diferencia hará si vierto una jarra de

agua y guardo mi vino. Un vaso de agua

entre tanto vino apenas haría alguna

diferencia. Desafortunadamente, él no

fue el único hombre del pueblo que

pensó de esa manera. Cuando llegó el

rey y el barril de vino estaba listo para

ser servido, se descubrió que estaba

lleno de agua y muy poco de vino.

Muchos otros hombres del pueblo

también habían contribuido agua en

lugar de vino, pensando que no

importaba, puesto que las contribuciones

de otras personas compensarían su falta

de contribución.

Hace un tiempo cuando leí esta historia

me reí un rato. Como es el caso con cada

historia moral, después de un tiempo me

percate de la verdad de la historia.

Siempre que hay una necesidad común y

nos piden ayuda, todos estamos de

acuerdo que todos debemos ayudar, y la

cantidad necesaria parece dentro de

nuestras posibilidades. Pero cuando llega

el momento para hacer la contribución,

de repente surge en nuestro corazón una

especie de falta de voluntad. Entonces

comenzamos a racionalizar y justificar

nuestra repentina falta de interés por

muchas razones tales como: Oh,

recientemente llegue a Estados Unidos,

mi vecino está ganando más que yo, hay

muchos ricos entre la gente de mi

parroquia, no soy miembro registrado de

esta parroquia, soy indocumentado etc.

¿Pero podemos esperar para reparar la

Torre del Campanario hasta que todos

tengan igual sueldo? ¿Podemos dejar de

reparar el baño hasta que todos

consigamos un coche más caro?

¿Podemos dejar de pagar a nuestros

empleados hasta que se asientan nuestras

otras preocupaciones?

Personas como yo que vienen de países

donde estamos acostumbrados a recibir

dinero de los países de bien para reparar

y mantener las instalaciones, todavía

creen que la Iglesia puede conseguir

dinero de los países de bien para

mantener sus instalaciones.

Afortunadamente Dios nos ha traído al

país de más bien. Mientras que el

entorno ha cambiado, desgraciadamente

nuestra mentalidad no ha cambiado.

Cuando celebro en esta hermosa Iglesia,

pienso con gratitud sobre la gente que

donó de su ingreso para construir esta

hermosa Iglesia y mantener sus

instalaciones. Dios me ha traído a esta

tierra maravillosa. Ahora es mi deber

contribuir para mantener y preservar esta

Iglesia y todas sus instalaciones sin

buscar excusas para no contribuir. Es dar

por el bien común cuando sale nuestro

verdadero carácter.

Nota de nuestro pastor

July 25-Aug 1,2015

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Weekly Readings

Readings for the Week of July 26, 2015

Sun/Dom: 2 Kgs 4:42-44/Eph 4:1-6/Jn 6:1-15

Mon/Lunes: Ex 32:15-24, 30-34/Mt 13:31-35

Tues/Martes Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28/Mt 13:36-43

Wed/Mier: Ex 34:29-35/Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42

Thurs/Vier: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38/Mt 13:47-53

Fri/Vier: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37/Mt 13:54-58

Sat/Sab: Lv 25:1, 8-17/Mt 14:1-12

Next Sun/Dom: Ex 16:2-4, 12-15/Eph 4:17, 20-24/Jn 6:24-35

Saturday 4:30pm William Ylanan , (40th day)

Leonida Onnie Hilario , (40th day )

Saturday 6:00pm Etelvina & Ezequiel Rodriguez (52nd aniversario boda) Sergio & Laura Rodriguez (25th aniversario boda) Dania Linares (3rd birthday) Miguel Rodriguez , (5th aniversario)

Sacramento Garcia , Luis Olivares A. , (4th aniversario) Sunday 7:30am The Community of St. Joachim Sunday 9:00 am Vilma Ortega (birthday)

Violy & Arnel Velasco (thanksgiving)

David, Stella & Terence Pereira , Sunday 10:30am Fidel A. Cadag (55th birthday) Elisa M. Cadag (healing)

Bud Angellar (-birthday) Norma Canton , Leonida Onnie Hilarilo, (40th day) Sunday 12:15pm Aurea Almazan Ramos

Lizaro Arquero , Sunday 2:00 pm Ramon Ramos , (17th aniversario)

Maria Miranda , Olivia Jasso Madriz , ( 1st aniversario)

Julissa Guadalupe Padilla , Sunday 6:00pm Cristina Montes (thanksgiving )

Francisco Torres & Guadalupe Flores , Monday 7:00am The Community of St. Joachim Monday 8:30am Elisa & Onofre Lusung (special intention) Willie Sonneville , David M. Datayan , (anniversary)

Tuesday 7:00 am The Community of St. Joachim Tuesday 8:30 am Inocencia Maglalang (birthday)

Antonia Madamba , (2nd anniversary) Trinidad Advincula , (anniversary)

Wednesday 7:00 am Lily Montelibano , (1st anniversary) Pacita M. Narciso , (1st anniversary)

Wednesday 8 :30 am Christian Patrick Talaue (birthday)

Victoria & Jose Gatchalian , Adela Herce , Wednesday 7:00 pm Esther Guevara , (14 mes aniversario) Thursday 7:00 am The Community of St Joachim

Thursday 8: 30am Rufina Regala (97th birthday) Anthony Cresci , (1st anniversary)

Friday 7:00 am The Community of St. Joachim Friday 8:30 am Ronwald Temporosa ,(3rd anniversary) Saturday 8:30am Ruby Parra (special intention ) Angela & Agnes Kim (special intention)

Hospitality Sunday

TODAY — July 26th In the hall After all the Morning Masses

Be sure and thank the Knights of Columbus for diligently working all of our Hospitality Sundays !!

See you there !!!

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Vatican Corner Earlier this year, Pope Francis outlined a 10 point plan for happiness when he was interviewed by an old acquaintance from an Argentine magazine. Here is a list of his 10 steps for a happy, healthy life.

1) "Live and let live" The first step to peace and happiness, said Francis, is following that ancient advice of the Romans. To put it another way: Who am I to judge?"

2) "Be giving of yourself to others" Francis, says to live charitably toward all and place special emphasis on the poor. Charity includes giving one's time to someone who needs it. Francis advises against withdrawing into oneself, since that runs the risk of stagnation and "stagnant water is the first to be corrupted."

3) "Move quietly" Pope Francis says to be more like the older protagonist in the novel Don Segundo Sombra, moving calmly and slowly through life. The theme of stillness is an aspect of Ignatian spirituality, which Francis, as

a Jesuit, has been trained in.

4) “Have a healthy sense of leisure” It's hard to make time to play, and to enjoy art and literature, but "it must be done, people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport."

5) "Sunday is for family" Francis said that once a week, people should take a break from their work lives to spend time with their families. It is actually one of the 10 Commandments.

6) “Find ways to make jobs for young people” Pope Francis noted that the rate of drug use and suicide is high among unemployed people under 25. That crisis, he said, requires us to be creative with helping them find work. Jobs don't only give a person money, they give dignity.

7) ”Respect nature” Francis asked "Isn't humanity committing suicide with this indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature?"

8) "Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy" " Instead of talking about others who frustrate us, Francis advises that it's healthy to let negative things pass quickly and quietly.

9 “Stop proselytizing” Cool the aggressive conversion tactics. “We shouldn't talk with others with the sole goal of persuading them that we're right. Each person, he said, sees the world in his or her own way, and that should be respected. Besides, ultimately people will join the Catholic Church if they are attracted to it, not if they are argued into it.

10) “Work for peace” Stop the violence. Francis said that working for peace must be proactive, and never quiet: "Peace is the language we must speak." Source: Vox.com

Everyday Stewardship

For many years Alberta Hairston was the Catholic campus minister at North Carolina A&T University and Bennett College, both traditionally black institutions. She operated out of a house named for Sr. Thea Bowman, a great Afri-can-American sister and evangelist who helped found the Black Catholic Sisters Conference. It was a small house on one of the campuses but was open to all stu-dents, Catholic and non-Catholic. When Momma H, as she was called, started in the ministry, she had no advanced degree but she had experience help-ing the previous campus minister. Also, she had a great love of the Lord and his people. She also had a tremendously powerful tool of evangelization: the kitchen.

Alberta knew that if she could have a chance to feed their bellies, she could then begin to feed their souls. Of course, she could never be certain how many students might show up at a meal. But that did not matter, because somehow there was always enough. Did she perform miracles, like Jesus feeding the five thousand? Well, a tray of corn bread never instantly became three trays of corn bread! But she did have one of the same key characteristics as Jesus: love. You see, there was always enough food for everyone because Momma H wasn't just feeding college students with corn bread, chicken, and mac and cheese; she was feeding them with love.

Love changes everything. It can lead to a lost soul feeling like it belongs. It can help a blind person see the truth. Love is the root of true hospitality, and both Jesus and Momma H have that. There are people all throughout our lives who feel like there is not enough in this life for them. But with our actions of love, they miracu-lously are filled with what they need. Of course, a tray of good corn bread doesn't hurt either. Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS © Liturgical Publications Inc

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St Joachim’s has given you one less

thing to worry about —

Save Time/ Ahorro tiempo

Donate Online!! ¡Haz donativos en linea !

Our Church now uses an Online Giving System! Make your one-time or recurring donation us-ing your debit card, credit card, checking, or saving account. Start today by following these 3 easy steps: 1. Visit our church website saintjoachim.net - click on “Donate/Pay” 2. Set up your account 3. Choose payment options and customize your donation, Sign up today by visiting Saintjoachim.net or by coming to the rectory office for assis-tance. The rectory Office now Accepts Credit Card or Debit Cards for all transaction in the office.

¡Ahora nuestra prroquia emplea un Sistema de dar en linea! Haz tu donativo recurrente o por unica vez con tarjeta de credito o de debito, o con cuente de ahorros. Para empezar sigue los tres siguientes pasos sencillos: 1. Vista el sitio web de nuestra saintjoa-chim.net y haz clic en Donar/Pago 2. Establece tu cuenta 3. Escoge tu forma de pago y personalize tu ofrenda en cualquier momento Inscribete hoy y visita Saintjoachim.net de la rectoria para obtener ayuda.

La Oficina rectoría ahora Acepta tarjeta de crédito o débito para todas las transacciones en la oficina.

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