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July 22 - 29, 2017
Intention Requested by
Saturday, Jul. 22 5 p.m. Leonor Tiongson † Mom and Dad
Sunday, Jul. 23 8 a.m. Renaldo Marin † Marin Family
9:30 a.m. Thanksgiving of Ana Prindle and
Children for Blessings of Good Health Ana Prindle
11 a.m. Leola Richardson † Murray Richardson
12:30 p.m. Leonor Tiongson † Mom and Dad
6 p.m. St. John Parishioners St. John Parish
Monday, Jul. 24 8 a.m. Priscila Manasan-Healing Fely Sabares
Tuesday, Jul. 25 8 a.m. Chris Vasquez Patrick O’Reilly
Wednesday, Jul. 26 8 a.m. Maria Monteiro Ana Monteiro
Thursday, Jul. 27 8 a.m. For the Salvation of Souls St. John Parishioner
Friday, Jul. 28 8 a.m. Blessed Virgin Mary Intentions Elaine LeCrom
Saturday, Jul. 29 8 a.m. Martin Padilla † Alice and Nanette Barce
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Rodolfo Abesamis, Virginia Alday, Gera Assefa
Jade Austin, Evelyn Baker, Pearl &
Patrick Batiste, Paul Batist, Irene
Blair, Robert Britto, Richard Calapini
Evelyn Canepa, Jeff Chavez
Bernadine Clark, Brenna Clark
Jennette Cleadenger, Betty Cooper
Linda Crittondon, Ernesto P. Cruz
Pablo de la Vega, Mary Dong, Tami Duncan
Juanita Estrellas, Philomena Giese, Mike Giovannini
Joseph Golinveau, Domingo Gregorio, Andy Gutierrez
Ruben Gutierrez, Maydelle Halligan, Joanne, Marvin &
Maurice Haynes, Sherry Highlander, Tamaya Hunt
Pat Jeffre, Ann Jones, Tom Kennedy, Robin Laws
Maria Impang Lozada, Bernice Luckett, Marian &
Michael Luoma, Nancy McVey, Francis Mondragon
Eiji Nakamura, Ester Oppus, Judith Padilla, Theresa
Parella, Angelina Patacsil, Victoria Payless, Fely
Sabares, Linda Schneider, Esther Esmilla Taylor
Salvador Tejero, Rose Texara, Pat Tilley, James
Vaughn, Joseph Vidal, Sarah Vidal, Evodio Walle
Jan Williamson
Let Us Pray for the Sick
July 23, 2017
Stewardship
Envelopes & EFT, July 16, 2017 $ 5,131
Loose Donations 1,639
Total Regular Collection $ 6,770
Thank you for your generosity.
To commemorate the 100 years anniversary of
Our Lady’s apparition to Francisco, Jacinta, and
Lucia, a rosary procession will be begin at the
Chapel on Aug. 13, Sunday at 6:30pm. (No Mass).
It was not until August 19 that Our Lady had ap-
peared before the children. She had told the children
to continue to come and pray the rosary. She had
also told them that on the last month, which will be
in October, that a miracle will take place that will
make the people believe about the apparitions.
The families of the children had noticed a
“magnificent fragrance” that day coming from the
branch which the children had taken from the tree
where Our Lady had set foot.
The Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for the Month of July
Lapsed Christians. That our brothers and sis-
ters who have strayed from the faith, through our
prayer and witness to the Gospel, may rediscover
the merciful closeness of the Lord and the beauty
of the Christian life.
Centennial Anniversary of Our Lady at Fatima
Good stewards in a parish are like the yeast in today’s Gospel. Their selfless gifts of time and talent help
help the parish grow and thrive, and their example inspires others to become good stewards, too.
July 23, 2017
This Week’s Service Schedule
Sunday Readings: Wis 12:13, 16-19, Rom 8:26-
27, Mt 13:24-43.
Monday Readings: Ex 14 5:18, Mt 12:38-42.
Or Sir 3:17-24, Mt 19:27-29.
Tuesday Readings: 2Cor 4:7-15, Mt 20:20-28.
Wednesday Readings: Ex 16:1-5,42:9-15, Mt
13:1-9.
Thursday Readings: Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b,
Mt 13:10-17.
Friday Readings: Ex 20:1-17, Mt 13:18-23.
Saturday Readings: Ex 24:3-8, Jn 11:19-27 Or
Lk 10:38-42. Or 1Jn 4: 7-16, Jn 11:19-27 Or Lk
10:38-42.
Liturgy of the Hours, Mon.-Fri. at 7:40am.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena, Wed.,
8:30am at the Church and 6pm at the Chapel.
Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, Mon.- Fri.,
8:30am at Church; Daily, 3pm, 9pm, and
10pm (Spanish) at the Chapel. Wed., 7:30pm
(Spanish) at the Chapel.
Visit to the Blessed Sacrament, 24-Hour Daily
at the Chapel.
Charismatic Prayer and Praise and Rosary,
Thu.,7pm at the Chapel.
Holy Infant of Prague Novena, Thu. at 8:30am.
Prayer Service (Brazilian), Mon., 7:30pm, Com-
Cen2Fl
Masses and Confessions (As Shown in the Bul-
letin cover).
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Braveheart’s Corner
Divine Mercy Chapel Jesus said, “Tell All Souls About
My Mercy While There Is Still
Time.”
Jesus, your special friend, is
waiting for you in the Blessed Sacrament at
Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel, next door to
the Church.
Celebrate the Fatima Centennial by hosting
Our Lady’s Pilgrim Statue of Fatima in your own
home with the Rosary, the Chaplet of the Divine
Mercy, and Our Lady’s Message at Fatima.
(Spanish/English).
Please call: Enrique Sanchez, (510) 237-8873.
Centennial Rosary Crusade
What Is An Indulgence? An indulgence is the remission in the eyes of
God of the temporal punishment due to sins already
forgiven.
Participation in prayer dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, praying the Our Father and the Creed, and to
invoke the Mother of God before a shrine of Our
Lady of Fatima merit an indulgence as granted by
Pope Francis for the 2017 Centennial Year.
Volunteer to Teach The Children’s Religious Education Class
welcomes anyone willing to teach children about
the sacraments of Reconciliation (Penance) and
Holy Communion.
CRE needs two catechists for the coming term
this September. For more information, contact
Lynne at (510) 501-4894 .
Parishioners at St John the Baptist Church will
be joining the Catholic Voice pilgrimage to the
shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.
Spiritual guide for the pilgrimage, scheduled for Feb-
ruary 9-13, 2018 will be Fr Larry D'Anjou, . This 5-
day pilgrimage costs $1899 (double occupancy), in-
cludes airfare, hotel, breakfast, dinner and touring.
For further information or reservations, please call
Marianna Pisano of Unitours at 1-800-777-7432 .
USBishopsConf Website
THE RECEPTION OF HOLY COMMUNION AT MASS
The Church understands the Communion Proces-
sion, in fact every procession in liturgy, as a sign of
the pilgrim Church, the body of those who believe
in Christ, on their way to the Heavenly Jerusalem.
All our lives we who believe in Christ are moving
in time toward that moment when we will be taken
by death from this world and enter into the joy of
the Lord in the eternal Kingdom he has prepared for
us. The liturgical assembly of the baptized that
comes together for the celebration of the Eucharist
is a witness to, a manifestation of, the pilgrim
Church. When we move in procession, particularly
the procession to receive the Body and Blood of
Christ in Communion, we are a sign, a symbol of
that pilgrim Church "on the way."
For some, however, the experience of the Com-
munion Procession is far more prosaic, analogous
perhaps to standing in line in the supermarket or at
the motor vehicle bureau. A perception such as this
is a dreadfully inaccurate and impoverished under-
standing of what is a significant religious action.
The Communion Procession is an action of the
Body of Christ. At Christ's invitation, extended by
the priest acting in Christ's person: "Blessed are
those called to the supper of the Lamb," the mem-
bers of the community move forward to share in the
sacred meal, to receive the Body and Blood of
Christ which is the sign and the source of their
unity. In fact, each time we move forward together
to receive the Body and Blood of the Lord, we join
the countless ranks of all the baptized who have
gone before us, our loved ones, the canonized and
uncanonized saints down through the ages, who at
their time in history formed a part of this mighty
stream of believers.
This action by Christ's body, the Church assem-
bled for the Eucharist, is manifested and supported
by the Communion Chant, a hymn in praise of
Christ sung by the united voices of those who be-
lieve in him and share his life. The General Instruc-
tion of the Roman Missal takes this hymn very seri-
ously, mandating that it should begin at the Com-
munion of the priest and extend until the last person
has received Communion.
For some, however, the singing of this hymn
is perceived as an intrusion on their own prayer,
their private thanksgiving after Communion. In
fact, however, this hymn is prayer, the corporate
thanksgiving prayer of the members of Christ's
Body, united with one another. Over and over
again the prayers of the liturgy and the norms of
the General Instruction emphasize this funda-
mental concept of the unity of the baptized,
stressing that when we come together to partici-
pate in the Eucharistic celebration we come, not
as individuals, but as united members of Christ's
Body. In each of the Eucharistic Prayers, though
the petition is worded in slightly different ways,
God is asked to send his Holy Spirit to make us
one body, one spirit in Christ; the General In-
struction admonishes the faithful that "they are
to form one body, whether in hearing the Word
of God, or in taking part in the prayers and in the
singing..." (no. 96). It describes one of the pur-
poses of the opening song of the Mass as to
"foster the unity of those who have been gath-
ered" (no. 47), and says of the Communion
Chant that "its purpose [is] to express the spiri-
tual union of the communicants by means of the
unity of their voices, to show gladness of heart,
and to bring out more clearly the
'communitarian' character of the procession to
receive the Eucharist" (no. 86).
It is difficult for some of us to embrace this
emphasis on Mass as the action of a community
rather than an individual act of my own faith
and piety, but it is important that we make
every effort to do so. Christ himself at the Last
Supper pleaded with his Father: "Holy Father,
keep them in your name that you have given
me, so that they may be one just as we are... as
you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they
also may be in us..." (John 17:11, 21). Baptism
has joined us to Christ and to one another as the
vine and its branches. The life of Christ, the
Holy Spirit, animates each of us individually,
and all of us corporately and guides us together
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Cont. Holy Communion
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The person distributing Communion says
audibly to each person approaching, "The Body
of Christ." This formula should not be altered,
as it is a proclamation which calls for a re-
sponse of faith on the part of the one who re-
ceives. The communicant should audibly re-
spond, "Amen," indicating by that response his
or her belief that this small wafer of bread, the
wine in this chalice are in reality the body and
blood of Christ the Lord.
When one receives from the chalice, the
same proclamation is made by the person dis-
tributing Communion and the Communicant
again responds, "Amen." It should be noted that
it is never permissible for a person to dip the
host he or she has received into the chalice. If,
for some reason, the communicant is not able
or willing to drink from the cup then that per-
son should receive only under the form of
bread.
It seems appropriate to conclude this reflec-
tion on the Communion Procession and the re-
ception of Communion with a quotation from
the Catechism of the Catholic Church, no.
1396:
In Baptism we have been called to form but
one body. The Eucharist fulfills this call: "The
cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a par-
ticipation in the blood of Christ? The bread
which we break, is it not a participation in the
body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we
who are many are one body, for we all partake
of the one bread” (1 Cor 10:16-17):
If you are the body and members of Christ,
then it is your sacrament that is placed on the
table of the Lord; it is your sacrament that you
receive. To that which you are you respond
“Amen” (“yes, it is true!”) and by responding
to it you assent to it. For you hear the words,
“the Body of Christ” and respond “Amen.” Be
then a member of the Body of Christ that
your Amen may be true (St.Augustine, Sermon
272: PL 38, 1247).
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in our efforts to become one in Christ.
Finally, the fact that the Communion Pro-
cession is a profoundly religious action tells us
something about the way in which we should
participate in this procession. We are the Body
of Christ, moving forward to receive the Christ
who makes us one with himself and with one
another. Our procession should move with dig-
nity; our bearing should be that of those who
know they have been redeemed by Christ and
are coming to receive their God!
The General Instruction asks each country's
Conference of Bishops to determine the posture
to be used for the reception of Communion and
the act of reverence to be made by each person
as he or she receives Communion. In the
United States, the body of Bishops determined
that Communion should be received standing,
and that a bow is the act of reverence made by
those receiving. These norms may require some
adjustment on the part of those who have been
used to other practices, however the signifi-
cance of unity in posture and gesture as a sym-
bol of our unity as members of the one body of
Christ should be the governing factor in our
own actions.
Those who receive Communion may receive
either in the hand or on the tongue, and the de-
cision should be that of the individual receiv-
ing, not of the person distributing Communion.
If Communion is received in the hand, the
hands should first of all be clean. If one is right
handed the left hand should rest upon the right.
The host will then be laid in the palm of the left
hand and then taken by the right hand to the
mouth. If one is left-handed this is reversed. It
is not appropriate to reach out with the fingers
and take the host from the person distributing.
July 23, 2017
Preparing for Baptism Parents will need to sign up for 2 consecutive
classes in preparation for children’s baptism.
Forthcoming classes are as follows:
August 13 and 20, September 10 and 17, October 8
and 18, November 12 and 19, December 10 and
17.
To All Volunteers and Employes: Register
at virtusonline.org to attend a live training on
Protecting Our Children on August 26, Satur-
day, from 9am-12n at the Conference Room.
For questions, call the Office.
Building A Safe Environment Help keep our church clean.
Next weekend, the Fifth Sunday of the month,
there will be a Second Collection to benefit our par-
ish outreach ministries. As always, half will go to
our St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVDP), and half to
GRIP. Here is a summary of what your contribu-
tions to SVDP have accomplished since the last
Fifth Sunday in April:
We visited eight households, all with either
elderly disabled or young children, in their homes
and then provided a total of $3,138 in assistance
with utilities or rent, preventing utility shutoff and
stopping eviction.
Our Food Pantry was open 6 times, and we
served a total of 432 households and 1,132 people
(people are counted each time they come) with
about 14,100 lbs of food. We spent $2,781 to buy
food from the Food Bank and stores, but also dis-
tributed $9,670 in food donated to us by our Vin-
centian volunteers, the parish community, our
school, and local stores.
Our dedicated SVDP volunteers contributed
346 volunteer hours and 282 miles of driving to
serve our neighbors in need. –Patrick Moran
SAFE TIME
Seeking hosts to open your home to a
needy person or family
A new nonprofit organization called Safe Time
has started operations in the East Bay to help pre-
vent homelessness. Safe Time recruits volunteer
hosts who will provide living quarters in their
apartment or house for a few months to a person or
family with a housing crisis. Safe Time applicants
are referred by schools, churches, and community
service agencies as appropriate for home-sharing.
Applicants are screened to be non-substance-
abusers, healthy (including behavioral health),
have no violence in their lives, and have a credible
short term plan to acquire traditional housing.
Compatibility is assessed via two separate meet-
ings between the host and applicant, first at a neu-
tral location such as a coffee shop, and secondly at
the home of the host. Volunteer hosts receive no
rent. Arrangements such as meals, etc. are worked
out as agreed between the guest and host.
For more information visit SafeTimeHost.org
or call 510-524-5525.
We thank you for your generosity, and in-
vite you to continue to pray for and support the
SVDP ministry.
Want to volunteer?
Email: [email protected]
St. Vincent de Paul Program at St. John Parish
Carrying on the mission of Christ through the
Annual Appeal. We, all of God’s people, unite in
faith by clothing the naked, feeding the hungry and
instructing those who hunger for God’s truth and
justice.
2017 Bishop’s Appeal
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Senior Center Events
July 25: Guest Speaker at 11:30am/ Lunch is
Served at 12:30pm Call 237-3808 ( Tuesdays)
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July 23, 2017