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St. Felicitas Catholic Church 1662 Manor Blvd. San Leandro ● Email: stfelicitaschurch@comcast.net

Tel. No. (510) 351-5244 ● Fax (510) 351-5730

Parish Staff Rev. Augustine Joseph 286 Parochial Administrator Rev. Joseph Pathiyil, 297 Associate Rev Tran T Dinh , 288 In Residence (Vietnamese Ministry Jose Prado Deacon (Retired) Rosario Rivera, Secretary 281 Sr. Mary Anh Cong, 282 Pastoral Care Mercey Zamora, Pastoral 293 Associate (Spanish Ministry) Sr. Magdalena Duong, 287 Ministry (Vietnamese Community) Ida Valenzuela, RCIA 283 Sister Cecilia Chuong Phan, Altar Servers Clare Zipp, Bulletin 292

Religious Education Office Sandi Walton, DRE 296 Michele Javier-Poma, 285 Youth Minister

Faith Formation Ph. 510- 483 - 4880 Fax: 483 - 2626 stfelicitasccd@comcast.net Convent 351-5577 St Vincent de Paul 706-1972

SOUP AND STATIONS

Ministry Fair 2010

Join a Ministry !

THANK YOU

Parish Income: Amount Sunday Collections $ 515,826 Holy Days, All Souls 12,873 Easter 21,076 Christmas 23,626 Maintenance 79,496 Sacramental/Funeral/Confirmation/Baptism 26,086 Interest Income from Diocesan savings account 21,145 Annual Appeal Rebates 437 Other Programs/Faith/Youth/Young@Heart/Ethnic 22,815 Other Income/Gifts/other rebates/special events 55,643 Total Parish Income $ 779,023 Additional Income Diocesan special collections (Bishop's Appeals,Missions & other causes) 54,070 Religious Goods 180 Votive Candles 2,121 Total Collections $ 835,394 Less: Parish Expenses: All Salaries and benefits (other than clergy) $ 271,209 All Salaries and benefits (clergy expenses including extra help) 75,907 General and Administrative Office 21,015 Diocesan package and earthquake insurance 41,102 Utilities/cable/phone 32,417 Catholic Voice (1.68% of parish income) 4,100 Stewardship (5% of income) 25,698 Diocesan special collections (Bishop's Appeals,Missions & other causes) 54,070 Property Tax 3,667 Diocesan assessment for 2009 (12% of income) 75,580 Gifts/non cash gratuities 2,955 Maintenance/Repairs 21,837 Equipment/furnitures 2,018 Rectory Living 12,728 Church/Liturgy 14,606 Music 1,994 Fellowship and Welcome (hospitality, thank you) 7,069 Other Ministries (Adult Conf/RCIA/Baptism/Pastoral/School/etc) 26,051 Capital Expenditures (office,pumps, computer upgrade,phone, ceiling painting 91,004 Total Parish Expenses $ 785,027

Finance report 2009 Please find below a summary of the parish financial report for the year 2009. If anyone needs a de-tailed report, please call the parish office and we will be happy to provide one. If you have questions about the report you may call Father Augustine or one of the members of the finance committee: Joe Zipp 510-351-5903 Evelyn Quinto 510-263-4287, Vivian Wagnor 510-357-4591 Rich Hulsman 510-483-9507

Events of the Week: March 1 thru March 6

MON 3/1

PRAYER FOR PEACE Church

TUE 3/2

3:30 pm 3:30 pm 7:30pm

CCD Classes CCD Parent Faith Share Adult Confirmation Class..

School SMC SMC

WED 3/3

1:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:30 pm

Young at Heart Luncheon Spanish First Reconciliation Spanish Ministries RCIA Catechumenate

Gym Church AE Rm SMC

FRI 3/5

9:15 am 9:15 am 12:30 pm 4:30 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:30 pm 8:00 pm

FIRST FRIDAY School Mass Sr. John Paul’s Program Adoration Benediction Spanish Choir Spanish Prayer Group Vietnamese Mass & Exposition Vietnamese Choir

Church SMC ChurchChurch Hall SMC Church AE Rm.

SAT 3/6

3:15 pm 7:00 pm

Confessions Vietnamese CCD meeting

Church

THU 3/4

6:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:30 pm

Soup & Stations Stations Spanish Parents Formation Spanish Adult Formation Confirmation -Guest Speakers

Hall-Church Hall AERm Gym

COLLECTIONS Feb 21, 2010 Sunday Collection $10,528.00 Children $ 15.00 Ash Wednesday $ 4,814.00 Thank You for your generous contributions. Please consider remembering us in your will.

STEWARDSHIP This Sunday, Feb. 28, Second Sunday of Lent

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2010

9:00 and 10:30 Mass: Children’s Liturgy of the Word Second Collection: Eastern Europe 2:00 pm Baptisms 5:30 pm Youth Ministry in Church

Saint Felicitas Youth Ministry All high school youth are invited to “Man In The Mirror – An Evening of Reflection” tonight, February 28, at 6:00pm, in the parish hall. For more information, please call Michele Javier-Poma at 510-483-4880.

SOUP & STATIONS Our regular Soup & Stations has been changed to Thursdays this year. Bring your family & come meet other parishioners to share a simple soup dinner at 6:00 pm in the Gym, Mark your calendar: February 25 March 11 March 25 March 4 March 18 Donations will be given to help those that been affected by the disaster in Haiti. * * * * * *

A special module for Lent: An Interpersonal communication course by

Sr. John Paul Chao smsm. (On Fridays from Feb.19 - March 26th 2010)

9:15 a.m. in Church

PRAYER FOR PEACE MONDAY, March 1, 7:30 pm

Come and join us for an evening of prayer and meditation with music and candlelight ….

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Dn 9:4b-10; Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20; Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Mt 20:17-28 Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Lk 16:19-31 Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Sunday: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15; Ps 103; 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9 Alternate readings (Year A): Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40- 42]

Thanks to the Pastoral Council and all who worked on the Ministry Fair and to Jean Stott and Sandi Walton for organizing and coordi-nating all the Ministries to make the Fair suc-cessful. We hope that all who attended will give some thought to what the ministries are and will de-cide to join the one of their choice..

The Sick & Homebound: For all who are ill that through the

touch of Jesus, they may be restored to the full-ness of life, especially for our Parishioners at this time: Fr. Joseph Fiedorowitcz , Edward Oliver, Gregory Caruso, Edna Castro Dizon, Diane Griffin, , Earl Granahan, Nick Bo-telho, Juan Gobel, Barbara Holt, Rose Rachel Bonglornol , Brendan Nelson, Antonina Stengel, John Silva, Claiborne Whitworth, Stana Oven, Mary Mosser, Bob Richard Attow, Julie Chin, Jesus Aguayo, Virginia Brown, Marie Choury, Albert Pontes, Evelyn Lake, Doug Mendoza, Mercedes Cor-ral, Rod Ruelo, Joe Monsor, Nina Ascuncion, Mary Miller, Tony Pontes, Dorothy Freitas, Florentino Mamuyac, Dena Maffei PRAY FOR THE DEPARTED: Jesus Manuel Carrasco, John Lassalle,

Mass Intentions Feb.28 thru Mar 7 Sun 2/28 7:30 am St. Felicitas Parishioners 9:00 am Ricardo Tablante(Birthday)

10:30 am Hazel Monzon † 12:15 pm Nesric & Chrismer Zamcort ( Living) Mon 3/1 7:00 am Stanley Langner † 8:15 am Manuel & Mitalda Outor † Tue.3/2 7:00 am Anthony John Lopes † 8:15 am Fran Schmitt † Wed.3/3 7:00 am 8:15 am Edna, Leo, Francis Jeanminette † Thurs3/4 7:00 am Fr. Augustine’s Intention 8:15 am Antone Lawrence † Fri. 3/5 7:00 am FIRST FRIDAY 8:15 am 9:15 am School Intention Sat. 3/6 8:15 am Rey Pereira † 4:30 pm Salvador Nunez † Sun. 3/7 7:30 am St. Felicitas Parishioners 9:00 am Geraldine Lewis † 10:30 am Walter Maceda † 12:15 pm Felix Jasso †

Family Activity for Lent Making Prayer Pretzels

Making pretzels in Lent as a reminder to pray is a tradition dating back to the early 600s.The rolled bread dough shaped into the form of crossed arms over the heart brought to mind a popular Christian prayer gesture. The legend claims that the pretzel was originated by monks. They formed dough into pretzels to look like arms folded in prayer. Then they gave the pretzels to children as a reward for learn-ing their prayers. Your children will enjoy making these pretzels ~ Be-fore you eat the pretzels, say a prayer together~ Enjoy the pretzels and let them remind you that Lent is a time for prayer ~ Sandi ~ Prayer Pretzels 1 1/4 cups warm water 1 tablespoon dry yeast 1/2 teaspoon sugar 4 1/2cups flour 1 egg yolk 1 to 2 teaspoons water Coarse salt Let yeast and sugar dissolve in water for an hour. Add flour to yeast mixture and mix until smooth. Knead mixture for ten minutes. Place in a greased bowl, cover until the dough rises & doubles in size. Divide the dough into equal pieces. Roll each piece in your hands to make pencil shapes ~ 12 inches long. Shape each piece of dough into pretzels. Place on a greased cookie sheet. Brush with egg yolk and water mixture. Sprinkle with salt. Bake at 325˚ until golden brown.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTER MEETING All Eucharistic Ministers are required to attend the Eucharistic Minister Meeting on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 at 7:00PM in the Church. This meeting is part of the minis-ters’ spiritual formation, as well as an opportunity to review your ministry as ministers of the Holy Eucharist. If you have any question or concern, please call Sr. Magdalena Duong at 351-5577, Ext.287 or Debi at 483-4865. Thank you for your dedicated and wonderful service at the table of the Lord. May God bless you and your family with God’s abundant love and grace during this Holy Lenten Season. In Christ, Debi & Sr. Magdalena

CONGRATULATIONS

ST. FELICITAS SCHOOL We would like to thank everyone who at-tended Thursday night’s Soup and Sta-tions. Soup and Stations is a wonderful ex-pression of our dedication to giving, fasting, and praying throughout our Lenten journey together. It was great to see the happy faces of students, parents, and fellow pa-rishioners. We extend special thanks to Tim and Janyce Caselli for preparing the won-derful soup. We also appreciate the many parent volunteers who worked hard behind the scenes to make the evening such a prayerful experience. Thank you for your continued prayers and support and we wish you an your families continued blessings during this Lenten Season. Peace and God Bless, Mr. Pierre-Antoine

PRAYERS FOR THOSE IN MILITARY SERVICE We would like to keep all who serve in the Mili-

tary in our prayers and in our hearts. If you know of any of our parishioners who are in the Military Services, or have a son or daughter in the Service, please contact us at the Parishice. We pray especially for Karen Inskeep, Air Force; Angelo Lisondra, Army; Nelson Pena, Army; Benjamin Sacra-mento, Jr., Navy; Aurelio Sandoval Jr., Army; Shiloh Mor-rison, Marine Corps; Steven Accardo, Marine Corps. Mi-chael Saragosa, Green Beret; Bruce Holmes, Army; Brian Pontes, Air Force; Manuel Guevara, Marine Corps. Denis Charles Gafke,; Jason Buscovich, Army; Ruben SanJuan, National Guard; Victor Avilla, National Guard; Omar Tejeda, National Guard ; Michael Roe, Army; Kevin I. Ontai, Army National Guard; Erica Ontai,, Army National Guard,;

R.C. I. A. On the first Sunday of Lent at the 9:00 am Mass, four catechumens and one candidate were elected to receive the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil. This “Rite of Election” begins a period of fi-nal and more intense preparation for the sacra-ments. Participants are no longer referred to as Catechu-mens. Now they are the “Elect” This step is called election because the acceptance made by the Church is founded on the election by God. A new period of Inquiry is being formed for those who wish to inquire more about the Catholic faith. This period is the first step for those who will pre-pare for the Sacraments of Initiation next year at Easter. Since the process for coming into the Church takes place over a period of time, now is the time to take that first step in the process. For more information about the RCIA process, call 351-5244, ext. 283.

Parish Food Drive The SVdP conference is asking for donations from our parish family. We will be holding a parish wide food drive to assist the families in our community. SVdP donation boxes will be available at the church the weekend of March 13-14, 2010. We are requesting specific food items of chicken & beef soups, pasta sauce, juices, tuna, chili, pork & beans, and jelly. Thank you in advance for your help. Dimas Resendez, President St. Felicitas SVdP Conference

THANK YOU ! a letter from Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration: Dear Fr. Augustine, We received your gift of $508.93. We see God’s goodness reflected in your kindness. Thank you for your support for our sisters & for our ministry of prayer. You can be certain that we remember you, your loved ones & all your intentions daily in our prayers before our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Fr. Augustine, we are humbled by the tremendous generosity of your parishioners in selecting us for your stew-ardship donation. You have our sincere appreciation. Know that you and your parishioners are ever in our prayers. May God bless you all for your kindness. May God who is with us always, bless you and all those you love. Let us pray together for those in Haiti & for all those in need of care, comfort, peace or provisions. Gratefully in Christ, Sr. Dawn Annette, OSB

LOS MINISTERIOS EN LA IGLESIA DESEO AGRADECER A TODOS LOS MINISTROS EN LOS DIFERENTES MINISTERIOS DE NUESTRA COMUNIDAD, POR SU ACTIVA PARTICIPACION EN LA FERIA DE MINISTERIOS, EL PASADO DOMINGO 21 DE FEBRERO. QUE DIOS LES BENDIGA ABUNDANTEMENTE, POR SU PARTICIPACION Y GENEROSIDAD. Los ministerios son dones (carismas ) que vienen de Dios y que estan al servicio de la mision.

Jesus pone su misión en el servicio hasta dar la vida y todo por el Reino de Dios. La Iglesia primitiva comprende que servir a Dios es lo mismo que servir a Jesus y es igual que servir a los mas pobres: “Les aseguro que todo lo que hicieron por uno de estos hermanos mios mas humildes, por mi mismo lo hicieron.” (Mt. 25,40) Es por eso que Jesus instituyo a los Doce para enviarlos a que realizaran la misión de evangelizar a toda criatura: ‘Vayan por todo el mundo y anuncien a todos la Buena Nueva de salvacion.” ( Mc. 16, 15) Los ministerios van surgiendo según las necesidades de la comunidad. En el Nuevo Testamento vemos que las primeras comunidades, motivadas por el Espiritu Santo, mostraron una tremenda creatividad para crear ministerios. Se creaban los ministerios de acuerdo a lo necesario y conveniente. Existian y existen todavía una gran variedad de ministerios en las comunidades cristianas y esto es algo de origen divino (querido por Dios). La comunidad no puede prescindir de los ministerios puesto que la existencia de ellos son para animar, coordinar y servir a la misma comunidad. Los ministerios son parte esencial de la vida cristiana y toda comunidad cristiana tiene el derecho de tener ministerios. Siempre ha habido ministrios en las comunidades cristianas, con personas a cargo de ciertas funciones. Por lo tanto, se debe elegir y designar los ministros y ministrios que necesita la comunidad para llevar a cabo su misión. Si aun, usted no esta participando en algún ministerio, por favor no desoiga este llamado que Cristo mismo desea hacerle por medio de esta INVITACION MINISTERIAL. Comuniquese con alguno de los ministros ya activos en nuestra comunidad. Tambien puede llamar a la oficina a la Sra. Mercey Zamora al ( 510) 347 – 1293. POR FAVOR ANOTE EN SU CALENDARIO, LAS SIGUIENTES FECHAS PARA EL MES DE MARZO. Miercoles 03 PRIMERA RECONCILIACION de los niños y niñas de la Catequesis. Lugar: En el templo, a las 6:00 P.M. Miercoles 10 Conferencia “Conversion y Alegria” (Hna. Mariana Vasquez, Dominica)

Lugar: Salon para adultos , a las 7: 00 P.M. (a un lado del la entrada principal del primer edificio de la escuela Sta. Felicitas)

Viernes 12 VIA-CRUCIS (Grupo de oración parroquial) Lugar: En el templo, a las 7:30 P.M. Miercoles 17 Servicio de Reconciliacion (confesión) en el templo

Tendremos Sacerdotes bilingües en Ingles y Español

Viernes 26 Conferencia “Somos familia de Cristo” (Hna. Mariana ) Lugar: En el templo a las 7:00 P.M. Domingo 28 Domingo de Ramos. Los invitamos a traer sus propias palmas, si asi lo desean. POR FAVOR RECUERDEN INVITAR A SUS FAMILIARES Y AMIGOS. `xÜvxç mtÅÉÜtA