CHRIST THE KING COMMUNITY
Happy Mother’s Day!Happy Mother’s Day! SCHEDULE OF MASSES
Daily Masses:
Monday-Friday,
8:00 am
Saturday Masses:
8:00 am & 5:00 pm
Sunday Masses:
7 am, 8 am, 9:15 am, 10:45 am, 12:15 pm,
6:30 pm
CONFESSIONS:
Saturday: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
To Hear the Gospel and Make a Difference
Sunday, 5/10
Happy Mother’s Day!
Monday, 5/11
Bible Study A & B, 8:30-10:30 am
Tuesday, 5/12
Rosary & Perpetual Help, Church 7pm
Spanish Prayer, Church, 7:30pm
Just Faith 7 pm Min. Ctr Chapel
Wednesday 5/13
Rosary Makers
Thursday, 5/14
Centering Prayer; Min Ctr 10:00 am
Friday, 5/15
No Garden Café
CTK Festival 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Saturday, 5/16
Secular Franciscans 9 am Min. Ctr
CTK Festival 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Sunday, 5/17
Catholic Charities Collection
CTK Festival 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Parish Office: 682-2486
www.ctkph.org
Religious Ed: 686-1017
www.ctkreligiouseducation.org
Youth Ministry: 676-0979
www.ctkym.org
CTK School: 685-1109
www.ctkschool.org
Facebook: Christ the King
Catholic Community of
Pleasant Hill
May 3, 2015
Reflections on Sunday Readings:
First Reading: Acts 10:25-26, 34
-35, 44-48
Peter was originally skeptical
about preaching the Gospel to non
-Jews. Then one day, the Holy
Spirit summoned him to preach to
the pagan army officer Cornelius
and his household. The result, as
we shall see, is the first recorded conversion of Gentiles to Christi-
anity.
Second Reading: 1 John 4:7-10
The tradition of the apostle
John’s teachings is expressed in
the first letter of John. There is a
legend that John in his old age
would simply repeat over and
over to his people, “Love one an-
other.” Today’s passage from that letter particularly illustrates
this story.
PARISH STAFF CONTACTS
Fr. Paulson Mundanmani 682-2486
Fr. Vince Cotter 682-2486
Fr. Brian Timoney,
Deacon John Ashmore, Fr. Michael Dibble,
and Fr. Tom Burns 682-2486
Sr. Joanne Gallagher, CSJ 682-2486
Sr. Dominic Bonnici OP 682-2486
Kate Doherty 682-2486
Religious Education Director
Sr. Maureen Viani , SNJM 686-1017
Assoc. Director: Joan Smits 686-1017
Youth Minister, Rick Lejano 676-0979
Chris Caban, Principal 685-1109
Al Garrotto: RCIA/faith share 849-6319
Robin Morley, Office Staff 682-2486
Helen Christian, Office Staff 682-2486
Kathy Ridgway, Office Staff 682-2486
Dear Friends,
Happy Mother’s Day! Today we pray for all our mothers,
living and deceased, and ask God’s blessings upon them.
We pray for single mothers, foster mothers, step-mothers,
God-mothers and all those whose vocation comes under
maternal blessings. We also reach out in prayer for our elderly mothers
who carry the memories of our families and for mothers who are suffer-
ing from physical and/or emotional and mental pain - mothers who
mourn the loss of a child or are suffering from having a missing
child ...and for mothers who are incarcerated. May this day be a source
of comfort and joy for you as we thank you for all you do and are. God
bless you!
On a personal note, I thank God for the gift of my dear mother who died
some eighteen years ago on the morning of my twin brother’s funeral.
Having their funerals five days apart in January 1997 was a difficult
time for yours truly, but I am grateful for the many wonderful memories and for the joy they both gave to my family and to so many others. God
is good!
During the month of May, we honor Mary, our Mother, and we ask her
help and guidance for our families and for all our loved ones. May she
be an inspiration for us as we journey through this mystery of life. She, too, had many crosses to bear, but she carried them with humility, cour-
age and faith. May she be our help and our hope.
In God’s love and mine,
Vince
A Mother’s Prayer
Dear Lord,
It’s such a hectic day,
With little time to stop and pray. For life’s been anything but calm,
Since You called me to be a mom -
Running errands, matching socks, Building dreams with stacking blocks.
Cooking, cleaning and finding shoes,
And other things that children lose. Fitting lids on bottled bugs,
Wiping tears and giving hugs.
A stack of last week’s mail to read - Where’s the quiet time I need?
Yet, when I steal a moment, Lord,
At the sink or ironing board, To ask the blessing of Your grace,
I see then, in my little one’s face,
That you have blessed me all the while, And I stoop to kiss that precious smile.
~Unknown
Youth Mass is here! Join us on Sundays at
6:30 pm for mass
featuring Christ the King’s dynamic
youth band and teen
choir. Experience a liturgy planned, led, and inspired by the young people
of our community. All are welcome
to attend.
Church Support 5/3/15 $20,194; Bldg. fund $687.00 Online Giving $5,137.00
Hoping you will help! Re-ligious Education is spon-
soring the wine booth for
the Festival. Once again we call upon your generosity. Please
help by donating bottles of wine.
You may drop the wine off at the RE office (facing Gregory Lane) Mon-
Thurs., 9:30 am- 5:30 pm or you may
leave the wine at the Parish House. Thanks for your support-Sr. Maureen
Searching for a spiritual home? Our 4 week “no strings” inquiry se-
ries begins Thursday evening, May
28th. Ideal for learning about Ca-tholicism and for baptized Catholics
who have not yet completed their
sacraments. Contact Al Garrotto at 849-6319 or [email protected].
Christ the King
Parish Festival 2015:
Set Sail with CTK!
We look forward to welcoming you aboard
next weekend
May 15th/17th.
Bingo will be open all weekend and
the Casino will be open Friday night
and Saturday from 5-9 with craps, blackjack and roulette.
We will no longer be selling raffle
tickets or t-shirts after mass, but you can purchase them festival weekend
at the information booth in the gym.
Marketplace
We have lots of exciting vendors in
the marketplace, including religious
jewelry, baby blankets, towels, soap and body products, bent wire art-
work, stamped jewelry, tutus, chil-
dren’s books, furniture and decora-tive items and much more.
Great Food
We are excited to support our local restaurants and parish groups:
Badda Bing Donuts (Sunday only)
Filipino Society Knights of Columbus
La Mordida
Little Red Bistro Melos
Steele Smoking BBQ
Yanni’s Greek Café (Fri/Sat only) Entertainment
The Groove Doctors will perform on
Friday. Saturday, we have the talent show, Studio A, Andrea’s Musical
adventures, Tat Wong Kung Fu and
CTK’s own Mike Morley. Sunday, In Motion Dance will perform.
Volunteer Signups
The volunteer hub is open and we need all hands on deck to pull off
this parish event. Please do your part
and sign up for a 2 hour shift. It is a lot of fun and a true community
builder. You can sign up online at
ctkfestival.volunteerhub.com
Contact your friendly Cruise Direc-tors Kate and Mark Halfon and Paul
and Elizabeth Nuti at christthe-
[email protected] with any
questions.
Day at the Races! Dominican Sis-ters Vision of Hope invite you to
their annual Day at the Races at
Golden Gate Fields on May 16. En-joy the breakfast and lunch buffet
and get comfortable before the first
race at 11am. The Sisters hope to see you there! Call 510-533-5768
for more information.
Important note from CTK School.
Christ the King School is looking for
highly qualified teachers. We have
a few positions open for next year. Please address inquiries and resumes
Religious Education Registration
Gr. Pre-K-Grade 8: Attention fam-
ilies of school children! It’s that
time of the year again, registration for the 2015-2016 Religious Educa-
tion Year! This year registration
forms may be downloaded from our website,
www.ctkreligiouseducation.org,
beginning May 18th. Registration forms will also be available in the
RE Office. Complete your forms
and you may begin returning them to the R.E. Office on May 20th. Please
note: You must provide a baptismal
certificate, unless you have previous-ly done so. No Registration Forms
will be accepted through the mail.
You will receive your confirmation form at the time of registration.
Questions? 686-1017 Mark your
calendar NOW: May 20th 5:00 pm -8:00 pm Rm A/B
May 21st 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Rm D
May 25-June 30th (Mon-Thurs), 10:00 am - 5:00 pm R.E. Office.
Note: There will be no
Starbooks at the festival
this year. Instead, may
we suggest: The
Friends of the Pleasant
Hill Library welcome donations of
books, CDs and DVDs but cannot accept magazines or materials in poor
condition. Donations can be brought
to the Pleasant Hill Library during open hours and left in the donation
room. If you have a large donation
and need help getting it to the library, email us at [email protected]
and we can arrange to come to you.
For more information, please go to our website at fophl.org. Thank you
for supporting the Pleasant Hill Li-
brary.
Taize Prayer Around
the Cross will be at
Hillcrest Congregational
next Sunday, May 17th at 7:30 pm. Join us for an hour of
devotional prayer in the spirit of
Taize (the ecumenical community in southern France).
Happy Mother’s Day!