Visit us at www.st-raymond-dublin.org Page 1 St. Raymond Parish Divine Mercy Sunday April 3, 2016 Our Mission: “To Know Christ Better and to Make Him Better Known” Monday - Friday……….……………………………...8:30AM & 12:15PM Saturday……………………………………………………………...8:30AM Saturday Vigil (English).…………………………………………..5:00PM Sunday…7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:00 Noon, 1:30PM Spanish, 6:00 Youth Holy Days…………………………………...8:30AM, 12:15PM & 7:00PM MASS SCHEDULE Parish Office……………………………………….…………828-2460 Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 4:00PM Sunday 8:30AM - 1:30PM HOURS OF OPERATION 11555 Shannon Avenue, Dublin, CA 94568-1376, Phone: 925-828-2460, FAX: 925-828-8610 E-mail: offi[email protected]Website: www.st-raymond-dublin.org Divine Mercy Sunday Chaplet of Divine Mercy at St. Raymond with Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in Church, April 3 at 3:00pm
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St. Raymond Church Divine Mercy Sunday April 3, 2016
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St. Raymond Parish
Divine Mercy Sunday April 3, 2016
Our Mission: “To Know Christ Better and to Make Him Better Known”
School Board .................................................. Julie Kent, President PTG .............................................................. Leslie Lynch, President
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RCIA Congratulations RCIA Candidates
St. Raymond Year-Round Food Program
We are very fortunate to be able to
extend our food program, so if you or
someone you know is in need of a Food
Basket anytime during the year, please
provide your name and number to our
Parish Office by calling 925-828-2460.
Your information will be kept confidential. We look forward
to helping you!
Si usted o conoce a alguien con la necesidad de una
canasta de comida, por favor escriba su nombre y
numero de telefono a nuestra oficina parroquial,
828-2460. Su información se mantendrá confidencial.
Gracias, y Dios le bendiga!
Easter Food Baskets
THANK YOU !!
Thank you to all those who participated in the Easter Food Drive.
With your generosity, we were able to provide 1,000 people with
a wonderful Easter Basket.
Blessings to you all !
BAPTISMS St. Raymond celebrates the sacrament of baptism for
children on the second full weekend of the month.
Masses: Saturday 5:00pm, Sunday at 12:00pm and
1:30pm (Spanish Mass) and at 2pm Saturday.
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Luncheon and Fashion Show
Saturday, April 23, 2016 — 11:00
a.m. Crow Canyon Country Club
711 Silver Lake Drive, Danville
Doors open at 11:00 a.m.
No-host cocktails
Luncheon at 12:00 noon
Fashions at 1:00 p.m.
Reservation — $45.00
For information and reservations: call Helen Martin,
925-828-9376 or Noelita Conlogue, 925-640-0694
Elect Candidates
Continued
Candidates
Continued
Jennie Lane Mr. Steven Cruz Ms. Veronica
Castellanos
Jerome Valayathum Mr. Nathan Cruz Ms. Summer Hill
Candidates Ms. Samantha
Castillo
Ms. Sol Romero
Mr. Jerome Lane Mr. Al Nichols Ms. Fiorella
Judith Malpartida
Mr. Victor Macias Ms. Alexis Aquilar Ms. Karen
Angelica Guzman
Ms. Dayna Flynn Ms. Mediatrix
Lopez
Mr. Richard
Guzman Perez
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Around the Diocese… and beyond
NEW! Summer Enrichment Programs at Carondelet High School Whether your child is looking for educational, enrichment, or sports programs this summer, Carondelet High School has it all. We’re expanding our co-educational summer offerings, with high school advancement and middle School programs. For more information, go to: Web: www.carondelet.net/summer
NEW! Catholic Charities of the East Bay Annual Golf Classic Raffle. This year's Golf Classic Prize Raffle features five getaways, including a week on the beautiful Rhode Island Shore, including Round Trip Air Fare for Two; a week for six in Cancun in a beach-Front Condo with typical resort amenities; and closer getaway destinations, including Lake Tahoe, Monterey Bay, and Pacific Grove. Additional prizes include a private tour of Oliver Ranch’s world famous sculptures, wine, an Oakland Zoo Package, baseball tickets and much more. Winners do not have to be present at the Golf Classic Dinner on April 11 to win. Raffle Tickets are $100 each or seven tickets for $500. To purchase raffle tickers, please contact Michael Bauman.
Details: Monday, April 11, 6:00 pm Diablo Country Club, 1700 Club House Rd., Danville
Contact: Michael Bauman 510-768-3133 or 925-451-7682 [email protected]
Web: www.cceb.org/golf
NEW! Earth Day Celebration and Family Dinner Join San Damiano Retreat Center for a fun-filled Earth Day Celebration for the whole family. Festivities begin at 3:00 pm and will include a natural history hike, stories, crafts, tree planting, music, and more. A family-style, child-friendly dinner served at
5:30 pm. Registration is $12 and $6 for children 12 and under. Details: Sunday, April 17, 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm San Damiano Retreat Center, 710 Highland Dr., Danville Contact: Kateri Kautai 925-837-9141 [email protected] Web: SanDamiano.org
Gardening Workshops at San Damiano Retreat Center San Damiano Retreat Center will have a 12-session introduction to Permaculture. The workshops will explore regenerative methods of living and sustainable agriculture. The curriculum is designed to supply attendees with a foundation in permaculture principles: Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share. Upcoming sessions include: April 16: Plant Propagation May 7: All About Vegetables May 21: Carbon Sinking/Soil Building Contact: Kateri Kautai 925-837-9141 Website: SanDamiano.org
Enrichment Series Tuesday, April 12: “The Spirituality of
Mercy “by Dr. Margaret Turek.
Wednesday, April 13: “Prayer as a Path of Mercy” by Patti Collyer.
Thursday, April 14: “Reconciliation” (with opportunity for confession by Fr. Geoffrey Baraan
Details: 7:00 to 8:30pm, St. Anne’s , 32223 Cabello St., Union City.
Catholics@Work April Presentation - April 12, 7pm The April speaker of the 2015-16
Catholics@Work speaker series will be
Raymon Arroyo, Author and EWNT Host of
the magazine The World Over Live. Please
note that this is a special evening
presentation, and it’s open to all ages. This
will take place at Crow Canyon Country
Club in Danville. For more information visit
CatholicsAtWork.com.
Multinational ONE MILLION ROSARIES FOR UNBORN BABIES This event is scheduled on May 6th(Friday), May 7th(Saturday), and May 8th(Sunday). The Rosary will be prayed for the following intention: An end to the surgical and non-surgical killing of unborn human persons. To be a participant, go to www.SaintMichaelTheArchangelOrganization.org and register. A person may let his/her intention be known in writing and sent to: Saint Michael the Archangel Organization, P. O. Box 41257, Memphis, Tennessee 38174 U.S.A.
Monday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10;
Lk 1:26-38
Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93: 1-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15
Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3: 16-21
Scripture Reflections First Reading Acts of the Apostles 5:12-16 Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118:2-4,13-15,22-24 Second Reading Revelation 1:9-11a,12-13,17-19 Gospel Reading John 20:19-31 Background on the Gospel Reading Today's reading, from the Gospel of John, is proclaimed on the second Sunday of Easter in each of the three Sunday Lectionary cycles. This should alert us to the significance of the encounters with the resurrected Jesus described in this reading. This Gospel combines two scenes: Jesus' appearance to his disciples after his Resurrection and Jesus' dialogue with Thomas, the disciple who doubted. Part of the mystery of Jesus' Resurrection is he appeared to his disciples not as a spirit but in bodily form. We do not know this form exactly. Earlier in John's Gospel, when Mary of Magdala first encountered the risen Jesus, she did not recognize the figure standing before her until Jesus spoke. In Luke's Gospel, the disciples walking on the road to Emmaus did not recognize Jesus until he broke bread with them. We know from today’s readings, Jesus, in his resurrected body, was no longer bound by space; he appeared to the disciples in spite of the locked door. Yet, on this resurrected body, the disciples still observed the marks of his Crucifixion. In today's Gospel, Jesus greets his disciples with the gift of peace and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Jesus also commissions his disciples to continue the work he has
begun. As Jesus was sent by God, so too does Jesus send his disciples. This continuity with Jesus' own mission is an essential element of the Church. Jesus grants the means to accomplish this mission when he gives his disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit binds us together as a community of faith and strengthens us to bear witness to Jesus' Resurrection. Jesus' words to his disciples also highlight the integral connection between the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Forgiveness and reconciliation are gifts to us from Jesus. With the grace of the Holy Spirit, we can share these with others. This is another essential aspect of what it means to be Christ's Church. The Church continues Jesus' ministry of forgiveness and reconciliation. Thomas, the disciple who doubts, represents the reality of the Church that comes after this first community of disciples. All but the first disciples of Jesus must believe without seeing. Like Thomas, we may doubt the news that Jesus, who was crucified and buried, appeared to his disciples. It is part of our human nature to seek hard evidence that the Jesus who appeared to the disciples after his death is, indeed, the same Jesus who was crucified. Thomas is given the opportunity to be our representative who obtains this evidence. He gives witness to us that the Jesus who was raised is the same Jesus who died. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit, we are among those who are blessed for we have not seen and yet have believed. Source: Loyola Press
Treasures from our Traditions
We return to our reflections on the rites of marriage with a brief consideration of reforms from the Council of Trent. When the Protestant Reformation took hold, the fairly recent achievements of the Church and the sacrament of marriage were reviewed with a critical , reforming eye. In general , Protestants returned to an earlier view that marriage was a civil matter, although some said that the civil society had to be in harmony with Christian teaching. In the Catholic Church, the Council of Trent took the question up in 1563, and decided to shore up its teaching on the sacramentality of marriage. They identified many threats, including secret marriages and easy divorces. So they enacted laws that still govern our practice today: to be valid , marriage consent must be exchanged in the presence of a priest and two witnesses. Ever since Trent, marriages must be announced three weeks in advance to the community and recorded in a register. In some places in the world , the "banns" are still posted in the public square. In the United States, parishes sometimes publish the "banns" in the bulletin. Anyone who has ever watched a soap opera has seen the standard minister announcing gravely, "If anyone present sees any reason why these two should not be married . . .." This drama has no place in the Catholic liturgy, but Protestants who broke with us before Trent edited this cliff-hanger out of our public prayer.
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We have been celebrating the Year of Mercy and reading about the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. To help you better understand, please read the piece below from Fr. Alexander Castillo from the Diocese of Oakland to truly appreciate this “extraordinary” time.
What is a Jubilee? Where did they originate?
When we hear the word jubilee, we realize the word seems close to joy. The word comes from the Latin 'jubilaeus' which refers to a feast or celebration time. The word also has a more ancient origin: the Hebrew 'yobhel,' meaning 'ram's horn.'
Why is the word jubilee associated with a ram's horn? Because these horns were used as trumpets to announce the beginning of special celebrations. When they heard the 'yobhel,' they knew a special time of joy was about to begin. (Leviticus 25: 9).
Jubilees are rooted in the Old Testament. In the book of Leviticus (25: 8-17; 23-25) we see how the Lord asks the people of Israel to celebrate this special time each 50 years. This was a time in which the earth was left to rest (those who know agriculture refers to this as leaving fields to fallow), but it was above all an occasion for forgiveness, reconciliation and freedom.
We do not know how faithfully jubilees were held in the Old Testament times, but it was clearly an ideal of a celebration like would bring joy, heal wounds and return
peace. Here today we find the origin of the jubilees in the Catholic Church.
It should be noted that the purpose of jubilee festivities was not only 'food and dance,' but there were times of strong reconciliation with the Creator and with each other.
'The Jubilee year is characterized by four social provisions ... the rest of the land (Lev 25: 11-12), the liberation of slaves (Lev 25: 10 and Deuteronomy 15: 12-14), forgiveness of debts (Deuteronomy 15: 1-4) and redemption (repayment) of property (Lev 25, 13.23-24). These provisions, from the Law of Moses were certainly revolutionary, founded on faith in God the creator and liberator, who is the only master of everything, and therefore on the incomparable dignity of man and his rights. '(Joan Galtés, 'Live the Jubilee,' from 'Celebrate,' vol. 57 (fourth edition) Barcelona: Center of Pastoral Liturgy, 1999. pp 7-9).
This beautiful tradition of celebrating jubilees was reborn in the Church by Pope Boniface VIII in the 14th century. Later on, several popes defined the most appropriate periods in which to have celebrations. It was Pope Paul II in the 15th century who finally set them every 25 years.
Since then, every 25 years we have an 'ordinary' jubilee. As in our Liturgy, when we speak of Ordinary Time, the word 'ordinary' does not mean 'unimportant' or 'common.' It actually refers to 'order,' to something 'regular' or 'consistent.' Every
25 years then, is the 'normal time' for the Church to have a celebration of joy, grace.
But the Church also has other jubilees, called 'extraordinary,' those that are called by a Pope in special moments and for exceptional reasons, even if has not been a 25 year interval.
For example: The last ordinary jubilee the Church was the Jubilee Year 2000, under the guidance of Pope St. John Paul II. At that time, we had three years of preparation. I'm sure some still remember them: one year dedicated to the Father, one to the Son and another to the Holy Spirit. Even more: at the end of the jubilee, the pope wrote a letter, 'Novo Millennio Ineunte ' ('At the beginning of the new millenium') in which he invited all Christians to 'put out in to the deep,' firm in faith, hope and love.
The last extraordinary jubilee was also called by Pope St. John Paul II in 1983, celebrating 1950 years of redemption. How was that date calculated? Using as the point of reference the Year 33 as the moment of our Redemption (the year our Lord Jesus Christ died and rose from the dead). Pope Pius XI had called for an Extraordinary Jubilee of Redemption 50 years earlier, in 1933, with the same theme. Source: Fr. Alexander Castillo http://jubileeofmercy-eb.org/page/understanding-the-jubilee/
Ministry of Care We welcome all who have suffered the loss of a beloved person: spouse, parent, child, or friend. St. Raymond's Ministry of Care Grief Support Group meets on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in Kids Klub. Call Matt Troiano, 925-493-1137, [email protected]
Have you moved? Changed your phone number? Changed your e-mail address? Help us keep our records up to date and save us some money on our communications expense. Notify the parish office of changes, 925-828-2460 or via email at: [email protected].
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MASS INTENTIONS March 27 – April 3, 2016
Sunday, March 27:
All Masses~ Intentions of the People of St. Raymond
Monday, March 28:
8:30AM ~† Lon Williams
12:15PM ~† Carmencita Baldevia
Tuesday, March 29:
8:30AM ~ † Aidee Calma
12:15PM ~ † Vivian Parco
Wednesday, March 30:
8:30AM ~ † Rostini Gomez
12:15PM ~ † Ricardo Barredo Sr.
Thursday, March 31:
8:30AM ~ † Patrick Joseph Kennedy
12:15PM ~ † Haydee Lupe Bolton
Friday, April 1
8:30AM ~ † Barbara Sinopoli
12:15PM ~ Int. of Adriane Arnold
Saturday, April 2:
8:30AM ~ † Asuncion Bernardo
5:00PM ~ † Wendy Wilmurt
Sunday, April 3:
7:30AM ~ † Concepcion Raquiza
9:00AM ~ Intentions of the People of St. Raymond
10:30AM ~ † Creseno Mendioro
12:00PM ~ † Joseph Pereira
1:30PM ~ † Ruben & Rodolpho Galvez
6:00PM ~ † William L. Keller
For those we love… Please pray for all who are ill, especially Darlene Piazza, Cheryl Card, Leonora Hernandez, Jennifer Kokolis, George Gemmingen, Frank Rodriguez, Reina
Rico, Sandy Tran, Robb, Dawn Hofman Hummer, Lois Belmessieri, Maricel Sam Miguel, Flora Salonga, Michael Kowatszyk, Edelbreto Yee, Marie McGuinness,