Sunday, 2/17 • No RE/ No CLOW Monday, 2/18 • President’s Day - Offices Closed • No RE Classes Tuesday, 2/19 • RE Grades 1 - 5 • RE Grades 7/8 • Perpetual Help/Rosary Church 7 pm Wednesday, 2/20 • RE Grades 1 - 5 • RE Grade 6 Thursday, 2/21 • Youth Group, Parish Hall 7 pm Friday, 2/22 Saturday, 2/23 • Men’s Fellowship, House 7:30 am Sunday, 2/24 • No RE, No Clow • Confirmation, 6 pm

Week At A Glance Upcoming Mass Intentions Schedule of Masses

Monday - Friday, 8:00 am

Saturday - 8:00 am, 5:00 pm Sunday Masses:

7 am, 8 am, 9:15 am, 10:45 am, 12:15 pm, 6 pm

Confessions: Saturday, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Parish Office: 682-2486 www.ctkph.org Religious Education: 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

2/18 8 am - Augusto Songco † 2/19 8 am - Jose Zabala † 2/20 8 am - Fr. Peter Chanakat † 2/21 8 am - Felix de Silva † Roy Joseph † 2/22 8 am - Amparito Guilatco † Cristina Guilatco † Saturday, 2/23 8 am - Frederico Arellano Rossmann † 5 pm - Milton Luxemberg †

Sunday, 2/24 7 am - CTK Parishioners 8 am - Roberto Centeno † 9:15 am - Diane and Brett Serafina † 10:45 am - Jose Antonio Pena † 12:15 pm - Minda Dacoco Abual † 6 pm - Helen Lee †

Christ the King Church 199 Brandon Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 925-682-2486

St. Stephen Catholic Church 1108 Keaveny Ct, Walnut Creek

925-274-1341

PARISH STAFF CONTACTS

Fr. Paulson Mundanmani 682-2486 paulson.ctk@gmail.com Fr. Mario Rizzo 682-2486 frmario@ctkph.org Fr. Brian Timoney, Michael Dibble and Fr. Tom Burns 682-2486 Deacon John jashmore1108@gmail.com Fr. Brian Joyce 864-9860 brianjoyce.ctk@gmail.com Sr. Dominic Bonnici OP 682-2486 sisterdominic.marie@gmail.com Religious Education Director Sr. Maureen Viani, SNJM 686-1017 mvianictkre@gmail.com Joan Smits, Assoc. Director 686-1017 jsmitsctkre@gmail.com Rick Lejano, Youth Minister 676-0979 youthministry@ctkph.org Joe Silveira, Principal 685-1109 jsilveira@ctkschool.org Phyllis Gurnett, Music Director pgurnett6@aol.com Robin Morley, Office Admin 682-2486 ctk.robin@gmail.com Helen Christian, Office/YM Staff 682-2486 Kathy Ridgway, Office Staff 682-2486

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 17, 2019

First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8

In the last years before the crushing defeat of Jerusalem and the exile of many of its citizens to Babylon, Jeremiah watched the people destroying themselves through material-ism and unfaithfulness to God. Here he sets before them a clear choice. Second Reading:

1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20 In last week’s reading from first Corinthians, we heard the oldest written record of the Church’s core tradition about Christ’s resurrection. Today’s passage follows directly from that, as Paul addresses concern about our own resurrection.

This week we celebrated the life of our beloved former pastor and buried his remains. During these days since his death we have heard from so many their favorite “Brian stories.” With Fr. Brian’s passing, we are more conscious than ever of his legacy. What he gave us through his life and ministry lives on within us as individuals and as a parish community. We rejoice now with Fr. Brian as he enjoys his heavenly reward and experiences first hand what he promised to all whose funerals he celebrated -- “There is more.” As with any gift in our lives, we first give thanks and express our gratitude for the blessing Fr. Brian was to us and to our parish. But more than that, we ask ourselves what we can do in return for all he did for us. The best way to honor a legacy is to continue a legacy. Fr. Paulson is committed to doing just that, especially when it comes to Fr. Brian’s dedication to social justice. Under his leadership, CTK became known as a parish committed to social justice. Fr. Brian knew social justice was one of the most important ways we can “Hear the Gospel and Make a Difference.” In the words of Pope Francis, “Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor, and for enabling them to be fully a part of society.” Essential to this ministry is a vital parish social justice committee, or as we call it at CTK, the Faith in Action Committee. Fr. Paulson has asked me to be the new chair of Faith in Action with a charge to revi-talize the committee and encourage the participation and involve-ment of new members. Faith in Action is a ministry of both direct service to the poor and marginalized but also advocacy for public policies consistent with the social teaching of the Church. Faith in Action is one of the parish committees that most epitomizes the spirit of caring service and the commitment to making a differ-ence in our world. The committee has had energetic and inspired leadership over many years. To sustain the good works of this com-mittee and the many related ministries which demonstrate faith in action, we want to reach out to you and encourage your participa-tion. You might choose to be part of the leadership and coordination func-tion of the Faith In Action Committee or you might choose to be-come involved with one of the many ministries of the parish or the local community which provide direct, loving service to the poor -- the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Helping Hands, Monument Crisis Center, or St. Mary’s Center, just to name a few. Again, in the words of Pope Francis, “An authentic faith -- which is never comfortable or completely personal -- always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better than we found it.” We encourage you to participate in continuing the legacy of Fr. Bri-an, but more importantly, make this involvement in social ministry part of your own legacy. Peace, Kathy Gannon-Briggs

kgannonbriggs4@gmail.com

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Our CTK St. Vincent DePaul fur-niture ministry provides basic fur-niture items to those in need, espe-cially those moving from homeless-ness. We currently are in need of two things: volunteers who have pickup trucks and also volunteers who can lift mattresses, all sizes up through queen, and other pieces of furniture. We are also again in need of mattresses, twin through queen and dressers of all sizes. If you can help, contact Mary Jo at 925-285-4337 or Kathy at 925-935-5259.

Married Couples: How would you like to spend a weekend away with your spouse - just the two of you? Away from the kids, job, phone, bills and house? Plan to get away to a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. Sign up now for our June 28-30 retreat in Danville. For more information, 925-849-5466.

Grief Support at St. Bonaventure: Healing the Heart is a 6 week pro-gram meeting Tuesdays, 7:30 - 9:00 pm, February 12 to March 19th. The Grief Companions will share their experiences and there is time for small group sharing. We invite you to join us and let us accompany you on your healing journey. For more information and to register, call He-lene at 925-681-8105.

Save the Date - CTK Men’s Re-treat April 12-14: “Welcome Back Cotter”. Fr. Vince will be our retreat master. San Damiano Retreat Center, Dan-ville. Contact peteo-brien7@gmail.com for more infor-mation.

Pauline Book Fair: The Daugh-ters of St. Paul, women religious who communicate Christ using all forms of media, will be present at our Parish after all the Masses on the weekend of March 9-10. The Sisters have a wide variety of Bibles, books, movies, music, rosaries and other gifts for both chil-dren and adults. Let this be the op-portunity to grow in your faith and nourish yourself with good media.

St. Vincent de Paul is assembling lay-ettes for our clients who are expect-ing babies. We are in need of new or gently used baby clothing sizes 0-24 months. We are also in need of pa-jamas, sizes 6 mos to 24 mos. If any of you regularly frequent the many thrift shops in the area, we would love it if you could help us with our shopping chores. Call Lois at 935-6640 to coordinate.

Fr. Paulson’s new book, Bread Blessed and Broken for the World, A Pastor’s Reflections on the Celebration of Mass, is availa-ble for purchase after mass or in the parish office. The book accompa-nies the reader on a step-by-step journey into the deepest riches of the Roman Catholic Mass. Blessed and Broken is available for $20.00.

Bingo Fundraiser - The Filipino Society of Christ the King (FSCTK)will sponsor a Bingo Fundraiser on Saturday, March 23 in the CTK Parish Hall from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. Game tickets are $25 for 12 plays. We are also selling raffle tickets at $10 each for a chance to win great prizes. Proceeds will go to the CTK Building Fund. Tickets will be sold after masses soon. Call Abe at 925-381-5898 or Efrain at 698-6530 for more info.

Join us for Taize Prayer Around the Cross, this Sunday, Feb. 17 at 6 pm. Resurrection Episcopal Church, 399 Gregory Ln, PH.

Christ the King’s Italian Catholic Federation is offering a scholarship to 8th grade students wishing to at-tend a Catholic high school in the fall of 2019. Applications are in the ves-tibule of the church in the ICF sec-tion. RE students, please see Sr. Maureen for an application. Dead-line to apply is March 29. Contact Teri Hurlbut at 256-9649 for more information.

Magnificat SOTI, a Ministry for Catholic Women invite all to join them at their prayer breakfast, Sat-urday, March 9, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Crowne Plaza, 45 John Glenn Dr. Concord. Our speaker is Barbara Nicolosi Harrington. She is a Holly-wood writer, producer, story consult-ant and production executive. Her projects include , The Passion of the Christ, Joan of Arcadia and others. Call Kim at 925-683-8220 for reser-vations.

ctkAlive! Lenten sign-ups are here! This 6 week series invites us to en-gage more fully with our Catholic FAITH, explore new approaches to PRAYER, and consider ways to AC-TION. Morning and evening ses-sions, beginning in March. Fridays 9 am - 11 am or Tuesdays, 7 - 9 pm. Sign up after Masses on Feb 23/24 or email algarrotto@comcast.net. Spec-ify morning/evening. ctkAlive! Be alive and active in your parish com-munity.

Christ the King has a Weekly Ro-sary and Devotion to Our Moth-er of Perpetual Help. Tuesday at 7 pm, the group meets in the vesti-bule of the church. For details, contact Shirley at 957-0488. “Among all the devotions ap-proved by the Church none has been so favored by so many mira-cles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary”. (Pope Pius XII).

Forever in Our Hearts

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