Church of the Transfiguration 4000 E. Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley, CA 94552-4908

(510) 538-7941 Fax (510) 538-7983 E-mail: transfig_office@sbcglobal.net Website: www.transfigchurch.com June 12, 2016

Rev. Mario L. Borges, Pastor ● Rev. Terence O’Malley, Parochial Administrator Deacon Martin J. Leach ● Deacon John A. Mignano ● Deacon Timothy L. Moore ● Deacon Burton J. Rigley

LITURGICAL MINISTRY: Liturgy Coordinator, Sean Cooper Eucharistic Ministers, Stephen and Carina Kowalewski Lectors, Barbara Mehan Altar Servers, Clarence Decano Youth Liturgy, Michelle Gilman

FINANCE COUNCIL: Chairman, Mark Zaleski

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS: Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), 60 Plus or Minus Club

SAINT VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY: (510) 274-0830 Serving our community.

SICK & HOMEBOUND MINISTRY: Claudia Paquette, (510) 537-8986

STEWARDSHIP: Chairperson, Ed Coelho, (510) 881-5705 WINGS “Women in God’s Spirit”: Bobbie Blackard,510-581-4149 HALL MANAGER: Pat Ballinger, (510) 537-1502

HALL RENTAL MANAGER: Ann McAusland, 510-239-7941

YOUTH MINISTRY: Sean Cooper, (510) 581-5870 or transfigyouthcv@gmail.com PARISH OFFICE: Phone: (510) 538-7941 Fax: (510) 538-7983 Hours: 8:00 a.m. — 4:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday (Closed between 12:00 & 1:00 p.m.) Friday, 9:00a.m. — 12:00 Noon - Saturday & Sunday—Closed Secretary, Gloria Meeker Secretary/Bookkeeper, Phyllis Moore

SCHEDULE OF MASSES Saturdays 4:00 p.m. Sundays 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. (Except First Fridays - 9:30 a.m.) Communion Service - Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3:00-3:45 p.m. BAPTISMS: Pre-baptismal class is required. Class is held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Marian Room, Parish Hall. Please call the Parish Office, 538-7941, to register. MATRIMONY: Six months advance notice required. Please call the parish office. WEDDING COORDINATOR: Mel Speed (510) 909-9334 or melspeed@live.com FUNERALS: Please contact the funeral home of your choice and then the parish office. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Director, Patrice Ballinger (510) 537-1502 or TransfigCCD@aol.com RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Director, Martin Mijalski. Please call the parish office. MUSIC MINISTRY: Director, Alexander Katsman (510) 538-7941, Ext. 302 or Transfig_Music@sbcglobal.net

Mission Statement: “Transfiguring Our Community Through Faith”

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 12, 2016

I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me. — Galatians 2:20

Mass Intentions (June 11-18, 2016) Sat. 4:00p.m. Alice Sullivan Sun. 7:30a.m. For the People 9:00a.m. Special Intention for All of Our Graduates 11:00a.m. Mark Nedderman Mon. 8:00a.m. Anthony Bettencourt Tues. 8:00a.m. Casimero Regacho & Frank Boring Wed. 8:00a.m. May Feeney Thurs. 8:00a.m. Joel Sousa Fri. 8:00a.m. Marshal & Agnes Morisset Sat. 4:00p.m. For All Fathers

Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of: June 4th & 5th—$9,739.10 (compared to $12,000 average weekly stewardship goal) Thank you for continuing in your stewardship role of providing for the upkeep of our parish community.

We extend a warm welcome to new parishioners. Please pick up a registration form in the vestibule of the church and return it to the Parish Office. This helps us to serve you better. Remember Transfiguration in your Will and Living Trust

Adult Bible Study Monday evening, June 13, 2016 in the Marian Room, Parish Hall, 7:00-8:30p.m. No sign-up required, just drop in. Free will offering.

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Coffee and Donuts Paul & Judy Casale will be hosting coffee and donuts this Sunday after the 9:00a.m. Mass. Stop by and enjoy the fellowship.

HOPE AND FORGIVENESS There were some interesting conceptions of sin prevalent in the time of the Hebrew scriptures. There was the belief that God punished sin immediately. Those who suffered disease or misfortune were, therefore, sinners getting their due from the Almighty. Today’s first reading hints at another kind of God. When David admits his sin, Nathan declares, “The L on his part has forgiven your sin” (2 Samuel 12:13b). Here was not a vengeful God but a merciful God. What good news that must have been to David and those who, like him, could be honest enough to admit their sinfulness! Jesus is the good news of God’s mercy and forgiveness incarnate. Without Jesus, perhaps the good news would have been too good to believe, too difficult to imagine. But there he is in today’s Gospel, the God-man, forgiving a sinner and declaring that she is forgiven because of her great love. There is hope, then, for the rest of us sinners, if only we love enough! Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Credit, Debit, and Electronic Check Offerings If you would like to make your Sunday offering by credit or debit card, or electronic check, please go to our website: transfigchurch.com, and click on the “Donate” tab. From there, click on the “Donate Now” button to be taken to a se-cure website to complete the setup of your offering. If you prefer, you can contact Sean Cooper at (510) 581-5870, and he will be happy to assist you in setting up your credit or debit card, or electronic check offering.

Pancake Breakfast We will not have a Pancake Breakfast on Sunday after the 7:30 and 9:00 Masses in the months of June, July and August. We will resume on September 25th.

Building Fund Collection There will be a collection this weekend for the parish Building Fund. These funds will be used to help with the maintenance costs of the parish.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13

Second Reading: Galatians 2:16, 19-21 Psalm 32

Gospel: Luke 7:36—8:3 The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Inter-national Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-7; Mt 5:38-42 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 21:17-29; Ps 51:3-6ab, 11, 16; Mt 5:43-48 Wednesday: 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14; Ps 31:20, 21, 24; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Sir 48:1-14; Ps 97:1-7; Mt 6:7-15 Friday: 2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20; Ps 132:11-14, 17-18; Mt 6:19-23 Saturday: 2 Chr 24:17-25; Ps 89:4-5, 29-34; Mt 6:24-34 Sunday: Zec 12:10-11; 13:1; Ps 63:2-6, 8-9; Gal 3:26-29; Lk 9:18-24

Baptism Class Note: change of day from Tuesday to Monday

for the month of June only. The next Baptism class will be Monday, June 13, 2016. Please call the Parish Office to register.

Lucky SHARES is Changing! Say goodbye to that old SHARES card, and say hello to: Lucky Shares powered by eScrip! This is good news for those of us who hate having to carry around that one extra card in our wallets! Here's what you'll need to do in order to start earning 3% for Transfiguration: -Go to www.escrip.com/shares -Click on the store where you shop (Lucky or Food Maxx) -Click "Sign Up" if you don't have an eScrip account, OR "Add Phone/Card" if you already have an eScrip account -Provide requested information: zip code, name, and e-mail) -Search for "Church of the Transfiguration", and click the checkbox to choose Transfiguration as the charity you're supporting -Add your phone number That's it! Then, next time you shop, just type in your phone number at the register each time before you pay, and Transfig-uration will receive 3% of your qualifying purchases! If you have questions, or would like assistance getting signed up, please contact Sean Cooper at (510) 581-5870, or TransfigYouthCV@gmail.com.

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CONGRATULATIONS! We wish to Congratulate our Transfiguration Graduates:

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Kyle Ah-Tye Courtney Newton Devin Bartlett Fiona O’Donnell Lucas Botto Jose Plantilla Alexander Brown Kyle Rocha Christopher Choy Raymond Romey Christian Corona Joaquin Soto Steven Duong Sarah Tedjakusuma Francis Fortaleza C.J. Tom Ethan Kurz Giselle Tse Madeline Lassalle Brianna Wummer Shannon Moore Emiko Yamamoto College: Greg Ah-Tye—BA, History—University of Hawaii

Jasmine Ben Rached—BA, Communications— Notre Dame de Namur University

Olivia Cunha —BA, Psychology—Azusa Pacific University

Kimberly Fitzgerald — Chico State University

Ryan Kelder —BA, Studio Art—Cal State University, Los Angeles

Karina Sanchez—Santa Clara University

Carmela Valderrama —BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology/Infections Diseases — U.C. Berkeley

Matthew Zaleski—BA, Business—Chico State University

Branden Meadows (esq.) — Juris Doctor — Golden Gate School of Law

We are proud of you one and ALL!

Dress-a-Girl Ministry We have sent over 100 dresses of the dresses made by our group this year to the Tri-Valley Dress-a-Girl Project to ship with their dresses to Haiti, Uganda, Kenya and South Africa. Thanks to all who have contributed with time, talent and materials to this project for girls around the world. If anyone has any fabric for little girl dresses, we would appreciate any contributions. For the first time since we started this ministry 4 years ago we have no fabric to cut the dress-es. If you have any donations of fabric, please contact Dorothy Giammona, (510) 881-5326.

Thank You From St. Vincent de Paul

Thank you for your generous donation to the St. Vincent de Paul collection the weekend of May 28th & 29th. We collected $6,064. These funds will continue to enable us to serve the needy in our parish. As an example, we were able to help a family of 6 who were living in an apartment with virtually no furniture. We assisted them with the purchase of furniture from the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. They can now all sit at a table and have dinner together as a family.

Thanks again for your support!

St. Vincent de Paul Meeting Next Sunday, June 19th, 10:00a.m., Parish Hall

All are welcome.

Congratulations to the parents of: Jessica June Verdier Gerald Richard Verdier Makayla Alison Merver who were baptized here last Sunday.

Your Prayers Are Requested for the Repose of the Soul of: Richard Warren

LETTER FROM POPE FRANCIS THE “JOY OF THE GOSPEL” CONTINUED...

The Church’s Missionary Transformation—#137

The Liturgical Context

It is worthy remembering that “the liturgical proclamation of the word of God, especially in the eucharistic assem-bly, is not so much a time for meditation and catechesis as a dialogue between God and his people, a dialogue in which the great deeds of salvation are proclaimed and the demands of the covenant are continually restated”. The homily has special importance due to its eucharistic con-text: it surpasses all forms of catechesis as the supreme moment in the dialogue between God and his people which lead up to sacramental communion. The homily takes up once more the dialogue which the Lord has al-ready established with his people. The preacher must know the heart of his community, in order to realize where its desire for God is alive and ardent, as well as where that dialogue, once loving, has been thwarted and is now barren.

Fr. Terry’s Remarks— Pope Francis makes a very helpful distinction today when he asks us to see our homi-lies essentially as dialogues, and dialogues in the midst of the Eucharist. The Homily is not just meditation or a teaching time although it does have these elements. It is above all a moment of interaction, a time of dialogue be-tween God and his beloved people. We are not passive listeners or bored hearers but there is an active question-ing and answering, holy insights and genuine responses going on between God and us in out hearts, in our minds, in our emotions and with those around us. This is why the preacher should know the hearts of his people so that he can be an effective conduit in promoting a graceful dia-logue in the hearts of his hearers. We often think that dia-logue is just about words, but the most powerful can be in a silent look or minute gesture, an impulse of love or grace. From now on we must not put all the blame on lo-quacious preachers. When we sit down for the homily remember God is speaking to us in the words and manner of the preacher and your response is full of grace and healing. Dear Lord, help us all.