Mass at Holy Rosary

Holy Rosary Church

Iglesia del Santo Rosario

The Most Holy Trinity Santísma Trinidad

May 27, 2018

Parish Office Phone: (925) 757-4020 Fax: (925) 757-6828 Español: (925) 757-4084 1313 A Street Antioch, CA 94509

Office Hours Monday–Friday 8:30am–6:00pm (closed 12pm–1:30pm) Saturday - Sunday office closed

Email office@holyrosaryantioch.org

Website www.holyrosaryantioch.org

Mass Schedule/Horario de Misas Saturday Vigil/Sábado de Vigilia 5:30pm Sunday/Domingo 7:15am, 8:45am,10:30am 12:10pm and 1:45pm Spanish/Español 5:30pm Life Teen/Jóvenes

Weekday/Diarias Lauds & Rosary/Laudes y Rosario 7:30am Mass/Misa 8:00am Vespers/Vísperas 5:15pm Mass/Misa 5:30pm

Holy Days/Días Santos Vigil/Vigilia 5:30pm Mass/Misa 8:00am, 10:00am, 5:30pm 7:30pm Spanish/Español

Reconciliation Reconciliación Saturday/Sábado 4:00–5:00pm By appointment Haga una cita Eucharistic Adoration Adoración del Santísimo Weekday/Durante la Semana 8:30am–5pm First Friday/Primer Viernes 24 hours/24 horas

Holy Rosary Mission Statement/Declaración de la Misión del Santo Rosario To be disciples and to make disciples.

Ser discípulos de Jesús y hacer discípulos.

Our vision is To become a center of formation for discipleship and evangelization.

Llegar a ser un centro de formación para el discipulado y la evangelización.

Parish Administration Fr. Roberto Corral, O.P., Pastor 757-4020 Fr. Bart Hutcherson, O.P., Parochial Vicar Jackie Hooke, Pastoral Associate 757-4020 Deacon Jerry Grigg 757-4020 Deacon Charles Silvernale, O.P. 757-4020

Dominicans in Residence Fr. Edward Krasevac, O.P.

Parish Office 757-4020 Oficina Parroquial Barbara Daniels, Office Manager Elena Zermeño, Secretary Jorge Aragon, Finance/Business Manager

Religious Education (CCD) 757-9515 Yolanda García, Director of Religious Education Rita Cross, Secretary

Holy Rosary School 757-1270

Youth Ministry 757-9515 Lizette Suarez, Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministry

Music Ministry 757-1977 Tim McCain, Director of Music Ministry & Liturgy Beatriz Figueroa, Renovación 595-3752 Carolina Bruno, Unidos en Cristo 437-4074 Jose Cadena, Voces de Cristo Nicholas Hernandez, Santo Rosario

Hermanas Dominicas 757-7333 Sor. Marisela Ordaz Bermúdez Sor. Marcela Vianey Rios, O.P.

Sacramentos/Quinceaneras Alejandrina Martinez, Director Hispanic Ministry 757-4084

office@holyrosaryantioch.org www.holyrosaryantioch.org

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Finance Council / Consejo Economico Fr. Roberto Corral Liza Lucio Jorge Aragon Romy Myszka Francis Barnes Lori Ogorchock Domingo Delgadillo Joe Stiglich

Holy Cross Cemetery Holy Angels Funeral & Cremation Services 925-757-0658 East 18th Street, Antioch

We recommend using Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services at Holy Cross Cemetery. Their staff will contact the parish office to assist you with your arrangements.

Cover photography by Juan Tinnirello

Bulletin Editor bulletin4hr@gmail.com (deadline for admission into next week's bulletin is noon Monday)

Registration

Please stop by the church office or visit our website to register. Registration enables you to enroll in sacramental and Religious Education programs and receive regular parish mailings.

Baptism

1st and 3rd Sundays of the month (Last Sunday in Spanish) at 3:30pm in the church. You must be a registered Parishioner at Holy Rosary. To regis-ter for baptism, please call the church office at least two months prior to preferred date.

Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick

If you have a serious or ongoing illness or if you are scheduled for surgery, contact the church office immediately at 757-4020.

Weddings

Weddings should be scheduled at least six months in advance. Preparation information is available at the church office. Please call us at 757-4020 for details.

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Ministry Corner This Week at Holy Rosary

Sat. 5/26 Reconciliation 4:00pm Church

Sun. 5/27 Trinity Sunday

Life Teen 7:00pm Parish Center

Mon. 5/28 Memorial Day – Parish office closed

Tues. 5/29 Charismatic Prayer Group 7:30pm Chapel

Wed. 5/30 Legion of Mary 9:00am Basement

Music Ministry 3:00pm Church

Our Lady of Perpetual Help 6:00pm Chapel

Thurs. 5/31 Small Group Ministry 9:00am Parish Center

Fri. 6/1 Stations of the Cross 5:00pm Church

First Friday Mass 5:30pm Church

Divine Mercy Prayer Group 6:00pm Basement

Confirmation 6:30pm Church

Sat. 6/2 Reconciliation 4:00pm Church

Sun. 6/3 Life Teen 7:00pm Parish Center

Baccalaureate Mass 7:00pm Church

Hello all: Ministry is so important to our parish in all ways and for so many reasons. Just this last week I hired a few of the teens to help me with some packing. Several of our teens are attending a conference in July (which costs each one $400) where they will learn some leader-ship skills and techniques for our own parish youth program. They worked diligently for a few hours and seemed to be happy to help me. Since then I’ve been thinking about them and I realized that helping me helped them that day to get closer to attending the conference. But, the exciting part is that they will be attending the conference to learn how to MINISTER to others!!! No one is too young or too old to be a part of a ministry. We have high school students who are lectors at the 5:30 Mass on Sundays. At this same Mass we have teens and young adults who are the ushers and the greeters. We have altar servers who are fifth grade and older who serve Mass daily and on Sundays. We have 7th and 8th grade students from Holy Rosary School who are helpers in the CCD classrooms. We have children at the Hispanic Masses once a month who provide a playlet about the Gospel. We have many children who are involved in fundraising for different causes. This is the beginning of ministry for all of them! This is the future of our church! Now the challenge is back with us as adults. How do the children perceive us as we do ministry? Are we encourag-ing them to be the ministers of tomorrow? Some of our ministries can be family ministries where the young can be active as well. The one that immediately comes to mind is that of Greeters. There is nothing better than seeing a family at the church doors welcoming others to Mass. There is ministry outside of church where we can all help others. There was a young man in our Confirmation program several years ago who needed to do service hours. He couldn’t think of anything to do until one day he was driving down the street toward his home and he saw a garage door opened at this older lady’s home. Her garage was a mess!!! He thought about it for a bit and then went back to talk to her and offered to clean her garage as his Confirma-tion project. This started out as a requirement for Confirmation but turned into a year-round project which could easily be called a min-istry. He developed a relationship with this lady. He cleaned her garage on a regular basis. He took out her garbage cans weekly. He mowed her lawn and spent time with her. They talked about his life, her life and even how God was in the midst of their lives. He might not have realized it, but, cleaning that garage was the first step in a ministry where he helped an older person for no personal gain. This is what ministry is all about... doing the Lord’s work without per-sonal gain. Providing a service for someone who needs help. You don’t have to be in church to do a ministry. The best ministers find the needs and help to fulfill them. Let us teach the youth of our par-ish by our actions how important ministry is!!!! Our unsung hero this week is Alyssa Boushey. She fits the mold of a young person doing ministry without personal gain. She helps take care of her grandma. She volunteers with the Youth and Young Adult program. She helps others with chores. She personally has helped me. Alyssa knows ministry and she lives ministry. She is young but she is a great role model for those younger than her! Blessings, Jackie

Please save the dates for the following events:

June 21, 2018 Mass & Reception with Dominicans of Western Province 5pm in the Church/Gymnasium

June 30, 2018 Multicultural Mass and Reception with Bishop Cummins and other invited guests 5:30pm in the Church/Gymnasium

Mid-late July Welcome Mass and Celebration for our New Pastor Time to be announced; Church/Gymnasium

Baby Bottle Fundraiser coming June 10, 2018: The St. Rose of Lima Dominican Laity and the Spanish Dominican Laity will be sponsoring a Baby Bottle Fundraiser for the Gabriel Project. Bottles will be handed out on June 10th at all the Masses, and will be collected until July 29th. Start saving that spare change! The Gabriel Project is also in need of diaper

donations. Donations can be dropped off at the parish office or you may contact Kathy Sturgeon. Our babies and mothers appreciate your continued support and prayers! If you would like to join our ministry or would like more infor-mation please contact Kathy Sturgeon at kathysturgeon2016@gmail.com .

Mass Intentions Please Pray For

The Augustine Family John Cage Gloria Crabaugh Brian Farinha Rigoberto Felix Daniel Labre Gilberto Ortiz Joshua Esteban Rodriguez

A. Manuel Sanchez Billy and Gloria Silva David Smith Connie Soliz Griselda Solis Jesus Ivan Vargas Colin Worster

Today’s Special collection is for: Buildings & Grounds; Catholic Charities

Next week’s Special collection is for: Holy Rosary School

Second collection is for Cathedral Debt

There is no collection report this week. The collection report will return next week.

SATURDAY May 26 8:00 p.m. Felipa Vicente† 5:30 p.m. Alice Escalona† SUNDAY May 27 7:15 a.m. Grace Zimmerman† 8:45 a.m. Archie Enriquez† 10:30 a.m. President Donald Trump 12:10 p.m. Todas las almas del Purgatorio 1:45 p.m. Emilia Obregon Hoaman† 5:30 p.m. Barbara George (†birthday)

MONDAY May 28 9:00 p.m. Livido Rodriguez† TUESDAY May 29 8:00 a.m. Livido Rodriguez† 5:30 p.m. Paul Nelson† WEDNESDAY May 30 8:00 a.m. Angelina Malfitano† 5:30 p.m. Felicia Enerio† THURSDAY May 31 8:00 a.m. Amelia Heredia† 5:30 p.m. Rita Azimi (birthday) FRIDAY June 1 8:00 a.m. Lissette Esquivel 5:30 p.m. The Flores Guadagno Family SATURDAY June 2 8:00 p.m. Thanksgiving 5:30 p.m. Ralph Guadagno†

Monday: 1 Pt 1:3-9; Ps 111:1-2, 5-6, 9-10c; Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday: 1 Pt 1:10-16; Ps 98:1-4; Mk 10:28-31 Wednesday: 1 Pt 1:18-25; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mk 10:32-45 Thursday: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56 Friday: 1 Pt 4:7-13; Ps 96:10-13; Mk 11:11-26 Saturday: Jude 17, 20b-25; Ps 63:2-6; Mk 11:27-33 Sunday: Ex 24:3-8; Ps 116:12-13, 15-18; Heb 9:11-15; Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

Readings for the Week

Catholic Charities Parish Collection Thank you to everyone who contributed to Catholic Charities of the East Bay’s Annual May Appeal. Your generosity helps the Church be one of the largest providers of social services in the East Bay and helps “make all things possible” for children, young people, and families facing crisis or violence. If you would like to volunteer, or simply learn more about Catholic Charities, contact Stephan Pippen, Development Manager at spippen@cceb.org or (510) 508-1063.

Monthly Divine Mercy Prayer Group Come pray the Divine

Mercy Chaplet and learn about Jesus’ teachings through St. Faustina. Every First Friday at

6:00pm in the Rectory Basement.

For more information, please call Andre at

925-754-3665

Parish office will be closed on Monday, May 28,

in honor of Memorial Day.

WorldWide Marriage Encounter

“And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age." Is God in your marriage? He is with you to help you have the marriage that will honor Him. Participate in a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend on September 7-9th. held at San Damiano Retreat Center. Space is VERY limited! Early registration is highly recommend-ed. For more information contact Greg & Mary at 925.754.1284 or Joe & Sue at 925.680.7767 now or go to oaklandwwme.org

A Message from Fr. Roberto

Parish theme for this year: Be Disciples. Make Disciples.

The Holy Trinity God for us, we call you Father. God alongside us, we call you Jesus. God within us, we call you Holy Spirit.

When we start with the Three, we know that this God is perfect giving and perfect receiving, that the very name of Being is communion, extravagant generosity, humble receptivity, and unhindered dialogue between Three.

Then we know God as the deepest flow of Life Itself, Relationship Itself.

It is not that a Being decides to love; love is the very nature and shape of Being.

– Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M.

In some ways, today’s feast of the Most Holy Trinity is a culmination of our Church’s liturgical year and our understand-ing of what God wants for us. So, at Advent and Christmas we celebrate “Emmanuel” (which means “God with us”) – a God who chose to be one of us human beings. At Lent and Easter, we cele-brate “God for us” – a God who chose to suffer and die for us. At Pente-cost we celebrate “God in us” – a God who chooses to dwell within us. And finally, on Trinity Sunday we celebrate “Us in God” – a God who invites and draws us into the very life of the Trinity.

Our belief that God is a Trinity – three distinct and equal per-sons (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) yet only one God – is one of the major beliefs that makes us different from other religions such as Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Mormonism and Jehovah Witnesses. The word “Trinity” is a blend-ing of two words that ex-press our belief: “Tri” meaning three, and “Unity” meaning one; Tri+Unity = “Trinity.” This word “Trinity” is never men-tioned in the Bible – it came about in later centu-

ries – yet, in the gospels, Jesus speaks of himself as distinct from the Father and the Holy Spirit on numerous occasions. And when Jesus is baptized by John in the Jordan River, three of the gospels (see Matthew 3:16-17, for example) describe the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit as three distinct persons. Jesus tells his disciples to baptize others not just in his name or the Father’s name, but in the name of all three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19).

In addition, the New Testament speaks of each person of the Trinity as God – the Father is God (Philippians 1:2); Jesus is God (Titus 2:13); and the Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4). However, they are not three separate Gods but only one God; Scripture is very clear that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 46:9). In fact, one of the reasons Jesus was killed was because he made himself equal to God.

Throughout the centuries, Christians have tried to understand the relation-ships among the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and they have por-trayed them in different ways to ex-press our understanding of this one God who is three Persons: from the three-leafed shamrock used by St. Patrick to an equilateral triangle to different representations in art. There is even the illustration of the Holy Trinity being like the three forms of water: liquid, ice and steam – they are each unique forms of water, but each is still completely water. While this illustration may help, it is not entirely correct in expressing what we believe about God because water is only sometimes liquid, sometimes ice, and sometimes steam. God is not sometimes Son, sometimes Fa-ther, and sometimes Spirit. He is eternally each, always at the same time.

The Holy Trinity is ultimately a mystery that we human beings will never fully understand because God is infinite and we are finite. As St. Augustine very insightfully said long ago: “If you understand [it], it is not God.” In any event, perhaps some of the images included in this article might help us conceptualize God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

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Dominican Photos Wanted Dear Parishioners, At the end of June, our beloved Dominicans will be leav-ing Holy Rosary Parish. A Mass of thanksgiving is planned for Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 5:00pm, with a reception to follow. We would like to create a Power Point presentation with images of our parishioners, over the years, with their fa-vorite Dominican priests and/or Brothers. We prefer 4x6 vertical images, but will work with what-ever you send! Please email images to: hrsbulletin@comcast.net or place in one of the black boxes at the church exits. (Remember to put your name, email & phone number on the back of photos). All photos will be available for pickup at the rectory in July. Thank you for your help!

Vacation Bible School Vacation Bible School has been canceled for this year! We traditionally have VBS the end of June. Due to the transition of the Dominicans leaving and the two major celebrations planned for the end of June, we felt that the timing was not going to work. We do promise to come back with a full, exciting program next year.

Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) Bingo CDA is a nonprofit national Catholic women organization that supports national and local charities and projects. Our CDA Court 1450 has a major fundraiser which is bingo. Net pro-ceeds benefit these charities and projects. CDA invites you and and your friends to come and join us for Bingo every first Tuesday of each month. It is held at the par-ish hall of the Good Shepherd Church at 3200 Harbor Street, Pittsburg. Buy-in of $12.00 includes two cards and a delicious lunch with unlimited fruit punch, coffee and tea. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Come and meet new friends. Hope to see you there!

Go . . . and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

— Matthew 28:19

Holy Rosary Youth and Young Adult Ministry Ministerio Juvenil de Holy Rosary

Comunidad Hispana

Recaudación de Fondos en Biberones el 10 de Junio, 2018. El Laicado Dominicano de San-ta Rosa de Lima y el Laicado Dominicano his-pano, estarán patrocinando la recaudación de fondos en biberones para el proyecto Gabriel. Las botellas se entregaran el 10 de Junio des-pués de todas las Misas y serán colectadas hasta el 29 de Julio. ¡Comience a ahorrar su cambio!

El Proyecto Gabriel también necesita donaciones de pañales. Puede traer sus donaciones a la oficina parroquial o contactar a Kathy Sturgeon. ¡Nuestros bebes y mamas agradecen su continuo apoyo y ora-ciones! Si le gustaría unirse a nuestro ministerio o quisiera más informa-ción, por favor comuníquese con Kathy Sturgeon a kathysturgeon2016@gmail.com .

Esta Semana en el Santo Rosario Dom. 5/27 Laicos Dominicos 9:00 am Sótano B

Bautismos 3:00 pm Iglesia

Lun. 5/28 Dia de los caidos en combate

Práctica de Danza Folklórica 4:00 pm Sótano B

Grupo Carismático 6:30 pm Capilla, Iglesia

Miérc. 5/30 Grupo de Oración 7:00 pm Capilla

Coro Carismático 7:00 pm Iglesia

Juev. 5/31 Grupo de Mujeres 6:30 pm Sótano B

Grupo Carismático 6:30 pm Capilla, Iglesia

Vier. 6/1 Grupo Juvenil 5:00 pm Teen House

Grupo de Oración 7:00 pm Capilla

Sáb. 6/2 Amigos de Jesús 8:00 am Casa Santo Niño

Práctica de Danza Folklórica 12:00 pm Sótano B

Servidores del Altar 3:00 pm Iglesia

Lunes: 1 Pe 1:3-9; Sal 111 (110):1-2, 5-6, 9-10c; Mc 10:17-27 Martes: 1 Pe 1:10-16; Sal 98 (97):1-4; Mc 10:28-31 Miércoles: 1 Pe 1:18-25; Sal 147 (146):12-15, 19-20; Mc 10:32-45 Jueves: Sof 3:14-18a o Rom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lc 1:39-56 Viernes: 1 Pe 4:7-13; Sal 96 (95):10-13; Mc 11:11-26 Sábado: Jds 17, 20b-25; Sal 63 (62):2-6; Mc 11:27-33 Domingo: Ex 24:3-8; Sal 116 (115):12-13, 15-18; Heb 9:11-15; Mc 14:12-16, 22-26

Lecturas de la Semana

Llamados A Servir Retiro Anual de Monaguillos Holy Rosary Church . Comunidad Hispana sábado Junio 9 2018; 10:00 am @ 4:00 pm Centro parroquial. Costo $10.00 Informes e inscripciones: Nancy Sánchez (925)529-7806

¡Me alegro que haya preguntado! Preguntas sobre nuestra parroquia P. Nos dijeron que era muy difícil para dos sacerdotes Dominicos dirigir nuestra parroquia, sin embargo, estamos recibiendo dos sacerdotes diocesanos. ¿Por qué está bien esto? R. Esta es una pregunta más amplia que la de cuántos sacerdotes

servirán en la parroquia del Santo Rosario. Como se ha explicado, para los Dominicos es un tema de tamaño comunitario. Vivir una auténtica comunidad dominicana y la vida de oración exige una comunidad más grande que de dos personas. En las parroquias de todo Estados Unidos, se han hecho ajustes para dar cabida a la disminución en el número de sacerdotes. Las parroquias que solían tener cinco sacerdotes ahora tienen solo uno y muchas de las funciones que fueron hechas por los sacerdotes en el pasado ahora son hechas por los miembros del personal laico. Pero estas parroquias son parroquias diocesanas, y la vida comunitaria y la oración comunitaria no son el enfoque del Sacerdocio Diocesano. En cierto sentido, los sacerdotes diocesanos están mucho más enfocados en las demandas del ministerio parroquial. Así que habrá que hacer ajustes, tal como se han echo este año con sólo dos sacerdotes Dominicos. Es difícil saber exactamente cuáles serán esos ajustes, pero confiamos en que las buenas personas de esta parroquia apoyen a los dos nuevos sacerdotes.

P. ¿Cuándo, exactamente se irán los Dominicos? R. Los Dominicos celebrarán la misa por última vez el domingo 1 de julio de 2018 P. ¿Se necesita algún artículo específico para las próximas recepciones?

R. Estamos pidiendo donaciones de refresco enlatado. Las donaciones se pueden dejar en el centro parroquial de lunes a jueves de 9:00 am a 5:00 pm. Si tiene alguna pregunta o le gustaría ser voluntario, por favor llame a nuestra oficina al 925-757-4020.

¿Tiene alguna pregunta sobre nuestra parroquia? Por favor envíenos un correo electrónico a

hrsbulletin@comcast.net o deje su pregunta en una de las cajas “Dominicanas” en las salidas principales de la iglesia

Gracias por su apoyo durante la transición. Con la gracia de Dios y el liderazgo de muchas personas en la iglesia y escuela del Santo Rosario, la parroquia seguirá adelante durante este tiempo de cambio de una manera abierta y llena de fe.

Un Mensaje de P. Roberto

Lema parroquial para este año: Sean Discípulos. Hagan Discípulos.

La Santísima Trinidad Dios por nosotros, te llamamos Padre. Dios junto a nosotros, te llamamos Jesús. Dios dentro de nosotros, te llamamos Espíritu Santo.

Cuando comenzamos con los Tres, sabemos que este Dios es la perfección de dar y de recibir, que el mismo nombre de Ser es comunión, generosidad extravagante, receptividad humilde y diálogo sin obstáculos entre tres. Entonces conocemos a Dios como el flujo más profundo de la Vida misma, la Relación misma. No es que un Ser decida amar;

el amor es la misma naturaleza y forma de Ser.

– P. Richard Rohr, O.F.M.

De alguna manera, la fiesta de hoy de la Santísima Trinidad es la culminación del año litúrgico de nuestra Iglesia y de nuestra com-prensión de lo que Dios quiere para nosotros. Así que, en Ad-viento y Navidad celebramos “Emmanuel” (que significa “Dios con nosotros”) – un Dios que eligió ser uno de nosotros, los seres humanos. En la Cuaresma y la Pascua, celebramos “Dios por nosotros” – un Dios que eligió sufrir y morir por nosotros. En Pentecostés celebramos “Dios en nosotros” – un Dios que elige morar dentro de nosotros. Y fi-nalmente, en el Domingo de la Santísima Trinidad celebramos “Nosotros en Dios” – un Dios que nos invita y nos lleva a la vida misma de la Trinidad.

Nuestra creencia de que Dios es una Trinidad – tres personas distintas e iguales (Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo) pero un solo Dios – es una de las principales ideas que nos hace diferentes de otras religiones como el judaísmo, el islam, el hinduismo, el mormonismo y los testigos de Jehová. La palabra “Trinidad” es una combinación de dos palabras que expresan nuestra fe: "Tri" que significa tres, y “Unidad” que sig-nifica uno; Tri + Unidad = “Trinidad.” Esta palabra “Trinidad” no se encuentra en la Biblia – se produjo en los siglos posteriores – sin embargo, en los evangelios, Jesús habla de sí mis-mo como distinto del Padre y del Espíritu Santo en numerosas oca-

siones. Y cuando Jesús es bautizado por Juan en el río Jordán, tres de los evangelios (Mateo 3,16-17, por ejemplo) describen al Padre, Jesús y el Espíritu Santo como tres personas distintas. Jesús manda sus discípulos a bautizar a otros no sólo en su nom-bre o el nombre del Padre, sino en el nombre de las tres personas – Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo (Mateo 28,19).

Además, el Nuevo Testamento habla de cada persona de la Tri-nidad como Dios – el Padre es Dios (Filipenses 1, 2), Jesús es Dios (Tito 2,13), y el Espíritu Santo es Dios (Hechos 5,3-4). Sin embargo, no son tres dioses separa-dos, pero un solo Dios; la Escritura es muy claro que hay un solo Dios (Deuteronomio 6,4, Isaías 46,9). De hecho, una de las razones por las que Jesús fue asesinado es porque se igualó a Dios.

A lo largo de los siglos, los cristia-nos han tratado de entender las rela-ciones entre el Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo, y los han representa-do de diferentes maneras para expre-sar nuestra comprensión de este úni-co Dios que es tres personas: desde el trébol de tres hojas utilizado por St. Patricio a un triángulo equilátero a diferentes representaciones en el arte. Incluso existe la figura de la Santísima Trinidad como los tres estados del agua – líquido, hielo y vapor – cada uno es una forma única de agua, mas cada uno es completa-mente agua. Aunque este ejemplo puede ayudar, no es del todo correc-to en la expresión de lo que creemos acerca de Dios porque el agua es sólo a veces líquido, a veces hielo, y algunas veces vapor. Dios no es a veces Hijo, a veces Padre, y a veces Espíritu. Él es eternamente cada uno, siempre al mismo tiempo. La Santísima Trinidad es en última instancia, un misterio que los seres humanos nunca entenderemos com-pletamente porque Dios es infinito y nosotros somos finitos. Como San Agustín dijo muy perspicazmente hace mucho tiempo: “Si [lo] entien-des, no es Dios." En cualquier caso, tal vez algunas de las imágenes incluidas en este artículo po-drían ayudar a conceptualizar a Dios Padre, Dios Hijo y Dios Espíritu Santo.

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St. Vincent de Paul Food Drive Our volunteers at St. Vincent de Paul distributes food every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9-10 am at the Holy Rosary Gym.

This month’s wish list is for: canned corn - 15 oz.; canned green beans - 15 oz.

mac and cheese - 7 oz. box Please bring your donations to the parish rectory during business hours. Thank you!

Mobile Mall News & Dates

For more information about this ministry, please call Dee Vergara at 753-1291

or the church office at 757-4020.

Sorting Saturday, June 9, 9:00-noon

Dominican Hall

Glad You Asked! Questions About Our Parish

Q. We were told that it was too difficult for two Dominican priests to run our parish, yet we are getting two diocesan priests. Why is this okay? A. This is a broader question than how many pr iests will serve Holy Rosary parish. As has been explained, for Dominicans it is an issue of community size. Living an authentic Dominican community and prayer life demands a larger community than two people. In parishes all over the United States, adjustments have been made to accommodate the decline in the number of priests. Parishes that used to have five priests now have one and many of the functions that were done by the priests in the past are now done by lay staff members. But these parishes are diocesan parishes, and community life and community prayer are not the focus of diocesan priesthood. In a sense, diocesan priests are much more focused on the demands of parish ministry. So adjustments will need to be made even as they have been this year with only two Dominican priests. It is hard to know exactly what those adjustments will be, but we trust the good people of this parish to support the two new priests. Q. When, exactly, will the Dominicans be leaving? A. The Dominicans will be celebrating Mass for the last time on Sunday, July 1, 2018. Q.Are there any specific items needed for the upcoming receptions? A. We are asking for donations of canned soda. Donations can be left at the parish center Monday through Thursday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, please call our office at 925-757-4020.

Do you have a question about our parish? Please email us at hrsbulletin@comcast.net

or leave your question in one of the “Dominican” boxes at the main exits of the church.

Thank you for your support during the transition. With God’s grace and the leadership of many people at Holy

Rosary church and school, the parish will move through this time of change in an open, faith-filled way.

Baccalaureate Ceremony Attention High School Seniors & Families All Antioch Unified School District graduating seniors, their families, and the community at large are invited to attend the interdenominational baccalaureate ceremony.

Sunday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m. Holy Rosary Church

The baccalaureate pays thanksgiving to graduating students for a life dedicated to learning and to wisdom. The tradition was believed to have started at the University of Oxford in 1432 where the candidates for degrees (‘bacca’) were presented with laurels (‘lauri’) of sermonic oration. The local celebration is a solemn but joyous event filled with music by Divine Voices and the Music Masters and by short speeches by students and religious leaders, including our own Father Roberto. Please wear cap and gown (Procession Line will form at 6:45p.m.) For information, call Walter Ruehlig at 925-756-7628