JUNE 26, 2016 - THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Our Lady Of Good Counsel Church 2500 Bermuda Ave., San Leandro, CA Mailing address : 14112 Azores Place, San Leandro, CA 94577

OFFICE : (510) 614-2765 www.olgcsanleandro.com RECTORY: (510) 969-7013 Administrator: FR. JAN RUDZEWICZ Deacon Thomas Martin Parish Office hour : 9:30 AM—2:30 PM Monday to Friday Secretary: LINO POBLETE

MASSES: BAPTISMS AND WEDDING Saturday Vigil : 5:00 pm By appointment : (510) 614-2765

Sunday: 8:30am, 11:00am & 12:30 pm (in Polish) ADORATION IN THE CHAPEL Second Sunday: 3:00 pm - El Shaddai Monday—Saturday—9:30am—7 pm Third Sunday: 2:00 pm - Virgin of Penafrancia First Friday– 8pm-9pm—at the Church Holy Days: 9:00 am & 7:30 pm 9pm-12mn—at the Chapel Weekdays: (Monday - Friday ) 9:00 am PARISH HALL INFORMATION First Saturday—8:00 am Call: (510) 501-4894 -Tuesday & Thursday CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 4:00 –4:45 pm First Friday– 8 pm FAMILY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/ CCD Sunday morning – All grades after 8:30 Mass REMEMBERING MASS INTENTIONS

OUR PAST - Part IV Sat Jun 25 Sun Jun 26 8:30AM Brigida McCallum + We continue to share 11:00 Guillermo Austria + some recollections about the Mon Jun 27 Martha Cao + history of our Parish. Today we Zelko Family ( Intentions) publish some of the personal All Souls in Purgatory Tue Jun 28 Martha Cao + reflections and experiences of Wed Jun 29 Imelda & Patrick Loreno (Thanksgiving) NINA , our long time Lucena de Castro (BD) parishioner. Martha Cao + Thu Jun 30 Maria Huynh + “My family moved to San Leandro from Oakland in All Souls in Purgatory 1981…The late Father Joe Ferreira blessed our home… Fri Jul 1 Rube Atencion + Alice Salvado + I remember the late Carmelita Cinco heading Sat Jul 2 Generoso Pagal + the church social activities which included dances on Sun Jul 3 8:30AM New Year's Eve and lunch activities. This was during 11:00 Pereira+ the times of the late Father Autard and later Father Snyder. AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time In the mid 1990's, the late Bessie Parafina Monday: St. Cyril of started the "Filipino Organization" (we later changed it to Tuesday: St. Irenaeus "Social Circle" to include the non-Filipino parishioners). Wednesday: Ss. Peter and Paul Norma de Ocampo was the president. Later, the late Thursday: The First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Emmanuel del os Reyes and Sam Manese became Roman Church presidents. Pat Ocasion was Vice President, Myrna Friday: Blessed Junípero Serra; Canada Day; First Friday Pedrosa was Treasurer, and myself was Secretary Saturday: First Saturday (after the late Marieta Pestana). We sponsored dinner dances, renting the hall of Leander's Church. Fa- READINGS FOR THE WEEK ther Snyder acted as our Adviser. He attended most of Monday: Am 2:6-10, 13-16; Ps 50:16bc-23; our meetings and the dances. We also had Reno trips Mt 8:18-22 which the late Dely Weberhardt actively handled, re- Tuesday: Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12; Ps 5:4b-8; Mt 8:23-27 cruited parishioners and served lunch on the way. We Wednesday: Vigil: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-5; Gal 1:11-20; had raffles during the dances, solicited prizes. Bill Jn 21:15-19 Haggerty was one of the donors of our prizes. Day: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 When Father Snyder left in 1998. he met with us Thursday: Am 7:10-17; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 9:1-8 officers saying that we had raised a total of $90,000… Friday: Am 8:4-6, 9-12; Ps 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, Father Thomas Duong Binh Minh succeeded him. We 131; Mt 9:9-13 continued raising funds although our membership was Saturday: Am 9:11-15; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 9:14-17 dwindling. He requested us to help him count the week- Sunday: Is 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 [1-9] ly collections. He made the reports of the money collect- ed and deposited the money in the bank… In 2015, by the "finger In 2000, Father Thuong (Dominic) Nguyen ex- of God", whatever we owed changed places with Father Thomas… Cora Tuazon the Diocese got paid - through headed the Finance Committee and took charge of rais- the late Alice Salvado's ex- ing funds. We had a yard sale, requested parishioners treme generosity… to donate whatever they could dispense with… Father Jan Rudzewicz The ground-breaking of the social hall occurred succeeded Father Thoung in in 2004, officiated by then Cummins. It was in- 2011… He saw the status of augurated in 2008... We learned later that we owed the our church and made plans for Diocese of Oakland $700.000… So we started PRO- many improvements… JECT 400, with each parishioner pledging $2,500 for a period of 4 years… Submitted by Nina Gabriel

LAST WEEK’S CONTRIBUTIONS In Memory of Sunday collection (for general operating expenses) Collected $2,446.00 ______RAFAEL LAERTES Restricted donations for: (Parish Liability Insurance) $733.00 “ PAPA” ______

El Shaddai (Monthly donation) 700.00 DA ROSA Sacramentals (Funeral Mass) 300.00 Votive candles 123.00 Our Lady of Good Counsel and friends pay Adoration Chapel 141.00 homage to our beloved “Papa Raf” who St. Anne (donation box) 38.00 ______passed away last June 15. Rafael faithfully

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOS SUPPORT! spent many years with the Church and com- Next week’s second collections: Ground Maintenance munity as one of the best times of TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION It’s almost midsummer day! One of the great hidden treas- his life Please in- ures of our liturgical calendar occurs this week. There are only clude him and his three “nativity” feasts on our calendar: for the Lord, the family in your pray- Blessed Mother (September 8), and the Nativity of Saint John ers. the Baptist on June 24. Friday’s date is anchored by the Annun- ciation (March 25), when Mary learns not only of her own child’s advent, but of Elizabeth’s child. We are exactly half a year away from Christmas Eve. There are strong traditions Can divorced individuals become godparents or sponsors for bap- around this feast. Just as the winter solstice provides a rich vo- Q. cabulary for Christmas, so does the abundance of light at mid- Help us keep good old memories of OLGC summer inform this celebration. Just as at Christmas, a reli- alive. If you have old pictures or events taken gious festival spills over into culture. As summer light reaches in OLGC ( 20 to 50 years ago) that we may its peak, the sun-drenched zones of northern Europe see people include in our Golden Jubilee souvenir book staying up all night, kindling “St. John’s Fires” in the long you may drop it in the parish office and after summer twilight. Bonfires seem to be the unifying force in all scanning we’ll give it back to you. these celebrations, kindled along the shores of the St. Lawrence in Quebec and Montreal, with harbor illuminations in France. Requesting Gary Anderson, Erlinda Ar- You may be most interested in the custom in San Juan, Puerto Your Prayers rieta, Leonor Yracheta, Andy Rico, the Baptist’s own city. People there will leap into the sea Dangca, Priscilla Da Rosa, , between midnight and dawn to honor John. Why not find your Carlo Dupaya, Belen Escondo, Annie Estrella, way to a pool, a lake, or a sandy beach this week and plunge in Mitchell Estrellas, Eddie Exevea, Nelda Falero, to recall your baptism? It’s a tradition! Mercy Gallardo, Arlene Goldsborough, Avelino Gapasin, Bill Haggerty, Erlinda Howard, Lina Jose, PATIENCE—Patience is the ability to idle your motor Billy Lelina, Willie Orpiano, Pacita Macasieb, Bibiana Magat, Soledad when you feel like stripping your gears.—Anonymous Martinez, Betty Miralles, Susan Nacu, Rodney Nelson, Gail Ocasion, Lourdes Oster, Frances Pangelinan, Aida Pineda, Romeo Caman- BUY YOUR DINNER AND DANCE TICKET NOW. tigue, Loreta Ramin, Danilo Rubio, Maritess Sanchez, Rosa Maria TICKET REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE Santos, Minda Santos, Raul Valecruz, Augusto Uy, George Ybanez. IN THE VESTIBULE DURING WEEKEND Let us thank God for what doesn’t need healing. Let us know if some- MASSES. TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE body wishes to receive Holy Communion at home or call Beth Mayor IN THE PARISH OFFICE 510-483-1078. Please support our advertisers. They make our As we pray for peace and end of violence let us pray for our weekly bulletin possible and so generously support our members of our community serving as missionaries and those parish. Grow your business Advertise here in the military. with Catholic Singles.com/BayArea Welcome New Parishioners ! If you are not currently registered, please take a moment to fill this out and return it to the parish office, or you may drop it in the collection basket. Name______Phone______New Parishioner Address______City ______ZIP Code______New Address ____Updating Parish Information ____Send Sunday Envelopes ___ Put on mailing list