(510) 351-5244 ● Fax (510) 351-5730

St. Felicitas Catholic Church

1662 Manor Blvd. San Leandro Email: [email protected] Telephone Number (510) 351-5244 ● Fax (510) 351-5730 www.stfelicitassl.org

Parish Staff

Rev. Thomas Khue Parochial Administrator Ext. 286

Rev. Eddie Castañas Parochial Vicar Ext. 297 Deacon Timothy Myers [email protected]

Mercey Zamora Pastoral Assoc./Spanish Ministry 347-1293

Sr. Mary Anh Cong (LHC) Liturgical Ministries Vietnamese Community Altar Servers 347-1283

Sr. Ancilla Marie Le (LHC) Pastoral Care 347-1287

Sharon Clancey Office Secretary 351-5244

Judi Lema Bulletin 351-5244 HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY — MAY 22, 2016

Mass Schedule Convent 351-5577

Sunday 7:30 am - 9:00 am - 10:30 am Parish School 357-2530 12:30 pm (Spanish) 4:30 pm (Vietnamese) 1650 Manor Blvd. Fax: 357-5358 Saturday 8:15 am - 4:30 pm (Vigil) Meghan Jorgensen Principal

Daily (Monday to Friday) 7:00 am - 8:15 am Religious Education Office Holy Days 7:00 am 8:15 am 7:00 pm Sandi Walton Director of Religious Education 1st Friday Exposition – St. Joseph’s Chapel 347-1282 12:30 to 4:45 pm Fax: 510-351-5730 [email protected]

Sacraments Geri Lara Youth Services Reconciliation—Saturday, 3:15 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. or 326-5693 by appointment. [email protected]

Baptism—4th Sunday of every month at 2:30 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul 706-1972 Contact Parish Office for information

Marriage—Arrangements to be made 6 months prior to the wedding.

Parish Office Hours EMERGENCY NUMBER (510) 309-8097 Monday - Tuesday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Wednesday - Thursday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (During non-office hours) Friday 9:00 am to 12:30 pm The Most Holy Trinity

May 22, 2016

[T]he love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

Filipinos likes fiestas. They are celebrated all-year round. All over the country, especially in the summer months, May is the merriest and the most beautiful month of the year. It is the season of colorful festivals and Flores de Mayo or Santacruzan is one such festival. Stop and smell the roses. During the month of May, in the tropical islands of the Philippines, we don't have to stop -- the fragrance of flowers floats in the air. When the rains begin to pour after a long dry spell, flowers magically bloom overnight. And being predominantly Catholic, the Filipinos celebrate the beneficial rains by giving praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The town folk gather the colorful flowers to decorate the Parish Church altars and aisles. They bundle the blooms in exotic arrangements for the many different festivities all together referred to as the "Flores De Mayo" (Flowers of May). Many towns celebrate Flores De Mayo with the community congregating in the afternoons to pray the rosary, offer flowers to the Virgin Mary, and share homemade delicacies and snacks. Children and adults wearing their Sunday best sing and dance to welcome the rains that will water the new crops.

Santacruzan is held annually in the warm month of May and is considered to be the "Queen of Filipino Festivals". Beautiful town belles are selected to participate in this colorful pageant parade. The stars are selected not for their looks alone, but for their embodiment of traditional feminine qualities. It is a week-long street pageant in almost every town; from the dirt road barrio to the metropolis honoring beautiful Philippine maidens and their handsome escorts under the hand-carried bamboo arc’s decorated by fragrant native flowers.

May is also the month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Christ. Filipinos turn each of the 31 days in May into a charming honor to the virginal virtues in Flores de Mayo, the flowers of May fiesta. Spiritual virtue searches to reach even the young. Every day in May, children, with cut flowers and baskets of petals in hand, march down the church center aisle. As the children march down the aisle they sprinkle the fragrant petals for Mama Mary. This custom is called alay sa Birhen. In Filipino, because it is an offering (alay) to the virgin (birhen), at the main altar, the youngsters sing hymns to Lady Immaculate, and leave their bouquet of flowers loose and dethroned.

Flore de Mayo History

Flores, from Spanish flores or "flowers," also known as Flores de Mayo (flowers of May), Flores de Maria (flowers of Mary) or alay (offering), may refer to the whole Flower Festival celebrated in the month of May in tribute to the Virgin Mary . The Santacruzan was a novena procession remembering St. Helena's mythical finding of the cross. St. Helena was the mother of Constantine the Great. According to legends, 300 years after the death of Christ, at the age of 75, she went to Calvary to conduct a search for the Cross. After some archeological diggings at the site of the Crucifixion, she unearthed three crosses. She tested each one by making a sick servant lie on all three. The cross where the servant recovered was identified as Christ's. St. Helena's feast day falls on August 8 but the anniversary of the finding of the Cross is on May 3rd, in the Philippines, this celebration took the form of the Mexican Santa Cruz de

Mayo.

As another legend puts it, Constantine the Great, facing a battle against the Mighty Roman Emperor, Maxentius in the year 312 A.D. turned hopeless to the new Christian God for help. Constantine cast his eyes heavenwards and saw in the night sky a glowing sign of the cross with the words "In hoc signia vincit", meaning "By this sign thou shalt conquer". He adopted the Cross as his battle insignia with the words and forthwith went to defeat the Roman Army and entered Rome a victory, pledging his faith in Christianity.

This Filipino tradition of “Santacruzan and Flores de Mayo”, introduced by the Spanish conquerors, is more than 100 years old and lives on even in Europe and America. Filipino Communities and Associations all over the world rejoice the Santacruzan with the same pageantry and glamour as the townsfolk in their homeland.

- Taken from http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_festivals/santacruzan.html.

MOST HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY—May 22, 2016 Save the Date – Class of 2016 Baptisms—2:00 p.m.—Church June 5th at 9:00 a.m.

Confirmation I—5:00 p.m.—Gym

Confirmation II—6:30—Gym Are you a member of the graduating Class of 2016? We want to honor you and give you a Second Collection blessing as you begin the next chapter in your life. At This Week: Bishop's Annual Appeal Sunday Mass on June 5th at 9:00 a.m. we will be celebrating all of our graduates in the Parish. We will Events for the Week May 23rd, 2016 have all of our graduates process in, we will do a graduation blessing and send off, and take pictures Mon 6:00 pm St. Vincent de Paul AE Room afterward. Please wear your graduation gown. Please 5/23 come if you are graduating 8th grade, High School, Tues 7:00 pm Spanish Meeting AE Room College, Graduate School etc. Please contact the Parish 5/24 office if you will be attending the mass as a

graduate. Thank you and God bless!!! Wed. 7:00 pm Family Choir Practice (10:30 am) SJC Chapel 5/25 Spanish Juvenile and Adult 7:00 pm AE Room Choir Practice

Thurs 7:00 pm Spanish Youth Group Soc. Hall Jubilee Year of Mercy 5/26 May 22, 2016 7:00 pm Knights of Columbus AE Room

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Fri 7:00 pm Spanish Children’s Choir Soc. Hall 5/27 The word mercy, Pope Francis declared in his announcement 7:30 pm Vietnamese Choir Practice AE Room of the Jubilee Y ear of Mercy, “reveals the very mystery of the Sat Pastoral Care Ministers Most Holy Trinity” (Misericordiae Vultus, 2). For mercy is how 9:00 am SJC Chapel 5/28 Retreat God comes to meet us; mercy is the fundamental law helping us recognize everyone as brothers and sisters; mercy is the bridge connecting God and humanity, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness. God’s self-revelation as a life-giving, love-sharing Trinity of Persons draws us closer to

Pastoral Care Ministers God in friendship and communion. Both Judaism and Islam

consider mercy one of God’s most important attributes. Israel Retreat and Meeting unceasingly proclaims God boundless in mercy. Islam addresses the Creator as “Merciful and Kind,” believing divine mercy When: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 limitless, its doors always open. May this Jubilee Y ear of Mercy, Time: 9:00 a.m. Pope Francis prays, open us to more fervent dialogue, deepen our Where: St. Joseph Center Chapel mutual understanding, eliminate all closed-minded disrespect,

and drive out every form of violence and discrimination.

Remember a loved one, celebrate a birthday, or anniversary with a gift of flowers Say It With for the Sanctuary. Donations are $50. per arrangement. $200. for the entire Sanctuary. Donors, those honored or remembered will be noted in the bulletin. Flowers

Yes, I would like to donate: (For example) ( ) $200 ( ) $150 ( ) $100 ( $50)

Jan 31st to Feb 7, 2015 For flower arrangements in memory or honor (please circle) of:

______In Memory of Date requested: ______Alternate Date: ______Annie Torres, Rose Lopez Donor Name: ______

and Pilar Delfino Phone #______Email:______Week of May 22nd, 2016 Lourdes Andtade Joyce Guaraglia Peter Purificacion Nestor Arana Mae Heasley Joel Rivera Sun. 5/22 7:30 am Parishioners Juanita Babauta Lisa Keertz Jorge Salloman 9:00 am Dee Landy † James Balliet Melblena Latorre Patricia Salloman David Bargas Sara Le Fargo Nenita Santos James Wong Puy & Carmen Chang † Paul Bartels Joseph Leo Lillian Saunders 10:30 am Landon Nguyen (L) Sheila Bickerton IrminaTorres Llamas Darryl Sheilds Ann Chermack Barbara Maloon Theresa Shexnayder Steve Rivera † Tom Chermack Clarisse Mascarenah Amy Smith 12:30 pm Aurelia Casillas Ramirez † Mariah Davenport Peggy Miller Raymond Torres Marigrace Echalas Anna Nguyen Anne Tran Mon. 5/23 7:00 am Mary Medina † Edward Fletcher Peter Luom Nguyen Mary Valladon 8:15 am Madeline La Salle † Ken Frakes Tim O’Connor Maria Jesus Vargas Brian G. Sappington Elina Olivera Velia Vargas Tues. 5/24 7:00 am Bernard Schorman † Mercedes Garcia Mao Pham Ilsa Webb 8:15 am Peter Phan Vinh † Rudy Griego Isabel Poyatos Connie Guaraglia Paul Prado Wed. 5/25 7:00 am Emily Hurstak (L) 8:15 am Rosa Maria Bargas 81st Birthday A name posted in dark print was added to the prayer list this week! Bargas/Olivera Family L & † Do you have a seriously ill family member or friend? If you Thurs 5/26 7:00 am Pedro Torio † have the person’s permission, you may request that their name 8:15 am John Pham † be printed in the bulletin for prayers. Names will be deleted after one month. Call the parish office at 351-5244 to leave the Fri. 5/27 7:00 am name of the family member who is in need of prayer. 8:15 am Elvira Mendoza † Sat. 5/28 8:15 am Nilaslo & Philip Bangloy ( T ) 4:30 pm Special Intention

Who Entered into Eternal Life Sun. 5/29 7:30 am Susanne Mullen † Jerry Otten † — May 16, 2016 Alfred Fernandez † 9:00 am Parishioners let Perpetual Light Shine Upon him 10:30 am John Baptist Chien † Ray Pereira † Alvino A. Fernandez † READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF May 23rd 12:30 pm Elsa Margarita León † L-Living †-Deceased A-Anniversary B-Birthday T-Thanksgiving Monday: 1 Peter 1:3-9; Psalm 111:1-2, 5-6, 9-10c; Mark 10:17-27 Tuesday: 1 Peter 1:10-16; Psalm 98:1-4; Mark 10:28-31 Please pray for Alex Bradley and his Wednesday: 1 Peter1:18-25; Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20; brother, Preston Ridgway, Mark 10:32-45 who are serving in the Middle East Thursday: 1 Peter 2:2-5, 9-12; Psalm 100:2-5; Mark 10:46-52 Friday: 1 Peter 4:7-13; Psalm 96:10-13; Mark 11:11-26 Saturday: Jude 17, 20b-25; Psalm 63:2-6; Pilgrimage to Poland!

Mark 11:27-33 September 30th to October 8th ($3,499.00) Sunday: Genesis 14:18-20; Psalm 110:1-4; 1 Corinthians11:23-26; Luke 9:11b-17 Join Fr. Thomas Czeck OFM Conv. and Catch the vision of the Saints of Mercy! St. Faustina, The Apostle of Mercy! St. Maximilian Kolbe seeking to evangelize the FINANCIAL CORNER world by transforming hearts through acts of Mercy and prayers. St. John Paul II who proclaimed the Feast of Our Weekly Goal $ 11,700.00 Divine Mercy for the Church and transformed Europe and Sunday Collection —May 15th, 2016 $ 10,093.00 the world by offering the freeing and compelling message Amount needed to reach our goal $ 1,607.00 of Christ! For information call or email Jay at: Our Lady of Fatima Collection $ 432.00 [email protected] or call 510-537-0806 Stewardship of May 15th of $504.65 went to St. Anthony Com for a sign-up and information night on Saturday Foundation (Dining Room) June 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the Stack Center. Meghan Jorgensen Mừng Lễ Chúa Ba Ngôi PHÚC ÂM: Ga 16, 12-15 Principal of St. Felicitas School Khi ấy, Chúa Giêsu phán cùng các môn đệ rằng: "Thầy còn nhiều điều phải nói với các con, nhưng bây giờ các con We had a beautiful May Crowning on Tuesday. không thể lĩnh hội được. Khi Thần Chân lý đến, Người sẽ The students did a great job praying our living rosary dạy các con biết tất cả sự thật, vì Người không tự mình mà and actively participating in our prayer service. The nói, nhưng Người nghe gì thì sẽ nói vậy, và Người sẽ bảo second graders and 8th graders looked wonderful and cho các con biết những việc tương lai. Người sẽ làm vinh really set the tone for the whole school. A big thank danh Thầy, vì Người sẽ lãnh nhận từ nơi Thầy mà loan you to Mrs. Stephano, Mrs. Jacala, and Mrs. Connell for truyền cho các con. Tất cả những gì Cha có đều là của all their hard work preparing our students and helping Thầy, vì thế Thầy đã nói: Người sẽ lãnh nhận từ nơi Thầy mà loan truyền cho các con". the school to honor Mary in such wonderful way! The students enjoyed serving the last Young at Mầu Nhiệm Thiên Chúa Ba Ngôi, là Mầu Nhiệm một uﮐHeart for the year. We had the 7th graders start preparing Thiên Chúa duy nhất trong Ba Ngôi vị, là M for next year by having some of them work under the Nhiệm được Đức Giêsu mạc khải cho ta. Cha là Đấng yêu guidance of our 8th grade leaders. The Kinders did a Con và hằng sinh ra con. Con là người được yêu và được great job performing. All of our students always enjoy Cha sai vào thế giới. Thánh Thần là Tình yêu, nối kết Cha singing for our Parishioners. Thank you to everyone và Con. Như vậy Thiên Chúa không là Ngôi vị đơn độc who runs the Young at Heart luncheons. The school is nhưng là Ba Ngôi hiệp thông chặt chẽ với nhau. Ba Ngôi honored every month to serve our beloved parishioners. chia sẻ với nhau mọi sự mình có “Mọi sự Cha có đều là We have a lot of end of the year festivities coming của Thầy”(Ga.16, 15)Ba Ngôi cùng nhau hành đng trong sự hòa hợp. Thánh Thần không tự mình mà nói nhưng up that we would be honored to have parishioners nhắc lại và giải thích Lời Chúa Giêsu. Cũng như Chúa attend. We will have our 8th grade Baccalaureate Mass Giêsu không tự mình mà nói, nhưng nói những gì mình on Friday June 3rd and our Graduation Ceremony will nghe được từ Cha. Thánh Thần tôn vinh Đức Giêsu/ Đức be on June 4th at 10:00am. We are also very excited this th Giêsu tôn vinh Cha. year to lead a whole Parish Graduation Mass on June 5 where we get to honor all our graduates from the whole Đặc điểm của Thiên Chúa Ba Ngôi là vừa có sự Parish, not just the 8th graders from the school. Please khác biệt vừa có sự hợp nhất. Thiên Chúa có ba Ngôi hoàn toàn riêng biệt nhau: Ngôi let the Parish office know if you have a graduate that Cha là Đấng tạo dựng vũ trụ, Ngôi Con là Đấng cứu chuộc you would like to participate! loài người và Ngôi Thánh Thần là Đấng thánh hóa loài You are always in my prayers! người. Ba Ngôi vị khác nhau nhưng hoàn toàn hợp nhất với nhau đến nỗi cả 3 chỉ là 1 Thiên Chúa.

- Điều đó có nghĩa là: Yêu thương thì phải chấp nhận Vacation Bible School và tôn trọng những khác biệt của nhau, cho dù khác biệt nhưng không được đối nghịch xung khắc với nhau, mà VBS 2016 is “farm-tastic!”

phải hòa hợp với nhau.

Nếu sống là sống với / sống cho/ sống nhờ thì ta có thể In Barnyard Roundup VBS, your children learn that gặp được mẫu mực sống tuyệt vời nơi Ba Ngôi Thiên Jesus gathers us together! They’ll look into the Bible, Chúa. Mỗi Ngôi đều không tìm mình, chỉ sống cho Ngôi God’s Holy Word, and explore five Bible accounts where khác và từ đó tạo ra khuông mặt riêng của mình Jesus graciously gathers us together to be with Him with Cầu Nguyện: Xin cho tình yêu của Ba Ngôi liên kết His abundant provision and saving protection, now and chúng con nên một, để đời sống gia đình và cộng đoàn forever. chúng con trở thành hình ảnh sống động của Thiên Chúa Registration is open for grades Kindergarten through th th th Ba Ngôi. Nhân danh Cha và Con và Thánh Thần. Amen 6 who will attend VBS from July 11 to July 15 from (Trích trong sách Manna Suy Niệm Lời Chúa) 9:00 until noon each day. Come along with us as we sing fun songs, do crazy crafts, eat yummy snacks, play Cười trong Chúa: Trong 1 Lớp Giáo Lý Vỡ Lòng, Sơ Giáo cắt nghĩa về Chúa Ba Ngôi cho các em. Bé Angela awesome games, and more. Plus, you’ll learn all about lém lỉnh giơ tay “ Con đố Sơ: 1+1= ?” Sơ Giáo trả lời Jesus our Savior and how He gathers us together! Can’t cách nhanh nhẹn “thì=2” “Dạ thưa Sơ = 3 mới đúng” wait to see you there! Sơ Giáo đỏ mặt hỏi: “Tại sao vậy?” Bé Angela trả lời “ To register, pick up registration form at the parish Ba yêu mẹ, sinh ra con.Như vậy không phải 1+1=3 sao. office of school office. If you have any questions please Sơ Giáo “ờ nhỉ!!! call 510 347-1282. La Santísima Trinidad VIAJE DE FE Estamos en un viaje largo y lleno de acontecimientos. Las lecturas de hoy para el Domingo de la Santísima Trinidad cubren sucintamente la profundidad y la amplitud de nuestros viajes humanos. Los comienzos de nuestro viaje se revelan en la lectura de Proverbios. El plan de Dios lleno de sabiduría divina nació antes de que la tierra existiera. En el Evangelio de hoy, Jesús habla de su propio viaje personal. Él ha venido del Padre y volverá al Padre. Sólo en ese momento el Paráclito –el Espíritu de la Verdad – nos llevará hacia adelante. Esto no disminuye la dificultad del viaje. El contexto mismo del Evangelio es la noche antes de la muerte de Jesús. Como san Pablo BOCA CERRADA les escribe a los romanos, “Nos gloriamos Existen dos instancias en que debes hasta de los sufrimientos, pues sabemos que el mantener la boca cerrada: cuando nadas y sufrimiento engendra la paciencia, la paciencia cuando estás enfadado. —Anónimo engendra la virtud sólida, la virtud sólida engendra la esperanza” (Romanos 5:3-4). En última instancia, nuestro viaje humano está modelado por la Santísima Trinidad –una familia de amor entre el Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu que todos somos llamados a emular. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

LECTURAS DE HOY Campaña Católica de la Communicación Primera lectura — Antes de que algo fuese Muchas gracias por su generosidad en la creado, la sabiduría de Dios estaba presente colecta de la semana pasada para la Campaña (Proverbios 8:22-31). Católica de la Comunicación. Gracias a Salmo — ¡Qué admirable, Señor, es tu poder! sus donativos, millones de fieles tendrán la (Salmo 8) oportunidad de profundizar su fe a través de Segunda lectura — El amor de Dios ha sido unos recursos diarios en la television, la radio, derramado en nuestro corazón mediante el los medios sociales, los podcasts y la prensa Espíritu Santo que hemos recibido escrita. Recuerden que la mitad de sus (Romanos 5:1-5). donaciones permanence en nuestra diócesis Evangelio — Todo lo que el Padre tiene es para financiar necesidades locales en el campo mío; el Espíritu de verdad tomará todo lo que de la comunicación. Para informarse más es mío y te lo concederá (Juan 1:12-15).

acerca de la importante labor que financia esta

Salmo responsorial: Leccionario II © 1976, Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Litúrgica de la Conferen- cia del Episcopado Mexicano. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados. colecta, por favor, visiten www.usccb.org/ccc CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR FIRST COMMUNICANTS ~ MAY 7, 2016

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