Our Lady Queen of the World Church 3155 Winterbrook Dr., Bay Point, CA 94565-3264 - Tel: (925) 458-4718 - Fax: (925) 458-3161 Email: [email protected] - Website: http://www.olqw.org -- http://facebook.com/olqwbaypoint

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

July 25, 2021

“This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” (John 6: 14)

Fr. Peter Dung Duc Ngo, Confessions Deacon Loc Nguyen Saturday 3:30pm to 4:30pm or by appointment Sister Elizabeth Diep Huynh, Bookkeeper Maria Faye Dolor, Secretary Baptisms Pre-Baptism classes for parents and godparents held every second Office Hours Tuesday of the month. Contact the parish office. Monday – Friday: 9:00am - 1:00 pm * Spanish Classes, contact Gladys Giron 925-334-9873. * Vietnamese baptisms, contact Fr. Peter Dung D. Ngo at the Masses parish office. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm (English Indoor) 7:00 pm (Spanish Indoor) Marriage Contact the parish office at least six months in advance. Sunday 9:00 am (English Outdoor) 12 noon (English Indoor) Rene Asuncion, Director of Rel. Ed. 4:00 pm (Vietnamese Indoor) Tel:(925) 458-4574-Website: olqwre.olqw.org Email:[email protected] Weekdays: Mon-Fri. 7:30am, Sat. 8:00am First Friday: 7:30 pm Religious Education • Devotions RCIA Adults seeking Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, or mem- Adoration & Benediction: Fridays 6:00pm- 7:30pm bership in the . Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Wednesdays after morning mass • St. Vincent de Paul Chaplet of the Divine Mercy: Mondays & Food pantry opens Mondays 9:30am -11am in the Parish hall Fridays after morning mass

GOSPEL READING STEWARDSHIP/FINANCE Jn 6:1-15 Sunday Plate May 30: $ St. Vincent de Paul: $

Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, Thank you for your contribution support because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus Monday,to sustain July 26the ministries & ongoing needs went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disci- 7:30 am Benof Ramonour parish. ples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near. When Jesus raised Tuesday, July 27 his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to 7:30 am All Souls Please make all checks payable to either Philip, “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” He said Wednesday,“OLQW ”July or Our 28 Lady Queen of the World for this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to 7:30both am first and secondFather collections. Dang Also please put do. Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages worth of your envelope number on the Memo line. Thursday, July 29 food would not be enough for each of them to have a little.” One 7:30 am Lydia Apostol Damian of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, Friday, July 30 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but 7:30 am Elmer Grajo what good are these for so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people Saturday, July 31 recline.” Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the 8:00 am Mai Dinh & Ngan Vu men reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the 5:00 pm Francisco Xavie Trong Van Tran loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were re- 7:00 pm (SP) Ivonne Martin del Campo clining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted. When they Sunday, August 1 had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments 8:00 am Guise Khang Nguyen left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” So they collected them, 10:00 am Lourdes Orbase Intentions and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five bar- 12 noon Constantino Villanueva ley loaves that had been more than they could eat. When the peo- 4:00 pm (VN) ple saw the sign he had done, they said, “This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone.

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS & CONTACTS PRAY FOR THE SICK

Filipino Association: Nerissa Riray, Bertha Baldauf, Jovita Domingo, Carol Wagner, Julian Martinez, Connie President ([email protected]) Trias, Virginia Cabaddu, Nena Davi, Danny Muly, Michelle McLaughlin, Hispanic Association Antonio Renteria, Miguel Ortiz, Regello, Mario Dolor, Adele Discipulo, Virgilio President ([email protected]) Constantino, Francisco Arias, Pacita Grabek, Rosalina Masangcay, Carmelo Contacto en Español: Gladys Giron 925-334-9873 Cecilio, Lynn Anderson, Helena Magante, Betty Tecson, victims of the Columbiettes Becky Trombley, Vice President Coronavirus, all those in the Parish who are sick and all those listed in the 925-285-4947 ([email protected]) Book of Intention. Knights of Columbus Manny Rosario

([email protected]) If you would like a name added to the prayer list, please call the rectory 458-4718.

Regina Mundi Guild Leah Abejuela,

925-300-7081 ([email protected])

St. Vincent de Paul Society: Esther Tilton,

President [email protected] STEWARDSHIP/FINANCE Legion of Mary: Danila Loquiao (925-864-1237) Sunday Plate July 18:$ 5,434.00 Vietnamese Association: Hiep Vu, President ([email protected]) Maintenance Fund: $ 1,761.00 2021 Insurance: Total: $ 18,589 Owe $ 10,000.00 2021 Assessment: Total: $ 55, 485 Owe $ 23,071.25

Thank you for your contribution support to sustain the ministries & ongoing needs of our parish.

Please make all checks payable to either “OLQW” or Our Lady Queen of the World for both first and second collections. Also please put your envelope number on the Memo line.

BLESSED Feast Day: July 25

Through most of Lectionary Cycle B, our Sunday readings are taken from the Gospel of Mark. Over the past two Sundays, we heard how Jesus sent his disciples to share in his mission. If we were to continue reading Mark's Gos- pel, we would next hear his report of how Jesus feeds the crowds in the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. Our Lectionary, however, leaves Mark’s Gospel for the next several weeks and instead presents this event from the Gospel of John. In John’s Gospel, Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves and the fishes is presented as a sign of his au- thority and divinity. Jesus interprets the meaning and signif- icance of this miracle as a sharing of his Body and Blood. Antonio studied with and was a friend of This chapter is sometimes called the “Bread of Life Dis- Francesco Antonio Fasani, who after Antonio course.” In many important ways, John’s Gospel uses the miracle of Lucci’s death, testified at the diocesan hearings re- the multiplication of the loaves and fishes to teach about the garding the holiness of Lucci. Eucharist. Like the Last Supper, this miracle is said to have occurred near the time of the Jewish feast of Passover. (In Born in Agnone in southern Italy, a city famous for John’s Gospel three Passovers are identified.) Jesus’ lan- manufacturing bells and copper crafts, he was given guage is similar to the language he used at the Last Supper the name Angelo at baptism. He attended the local as reported in the Synoptic . John’s description of school run by the Conventual and joined this event also anticipates the Messianic banquet of heaven, them at the age of 16. Antonio completed his studies as the crowd reclines and all hungers are satisfied with for the priesthood in , where he was ordained in abundance. This connection is further amplified by the re- 1705. Further studies led to a doctorate in theology sponse of the crowd, who wants to make Jesus a king. John and appointments as a teacher in Agnone, Ravello, is teaching us that each time we celebrate the Eucharist, we are anticipating the eternal banquet of heaven. and . He also served as guardian in Naples. Recall that John’s Gospel tells the story of the Last Supper Elected minister provincial in 1718, the following differently than the Synoptic Gospels. Instead of describing year he was appointed professor at St. the meal and Jesus’ actions with the bread and cup, John College in , a position he held until Bene- describes how Jesus washed his disciples’ feet. We hear this dict XIII chose Antonio as of Bovino in 1729. Gospel when we remember the Last Supper on Holy Thurs- The pope explained, “I have chosen as bishop of Bo- day. This recollection of Jesus’ action at the Last Supper vino an eminent theologian and a great saint.” complements the institution narrative of the Synoptic Gos- pels and Paul’s Letters that we hear repeated at each Mass. His 23 years as bishop were marked by visits to local In both stories about the Eucharist—the washing of the dis- parishes and a renewal of gospel living among the ciples’ feet and the multiplication of the loaves and the fish- people of his diocese. He dedicated his episcopal in- es—the Gospel of John teaches us that the Eucharist is an action. Our word Eucharist is taken from the Greek lan- come to works of education and charity. At the urg- guage and describes an action: “to give thanks.” In the Eu- ing of the Conventual minister general, Bishop Lucci charist we are fed by Jesus himself, and we are sent to serve wrote a major book about the and blesseds in others. the first 200 years of the Conventual Franciscans. John’s Gospel notes the detail that the bread blessed and shared with the crowd are barley loaves. This is the food of Antonio Lucci was beatified in 1989, three years after the poor. It reminds us that God feeds and nourishes us, ful- his friend Francesco Antonio Fasani was canonized. filling our physical needs as well as our spiritual ones. In His liturgical feast is celebrated on July 25. the Eucharist, we are sent to serve the poorest among us. The story of the multiplication of the loaves and the fishes https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/blessed-antonio-lucci recalls a particular aspect of the Mass. In this miracle, Jesus transforms a young boy’s offering of five barley loaves and two fish. In the offertory at Mass, we present the fruits of our labors, represented by bread and wine. These gifts, giv- en to us first by God as grain and fruit, are returned to God in our offering of thanksgiving. God in turn transforms our gifts, making this bread and wine the very Body and Blood of Jesus. We also offer ourselves in this exchange, and we, too, are transformed by the Eucharist.

PARISH EVENTS HISPANIC COMMUNITY CONFESSIONS:

Father Peter have resumed Se les informa que para obtener cualquier servicio Confessions on Saturdays from 3:30 pm in como bautismos, bodas, etc., tienen que ser miembros registrados de nuestra parroquia. No tenemos un sac- the Church. erdote Hispano asignado a nuestra comunidad y por eso es muy difícil brindar servicios a familias que no Indoor mass schedule: Saturdays at 5:00 pm in English son de nuestra parroquia. Por favor, registrense. Hay formas a la entrada de la iglesia o las pueden pedir en and 7:00 pm in Spanish; la oficina. Gracias. Sundays starting August 1st: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12 noon in English and 4:00 pm in Vietnamese. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

We will no longer have our outdoor mass FOOD DRIVE starting August 1st. Our Sunday 8:00 am We will maintain a donation barrel for non mass will be Livestreamed on our perishable foods in the church foyer; Facebook page. please be generous. Our groups of volun- teers are here every Monday, and they DEVOTION TO OUR LADY always need groceries to help the needy in our community. The demand has been much greater! August 13: Our Lady of LaVang September 13: Our Lady of Guadalupe October 13: Our Lady Queen of the World RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

ALL DEVOTIONS WILL START AT 7:00 PM AT THE REGISTRATION FOR CCD HALL FOR PROCESSION WITH ROSARY, SCHOOL YEAR 2021-2022 FOLLOWED BY MASS. LIVESTREAM IS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. Registration for the upcoming CCD school year is now open. 59TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR LADY QUEEN OF THE WORLD Please see Rene Asuncion at the CCD office for more information or call 925-458-4574. We will be celebrating our 59th Annual Anniversary festival on Sunday, August 22nd. Religious Education office hours: Mondays=10am-1:00 pm Anniversary Festival Donation Request: If you would like Thurs. =10 am-12 pm to donate water and soda for our annual Anniversary Festi- Friday =10 am - 1 pm val, please bring them to the rectory or hall. Thank you for Saturday 9:00 am- 12 pm your generosity. CCD 2021-2022 School Year will begin on Saturday, August 7th with a Family Mass at 9:30 am.

OFFERTORY ENVELOPES SOLAR SYSTEM

Please drop your Sunday Envelopes in the wooden box in front entrance of the Church or the rectory The Maintenance Fund 2nd collection will be for the mail box or mail it to the Church. You can also go Solar System. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Thank you. online at https://oakdiocese.org/parish-support . PRAYER FOR PRIESTS

O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests; for your unfaithful and tepid priests; for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for your tempted priests; for your lonely and desolate priests; for your dying priests; for the souls of your priests in purgatory.

But above all, I pray for the priests dearest to me; the priest who baptized me; the priests who absolved me from my sins; CATHOLICSCARE SUPPORT the priests at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me Your OPPORTUNITIES Body and Blood in Holy Communion; the priests who taught and instructed me; all the priests to whom I am indebted in During this time of uncertainty and anxiety, any other way. CatholicsCare provides opportunities for Caregivers to receive support and spiritual nourishment. O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart, and bless them To learn more and join the daily LIVE Zoom calls, abundantly on earth and in eternity. Amen! please visit https://oakdiocese.org/catholics-care. Pope Francis’ Prayer to Mary during Coronavirus Pandemic REMEMBERING THE FAITHFUL - FIRST SATURDAY MASS O Mary, you always shine on our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. Saturday, August 7, 2021, 11:00 AM We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who at the cross took part in Jesus' pain, keeping your Online remembrance Mass of those in our faith communi- faith firm. ty who have been laid to rest in Catholic Cemeteries over You, Salvation of the Roman People, the past month. Visit cfcsoakland.org for more infor- know what we need, and we are sure you will provide so that, as in Cana of Galilee, we may return to joy and to mation. feasting after this time of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who has taken upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows to lead us, through the cross, to the joy of the resurrection. Amen.

Under your protection, we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God. Do not disdain the entreaties of we who are in trial, but deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed .