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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, Pastor 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 Catholic Church. 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 ourRamon 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.Joseph 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, Michael 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 David 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 ANTONIO LUCCI Feast Day: July 25 Through most of Lectionary Cycle B, our Sunday Gospel 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- Saint 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 Gospels. John’s description of school run by the Conventual Franciscans 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 Assisi, 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 Naples. 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. Bonaventure the meal and Jesus’ actions with the bread and cup, John College in Rome, a position he held until Pope Bene- describes how Jesus washed his disciples’ feet. We hear this dict XIII chose Antonio as bishop 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 saints and blesseds in others.