Saint Joseph Parish www.sjcpinole.org March 17, 2013

ST. JOSEPH...

♥ Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary ♥ Foster-father of Jesus ♥ Patron of the universal Church ♥ Patron of a Happy Death ♥ Model of Righteousness ♥ Protector of Children ♥ Hope of the Sick ♥ Consolation of the Poor ♥ Rescuer of Sinners ♥ Solace of Mass Times the Afflicted Daily Mass : 7:30 am ♥ Model of Christian 9:00 am Workers First Friday: 7:30 pm ♥ Patron of Priests & Saturday: 8:00 am (Vigil) 5:00 pm Seminarians (en español) 7:00 pm ♥ Model of Single Men Sunday: 7:00 am and Married Men 8:30 am ♥ Guardian of Virgins 10:30 am ♥ Safeguard of Families 12:30 pm Feast Day Masses: (Youth) 5:30 pm 7:30 am, 9:00 am (with Archbishop Brunett) ...PRAY FOR US & 7:30 pm Reconciliation Saturday: 3:30 - 4:30 pm Fifth Sunday of Lent Priests & Deacon (Year C)

Pastor: First Reading — See, I am doing something new! (Isaiah 43:16-21) Fr. Paul Schmidt Psalm — The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. Parochial Vicars: (Psalm 126) Fr. Mark Amaral Fr. Eddie Castañas Second Reading — I have been taken possession of by Christ Jesus. Deacon: (Philippians 3:8-14) Dn. Les Miyashiro Gospel — Go, and from now on do not sin any more. (John 8:1-11)

Church: 837 Tennent Avenue, Pinole CA 94564 School:1961 Plum St., Pinole CA 94564 (510) 724-0242, Fax 724-9886 Office: 2100 Pear St. Pinole CA 94564 (510) 741-4900, Fax (510) 724-9185 Hours: Mon. - Thur. 9:00 am - 7:30 pm, Fri. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Reflections

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

On Tuesday this week we will celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph, the Patron of our Parish. Our Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Brunett, whose middle name is Joseph, will celebrate the 9:00 am Mass with our school student body and faculty. You

Fr. Paul Schmidt are encouraged to be there. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, whose middle name is also Joseph, was here for last year’s feast during his Pastoral Visitation. My middle

name is also Joseph; I am named after my grandfather, Joseph Kilzer, who was a fine

role model – a faithful husband, the father of twelve children, an honest business man,

and a loyal member of St. Mary’s Parish in Richardton, North Dakota.

The diocese of Oakland contains several parishes dedicated to St. Joseph.

Mission San Jose takes St. Joseph’s patronage back to the end of the 18th century. St.

Joseph’s in Alameda received special honors when it was named a Basilica by the Pope. St. Joseph the Worker in Berkeley honors the foster father of Jesus as a working man, who labored to support his family. Another parish named for St. Joseph, a Portuguese national parish in West Oakland, was absorbed into St. Andrew’s Parish, St. Joseph, and then further absorbed into the new parish of the Cathedral of Christ the Light. St. Joseph had an influence on the Second Vatican Council. During the early Our Patron, sessions of the Council, the bishops were discussing the reform of the liturgy. Many favored change; a minority saw little or no need for change. The proceedings were and of the being paralyzed by what we Americans might call filibustering on the part of the minority. Pope John XXIII, who was keeping track of the situation, and whose name Universal was Giuseppi before he became Pope, noticed that things were bogging down. He announced that he was adding the name of St. Joseph to the list of saints in the Roman Church. Canon (what we now call the First Eucharistic Prayer -- the only Eucharistic Prayer we had in the Latin Rite). This simple gesture sent a signal to the bishops at the Council. If the most sacred part of the Mass, the Canon, could be changed, it was OK to change things! The bishops proceeded to complete the Constitution on the Liturgy. Pope John’s intervention helped to set the tone for the entire Council. In the document on the Church, this liturgical insertion is cited, in the section on the Communion of Saints. “Celebrating the Eucharistic sacrifice, therefore, we are most closely united to the worshiping Church in heaven, as we join with and venerate the memory first of all of the glorious ever-Virgin Mary, of Blessed Joseph and the blessed apostles and martyrs and of all the saints.” St. Joseph is the Patron of the Universal Church. We pray that he is watching over the Church now as our new Pope Francis has been chosen, who may be installed on St. Joseph’s Day. May St. Joseph continue to watch over our parish, as we welcome among us Archbishop Alexander Joseph Brunett. And Viva il Papa Francesco!

Your Pastor, Father Paul Schmidt Our Week at St. Joseph’s

Mass Intentions Parish Calendar Saturday, March 16 Sunday, March 17 5:00 pm John Schwartz † 7:00 am YLI Bake Sale - PH 8:00 am 7:00 AM Choir Practice - PC 7:00 pm Leonor Zeledon † 9:30 am RCIA - SC Sunday, March 17 10:30 am Children’s Liturgy of the Word - PH 7:00 am Laverne Nielsen † 3:00 pm Youth Mass Choir Practice - CH 8:30 am Anita Edralin † Monday, March 18 10:30 am Peter & Mary Burkhard (Wed. Anniv.) 11:00 am Seniors Mass - CH 12:30 pm Parishioners of St. Joseph 7:00 pm Lenten Reconciliation Services - CH

5:30 pm Isiah Kendrick Ng † 7:00 pm Youth Ministry - Reconciliation in CH Monday, March 18 7:30 pm Asociación Guadalupana Rosario - PC 7:30 am John Patrick Deguzman (Birthday) I bind myself to God’s Tuesday, March 19 9:00 am 10th Mountain Division Troops 6:30 pm Faith Formation - SC power to guide me, Tuesday, March 19 7:30 pm St. Joseph Feast Day Mass - CH God’s might to uphold 7:30 pm St. Vincent de Paul Meeting - PC 7:30 am Leopoldo Oceguera † me, God’s wisdom to 9:00 am Fadi Zikoor † 7:30 pm Cursillo Men’s Group Reunion - PC teach me, God’s Eye to 7:30 pm Parishioners of St. Joseph Wednesday, March 20 Wednesday, March 20 9:30 am Our Mother of Perpetual Help - CH watch over me, God’s 7:30 am Francisca Sevilla † 10:45 am New Covenant Prayer Group - PC Ear to hear me, God’s 4:45 pm Faith Formation - SC 9:00 am Lola Soria † 6:30 pm Faith Formation - SC way to lie before me, Thursday, March 21 6:30 pm Middle School Ministry - SC God’s shield to shelter 7:30 am Ronaldo Abueg † 6:30 pm Oktoberfest Core Team - PC 9:00 am Ramon Tubis † 7:00 pm Boy Scout Troop 81 - PH me, God’s host to secure Friday, March 22 7:30 pm Asoc. Guadalupana Prayer Group - PC me...Against the snares 7:30 am Deogracias Tubis † Thursday, March 21 of demons, against the 9:00 am Mr. & Mrs. Liviu Tomutsa (Wed. Anniv.) 10:30 am Bible Study (Hebrews) - PH 11:00 am San Lorenzo Ruiz Meeting - PC seductions of vices, Saturday, March 23 8:00 am Delfin & Vicenta Escano † 7:00 pm Knights of Columbus Assembly - PC against the lusts of 5:00 pm Tony Steffinich (Thanksgiving) 7:00 pm YLI General Meeting - PH 7:00 pm Choir Directors - CH nature, against 7:00 pm Nimmy Parecadan (Special Intention) 7:30 pm Bible Study (Hebrews) - PC everyone who meditates Sunday, March 24 7:30 pm Family Choir Practice - PC injury to me, whether 7:00 am Jose Palisoc, Jr. MD † Friday, March 22 8:30 am Marvin & Cynthia Velante (Wed. Anniv.) far or near, 9:45 am Friday AM Adoration - CH 10:30 am Parishioners of St. Joseph 5:30 pm Girl Scout Troop #30712 - PC few or many. 12:30 pm Pedro De Leon † 7:00 pm 8:30 & 10:30 AM Choirs Practice - PH 5:30 pm Ereanne Mikyla Campo † 7:00 pm Spanish Choir Practice - PC 7:00 pm Girl Scout Troop #30091 - PC Please Pray for Our Sick Relatives & Friends 7:30 pm Stations of the Cross (English) - CH Crisostomo & Virginia Alday, Julie Ann Alday, Elaine Baxter, Mike Becker, 7:30 pm Stations of the Cross (Spanish) - PC Ma. Socorro Berdal, Bernabe R. Bernardo, Felisa R. Bernardo, Mariano Berona, 7:30 pm Brothers in Christ “3 Paths to Holiness” - PC Michael Betschart, Jaime Camino Sr., Karen Cartwright, David Castrillo, Saturday, March 23 Juanita Castrillo, Karl Castrillo, Lisa Catoner, Valerie Chaves, Sharon Chilson, Gilbert Chua, Colleen Cronin, Tom Cutino, Remedios de Leon, Tina Ditta, 8:00 am “Pabasa” Filipino Lenten Tradition - PH Arnaud Duhart, Mary Louise Duhart, Hector & Leonila Duque, Hilario Duque, 4:00 pm 5 PM Choir Practice - PC Sr. Mary Felicity OCD, Anita Ferrer, Rita Figueira, Teresita Gallardo, 8:30 pm Asociación Guadalupana Hospitality - PH Ernie Garlit, Rose Marie Goke, Edwina Grunseth, Maja Guerrero, Joe Gutierrez, Sunday, March 24 Lilia Hurtado, Bill & Pamela Jones, Maureen Kellond, Kelli Kierstead, 8:00 am 7:00 AM Choir Practice - PC Carmen Kruger, Joan Kunze, Helen La Fountain, John Lauderdale, 9:30 am RCIA - SC Shamisa Lauderdale, Leslie Lawless, Jessica Lawless, Christopher Longmire, 10:30 am 12:30 PM Choir Practice - PC Fidel Lucero, Ed Lujan, Bob Madigan, Imelda F. Magat, Scott Manning, 10:30 am Children’s Liturgy of the Word - PH Anela Malani Medalle, George McKillop, Emily Murella, Olive Myers, 2:00 pm Flores de Mayo “Salubong” Practice - CH Jasmine Naraja, James Nation, Mark Nelson, Francois Njike, Angelica Nodia, 3:00 pm Confirmation - SC Enriqueta Nool, Molina Nuguid, Lisa Paine, Elet Pagmanua, Hermie Palpallatoc, 3:00 pm Youth Mass Choir Practice - CH Christian G. Pascual, Lourdes Pasko, Letecia F. Poblete, Dominic Prado, Gloria M. Purificacion, Felix G. Rivera Sr., Erlinda Galvez Rubino, Rosalba Ruiz Sr., Fr. Emil Santos, Msgr. Harry Schlitt, Corinne Schultz, Dimitra Siderakis, The Music and Environment During Lent Proserfina Simon, Jomelo Singson, Laurie Sipos, Sophia Somoza, Juan Spampinato, The austere environment of the church during Ray Spellacy, Lucy Suarez, Eller Sunga, Hortense Swing, Peter & May Tam, Lent - no flowers, bare branches, fewer banners, Fe A. Tamparong, Joaquina P. Tapayan, Jeffrey Tayag, Jesus Tayag, Ben Throolin, Archie Toledo, Flor Tolentino, Connie Torretta, Keytoen Townsend, etc., is a centuries old liturgical practice preparing Abraham & Luzviminda Trinidad, Rev. Eugene Tungol, Buenaventura Ugarte, us for the “Alleluias” of Easter. The music Consuelo B. Umali, Alma N. Valeros, Mary Vanderzwan, Julita Varquez, conforms to this rubric of the Roman Missal. Christie Vincent, Vincetta Ward, Julie Wee, Pam White, Sor Yang, Benjamin Yuson, Myrna Zapata, Brittany Ziegler & Barbara Zybach. Religious/Youth Formation FAITH FORMATION YOUTH, GRADES 7 TO 12 As we are in the Season of Lent, this week we will work EASTER CHILDREN’S MASS & EGG HUNT: on the “Stations of the Cross” in the School. The Emmaus Peer Ministry group would like to invite high school students to help out on Easter Sunday, March 31st. Tasks are: setting up chairs in the gym, filling eggs CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD and helium balloons, ushering for the 11:00 am We meet every Sunday at the 10:30 am Mass. We look Children’s Mass, helping with the egg hunts and putting forward to having your children join us. away chairs after Mass. We meet in the Art Room at 9:30 am; donuts and juice are provided. Our day ends around 1:00 pm. If you would like to help out, please contact Daily Readings Teena Posas at the Youth Ministry office 741-4900 ext. March 18-24 210 by March 28. Cycle II Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; CONFIRMATION CLASS: Candidates—please Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:12-20 complete the readings and tasks required for each class Tuesday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; as listed on your schedule. Questions, please contact your Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a teachers. Here is part of the current schedule: Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; • Tues. 3/19, Wed. 3/20—Program Project visits to Jn 8:31-42 First Communion classes Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 • Monday, March 18—Reconciliation in the Church, Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 7:00 pm. **This date has been changed from what is Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 on the original schedule. Sunday: Lk 19:28-40 (procession); • Sunday, March 24—Class 3-5 pm & youth Mass. Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; All stewardship project reflections and Confirmation Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14 - 23:56 [23:1-49] name reflections must be turned in today.

YOUTH MINISTRY: Questions or if you are going to be SAINT JOSEPH absent, please contact Teena Posas at 741-4900 ext. 210. March 19 We are sending home flyers about the March classes. Here is part of the schedule: Joseph, someone once joked, was • Monday, March 18—Reconciliation in the Church, indeed the perfect husband: the 7:00 pm. only major character in Jesus’ • Monday, March 25 and April 1—no class story who never utters a word! But • Monday, April 8—class 6:30-8:30 pm the Gospel recounts and the liturgy • Sunday, April 14—mandatory 2nd Sunday youth celebrates his silent witness of Mass, 5:30 pm faith-filled deeds: “With a SAC PREP YM CLASS: Sac Prep YM students must husband’s love he cherished Mary, also attend the youth ministry class they are originally the Virgin Mother of God; with enrolled in. Here is part of the current schedule: fatherly care he watched over Jesus”. Catholic devotion, • Monday, April 8—class at 7:00 pm therefore, hails him as patron-protector of the universal • Sunday, April 14—mandatory 2nd Sunday youth Church. Some cultures set a festive “Saint Joseph’s Mass, 5:30 pm Table,” welcoming the poor and strangers to feast with family and friends. Tradition keeps today as the MIDDLE SCHOOL MINISTRY: Questions or if you anniversary of his death, which we presume was peaceful, are going to be absent, please contact Teena Posas at 741 with Jesus and Mary present. Thus, Catholics invoke -4900 ext. 210. Here is part of the current schedule: Joseph as “patron of a happy death.” Descended from • Wednesday, March 20—class at 6:30 pm David’s house, which God finished “building” through • Wednesday, March 27—class at 6:30 pm Joseph’s provision of a home for Mary and Jesus, he was, fittingly, a carpenter by trade; thus, patron of workers. ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL, PINOLE Spring, nature’s rebirth, begins between his feast and APPLICATIONS FOR 2013-2014 Annunciation (March 25), appropriately, since Joseph’s Applications are now being accepted, you may pick up an silent obedience and Mary’s “Let it be done to me application from the school or parish office, church, or at according to your word” (Luke 1:38) usher in humanity’s www.stjosephschool.com. Please pass this information on spiritual rebirth. —Peter Scagnelli, © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co. to folks who hope to enroll their child/children next year. We will continue to test until the openings are filled. Ministry Programs and Events

ST. JOSEPH SENIORS PARISH LENTEN CALENDAR HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY Feast of St. Joseph “Cead mile Failte!” (100,000 Welcomes!) Tuesday, March 19 Masses: 7:30, 9:00 am & 7:30 pm in the Church We are meeting this Monday, March 18th. We have our Mass at 11:00 am, in the Church. Immediately Archbishop Alexander Joseph Brunett following, those who purchased tickets will go to the is coming to celebrate with us at the Pinole Senior Center for a plentiful & delicious St. 9:00 am Mass. Patrick’s Day Lunch. Lenten Reconciliation Services ERIN GO BRAGH! (IRELAND FOREVER!) Parish Communal Reconciliation Service: Monday, March 18, 7:00 pm in the Church YLI FUNDRAISING EVENTS Individual Confessions: BAKE SALE TODAY! Saturdays: 3:30 - 4:30 pm (except Holy Saturday) The ladies of YLI will be baking many scrumptious Wednesday, March 27, 7:00 - 8:00 pm desserts for our Bake Sale this Sunday, March 17 after all Other Parishes: morning Masses. Please visit the Parish Hall to select Monday, March 25, 7:30 pm at St. Patrick, Rodeo your favorite baked goods. Proceeds go to YLI Tuesday, March 26, 7:30 pm at St. Callistus, El Sobrante scholarship fund & various charities. Stations of the Cross with Benediction PABASA Friday, March 22, 7:30 pm in the Church Our Lady of Fatima Group presents a Filipino Lenten tradition of chanting the poetic prayer story of Jesus Christ’s life, passion, death and resurrection. Please join HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE us in this solemn Holy Week practice in our own parish. Palm Sunday, March 24 (Regular Mass Times) When: Saturday, March 23 Palms will be blessed and distributed at all Masses. Time: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Procession from Parish Hall porch Where: St. Joseph’s Parish Hall prior to 12:30 pm Mass Info: Bambi de Dios 724-1427, Zeny Watiwat 724-2790. Paschal Triduum Holy Thursday, March 28 ATTENTION ALL EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Tenebrae Morning Prayer: 8:00 am Mass: 9:00 am The special sign-ups for Holy Week are posted in the Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7:30 pm (Bilingual) vestibule. All Eucharistic Ministers are invited to Adoration until Midnight participate in the procession of the Blessed Sacrament to Good Friday, March 29 the Altar of Repose on Thursday, March 28 at the 7:30 Tenebrae Morning Prayer: 8:00 am pm Holy Thursday Mass. Reserved seating will be Ecumenical Cross Walk: 12 noon available for those of you who wish to participate. If you Stations of the Cross: 2:00 pm are able to participate, please call Carol Lujan at (510) Good Friday Liturgical Service: 3:00 pm, and 222-2752 and leave a message. 7:30 pm (English - Church) 7:00 pm (Spanish - School Gym) ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL IS 50! Holy Saturday, March 30 St. Joseph School is gearing up to celebrate 50 years of a Tenebrae Morning Prayer: 8:00 am faith-filled tradition of academic excellence! We would Easter Vigil: 8:00 pm love to get copies of pictures from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. If you are able to scan your classic pictures and save them Easter Sunday, March 31 in a jpeg format, please send the to Kathy Brunstein (class Mass/Church: 7:00, 8:30, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, and of 1972) at [email protected]. If you would like Kathy 5:30 pm (English) to scan your photos, you may drop off your labeled and Mass/School Gym: 8:30 am (Spanish), and addressed pictures at the school office, 1961 Plum St, 11:00 am (Children’s Mass - English) Pinole. Your pictures will be mailed back to you! Children’s Mass with “Salubong”, followed by Easter Egg Hunt. LOST & FOUND: A Marysville High School ring in the church area. To claim, call the Parish Center at 741-4900. Faithful Stewardship In today’s second reading, St. Paul says, SAN LORENZO THANKS YOU! San Lorenzo Ruiz Society extends a heartfelt thanks to “For his sake I have forfeited everything; everyone who took time to join us in a meaningful Lenten I have accounted all else rubbish so that Recollection through our multi-cultural parish. Christ may be my wealth.” A very special thank you to Monsignor Fred Bitanga, for sharing his faith and wisdom to the attendees. We are Does my stewardship suggest that blessed to have you in our parish. You are truly a treasure I could say the same? of the Church. Thank you to our very own, Fr. Eddie Castanas, for spearheading the event. Thank you to Fr. Sunday, March 10 Paul, Fr. Mark, parish staff and members of San Lorenzo Plate/Mailed-in: $11,470.10 Ruiz Society; and most importantly, those who worked EFT: $ 830.00 tirelessly and silently behind the scenes, in the Total: $12,300.10 preparations, during the recollection and in the clean-up, Bishop’s Overseas (CRS): $ 9,363.50 we thank you and appreciate you all from the bottom of our hearts. A glorious lent to all of you! Thank you for your generous contributions. EASTER FLOWERS INTERFAITH CONCERT, PALM SUNDAY Easter is almost here! Remember your loved ones, living or deceased with flower offerings to adorn our “LAMB OF GOD” sanctuary for the Easter season. Place your donation of $10/ Sunday, March 24, 7:30 pm offering in an envelope with the name(s) being honored, and Cathedral of Christ the Light, 2121 Harrison, drop it in the collection basket or take it to the parish center. Oakland Names will be acknowledged in the bulletin after Easter. 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