June 1 9 am Kristen Schmitt † June 2 9 am Juvenal Figueira † June 3 9 am Edward Schubring † June 4 9 am Paul Sbragia † & J.P. Sbragia-Zoricic † June 5 9 am Philip Curtis † 6 pm Mike Cooke †

Saturday, June 6 9 am John Paquette † 5 pm Carondelet High School

*Sunday, June 7 7 am Jacqueline Serena 8 am Giovanni Vitolino † 9:15 am CTK/SS Parishioners 10:45 am Orlando Villanueva † 12:15 pm Frial Family 6 pm Katherine Kupco †

May 31 9:30 am Lillian Pavlovich † *all weekend intentions prayed for at the Saturday 5 pm vigil mass

Mass streamed live Mon-Sat at 9 am Vigil Mass streamed every Saturday at 5 pm

New! Drive in Masses See schedule inside.

CTK UPCOMING MASS INTENTIONS SS UPCOMING MASS INTENTIONS

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Dear Friends, We have had our first car gatherings for Mass. It was really heartwarming to see so many of you attend mass from your cars and then move on to drive through communion in an orderly fashion. Safety and health are two important areas of our concern for everyone. I am aware that many of you are still not ready yet to participate in events such as this, and I applaud you for the care you are taking to protect yourself and your loved ones. We will be live streaming every Mass, and so if you have a device in your car, you can also view the altar from close quarters on Facebook (Christ the King Catholic Community of Pleasant Hill). I am grateful for our county medical professionals who are truly serving our community. With the guidelines in place, I have been able to minister to many during the past weeks. We have completed our adult sacraments of initiation (RCIA). Right now, we are able to do infant baptisms in front of the Church, with less than 10 folks present at the ceremony and others from cars parked close-by. Catholic funerals are taking place in the form of grave side services. I have anointed many of our parishioners who are sick in hospitals, senior care centers and homes practicing utmost safety protocols. I have been praying for people on zoom, face-time, etc. What I have not done and don’t intend to do is put ourselves and our parishioners in danger by gathering in large groups for Mass or other religious services "as usu-al" in a closed building. That would have been — and would continue to be, in this time of contagion — irresponsible and sinful. My hope is that we can all gather one day in our church to worship together as we did a few months ago. For now, we shall contin-ue our services outdoors for some time. Starting this Thursday (May 28), we shall start a public rosary at 5:40pm followed by a One Minute Prayer to end Covid –19, and then our Mass. On Thursday, June 4, we will celebrate the Novena to the Mother of Perpetual help at the end of Mass. We need all the blessings we can receive. In this prayer to Mary for protection from Covid-19, Pope Francis calls Mary “Health of the Sick”, adding that she kept her faith firm as she stood near the Cross as Jesus suffered. During these days, when our facilities have been under lockdown, we have accomplished a number of unfinished projects on our own. Most notable among them is the restriping of our large and small parking lots at CTK and the parking lot at St. Stephen. This was done by Mark Hall, our Custodian. Mark is a gifted worker, who can put his hands to almost anything. We are very fortunate to have him on our staff after Mike Maki retired this year. Our total expense on the restriping was below $1000.00. Another area that needs our immediate attention is the Trellis around the Parish Hall and Rooms A, B, C and D. After demolishing the pillar near Room A, we realized that they were rotten, and needed replacing. We will be taking care of this project in the days to come as it is a lia-bility when we open our facilities again. I will keep you posted on the project. At CTK and St. Stephen, we are not bemoaning what we are missing. NO! We are flexible, we are open, we are resourceful and creative. We let the Holy Spirit guide us as He led the early church through the storms of life. This weekend is the Feast of Pente-cost. Let us pray with the words of St. Augustine:

Breathe into me, Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Move in me, Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Attract my heart, Holy Spirit, that I may love only what is holy. Strengthen me, Holy Spirit, that I may defend all that is holy. Protect me, Holy Spirit, that I may always be holy. Fr. Paulson

Pentecost Sunday May 31, 2020

First Reading:

Acts 2:1-11

Pentecost was a Jew-ish feast that celebrat-ed the beginning of the harvest. It took place 50 days after the feast of Passover. Jewish pilgrims came to Jerusalem from all over the ancient world for the celebration. Today we hear how Pentecost became a Christian feast.

Second Reading:

1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13

Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians responds to a letter they wrote to him, asking how to deal with the diversity of gifts in the commu-nity and the rivalries and jealousies that in-evitably arose. In to-day’s passage, he uses a comparison that we will recognize imme-diately.

PARISH STAFF CONTACTS Fr. Paulson Mundanmani, 682-2486 paulson.ctk@gmail.com Sr. Dominic Bonnici OP, 246-1122 sisterdominic.marie@gmail.com Joe Silveira, Pr incipal 685-1109 jsilveira@ctkschool.org Deacon John, Dir. Faith Formation faithformation@ctkph.org 686-1017 Phyllis Gurnett, Music Director pgurnett6@aol.com Robin Morley, Office Mgr 682-2486 ctk.robin@gmail.com Helen Christian, Office 682-2486 hchristian326@gmail.com Kathy Ridgway, Office 682-2486 kridgway02@gmail.com Nelson Gonzales, Youth Minister ngonzales@ctkph.org 686-1017 CTK Office: office@ctkph.org

ADDITIONAL ST. STEPHEN CONTACTS

SS Office: saintstephenwc@gmail.com

Chris Lang, Bulletin Info. 274-1341 Joann Kurpinsky/Nancy Gizdich Bookkeeperssp@gmail.com Maria Calderazzo, Music Dir . 274-1341

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WEEKLYSCHEDULEOFMASSES Weekdays and Saturdays: 9 am Mass (Friday is a children’s mass) Live streamed from our chapel on facebook. 6 pm Drive-In Mass Weekends: Saturdays ~ 5 pm Vigil Drive-In Mass Sundays ~ Drive-In Masses at 9 am, 10:30 am and 6 pm Note: While communion will be available at all the Drive-In Masses, we will also offer Drive through Communion from 12pm-12:45pm on Sundays. If you miss the live streaming, you can access all videos on Christ

the King website at ctkph.org.

First Friday Mass, June 5

Join us for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, June 5 from 5.00pm to 5.45pm outdoors, followed by a proces-sion through the parking lot for people in cars to venerate. Mass will then begin at 6:00pm.

Do you have a newborn, an infant or a toddler to be baptized? We welcome you! At this time baptisms are being done - one family at a time - with no more than 10 people, . (keeping to our county guidelines). We will be holding baptisms outside.

Contact Sr. Dominic Marie at sisterdominic.marie@gmail.com to begin the process of baptismal preparation.

A huge thank you to all our parishioners who have con-tinued to support Christ the King and St. Stephen during this Covid-19 pandemic. We very much appreciate you. There are many ways to donate including text giving. Text giving is fast, easy and versatile. Give in the mo-ment - all in a matter of seconds. • Easy, secure card registration on your phone

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To give, text the dollar amount to

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You can also scan this QR code on your phone to connect with our donation site. Thank you for your continued generosity!

Prayer Works!

Do you have a need that requires Divine interven on? Let us add our prayers to yours. Send confiden al pray-er requests to: prayerline@ctkph.org

St. Stephen Parishioners:

St. Stephen had a successful parking lot Mass this past Sunday, star ng our celebra on with a May crown-ing. Our beau ful loca on made it ideal for all. Join us Sundays at 9:30 am.

You can now make your donations to St. Stephen directly online! Go to our website, saintste-phenparish.org and click “Online Giving” at the top of the page. This will bring you to our online giving site and you can direct your donations. If you have questions, please email Robin at ctk.robin@gmail.com.

Upcoming Second Collections: This weekend we have a second collection for our Saint Vincent De Paul Ministry. As you know, SVDP has continued through this pandemic and is serving many more families than usual, with proper protocols in place. Thank you for your continued generosity.

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The Italian Catholic Federa on will have their monthly mee ng on Tuesday evening, June 9 at 7:00 PM virtual-ly on Zoom. Regular members will receive a link to join the mee ng. If any parishioner is interested in finding out more about the Italian Catholic Federa on(ICF), you are welcome to join this mee ng. Please email us at icfpleasanthill@aol.com and we will send you the Zoom link to join our mee ng. Our CTK branch of the ICF is part of a na onal organiza on with this mission: " Through families and fellowship, the Italian Catholic Federa on promotes and supports the Catholic faith and its values, encourages apostolic and charitable works, and celebrates our Italian American heritage and all the heritages of our communi es."

Are you missing donuts after mass?

So are we! In an effort to support local small business-es, CTK’s Knights of Colum-bus are sponsoring Donut Sunday. We usually buy our

Sunday donuts from Donut King at 1607 Con-tra Costa Blvd., PH. With the quarantine, this small business is struggling. Knights of Co-lumbus is stepping up to purchase 30 dozen do-nuts which will be free to our parishioners. Just visit Donut King this Sunday, May 31. Tell them you are a CTK/SS parishioner and the first 360 parishioners will receive a free do-nut! Maybe you would like to purchase some donuts to take home. Either way, you will re-ceive a free donut! What ministry wants to be a sponsor next? Any questions or to find out more, contact Jay at scooners@comcast.net or 925-818-1915.

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