Church of the Transfiguration 4000 E. Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley, CA 94552-4908

(510) 538-7941 Fax (510) 538-7983 E-mail: transfig_office@sbcglobal.net Website: www.transfigchurch.com February 14, 2016

Rev. Mario L. Borges, Pastor ● Rev. Terence O’Malley, Parochial Administrator Deacon Martin J. Leach ● Deacon John A. Mignano ● Deacon Timothy L. Moore ● Deacon Burton J. Rigley

LITURGICAL MINISTRY: Liturgy Coordinator, Sean Cooper Eucharistic Ministers, Stephen and Carina Kowalewski Lectors, Barbara Mehan Altar Servers, Clarence Decano Youth Liturgy, Michelle Gilman

FINANCE COUNCIL: Chairman, Mark Zaleski

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS: Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), 60 Plus or Minus Club

SAINT VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY: (510) 274-0830 Serving our community.

SICK & HOMEBOUND MINISTRY: Claudia Paquette, (510) 537-8986

STEWARDSHIP: Chairperson, Ed Coelho, (510) 881-5705 WINGS “Women in God’s Spirit”: Bobbie Blackard,510-581-4149 HALL MANAGER: Pat Ballinger, (510) 537-1502

HALL RENTAL MANAGER: Ann McAusland, 510-239-7941

YOUTH MINISTRY: Sean Cooper, (510) 581-5870 or Transfig_Youth@sbcglobal.net PARISH OFFICE: Phone: (510) 538-7941 Fax: (510) 538-7983 Hours: 8:00 a.m. — 4:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday (Closed between 12:00 & 1:00 p.m.) Friday, 9:00a.m. — 12:00 Noon - Saturday & Sunday—Closed Secretary, Gloria Meeker Secretary/Bookkeeper, Phyllis Moore

SCHEDULE OF MASSES Saturdays 4:00 p.m. Sundays 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. (Except First Fridays - 9:30 a.m.) Communion Service - Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3:00-3:45 p.m. BAPTISMS: Pre-baptismal class is required. Class is held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Marian Room, Parish Hall. Please call the Parish Office, 538-7941, to register. MATRIMONY: Six months advance notice required. Please call the parish office. WEDDING COORDINATOR: Mel Speed (510) 909-9334 or melspeed@live.com FUNERALS: Please contact the funeral home of your choice and then the parish office. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Director, Patrice Ballinger (510) 537-1502 or TransfigCCD@aol.com RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Director, Martin Mijalski. Please call the parish office. MUSIC MINISTRY: Director, Alexander Katsman (510) 538-7941, Ext. 302 or Transfig_Music@sbcglobal.net

Mission Statement: “Transfiguring Our Community Through Faith”

First Sunday of Lent February 14, 2016

The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.

— Romans 10:8

Mass Intentions (February 13-20, 2016) Sat. 4:00p.m. Alice Sullivan Sun. 7:30a.m. For the People 9:00a.m. Donna Perata 11:00a.m. Al Iannarelli Mon. 8:00a.m. Special Intention for Jose & Esperanca Silva & Family Tues. 8:00a.m. Isidoro Constantino Wed. 8:00a.m. Jay & Marie Morisset Thurs. 8:00a.m. Joel Sousa Fri. 8:00a.m. Manuel & Mary Carvalo Sat. 4:00p.m. Anselma Namocatcat

Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of: February 6th & 7th—$9,574.90 (compared to $12,000 average weekly stewardship goal) Thank you for continuing in your stewardship role of providing for the upkeep of our parish community.

Remember Transfiguration in your Will and Living Trust

Baptism Class

The next Baptism class will be Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Please call the Parish Office to register.

Coffee and Donuts Gary & Melody Klever will be hosting coffee and donuts this Sunday after the 9:00a.m. Mass. Stop by and enjoy the fellowship.

Liturgy Meeting Thursday, February 18, 2016, 7:00p.m.

St. Peter Room, Parish Hall—All are welcome.

Enchantment Under the Sea

CRAB FEED Dinner Dance

Featuring Yummy OREGON Crab

and Buon Tempo Pasta!

Saturday, February 20, 2016 Please join us for Our Annual Crab Feed!

Have a Fabulous Time, while suppor ng Your Parish! Menu includes Sourdough Rolls and Bu er; Green Salad with House-Made Dressing; Buon Tempo Homemade meat sauce pasta; All-You-Can-Eat (on the premises) Oregon-caught Dungeness CRAB; Ice Cream and Coffee. There will be Raffle Prizes galore

and a Full no-host Bar. Prefer to bring your own wine? The corkage fee is a mere $12, please pay at the door as you enter. DJ Mel Speed will rev-up this party and keep you up and dancing through the night!

Tickets are only $45 and will be on sale a er every Sat/Sun Mass, Feb. 13/14. You say you can’t a end … Well, you can s ll par cipate by buying a 50/50 cket for only $5. Or, you can buy one 50/50 cket every week so that you do not get serialized cket numbers. 50/50 ckets sold with Crab Feed Tickets in the ves bule of the church. And….a Request for your assistance... The crab Feed commi ee is reques ng dona ons in cash or kind for the raffle prizes. Were you gi ed a Christmas present that you don’t want? Do you have an unused item? We are happy to take them and put them to use. All dona ons to-wards the raffle prizes are tax deduc ble. Thank you for your kind support of this Important Event!

Transfiguration Catholic Church

Congratulations to the parents of Gianni Michael Dela Cruz who was baptized here last Sunday.

Volunteers Needed We are in need of two volunteers who are willing to take over the job of putting the children’s names on our Bap-tism Banner. Please call the Parish Office if you can help, (510) 538-7941.

Please Note The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, Feb. 15 in observance of the Presidents’ Day holiday.

Building Fund Collection There will be a collection next weekend for the parish Building Fund. These funds will be used to help with the maintenance costs of the parish.

During Lent: Mass will begin without the usual procession into the church. We ask the community to be quiet and meditate in silence five minutes before Mass. We will have Stations of the Cross, followed by Benediction every Friday night, 7:30p.m. Children of the parish are asked to share their pennies with the Poor of the World. A glass jar in the sanctuary labeled “Pennies for the Poor” is for the children to use during Lent. They can come up during the collection and place their money in the jar.

We invite all women to join us for: WINGS (“Women in God’s Spirit”)

Wings is a faith enhancement group that encourages Spiritual growth through prayer, scripture study,

Catechesis, life sharing and community. Transfiguration Church, Marian Rm. Parish Hall

Thursday, February 18, 2016, 9:15-11:15a.m. Speaker: Fr. Tom Bonacci

Topic: A Mother’s Love—A Father’s Care Mercy in the Gospel of Luke

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Deuteronomy 26:4-10 — Psalm 91

Second Reading: Romans 10:8-13 Gospel: Luke 4:1-13

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Mt 7:7-12 Friday: Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8; Mt 5:20-26 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Mt 5:43-48 Sunday: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18; Ps 27:1, 7-9, 13-14; Phil 3:17 — 4:1 [3:20 — 4:1]; Lk 9:28b-36 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: First Sunday of Lent; Valentine’s Day; World Marriage Day Monday: Presidents’ Day Wednesday: The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Friday: Abstinence

Adult Bible Study Monday evening, February 15, 2016 in the Marian Room, Parish Hall, 7:00-8:30p.m. No sign-up required, just drop in. Free will offering.

St. Vincent de Paul Meeting Sunday, February 21, 2016—10:00a.m.

Parish Hall—All are welcome.

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St. Patrick's Day Dinner

Saturday, March 19, 2016 Mt. Tabor Hall

Save the Date, tickets go on sale February 27 & 28!

Live Irish Music provided by “Charmas”...want to get a sneak peek?

go to www.charmasband.com A BIG thank you to all who attended our first meeting… We’re going to have a great event! Still interested in helping out? We have plenty of volunteer opportunities. Please see the sign-up in the ves-tibule or contact Andrea Sullivan at (510) 919-0437 or amsullivan1@hotmail.com.

No Monday class this week… it is Presidents’ day!

Middle School Classes this Wednesday as usual.

Confirmation

We are OFF on Retreat this weekend! Please keep our Candidates and Team in your prayers.

Reception Committee Meeting: This coming Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the Marian Room.

This Thursday’s Class is a C/P/S night with guest speaker, Mary Hicken. We look forward to seeing all of our candidates, parents and sponsors in the CHURCH for this evening.

Crab Feed: Our hall looks Amazing thanks to the talents of Mrs. Shirley Stone and 6 of our wonderful Confirma-tion Candidates …. Stop on in for a glimpse of “Under the Sea”. Next Saturday … we will all meet for 4:00 Mass to serve … wear your “Swimming Against the Tide” shirt … hey, how appropriate for this year’s Crab theme!

Altar Servers Wanted!!! Want to be an Altar Server or know someone who is in-terested? We are now recruiting new Altar Servers for our Transfiguration Church Parish! Children who are 10 yrs. and older and who have received first Holy Com-munion are eligible. Parents who would like their chil-dren to serve at the altar may contact Clarence Decano, (415) 937-4509.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today Lent begins. Ash Wednesday initiates the forty days of the Lenten fast, but since Sundays are not tallied in the days of fasting, today is the solemn opening of the forty days of Lent. The Church has work to do today, principally the calling forward of those chosen (the proper word is elected) for the Easter sacraments. Some of those who have been catechumens may now make a transition to a new way of life as the “elect.” For them, this Lent will be a time of “purification” and “enlightenment.” For us who accompany them, it is a time of helping them discern God’s call and prepare for new life. This year, while the readings from the third year of the Lectionary cycle are usually read, they are set aside on certain Sundays for the benefit of the elect. We turn then to the read-ings from Year A, and we give those who journey to the font of baptism three extraordinary companions. In the Gospels for those days, we meet the woman of Samaria and the man born blind, and we come to the tomb of Lazarus three days after his death. Many bishops celebrate the Rite of Election on or near today, affirming God’s choice for these new faithful, and also offering them the solidarity of many companions. In 2013, over 38,000 adults entered the baptismal waters in the United States, a remarkable testimony to the vigor of our tradition of receiving and nurturing adult faith. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

LETTER FROM POPE FRANCIS THE “JOY OF THE GOSPEL” CONTINUED...

The Church’s Missionary Transformation—#120 We are all missionary disciples In virtue of their baptism, all the members of the People of God have become missionary disciples (cf. Mt 28:19). All the bap-tized, whatever their position in the Church or their level of instruction in the faith, are agents of evangelization, and it would be insufficient to envisage a plan of evangelization to be carried out by professionals while the rest of the faithful would simply be passive recipients. The new evangelization calls for personal involvement on the part of each of the baptized. Every Christian is challenged, here and now, to be actively engaged in evangelization; indeed, anyone who has truly experienced God’s saving love does not need much time or lengthy training to go out and proclaim that love. Every Christian is a mission-ary to the extent that he or she has encountered the love of God in Christ Jesus: we no longer say that we are “disciples” and “missionaries”, but rather that we are always “missionary disci-ples”. If we are not convinced, let us look at those first disci-ples, who, immediately after encountering the gaze of Jesus, went forth to proclaim him joyfully: “We have found the Mes-siah!” (Jn 1:41). The Samaritan woman became a missionary immediately after speaking with Jesus and many Samaritans come to believe in him “because of the woman’s testimo-ny” (Jn 4:39). So too, Saint Paul, after his encounter with Jesus Christ, “immediately proclaimed Jesus” (Acts 9:20; cf. 22:6-21). So what are we waiting for? Fr. Terry’s Remarks— We have become so used to being hushed up in church and told to listen to those who know and understand better that we have forgotten our true calling. No one imagines anyone ever telling a mother that she can't show her baby how to make the sign of the cross or teach him/her the Hail Mary. Pope Francis is assuring every one of us today that since we are baptized and have received the faith, every one of us, without exception, is a 'missionary disciple'. Every one of us is called to share the Good News with everyone we meet at home or abroad. We are all gifted with so many talents and abilities on how to relate to and communicate with our brothers and sisters. It is not a question of my education, my position, my place in the hierarchy. I have been baptized, I have been greatly graced by God, so each of us in our own way can share that faith, that grace, that love, that compassion with everyone we encounter in life. Let us listen again to Pope Francis: '' The Samaritan woman became a missionary immediately after speaking with Jesus and many Samaritans come to believe in Him, '' because of the woman's testimony'' (Jn 4:39). Let's all get started, what are we waiting for? Note: The Joy of the Gospel is a Letter that Pope Francis gave us all over two years ago. It runs to 288 paragraphs. Each one is full of joy and hope but taken in one dose you become deliri-ous. So, I'm trying to share it with you bit by bit. If you would like your own copy, please Google Amazon and type in; The Joy of the Gospel and a copy is in your hands in a few days. Joyful sharing, Fr Terry.