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St. Felicitas Catholic Church 1662 Manor Blvd. San Leandro, CA 94579 Email: [email protected] Telephone Number (510) 351-5244 ● Fax (510) 351-5730 www.stfelicitassl.org Mass Schedule Sunday 7:30 am - 9:00 am - 10:30 am 12:30 pm (Spanish) 4:30 pm (Vietnamese) Saturday 8:15 am - 4:30 pm (Vigil) Daily (Monday to Friday) 7:00 am - 8:15 am Holy Days 7:00 am 8:15 am 7:00 pm 1st Friday Exposition – St. Joseph’s Chapel 12:30 to 4:45 pm Sacraments Reconciliation—Saturday, 3:15 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. or by appointment. Baptism—4th Sunday of every month at 2:30 p.m. Contact Parish Office for information Marriage—Arrangements to be made 6 months prior to the wedding. Parish Staff Rev. Thomas Khue Parochial Administrator Ext. 286 Rev. Eddie Castañas Parochial Vicar Ext. 297 Deacon Timothy Myers [email protected] Mercey Zamora Pastoral Assoc./Spanish Ministry 347-1293 Sr. Mary Anh Cong (LHC) Liturgical Ministries Vietnamese Community Altar Servers 347-1283 Sr. Elizabeth Huynh (LHC) Pastoral Care 347-1287 Sharon Clancey Office Secretary 351-5244 Judi Lema Bulletin 351-5244 Convent 351-5577 Parish School 357-2530 1650 Manor Blvd. Fax: 357-5358 Meghan Jorgensen Principal Religious Education Office Sandi Walton Director of Religious Education 347-1282 Fax: 510-351-5730 [email protected] Geri Lara Youth Services 326-5693 [email protected] St. Vincent de Paul 706-1972 Parish Office Hours Monday - Tuesday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Wednesday - Thursday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Friday 9:00 am to 12:30 pm EMERGENCY NUMBER (510) 688-2527 (During non-office hours)

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St. Felicitas Catholic Church

1662 Manor Blvd. San Leandro, CA 94579 Email: [email protected]

Telephone Number (510) 351-5244 ● Fax (510) 351-5730 www.stfelicitassl.org

Mass Schedule

Sunday 7:30 am - 9:00 am - 10:30 am

12:30 pm (Spanish) 4:30 pm (Vietnamese)

Saturday 8:15 am - 4:30 pm (Vigil)

Daily (Monday to Fr iday) 7:00 am - 8:15 am

Holy Days 7:00 am 8:15 am 7:00 pm 1st Friday Exposition – St. Joseph’s Chapel 12:30 to 4:45 pm Sacraments

Reconciliation—Saturday, 3:15 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. or by appointment.

Baptism—4th Sunday of every month at 2:30 p.m. Contact Parish Office for information

Marriage—Arrangements to be made 6 months prior to the wedding.

Parish Staff

Rev. Thomas Khue Parochial Administrator Ext. 286 Rev. Eddie Castañas Parochial V icar

Ext. 297 Deacon Timothy Myers [email protected]

Mercey Zamora Pastoral Assoc./Spanish Ministry 347-1293

Sr. Mary Anh Cong (LHC) Liturgical Ministries Vietnamese Community Altar Servers 347-1283

Sr. Elizabeth Huynh (LHC) Pastoral Care 347-1287

Sharon Clancey Office Secretary 351-5244

Judi Lema Bulletin 351-5244

Convent 351-5577 Parish School 357-2530 1650 Manor Blvd. Fax: 357-5358 Meghan Jorgensen Principal Religious Education Office

Sandi Walton Director of Religious Education 347-1282 Fax: 510-351-5730 [email protected]

Geri Lara Youth Services 326-5693 [email protected] St. Vincent de Paul 706-1972

Parish Office Hours

Monday - Tuesday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Wednesday - Thursday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Friday 9:00 am to 12:30 pm

EMERGENCY NUMBER (510) 688-2527

(During non-office hours)

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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 5, 2017

Light shines through the darkness for the upright.

— Psalm 112:4

My Dear Parishioners, Here are some more of my scattered thoughts . . . In today’s gospel, Jesus uses some images to describe what his disciples are.

Salt of the Earth and Light of the World

The good news today in the gospel is that Jesus is reminding each of us of our vocation – that we are called to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world just as the first disciples were. Jesus believes this of us. Do we believe this of ourselves? How can we be the salt of the earth and the light of the world to others? All we need to do is look at people like St. Teresa of Calcutta, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Dorothy Day. They are wonderful examples of “Salt of the earth” and “Light of the world”. “Lord Jesus, help us to believe that we are called to be the salt of the earth and light of the world. Send the Holy Spirit to enable us to be what you ask of us.” Try to be salt of the earth and light of the world this week.

Remember you are always in my prayers. Pray for one another,

Father Tom

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Events for the Week February 5, 2017

The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 5, 2017

Second Collection

This Week: Maintenance

Sun 2/5

9:15 am Faith Formation School

Fri 2/10

7:00 pm Spanish Youth Group SMC

7:30 pm Vietnamese Choir Practice AE Room

Wed 2/8

7:00 pm Spanish Catechist Meeting Soc. Hall 7:00 pm Spanish Juvenile Choir AE Room

Tues 2/7

3:45 pm Faith Formation School

7:00 pm Spanish Meeting AE Room

6:30 pm Adult Confirmation SMC 6:30 pm RCIA SJC

Mon 2/6

6:45 pm Faith Formation School

The MASS OF ANOINTING

of the SICK

will be on Saturday, February 11th

at 10:30 a.m. St. Felicitas Church followed by a reception in the vestibule

WORLD DAY OF THE SICK

The Mass of the Anointing is not only for the elderly or sick people but actually for all of us to receive HEALING spiritually or physically from our Merciful God. In this Mass we can pray for our relatives and friends to receive HEALING too. For more information, call the Parish Office at 351-5244. Thank you.

NEW! Marriage-Divorce-Remarriage An Evening of Questions & Answers

Wednesday, February 15, 7:30 pm St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish Hall, 3351 Contra Loma Blvd., Antioch

925-778-0768 [email protected]

Do you or anyone you know have questions regarding Marriage, Divorce or Remarriage in the Catholic Church? If so, then this is the evening event to attend. This event will be devoted to answering those specific questions. Please join us on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 7:30 pm in our parish hall. All are welcome and there is plenty of parking.

INTRODUCTION TO STUDYING THE BIBLE With Father Eddie

Would you like to learn more about the bible and the meaning of the scriptures? Join us every Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Center starting on March 2nd ending on April 6th. Spend 30 minutes of class time followed by a discussion period and refreshments.

Cost is $25.00 for the study kit. Class size is limited to 15 people.

Please register at the Parish Office by February 24th

Thurs 2/9

7:00 pm Baptism Class SMC

Sat 2/11 10:30 am Mass of Anointing of

the Sick Church

Valentine’s Day Young at Heart Luncheon

When: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Time: Lunch at noon—doors open at 11:30 a.m. Where: Msgr . McGinty Hall—Gym Menu: Green Salad Pasta/Red Sauce and Meatballs Parmesan Cheese, Garlic Bread, Dessert and Beverage

Tickets are available in the parish office for $6.00

Last day to purchase tickets is Friday, February 10th. The office closes at 12:30 p.m.

Tickets will NOT be available at the door. Please buy your tickets early.

If you haven’t yet picked up your Sunday Offering Envelopes,

you may pick them up in the Parish Office.

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Remember the Sick Sun. 2/5 7:30 am Thresia Joseph † 9:00 am June Nicole Abille † 10:30 am Parishoners 12:30 pm José Antonio Guzmán † Pascual Ramirez † Mon. 2/6 7:00 am Matthew Khiet Nguyen † 8:15 am Willie Alameda † Tues. 2/7 7:00 am Dee Darbo † 8:15 am Margaret Spillner † Wed. 2/8 7:00 am Matthew Khiet Nguyen † 8:15 am Harry Lema † Thurs 2/9 7:00 am Rose Alfafara † 8:15 am Mercedes Laxa Garcia † Fri. 2/10 7:00 am Manuel & Lourdes Riesgo † 8:15 am Virgilio E. Legaspi † Sat. 2/11 8:15 am Joseph Nguyen † All Aborted Babies 4:30 pm Parishioners Sun. 2/12 7:30 am Michael Collins † 9:00 am Faustino Llanza † 10:30 am Agnes Rezentes † Joseph Sanches † 12:30 pm Robert (Bob) Valladon † L-Living †-Deceased A-Anniversary B-Birthday T-Thanksgiving

Week of February 5, 2017

Who Entered into Eternal Life

Rita Maria Lamb † — January 27, 2017

let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Her

Virginia Alcantar Helen Amodo Ivan Ayro Thelma Ayro Harold Barber Ramon Baretto, Sr. Sumiko Behan Ann Boyle Ed Braun Alice Camozzi Cornett Family Marie Dent Noel Desouza Jeanne Gordillo Connie Guaraglia Mae Heasley Vincent Jacques

Marie James Josefina Kern Melblena Latorre Irmina Torres Llamas Barbara Maloon Clarisse Mascarenah Tom Mendes Peggy Miller Reagan Nelson Tu Nguyen Oliver Olimpiada Corazon Orille Catherine Pellini James Pimentel Sophia Pointer Peter Purificacion Amelia Ramos

Lyndon Cortes Ruffy Jorge Salloman Patricia Salloman Floyd Schexnayder Dorothy Silva Richard Smid Sonta Stone Merilyn Sutton Maryjane Tanner Gerry Toro Mary Valladon Cathlyne Vargas Maria Jesus Vargas Wilson Vigman Julie Whittaker Zack Ziegler

FINANCIAL CORNER

Thank you for your continued generosity.

Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Come and join us for this devotion every Tuesday morning after the 7:00 a.m. Mass.

Our Weekly Goal $ 11,700.00 Sunday Collection —January 29th $ 9,214.10 Amount needed to reach our goal $ 2,485.90

Stewardship of January 29th of $460.71 went to the Mercy Retirement & Care Center—a facility that helps seniors have a peaceful transition from this life.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Monday: Genesis 1:1-19; Psalm 104:1-2a, 5-6, 10, 12, 24, 35c; Mark 6:53-56

Tuesday: Genesis1:20 — 2:4a; Psalm 8:4-9; Mark 7:1-13 Wednesday: Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17; Psalm 104:1-2a, 27-28, 29bc-30; Mark 7:14-23 Thursday: Genesis 2:18-25; Psalm 128:1-5; Mark 7:24-30 Friday: Genesis 3:1-8; Psalm 32:1-2, 5-7; Mark 7:31-37 Saturday: Genesis 3:9-24; Psalm 90:2-6, 12-13; Mark 8:1-10 Sunday: Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34; 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; Matthew 5:17- 37 [20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37]

NEW! Retrouvaille (Marriage help)

Friday – Sunday, February 24 – 26

Retrouvaille is designed to help troubled marriages regain their health. The Retrouvaille Program consists of a weekend experience combined with post-weekend sessions. The program provides the tools to help put marriages in order again. The main emphasis is on communication between husband and wife. The program offers the opportunity for couples to rediscover each other and examine their lives together in a new and positive way. The program is highly successful in saving hurting marriages, even bringing reconciliation to couples who have already separated or divorced.

To register or obtain more information, contact www.retrouvaille.org

or call Jeff & Donna Heusler, 510-276-4118

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Our Open House was a huge success. Thank you so much for all the love, prayers and support from the Parish to help kick off Catholic School’s Week. We had a fantastic week filled with many wonderful activities to celebrate the great gift of Catholic Education. During the week the students were exposed to a variety of careers from video game design to pediatric physical therapy. We also had one of our alumni, Officer Dennis Mally, who spoke to our younger students about being a police officer and then did a K-9 demo. The rest of the week honored our students with small treats and lunchtime dancing. All staff members were honored at a special assembly, and we shared our classrooms and performances with our “special people”. A big thank you to all the “special people” who came and supported our students. Finally, we stood in solidarity with all who suffer from hunger with our prayer service and hunger banquet. We joined with Pope Francis and the “One Human Family – Food For All” and said the official prayer of the campaign. Pope Francis tells us that if we all join together and make fighting hunger in our world a priority then it is possible to end hunger in our world.

SCHOOL NEW S Meghan Jorgensen

Pr inc ipal of St . Fel ic i tas School

Chúa Nhật 5th Quanh Năm “Chính anh em là ánh sáng cho trần gian.”

(Mc 5,14) Suy niệm: Chúa Giê-su mong mỏi các môn đệ của Ngài phải là muối và ánh sáng cho thế giới. Những công việc tốt đẹp các môn đệ làm đó phải có sức toả lan như ánh sáng, như muối để cho thế gian nhận ra tình thương Chúa mà tôn vinh Ngài. Cha Anthony de Mello chỉ ra một cách sống để là muối, là ánh sáng: “Một tâm hồn không có gì cần bảo vệ và không có tham vọng sẽ để cho tâm trí thảnh thơi, không bị xiềng xích, mạnh dạn và tự do trong cuộc sống tìm kiếm sự thật. Tâm hồn này đã trở thành một ngọn đèn soi sáng cho sự tăm tối của toàn nhân loại.” Trong thế giới coi trọng vật chất và hưởng thụ, thái độ sống siêu thoát đó thực sự là một lời chứng, một luồng sáng giúp nhân loại định hướng con đường tiến về Nước Trời.

Kỳ Đại Giới trẻ Thế giới 2002 diễn ra tại Toronto, Canada, Thánh Giáo Hoàng Gioan Phaolô II bày tỏ lòng biết ơn của mình với Thiên Chúa vì cho hàng ngàn người trẻ đến với những kỳ Đại Hội trong những năm qua. Với chủ đề, “ÁNH SÁNG CỦA TRẦN GIAN,” Ngài nhấn mạnh đến ánh sáng Chúa Kitô mang đến cho thế giới và ánh sáng ấy được chiếu tỏa từ người này sang người khác.

Mời Bạn: Thắp sáng niềm tin chính là làm cho người ta thấy Chúa qua cách sống của mình. Lời Chúa hôm nay Chúa cũng mời gọi mỗi người chúng ta phải thắp sáng niềm tin bằng làm những việc tốt đẹp. Tốt đẹp không theo kiểu con người, nghĩa là chỉ nhắm đến thành công, danh dự của bản thân, mà quên đi tính chứng tá Tin Mừng phải có trong công việc, cho dù giá phải trả là sự thất bại, thiệt thòi. Tư tưởng của cha Anthony de Mello thật thâm thuý khi ngài diễn tả cách sống niềm tin không phải chỉ bằng công việc được hoàn thành nhưng là bằng chính thái độ siêu thoát đó.

Chia sẻ: Thái độ siêu thoát hay của cải, thú vui, danh vọng, cái gì là cần thiết nhất để thắp sáng niềm tin của mình cho thế giới hôm nay?

Cần thiết của Muối Có quá nhiều loại thức chấm dành cho bữa ăn hàng ngày của người Việt Nam. Tuy nhiên, nếu phải chọn duy nhất một loại gia vị để có thể làm hài lòng tất cả mọi người, mọi đầu bếp sẽ không tính đến các phương án vừa nêu. “Muối”xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . Vâng, quanh đi quẩn lại, từ cổ chí kim, vai trò độc tôn của hạt muối là không thể phủ nhận. Hồi còn nhỏ, ai nấy hẳn cũng đều được nghe câu chuyện về một ông vua nọ có ba cô công chúa. Cô út vì nói yêu cha như yêu hạt muối nên bị đuổi khỏi kinh thành. Mãi về sau, nhờ có một chàng hoàng tử tốt bụng đến từ đất nước khác bày kế bỏ hết muối khỏi các món ăn dâng vua, vua mới hiểu ra vấn đề và đón công chúa út về cung.

Sưu Tầm

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Lecturas del día: Isaías 58:7-10; Salmos 112:4-9; 1 Corintios 2:1-5; Mateo 5:13-16

Jesús para hablar usa el tiempo presente, "ustedes son" la sal de la tierra y la luz del mundo. Escuchar esto puede ser problemático, con un poco de meditación, quizá deje de serlo. Es fácil ver lo frecuente que fallamos ser sal y luz para los demás. Esto podría llevarnos al desanimo y un miedo de fracasar una vez más. Pero Jesús dice que ser sal y luz es un don de Dios, y no un logro de nuestra parte. Él recalca que un "cajón" ocasiona que la luz de una lámpara no se vea. Hemos creado y recibido todo tipo de formas de pensamiento y comportamiento que bloquean nuestra capacidad de ser luz para los demás. Pero estas formas no definen quienes somos. Pese a nuestras faltas, somos primeramente los hijos amados de Dios y personas con dones. Podemos tener esperanza que Dios nos ayudará a dirigir nuestros "cajones" para evitar que bloquen nuestra habilidad de amar a los demás. La Buena Nueva de Jesús para nosotros es que en definitiva no somos cajones sino lámparas.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A menudo, podemos tener fuertes imágenes de Jesús acerca de sal y luz que se refiere a la vida de los cristianos. Esto efectivamente es apropiado. Sin embargo, junto con "sal de la tierra" y "luz del mundo", escuchamos acerca de una "ciudad construida en una montaña". Claramente, estas imágenes también están dirigidas a las comunidades cristianas. Una parroquia, por ejemplo, está llamada a tener una visible presencia de servicio en el lugar donde esté ubicada. Como sal y luz, una comunidad de fe puede añadir su propio sabor y sabiduría a sus alrededores.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Una comunidad de fe puede tener sus propios "cajones" también. Esto podría incluir conflictos internos que no han sido resueltos, o una falta de recibimiento a los extraños, o solo estar enfocada hacía sí misma. Esto puede prevenir a la comunidad de demostrar el amor de Dios. Sin embargo, así como los individuos, Dios puede guiar a los fieles a dirigir esos obstáculos, y ser sal y luz más plenamente a sus prójimos. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

LAMPARAS Y CAJONES

UNA CIUDAD EN UNA MONTAÑA xxx

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