LITURGY CORNER Money changers in the Temple In today’s gospel Jesus drives out those mon‐ey changers and vendors who have distorted the meaning of the temple; he then redefines the temple from a place of stone to a commu‐nity of persons centered in his own resurrect‐ed body. In the “temple” of our own lives are the modern money changers: fear, ambition, addictions, selfishness and prejudice that dis‐tort our relationship with God and with one another. The Lord wants to cleanse you from all that prevents you from having a clear vi‐sion of God’s plan for you.

SPN office hours Mon - Fri: 9am - 4pm SA office hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 12nn Staffed by Missionaries of Faith since 2008

For Baptisms: Call the Parish office first for an interview with the pastor or associate.

Parish registration & preparation class are required. Individual Confessions: Call 373-5201 or 373-5202 for appointment. Saturday Confessions : SPN - 4:00 - 5:00pm SA - 3:30-4:00 pm

For Weddings: call priest at least 6 months in advance, parish registration & preparation classes are required.

St. Philip Neri - St. Albert the Great Parish

St. Philip Neri School TK-8 1335 High St. Alameda, 94501 Principal: Jessica Murray (510) 521-0787

St. Philip Neri Church - 3101 Van Buren St. Alameda, 94501 Phone: (510) 373-5200 Fax: (510) 227-6751 Mass schedule: Monday-Saturday 8:30 am Saturday Vigil 5:30pm Sunday 9:00am and 11:30am Holy Days

St. Albert Church - 1022 Holly St. Alameda, 94502 Phone: (510) 373-5225 Fax: (510) 227-6751 Mass schedule: Monday-Saturday 7:30 am Saturday Vigil 4:30pm Sunday 8:00am and 10:30am Holy Days

Pastor: Fr. Robert Chinnapan, mf (510) 373-5201 pastor@spnsa.org Parochial Vicar: Fr. Anthony Madanu, mf (510) 373-5202 anthony@spnsa.org Parish Website: www.spnsa.org

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

March 4, 2018

ST. PHILIP NERI- ST. ALBERT THE GREAT Alameda, CA March 4, 2018

Weekly Goal $10,300.00

Plate Received 8,454.75 ($ 1,845.25)

Second Collections March 11 Easter Flowers March 18 Catholic Relief Services

Next Sunday, March 11, we celebrate Girl Scout Sunday! Girl Scouts will reflect on their promise of “serving God and country”. The Preamble of the Constitution of the Girl Scouts of the USA expresses their most fundamental belief that the motivating force in Girl Scouts is spiritual. Thank you for your support of our GS troops!

In the coming weekends, please look for a table outside of Church with various books from our SPN/SA library that parishioners can borrow.

Does your home feel cluttered and cramped? Then, it’s time to empty your garage and clean out your clos-ets! Our Outreach Ministry is accept-ing donations of household items, toys, small furniture and other pieces that you are ready to give up.

NO CLOTHING OR BIG FURNITURES PLEASE!

Drop offs can be made on Wednesdays, 8am - 11am

at St. Albert Hall. San Francisco Bay Catholic Men’s CONFERENCE

“Called to Lead” Saturday, March 10, 2018

St. Bartholomew Church

600 Columbia Dr., San Mateo

Register online: www.SFBayMen.info For more information/questions, contact: Ed Hopfner/HopfnerE@SFArch.org or Betty (415) 614-5680

We are in need of candies and/or monetary donations for our Annual Easter Egg Hunt at St. Albert the Great. Every year we stuff thousands of eggs and

most of the time, we do not gather as much candies as needed.

Donation baskets can be found in the vestibule.

WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH PLASTIC EGGS. WE ONLY NEED CANDIES PLEASE!

Thank you!

Irish Social on Saint Patrick's Day Saturday, March 17 in O’Brien Hall

Social time starts at 6:30

Dinner of salad, corned beef and cabbage, dessert and no-host bar. Program will also include raffle and Irish music. Prices are $25.00 for adults and

$12.00 for children 12 and under. For reservations, please email Gina Foster at gfoster@csdo.org.

Checks should be made payable to "ICF Branch 10" and sent to the parish office. Proceeds from ICF events benefit Cooley's Anemia research,

Food for the Poor, Diocese of Oakland seminarians, and scholarships for eighth grade students entering a Catholic high school and high school graduates

entering college.

St. Joseph’s Table Monday, March 19, Feast of St. Joseph

Mass at 5:30 pm Dinner starts at 6:30 pm.

Menu: Salad, Pasta with pesto, Chicken, and Vegetables

Special dessert table--ICF Branch 10 members are asked to bring item for dessert table.

$20 for adults; $10 for youth 14 and under

For reservations, contact Michael Marcheschi, (510) 523-4720, by 8:00 p.m. on Monday, March 12.

Don’t forget to move your clocks an hour ahead on Sunday, March 11.

Daylight Saving Time starts at 2am.

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We pray for our sick … Tina Jimenez, Herta Lobisster, Joan Pruden, Virginia Wegener, Lorraine Ingeman, Barbara Capon, Clare Cruse, Al Heeg, Emma Ampil, Fred Wilcox Family, Steve Tao, Luz Guidici, Lillian Layante, Jennifer Hillenbrand Biever, Alvin Garabiles, Bridget Kanady, Maggie Hobson‐Caracciolo, Fr. Matthew George, Guillermo Gonzalez, Russ Goodman, MaryAnn DeMerritt, Kristi Sahlman, Bill Meyers, Louise Koepf, Fr. William Marshall, Mary Lee, Siony Piatos, Jeff Croft Sr., Trudi LeDruillenec.

Every institution, whether secular or religious, is always in need of some reform. The church, in so far as it is a human institution, is in need of ongoing reform. The church exists to serve the pur‐poses of God in the world. Inevitably, because the church is composed of human beings, it can also serve as a block to God’s purposes. The church is called to be the sacrament of Christ, to reveal the powerful and life‐giving presence of Christ to the world. Invariably, it will often hide Christ or re‐vealed a distorted image of Christ to the world, one that is not fully in keeping with the gospels. In his letter to Corinthians, Paul sets God’s wisdom over against human wisdom, God’s power over against human strength. The church can sometimes substitute God’s wisdom with human wisdom, God’s power with human strength. Just as Jesus wanted to purify the temple, the risen Lord is constantly working to purify the church. All of us who make up the church need to be open to his purifying zeal. We need to be listen‐ing to what the Spirit, the Spirit of the risen Lord, is saying to us the church. Those in positions of church leadership have a special responsibility to listen to what the Spirit is saying to the church, so as to bring it more into line with what God intends. Indeed, we are all called to listen to the challenge of the Spirit and to be open to the purifying presence of the risen Lord. We all have our part to play in ensuring that the church is what the Lord intends it to be. Lent in particular is a time for listening to the Spirit. If we let the Spirit renew our lives we will conform more fully to the image and likeness of Christ. Fr. Robert K Chinnapan

Thank you to everyone who has participated in “Lighting the Way”, our 2018 Bishop’s Appeal. If you have not yet made a gift ,

we encourage you to consider doing so. Pledge envelopes are available in the pews and in the back of church. Your gift will

impact the lives of thousands of people in our diocese and community. Last year, we reached 112% of our goal. Every dollar

raised above our goal, goes back to our parish to be used for our own needs. We hope to reach our goal of $32,500 for this year as well. Please consider supporting this important diocesan effort!

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Sat. Mar. 3

8:30am 5:30pm

Thank you to Sacred Heart of Jesus Lourdes Sibal - for a successful surgery Emile Carles †

Sun. Mar. 4

9:00am 11:30am

Remy De Guzman † Maria Teresa, Mirtha & Stuart- Birthday

Mon. Mar. 5

8:30am

Rose Pender †

Tues. Mar. 6

8:30am

Matthew Conroy - Birthday

Wed. Mar. 7

8:30am Sam Taylor † Lourdes Sibal - for a successful surgery

Thurs. Mar. 8

8:30am

John Babjak † Fr. Ireneo Gangcuangco †

Fri. Mar. 9

8:30am Katherine Koepf †

Sat. Mar. 10

8:30am 5:30pm

Larry, Christina & Remy † Nicholas, Gery & Aida - Thanksgiving Nancy Mongerson †

Sun. Mar. 11

9:00am 11:30am

Mary Howard Karen Selbach - Recovery

Sat. Mar. 3

7:30am 4:30pm

All Souls in Purgatory Edith Julian †

Sun. Mar. 4

8:00am 10:30am

Samuel Purdy † Mary Lee Herta Lobisster

Mon. Mar. 5

7:30am Gregoria Marina M. Singson †

Tues. Mar. 6

7:30am

Nicolas Tung - Birthday

Wed. Mar. 7

7:30am

Honesto De Castro † Nita Dycaico †

Thurs. Mar. 8

7:30am

Lerma & Manuel Tengonciang

Fri. Mar. 9

7:30am

John Pang - Birthday

Sat. Mar. 10

7:30am 4:30pm

Special Intention People of SPN-SA

Sun. Mar. 11

8:00am 10:30am

Maria Goretti Tung - Birthday Annie Almada †

St. Albert the Great Mar. 3 - 11

St. Philip Neri Mar. 3 - 11

First Reading -- God gives the law through Moses (Exodus 20:1-17 [1-3, 7-8, 12-17]) or Exodus 17:3-7. Psalm -- Lord, you have the words of everlasting life (Psalm 19) or Psalm 95. Second Reading -- We proclaim Christ crucified (1 Corinthians 1:22-25) or Romans 5:1-2, 5-8. Gospel -- Many began to believe in Jesus' name when they saw the signs he was doing (John 2:13-25) or John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]. The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass (c) 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9; Mt

18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt

5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137:1-6; Eph 2:4-10;

Jn 3:14-21 Alternate readings (Year A): 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps

23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 [1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]

TODAY'S READINGS READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Have you noticed our newly painted

church sign?

Thank you to Yvonne Yildrim, with a little help

from Ximena Seaborn, for giving our weathered sign some much needed

TLC. Now, it greets and warmly welcomes every

churchgoer with its vibrant colors.

Alameda Deanery Service Reconciliation

Monday, March 26, 2018 7:00 pm

St. Joseph Basilica

Family Reconciliation Service

Saturday, March 24, 2018 10:00 am

St. Joseph Basilica

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Parish Events

Suzann Silva RCIA Coordinator

373-5217 … RCIA@spnsa.org

Cathy Morales Youth Ministry

373-5216 … youth@spnsa.org

Diane Bustos Adult & Children’s Faith Formation Coordinator

373-5218 … cff@spnsa.org

Lydia Cho Music Director

373-5219 … music@spnsa.org

Andrew Nguyen Youth Choir Director

882-3072

Jenny Feliciano Office Administrator and Bulletin Editor

373-5215 … secretary@spnsa.org

Margaret Mariani Office Support & Facilities Coordinator

373-5229

Anh Truong Parish Bookkeeper

373-5214 … bookkeeper@spnsa.org

Jessica Murray SPN Elementary School Principal

521-0787 … jmurray@csdo.org

Finance Council

Meets bi-monthly 1st Wed at 5:30pm CHAIR: Sandy Goya

Liturgical Committee Meets 1st Monday at 6:30pm

CHAIR: Diane Bustos

Pastoral Council Meets 2nd Tuesday at 6:30pm

Co-CHAIRS: Henry Ramos & Jeanne Decker

St. Vincent dePaul Conference assistance to the needy

call 373-5226 CHAIR : Jim Lee

Bereavement and Support Ministry call 373-5204

ST. PHILIP NERI Choir - Wednesdays Children’s Choir practice at 2:30 - 3:15pm, SPN Church Wednesdays Youth Choir practice at 6:30 - 8pm, SPN Church Thursdays Adult Choir practice at 7 - 8:30 pm , SPN & SA Church Knights of Columbus - 2nd Wednesday at 7:00 pm, Rectory Basement Direction for our Times - 2nd Wednesday at 9:00 am, Church Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - 1st Fridays at 9 am - 5 pm, Church 3rd Order Carmelites - 3rd Saturday at 9:00 -12 nn, Annex ICF Branch #10 - 1st Thursday 7:00 pm, Hall Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts - various groups

ST. ALBERT THE GREAT

Centering Prayer & Lectio Divina - 1st & 3rd Tuesday at 7:30 pm, Rectory Divine Mercy - Tuesdays at 6:00 pm, Church Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena - Wednesdays at 6:30 pm, Church Our Lady’s Prayer Group - Meets Wednesday at 4:30-6:00 pm, Church SPN-SA Parish Outreach - Meets 2nd Wednesdays at 9:00 am, Parish Hall St. Vincent de Paul Society - 2nd Sunday at 9:00 am, Rectory Meeting Room Mass of Anointing - 1st Friday at 9:30 am Legion of Mary - Thursday at 5pm, Rectory Rosary Makers - 3rd Saturday at 8:00 am, Hall

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