Church of the Transfigura on 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 July 26, 2020

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: Eucharistic Ministers, Elmer & Puri Serrano Email: eserrano76@gmail.com Lectors, Barbara Mehan Email: barbmehan@sbcglobal.net Altar Servers, Clarence Decano FINANCE COUNCIL: Chairman, Mark Zaleski PARISH ORGANIZATIONS: Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), 60 Plus or Minus Club, Cursillo Group

SAINT VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY: Call (510) 274-0830 for assistance. Call Mike Dresen (510) 813-6854 for more information about this ministry. SICK & HOMEBOUND MINISTRY: Mary Kay Kelder, (510) 582-7253 WINGS “Women in God’s Spirit”: Nancy Marcotte Email: nanmar2@aol.com (510) 303-3324) YOUTH MINISTRY: Alfonso Corona III transfig.oasis@gmail.com 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, Elmer Serrano 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 Rectory. Please call the Parish Office, (510) 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: Deacon Martin J. Leach (510) 537-1502 or Transfig_Office@sbcglobal.net RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults 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”

Announcement Transfiguration Church Masses continue to be suspended due to the corona virus pandemic. Please follow the Sun-day Mass scheduled at 12 noon via Facebook. Thank you. Thank you for advertising in our bulletin.

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Your Prayers Are Requested for the Repose of the Soul of:

Stella Lurton (Died July 1, 2020)

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 26, 2020 All things work for good for those who

love God. — Romans 8:28a

Need Prayer? If so, our St. Vincent de Paul members would love to pray for your intentions. Go to the St. Vincent de Paul Society page on the parish website under “Parish Ministries.” Fill out the short form at the bot-tom of the page, submit your request and, our 20 members will pray for your intentions. If you like to join us, please contact Mike Dresen (m.dresen@comcast.net). Prayer is Powerful!

NEED ASSISTANCE We have 2 previously homeless individuals that are now getting to an apartment. They are seeking assistance for several household items e.g. 2 beds, towels, dishes, or any other household item you think they could use. Please contact Diana Ambrose on 510-881-3752 to coordinate. Thank you.

SAINT MARTHA (first century) July 29 Whether you find Martha Stewart admirable or annoying, she has the perfect patron saint. Luke describes Martha—saint, not Stewart—as “burdened with much serving” (Luke 10:40). About Mary, seat-ed, listening to Jesus, Martha complained, “Do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?” Jesus’ response, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things . . . Mary has chosen the better part” (10:41, 42), suggests to some the superiority of the contemplative life, leaving the rest of us, supporting families, earning livings, (helping others?), as second-class Christians. But Luke introduces Martha and Mary immediately after Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, whom Jesus recommends as a model of practical compassion, concluding, “Go and do likewise” (10:37). Go and do! Sit and listen! Discipleship is never either/or but both/and. Jesus ministered in prayerful silence and hospitable service. Monastic calendars add Martha’s sister, Mary, and brother, Lazarus, calling all three “hosts of the Lord,” recalling their welcome of Jesus to their home in Bethany, reminding us Whom we welcome whenever we extend summertime hospitali-ty! —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

June 27, 2020 Evan Gudino Thomas Hom Makayla Moquin Leah Pasquini Marc Talbot July 15, 2020 Gianna Florence Jonah Jaffe J.R. Milikin Jacob Weisse July 17, 2020 Jacob Do Mateo Gutierrez Alyssa Nguyen Brandon Powers

July 14, 2020 Isabella Franca Aria Huang Nathan Menezes Linda Perez July 16, 2020 Janae Galo Jonah Galo Maria Hernandez Tatiana Hernandez Roman Leal July 18, 2020 Tyson Cruz Luca De Guia Neil Fernandes Stella Lomando Austin Parker

CONGRATULATIONS

to our First Communicants!!!

Not Scheduled Abigail Conrad moved to Chicago Aiden Gonzales wait until next year Lily Wilkerson wait until next year Olivia Hochkoepper wait until next year Alexandra Camarena wait until next year

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jer 13:1-11; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 13:31-35 Tuesday: Jer 14:17-22; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Jer 15:10, 16-21; Ps 34:2-11; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 Thursday: Jer 18:1-6; Ps 146:1b-6ab; Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Jer 26:1-9; Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14; Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Jer 26:11-16, 24; Ps 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 14:1-12 Sunday: Is 55:1-3; Ps 145:8-9, 15-18; Rom 8:35, 37-39; Mt 14:13-21 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time Wednesday: St. Martha Thursday: St. Peter Chrysologus Friday: St. Ignatius of Loyola Saturday: St. Alphonsus Liguori; First Saturday

For your convenience the following are the Transfig-uration Church electronic links: Transfiguration website: www.transfigchurch.com Electronic Bulletin: www.e-churchbulletins.com/bulletins/523293.pdf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Church-of-the-Transfiguration-115417251810536/ On-Line Donation: https://www.sagepayments.net/eftcart/forms/donate.asp?M_id=798399645711

Thank you for your continued support of Transfiguration Church as it struggles to fulfill its financial obligations due to the corona virus pandemic.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12

Second Reading: Romans 8:28-30 Psalm: 119 — Gospel: Matthew 13:44-52, [44-46] The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights re-served.

Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of July 18th & July 19th — $7,255.00

(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.

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ANNOUNCEMENT Many of our parishioners have given permission to use their email address for parish communication purposes. If you would like to receive the Sunday Bulletin and parish updates electronically, please send email to trans-fig_office@sbcglobal.net to be included in the distribu-tion. Thank You.

Adult Bible Study Monday evening, July 27, 2020 via Zoom, 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Free willing to be mailed to Michael Gal-van at Transfiguration Catholic Church, 4000 E. Cas-tro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley, CA 94552. Please arrange Zoom connectivity with Mike Dresen at m.dresen@comcast.net.

GO Go forth and set the world on fire. —St. Igna us of Loyola

A SHARE IN GOD’S KINGDOM Today concludes a three-week series of Gos-pel texts in which we have listened to a total of sev-en parables about the Kingdom. The believer is asked to consider the request that God made of Solo-mon in today’s first reading: “Ask something of me and I will give it to you” (1 Kings 3:5). Today’s par-ables about the treasure buried in the field and the pearl of great price should prompt us to answer, “A share in your kingdom, O God!” Today we discover that the kingdom of God is beyond value, a priceless treasure. Unfortunately, our culture bombards us with things that it believes are priceless treasures—the bigger and better SUVs, anti-aging and anti-balding creams and salves, miracle diets, and so much more. Having a share in God’s kingdom and helping to bring about that kingdom are the greatest treasures that we can ever hope to gain.

Sr. Sharon Flannigan , SHF

60 years in Service of the Lord.

Currently volunteering as a

Catechist for our 4th Grade Class and our AOK class

We are Blessed by your presence.

LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS

ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME

A VARIETY OF OPINIONS

#60. Finally, we need to acknowledge that differ-ent approaches and lines of thought have emerged regarding this situation and its possible solutions. At one extreme, we find those who doggedly uphold the myth of progress and tell us that ecological prob-lems will solve themselves simply with the applica-tion of new technology and without any need for ethical considerations or deep change. At the other extreme are those who view men and women and all their interventions as no more than a threat, jeopard-izing the global ecosystem, and consequently the presence of human beings on the planet should be reduced and all forms of intervention prohibited. Viable future scenarios will have to be generated between these extremes, since there is no one path to a solution. This makes a variety of proposals possi-ble, all capable of entering into dialogue with a view to developing comprehensive solutions. Fr. Terry’s Remarks:

Well how do we deal with the problem of the envi-ronment? Here are two 'solutions' proposed by certain people. Leave the problem alone and Nature will in its own way eventually balance the situation. That's what we are afraid will happen. The other solution is to drastically reduce world population and healing will follow. Both of these so called solutions are not likely or acceptable so we must put our hearts into finding possible and hu-mane ways and be willing to make sacrifices for the good of everyone. We will examine possibilities in future weeks. May the Lord give us wisdom and grit.