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Good Shepherd Catholic Parish: One Flock, One Family, Living and Sharing the Love of Christ!
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October 15, 2017 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Parish Staff
Fr. Carl Arcosa, Pastor [email protected] 925-432-6404 Ext. 23
Fr. Conrad Bayor, Resident Priest [email protected] 510-590-8346
Deacon Gustavo Escruceria [email protected] 925-432-6404
Grace Yvette Ripoli, Business Manager [email protected] Schedule of Masses Sundays 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12 noon & 5:30 pm Spanish Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. 1st Tuesdays & Fridays 7:00 p.m. Morning Prayer 7:00 a.m. Saturdays 8:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. (Vigil) Holy Days 7:30 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Confessions: Daily after mass , Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 8:45 am, Sundays at 4:30 pm in Spanish or by appointment.
Baptisms: In order to make baptismal arrangements, contact: [email protected] Marriages: Couples are required to make arrangements at least six months in advance at: [email protected] Quinceaneras: In order to schedule a 15th Birthday Mass, contact: [email protected] Funeral Arrangements: Should be ar-ranged by family, church and mortuary. Normal Christian burial consists of Vigil Service, Holy Mass and Burial in a Catholic Cemetery. Any other arrange-ments should first be discussed with parish priest. ANOINTING OF THE SICK HOT-LINE: 925-470-5395~Call between the Hours of 9am and 4 pm and text after business hours.
3200 Harbor Street ~ Pittsburg, CA 94565 Phone: 432-6404 Fax: 432-6748
www.goodshepherdpittsburg.org www.Facebook.com/goodshepherdchurchpittsburg
CATHOLIC SCHOOL St. Peter Martyr 439-1014 PARISH MINISTRY St. Martha’s Guild Namie Fontecha Mercy Cruz Altar Servers Ronne Lagarejos 642-0493 [email protected] Bingo Office (1st Tuesday of month only) 439-3100 Music Ministry Parish Music Dir. Rocco Enea 432-6404 8:00am Choir Evelyn Arms 439-5351 10:00am Choir Sal Bruno 432-0736 12 Noon Choir Cynthia Auza 427-0778 5:30 Spanish Catholic Daughters Cynthia Greely 437-7846 Couples for Christ FFL Nap & Theresa Umadhay 427-5457 CYO Diane George 432-3043 Divine Mercy Ministry Becky Naca 858-9217 Extra Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Ann & Bill Abitz 432-3995 Devotions 432-6404 Extra Ordinary Ministers to the Sick – Confetti’s 439-8958 Filipino Ministry Lelani Andes 212-8408 Finance Council Robert Calone 432-3300 Grief Ministry Carol Mondragon 457-3909 [email protected] Cynthia Greely 437-7846 [email protected] Italian Catholic Federation – Patty Jarrett 228-0810 Knights of Columbus John Bellando 446-7974 Lectors David De Luna 698-8585 Liturgy Committee Rocco Enea 439-1014 Padre Pio Prayer Group Mila Benitez 439-7304 Pastoral Council David De Luna 698-8585 Religious Education/Sacramental Preparation Faith Formation [email protected] Youth Ministry [email protected] RCIA [email protected] 432-6404 Baptismal Prep [email protected] 432-6404 Santo Nino Family Prayer Ministry Romeo & Sery Razo 439-7706 Spanish Ministry Arturo Alvarez 415-748-1771 St. Vincent DePaul Assistance Line 432-6404 ext 25 Ushers Patricia Cadena 439-3181 Wedding Liturgy Coordinators Danette Shipe 427-9561 Bee Francisco 473-9247 Young Ladies Institute Michele Blair 548-7577
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Good Shepherd Celebrating 2017 – Year of Stewardship October: Intention: (Month for Life) 1-31 Divine Mercy for Life –Home Visits
19 Parish Dinner with Knights of Columbus
November (Month for All Souls in Purgatory) 1 All Saints Day 7:30AM, 830AM Spanish and 7PM Masses 2 All Souls Day 7:30AM, 830AM Spanish and 7PM Masses
12-13 Mission Appeal – Food for the Poor 6-16 Pilgrimage to Shrines of Italy 18 St. Vincent De Paul Thanksgiving Baskets 5, 12, 19 Advent Community Penance Service and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 7PM Church 23 Thanksgiving Day at 7:30AM & 10:00AM Bilingual
COUNSELING OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE AT GOOD SHEPHERD
Diocese of Oakland Counselor, Sandy Heinish, is available for counseling here at Good Shepherd on Tuesdays. She is English speaking only. If you wish to set up an appointment to speak with Sandy, please contact her at 925-628-1503 or [email protected] to set up an appoint-ment.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN REMINDER!
Please remember to keep making the payments to your Campaign pledge!
It is those generous contributions that are allowing us to make much needed improve-
ments to our buildings and grounds!
THANK YOU!
St. Peter Martyr School Holiday Boutique & Luncheon 425 W. 4th Street, Pittsburg, Nov. 4, 2017 9:30am-2:30pm Description: Come and shop: Local artists and crafters will delight you with home- made treats, handcrafted
walking sticks, soap, wine bags, cards & more. Hot lunch available for purchase, face painting, pictures with Santa. Hourly vendor raffle prize. Grand Prize Raffle includes: Handcrafted Lap Quilt, $200 cash prize, Fall Table runner Contact Terry Matejcek @432-7292 or Nancy Ferris @439-1014 for any questions.
GRIEF MINISTRY REMEMBRANCE TREE The Grief Ministry will place a Remembrance Tree in the Sanctuary during the month of November. Anyone can put the names of their family and friends on a card and place it on the tree. Several names can be placed on one card. Cards for this purpose will be available near the tree. We will remember all of the people whose names are placed on the tree throughout the month of November. On November 2nd at 7 pm we will have a special All Souls Day mass and you are encouraged to bring photos of your loved ones to place in the sanctuary, A light re-ception will follow this liturgy. We hope you all will con-sider participating.
SAVE THE DATE ~ COMMUNITY OUTREACH FROM CATHOLIC FUNERAL AND CEMETERY SERVICES OF THE DIOCESE OF OAKLAND WILL BE HERE ON OCTOBER 21/22 TO DISCUSS
THE SPIRITUAL AND PRACTICAL REASONS FOR LEARNING ABOUT THEIR SERVICES. SEE THE PRESENTATION AFTER EACH WEEKEND MASS.
CYO NEWS! Currently we are short board members for our CYO board for the basketball program We will be losing some members and need to replace them. We now have 7 members but would like
to carry 9.Some are not returning for 2018. and in order to continue our CYO program, we need to increase our board. If you are in-
terested or would like to ask questions, please contact LeeAnn Dozier @ 925-382-
8948 or Diane George @ 925-432-3043.
8th grade boys coach is also needed! Please call the numbers above if you are interested.
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FREE Immigration Forum To Take Action Together to Create a Better Community ~ Giving Life to Social Justice
October 21 at 10 am @ Good Shepherd Consultations are first come, first serve. Immigration lawyers and DOJ will
be there to answer your questions. Contact Joseline Gonzalez @ 510-365-6812
Main Services: *Consulate General of Mexico & Guatemala * Pittsburg Police Dept *Mission Asset
Fund *Criminal Background Clean Slate *Tenants Together *Know Your Rights
JACKSON RANCHERIA CASINO TRIP Seats are limited to 50 ONLY~
Reserve yours NOW!!! Saturday, October 28, 2017
Leaves Good Shepherd parking lot at 7:00 AM and return at 5:30 PM
FREE BREAKFAST ON THE BUS Bingo and other Fun activities
Cost: $40.00 per person Refund $20.00 for free play at the casino
For Info: please call : Alma @ (925) 597 2515 or Cecille @ (925) 300 6234
Sponsored by: Saint Padre Pio Prayer Group Bus: Martell’s Tour LLC
Next Parish Dinner is this week, October 19 at 6 pm in the hall. The menu includes beef stew in a bread bowl, salad and dessert. Start
making your reservations by TOMORROW, OCTOBER 16 432-6404
CFC-FFL YFL Fall Camp: Camping and recreational programs for our chil-dren offer unique opportunities to find inner tal-ents, make new friends, and just have fun. Come join us for the CFC-FFL YFL Fall Camp. This weekend offers a chance to meet with other youth to know more about Jesus Christ and start a new relationship with Him, which builds strengths based on self-esteem and confidence through new and challenging experiences with our faith. CFC-FFL YFL wants to invite all youth 12-17 years of age to our upcoming camp which will be held on October 27-29 at HOLY REDEEMER 8945 GOLF LINKS RD OAKLAND CA 94605.
Registration begins at 6:00 pm on Friday and camp ends at 1:00 pm Sunday.
For more information or to pick up forms please contact one of the following: Marc-Anthony & Tess Cahayag, (925) 325-6409, [email protected] Manny & Lesa Busine (415) 260-0470, [email protected] Arman & Nona Cornejo, (925)752-8250, [email protected] Andy & Beth Columna, (925) 698-0813, [email protected]
What is Annulment? What is the difference between annulment and
divorce? Who does the annulment?
How long does the process take? How much does it cost?
How do I start the process? These questions and more we will share, so you
will know what to do with your case. Come join us
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD ~ ANNULMENT WORKSHOPS
Spanish~October 16 with Fr. Sergio Lopez in the Ministry Building
English~October 17 with Fr. Bich Nguyen in the Parish Hall
Both at 7 pm in the Church~3200 Harbor St. Pittsburg 925-432-6404
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ALTAR SERVERS NEEDED! We are in need of additional Altar Servers for our daily masses, if you attend the morning masses during the week and you would like to become more involved in the Liturgy, then you might want to become an Altar Server. We could sure use your help. If interested, please contact Bill Abitz 925 432-3995.
2017 Craft Fair and Cultural Fashion Show Signups – November 19, 2017
We are very fortunate to have a communi-ty of mixed culture. This year besides our Craft Fair, there will be a Cultural Fash-
ion Show after each mass. Signups still available for both vendor booths and cultural fashion models. Please contact Awilda Graff at (925) 642-0876 or via email at [email protected] 2017 Inscripciones de Feria Artesanal
y Desfile de Modas Cultural - 19 de Noviembre de 2017
Somos muy afortunados de tener una co-munidad de cultura mixta. Este año, ade-más de nuestra Feria Artesanal, vamos a
tener un Desfile de Moda Cultural des-pués de cada misa.
Las inscripciones todavía están disponi-bles tanto para las cabinas de vendedo-res y como para los modelos culturales
para el desfile de moda. Por favor, pónga-se en contacto con Awilda Graff al (925)
642-0876 o por correo electrónico
CARONDELET HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
FOR 6TH, 7TH & 8TH GRADER GIRLS AND THEIR PARENTS & GUARDIANS
Sunday, November 5 from 2-4 pm 1133 Winton Dr.
Contact www.carondeleths.org/admissions to register to attend.
INCOME FOR SEPTEMBER, 2017
Plate Collections 40,900 Sacramental Services 2,100 Restricted Donations 5,149 Festival, Craft Fair, Dinner 23,138 Ministry Income 30,439 Other Income 1,712 TOTAL INCOME $103,438
EXPENSES FOR SEPTEMBER, 2017
Administration 21,069 Parish Property 34,144 Rectory Living 2,165 Priests 7,273 Liturgy & Music 11,169 Youth & Adult Formation & CYO 15,250 Other Ministries 1,500 Festival 1,300 TOTAL EXPENSES $93,870
MONTHLY RECAP INCOME $ 103,438 EXPENSES $ 93,870 INCOME OVER EXPENSES AT MONTH END:
$9,568
ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF THE 2017 MASS
BOOK ON THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 26TH AT 9 AM IN THE PARISH OFFICE.
MASS INTENTIONS ARE $10 EACH AND SCHEDULED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
BASIS.
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HORARIO DE OFICINA atenderemos en Español
Lunes a Miercoles: 9am-11:30am y 2pm-4pm ~Viernes: 9am-12pm y 1pm-3pm
Liturgia en Español Domingo 5:30pm
Confesiones en Español Domingo 4:30pm-5:15pm o llame a la Oficina
para una cita con el Rd. Padre Carl Arcosa Bautismos en Español
Invitación a Cena-Baile para recaudación de fondos para la proxima celebración a
nuestra Reina y Madre Virgen de Guadalupe!
Fecha: Octubre 14 2017, Hora: 6pm-10pm, en el Salón Parroquial de la Iglesia
"El Buen Pastor" Entrada General: $5.00, menores de 15 años no pagan.
Habrá venta de comida y sabrosos bocadillos a su gusto, invite a su familia y amigos.
Un Rebaño, Una Familia, Viviendo y Compartiendo el Amor de Cristo!
LINEA DIRECTA DE ASSISTENCIA SACRAMENTO - UNCIóN DE LOS ENFERMOS:
925-470-5395 llame entre las horas de 9:00am y 4:00pm y por medio de texto después de horas de
trabajo
La Virgen Viajera Las Familias que desean inscribirse después de la Misa para llevarse a la Virgen Viajera a sus casas, por favor pónganse en contacto con el Sr. Ruben Gutierrez para más detalles.
Eres devoto(a) de la Virgen De Guadalu-
pe? Entonces.. Esta Invitación es especialmente para
Ti.. La Asociación Guadalupana de la parroquia del Buen Pastor te invita a formar parte de este importante grupo, para más información, ponte en contacto con alguno de los ministros del Ministerio Hispano o llama a la oficina parroquial 925-432-6404.
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Guarda la fecha: el próxima Cena Parroquial es el 19 de Octubre a las 6 pm en el salón. El menú incluye estofado de carne de res (beef stew) en un tazón de pan (bread bowl), ensalada y postre. ¡Comienza a hacer tus reservaciones ya!
LECTURAS DEL MES DE OCTUBRE Is 25:6-10, Phil 4:12-14. 19-20, Mt 22:1-14 Is 45:1. 4-6, Tes 1:1-5, Mt 22, 15-21 Ez 22:20-26, Tes 1:5-10, Mt. 22:34-40
MENSAJE DEL PADRE CARL: Gracias a todos los que trabajaron y asistieron al Festival, fue un gran éxito! Esperamos tener una contbilidad complete de lo recaudado en los próximas semanas.
NOTICIAS DEL FESTIVAL del Rebaño: Felicitaciones a los tres primeros ministerios que vendieron la mayor can‐dad de boletos para la rifa de este año: 1er lu‐
gar Ministerio Filipino vendió 3,537 boletos 2do lu‐gar YLI vendió 1,185 boletos 3er lugar Ministerio His‐pano vendió 977 boletos
El Ministerio Filipino recibirá $1,000, YLI recibirá $750 y el Ministerio Hispano obtendrá $500. La rifa trajo un total de $34,371 y comida y juegos tra‐jeron un total de $5,101 Todavía estamos trabajando en la recolección de recibos por todos los gastos obtenidos antes de que podamos reportar un ingreso detallado.
La asociación Guadalupana está buscando cantantes o grupos que le quieran donar su talento a la Virgen de Guadalupe en su gran fiesta de Diciembre. Favor co‐municarse con el Señor Milton.
El Ministerio de Pésame y Aflicción (Grief Ministry) pondrá un árbol de recuerdo en el Santuario durante el més de Noviembre. Cualquiera puede poner los nombres de su fa‐milia y amigos ya fallecidos en una tarjeta y colocarlo en el árbol. Se pueden colocar varios nombres en una sola car‐ta. Las tarjetas para este propósito estarán disponibles cerca del árbol. Recordaremos a todas las personas cuyos nombres se colocan en el árbol a lo largo del mes de Noviembre. El 2 de Noviembre a las 7pm tendremos una Misa especial para todos los difuntos y de las almas y te animamos a traer fotos de tus seres queridos para colocar en el Santuario, una recep‐ción ligera seguirá esta Liturgia. Esperamos que todos ustedes consideren par cipar.
La Escuela Carondelet High School ene su próxima Open House, para muchachas de sexto, sép mo y octavo grados y sus Padres y Guardianes Domingo, 5 de Noviembre de 2‐4pm
1133 Winton Dr. puede contactarlos para mas detalles (en Ingles), a www.carondeleths.org/admissions para regis‐trarse si gusta asis r.
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MINISTERIO HISPANO Arturo Alvarez 415-748-1771
CONTACTOS DE MINISTERIOS
Bautizos (Niños Pequeños) Para hacer arreglos iniciales, póngase en contacto con: Carmen Esquivel, en la Oficina 925-432-6404, ext. 10 o [email protected] Monaguillos Marcelina Diaz 925-705-0479 Ministros Extra Ordinarios de la Sagrada Comunion Alicia Leon 925-427-4934 Lectores Graciela Corona 510-912-1102 Coro Isabel Aguilera 925-470-7980 Grupos de Oracion/Intercesion Rosa Granados 925-727-7732 Catecismo (Español) Oficina 925-432-6404 Quinceañeras y Bodas Para hacer arreglos iniciales, póngase en contacto con: Carmen Esquivel, en la Oficina 925-432-6404, ext. 10 o [email protected] Coordinadora: Emma Ramos 925-818-1315
AÑO DE CORRESPONSABILIDAD (YEAR OF STEWARDSHIP)
AÑO DE CORRESPONSABILIDAD (YEAR OF STEWARDSHIP), Gracias por tu invaluable aporte semanal, a través de la transferencia electróni-ca de fondo, es más conveniente contribuir monetari-amente. Llama a la oficina para recibir el formulario.
ESTAN USTED Y SU FAMILIA PREPARADOS PARA LA MISA?
ULTIMA LLAMADA una forma que pueden estar preparados para nuestra liturgia dominical es leyendo las lecturas en casa an-tes de venir a Misa. Una de las mejores maneras de hacerlo es tener un Misal en su casa para que todos puedan utilizarlo. Este año, antes de planificar nuestro pedido/orden anual del Misal de la parroquia para el 2018, estamos dando a los feligreses la oportunidad de pedir un Misal para su uso personal en casa. Sim-plemente llene el formulario de solicitud a continua-ción, e incluya una donación de $10, y pongalo en cualquier canasta y recibirá un Misal para usted y su familia y uno mas se donará a la iglesia en su nombre para el 2018. ¡el pedido/la orden debe de ser hecha ya! ¡Sí! Quiero un Misal del 2018:
Nombre:___________________________ Teléfono:________________
El Consejo de Finanzas, necesita de tu ayuda; tene-mos que reducir nuestra factura mensual de PG&E para la Iglesia. Si estás usando la Iglesia o Capilla y no hay Sacristán presente, por favor asegúrate de que todo está apagado y asegurado al salir. Para infor-mación en Ingles, comunícate con Bill Abitz (925 432-3995) o Robert Calone (925 432-3300), llama a la Oficina, 925-432-6404. Gracias por tu ayuda en la reducción de costos. Nuestro Coro Santa Cecilia esta buscando nuevos miembros. Si te gusta cantar y alabar a Dios a través de la canción ven únete a nuestro Ministerio de Músi-ca. Pónte en contacto con cualquier miembro del coro después de la Misa o llama a la oficina de la iglesia y deja un mensaje.
Taller de Anulación de Matrimonio en Español
Salon Parroquial, OCTUBRE 16 a las 7pm con el Padre Sergio López
Caridades Católicas, la Diócesis de Oakland y las Parroquias de San Pedro Már r y de El Buen Pastor nos invitan a un Foro de inmigración Gratuito el Sábado 21 de Octubre a las 10 AM.
Estarán presentes abogados de inmigración y El Departamento de Policía de Pi sburg.
Para mas detalles, por favor llame a Joseline Gon‐zalez al 510‐365‐6812.
..la reunión comunitaria con la ciudad de Pittsburg, será el Domingo 22 de Octubre, a las 3:30 pm - 530pm, en el salon parroquial De la Iglesia de San Pedro Mártir, 740 Black Diamond St., Parish Hall, Pittsburg, CA
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Mass Intentions Oct 16-22
Mon 7:30 am Dr. Cristobal Rafi Birthday Ligaya Dolojan † # Tue 7:30 am Pete Aiello † ^ Wed 7:30 am Melvyn George † ^ Thu 7:30 am Espedita C Ramirez † Angelynne Borromeo Gavino Birthday #
Fri 7:30 am Ann Russo’s 100th Birthday Carlos Peniche Dominguez † ^
Sat 8 am Dr. Cristobal Rafi Thanksgiving # 5:30pm John Sanchez † ^
Sun 8 am Deceased Members of the Knights of Columbus † #
10am Al & Ann Zbacnik 68th Wedding Anniversary † *
12pm FOR THE PEOPLE ^
5:30 pm Jonathan Sarpolis † % *= Fr. Carl ^=Fr. Mars #=Fr. Conrad %=Fr. Chavez
NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS
Isaiah 45:1, 4-6, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b,
Matthew 22:15-21 WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
YEAR TO DATE SACRAMENT TOTALS Baptisms 101 First Holy Communions 170 Confirmations 66 Deaths 23 Weddings 6 Sick Calls
NEXT WEEK’S 2ND COLLECTION
MINISTERS FOR NEXT WEEKEND’S LITURGIES
Date Time Lectors EM’s Altar Servers
Oct 21 5:30 pm J Fox S Bellando
B Abitz, A Abitz, M Duran, C Greely, L Mangante, J Sobel, R Sorci
Oct 22 8 am Knights of Columbus P Dominguez, I Kinadeter, D Shipe, G Shipe, E Viloria, E Woodrow, S Shephard
Oct 22 10 am M Plata R Rivera
D Confetti, F Confetti, M Benitez, L Canciamilla, E Pittman, N Fontecha, B Francisco, A & J Los Banos
Oct 22 12 noon J Russo L Madrigal
N Umadhay, T Umadhay, J Bellando, L Briones, T Freel, J & R Lagarejos, R Reyes, R Razo
Oct 22 5:30 pm A Hernandez L Hernandez
R Granados, V Escruceria, A Leon, A Diaz, L Mata
THE USHERS WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW…If you wish to bring up the offer-tory gifts at a particular mass, you may sign up to do so on the Usher clipboard located in the vestibule of the church. There is oppor-
tunity to sign up for Sunday masses from now until January 2018!
INFORM YOUR FAITH!
Television: EWTN on channel 261 on DISH Network or channel 370 on DIRECTV or channel 229 on Comcast
Radio: KSFB AM 1260 San Francisco Sirius/XM Channels:
The Catholic Channel 129 EWTN 130
The Message 63