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St. John the Baptist Parishioners

Prayers and Well Wishes

Rev. Fr. Thuong Hoai Nguyen

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26th Year Anniversary of Priestly Ordination.

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May 21, 2017

May 20 - May 27, 2017

Intention Requested by

Saturday, May 20 5 p.m. Jose Calub † Ike and Cora Tiongson

Sunday, May 21 8 a.m. Renaldo Marin † Marin Family

9:30 a.m. Thanksgiving of Ana Prindle and Children Ana Prindle

For Blessings of Good Health

11 a.m. Marciano Africa Africa Family

12:30 p.m. Juan Jabson † Elmer and Tessy Jabson

Family

6 p.m. St. John Parishioners St. John Parish

Monday, May 22 8 a.m. Craig Buenger † Eurydice Buenger

Tuesday, May 23 8 a.m. Thanksgiving of Ana Prindle and Children

For Blessings of Good Health Ana Prindle

Wednesday, May 24 8 a.m. Fr. Thuong Nguyen-Anniversary Kathy Klatt

Thursday, May 25 8 a.m. Luis Torres † Anne Torres

Friday, May 26 8 a.m. Thanksgiving of Ana Prindle and Children

For Blessings of Good Health Ana Prindle

Saturday, May 27 8 a.m. Areise Vaughans-Personal Intentions Eurydice Buenger

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Virginia Alday, Gera Assefa, Jade Austin

Evelyn Baker, Pearl & Patrick Batiste

Paul Batist, Irene Blair

Robert Britto, Richard Calapini

Evelyn Canepa, Jeff Chavez

Bernadine Clark, Brenna Clark

Jennette Cleadenger, Betty Cooper

Linda Crittondon, Ernesto P. Cruz

Pablo de la Vega, Mary Dong

Tami Duncan, Juanita Estrellas

Philomena Giese, Mike Giovannini, Joseph Golinveau

Domingo Gregorio, Andy Gutierrez

Ruben Gutierrez, Maydelle Halligan

Frances, Joanne, Marvin & Maurice Haynes

Sherry Highlander, Tamaya Hunt, Pat Jeffre

Ann Jones, Tom Kennedy, Robin Laws

Maria Impang Lozada, Marian & Michael Luoma

Nancy McVey, Francis Mondragon, Philip Moore

Eiji Nakamura, Ester Oppus, Judith Padilla

Theresa Parella, Angelina Patacsil, Victoria Payless

Fely Sabares, Linda Schneider, Esther Esmilla Taylor

Salvador Tejero, Rose Texara, Pat Tilley

James Vaughn, Sarah Vidal

Evodio Walle, Jan Williamson, Masaru Yokoi

Let Us Pray for the Sick

May 21, 2017

Stewardship

Envelopes & EFT, May 14, 2017 $2,821

Loose Donations 1,626

Total Regular Collection $4,447

Second Collection: Mother’s Day $1,814

This week’s Second Collection will support

Catholic Charities.

Next week’s Second Collection will support

Catholic Communications.

Thank you for your generosity.

Senior Center Activity

May 23: Court-Appointed Special Advocate

for Children Susan Burnett on Foster Youth and

Child Neglect and Abuse at 11:30am /

Lunch at 12:30pm Khanh Bui, Director ( 237-3808,Tuesdays)

CRE Needs Volunteers The Children’s Religious Education class needs

three catechists to teach the sacraments of

Reconciliation and Holy Communion for the

coming term this September.

Please contact Lynne at 510-501-4894.

Holy Spirit Novena Novena to the Holy Spirit starts May 26 to

June 3, at 7:30pm.

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Sixth Sunday of Easter Those who obey the commandments, Jesus says in today’s Gospel, are the ones who really love Him.

Does my stewardship reveal my love for Jesus?

May 21, 2017

Sunday Readings: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17, 1 Peter 3:15-

18, Jn 14:15-21

Monday Readings: Acts 16:11-15, Jn 15:26-16:4a

Or Phil 4:4-9, Lk 6:27-38

Tuesday Readings: Acts 16:22-34, Jn 16:5-11

Wednesday Readings: Acts 17:15, 22-18:1,

Jn 16:12-15

Thursday Readings: Acts 18:1-8, Jn 16:16-20 Or

1Cor 2:10b-16, Mt 7:21-29 Or Acts 20:17-18a, 28-

32, 36, Mt16:13-19 Or 1Cor 7:25-35, Mk 3:31-35

Friday Readings: Acts 18:9-18, Jn 16:20-23 Or

Phil 4:4-9, Jn 17:20-26

Saturday Readings: Acts 18:23-28, Jn 16:23b-28

Or 1Thes 2:2b-8, Mt 9:35-38.

Mass,M-F at 8am, Sat. 8a,5p, Sun.

Liturgy of the Hours, Mon.-Fri. at 7:40am

Rosary, Monday to Friday at 8:30am

Divine Mercy Chaplet, Mon.- Fri. at 8:40am

24-Hour Adoration, Daily at the Chapel

Hour of Prayers and Praise, Thu., 7pm, Chapel

Chaplet of the Divine Mercy and Rosary, Daily at

3pm, 9pm, 10pm (Spanish).

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena, Wed., 8:30am

Holy Infant of Prague Novena, Thu., 8:30am

Prayer Service (Brazilian), Mon., 7:30pm, CCen2Fl

2017 Bishop’s Appeal Thank You, Parishioners. To-date, the parish

has achieved 104% of its goal.

This Week’s Service Schedule

To All Volunteers and Employes: If it has been

three years since you received a certificate for train-

ing on Protecting Our Children, it is time to re-train

by logging in: virtusonline.org.

Or, take an onsite training class at the Com. Center

this August on a Saturday at 9am. Day will be deter-

mined by the diocese.

Building A Safe Environment

REGISTER NOW AND RESERVE YOUR SPACE

At www.sjtbc.us/vbdc.html, details will feature

St. John the Baptist Church’s 16th Annual Vacation

Bible Day Camp, "2017 Deep Sea Discovery"

which will be held on June 26-28.

Special guest, Bubble Mania & Company, who

has been in business for almost 30 years will pro-

vide educational, entertainment at the highest level

of excellence. Their presentations cross all ages and

cultures. The visual presentation is filled with soap

bubble creations that mesmerize the audience with

seemingly impossible creations of shimmering, wig-

gling reflections of light, color and flowing liquid

motion, of all shapes and size.

Mark your calendar for early bird discount

on the ‘Coolest Week of the Summer’.

2017 Come and See Days Sister Joseph Marie, O.P. invites Catholic single

women, ages 18-38 years to join the Cloistered Do-

minican Nuns on a Saturday, July 15 & Oct.21. Call

or Register: vocations@nunsmenlo.org

Receiving the Sacrament of Holy Communion

Congratulations to the following students for

receiving first Holy Communion last

May 6.

Samantha Alcantar, Eli Emanuel

Almonte, Ian Emanuel Almonte,

Savannah Grace Basye, Uriel Campos, Mariela

Cordoba, Diego Acevea-Cortez, Alexis Desiree

Drum, Antoni Francisco Flores, Juan Luis Lara,

Riley Robert Kaleb Corpuz-Giron, Julius Edgar

Marquez, Emiliano Coss-Martinez, Jorje Johann

Santos, Drew Richard Anthony Shaifer,

Maria Angela Vail, Carrington Allister-Yip.

Register as Parishioner Pick up a form at the back vestibule of the church

or at the Office to register.

Or e-mail: stjohns@sjtbc.us

Help keep our church clean.

Secular Discalced Carmelites are faithful members of the Catholic Church and live a life of prayer. For

more information, please call Peter Burkard of the St. Elijah OCDS Community at 510-691-9800.

Annual Brazilian Community Festival Come to a fundraising event at Veterans Hall on

June 6, 5p-12a. Raffle tickets are on sale after mass.

Bishop Robert Barron continues his journey around the world to explore a handful of saints, artists, mystics,

and scholars who not only shaped the life of the Church, but changed the course of western civilization.

CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players features six people who responded to the grace of God to

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S T . FR AN C IS o f AS S IS I : T h e R e fo r me r , radically and literally lived as Jesus commanded to transform the Church.

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S T . TH OM AS A Q U IN AS : T h e Th eo l o g ia n , demonstrated that faith and reason are not at odds, as they come from the same source.

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S T . C ATH E R IN E o f S IE N A : Th e M ys t i c , gave testimony to the reality of the spiritual dimension here and beyond.

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B LE S S E D J O H N H E NR Y N EWM AN : T h e Co n ve r t , left a prestigious career to seek and preach the apostolic faith.

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G. K. C HE S TER TO N : Th e Eva n g e l i s t , publicly, humbly, and humorously announced the paradoxes and truth of Christianity.

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M IC H E LAN GE LO : T h e A r t i s t , dramatically demonstrated that beauty and creativity are a primary route of access to God.

St. John Parish will feature the last segment on Bishop Robert Barron’s video series,

“Catholicism: The Pivotal Players.” This video will be shown at the Fr. John Maxwell con-

ference room this Wednesday, May 27 at 7pm.

There is no fee. Join us for this last presentation featuring Michelangelo, the Artist.

www.WordOnFire.org • www.Pivotal Players.com

T H E P I V O T A L P L A Y E R S

Bishop Robert Barron’s

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