MISSION STATEMENT We, the clergy of St. Basil the Great, guided by the Holy Scripture, Tradition and Magisterium inspired by the Holy Spirit are called by Christ to evangelize, to educate and to motivate the lay faithful to become active witnesses to the spirituality of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) through sacraments, liturgy, praise and worship.

St. Basil the Great Catholic Church

1200 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo, CA 94590

Website: http://www.stbasilvallejo.org

Rev. Alfredo L. Tamayo - Pastor

Rev. Ronald V. Torres - Parochial Vicar

Deacon Mike Urick

Deacon Errol Kissinger

Parish Center - (707) 644-5251

1225 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo, CA 94590

Lillian Gatchalian - Admin. Assistant

stbasiloffice@gmail.com

Sheri Thomas - Business Manager

Parish Office Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

9:00am to Noon & 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Office Closed Wednesdays

St. Basil School - (707) 642-7629

1230 Nebraska Street, Vallejo, CA 94590

Julia Boen ~ Principal

St. Basil Preschool - (707) 642-5966

1225 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo, CA 94590

Lisa Butler ~ Director

Religious Education/Youth Ministry

(707) 644-8309

1230 Nebraska Street, Vallejo, CA 94590

Julie Kissinger ~ Director

MUSIC MINISTRY

Cherry Lopez ~ Director

APRIL 5, 2015 ~ EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

SACRAMENTS Sacrament of Reconciliation:

Saturday, 4:00 to 5:00pm

Sacrament of Baptism: Pre-Baptism preparation

class required. Please call the Parish Office for

more information.

Sacrament of Marriage: Minimum 6 months

advance notice required. Please contact the Parish

Office to make an appointment with the Marriage/

Wedding Coordinator.

Pastoral Care for the Sick/Homebound: Please

call the Parish Office to arrange for home and

hospital visits

Anointing of the Sick, please call (707) 567-9500

Stewardship at St. Basil Parish Grow our Gifts…Share Our Blessings

Stewardship of Treasure

03/26/15: $12,924.62

SVdP: $3,324.96

Your ongoing support is essential in

helping us meet the many needs of

the parish and community.

Alleluia! Christ is risen and victorious

over sin and death! We are good stewards

of our faith if, like St. Paul, we share this

good news whenever and wherever we

can.Stewardship by the Book….Sharon Hueckel

SCHEDULE

OF MASSES

Saturday:

5:30pm (Vigil Mass)

Sunday:

7:30am, 9:30am,

11:30am & 5:30pm

Daily:

7:15am in the Mary Chapel

Holy Days:

7:15am, 9:30am & 7:30pm

PLEASE

PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER

YOUR GIFT

TO ST. BASIL PARISH.

THANK YOU

FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.

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Easter Sunday

April 5, 2015

I shall not die, but live,

and declare the works of the LORD.

— Psalm 118:17

SEEKING Easter Sunday is a day all about seeking. The early Christian communities gathered around the Apostles, seeking more about

the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus. Saint Paul told the baptized Colossians to “seek what is above.” Mary of Magdala went to

the tomb, seeking to find the Lord’s body so that she could anoint it. We come to church on Easter Sunday seeking many things.

For some of us, this is a once‑a‑year journey, when we seek connection with the foundations of the Christian faith. For others,

this day is the culmination of a long journey of Lenten repentance. For the newly baptized, this is the first day of a new life filled

with promise and expectation. Whatever it is that we seek, let us be inspired by the disciple whom Jesus loved who, when he saw

the wrappings of cloth inside the empty tomb, “saw and believed.” Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Our tradition has a way of honoring age-old customs,

and is patient with how practices unfold in different places.

The name of today’s feast illustrates this well. English is a

Germanic language, and our word “Easter,” or German

“Oester,” points back to the pagan goddess Eoestre, the star

of the vernal equinox feast. The Greek title “Pasch” reaches

back in a more helpful manner to the Hebrew “Pesach,” or

“Passover.” “Paschal Triduum” may be slow to replace

“Easter” in our vocabulary, but it is clearer about the mystery

we celebrate today, the culmination of three days laden with

mystery and meaning.

You can hear the older term, and the resistance to Eng-

lish influence, in the Irish “Casca” and Scottish “Pask.” Ro-

mance languages stay close to the deep paschal tradition,

with the French “Pâques,” Spanish “Pascua” and Italian

“Pasqua.” Memories of our pagan past with “Oester” will not

soon fade away: even Japanese Christians are under her spell,

for today’s feast is called “ I-suta.” Swahili, a young lan-

guage, takes the more traditional route with “Pasaka.” Each

language yields a rich insight into the feast. Spanish includes

a sense that today is a “big Sunday” by adding the designa-

tion “Pascua” to the greatest feasts, such as “Pascua de la

Natividad” (Christmas). Once Christ is risen, every step of

life’s journey is illuminated by the light of the Pasch! —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2ab, 5-9; Lk 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27a; Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-15ab, 16-21; Mk 16:9-15 Sunday: Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Peter is an eyewitness: The Lord is

risen (Acts 10:34a, 37-43).

Psalm — This is the day the Lord has made; let us re-

joice and be glad (Psalm 118).

(1) Second Reading — All who are baptized, set your

hearts in heaven (Colossians 3:1-4) or

(2) Second Reading — Christ our Passover is sacri-

ficed; therefore let us celebrate (1 Corinthians 5:6b-8).

Gospel — Three witnesses, Mary, Peter, and John; each

responds to the empty tomb (John 20:1-9) or

Mark 16:1-7 (or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Luke

24:13-35). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997,

International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

EASTER PEOPLE

We are Easter people and Alleluia is our song! —St. Augustine

NEW BORN

For I remember it is Easter morn,

And life and love and peace are all new born. —Alice Freeman Palmer

Lord Jesus, we ask you to

bring your peace and healing

touch to those who are ill, or

afraid or worried. AMEN.

Saturday ~ April 4, 2015 ~ 8:00PM

Ernesta Furtado (+)

Jaime and Benita Belen (+)

Tony A. Farne (+)

Manuel and Ana Buenviaje (+) Kho Chiong Hai and Valentina Ganade (+)

Tan Ching and Maria Buenviaje (+)

Sunday ~ April 5, 2015 ~ 7:30AM

Irene Madera (BD)

Agapita Olario Galia (+)

Nelson Salazar (+)

Susana Ubungen (+)

Mercy Krause (+BD)

Sunday ~ April 5, 2015 ~ 9:30AM

Dolly Marquez (TG)

Tony A. Farne (+)

Eric Sopang (+)

Asuncion Maloles-Ordoñez (+)

Nestor Arcibal (+DA)

Sunday ~ April 5, 2015 ~ 11:30AM

Teresa Aliño (S.I.)

Consolacion Cosme (+)

Priscilla Santos (+)

Noriel Cruz (+)

Liza Henry (+)

Sunday ~ April 5, 2015 ~ 1:30PM

Nicanor Mostajo (+)

Vincent Gumataotao (+)

Diane Gumataotao (+)

George Gumataotao (+)

James Garcia Gumataotao (+)

Monday ~ April 6, 2015 ~ 7:15AM

Tessie Ramos (BD)

Teodorico Sacote (S.I. - Healing)

Tony A. Farne (+)

Raul Carrasco +)

Crescenciana Cuffee (+BD)

Tuesday ~ April 7, 2015 ~ 7:15AM

Fe Villamor (BD)

Leonora Palaganas (BD)

Tony A. Farne (+)

Alfredo Madeira (+)

Nicanor Mostajo (+DA)

Wednesday ~ April 8, 2015 ~ 7:15AM

Tony A. Farne (+)

Hilo Amataga (+)

Alejandro Cancino (+)

Artemio Runez, Jr. (+BD)

Thursday ~ April 9, 2015 ~ 7:15AM

Garrett Martin (BD)

Erick Villa (BD)

Tony A. Farne (+)

Kitten Rogers (+)

Paul Gravelle (+)

Friday ~ April 10, 2015 ~ 7:15AM

William Dauz Lipayon (BD)

Tony A. Farne (+)

Maria Harvey (+) 3

FREELY GIVEN:

Diocesan Young Adult Conference 2015 Calling all young adultsages18-39! We invite you to attend

FREELY GIVEN, the Diocese of Sacramento Young Adult

Conference. This will be a wonderful opportunity to learn,

worship, and be in community with other young adults from

throughout the diocese. The day will focus on the Church as

“a place of mercy freely given”, drawing from Pope Francis’s

apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium. The conference

will be held on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at St. James Parish in Davis, CA from

9;30am-5:00pm, with an option to stay for the 5:30pm vigil Mass. Registration is

$15 and includes lunch. Price will increase to $20 after April 4, so register early!

For more information or to register, visit our website: www.yaconference.com

Monica Mendoza

Zonia L. McGee

Manuel Morales

Milagros Morales

Ed Moreno

Jim Murphy

James O’Brien

Ana Parker

Ida Pleasanton

Nicholas Policar

Ed Sablan

Teodorico Sacote

Madeline Saye

Anna Silva

Fermin Soriano

Suzanne Tiu

Dominador Viray

Nathaniel Williams

Matilda Wilson

Katie Abeyta

Nomie Almendra

Yolande Bekhit

Ismael Beltran

Maria Bongco

Marian Boykins

Edzel David Brown

Florita Cruz

Danilo Dipiramo

John Donovan

Dorothy Egidio

Miriam Holgado

Cris & Severina Ilagan

Aly Rose Jacobsen

Millie James

Rodolfo Lomibao

Dolly Marquez

Lilia Maypa

Wishing You A

Blessed and

Happy Easter!

April 16th, 6:30PM

Confirmation

Celebration with Bishop

Jaime Soto

April 18th, 9 AM

Religious Ed. First

Holy Communion

Celebration

April 25th, 9AM

St. Basil School

First Holy

Communion

Celebration

Chief Solano Council 3585 Presents

A Day with Jesse Romero

This is a one-day retreat to be conducted by

Jesse Romero, a well known Catholic lay

evangelist on April 25, 2015; 9am - 4 pm at

Holy Spirit Parish Hall, Fairfield, CA.

For ticket information contact George Bag-

ley at 707.372.4912 or John Certeza at

707.631.9981.

St. Basil Conference

Halleluiah! Our ministry was truly blessed

this Lenten season by the alms given to

SVdP by St. Basil parishioners. Your dona-

tions continue to help us bring the poor out

of the darkness of hunger into the light of

Christ our Redeemer. Additional thanks to the Knights of Colum-

bus Council #13271 for their 40 cans for Lent food drive and to

the St. Basil School families & Friends in Faith members for help

with our special Easter deliveries! May God be your reward.

Help bring to the Light those who no longer want to walk in darkness. Invite

those who have never been baptized or who have been baptized in a non-Catholic

tradition, as well as adult Catholics who have not been confirmed, to the RCIA in-

quiry sessions starting after Easter. For more information, contact our RCIA

coordinator Rose Jenschke at (707) 746-8620or call the parish office at (707) 644-

5251.