Fr. Thomas Stany has been in-residence at Holy

6th Sunday in Easter, May 5, 2013
Fr. Thomas Stany has been in-residence at Holy Spirit for the last one and
a half years. He has presided at daily and Sunday Masses and confessions.
His homilies at daily Masses have always been spiritually enlightening.
Fr. Stany is called back to his diocese in Southern India. His last Sunday
Mass at Holy Spirit is May 5th. We thank him for all his service to this
parish and wish him God’s blessings on his new ministry.
Photos by Esther Yee
Mass Intentions
Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 5, 2013
Saturday, May 4th
5:00
† Rose Harris
† Albert G. Rinetti
† Jomarie J"oe"Halog
Sunday, May 5th
7:30

Maria Ofelia C. Eclipse
† Leonides Lumanlan
David Boyd
9:00

† Melvin Braga
† Souls in Purgatory
† John Clynch
11:00

† Javier Corral, Milagros
Teresita & Joselito Velasco
† Catherine Sisneros
12:30

5:00
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The People of Holy Spirit Parish
Monday: Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Jn 15:26 — 16:4a

Monday, May 6th
Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Jn 16:5-11
7:00

† Rufino & Amelia Borges
8:00
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† Leon Clontz
† Eruthiasany Arputhasany

Tuesday, May 7th
7:00

† Leon Clontz
8:00

† Harry X. Tjon

Wednesday, May 8th
7:00

† Rhodora Belms Apostol
8:00

† Eric Cruzada
6:30

Perry Owen Chinn
— Psalm 67:6
† Leonor Villegas
† Antonio Sr. & Regino Dimamay
Efren Aguas
Thursday, May 9th
7:00

† Gregory Tumampos
8:00

Magalzo Family

Friday, May 10th
7:00 † Norman Edward Taylor
8:00 † Cienna Kahrobaie
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Saturday, May 11th
7:00
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† Kerry & John Fox
8:00
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The Baeza Family
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May the peoples praise you,
O God; may all the peoples
praise you!
hough she was the Mother
of the Lord, yet she desired to learn the precepts of the
Lord, and she who brought forth
God, yet desired to know God.
—St. Ambrose
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22 — 18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Jn 16:12-15
Thursday: Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 1:17-23
Friday: Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-7; Jn 16:20-23
Saturday: Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-10; Jn 16:23b-28
Sunday: Acts 7:55-60; Ps 97:1-2, 6-7, 9; Rv 22:12-14, 16-17, 20; Jn 17:20-26; or,
for Ascension, Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:2428; 10:19-23; Lk 24:46-53
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Sixth Sunday of Easter; Cinco de Mayo; Julian Calendar Easter
Thursday: The Ascension of the Lord (unless transferred to Sunday)
Friday: St. Damien de Veuster
Please note our prayer list is refreshed every week. Feel free to call the
office to include your ill loved one for the week: 510-797-1660.
Let us pray for all those who are ill in our parish including ...
Joey Fingerhut, Fabian Trucios, Conrad Quenangan,
Melchor Domingo, Matt Balajadia, and Nico Castro
Let us pray for those who passed away . . .
Josephine Dutra
W
e’re having a YouTube contest! 1st prize is an Apple iPad! All
you have to do is produce the best YouTube video promoting Holy
Spirit Parish in this Year of Faith. Entries must not exceed 3 minutes, must
be wholesome and suitable for all ages. Contest is open to all registered
parishioners. Only one entry per person. Videos should be posted to
YouTube and submitted by sending the link to [email protected] by June 1st. Winner announced September 1st.
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In Today’s Gospel…
In today’s Gospel we find Jesus’
response to Judas’s question asking
how the world is going to know
Christ’s revelation if Jesus has only
revealed Himself to His disciples. We
can relate with Judas’ preoccupation
and despair at realizing that too few
people know and live by Christ’s message of love. The Boston bombings
and current world news of poverty,
violence, racism, and
economic inequalities
heightens our awareness that evil and dehumanizing situations
continue to be a reality
that not only impacts
third world countries,
but our own cities as
well. We too, like Judas, question how and
when God’s Kingdom will come. In
today’s Gospel, Jesus states “whoever
loves me will keep my word, and the
Father will love him…” One may ask:
“how do I love God whom I don’t
see?” As Mother Teresa once stated,
“at the end of life we will not be
judged by how many diplomas we
have received, how much money we
have made, how many great things we
have done. We will be judged by ‘I
was hungry, and you gave me some-
Parish Staff
thing to eat, I was naked and you clothed
me. I was homeless,
Sr. Karla
and you took me in.’ Hungry not only for bread - but hungry for
love. Naked not only for clothing - but
naked of human dignity and respect.
Homeless not only for want of a home
of bricks - but homeless because of
rejection.” Our Catholic social tradition invites us to love
God by abiding in His
word that commands
us to uphold the life
and dignity of human
persons when it is
threatened, to love the
poor and the vulnerable by fighting to
change their conditions of misery, to
strive to not become indifferent to our
social responsibilities in our local and
international spheres, and by being
stewards of God’s creation. In loving
in this way, our words and actions will
reveal God’s love. And, as a result,
express God’s Kingdom here on earth.
For more on Catholic Social
Teaching
please
see
http://
www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/
what-we-believe/catholic-socialteaching/
Fr. Mathew Vellankal
Pastor
456- 4964
Fr. Thomas Khue
Parochial Vicar
456-4965
Fr. John Offor
Fr. Thomas Stany
In Residence
797-1660
Dn. Bill Drobick
Director of Religious Ed
456-4975
Dn. Rudy Brazil
Dn. Richard Yee
797-1660
Dn. Chuck Glover
789-8652
Verbum Dei Sisters
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Kerey Quaid
Liturgical Director
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Jeff Van der Sluis
Business Manager
456-4970
Jennifer Fields
Bookkeeper
456-4976
Kenneth Boegel
School Principal
793-3553
Michele Filice
Preschool Director
793-2013
Deena Benton
Asst. Dir. Religious Ed
456-4977
Fran Marron
Clare Duncan
Faith Formation Admin.
456-4974
Stewardship Corner
Sunday, April 28th
= $ 22,562
Confirmation
=$
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Our weekly operating expenses goal
for Sunday Offering is $23,764.
From our youngest Stewards…
I helped someone, I prayed, I studied my lessons:
Mateo, Sophia Lee,
Gerald, and Tara
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Denise Kashyap
Facilities Scheduling
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Vanessa Barrett
Parish Secretary
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Around the Parish
e’re in need of more Ushers and Greeters at
all of the Masses on Sunday and the Saturday Vigil. If you would like to sign up or would like
more information please contact Alex Paras at 510509-0585 or [email protected]. Thank you.
P
ilgrimage with Father Mathew to Greece &
Turkey - You are invited to attend an information meeting in the Small Hall on Monday,
May 20th at 7:00 p.m. Issa Qumsieh from Holy
Land Travel Center will be present to answer your
questions.
H
oly Spirit Parish presents a first in a line of
Leadership Seminar Series, Tools for
Success! This high valued training is offered at no
charge to our parish community. Build your professional skills for your job as well as your ministry.
Speakers include the Director of HR for the Four
Seasons Hotel, Sr. VP of Bank of America, and
more.
When: Saturday, May 11th, 8:45 a.m. – Noon
Where: Holy Spirit Parish - Small Hall
Pre-Registration: www.holyspiritfremont.org or
register that day: 8:30 a.m. in the Small Hall.
S
pring Youth Camp - May 10-12, at
Holy Redeemer Retreat Center in
Oakland. If you are within the ages of
12 and 18 join us in a weekend of
Christian fellowship, prayer, music and
songs while developing your faith and friendship
with other Christian youths your age!! Camp fee is
$70 and includes meals and lodging. Registration
starts at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Camp ends at
1:00 p.m. Sunday. For registration and parent
permission form please contact Tom & Tess Garcia
at 510-487-3251 or email at [email protected]
Congratulations and God bless
to those who recently had their marriages
convalidated in the church.
T
he Filipino Society is hosting our next casino
fund-raiser on Saturday, June 1st! We'll be
leaving at 7 a.m. for Red Hawk Casino, where
you'll have 6 hours of fun. Tickets are $35,
with a $20 refund. For tickets and info, please
contact Danny Zenarosa at (510)468-7980.
We're also taking reservations for an overnight trip to
Reno on the weekend of August 3rd. Tickets are
$120 (hotel and bus) with a $20 refund. If you'd like
to go, please call Danny so that we can get a head
count. We need to know the number of attendees
before the end of June. Thank you for your support
of the Society's efforts.
Liturgy 101: Month of Mary
...is dedicated to Our Blessed Lady, the Queen
of Heaven. During this month, Catholics in every
part of the world "both in Church and in the privacy of the home, offer up to Mary from their
hearts an especially fervent and loving homage of
prayer and veneration. In this month, too, the
gifts of God's mercy come down to us from her
throne in greater abundnance."
~ Paul VI: Encyclical on the Month of May, no. 1
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F
or Young Adults! Join
us for the May WINE &
CHEESE evening on Friday,
May 31st at 7 p.m. in the
Fireside Room. We will be
planning out summer events
and sharing in faith and
fellowship.
and Young Adults' MASS & MUNCH
Y outh
is happening on May 5 ! Father Jim will be
Culture of Life
th
C
ome Join the Legion of Mary - We are in need
of new active members for our Legion at Holy
Sprit Parish. Pray the rosary and do apostolic work
through our legion. We meet Tuesdays from 7:309:00 p.m. in the Governo House Dining Room. For
more info contact [email protected] or
Jessica at 510-825-3161.
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~ Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, former Archbishop
of Buenos Aires, now Pope Francis,
homily at Mass on August 31, 2005
re you interested in learning more about the
St. Vincent de Paul Society? Please join us
for our annual pot luck dinner to meet our members
and become informed about our ministry. The dinner is May 11th with 6:00 p.m. happy hour followed
by dinner at 7:00 p.m. in the De Sousa House.
O
n Sunday, May 5th at 9:00 p.m. ET, FOX
News will air nationally a documentary
about the abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell who
has been on trial for the murder of babies born
live and of a woman who came to his abortion
clinic. This is a very important trial that raises
many key issues in our national debate over
abortion. Priests for Life encourage us to watch
this and get others to see it as well.
Parish Events
5/6
Small Hall
7:00
5/10-18
Chapel
6:30 p.m.
Leadership Seminar
5/11
Small Hall
8:45-12:00
Social Ministry Workshop
5/11
Small Hall
2-5:00
SVdP Society Dinner
5/11
De Sousa
7:00
5/18-19
Parish
All Day
Natural Family Planning
Pentecost Novena
Festival Weekend
HS School Alumni Event 5/19 De Sousa
Win this 2013 BMW Convertible!
2-4 p.m.
Family Bible Camp 6/24-28 De Sousa 7-9:00 p.m.
Camping with Fr. Mat 8/9-12 Yosemite
P
Corner
Jesus didn’t come to bring death, but rather,
the death of hatred, the death of fighting, the
death of calumny, that is, killing with the
tongue. Jesus did not come to bring death, the
death that He suffered for defending life. Jesus
came to bring life and to bring abundant life,
and he sends us out, carrying that life, but he
tells us: “Care for it!” because there are people
who … aren’t involved in the Gospel: [who are
part of] the culture of death … life interests
them insofar as it is useful, in so far as it has
some kind of utility and if not, it doesn’t interest them. And throughout the world, this weed
has been planted, of the culture of death.
with us at the Youth and Young Adults' Sunday,
5 p.m. Mass, and we will have a potluck dinner
afterwards in the De Sousa House. Come for spiritual, physical, and social nourishment. Contact
the Rectory Office for details.
——
entecost Novena is coming - Our annual Pentecost Novena will start on Friday, May 10th.
Please join us at 6:30 each evening through Friday,
May 17th, in the Adoration Chapel. We will pray the
Novena as well as hear a reflection on how one of
the Gifts of the Holy Spirit has impacted the speaker’s life. On Saturday, May 18th, our Novena will be
conducted on the Festival stage.
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Holy Spirit Capital Campaign
Car Raffle is
underway. Get
your $50 ticket
and have a 1 in
3,000 chance (or
better) to win
this new car valued at $55,000. Buy your ticket
in the Rectory Office, M-F, 9:00 a.m.—3:00
p.m.! Drawing held Festival Weekend, May 19th
at 3:00 p.m..
Is Social Ministry Calling YOU?
During Mass on May 5th, the Social Service Ministry will
inform Parishioners about the ways in which our Faith
leads us to Service. Is God calling you to enrich your Faith
through this outreach Ministry?
Please join our Saturday, May 11th Workshop where we will discuss the 7 Themes of Catholic Social Teaching presented by
Dave McKeown, Social Ministry Outreach Coordinator from the
Diocese of Oakland and Sr. Karla Felix-Rivera, VDMF held
from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in the Small Hall. (For those attending the morning
Leadership Seminar Series, lunch will be provided for you.)
Natural Family Planning
Dispel the myths, discover the facts.
An introduction to Natural Family Planning
Monday, May 6th at 7 p.m.
Holy Spirit Parish, Fremont, Small Hall
Refreshments to be served.
All are welcome. Free Admission.
You may have heard of Natural Family Planning, but do you
really know the truth about it?
NFP is NOT your grandmother’s ‘rhythm method’.
NFP is NOT complicated.
NFP IS as effective as artificial contraception, if not more so.
NFP can be used by anyone.
NFP is without health risks or unwanted side effects.
NFP is easy to learn.
NFP is scientifically proven.
NFP is helpful in cases of infertility.
NFP is holistic health care.
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What exactly is NFP?
Who can use NFP?
Why should I use NFP?
Many couples and women have
used contraception and lived with
side effects and moral concerns.
Many are looking for a better way
-one that is healthier and naturalphysically, emotionally, relationally and spiritually.
There is a better way.
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