Kindergarten Class of 1987 Reunion

February 3, 2013, 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Kindergarten Class of 1987 Reunion
Kristine Tsung-Flores
Amanda Monteiro Lingle
Christine Russell
Kindergarten teacher, Ann Marie Drabin, (seated in top photo)
invited her students from the class of 1987 to a 25th class reunion
last December. Top photo are Kristine, Amanda, Christine, Eliot
and Jason that attended. Beatriz (shown below) join via Skype
from Oregon. “It is so gratifying to see my former students all
grown up and doing so well.” Photo on right is Bill and Ann
Marie’s wedding day with her first Holy Spirit
Kindergarten class of 1987 in attendance.
Beatriz Acosta
Elliot Hsu-Au
Jason DeGuzman
Mass Intentions
Saturday, February 2nd
5:00
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† Soledad Domingo Abubo
The Jones Family
† Shirley Cornet
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 3, 2013
Sunday, February 3rd
7:30
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† Torres Family
† Maria J. Silva
† Maria Jayne
9:00

† Annie Kennedy
† Patricia Dutrow
† Melvin Braga
11:00
12:30
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Malou Dela Cruz-Lundag
Maria Fatima Carvalho
† Demetria, Sancho & Alfredo
† Manuel Brasil
† Cresencio & Remedios Salindong
Antoine Cavalier
5:00  The
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People of Holy Spirit Parish
Monday, February 4th
7:00

8:00

Julita Matro
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Tuesday, February 5th
7:00
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Patrick Lingle & Adelina Toste
8:00
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† Mary Sullivan
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Wednesday, February 6th
7:00
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† John & Catherine Keily
8:00
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† Lamberto De Castro
6:30
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† Alicia Ong
8:00
7:00
8:00
7:00
8:00
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— 1 Corinthians 13:13
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Heb 11:32-40; Ps 31:20-24; Mk 5:1-20
Tuesday: Heb 12:1-4; Ps 22:26b-28, 30-32; Mk 5:21-43
Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a; Mk 6:1-6
Thursday: Heb 12:18-19, 21-24; Ps 48:2-4, 9-11; Mk 6:7-13
Friday: Heb 13:1-8; Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9; Mk 6:14-29
Saturday: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Ps 23:1-6; Mk 6:30-34
Sunday: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8; Ps 138:1-5, 7-8; 1 Cor 15:1-11; Lk 5:1-11
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Boy Scout Sunday;
World Day for Consecrated Life
Tuesday: St. Agatha
Wednesday: St. Paul Miki and Companions
Friday: St. Jerome Emiliani; St. Josephine Bakhita;
Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary
Let us pray for those who are ill . . .
Diocese of Oakland Deacons, Avelino Reyes, Angie L. Vega, Sally Ramirez, Lucy Verducci, Milagros Pons Torres, Maria Blei, Dave Benjamin, Emma Bruno, Malcolm Donato, Thomas Bowman,
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Rose Makkos, Jack Texeira, Judy Grace Laserna, Nico Castro, Brittany Stocking, Joselito
† Romaulda Cabanilla
Velasco, Charles Thieman, Peggy Cole, Calvin Oliveira, Bob Alden, Joaquin Sullivan,
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David McKowen, Naval Gonzalez, Nancy Rodrigues, Kathleen Erceg, Aurora Rodri† Cecil J. Marzan
quez, Kevin Scobee, Usin Pisingan, Rebecca Irineo, Debbie Harika, Laura Trussell,
 Friday, February 8th
Robert Trussell, Lamberto Bautista, Cecilia Dauz, Paul Phillips, Mina Fernando, Ed
The People of Holy Spirit Parish ward Quimbao, Liza & Eduardo Abrientos, Marie Arguello, Erlinda Sanchez, Anna
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Lopez, Kari Lane, Paul Hebert, Hope Mendez, Ted Foster, Marvel Valent, Joe Almeda,
† Christina Hernandez
Kathy Behrens, Linda Bustos, Julie Domingo, Matt Balajadia, Mac McCrory, Elmo F.
 Saturday, February 9th
Cooley, Placida Cabusas, Nancy Albrecht, Elovy D’Sa, Dom Belardo, Mary Kay Swin
Ray Marzan & † Maxine Marzan dle, Oliver Cruzada, Scott Doruff, Mariam Wyman, Nancy Lorigan, Lupe Abadilla, Joe
Abreu, Joe Tomas, Amyra Soriano, Manuel Pereira, and Avelino Reyes

† Narciso Marzan
Let us pray for those who passed away . . .

7:00
† Rufino & Amelia Borges
Faith, hope, and love remain, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
Thursday, February 7th
eens and Young Adultsjoin us for a concert in
the church on 2/10 at 7:00 p.m.
by the lead singer of “The
Thirsting”, a Catholic rock band.
Free will offering.
Maria Jayne, Leotina Morris, Carlos Jesus and Leonard Bologna
he Boy Scouts of America has designated February 3 as "Scout SunT
day" to recognize the contributions of scouts. One of the parts of the
Scout Law is "A scout is Reverent". Reverent means "A scout is faithful in his
religious duties and respects others in matters of customs and religions". February 8, 1910 marks the start of the 103rd year of scouting in America. Troop
154 & Pack 154 wish you a great year. Thank you and may God bless you.
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Bishop’s Appeal
Parish Staff
February is time for the annual Bishop’s Appeal in our parish and our Diocese. This yearly appeal assists our Diocese in
funding a variety of ministries, services, and programs that benefit many throughout the East Bay. It reaches out into our larger community to help those most in
need. Our goal for 2013 is $71,321.05. Please consider contributing.
Lenten Parish Mission
Mark your calendar to attend the 2013 Lenten Parish Mission
presentations. Fr. Franklin Fong, OFM, will present the
Mission talks on Monday, March 11th thru Wednesday,
March 13th at 8:45 a.m. and repeated at 7:30 p.m. each
day. He will preside at the 8:00 a.m. daily Mass. Additionally, he will give the homilies at all the weekend Masses on
March 9th and March 10th. The over-all theme is “How to
Transform Our Faith”. The talk on Monday is “Faith: What
is it? How do we nurture our faith?”.
Tuesday: Examples of the role of art in
our prayer life. Wednesday: Take a “leap of faith” to transform our life through
vision and actions … recognizing the work of the Holy Spirit. All are welcome to
attend. For more information call rectory: 797-1660 or Deacon Richard:
656-7384.
Fr. Franklin is a friar from the Santa Barbara Province and now assigned at the
Franciscan School of Theology (FST), Berkeley, California. He graduated from
University of California Davis and Riverside, and then taught at Texas A & M
University. After receiving his Masters in Theology and Divinity at FST, he was
ordained and served his province in a variety of internal ministries and assignments. Fr. Franklin’s hobbies include gardening and pen and ink calligraphy.
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pplications for Holy Spirit School are available in the school office and
online at www.holyspiritfmt.com. Applications for Kindergarten are
available through Feb. 4th. Kindergarten testing will be on Feb. 11th and 12th with
interviews on Feb. 13th, 14th, 15th. Applications for grades 1~8 are available
Jan. 14th through March 1st. Testing for grades 1~8 will be on March 6th with
parent interviews the same day. Come find out about Holy Spirit School.
This is Holy Ground!
P
lease bring your blessed palms from past years for the ancient recycling practice of burning them to make ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Baskets to collect them will be in church on the weekends of January 26/27
and Feb. 2/3. Thank you.
Stewardship Corner
Sunday, January 27
= $ 22,799
Parish School
=$
127
Our weekly operating expenses goal
for Sunday Offering is $23,764.
From our youngest Stewards…
I helped someone, I prayed, I studied my lessons: Alden, Mollie, Mia, Jovel, Stratton, Jacob, Andrew, Noah, Joshua,
Jasper, Gerald, Auarie and Kyle
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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
797-1660
Dn. Richard Yee
797-1660
Dn. Chuck Glover
789-8652
Verbum Dei Sisters
797-1660 x112
Kerey Quaid
Music Director
797-3409
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
Faith Formation Admin.
456-4974
Denise Kashyap
Facilities Scheduling
371-1383
Vanessa Barrett
Parish Secretary
456-4969
Bulletin Submissions
[email protected]
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Around the Parish
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onvalidation of Marriage ~ The next Group
Marriage Convalidation is scheduled for Saturday, April 20th at 11:00 a.m. This event is for
couples who have a civil marriage (married outside
of a Catholic church), and this was the only marriage
for either one. If this applies to you, this is a good
opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Matrimony,
so that the church recognizes your marriage. Or perhaps you know someone else who would benefit
from this Sacrament. Please let them know. The
advantage of this group convalidation is that there
are no fees or stipends for the ceremony. There is a
one day preparation class on Saturday, April 13th
from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Holy Spirit which
couples must attend prior to the wedding day. For
more information or to schedule an appointment, call
Sister Karla at 415-368-9080. (Deacon Richard can
answer basic questions at 510-656-7384.)
an into flame the gift of God” (2 Timothy 1:6)
Join us for a Day of Reflection on February
th
9 beginning with 8 a.m. Mass to 2:30 p.m. for all
Lay Ministers of the Holy Spirit Parish. Take this
opportunity to come closer to taste the goodness of
God’s gift of love and God's call in your life. Begin
this new year of service with other parish ministers
in a half day of bonding, renewal, encouragement,
and prayer.
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his Lent, 2013, Holy Spirit Parish invites you
to be part of a Small Christian Community as
a way of reviving your relationship with Christ and
the Church. A small Christian Community is a community of committed parishioners who gather at
designated homes to attentively listen to the Sunday
Scripture readings and through reflection discover
how it impacts their lives. Groups of 8 ~ 10 parishioners will gather weekly during Lent to journey as
they form Small Christian Communities at various
homes throughout the parish. For more information
contact: Sr. Karla Felix-Rivera at (510) 797-1660 or
[email protected].
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ea with Our Lady!
Join us Saturday,
rd
Feb. 23 at 2:00 p.m. for this unique tea party
honoring the Blessed Mother and hosted by the Holy
Spirit Women’s Fellowship.
Sister Michaela
from the SHF will reflect on Our Lady. Tickets are
$21 and available in the rectory office. For info go
to www.hswf.webs.com or contact Vanessa at
510-456-4969.
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he Holy Spirit Filipino Society is hosting its
first Casino trip of 2013! We'll be going to
Feather Falls and Cache Creek on Saturday,
Feb. 23rd. Tickets are $30 (no refunds) with a cash &
play money refund of $25. For info and tickets,
please call Danny Zenarosa at (510) 468-7980.
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ing Praise to God with
a Parish Choir! Our
choirs are open to new
members for the spring season. We have a choir for
any age from third graders on up. Experience is
great, but is not necessary! Contact Kerey Quaid for
details: [email protected] or 510-797-3409.
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Rice Bowls: Lenten fasting
meets Charity ~ Please take
home one of the cardboard "rice
bowls" that will be available in
church beginning February 9th. Throughout the Lenten season, when you practice prayer and self discipline by abstaining from meat on Fridays, or by fasting ... whether eating less, eating simpler foods, or
skipping a meal at some point ... please offer what
money is saved to those who never have enough to
eat. These small donations put into the rice bowls
add up to great help for those who live with hunger
every day. Please return the filled rice bowl to
church between March 17th and 24th (the last weeks
of Lent). Thank you for your kindness.
Pro Life Corner
Peace in society is also put at risk by certain threats to
religious liberty: it is a question sometimes of the
marginalization of religion in social life; sometimes
of intolerance or even of violence towards individuals, symbols of religious identity and religious institutions. It even happens that believers, and Christians
in particular, are prevented from contributing to the
common good by their educational and charitable
Parish Events
Day of Reflection
2/9
De Sousa
8 - 2:30
Fat Sunday 2/10 Small Hall 7:00 - 1:30
The Thirsting concert 2/10 Church
7:00 p.m.
Tea with Our Lady 2/23 De Sousa 2:00 p.m.
Parish Blood Drive 2/24 Small Hall 9 - 1:30
HS School Crab Feed
3/9
Parish Ctr 6:00 p.m.
Camping with Fr. Mat 8/9~12 Yosemite
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institutions. In order effectively to safeguard the exercise of religious liberty it is essential to respect the
right of conscientious objection. This “frontier” of
liberty touches upon principles of great importance …
rooted in the very dignity of the human person. They
are, as it were, the “[load-]bearing walls” of any society that wishes to be truly free and democratic.”
~Pope Benedict XVI, Address to the Diplomatic Corps,
January 7, 2013
PRESENTATION BALL
The HS Festival Committee invites
you to the annual Holy Spirit
Presentation Ball “An Evening in Paris”. Join us for
this Parisian dinner & dancing on Saturday,
April 20th, starting at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Center.
Tickets are just $60 per person and can be purchased
in the Small Hall on Fat Sunday, or contact Kendee
at 510-796-8956, or email [email protected].
Don't miss this wonderful parish tradition!
t. Vincent de Paul Society food pantry is in need of Peanut Butter, Jelly and
Spam. Please consider grabbing one of these items on your next trip to the
grocery store. Groceries can be left in the parish office. Thank you!
Fat Sunday ~ February 10th
7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ~ Small Hall
The Festival Committee is serving warm Portuguese filhoz (fee-lawsh), meaty linguica sandwiches and delicious sweetbread for its Fat Sunday social. Holy Spirit’s “Fat Sunday”, usually
the Sunday before Lent, honors the Church’s old custom of Shrove Tuesday or “Fat Tuesday”,
the day before Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday comes from the confessing or “shriving” of
sins in preparation for the Penitential season of Lent. The day is then given over to merrymaking
in using up all the “fat” in the house before the beginning of Lent.
HELP - Fat Sunday Supplies Needed!
200 pounds Flour ~ (20) 10-lb bags
“Bakers” Sugar (fine) ~ 8 cartons
15 pounds sugar
Yeast ~ two - 32 oz. bags
Wesson Vegetable Oil ~ 20 bottles
Size - 1 gallon or 1.25 gallon
Extra Large Eggs ~ 40 dozen
Butter ~ 12 lbs
“I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter”
~ 2 large tubs
Soda ~ 3 cases
Water ~ 3 cases
Napkins ~ 1000
Whole Milk ~ 5 gallons
Paper Towels ~ 12 Rolls
Paper Plates ~ 300
Kingsford Charcoal Briquettes
~ 30 pounds
Lighter Fluid
Cash donations of any amount
If you wish to make a cash or goods donation, please mark it “Festival Fat Sunday,” and leave it at the Rectory. Please complete the donation form located in the Rectory. Those wishing to volunteer, please email
Phyllis Bright at [email protected] or call her at 510-206-2806.
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2013 Holy Spirit Yosemite Vacation Trip
Family Name:__________________________
his summer will be the fourth summer that Father Mat has spent in
the Yosemite Valley with Holy Spirit parishioners. The adventure includes three
days in tent cabins with hiking, swimming, river rafting, campfires and an outdoor Mass. Reservations are underway
for this trip scheduled from Friday, August 9th to Monday, August 12th. Cost for
a family of 4 is $463 and a deposit of
$156 will be taken at the time of reservation with the balance being due on
June 1st. Please complete the reservation
form below and turn it in at the Rectory or
contact Jeff at 510-456-4970 or
[email protected]. Spaces are limited so make your reservations today!
Home Address:_________________________
Home Phone:__________________________
Housekeeping Unit for up to four family members
$463.00
Housekeeping Unit for up to three family members
$347.00
~ Additional family members (younger than 13)
$27 each
Total fee for HS Parish Yosemite Vacation Trip $__________
A deposit of $156 will be due when the reservation is turned in. Balance is due on June 1st.
All checks should be made out to Holy Spirit Parish.
For information: [email protected] or phone 510-456-4970
Join us at Holy Spirit School’s 12th Annual Crab Feed & Live Auction on Saturday,
March 9, 2013 starting at 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $49 each and can be purchased in the
HS school office. New Raffle this year: One Year FREE Tuition—raffle tickets are
$50. Be a hero for your family and buy a ticket today!
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