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February 21, 2016 ~~~ Second Sunday of Lent

The Transfiguration of Christ

No es infrecuente escuchar la pregunta, "¿por qué la Iglesia

colecta dinero?" o "¿por qué las Iglesias piden dinero?" La respuesta a esta pregunta es otra pregunta, "¿por qué necesitan dinero las familias?" o "¿por qué las familias dependen del salario mensual?" Las familias dependen de los salarios mensuales para pagar el alquiler, para pagar el PG & E, comprar abarrotes, pagar la matrícula de los niños, comprar ropa, para pagar medicina etc. Así también la Iglesia necesita dinero para pagar PG & E, pagar el seguro, para reparar y mantener los edificios, para comprar cosas litúrgicas, para pagar sueldos a los empleados a tiempo completo y tiempo parcial, para pagar por la comida y el mantenimiento de los Sacerdotes, para construir nuevos edificios para satisfacer las necesidades de crecimiento, para ayudar a los pobres y los necesitados, etc. Al igual que una familia necesita dinero para funcionar como familia, y así como una Iglesia necesita dinero para mantenerla, así también la Diócesis necesita dinero para seguir adelante. Como la Iglesia y la Diócesis, no ves o escuchas al gobierno pidiendo dinero, pero recauda dinero a través de impuestos te guste o no. Es por los impuestos que recauda de nosotros, que el gobierno es capaz de satisfacer todos los gastos. Por lo tanto, cualquier falta de pago de impuesto te llevará a contar barras en la prisión! Como el gobierno, la Iglesia y la Diócesis no impone o cobra impuesto sobre nosotros. Apela a nosotros para contribuir. Varias denominaciones cristianas como las iglesias pentecostés, el séptimo día, adventistas etc., exigen el 10% de los ingresos de sus seguidores. Y es sorprendente que los seguidores de estas denominaciones consideran su deber religioso de contribuir con el 10% de sus ingresos a su iglesia. Y ellos contribuyen sin falta y se sienten orgullosos de hacerlo. (Lo que me ha sorprendido más es que los católicos que se han ido a esas iglesias pentecostés, también contribuyen fielmente el 10% de sus ingresos sin falta y hablan orgullosamente de hacerlo!) Pero nosotros los católicos que somos mucho más educados y ricos que los seguidores de los pentecostés y los adventistas del séptimo día, no contribuimos ni el 2% de nuestros ingresos a la Iglesia. La Iglesia de San Joaquín es una unidad de la Diócesis de Oakland. Pertenecemos a la Diócesis de Oakland. Como organización, nuestra Iglesia no tiene existencia aparte de la Diócesis. Compartimos sus logros y fracasos. Compartimos sus preocupaciones tanto como compartimos sus puntos fuertes. La Diócesis necesita nuestra ayuda para mantener su personal, edificios, para impartir nuestra fe a nuestros niños y jóvenes, para proporcionar educación a los niños y los migrantes menos afortunados, para brindar asesoramiento a las parejas que están luchando en su relación matrimonial, para el cuidado de los ancianos y moribundos, para cuidar de sus sacerdotes mayores, cuidar de los pobres y desamparados etc. Esta semana es la semana de la Apelación del Obispo – una semana para mostrar tu generosidad a la Diócesis. Recuerda la historia de Abel y Caín. Sí, Dios ama a un dador generoso.

From the Pastor’s Desk: Nota de nuestro pastor: It is not uncommon to hear the question, “Why does the church collect money?” or “Why do the churches ask for money?” The answer to this question is a counter question, “Why do the families need money?” or “Why do the families depend on monthly salary?” The families depend

on the monthly salaries to pay for the house rent, to pay for PG&E, to buy grocery, to pay for the tuition fee of children, to purchase dress, to pay for medicine etc. So also the church needs money to pay for the PG&E, to pay for the insurance, to repair and to maintain the buildings, to purchase liturgical things, to pay salary to the full time and part time employees, to pay for the food and maintenance of the priests, to build new buildings to cater to the ever growing needs, to help the poor and the needy etc.

Just as a family needs money to run the family and just as a church needs money to keep it going, so also the diocese needs money to keep going. Like the church and the diocese you do not see or hear the government asking for money. But it collects money by way of taxes whether you like it or not. It is out of the taxes it collects from us, the government is able to meet all the expenditures. Therefore, any failure to pay the tax will lead you to count bars in the prison! Like the government, the church and the diocese do not impose or collect tax on us. It appeals to us to contribute. Many Christian denominations such as the Pentecostal churches, the Seventh day Adventists etc, demand 10% of the income of their followers. And it is surprising that the followers these denominations consider it their religious duty to contribute 10% of their income to their church. And they do contribute without fail and feel proud of doing so. (What has surprised me most is that those Catholics who have gone and joined the Pentecostal churches, too, faithfully contribute 10% of their income without fail and speak proudly of doing so!) But we Catholics who are much more educated and affluent than the followers of the Pentecostal and the Seventh Day Adventists fail to contribute even 2% of our income to the church.

St. Joachim church is a unit of the diocese of Oakland. We belong to the diocese of Oakland. As an organization, our church has no existence apart from the diocese. We share in its achievements and failures. We share in its concerns as much as we share in its strengths. The diocese needs our help to maintain its personnel, buildings, to impart our faith to our children and youth, to provide education to our less fortunate children and migrants, to provide counseling to couples who are struggling in their marital relationship, to care for the aged and dying, to care for its aged priests, to take care of the poor and homeless etc. This week is the week of Bishop’s Appeal – a week to show your generosity to the diocese. Remember the story of Abel and Cain. Yes, God loves a generous giver.

WEEKLY READINGS

Readings for the week of 2/21/2016 Sun/Dom: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18/Ps 27:1, 7-9, 13-14/Phil 3:17--4:1 or 3:20--4:1/Lk 9:28b-36

Mon/Lun: 1 Pt 5:1-4/Ps 23:1-6/Mt 16:13-19

Tues/Mar: Is 1:10, 16-20/Ps 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23/Mt 23:1-12

Wed/Mie: Jer 18:18-20/Ps 31:5-6, 14-16/Mt 20:17-28 Jer 17:5-10/Ps 1:1-4, 6/Lk 16:19-31

Thurs/Jue: Jer 17:5-10/Ps 1:1-4, 6/Lk 16:19-31

Fri/Vie: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a/Ps 105:16-21/Mt 21:33-43, 45-46

Sat/Sab: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Ps 103:1-4, 9-12/Lk 15:1-3, 11-32

Next Sun/Dom: Ex 17:3-7/Ps 95:1-2, 6-9/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42

OFFICE INFO Parish Office 783-2766

Parish Fax 783-2760

Parish Email office@saintjoachim.net Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 10 AM-7:30 PM Bilingual available T,W,F 4-7:30 PM Saturday 10 AM-4 PM Bilingual available 10 AM-4 PM Sunday 9 AM-4 PM Bilingual available 12 PM-4 PM

—————————————— Rev. Joseph Antony Sebastian, SVD Pastor Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 10 AM to 12 PM 5 PM to 8 PM (with appointment) lunes, martes, miércoles, y viernes 10 AM a 12 PM 5 PM a 8 PM (con cita)

Rev. Stephen Ayisu, SVD Parochial Vicar Monday, Wednesday Thursday, and Friday 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM 5 PM to 8 PM (with appointment) lunes, miércoles , jueves y viernes 10:30 AM a 12:00 PM 5 PM a 8 PM (con cita)

Ariel Mayormita Music Director/ Director de Música Phone Ext. #223 stjoachimmusic1@gmail.com

Flor Herce Bookkeeper

Pat Ludwig Administrative Assistant

Faith Formation Office 785-1818

Oficina de Formación de Fe

Glenda Aragón Director of Faith Formation glendaaragon@comcast.net

Abraham Gonzalez Faith Formation Coordinator /Youth Minister 550-6878 / sjformation510@gmail.com

Bertha Cruz Administrative Assistant

—————————————— St. Vincent de Paul 783-0344

Office hours 1:00-2:30 PM ONLY Monday-Friday

San Vicente de Paul Gary Enos, President

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St. Joachim School 783-3177 Escuela de San Joaquín

Armond Seishas Principal

Sandra Garzon School Secretary

St. Joachim Pre-School 783-0604

Marisa Melgarejo Director

THE WEEK AHEAD ~Tuesday February 23rd Events Committee The Events Committee will meet ta 7:00 PM in the Fireside Room. All members are encour-aged to attend.

~Tuesday February 23rd DINE OUT for ST. JOACHIM Help your Parish raise money a really easy way — Rigatoni’s restaurant on Hesperian will donate 20% of what you spend there on Tuesday February 23rd == ALL DAY LONG—have lunch , have dinner or buy Gift Card that can be used on a different day. All you have to do is mention St Joachim when you place your order and they give the Church 20% of what your bill is. EASY EASY and you might even get to eat with some of your fellow parishioners!!!!

~Friday February 26th Stations of the Cross: At 7 PM followed by a simple soup Supper in the hall. The Pastoral Council is the Lead group for this soup supper, please see page 6 in the bulletin for the other groups to bring soup.

CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUCIONES

COLLECTION FOR WEEK

February 14, 2016

The Plate Collection $ 7,924.20 EFT Collection $ 936.00 On Line Giving $ 135.00 Ash Wednesday $ 3,271.00

TOTAL for the WEEK

$12,266.20

PRAY FOR Angel Delval

Felix Chavez

Vivienne Malig

Sheila Bacallo

Anita Z. Ruedas

Helen Karas

Ken Freitas

Cynthia Crutchfield

Tina Gonzales

Leonor J. Enrique

Arsenio S. Reyes, Jr.

Felicisima Buendia

Primo Cosico

Cynthia Crutchfield

Angel Estuardo Vidal-Cardenas

Leonar Clemente

FOOD DONATIONS St. Vincent de Paul

Food offering for next week:

Canned Fruits or

Juices

Frutas o jugos

enlatados

No Problem!

It’s safe. It’s simple. It’s convenient.

1— go to www.saintjoachim.net and click on ‘Donate/Pay’

2—select ‘weekly offertory’

3—Select ‘recurring’ or ‘one time donation’

4—enter amount, frequency and account information.

Left your wallet at home?

… continued On Saturday February 13, 2016 in Mexico City, Pope

Francis met with the president of Mexico, the diplomatic corp. and with the Bishops of Mexico, then held Holy Mass at the Basilica at the Shrine near the ‘Tepeyac’ hill above Mexico City where Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego in 1519. In the twentieth century Pope Pius XI declared our Lady of Guadalupe Queen of Mexico and Patroness and Protectress of Latin America. His successor Peter Pius XII stepped this up to include all the Americas. Juan Diego was one of the few native Aztecs Indians who had been baptized and converted to Catholicism by the Franciscans of the conquering Spanish. The apparition he saw of the Blessed Virgin Mary, named by the Spaniards of 'Guadalupe' brought together the culture of the Spaniards and Aztecs. ‘Our Lady” appeared as a 'mestizo', of mixed race as can be seen in the image that she left during her fourth apparition to Juan Diego on his simple sack-cloth garment tied at the shoulder, known as 'tilma'. That artefact together with a text dating back to the 16th century are all the tangibly remains to explain this apparition but after which eight million native American Indians converted to the Catholic faith. And now in the 21st century the first Latin America Pope has celebrated Holy Mass with the Guadalupe faithful, adding his very own touch to the devotion by crowning her with a gold and silver tiara.

On Sunday at Ecatepec a very dangerous suburb of Mexico City, with 1.6 million people, with one of the highest murder rates in the country, and where hundreds of women have been killed or have disappeared, Pope Francis held Holy Mass in front of 300,000 people. He urged them to create a county free of emigration and ‘merchants of death.’ He touched on two major themes, drug violence and the plight of migrants. He urged his flock to turn the country into a 'land of opportunity,' where 'there will be no need to emigrate in order to dream' and where they will 'not have to mourn men and women, young people and children who are destroyed at the hands of the merchants of death.' Pope Francis then went on to spend the afternoon visiting the Federico Gomez Children’s Hospital in Mexico City. With a staff of 2,700, the hospital takes great care of their little patients with ailments such as cancer, genetic malformation and neurological disorders. Two children ran bells in the presence of the Pope to signal their recoveries. The Pope’s visit was a moment of joy amid the harsh reality of families accompanying their children to the hospital. The families are so poor and without lodging that they have to sleep in the very cold streets outside the hospital. Pope Francis said he told the children that he asked “God to bless you, and to accompany you and your families, and all those people who work in this home and try to ensure that your smiles grow day by day." to be continued …Sources: news.va, dailymail.co.uk, Vatican Radio

VATICAN CORNER

Why Should I Give to the Bishop's Appeal?

The word “Catholic” means “universal,” and our faith cares for all our sisters and brothers regardless of the parish in which they worship. One should give to the Appeal because there are certain ministries and services that cannot be provided by a parish, but only by a diocese. Can a parish recruit, educate, and form seminarians? Can a parish pay for a pension and needed medical care for our retired clergy? Can a parish support a diaconate program and ethnic ministries? Can a parish support schools and other parishes facing financial distress or an unexpected emergency? Some people may say that as long as we support our parish, we should not be concerned with the needs of other parishes, schools, recruitment, education and formation of our future clergy, and forming our youth and young adults in our faith beyond our own parish. Through the Bishop’s Appeal, the diocese is able to carry out these ministries which is only possible through the generosity of our parishioners. Below are the various programs and ministries funded through the Bishop’s Appeal: Faith & Formation Religious Education & Formation Support for Catholic Schools & Parishes in Need Clergy Formation & Support Assisting Local Parishes Safe Environment Programs

MASS INTENTIONS February 20-27, 2016

Saturday 4:30 PM Leonar J. Enrique (82nd birthday) Jesus Quinones † (40th day)

Saturday 6:00 PM Mauro Rojas † (aniversario)

Maria Teresa Flores-Lovo † (14th aniversario)

Jesus Rivas † (aniversario)

Juanita & Ramon Hernandez †

Sunday 7:30 AM Cynthia Pugeda (healing) Chon Gonzalez (healing) Sunday 9:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim Sunday 10:30 AM Graciela Landeo de Anticona † (2nd anniversary) Mafalda Victoria Rosi Torres † (1 month anniversary)

Mary & Frank Moris † (anniversary)

Sunday 12:15 PM The Community of St. Joachim Church Sunday 2:00 PM Edgar Garcia Pulido (cumpleanos) Edwin Garcia Pulido (cumpleanos) Esperanza & Vanessa Vazquez (cumpleanos)

Gilberto Hurtado † (6th aniversario) Mafalda Victoria Rosi Torres † (1 mes aniversario)

Sunday 6:00 PM The Community of St. Joachim Church Monday 7:00 AM Maria Nguyet † Monday 8:30 AM Teresa Santos † (3rd anniversary)

Paul Dung Kieu † Tuesday 7:00 AM Maria Nguyet † Tuesday 8:30 AM Lazaro Arquero ( †-birthday)

Carlos J. Correa † (5th anniversary)

Wednesday 7:00 AM Maria Nguyet † Arthur D. Murguia ( † birthday)

Wednesday 8 :30 AM The Community of St. Joachim Wednesday 7:00 PM Melissa Gonzalez (15th cumpleanos)

Thursday 7:00 AM Anunciacion Parras † (anniversary) Thursday 8:30 AM Matea R. Lopez † (3rd anniversary)

Friday 7:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim Friday 8:30 AM Jerry Quarry † Saturday 8:30 AM Paul Loc Kieu †

Plan to attend our Stations of the Cross and

Soup Supper every Friday during Lent. We

start at 7:00 PM with the STATIONS OF THE

CROSS followed by a simple Soup Supper in

the hall afterwards. The following groups

will be in charge of the Soup Supper, They will bring soup, set up and clean up the hall. The first group listed is the lead

group ajd the group responsible to mae sure everything is completed:

February 26th~~Pastoral Council, Senior Group, Hencrafters, Events Committee, 9:00AM Sunday Mass, Amigos de

Cristo Our Lady of Perpetual Help Prayer Group, Apostleship of Prayer Group, Encuentro Matrimonial Mundial.

March 4th Legion of Mary (English and Spanish), Lectors (English and Spanish), Eucharistic Ministers (English and

Spanish), Cursillo, St.Vincent de Paul Society, 12:15 PM Sunday Mass

March 11th Faith Formation Department, Catechists, Youth Ministry, Confirmation Candidates, RCIA Group, 2:00PM

Sunday Spanish Mass and 6:00PM Sunday Spanish Mass

March 18th Music Ministry, Simbang Gabi, Santo Nino Group, Guadalupanos, Ministry to the Sick, Apostleship of

Prayer, 6:00 PM Saturday Spanish Mass.

Thanks to all who participate.

Stations of the Cross 7:00 PM Friday

Followed by Soup Supper