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Mater
Dolorosa Catholic Church
11th Sunday in Ordinary
Time
June 15, 2008 -
Bulletin
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We
are his people: The sheep of his
flock.
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—
Psalm
100
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THEME
OF OUR LITURGY
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We are
encouraged to pray for an
increase in the number of
candidates for priestly
ordination.
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First
Reading: Exodus 19:2-6a
You shall be my special possession, dearer
to me than all others.
Second
Reading: Romans 5:6-11
We boast of God through Christ Jesus,
through whom we have been
reconciled.
Gospel:
Matthew 9:3—10:8
Jesus commissioned the Twelve:
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse
lepers, drive out demons.
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We
welcome
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Jonas
Kona
Tajbl
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to
our Catholic community
through the sacrament of
Baptism. May God bless
him and his
family.
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In
today’s Gospel,
Jesus sends out the
disciples to meet the
needs of others. His
admonition to them is
the same challenge He
makes to us: “The
gift you have received,
give as a gift.”
See Matthew
10:8
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“Stewardship
by the Book” by
Sharon
Huekel
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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
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Sunday,
June 15
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8:00
AM
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John
Krische (D)
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10:00
AM
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Mary
Grondona (D)
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Noon
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Jose Rivera
(L)
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Monday,
June 16
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8:00
AM
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Ian Joseph
McCray (L)
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Tuesday,
June 17
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8:00
AM
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Jim
Costello (D)
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Wednesday,
June 18
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8:00
AM
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Reymond
Colon (D)
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Thursday,
June 19
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8:00
AM
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Bienvenido
Marzan (D)
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Friday,
June 20
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8:00
AM
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Barbara
Prawicki (D)
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Saturday,
June 21
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8:00
AM
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Antonino
Palomba (D)
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5:00
PM
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People of
the Parish
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COLLECTION
TOTALS - June 8, 2008
First Collection Total -
$4,119.00
Second Collection Total - $1,508.00
(Parish Improvement Fund)
Our Second Collection this Sunday is
for Myanmar & China Relief.
Our Second Collection next week is for St.
Vincent de Paul Society.
Thank
you for your generous
support!
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Please
keep all those
who are sick in
our parish
family in your
prayers,
especially:
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Matilde
Agasid, Kayla
Arangcon,
Wallace Cain,
Jack Devine ,
Dawn Hassinger,
Fran Hinklin,
Steve Medina,
Olga Montoya,
and Rita
Williams.
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Our
prayers are
with them, and
those who care
for
them.
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Blessing
Prayer for Father’s
Day
Blessed are
You, Lord and Father of all
life,
who has given to us the
gift of the father of our
family.
Today, we honor him,
and we thank You for the numerous
good things
that are ours because of him.
His love for us
has been a sign of Your diving
affection
and a sharing in Your holy
love.
His continuous concern for our
needs and welfare
is a mirror of Your holy
providence.
And so, as we honor him,
we praise You, Father of all
peoples.
Bless him this day
with Your strength and holy
power
that he may continue to be a sign
of You, our God,
and a priestly parent to our
family.
My we who have the honor of
bearing his family name
do so with great pride.
May we, the members of his
family,
assist him in his holy duties as
a parent
with our respect, our obedience,
and our deep affection.
Bless him, Lord,
with happiness and good
health,
with peace and with good
fortune,
so that he who has shared of his
very life
may live forever with You,
his God and heavenly Father.
This blessing and all graces, we
pray,
descend upon the father of our
family:
In the name of the Father,
and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit.
Amen
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Dear
Friends,
Father
Alex, the priest who has been
celebrating the Sunday Evening
Mass with you this past year, has
been assigned to St.
Patrick’s in The City,
beginning July 1st. Because of
this, and a few other reasons, I
have decided to cancel the Sunday
Evening Mass permanently. The
bottom line is that we have too
many Masses and not enough
priests here at Mater Dolorosa.
Since very few parishioners
attended this Mass to begin with,
this was a pretty easy call.
Let
me give you some interesting
numbers. We have 682 registered
families here at Mater Dolorosa,
480 who are active and another
202 who are inactive.
Approximately 525 families
contribute to the support of the
Church on a regular basis, and
only 320 of those families use
envelopes. Envelope users account
for over 75% of the total Sunday
collection.
On
the national level, there are
67.5 million Catholics in the
U.S. There are also 42,307
priests in the U.S., which is
5,790 fewer priests than 10 years
ago. The Catholic population is
growing, but there are fewer and
fewer priests serving that
population with each passing
year.
Thanks
to all your hard work, we made
over $700.00 on “Late Nite
Catechism.”
We
had about a dozen people receive
First Communion this past year.
We had about another dozen
receive Confirmation. Where are
you? I haven’t seen you or
your families at Sunday Mass
since you received those
Sacraments.
Thank
you to everyone who made my 55th
birthday so special at the 10:00
a.m. Mass on June 1st. Special
thanks go to Fran Lidwell for
organizing it and putting it
together. You made me very
happy!
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Happy
Father’s
Day!
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Father
Brian
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MATER
DOLOROSA’s SUMMER PARISH BBQ &
POT LUCK GATHERING
SATURDAY,
JUNE 28th * 12:00 NOON * PARISH
HALL *
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If
your last name begins
with:
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A
- E
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Please
bring beverages
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F
- P
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Please
bring a main dish
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Q
- Z
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Please
bring a sweetie (and a
dessert)
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Paper plates, cups and utensils will be
provided. Any volunteers interested in
helping to BBQ, set-up and clean-up,
please call the Rectory Office at (650)
583-4131.
POPE TO
LEAD PAULINE YEAR VESPERS
Special
EWTN telecasts in June include Pope
Benedict XVI, at the start of the Pauline
Year, leading Vespers at St. Paul’s
Outside the Wall, June 28th at 8:30 a.m.
Other programming features “Paul:
From Tarsus to the World”, a
seven-part series that airs June 19-20
& June 23-27 at 3:30
p.m.
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