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Meetings
This Week
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Sunday,
May 4
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11:00am RH RCIA
12:15pm CHP Guitar Lessons
1:00pm YM Latino Youth Group
2:00pm CAF Feast of St.Monica
2:30pm CH Baptisms
6:30pm CH Flores de Mayo
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Monday,
May 5
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1:00pm CAF Teacher
Appreciation Luncheon
5:00pm CRY Legion of Mary
6:00pm CH Flores de Mayo
8:00pm DR Grupo Progreso
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Tuesday,
May 6
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11:00am SMA Holy Rosary
Sodality
5:00pm RH Youth Ministry
6:00pm CH Flores de Mayo
7:00pm 7W Talleres de Oracion y
Vida
8:00pm DR AA (English)
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Wednesday,
May 7
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6:00pm CH Flores de
Mayo
8:00pm DR Grupo Progreso
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Thursday,
May 8
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6:00pm CH Flores de
Mayo
7:00pm 7W Grupo de Oracion
7:00pm CAF Italian Catholic
Fed.
7:00pm YM Latino Youth Group
8:00pm DR AA (English)
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Friday,
May 9
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~No
School~
6:00pm CH Flores de Mayo
7:30pm 7W English Baptismal
Class
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Saturday,
May 10
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9:30am CH Faith
Formation
10:00am SCH School of Religion
& Faith Formation
11:15am CAF School of
Religion
4:00pm CH Confessions
6:30pm CH Flores de Mayo
8:00pm DR Grupo Progreso
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Sunday,
May 11
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12:15pm CHP Guitar
Lessons
1:00pm YM Latino Youth Group
2:00pm Caf Filipino Task
Force
2:30pm CH Baptisms
6:30pm CH Flores de Mayo
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Mass
Intentions
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Sunday,
May 4
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6:30am Tony & Angelina
Valerga
8:30am Jose Yap
10:00am Daluz Santos
11:30am Norberto, Margarita &
Jesus Amezcua
1:00pm Dolores & Teodorico
Rimon
5:30pm Juana Remindo
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Monday,
May 5
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6:30am Joe
Baciocco
8:00am Community
Mass:
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Joe Bianchi
Venancio De Guzman
Gloria Fabian
Matthew & May
Maglasang (B)
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Tuesday,
May 6
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6:30am Edgar Tolosa &
Juan Solema
8:00am Loreto Bello
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Wednesday,
May 7
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6:30am Luigi Lari
8:00am Esperanza Tagle
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Thursday,
May 8
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6:30am Gloria Brewer
8:00am Emilia Rosi
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Friday,
May 9
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6:30am Sanda Bingham
8:00am Michael Downing & John
Russo
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Saturday,
May 10
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8:00am Natividad Gilbuena
& Giovanni Lombardi
5:30pm Maria & Giovanni
Lombardi
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Sunday,
May 11
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6:30am People of the
Parish
8:30am Gregorio Alcaras &
Jose Ramos
10:00am Miriam Micallef
11:30am Encarnacion Sanchez
1:00pm Socorro Hernandez
5:30pm John Quattrin
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We
Congratulate the Newly
Baptized
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Diego
Aguilar-Montegro
Jaydrian Bennett
Jayden Bennett
Noel A. Cordero
Karla B.
Chavez-Diaz
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Aldrin Guzman
Calvin Guzman
Gretta Mae Soriano
Jayden Thompson
Jaymie-Tyanna
Truque
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Pray
for the
Sick
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Carolina R.
Alonzo
Mary Anduha
Richard Anduha
Nathan Carzon
Crystal Chan
Fanny Cruz
Jeremy Gillikin
Dennis Gillikin
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Mary Elizabeth
Green
Guillermo Guillen
Jerardo Ibarra
Mamerto Nieto
James Peter
Dolores Quattrin
Marie Reinhardt
Mila Viterbo
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Pray
for the
Dead
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Chusita Ayala
Audra Espinoza
Natalie Padia
Jose B.
Romero-Cruz
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All
those who have died from
violence this past
week.
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News
from the Church of the
Epiphany
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Coming
Up Soon
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Congratulations!
Congratulations
to the newly confirmed! The Sacrament of
Confirmation was celebrated last Saturday,
April 26th by Bishop Ignatius C. Wang. A
total of 110 candidates were confirmed.
There were 32 students from our School of
Religion, 69 students from School of the
Epiphany, and 9 adults from our Adult
Confirmation Program.
Thank
you!!!
- ICF
Br.20 appreciates everyone who
patronized our Spaghetti & Meatball
Takeout. Thank you for making it a
great success.
- Thank
you to our parishioners who donated 9
ciboria (liturgical vessels used during
Communion). The ciboria were blessed by
Bishop Wang during our Confirmation
last Saturday.
Flores de
Mayo
You are
all invited to celebrate Flores de Mayo,
celebrating Mary in May. Everyday in May
we will pray the rosary and offer flowers
to our Blessed Mother Mary. During
weekdays (Monday-Friday) we will begin at
6:00pm in the church. On the weekends
(Saturday & Sunday) we will begin
after the 5:30pm Mass. We encourage
everyone to come pray and offer flowers!
Today’s
Second Collection
This
week’s second collection is for our
Parish School.
Next
Week’s Second
Collection
Our
second collection next week is for the
Archbishop’s Annual Appeal.
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Last
Week’s Collection
Totals
Offertory:
$8,563.50
Mission Collection:
$1,318.00
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Announcements
Pentecost
Sunday
All are
invited to wear red on Pentecost, May
11th, as an expression of our Catholic
identity.
Cache
Creek Casino
The
Over 50 Club invites you to join them on
Tuesday, May 20th to Cache Creek Casino.
The cost is $26 per person with bonuses.
For reservations please call Steve at
(415) 239-7740. The bus will leave at
9:00am exactly from Italy & Naples
Streets.
The
Missionaries of Charity
The
Missionaries of Charity (Sisters of the
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) invite you to
the First Profession of Vows of seven of
their novices on Saturday, May 24, 2008,
at St. Boniface Church (133 Golden Gate
Ave, SF). The Holy Mass will begin at
10:00am. All are welcome! Please keep the
Sisters in your prayers.
Group
Leaders
We need
all group leaders to turn in their
schedules for the 08-09 year by Monday,
June 9th. Forms are available at the
Parish Office. Any questions should be
directed to Jenny.
2009 Mass
Intentions
The
Mass Intention Calendar for 2009 will open
on Monday, June 2nd at 9:00am. Only one
intention will be taken per Mass except
for Community Masses, which are held every
Monday at 8:00am. In order to accommodate
all our parishioner’s requests, we
are limiting requests to 10 per person.
Forms are available at the Parish Office.
Please
note that ALL requests must be made in
person.
School
of the Epiphany
School
of the Epiphany is still accepting
students in grades K-8 for the 08-09
school year.Please contact the School
Office at (415) 337-4030 to schedule a
school tour, or to have an information
packet sent to your home. Learn more at:
www.sfEPIPHANY.org
For
Your Information
CAPITAL
CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
To
date, $928,497.96 has been pledged. Of
that pledged amount, $237,735.97has been
received. Thank you for your continued
commitment to help us reduce our interest
payments and to help move our vital
programs and services forward!
Archbishop’s
Annual Appeal:
Thank
you to all those who have returned their
Archbishop’s Annual Appeal pledges
and donations. As of last week, we have
reached 28.5% or $24,000.00 of our
assigned goal, which is $84,800.00 If you
have not received a letter or a brochure,
please pick one up at any entrance of the
church.
Matthew 4:2-23, God’s Will Comes
First
John
was Jesus’ first cousin, and the
prophet of whom Isaiah wrote, “A
voice cries out: In the desert prepare the
way of the LORD!” (Isaiah 40:3) Jesus
must have loved him dearly as a cousin but
also as one who did God’s
will.
Upon
hearing of John’s arrest, Jesus knew
his death was not far behind. Instead of
indulging in personal grief, Jesus
continued on with his role in God’s
saving mission. He persisted in continuing
to fulfill Isaiah’s prophecies
regarding him. He put God’s will
first.
Then
Jesus started gathering his disciples.
Whoever he called immediately set aside
his personal business, desires, and
activities, and followed Jesus without
question. These men, too, put God’s
will first. What can a parent do? Remind
children that we are called to fulfill our
part in God’s salvation plan just
like Jesus and his disciples. It’s
not always what we want to do but it is
always what we need to do. Followers of
Jesus always put God’s will before
our
own.
Reflections
GOSPEL:
Matthew 28:16-20
This is the closing scene from
Matthew’s Gospel. The eleven
disciples have returned to Galilee after
receiving the good news of the
resurrection from Mary Magdalene. At their
first sight of the risen Lord, the
disciples still cannot shake off all their
doubt. But when Jesus speaks, they
recognize his voice and his message. They
are to go, baptize, and teach. They are to
invite all nations to become disciples of
Jesus Christ.
Sometimes
we might get the idea that this happened
such a long time ago, and the “going,
baptizing, and teaching” were for the
apostles and not for us today. Of course
the apostles and their successors, the
pope and bishops, and their helpers, the
priests have a great responsibility here.
But the rest of us also belong to the
“priesthood of the faithful.” We
also can go to others, reach out with a
helping hand, a friendly welcome, a
listening ear. We can “baptize”
others, not with water (unless it is an
emergency and the one we are baptizing is
in danger of death), but with our prayers,
our love, and our concern. We can teach
the way of Jesus in the best way possible,
by our example. Every follower of Jesus is
an apostle in this way. And we can do this
because Jesus is with us always, to the
end!
1.) How
will you “go, baptize, and
teach” today, in your particular
situation, with and for the people God has
placed in your life?
2.) Are
you ready and willing to be an apostle
today?
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