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St. Felicitas Catholic Church 1662 Manor Blvd. San Leandro ● Email: stfelicitaschurch@comcast.net

Tel.No. (510) 351-5244 ● Fax (510) 351-5730

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SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER May 13, 2012 The priests, religious, and staff of St. Felicitas extend blessings and best wishes to all mothers of the parish and to the mothers of all our parishioners, living or deceased.

THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT We have a unique episode in the Acts of the Apostles today. A whole roomful of people are baptized with the Holy Spirit before they are baptized with water! The verb used—“the Holy Spirit ‘fell’ on them” (Acts 10:44)—is characteristic of the way the Spirit works throughout the book of Acts: powerful and surprising. Though this “baptism” is not the normative way the New Testament de-scribes baptism, it is still a good reminder today that the Holy Spirit is not controlled by whether or not we pour water, but rather that our sacramental signs reveal the presence of the Spirit at work among us. And we have a double reinforcement of how this work is accomplished from a Letter and a Gospel bearing John’s name. It is love, self-sacrificing and self-giving love, that manifests the Spirit of Jesus in our midst. It is love that is the greatest of commandments. The Spirit is manifested equally through those who live in that love. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Just as the origins of Lent have to do with accompanying people in the final stages of prepa-ration for baptism at Eastertime, so does the structure of the Easter season help the newly received Catholics take root in the community. This is the season of “mystagogy,” which means “reflection on the mysteries.” This means that new Catholics are remembering the sacraments by which they be-come one with us, and are sorting out the implications for their everyday life. They can understand the excitement of Cornelius and his family in the first reading, filled with the Holy Spirit, and so eager to begin their new life that they overwhelm St. Peter. The second reading and the Gospel today like-wise help our new brothers and sisters explore their new life as an experience of God’s tender love. Long ago, our tradition named these newly baptized adults and children the “neophytes,” from Greek words meaning “newly planted.” Newly planted in the garden of faith, they look to us to pro-vide the fertile soil in which their new life can take root and grow. You can help. If you have “neophytes” in your parish, a card or note of welcome, or warm words of congratulation, are still timely. It’s Easter! —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Events of the Week May 14 thru May 19

MON 5/14

8:30 am 10:00 am 12:00 pm 3:00 pm 6:30 pm 7:00 pm

School Bell Choir Book Club Marthas & Marys School Choir Practice St. Vincent DePaul Vietnamese Cursillo Grp

AE Rm, SMC Hall AE Rm AE Rm Church

TUE 5/15

8:30 am 3:30 pm 6:30 pm

School Bell Choir CCD Parent Faith Share Spanish 1st Comm.Retreat

AE Rm SMC Church

WED 5/16

6:30 pm. 7:00 pm

.RCIA Spanish Adult Choir

SMC Hall

FRI 5/18

8:30 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 p

School Bell Choir Spanish 1st Communion Prac. Spanish Children’s Choir Vietnamese Choir

AE Rm Church Hall AE Rm,

SAT 5/19

10:30 am 7:00 pm

Spanish First Communion Vietnamese Children’s Choir

Church Hall

THU 5/17

6:00 pm 7:00 pm

ASCENSION Spanish 1st Communion Practice Spanish Youth Group

Church Hall

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER May 13, 2012

Second Collection: Catholic Charities Children’s Liturgy of the Word 6:30 pm Youth Confirmation Class in Gym

STEWARDSHIP This Week’s Stewardship of $550.05 goes to St. Vincent DePaul of the our parish. Next Week’s Stewardship will go to: SPRED (Special Religious Education Dept.—to Integrate people with developmental disabilities into the faith and life of the church.)

COLLECTIONS May 6, 2012 Sunday Collection $11,001.00 Children $ 33.00 Maintenance Collection $ 5,740.50

Using the words of Jesus at his Last Supper, the priest consecrates the bread and wine. By the power of the Holy Spirit, they become the Body and Blood of Christ, truly present. In this celebration we do as Jesus commanded when he told his apostles. “Eat this and remember me…..Drink this and re-member me” (1 Corinthians 11:24-25) We would like to congratulate these children of our parish community who received Holy Com-munion for the first time during the celebration of the Eucharist on May 12, it was a most memorable ex-perience for the children and their families.~ We pray that they continue to come to the table of the Lord to be fed with the Bread of Life. ~~Sandi Jordan Aborashid Jesse Martinez Lilyanne Banados Ruben Martinez Chelsea Basilio Veraneice Martinez Jacob Botelho Erick Miramontes Katherine Brighina Jazzlynn Monzon James Cazares Jessica Monzon Jesse Cazares Adam Ongsioco Allen Duong Ignacio Ramirez Juliana Encinas Vannya Ramos Taylor Escamilla Alexander Robertsmith Thea Guevarra Brisa Rodriguez Nene Kanu Larrieze Santiago Nnenna Kanu Leo Santiago Victoria Landeros Kolton Scortt Chloe LaRossa Daniella Shaffer Olivia LaRossa Joshua Silveira Katherine Le Alejandra Ward Sophia Mariscal Isabel Zambrano

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Jn 15:9-17 Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34; Jn 16:5-11 Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22 — 18:1; Jn 16:12-15 Thursday: Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23 or Eph 4:1-13 [1-7, 11-13]; Mk 16:15- (for Ascension); or Acts 18:1-8; Jn 16:16-20 Friday: Acts 18:9-18; Jn 16:20-23 Saturday: Acts 18:23-28; Jn 16:23b-28 Sunday: Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26; Ps 103; 1 Jn 4:11-16; Jn 17:11b-19 or for Ascension Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47; Eph 1:17-23 or4:1-13 [1-7, 11-13]; Mk 16:15-20

Mass Intentions May 13 thru May 20 Sun. 5/13 7:30 am St. Felicitas Parishioners 9:00 am Manuel Valente † 10:30 am Samuel Francis Doral † 12:15 pm Leopoldo Navarro & Gloria Zamora † Mon .5/14 7:00 am Ariel Refungente † 8:15 am Dinh & Khant Ha (Liv)Tue 5/15 7:00 am Maria Ha † 8:15 am Van Ha (Birthday) Wed.5/16 7:00 am Jun Lintag † 8:15 am Natasha Morando † Thurs 5/17 7:00 am Jim Pahlman † 8:15am LeRoy Naia † Fri. 5/18 7:00 am Patrick Ryan † 8:15 am Christina Sanchez † Sat..5/19 8:15 am Emily Scharer † 4:30 pm Viola E. Litvinchuk † Sun. 5/20 7:30 am Jesus Montoya † 9 :00 am Paul Hutch Arnerich † 10:30 am St. Felicitas Parishionersl † 12:15 pm Jacinta Jimenez & Cuca Ruano †

Pray for The Sick & Homebound: Peggy Miller, Daniel and Raymond Bautista, Josie Herrera, , Evelyn Lake, Shirley King, Julie Chin, Oscar Bickerton, Jose Julian Garcia, Bailey Gendreau, Jim Lachemeyer , Barbara Houston, John Cooke, David Silva Jr, Audris Woo, Amanda Jean, Roseta Laguana, Lisa Bigman, Lisa Dmoski, Rhodera Posa, Mia Lara, Elizabeth LeFargo, Ladale Rohles, Rosalie Keller, Alejandra Reyes, Madeline Oberti, Stefanie Dugan Lowe, Clarence Costa, Jack Kenny, Maritess Sanchez, Barbara Holt, Eddie Enoki, Eleanor Bollinger, Jack Bollinger, Deborah Perakis, Josephine Campbell, Jeanne Babik, Juanita Estrella, Paul Serrato, Irene Keeley, , Ignicita Romero, Paul Galli, Marilyn Sutton, Reynaldo Corltedano, Joseph Texeriea, Ben Cruz, Joy White, George Ragusano, Peggi Giordano, Adele Jarecki, Josie Herrera, Alejandra Reyes, Teresa Loan Tran, Armando Diaz Pray for the Departed : Maria delos Angeles

Please join the school and parish commu-nity for a

Casino Night Fundraiser

Saturday, May 19, 2012 Doors & Bar Open at 6:00 pm Enjoy great food, a D.J., and real “Vegas-style” gaming including : Craps, Roulette, Pai-Gow Poker, Black Jack and More! Win great prizes like a flat-screen TV, Oakland A's skybox, winery tour and much, much more! Tickets are $25 each (Includes $100 in Casino Cash & One free drink ticket) Purchase your tickets from the Church Office or the School Office !

ST. FELICITAS SCHOOL It was an honor to be a part of the First Communion cere-mony during these last two Saturdays. The second grad-ers from the school and parish looked amazing in their dresses and suits.l Their holy reverence when receiving the body and blood of Christ was inspiring. I was re-minded of the awe and wonder our children so often ex-perience in their faith lives, and asked God’s help in ex-periencing my own faith as the children often do. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus tells us “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”, Please join me in continuing to pray for our second graders in the school and parish as they con-tinue to be Christ’s light to others and will now joyfully join in our communion table each week. Just as we worship as one community, let’s have some Saturday night fun together too! Please help us end the year with a bang at our Casino Night on May 19th. This is our last fundraiser for our “Raise the Roof” Campaign and a great way to celebrate what a wonderful community we have! Tickets are still on sale now and we would love to have as many parishioners participate as possible! See you there!!!

All things seem

Possible In May

Vacation Bible School

Planning your vacation? Take your children to SonRise

National Park, where all trails lead to Jesus!

Mark your calendar for the week of July 9th ~ 13th

SonRise National Park is the place to be this summer! Your children will love the games, cool wilderness crafts, and the best VBS music ever! As your children explore this awesome wilder-ness, this awesome adventure park, they’ll learn to depend on Jesus as their all-powerful Guide and Savior. They’ll learn the most important sur-vival skill of all: they can always depend on Jesus and His promises of true peace, true riches, true power, true love and true hope! We believe VBS is all about reaching children for Jesus, and we’ll help you do it! If you should have any questions, please call Sandi at 483-4880.

JEANINE’S STORY I once saved up my money all year long so that I could go to a workshop. I was standing in the dinner line next to the workshop presenter as she stretched her arms wide and said loudly, “Ah! It’s good to be alive!” That set me thinking. For her it is good to be alive. For me it is good to be alive. But what about the homeless per-son, sleeping tonight in a public park? What about the person diagnosed with cancer who has no health insurance? What about the family living in a tent in Haiti, the woman on the streets of Los Angeles addicted to heroin? What about the children who are starving in a refugee camp in Darfur, and the mothers who cannot feed them? Just what does it mean when you say it’s good to be alive? I do not intend to be self-righteous. I happen to be a middle-class person with many blessings in life. What I wish is that everyone could have what I do. This is naïve, I suppose. Idealistic, certainly. And what, after all, do I propose to do about it? Where is my plan, my solution to the poverty and hunger that plague the majority of the world’s population? I am not arrogant enough to propose a solution. Others smarter, wiser, more politically savvy, have proposed solutions since the beginning of time. I only know I cannot wish idly for others to have a better life. I must try to work for it in whatever ways I can; otherwise my gratitude becomes meaningless. I will have closed the door on the better part of my Christianity and my humanity, cut off from the love, learning, and pain that are essential to living, trapped in com-placency. Then I am very poor indeed. Copyright © 2011, World Library Publications. All rights reserved. Living Stewardship Now Parishes are full of opportunities for you to offer service to fellow parishioners. Local charities have many openings for volunteers. Give some of your time and ability to serve peo-ple in the community. Financial donations are welcome everywhere! Copyright © 2011, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

THANK YOU ! From St. Mary’s Center:

Dear Father Augustine, Your gift of $477.73 to St. Mary’s Center helps us do many small things everyday so we can continue to touch the lives of the most vulnerable among us. Your generosity enables us, as Mother Teresa says, “do something won-derful”. Your contribution helps children living in poverty to enjoy learning at our pre-school, homeless seniors find the power within them-selves to make changes in their lives, our Out-reach Program to provide companion visits to home bound seniors, and our “Food for All Ages” Program to nourish many in need. Thank you for being a part of this community.l Sincerely, Carol Johnson Executive Director “Many thanks to everyone at St. Felicitas!

LA PRESENCIA DEL ESPÍRITU SANTO Hoy tenemos un episodio único en los Hechos de los Apóstoles. ¡Un grupo de personas que llena una habitación es bautizado con el Espíritu Santo antes de que se bautizaran con agua! La palabra que se usa para describir el suceso: “el Espíritu Santo descendió sobre ellos” (Hechos 10:44), es característica de la forma en que el Espíritu obra en todo el libro de los Hechos: de manera poderosa y sorpren- dente. Aunque este “bautismo” no es la norma para describir el bautismo en el Nuevo Testamento, es sin embargo un buen recordatorio de que el Espíritu Santo no está controlado por si hemos vertido el agua o no, sino que nuestros signos sacramentales revelan al Espíritu presente y obrando entre nosotros. Y tenemos un doble refuerzo de cómo esta obra se lleva a cabo en la carta y el Evangelio que llevan el nombre de Juan. Es el amor, el auto sacrificio y el amor de entrega, que manifiestan al Espíritu de Jesús entre nosotros. El amor es el más grande de los mandamientos. El Espíritu se manifiesta también a través de los que viven en ese amor .Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

F E L I Z D I A D E L A S M A D R E S !

LA HISTORIA DE JUANITA Una vez ahorré dinero durante todo un año para poder ir a una conferencia. Me tocó estar al lado de la conferenciante en la línea para cenar. La vi abrir sus brazos a todo lo que daban y decir en alta voz: “¡Ah, qué bueno es vivir!” Eso me puso a pensar. Para ella y para mí es bueno vivir pe-ro, ¿y qué de la persona que vive en la calle y que tiene que dormir en un parque esta noche? ¿Y qué de la persona que ha sido diagnosticada con cáncer y no tiene seguro médico? ¿Y qué de la familia que vive en un refugio en Haití y de la prostituta en Los Ángeles adicta a la heroína? ¿Y qué de los niños hambrientos en un campamento de refugiados en Darfur y de sus madres que no pue-den darles de comer? ¿Qué significa decir entonces que es bueno vivir? No pretendo ser más mo-ralista que nadie. Soy una persona de clase media con muchas bendiciones en mi vida. Mi deseo es que todos tengan lo que yo tengo. Tal vez esto sea ingenuo, supongo; pero ciertamente, idealis-ta. Pero después de todo, ¿qué me propongo hacer para que eso se dé? ¿Cuál es mi plan y mi so-lución para combatir la pobreza y el hambre que plagan a la mayoría de la población mundial? No soy tan arrogante como para proponer una solución. Otras personas más inteligentes, más sabias y más espabiladas en la política han propuesto soluciones desde tiempos inmemorables. Lo que sí sé es que no puedo quedarme en desear ociosamente que otros tengan una vida mejor. Tengo que hacer lo que pueda para lograrlo; de lo contrario mi gratitud es vana. De no hacer algo, cerraría mis puertas a lo mejor de mi cristianismo y de mi humanidad; me desvincularía del amor, el aprendizaje, el dolor, que son esenciales en la vida, y caería presa de la autocomplacencia. Entonces sí sería muy pobre.