1 February 2015 Bulletin - Saint Ambrose Catholic Church

1 February 2015 Bulletin - Saint Ambrose Catholic Church

SAINT AMBROSE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
1 February 2015
1145 Gilman Street • Berkeley, California 94706
E-Mail: [email protected]
(510) 525-2620 Office
Pastor
Fr. Jack Gibson, SDB
(510) 525-2620 Ext 203
Associate
Pastor
Fr. Thinh Nguyen, SDB
Phone (at Don Bosco Hall)
(510) 204-0800 Ext 2050
English, Vietnamese,
Spanish
Permanent
Deacon
Ralph Nagel
(510) 525-2620 Ext 201
STAFF
Bookkeeper
Judy Nagel
MINISTRY
COORDINATORS
Religious Education
Sean Roche
Tania Rabadan
RCIA
Alan Westcott
Pastoral Council
510-525-2620
Finance Council
Markus Mullarkey
510-524-6355
Music Director
Rob Grant
510-525-2620
Web: saintambroseberkeley.org
(510) 525-5399 FAX
SACRAMENTS
LITURGY
Should be arranged by family with the Parish office & mortuary
Eucharistic Adoration
Friday 9:00 - 9:30 am
1st Fridays 9:00 to 12 noon
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
All classes on Sundays
(In church hall)
First Communion
Grades 2-8
(in English)
9:20 am - 10:20 am
(in Spanish)
11:00am - 12:15pm
Confirmation
9:45 - 10:45am
RCIA
9:30 - 10:30am
Baptism Class
(English & Spanish)
To be determined
COMMUNITY PRAYER
Rosary
Mon - Sat: 8am, Church
Sunday Masses
BAPTISM
Arrangements to be made at least one month in advance. 8:30 am & 10:30am - English
12:15 pm- in Spanish
RECONCILIATION (ENGLISH/SPANISH)
Saturday Vigil
Saturday, 9:00 am-10:00 am or by appointment.
4:30
pm - English
WEDDING
Monday-Saturday
Mass
Appointments should be made at least six months in
8:30
am
English
advance. Church dates should be confirmed with a priest
before making other arrangements.
Holy Day Masses
8:30 am, 7:00 pm - English
FUNERAL
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
Please call for home or hospital visit.
Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services
Holy Angels / St. Joseph Cemetery
San Pablo—510-223-1265
OFFICE HOURSRECTORY
Mon.-Wed. 9am-2pm
Closed Thursdays & Fridays
Our warmest welcome to all who celebrate with us. If you would like to register,
or if you need to update your information, please call the office or send us an email at
[email protected], or visit our website at saintambroseberkeley.org
SAINT AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH
BERKELEY
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jan 31, 2014 - Feb 7, 2015
Sat.
Sun.
Mon
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri
Sat.
4:30 pm
8:30 am
10:30 am
12:15 pm
8:30 am
8:30 am
8:30 am
8:30 am
8:30 am
8:30 am
Intention:
Requested By:
Dona Willmes
Ralph & Judy Nagel
Jenny Villiarimo †
Connie Fontanoza
The People of St. Ambrose Parish
Maria de Jesus†, Paula Lopez
Esmeralda Partida
Eugene Reggi †
M. Reggi
Aurora Grijalva †
Grijalva Family
Elio Reggi †
M. Reggi
Mario Reggi †
M. Reggi
Fr. Joseph A. Ferreira †
Bishop Michael Barber
The most serious of the evils that afflict the
world these days are youth unemployment and
the loneliness of the old. The old need care and
companionship; the young need work and hope
but have neither one nor the other, and the problem is they don't even look for them any more.
They have been crushed by the present. You tell
me: can you live crushed under the weight of the
present? Without a memory of the past and without the desire to look ahead to the future by
building something, a future, a family? Can you
go on like this? This, to me, is the most urgent
problem that the Church is facing.
-- Pope Francis, October 2013
Republica Magazine Interview
The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten
Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and
narrowness of a religion, but, on the contrary, of its
liberality and humanity. It is shorter to state the
things forbidden than the things permitted: precisely
because most things are permitted, and only a few
things are forbidden.
G.K. Chesterton
February 1, 2015
STEWARDSHIP CORNER
Plate Collection for Jan 24 & 25 -- $2,916.77
2nd Collection, Salesian Formation -- $481.64
Your continuing generosity is critical to the ongoing
operation of our parish. Thank you for your support.
Goal: $194,255
Raised: $131,529
% Goal Raised: 68%
Participation: 13%
TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE
Muchos católicos suelen encender una velita de cera ante
una imagen de Jesús, María u otro santo. Esa velita representa
un recuerdo de la oración hecha por el cristiano y suele quedarse encendida varios días. Hoy, muchos templos han reemplazado la vela de cera con luces eléctricas que imitan el fuego
de la velita. A muchos no les gusta y se resisten al concepto.
No los culpo, ya que hay algo muy especial en la acción ritual
de encender una vela. Sin embargo, hay que recordar que lo
importante es la oración y no la velita. Hoy se enciende la vela
eléctrica, en tiempos pasados la vela de cera, pero en el primer
milenio cristiano se encendía una lámpara de aceite de olivo.
Según la historia pasaron varios siglos antes de que la Iglesia
aceptara la vela de cera en lugar de la de aceite. Los cristianos
del siglo XIII se negaban a aceptar lo que hoy consideramos
tradicional, la vela de cera. Hay que aceptar que nuestras tradiciones cambian al correr del tiempo. No importa si quemamos
aceite, cera o electricidad. Lo que importa es velar en oración.
—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
COFFEE & DONUTS
THIS LIST WILL BE RESTARTED
MANY THANKS TO HAPPY DONUTS
940 SAN PABLO AVE ALBANY
THEY SUPPLY OUR DONUTS
AT A DISCOUNT EVERY WEEK!
IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO SHOULD BE
KEPT ON THE LIST, OR WHO SHOULD BE ADDED,
PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL THE OFFICE
Crab Fest Volunteers!
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND,
AND THOSE IN CONVALESCENT HOMES
(and their caregivers)
~~ NEXT WEEK ~~
Filomena Cacanindin, Salome Casiano, Alysia Juarez, Severina
Olivito, Josephine Viarengo, Connie Casiano, Irene Carter,
Jolanda Sullivan, Rita Franco, Gladys Glover, Juanita
Estrelles, Arline Thompson, Richard Courtney, Bernice Gray,
Angelo Scipi, Trinidad Mamaril, Nancy Corso, Blanca
Madero, Marcello Reggi, Theresa Ellerbush, Rose Arcol,
Maria Teresa Rodriguez, Gabriel Cruz, Francis Mondragon,
Manel Wijekoon, Olympia Campos, Mary Brandts, Kathleen
Scipi, Ewell Rideau, Mark Keating, Arnie Guasco
There is a meeting for all who want
to volunteer for the St. Ambrose
10th Annual Crab Fest On Feb 21st
The meeting is on Feb 8th, after the
10:30 Mass (in Sister Bridget Ryan Hall)