Text Box: MARIAN MOVEMENT of PRIESTS CENACLE - 4th Sunday of every month at 3:30 p.m. in our church. This Sunday April 26, at 3.30PM Holy Mass will be said for the Marian Movement of Priests (this is a movement for lay people, priests and religious who wish to pray for priests), followed by Holy Hour with Benediction afterwards. Please come to pray for our priests. Everybody is welcome. Please inform and invite others. Next month Marian Movement Mass: May 24, 2009, at 3.30pm. SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR SEMINARY In the pews you can find today special envelopes to support the Seminary of the Institute. Make check for Institute of Christ. Place this donation in the special Box in the Vestibule and at the side entrance. BAKE SALE today in the hall after all Masses. Please come and sample all the fine baking of parishioners, and support the fund raising efforts of the Seminary Society. You may enjoy your purchases in the hall (coffee will be provided) or take them home to enjoy as a Sunday dessert. The Seminary Society thanks you and is grateful for your support! PARISH EASTER PARTY THIS WEEKEND APRIL 25/26 – after all Holy Masses. This weekend we invite all our parishioners to the parish hall to share blessed Easter food. The sign up list will be in the vestibule of our church this weekend (Saturday/Sunday, April 18/19. We would like to know how much food we need to prepare. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION On Sunday, May 17, at the 10:30 AM Mass, the children of our parish will receive Holy Communion for the first time in their lives. After the Mass, we will host a reception for these children. All parishioners and friends of St. Margaret Mary Church are invited, and encouraged to attend to show support for these children and their families. We need your help; we ask that you bring a side dish to share. Please contact Valerie Burkart at valzb@sbcglobal.net or call her at (925) 875-0281 to help with this joyous occasion. Please pray for our children waiting for their VERY IMPORTANT DAY when they receive Jesus in the Holy Eucharist; and pray also for their parents, teachers and catechists. OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE CHILDREN AND TO THEIR PARENTS. EASTER SEASON The fifty days from Easter to Pentecost are celebrated in joyful exultation as one feast day, or better, as one GREAT SUNDAY. The first eight days of the Easter Season make up the Octave of Easter, and are celebrated as solemnities of the Lord. No other feasts or memorials are celebrated during that week. The faithful should receive Communion and the Sacrament of Confession during the Easter Season. This period for Easter duties is from Ash Wednesday until Trinity Sunday (which falls on June 7th this year). NOVENA OF HOLY MASSES FOR OUR MOTHERS Text Box: The second Sunday of May (this year May 10) is celebrated as MOTHERS’ DAY. In our parish, a NOVENA of nine Holy Masses will be celebrated for the intentions of our mothers (living or dead). Our mothers deserve our love, honor and respect. We will pray for them during the Holy Masses on May 10 at 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM; on May 12 at 6:00 PM, on May 13 at 8:00 AM and 7:30 PM, on May 14 at 6:00 PM, on May 16 at 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM. Special memorial books for our mothers, living or deceased, will be placed in our church. A letter with information about the Novena of Holy Masses was sent to all our parishioners by mail. Additional forms will be available in our church. BEST WISHES TO ALL OUR BELOVED MOTHERS! May God bless you all, and may the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, protect you always. HOLY MASS INTENTIONS We still have empty spots for Holy Mass intentions at beginning of May. If you would like to have Holy Mass celebrated for your intentions or for your loved ones (living or dead), please contact the parish office. PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK: For all who are sick: members of our families, friends, parishioners, and especially: Fr. Joseph Fiedorowicz; Fr. Theo Palis; Sister Antoinette Fong; Titus Ekanem; Donald Braten; Martha Tork; Lianne Claver; Juan & Nancy Duenas; Jose Isidro; Frank Martin; Paul Valerovski; Harry Garland; Carol Gottstein; Anthony Krzyzanski; Stanislaw Marciniak; Richard Mansfield; Gina Edgecomb; Giovanni & Elisa Mancarti; Ted Price; John Kachmash; Enrique Aguilar; Myrna Lanzar; Theresa Long; ............. & those whose names are written in the Book of the Sick, and all sick people in the entire world. PRAY FOR THE DEAD: For deceased members of our families, friends, parishioners & benefactors of our parish: Bill Leitao, Harry Winkler, Inetta Calori, those who died recently: Jenny Maderious, Michalina Halaj, Irene Omernick, Michael Smith, Michael Porcella, Louise Drake, ... and for all the faithful departed, especially for all the Poor Souls in Purgatory. OUR NEW BISHOP The Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone will be installed as Bishop of the Oakland diocese at the Cathedral of Christ the Light on Tuesday, May 5, at Noon; 12.00. Please pray for his intention. HOLY WATER On Holy Saturday we blessed the water during the Easter Vigil Mass. If you wish, you can take that water to your homes.