Text Box: FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS & CLEANING TEAM FOR THE CHURCH We all appreciate the beautiful floral arrangements in our Church. Is there no one else who would like to keep our church beautiful? We urgently need more volunteers to learn and help to arrange flowers in our church. We need you urgently. We also greatly need families and single persons to clean our church. THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSITIVE ANSWER. We still need more people. If you would like to help, please contact the Parish Office: 510-482-0596. OUR PARISH BULLETIN Additional advertising support is needed to cover expenses of printing our Parish Bulletin. Now we have 8 pages every week. If you are a business owner, or know of someone who might wish to place an add, in our BULLETIN PUBLISHER; please send them an e-mail: mpublications@sbcglobal.net; or call at: 888-253-4358. Please patronize our advertisers. CCD and RCIA Our CCD & RCIA programs will be restarting next month.  Sign-up forms are available in the vestibule of the church. The first class will begin on September 13 at 9:30 AM.  Classes meet from 9:30 to 10:25 AM except the kindergarten class, which will meet from 9:30 to 10:00 AM. Please register for class by Sept. 6. The classes offered will be the preparation classes for the sacraments:  First Communion, Confirmation and RCIA. If there is sufficient interest we may offer a 4-5 grade level class.  RCIA ENROLLMENT All adults who are interested in becoming Catholic or being fully initiated in the Church with the sacrament of Confirmation (this may include spouses, relatives, friends, neighbors), are urged to contact the parish office: Fr Stanislaw Zak, tel. 510-482-0596, ext. 202.as soon as possible. Classes will begin in September so it is important that participants join soon. Married couples: What makes us both truly human and truly like God? It is Love, the love of a married couple, which is unselfish, and wholly directed to the good of others. It is love that unites us in an unbreakable bond of fidelity and fellowship with others. Jesus loved His own until the very end of His passion and death on the cross (John 13:1). Experience a WWME weekend being held in Pleasanton the weekend of September 11-13 and discover God’s meaning more fully. For more information, call Ray & Roberta Montes @ 916.806.4601 or Joe & Sue Talarico @ 925.680.7767 now or go to : http://rekindleyourjourneymarriage.org. Please register, on-line by August 14th. *************************************** Fr Stanislaw Zak is in Poland & Ukraine for one month of vacation. Text Box: In case of emergency, please contact Fr. Moreau: 510-482-2053 (until August 16th); or Fr. William Marshall: 510-522-2124; or Fr. Alexander Snyder: 925-935-4746. Fr. Zak will be back on September 10, 2009. PRAY FOR OUR SERVICEMEN & SOLDIERS: Robert Hoops, Thomas Campana, Connor O’Keefe, Matthew Valenzuela, Steven Mayer; John Molinari & other American soldiers and servicemen. PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK: For all who are sick: Members of our families, friends, parishioners, and especially: Fr Vladimir Kozina; Fr. Joseph Fiedorowicz; Fr. Theo Palis; Msgr. Robert Adams; Sister Antoinette Fong; Titus Ekanem; Martha Tork; Lianne Claver; Juan & Nancy Duenas; Jose Isidro; Frank & Imogene Martin; Paul Valerovski; Harry & Betty Garland; Anthony Krzyzanski; Giovanni & Elisa Mancarti; Ted Price; Myrna Lanzar; Truyen Ha; Robert Dale; Rachel Ott; Dale Sherry; Peter McDonough; Albert Hill Sr; Jeanette Zugnoni; Vivian Tuma; Patricia Campos; Zofia Leshovska; Patricia Parker; Theresa Dinh;.................................... and those whose names are written in the Book of the Sick, and all sick people in the entire world. PRAY FOR THE DEAD: For the deceased members of our families, friends, parishioners & benefactors of our parish: Bill Leitao; Harry Winkler; Inetta Calori; Michael Smith; those who died recently: John Kachmash; Andy Ferreira; Lilian Lizotte; ........... and for all the faithful departed, especially for all the Poor Souls in Purgatory. HOLY MASS INTENTIONS We still have empty spots for Holy Mass intentions at THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 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. Our Diocese of Oakland The Diocese of Oakland reflects our region’s cultural diversity. More than 25 percent of our parishioners are immigrants. To accommodate their needs and serve as a force for social integration in the East Bay, we hold Mass in 12 languages, including Nigerian, Polish, Filipino, Guatemalan, Portuguese, German, Chinese, and more. Plus our unique feast days – the Martyrs of Vietnam, St. Patrick, Our Lady of Guadalupe, for example - invite all to recognize the human dignity of each person. In addition, the Catholic Church is the largest private provider of social services across Alameda and Contra Costa counties, offering shelter, meals, counseling, education, and other critical services free of charge to over 400,000 people of all faiths each year. Because there has been no