Planning a Loved One’s Catholic Funeral - Informational Workshop

Join us for this informational workshop, co-sponsored by Holy Angels and St. Ambrose, on Tuesday, February 26, from 7:00 -8:30 pm, at St. Ambrose Parish Hall. Learn how to plan a funeral and about theCatholic Funeral Rite from Fr. Joseph Mathew. His presentation will cover the Vigil, Mass and Committal and allow an opportunity for answers to your questions. Representatives from Holy Angels Funeral and Cremation Services and St. Joseph’s Cemetery will speak and answer your questions regarding what goes into arranging a funeral and what your burial and cremation options are. St. Ambrose Parish is located at 1145 Gilman Street, Berkeley. Please RSVP to Eduardo De Loa:  e-mail eduardodcatholiccemeteries.org    or at 510-223-1265

 

FROM THE
CONFRATERNITY OF

EUCHARISTIC DEVOTION. DIOCESE OF OAKLAND (CEDDO)

       As a fruit of the Year of the Holy Eucharist, a new spiritual association of the faithful was established by our Bishop for our diocese. Membership in The Confraternity of Eucharistic Devotion is open to laity, religious, and ordained who are in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. The specific charism of this spiritual association is prayerful devotion to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist in both the sacred Liturgy and adoration of Jesus in solemn exposition. For further information, please visit

 www.eucharisticdevotion.org.

 

BISHOPS VOCATION

DINNER

Saturday February 23, 2008; 6.00pm in our Parish Hall. Hosted by:  Knights of Columbus - Oakland Diocese Chapter

Guest of Honor:  His Excellency, Most Reverend Allen H. Vigneron, Bishop of Oakland

      Fundraiser for the Oakland Diocesan Vocation Fund helping raise funds to financially assist seminarians as they discern their call to the priesthood, and prepare for the priesthood to the service of the Diocese of Oakland through seminary programs:

5:00pm Mass for Vocations

6.00pm Dinner

For Information contact John Burkart at 925.683.9571

 

 PARISH LENTEN RETREAT:

 

February 28, (Thur.) - March 2, (Sunday), 2008

(by Rev. William Marshall  – Retreat Master)

 

02/28 - Thurs. - 8.00am & 6.00pm - Holy Masses, followed

by the conference.

02/29 - Fri. - 8.00am & 6.00pm - Holy Masses, conferences    & Stations of the Cross.                                             

10.00AM – (Home schooling Families) Mass,     conference and Station for children.

03/01 - Sat.             - 8.00am & 10.00am – Holy Masses & conferences.

12.00NOON – Holy Mass for the Sick with Conference & Anointing of the sick.

       4.00pm – Penitential Service wit Adoration of  the Blessed Sacrament & Confession

       5.00PM – Vigil Mass with Conference

3/02 - Sun. - 8.30AM, 10.30AM & 12.30PM  all Holy Masses with conferences.

       5.00PM – Bitter Lamentations (Lenten Vespers with Special Sermon

       5.45PM – Holy Mass with Conference

 

USCCB

MARRIAGE RESOURCE

The USCCB has established a website entitled “For Your Marriage,” dedicated to the “care” of marriages. It is at www.foryourmarriage.org. The website offers materials for marriage preparation, caring for a marriage, and resources for living “happily ever after.”

 

PILGRIMAGES: (2008/2009)

 

June 1—15, 2008; to France, Spain & Portugal

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Bernardette Soubirous on February 11, 1858—the Jubilee Year officially opened on December 8th—the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Every year, millions of the faithful and pilgrims from all over the world come to France to pray for cures and healing from their illnesses—bodily and spiritual.

September 1—15, 2008; to THE HOLY LAND - ”In the footsteps of Jesus Christ”. We will really walk in the footsteps of Our Lord in the Land of His birth, where He lived for 33 years and died for our Salvation. Don’t miss this unforgettable experience.

February 9—23, 2009: to Brazil & Argentina –TBA later.