2. Sunday, October 4; Harvest Bake sale, after all Masses.

3. Sunday October 18;  St. Margaret Mary Feast Day Dinner- @ 3 pm

4. Sunday, December 13, Gaudete  Bake Sale; after all Masses.

 

 TRADITIONAL DAILY MISSAL

       The 1962 Traditional Daily Missal from Angelus Press is being offered at a special discounted price for St. Margaret Mary parishioners for just $35. Regular price is $63. Orders to be placed on June 10, Wednesday. For details please contact Jay Balza at (707) 319-7549 or email: jbalza007@gmail.com.

 

BLESSING OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS

Will be this weekend; on the June 6 & 7 weekend during Saturday 5.00PM, Sunday 8.30 & 10.30AM Masses.

 

92^nd ANNIVERSARY OF APPARITION OF OUR LADY  AT FATIMA;  1917—2009

       Every year from May to October in many Catholic Parishes around the world Catholic faithful celebrate the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three Portuguese children: Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia. We  celebrate Fatima Services in our Church every month with Holy Mass, the Rosary in different languages, and a candlelight procession. The Fatima Service will be this week, on Saturday June 13^th 2009 at 7:30PM. Please  save this date and inform others. If you have questions; please call Fr Stan (510-482-0596)

 

HOLY MASS INTENTIONS  

       We still have empty spots for Holy Mass intentions at THE END OF JULY. 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.

 

ORDINARY TIME OF THE CHURCH YEAR

       Most of the Seasons of the Christian Church Year   are organized around the two major festivals that mark sacred time, Christmas and Easter. The Christmas Season encompasses the time of preparation during Advent  and the celebration of the Twelve Days of Christmas  and Epiphany  in early January (the 6th). The Easter Season  encompasses the time of preparation during the 40 weekdays of Lent and Holy Week, and is linked with Pentecost Sunday 50 days later. While there are other individual holy days within the church year, these seasons mark the movement of sacred time within the church calendar.

The rest of the year following Epiphany and Pentecost is known as Ordinary Time. Rather than meaning "common" or "mundane," this term comes from the word "ordinal," which simply means counted time (First Sunday after Pentecost, etc.). 

       Counted time after Pentecost always begins with Trinity Sunday (first Sunday after Pentecost) and ends with Christ the King Sunday or the Reign of Christ the King (last Sunday before the beginning of Advent).

 

THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS

       Friday after the Feast of Corpus Christi (this year June 19) is the devotional Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The theme of this day honors Jesus for the love which is symbolized by His heart.

Devotion to the Sacred Heart became popular with mystics in the 13^th & 14^th centuries, with special promotion by the Jesuits in the 16^th century. The tradition became widespread as a result of a series of visions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French Visitation nun in 1673 – 1675. Almost 200 years later, in 1856, a special feast was mandated for the Universal Church. In 1899, Pope Leo XIII ordered that the world be consecrated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Pius XI elevated the feast to the same rank as Christmas. There are many religious traditions associated with devotion to the Sacred Heart apart from the feast itself.

 

THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

       In the 11^th & 12^th centuries, different places started devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When he was in captivity in Florence in 1799, Pius VI, granted  the bishop of Palermo permission to celebrate the Feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary in his diocese. On July 21, 1855, the Congregation of Rites finally approved the Office & Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This Feast is celebrated in different liturgical seasons of the year and in many different places around the globe.

       In the USA this Feast is celebrated on June 20 this year.

 

 OUR PARISH BULLETIN

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