LENT

Lent is a time of  prayer, fasting & almsgiving. In addition to this traditional trio, we give you some other(10) suggestions:

 

1.  Stations of the Cross (every Friday after the 8:00 AM  & 6:00 PM Masses).

2.  Rosary (pray for peace around the world and in our families; vocations, etc.)

3.  Extra daily Holy Mass.

4.  Lenten Lamentations (all Sundays of Lent at 5:00 PM;

5.  Sacred Scripture reading.

6.  Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Fridays from 2:00 to 3:15 PM & Saturdays from 4:00 to 4:45
    PM)

7.  Self-denial of special foods, drinks, tobacco or TV programs.

8.  Visit the sick or the homebound.

9.  Almsgiving to the poor.

10.  Come always on time and stay till the end of the Holy Mass. Wait till the Last Blessing. Give to 
       Almighty God the whole Mass.

 

Do you have additional ideas? Try to do something extra for God, neighbor and for yourself. Put these ideas into action!!!!!!!

 

PLEASE SHARE YOUR FOOD WITH HUNGRY PEOPLE. PLEASE TAKE HOME A “RICE BOWL” from the vestibule of the church. We will collect this money on Palm

Sunday, April 5, 2009.

 

A LIST OF “GIVE UPS” FOR LENT

1.  Give up bitterness; turn to forgiveness.

2.  Give up hatred; return good for evil.

3.  Give up negativism; be positive.

4.  Give up complaining; be grateful.

5.  Give up pessimism; be an optimist.

6. Give up harsh judgments; think kind     thoughts.

7.  Give up worry; trust Divine Providence.

8. Give up discouragement; be full of hope. 

9. Give up anger; be more patient.

10.  Give up pettiness; be more mature.

11. Give up gloom; enjoy the beauty around you.

12.  Give up jealousy; pray for trust.

13.  Give up gossiping; control your thoughts.

14.  Give up sin; turn to virtue.

PASSION MOVIE NIGHT – SUN. MARCH 22

       After Bitter Lamentations (5pm) and Holy Mass (5.45pm); we will share a potluck dinner in the hall, then watch Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ”.  If you need more information, please contact Fr. Stanislaw Zak at the rectory.

WHO IS OUR RETREAT MASTER?

       Fr. Joseph Kowalczyk M.M. was born in 1927 in Schenectady, N.Y. After graduating from Union College as an electrical engineer and working six years for the General Electric Co. in Schenectady, N.Y., he entered the minor seminary of Maryknoll in June, 1954. After seven years of religious formation, he was ordained on June 10, 1961 and assigned to the Maryknoll Mission in Peru, South America.

       For the first ten years, he was dedicated to the formation of young Aymara and Quecbua boys in seminaries in Puno and Arequipa, Peru. The next ten years he was assigned to pastoral work in various large parishes in the “altiplano” around the shores of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world at 12,800 feet above sea level. From 1986 to 1998, he was striving to establish new parishes among the Aymara and Quechua people who migrated from. the highlands to the desert sands in the outskirts of Tacna, a city near the Atlantic coast on the border of Chile.

In 1998, he was assigned to mission promotion work in the USA; two years out of Buffalo, N.Y., one year out of Houston, TX., and currently out of San Leandro, CA, while residing in the Maryknoll Retirement Home in Los Altos, CA.

       While continuing to work part-time on mission promotion as a member in “retirement status”, he is also promoting a prayer apostolate for the increase of religious vocations for Maryknoll and the Church.

 

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; Andy & Vic Miloslavich; Bro. Paul McCarthy; Jenny Maderious; Donald Braten; Nellie Lydon;  Martha Tork;  Lianne Claver; Debbie Edwards; Juan & Nancy Duenas; Theresa Dinh; Catherine Lindsey; Jose Isidro; Frank Mahoney; Jerrie Caudle; Frank Martin; Paul Valerovski; Harry Garland; Michael Jarnagin; Edward Markovits; Carol Gottstein;  Anthony Krzyzanski; Irene Omernik; Narcesa Estrellia; Stanislaw Marciniak; ....................  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 deceased members of our families, friends, parishioners & benefactors of our parish: Bill Leitao; Harry Winkler; Inetta Calori; those who died recently: Jack Russell  Roy Zahn; Simon Tang & his mother See Chuen Ho; Maria de Andrade; Ron Durling (Senior); Niamh Studebaker; ............................... 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 in the last week of April. If you would like to have Holy Mass celebrated for your intention or your loved ones, living or dead, please contact the parish office.