Text Box: Benedict XVI. It is the custom in some places today to bless bread, pastries, and other food and to give a large portion of it to the poor. HOLY MASS INTENTIONS We still have empty spots for Holy Mass intentions at the end of March. 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. HOLY CHRISM MASS The Chrism Mass will be held this week on Thursday Text Box: March 13, 2008 at 7:00 PM at St. Felicitas Parish; 1662 Manor Blvd. in San Leandro. The Most Reverend Bishop Allen Vigneron will bless 3 Oils: Holy Oil of Chrism (used in Baptism, Confirmation, and Ordination of Priests) Holy Oil of Catechumens (used to anoint those preparing for the Sacrament of Baptism) and Holy Oil of the Sick (used in the Sacrament of the anointing of the Sick). Bishops, clergy and parish delegations gather at St.

Passion Sunday

Medidation for Lent from St. Thomas Aquinas

Just as a Christian is required to believe in the Incarnation of the Son of God, so is it necessary that he believe in His Passion and death, because St. Augustine says: “His birth would have profited us nothing had we not profited by His Redemption.” That Christ did indeed die for us is so hard to conceive that scarcely is our mind able to grasp it; in fact it is utterly beyond our understanding. The Apostle insinuates this when he says: “I work a work in your days, a work which you will not believe if any man shall tell it to you.” In fact, so great is God’s favor and love in our regard that He has done more for us than we are able to understand. However, we are not to believe that Christ suffered death in such a way that His Godhead died, but that His human nature died ...

Juventutem

Traditional Liturgy for World Youth Day

Where thousands of Catholic youth gather from all over the world, it is important that there also be the opportunity for them to experience the millenary liturgical tradition of their Catholic heritage. The Institute of Christ the King is happy to announce the formation of a Juventutem-USA group of young traditionalist Catholics who will join with many more from other countries coming to Australia for World Youth Day 2008. The Juventutem group has Holy Mass exclusively in the extraordinary, or tradiitonal, form of the Latin Rite. For more information, contact info@juventutemusa.org.

Pilgrimage to Lourdes

This year, Holy Mother Church commemorates the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady in Lourdes in 1858, when she identified herself to St. Bernadette Soubirous as the "Immaculate Conception," thus confirming the dogma proclaimed four years before. Msgr. Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King, and other members of the Institute will go on a two-day pilgrimage to Lourdes. Saturday, March 29th, 2008 12:30 noon - Opening Mass at the Basilica of the Rosary 5:00 pm - a. Conference by Msgr. Gilles Wach b. Group activities with seminarians for children aged 7 - 15 years: "In the footsteps of St. Bernadette" 9:00 pm - Candlelight Procession Sunday, March 30th, 2008 9:30 am - Stations of the Cross 11:00 - Solemn High Mass at the Grotto 2:30 pm - Closing of the Pilgrimage with Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, and Benediction in the Basilica of the Rosary.

Text Box: Liturgical Calendar for the Trad. Latin Mass Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite Sunday March 9 Fifth Sunday of Lent Passion Sunday Epistle: Hebr. 9:11-15 Gospel: Joann. 8:46-59 Monday March 10 Monday of Passion Week Comm. Forty Holy Martyrs Tuesday March 11 Tuesday of Passion Week Wednesday March 12 Wednesday of Passion Week Comm. St. Gregory the Great Thursday March 13 Thursday of Passion Week Friday March 14 Friday of Passion Week Comm. Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday March 15 Saturday of Passion Week Text Box: Schedule for Holy Week Palm Sunday: March 16: 12:30 pm Monday through Wednesday: 6:00 pm Holy Thursday: 5:00 pm Good Friday: 5:00 pm Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil): 4:00 pm Easter Sunday: 12:30 pm