Text Box: DOMINICAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY 77th Annual Commencement Events May 21st 2:00 pm – A look at society through a “Catholic Imagination”? At the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology we are engaged in study that is rooted in the Catholic tradition and provides answers to the challenges of today. One way that our academics intersect the challenges of today is through the work of The Dominican School College of Fellows. Please join us for this special presentation by Fellows Andre Delbecq, Ned Dolejsi, Velma Richmond and Kevin Starr who will present an examination of their professions in teaching, business administration and communications through the lens of a “Catholic imagination”. Also present for this lecture is His Eminence James Francis, Cardinal Stafford. Reception immediately following. May 22nd 3:00 pm – Commencement Ceremony – Guest Speaker Cardinal Stafford We are honored to welcome His Eminence James Francis, Cardinal Stafford from Rome who has accepted appointment as the Dean of the Dominican School College of Fellows. Cardinal Stafford is the Major Penitentiary of the Catholic Church and has served as the President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Come listen to his Commencement Speech and meet the Cardinal in person. Reception immediately following. Both the lecture and the commencement will be held at DSPT’s Berkeley campus, 2301 Vine Street. For more information or to R.S.V.P. to either event, please contact Advancement Office at (510) 883-2085 or e-mail her at mmahoney@dspt.edu. HOLY MASS INTENTIONS We still have empty spots for Holy Mass intentions at THE BEGINNING 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. ANGELUS In the 15th century, it became customary to ring church bells to remind the faithful to pray in honor of Mary and to remember the mystery of the Incarnation. This tradition of the Angelus (from the Latin angelus, “angel,” the first word of the Angelus prayer) imitates the ancient monastic call to prayer by ringing the church bells. It is still popular today in many parishes. A series of Hail Mary’s, spaced with invocations to Mary and a concluding prayer, are prayed as the church bells ring at 6am, Noon, and 6pm. Text Box: MARIAN MOVEMENT of PRIESTS CENACLE - 4th Sunday of every month at 3:30 p.m. in our church. Next Sunday May 24, at 3.30PM Holy Mass will be said for the Marian Movement of Priests (this is a movement for lay people, priests and religious who wish to pray for priests), followed by Holy Hour with Benediction afterwards. Please come to pray for our priests. Everybody is welcome. Please inform and invite others. Next month, the Marian Movement Mass will be June 28, 2009, at 3.30pm. IGNATIAN SILENT RETREAT FOR MEN Preached by priests of Miles Christi, an order devoted to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. June 5 at 4 PM to June 7 at 4:30 PM at San Juan Bautista, CA. $220 single room, $275 private. Apply Miles Christi, PO Box 701200, Plymouth, MI 48170; infousa@mileschristi.org; or contact Christine Timmerman at (209) 357-0128. 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; Abbot Eugene Hayes; Sister Antoinette Fong; Titus Ekanem; Donald Braten; Martha Tork; Lianne Claver; Juan & Nancy Duenas; Jose Isidro; Frank & Imogene Martin; Paul Valerovski; Harry Garland; Anthony Krzyzanski; Richard Mansfield; Giovanni & Elisa Mancarti; Ted Price; John Kachmash; Enrique Aguilar; Myrna Lanzar; George Puff; Joseph Milton; ........................................ & 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; Michael Smith; those who died recently: Louise Drake, Stanislaw Marciniak; Fr Frank Houdek; Frutosa Encinias; ......... and for all the faithful departed, especially for all the Poor Souls in Purgatory. HOLY WATER On Holy Saturday we blessed the water during the Easter Vigil Mass. If you wish, you can take that water to your homes. THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD The Ascension of the Lord is observed always 40 days after Easter. This year, it will be on Thursday May 21st. In the USA, many ecclesiastical provinces, also our diocese, transferred this celebration to the 7th