Text Box: Lucia. We plan to celebrate Fatima Services in our church every month with Holy Mass, the Rosary in different languages, and a procession with the statue of the Blessed Lady of Fatima inside the church. The Fatima Service will be next week on Friday, August 13th 2010 at 7.30PM. Please save this date and inform others. OUR PARISH BULLETIN Additional advertising support is needed to cover the expenses of printing our parish bulletin. Now we have 8 pages every week. If you are a business owner, or know of someone who might wish to place an ad, please e-mail our BULLETIN PUBLISHER: mpublications@sbcglobal.net; or call them at 888-253-4358. Please patronize our advertisers. HOLY MASS INTENTIONS We have empty spots for Holy Mass intentions at the beginning of November 2010. If you would like to have Holy Mass celebrated for your intentions or your loved ones (l. or d.), please contact the parish office: stmargaretm@yahoo.com, or phone: 510-482-0596. SUMMER LATIN GRAMMAR CLASS meets Saturdays at 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., in Kozina Hall, starting June 26th, through August 28th. More info?  Click on "Latin for Liturgy" on the parish website or contact instructor, Rebecca Spencer-O'Hare, at latin4all@sbcglobal.net. MUSIC LESSONS from an experienced young musician trained in Europe: A graduate with a Master's Degree from the Conservatory in Poznan, Poland and the University of Arizona, Pawel Walerowski teaches cello, piano, and violin. Beginners and adults are welcome. For more information, contact Pawel at 925/ 705-2238, or e-mail: pawelcello@yahoo.com PLEASE HELP OUR PARISHIONER A parishioner, Maria Hernandez; whose son Charles (Chuck) died suddenly 2 weeks ago needs a ride to church on Sunday for 8.30am Mass. She doesn’t drive. She lives only 0.9 miles from our church. We need more volunteers to give her a ride. The more volunteers we have, the better. If some of you would like to help her, please contact Fr Stanislaw at 510-482-0596, ext. 202. Worldwide Marriage Encounter  “I place much of my hope for the future in Marriage Encounter.” - Pope John-Paul II “Marriage Encounter, yes! You are doing such important work in our church, especially in this world we live in.  I will pray for you and your movement.” - Pope Benedict XVI Discover a more intimate, God-filled relationship -discover a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend - call Joe & Sue at 925.680.7767.” Married Couples: In Colossians 3:12-14, we learn that we have been chosen - "And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, Text Box: August 5 - Wednesday – The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. – Following the declaration of Mary as THEOTOKOS – “God – Bearer” by the Council of Ephesus in 431, Pope Sixtus III erected in Rome this oldest basilica in the West dedicated to the Mother of God. August 6 - Thursday – Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. – Celebrated by 5th c. East Syrians, this feast was inserted into the general calendar in 1457 by pope Callistus III to celebrate the defeat, announced in Rome on 6 August, of the Turks at Belgrade. August 6th occurs 40 days before the feast of the Triumph of the Cross, September 14th. The purpose of this feast is to celebrate that glorious event in the life of Jesus Christ, the Transfiguration, which some Holy Fathers call the second Epiphany of the Lord. The observance of this feast goes back to the 4th century. At that time, St. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, built a church on Mt. Tabor in honor of the Lord’s Transfiguration. At the end of the 11th century, the Crusaders founded several churches and monasteries on Mt. Tabor. From the early Church history, there was a custom of blessing grapes and other fruits. This week - on Friday, August 6th - GRAPES AND OTHER FRUIT WILL BE BLESSED. Please bring baskets of grapes and fruits during 8.00am Holy Mass. August 9 – St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), Virgin and Martyr. – Born of Jewish parents in 1891; influential philosopher and convert to Catholicism; entered the Discalced Carmelites in 1933; arrested by the Nazis in 1942 and transported by cattle train to the death camp of Auschwitz where she died in the gas chamber. PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK: For all who are sick: Members of our families, friends, parishioners, and especially: Fr Vladimir Kozina; Fr Theo Palis; Martha Tork; Lianne Claver; Juan & Nancy Duenas; Frank & Imogene Martin; Titus Ekanem; Patricia Campos; Concha Marina; Martha Tork; Al Froning; Jan Strozyk; Jenny Zablah; Maria Zak-granny; Rowland Sum; Maria Tarquinio; Charlotte Ellis; Fr Declan Deane; John Banisch; Fr Jim Pickett; Lenaye Irving; Marian Williams; Fr Bill Marshall; Judy Mendida; Mike Sanders; ...................... and those whose names are written in the Book of the Sick, and all sick people in the entire world. PRAY FOR OUR SERVICEMEN & SOLDIERS: Patrick J. Sisler; & other American soldiers and servicemen. PRAY FOR THE DEAD: For the deceased members of our families, friends, parishioners & benefactors of our parish: Bill Leitao; Inetta Calori; Michael Smith; those who died recently: Fr. Joseph Fiedorowicz; Ronald Drake; Ronald Michels; Jesse Ybarra; Albert Hill, Sr; Raymond Geisler, Charles Hernandez; Feliks Szytniewski; Patrick Murphy; Mark Arzabal; Annabelle Mon; .............................. and for all the faithful departed, especially for all the Poor Souls in Purgatory. 93rd ANNIVERSARY OF APPARITION OF OUR LADY AT FATIMA; 1917—2010 Every year from May to October in many Catholic Parishes around the world, Catholics celebrate the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three Portuguese children: Francisco, Jacinta and