Sunday Bulletin
Eighteenth Sunday
In Ordinary Time
August 1, 2010
First
“Vanity of vanities.” Sometimes we may work for wealth, wisdom and knowledge only to discover that it has been left for some one who did not toil for it. The offering of our work, fatigue and pain if not for God, can also be a kind of vanity.
Second
Paul urges us to seek what is good and from God, encouraging us to put our minds on the spiritual. He reminds us that, as Christians, we have died with Christ and are hidden with Christ until his glory is once again revealed. We are all one in Christ.
Gospel: Luke 12:13-21
On being requested to settle a question of inheritance Jesus heeds us to beware of all covetousness because our success in life does not depend on the wealth of possessions. Through the lesson of a parable Jesus reinforces this teaching explaining that those who store up the treasures of wealth and possessions are not the richest in God’s eye.
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PRAY FOR PEACE
Prayer for Generosity
Dear Lord, teach me to be generous;
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil and not to seek for rest;
To labor, and not to ask for any reward –
except that of knowing that I am doing your holy will.
AMEN.
MASS INTENTIONS
July 31 – August 7, 2010
Sat. 5:00 P.M. Joselito Enriquez +
Sun. 9:00 A.M. Bill Furry +
Mon. 8:00 A.M. Katherine Zhou +
Tue. 8:00 A.M. Clover Cloutier +
Sat. 5:00 P.M. Edward “Skip” Gorniewicz +
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EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
5:00 P.M. Sr. Catherine Ginther, Nancy Fahey
Eileen Herrmann, Mary McGowan,
Mary Wissenbach
9:00 A.M Bernadette Ritchey, Dane Ritchey,
Nicole Ritchey, Marites Sanders,
Sonya Simril, Almaz Yihdego,
Kimberly Gamboa, Raul Gonzales,
11:00 A.M. Allie Holley, Jeanette Louden-Corbett,
Karen Patterson, Gerry Beaulieu,
Walt Krovoza, Rosemarie Krovoza,
Elisa Davila, Nikiya Arcia
LECTORS
5:00 P.M. Henrietta Hartshorn, Ruthanne Allen-Hunt
9:00 A.M. Gerry Beaulieu, Roberto Bethel
11:00 A.M. Paul Grimes, Denise Perry
BREAD BAKER Priscilla Thilmony
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BIBLE STUDY GROUP
AT OUR LADY OF
Come and join us for fellowship,
enlightenment and mutual encouragement!
The Bible Study Group meets every Wednesday from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
at Our Lady of
For more information please call
Michelle Benki Chapman at 510-499-2693.
Pastoral Ministries
M.A. Program Fall 2010
Holy Names University M.A. Pastoral Ministries Program – Apply now – Fall 2010
For further information, please contact Mary Turowski at 510-436-1139 or turowski@hnu.edu or visit our website at www.hnu.edu . We also offer opportunities for adults to complete their B.A. degree in an evening and weekend format program.
650-325-5614
August 22 – 27, 2010
In the Garden with the Lord
A Retreat for Women Religious
Fr. Tom Weston, S.J.
Mercy Retirement and
offers short term Respite stays. When you go out of town for vacation, have your family member enjoy activities, companionship, daily & Sunday Mass, safety and security – so you don’t have to worry. One week to One Month. Call Sr. Clare or Gina Hart at (510) 534-8540 for details.
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
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, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. And, beyond all those things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.” Join us for our next WWME weekend September 17 – 19 and be comforted by each others heart of compassion, kindness, humility, patience and love.
For more information please call Ray or Roberta at 916-806-4601 or Joe and Sue at 925-680-7767 or go to http://www.rekindleyourmarriage.org.
Shepherds Field Olive Wood Handcrafts
are coming again to
Our Lady of
Buy your Christmas Presents early!
On The weekend of August 28-29, 2010 you will have the opportunity to purchase Olive Wood Handcrafts at Our Lady of Lourdes after all the Masses for the benefit of the Catholic people in the
DIOCESE OF
2010 MISSIONARY COOPERATIVE APPEAL
The Annual Mission Cooperative Appeal (Propagation of the Faith) is coming up the weekend of August 28 – 29, 2010.
Fr. Joseph Duong Phan from the Apostleship of the Sea will be visiting Our Lady of Lourdes Church that weekend.
October 31 – November 9, 2010
Contact: Michael Heffner
510-883-7159
See the Holy Land with Fr. Michael Sweeney, OP, President, DSPT and Fr. Gregory Tatum, OP, Professor of the Ecole Bilblique in
Experience “this great land, the
Pope Benedict XVI
For a full brochure, more information and sign-up forms, please contact Michael Heffner (see above) or visit our website at www.dspt.edu/holyland2010.