10 March 2024 - Forty Holy Martyrs
DAILY MASS SCHEDULE:
Monday, 11 March, Ferial Day
/Intention: Purgatorian Society (Monthly Requiem) .............................................. 9:00am
Tuesday, 12 March, St. Gregory the Great
/NO MASS SCHEDULED................................................................................. NO MASS
Wednesday, 13 March, Ferial Day
/Intention: Alexander Tirona .................................................................................. 8:00am
Thursday, 14 March, Ferial Day
/Intention: Paulus Kam (rx/J. Larrabee) ................................................................. 8:00am
Friday, 15 March, Ferial Day
/Intention: +Joseph Ebeyer (rx/J. Larrabee) .......................................................... 6:30pm
Stations of the Cross ................................................................................ Following Mass
Saturday, 16 March, Ferial Day
/Intention: Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nguyen (rx/Quichocho Family) .............................. 9:00am
Perpetual Help Devotions ........................................................................ Following Mass
CONFESSIONS:
Monday thru Saturday ............................ 20 minutes before Mass; following Saturday Novena
Sunday ................................................. 07:30-07:50am; 09:20-09:50am; following each Mass
NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP ------- will take place Saturday morning, after 9:00am Mass. Whether your petitions be spiritual or temporal, Our Lady never fails to answer them through the means of this powerful Novena!
APPOINTMENTS: for Baptisms, Marriages, Sick Calls, etc., can be made by seeing one of the priests after Mass. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY please call: Fr. Zapp (925) 586-7924 or Fr. Larabee (513) 390-3070.
SANCTUARY LAMP is currently burning IN MEMORY OF: AGNES SELWAY (rx/J.Larrabee).
If you would like to sponsor the Sanctuary Candle for one week ($15) or two weeks ($25), "In Memory of n.n._______," or "For the Intentions of _____," etc., please fill out the envelope in vestibule and place in collection or candle box.
CHURCH CLEANING: (16 March) V. Raygoza & M. Nicolassi
IN YOUR CHARITY -- please pray for all the sick of parishes, especially: Omar Reyes, Paulus Kam, Sergio Polanco, Jean Villanueva, Marin Ivan, Thao Nguyen, Kelly Nowrouz and Ramona Prado.
PURGATORIAN SOCIETY: ... there is a monthly REQUIEM MASS (High Mass, if possible) offered in Martinez, for the repose of the souls of all who have been enrolled in the PURGATORIAN SOCIETY. (Members are also remembered at every Daily Mass). Enroll your loved ones (Catholics only), living or deceased, for a one-time stipend of $35 per person. For an additional $7, a Memorial Presentation Folder can be sent on your behalf.
CHILDREN'S CATECHISM: ...will be CANCELLED the next two Saturdays due to the Men's Day of Recollection, 16 Mar. Next Class: Saturday, 23 March @10am.
THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS---will take place this Friday evening following 6:30pm Mass. Please take the time and make the effort to participate in this highly indulgenced devotion of the Passion of Our Blessed Saviour!
CONFIRMATIONS THIS SPRING: ...Bishop Sanborn has agreed to come out West to confer CONFIRMATIONS. DATE: Saturday, ~mid-June, is currently being considered. PLACE: St. John Bosco Church, Modesto. CANDIDATES are First Communicants on up, either never Confirmed or was Confirmed in the Novus Ordo (aka "New Church"). Please sign up on the sheet provided in the vestibule. MORE INFO WILL BE GIVEN IN COMING WEEKS.
DAY OF RECOLLECTION---the annual Ladies & Men Lenten Day of Recollection will take place - for the Men: following Saturday, 16 March, 9am to 3pm
SIGN UP SHEET IS IN THE VESTIBULE
FULFILLING YOUR EASTER DUTY---the 3rd & 4th precepts of the Church gravely oblige (that is, under pain of mortal sin) her members to CONFESS their sins at least once a year, and to receive HOLY COMMUNION during Easter time (from Ash Wednesday to Trinity Sunday, inclusive).
MARCH IS THE MONTH OF
ST JOSEPH