07 April 2024
EASTER WEEK DAILY MASS SCHEDULE:
Monday, 08 April, ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
/Mass Intention: Poor Souls (rx/Soledad) ............................................................. 9:00am
Friday, 12 April, Ferial Day
/Mass Intention: Special Intention (rx/C. Cortese) ............................................... 9:00am
Saturday, 13 April, St. Hermenegild, Martyr
/Mass Intention: Kathryn Ostrosky (rx/ C. Ostrosky .............................................. 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: +JOSEPH EBEYER (rx/Family).
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.
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.
CHURCH CLEANING: (13 April) Reyes Family
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).
IN YOUR CHARITY -- please pray for all the sick of parishes, especially: Sergio Polanco, Omar Reyes, Paulus Kam, Jean Villanueva, Marin Ivan, Thao Nguyen, Kelly Nowrouz and Ramona Prado.
CHILDREN'S CATECHISM: ...this Saturday at 10am.
CONFIRMATIONS THIS SPRING:
...Bishop Sanborn has agreed to come out West to confer CONFIRMATIONS.
DATE: Saturday, 15 June, at 11am.
CANDIDATES are First Communicants on up, either never Confirmed or was Confirmed in the Novus Ordo (aka "New Church," 1970 and after). PLEASE FILL OUT REGISTRATION FORM FOUND IN VESTIBULE AND RETURN NEXT WEEK (IN CANDLE BOX).
ALSO, PICK UP THE "CONFIRMATION STUDY SHEET" (also in vestibule).
The study sheet is also available as a PDF, downloadable HERE.
APRIL IS THE MONTH OF
THE HOLY GHOST