The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord August 6, 2017 Readings: DN 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 PT 1:16-19; MT 17:1-9 A light appeared from above and everything changed. In the sky there was a great cloud, and the light radiated forth brighter than the sun. There was a thunderous sound, as if the heavens had opened. This is my son whom I love, listen to Him, said the voice. The disciples fell to the ground. Christ then said to them Do not be afraid. This event on Mt. Tabor was a great mystery to the world, the Transfiguration. The Transfiguration was a glimpse or a sign to show Jesus, the Christ, is Divine. It also was a sign that we too will one day shine with that same Divine radiance. We are all made in the Divine Image of God and indeed all of creation the imprint of the Trinity. August 6, 1945 (72 years ago) on the Feast of the Transfiguration, a light appeared from above and everything changed. In the sky there was a great cloud, and the light radiated forth brighter than the sun. There was a thunderous sound, as if the heavens had opened. In an instant 66,000 souls fell to the ground, never to get up again. The city of Hiroshima was obliterated by a single bomb, the A-Bomb. The land was disfigured, irradiated. Over 100,000 ended up perishing from its effects, and those who survived it were changed, bearing the disfiguration in their bodies. Message spoken by US to the world was Be afraid. This disfiguration was anything but Divine Radiance of the Image of God and yet the semi-official report of the test blast in New Mexico earlier in that summer was called Operation Trinity. As a child I would hear the story of how my parents met in 1944, always with the aside, it was war time. They knew each other for one month and married because Dad was shipping out to Pearl Harbor to serve as a dentist in the medical hospital. Mom, an art student at Washington University in Seattle got a job working on blue prints for the Manhattan Project, whatever that was. Last weekend sitting with my Mom, who has Alzheimer s, we were watching the news and she saw the North Korean missile launch and she said, You know I worked on that. I told her she didn t know then what she was working on and she said, I know now! I wouldn t ever do that again! Thanks, Mom, you have prompted me to pray and ask myself these questions: Where do I stand, on Mt. Tabor or Hiroshima? Do I radiate Divine Transfiguration or Human Disfiguration? Do I respond to Do not be afraid or Be Afraid? Looking up they saw only JESUS. Jesus, I believe, help my unbelief. (Resource: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Transfiguration by Nicholas Sooy) Sister Kathleen Drilling, SSND Mission Statement Gifted by God, called by Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, St. Paul Catholic Newman Center is a parish committed to serving the academic community and all those who choose to be part of our parish family. We dedicate ourselves to bringing the transformative power of Christ to the world through word and action.
Community Life Tai Chi for Arthritis meets Tuesday and Thursday mornings Beginners class: 9:00am -10:00am; Intermediate class: 10:10am - 11:10am; Advanced class: 11:15am-12:15pm. All classes meet in CNH 102 &103. Register at the door. Family Life Ministry Prayer & Life Workshop is a 15 week commitment to explore different ways to pray and how prayer can transform our thinking, praying, and living. The workshops are held Wednesday evenings, 6:00pm - 8:00pm in CNH 105. Sessions are facilitated by Nuria Denis-Arrue. Joy of Love Moms Group meets every Sunday after 9:00am Mass either in the east play yard or in St. John XXIII. For more information email Jakki at joyoflovemoms@gmail.com. Men s Scripture Study Group meets Tuesday mornings 7:30am to 8:15am following 7:00am Mass in the Community Room. Meditation Opportunities: Please see our weekly calendar for times and locations. Christian Meditation Facilitator: Benita Lankford Interfaith Meditation. Facilitator: Veena Kapoor For more information on any of the above contact John Prandini: 436-3434 ext. 107 or prandinij@csufnewman.com. A Night With Matt Maher An evening with Matt Maher and Audrey Assad Feat. John Tibbs Friday, August 18 at 7:30pm at Holy Spirit Church, Fresno. This is an acoustic concert for the whole family, and the only performance of Matt Maher and Audrey Assad in the diocese in 2017. Tickets are limited so get yours soon! Tickets can be purchased at Holy Spirit s website www.holyspiritfresno.org. Group purchases are welcome. Adult Confirmation Classes to prepare adults for the Sacrament of Confirmation beginning Monday, September 11 at 6:30pm and will run through January 29, 2018. These classes are for Catholics who want to be confirmed. For more information and registration form contact Deacon Bill at 559-436-3434, or bill@csufnewman.com. Registration is also available on our website. Newman Center Faith in Fresno Would you like to put your faith into action? Come join us in our next meeting. We will address issues of Social Justice that our faith teaches us. Recent areas of focus include helping our refugee and immigrant neighbors. Pope Francis tells us, "To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity." Come make a difference on August 9 from 6:00pm 7:30pm St. John XXIII. Sacrament of Reconciliation There will be the Sacrament of Reconciliation this week at 4:00pm in the Outer Sacristy. New Neighbor Ministry Our parish will be partnering with FIRM (Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries) to sponsor a Syrian family. We are looking for volunteers to participate in our New Neighbor Ministry. Some opportunities include going on monthly outings, providing ESL tutoring in the home, assisting children with homework, driving instruction, and other various needs. If you are interested, please e-mail Chrysti Anderson at chrysticinco@yahoo.com for more information. An Opportunity to Assist with the International Food & Craft Festival: Sunday October 22nd, 2017 from 8:00am to 3:00pm As we prepare for our festival, the committee members would like to extend the invitation for you to participate in some way on the day of the festivities. You may do so by contacting the following chairpersons to offer your support: Children's Corner: Andrea Ricci 661-619-0031. As we highlight the Children's Corner this year, Andrea will need about 60 volunteers to dedicate a couple of hours each during the festival. Craft Booths: Terri VanderDussen 559-905-6541. Food & Drink Booths: Mike and Jennie Schwan 559-977-9762. Set-Up & Clean-Up: Gary Zito 559-862-7125 or Herman Barretto 559-974-5668. Rosary Walkathon (Saturday, October 21st at 8:00 am): Herman Barretto. Again, thank you for saving these dates and for planning to support our parish community in this wonderful celebration as we reach out to assist our parish ministries. International Food & Craft Festival Raffle Tickets All registered parishioners, please be on the look out for the raffle tickets that will soon be mailed to your address on file. We encourage you to please sell/buy the tickets at your earliest convenience. If you are unable to sell the tickets, please return them as we will hopefully be able to use them. If you would like to assist us with further sales or have yet to register in the parish, extra books will be available at the front desk.
Mission Priest Fr. Emmanuel Adams, a priest from the Catholic Diocese of Ilorin, Nigeria, will be visiting, and celebrating Mass this weekend, August 5-6. His appeal includes aid for various ministries such as the education and support of seminarians, religious novices and lay catechists; for the work of religious communities in education, health care and social services; for communication and transportation needs and for disaster and emergency relief when necessary. A collection will be taken this weekend for his mission. Music Musings This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. While this celebration typically falls on a weekday, this year the feast trumps the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. With that, we encounter readings that we typically may only hear during Lent. Our Preparation song today includes a hymn text by Sylvia Dunstan, a gifted text-author who tragically died of cancer at a young age. David Haas paired her text with the traditional and well-known French hymn tune PICARDY. Take a moment and notice the beginning of each verse - "Transform us, as you transfigured." In what ways is Christ inviting us to some sort of transformation? In what ways is Christ inviting you to some sort of transformation? The Transfiguration, then, becomes more than an event, as it requires transformation and a call to action. It is not surprising that the text is full of action verbs, such as "lead," "search," and "lift." Interested in Music Ministry? Join us for dinner and rehearsal on Thursday, August 10 at 6pm in the Chapel. All are welcome! a Save the Date This October marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, a landmark event for Christianity and for European culture and life. St. Paul Catholic Newman Center and California State University Fresno will co-sponsor, along with other local colleges and churches, a lecture/discussion program on Thursday, October 26, 2017. There will be a program on the Fresno State campus that afternoon, and a Sergio P. Negro Memorial Lecture here in our Chapel at 7:00pm that evening on the topic "The Reformation at 500". Further details will be forthcoming. Please save the date for these collaborative events in the spirit of our patron Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman and our founding pastor Father Sergio Negro. Both of these men, in different ages, encouraged the spirit of respectful dialog between religious faith and academic study, between religion and the modern world. Don't miss these events! Self-Care Retreat This retreat will take place August 18 20 at St. Anthony s Retreat Center. The schedule is flexible and you can register for any time frame. Friday, August 11 th is the last day to register. Please go on our website under News to see the full flyer. To register look under Newman Updates and click on the link. High School Confirmation This is a reminder for 1st & 2nd year confirmation candidates that forms are up on our website. We receive calls daily from people outside the parish seeking admission to the program. To secure a spot for your child, please register ASAP! If money is an issue we have payment plans available. To make sure we know you re out there, fill out the forms and turn them in. Please try to get 1st & 2nd year confirmation forms turned in by August 18, 2017. Any questons contact Sr. Kathleen Drilling (559) 436-3434 ext. 104 or skd@csufnewman.com. Hospital Ministry in the Fresno Area Since there are no Catholic priests on the pastoral care staff of local hospitals, except St. Agnes Medical Center, Catholics needing hospitalization should arrange in their parish for the Sacrament of Anointing or Reconciliation before entering the hospital for treatment or surgery. The diocese of Fresno provides Catholic priests on call for Community Hospitals in Fresno and Clovis, Kaiser Permanente, Veterans Medical Center,Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital and Valley Children's Hospital,Madera. These priests may be contacted by patients or families needing a priest by asking at the nurses' station or contacting the hospital operator or chaplain's office at the respective hospital. Our wonderful Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick, trained, commissioned and coordinated by Deacon Bill Lucido, provide Communion to our home bound parishioners or those hospitalized or in hospice care or health care facilities. Please contact Deacon Bill or our parish office for more information. Use Our S.H.A.R.E.S. Program Please make sure to use your phone number when shopping at Save Mart and Food Maxx. We received $387.50 for the month of April. Our monthly goal is at least $500. Please help us reach our goal. Thank you for your help by signing up for and using this S.H.A.R.E.S. program. If you are not registered, you can register online by finding our link on our website, or enter the church phone number at the register: 436-3434.
Weekly Calendar Sunday, August 6 DN 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 PT 1:16-19; MT 17:1-9 7:30am Mass for Richard Jameson Chapel 9:00am Mass for Randy Mendoza Chapel 11:00am Mass for Johnny Zavala Chapel 7:00pm Mass Chapel Monday, August 7 NM 11:4B-15; MT 14:13-21 6:30pm RCIA Inquiry Library Tuesday, August 8 NM 12:1-13; MT 14:22-36 or MT 15:1-2, 10-14 7:30am Men s Scripture Study Community Room 9:00am Beginning Tai Chi for Arthritis CNH 102 & 103 10:15am Tai Chi for Arthritis CNH 102 & 103 11:15am Christian Meditation CNH 104 11:15am Advanced Tai Chi CNH 102 & 103 4:00pm Confessions Outer Sacristy Wednesday, August 9 NM 13:1-2, 25 14:1, 26A-29A, 34-35; MT 15: 21-28 6:00pm Prayer Life Workshop CNH 105 6:00pm Scriptural Rosary Community Room 6:30pm PAIN Meeting Cafeteria 6:30pm RCIA Catechumenate CNH 103 7:00pm Interfaith Meditation Library Thursday, August 10 2 COR 9:6-10; JN 12:24-26 9:00am Beginning Tai Chi for Arthritis CNH 102 & 103 10:15am Tai Chi for Arthritis CNH 102 & 103 11:15am Advanced Tai Chi CNH 102 & 103 1:00pm Senior Bridge Group Cafeteria 5:30pm Tai Chi CNH 102 & 103 7:00pm Knights of Columbus CNH 104 6:00pm Choir Rehearsal Chapel Friday, August 11 DT 4:32-40; MT 16:24-28 6:00pm Food Recovery Network Cafeteria Saturday, August 12 DT 6:4-13; MT 17:14-20 5:00pm Mass for Roy Leija Chapel Sunday, August 13 1 KGS 19:9A, 11-13A; ROM 9:1-5; MT 14:22-33 7:30am Mass for Carmin and Maria Peluso Chapel 9:00am Mass for Jesus Viola Chapel 11:00am Mass for Maria Murao Chapel 2:00pm Baptism Prep Class Cafeteria 7:00pm Mass Chapel Bulletin articles are to be submitted by Tuesday at 5:00pm for the upcoming weekend. Any articles not submitted by this time will not be considered for publication. Please send all articles to bulletin@csufnewman.com. All articles are subject to editing for length and content by bulletin editor. Catholic TV Catholic TV has put out their 2017 Summer Program Guide. Check it out at www.knxt.tv. Prayers Deceased This Week: Intentions: Johnny Barretto, Richard Jameson, Randy Mendoza, Johnny Zavala Have been requested for the intentions of: Madison, Gary Storkam, Ellen, Kendra, Steve Kavookjian, Patty Tenison, Frank Clark, Vince Casella, Megan Elower, Maria Molinar, Gerry Thompson, Chet Selmon, Dick Donovan, Sotero Ureta, Rosa Arias, Glenna Smith, Cathy Martin, Deacon Gary Stevens (OLPH), Nate Offenheiser, Shirley Lea, Sue Noonkester, Tom Godburn, Ernie Lee, Kenny Smith, Kyle Springer, Gary Payne, Louie Rusca, Aicardo Castillo, Marilyn Mikow, Tom Cleary, Nancy Martin, Janet Brooks, Sharon Powderly, Julie Bermudez, Cristina Murao, Carmen Gilson, Anne Sondergaard, Jessica Generosa, Alice Schulz, Kathy Frye, and Tyson Frye. Contributions for July 29-30 Weekly Contributions Sunday Collection Igbo Mass Electronic Donations Online Donations Received by mail Total Weekly Contributions Parish Information $7,759.00 $343.00 $330.00 $218.00 $2,680.00 $11,330.00 Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm; Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:00am & 7:00pm Weekday Masses: Monday - Thursday at 7:00am; First Friday at 7:00am Communion Service: Friday at 7:00am Reconciliation: Tuesday 4:00pm to 5:00 p.m. Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00am to 5:00pm, Friday 9:00am to 1:00pm Parish Life Coordinator: Deacon John Supino 436-3434; deak@csufnewman.com Parish Priest: Fr. David Norris 436-3434 ext.109; frdave@csufnewman.com Office Manager: Jenna Sainz 436-3434 ext.102; jenna@csufnewman.com