The Most Reverend Michael C. Barber, SJ - Bishop of Oakland CATHEDRAL PARISH STAFF Sunday Liturgies Rector Faith Formation Rev. James Matthews Sr. Kim-Trong Nguyen, SSND (510) 496-7202 (510) 496-7210 jmatthews@oakdiocese.org knguyen@oakdiocese.org Parochial Vicar Director of Music 8:00 AM - Vietnamese Rev. Joseph Nguyen Rudy de Vos 10:00 AM - Stational (510) 496-7208 Tel: (510) 496 7227 jnguyen@oakdiocese.org Fax: (510) 628 2180 Saturday 5:30 PM - Vigil Sunday 12:00 English/Tagalog rdevos@oakdiocese.org 2:00 PM - Spanish Priests in Residence Daily Liturgies Rev. James A. Schexnayder (retired) Bookkeeper Nilda Flores Monday - Friday Permanent Deacons (510) 496-7203 7:10 AM English Deacon Rey C. Encarnacion nflores@oakdiocese.org 12:10 PM English rey@ebmud.com Tuesday Administrative Assistant Deacon Peter Cuong Dac Ta Monica Salcedo tadacfamily@gmail.com (510) 496-7204 5:30 PM - Spanish Thursday 5:30 PM Spanish First Friday Deacon Jorge Angel msalcedo@oakdiocese.org angel881@pacbell.net Receptionist Jo Ann Ortiz (510) 832-5057 cpctl@oakdiocese.org Deacon Eugene Stelly, Sr. Adoration / Benediction 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 7:00 PM Benediction and Mass - Vietnamese Saturday P A R I S H O FF I C E : 2 1 2 1 H a r r i s o n S t r e e t, S u i t e 1 3 0, O a k l a n d C A 9 4 6 1 2 Main reception (510) 832-5057 Parish email: cpctl@oakdiocese.org Fax (510) 832-0212 7:30 AM - Vietnamese Hours: Monday Friday : 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Confessions Monday - Friday 11:30-12:00 PM Saturday 4:30-5:00 PM Follow us on Facebook & Twitter: Facebook.com/ctlcathedral.org Facebook.com/ctlcathedral (events only) Facebook.com/Oakdiocese 2 Twitter.com/oakcathedral Twillter.com/oakdiocese
My dear friends in Christ, Today and the next fifty days we Christians are celebrating the feast of rebirth and renewal. We say it, we sing it, and we live it. We can distinguish rebirth between the seasons: from spring to summer, from autumn to winter. We know when winter ends, and the life of nature, dead for many months, re-asserts itself in spring: brown turns to green, gray to blue, and darkness into light. In a personal way, we, too, experience rebirth: we arise from sleep (most days) refreshed; we get over most of our illnesses, and experience the rebirth of physical health; we come alive again after anguish and grief. The resurrection of Jesus confirms our hope that we can start again, afresh, to renew and rekindle the flame of faith we received on the day of our baptism. We are able to share this renewal with our candidates and catechumens who will be received and baptized at the Easter Vigil. May the fresh beginning we celebrate during the Easter season bring light, happiness and peace to our lives. Fr. Jay Matthews 3
Special thanks to our Vietnamese Community! Our Vietnamese brothers and sisters provided, and prepared the Palms used for our masses on Palm Sunday. Special thanks to all volunteers who helped with the decorating in the Cathedral, under the guidance of our new Art and Environment Coordinator, Adrian Fulay. Welcome Aboard Adrian! Special thanks to Maura Bonnarens, our former Art & Environment Coordinator. Who provided guidance to so many volunteers to create a beautiful place of worship. Thank you, Maura! Your baptism request should be at least 1 month in advance of your preferred date. 4
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Saturday, April 4th 5:30 Easter Vigil MASS INTENTIONS Sunday, April 5th Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord 8:00 Fr. Alexander Castillo 10:00 For the People 12:00 Perilla Family 2:00 Ignacia Muñoz + Monday, April 6th Monday within the Octave of Easter 7:10 Daniel Chae + 12:10 Rosita Tingco-Flores + Tuesday, April 7th Tuesday within the Octave of Easter 7:10 Mark Damian Matinog + 12:10 Mario Russingnan + 5:30 Jose Luis & Susan Rodriguez + Wednesday, April 8th Wednesday within the Octave of Easter 7:10 Ella Catineau (birthday & thanksgiving) 12:10 Gabby Lee (birthday) Thursday, April 9th Thursday within the Octave of Easter 7:10 Joseph Lodge (healing) 12:10 Rodolfo Dimayuga Karaan, Jr. + 5:30 Claudio Corradetti (healing) Friday, April 10th Friday within the Octave of Easter 7:10 John Cwalina + 12:10 Dee Mooney + Saturday, April 11th Saturday within the Octave of Easter 7:30 Volunteers of the Cathedral Parish READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2ab, 5-9; Lk 24:35-48 Friday: COLLECTION INFORMATION: March 22, 2015.$ 7,241.59 thank you for your kind generosity and support! UPCOMING SECOND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: TODAY S READINGS Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27a; Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-15ab, 16-21; Mk 16:9-15 Sunday: Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31 First Reading Peter is an eyewitness: The Lord is risen (Acts 10:34a, 37-43). Psalm This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118). (1) Second Reading All who are bap zed, set your hearts in heaven (Colossians 3:1-4) or (2) Second Reading Christ our Passover is sacri-ficed; therefore let us celebrate (1 Corinthians 5:6b-8). Gospel Three witnesses, Mary, Peter, and John; each responds to the empty tomb (John 20:1-9) or Mark 16:1-7 (or, at an a ernoon or evening Mass, Luke 24:13-35). The English transla on of the Psalm Responses from the Lec onary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna onal Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpora on. All rights reserved. 6
WE PRAY FOR: David Julian Topete Bettie Gene Johnson Alvin Dean Omar Al-Mesned Proto Monarrez Irene Sosa Juan Sosa Federico Reyes Pastores Family De Leon Family Marelak Reirulf The Family of Anthony Cruz Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord. Toni Daste-Wilson John Tatmon Fr. Seamus Genovese Cynthia Triunfo-Galicia Bernard Flammang Ignacia Muñoz Edward Horciza Mildred McBee Pippo Valera Demetria Reyes Hanh Van Le Margaret Mead Anthony Cruz Benjamin Pereda Thai Nguyen Erika Legaspi TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Our tradition has a way of honoring age-old customs, and is patient with how practices unfold in different places. The name of today s feast illustrates this well. English is a Germanic language, and our word Easter, or German Oester, points back to the pagan goddess Eoestre, the star of the vernal equinox feast. The Greek title Pasch reaches back in a more helpful manner to the Hebrew Pesach, or Passover. Paschal Triduum may be slow to replace Easter in our vocabulary, but it is clearer about the mystery we celebrate today, the culmination of three days laden with mystery and meaning. You can hear the older term, and the resistance to English influence, in the Irish Casca and Scottish Pask. Romance languages stay close to the deep paschal tradition, with the French Pâques, Spanish Pascua and Italian Pasqua. Memories of our pagan past with Oester will not soon fade away: even Japanese Christians are under her spell, for today s feast is called I-suta. Swahili, a young language, takes the more traditional route with Pasaka. Each language yields a rich insight into the feast. Spanish includes a sense that today is a big Sunday by adding the designation Pascua to the greatest feasts, such as Pascua de la Natividad (Christmas). Once Christ is risen, every step of life s journey is illuminated by the light of the Pasch! Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. 7
PARISH MOVIE NIGHT Wednesday April 8, 2015 Doors open at 5:45 pm Movie begins at 6:00 pm Group discussion following movie. All are invited to bring a light refreshment to share with the group 8
Oakland s CROP Hunger Walk, is a 5K walk around Lake Merritt beginning on the Cathedral Plaza on Saturday, April 25 th, 2015. Registration is free and begins at 9:00 a.m. This spring the Bay Area will have 8 Hunger Walks and 5 of these Walks are in communities within the Oakland Diocese. These Hunger Walks are multicultural, interfaith, community events sponsored by Church World Service with one goal To End Hunger, One Step At A Time! 9
THE CATHEDRAL SHOP Located on the Cathedral Plaza Daily: 10:00AM - 4:00PM Call for special event hours (510) 496-7280 - giftshop@ctlcathedral.org CATHEDRAL EVENTS CENTER Available for your Wedding, Baptism and other post ceremony receptions, meetings, banquets, lunch before or after group tours. Vast menu options, Event Center capacity: 10 minimum to 500 maximum Call: (510) 496-7233 THE ORDER OF MALTA OAKLAND CLINIC Monday and Wednesday 9:00AM - 4:00PM Friday 9:00AM - 12:00PM Please call: (510) 587-3000 CATHEDRAL MAUSOLEUM A unique opportunity to be part of the Cathedral. Available to all of the Catholic Community. For information contact Eric Karleskind (510) 496-7271 erick@cfcsoakland.org TOURS OF THE CATHEDRAL Free guided tours of the Cathedral for individuals are available weekdays at 1:00PM For more information please call: (510) 271-1943 - www.ctlcathedral.org LOST AND FOUND 510-267-8393 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CONFERENCE (510) 604-8944 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY David Arbogast shdmstrdarbo@gmail.com PARISH REGISTRATION AND LITURGICAL MINISTRY SIGN-UP To Register as a parishioner, place completed form in the collection basket, email, fax, or bring in person to the Cathedral Parish Office. We are open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm 2121 Harrison Street, Suite 130 Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 832-5057 (510) 832-0212 fax cpctl@oakdiocese.org NAME: ADDRESS PHONE EMAIL I am interested in assisting with the Cathedral Parish in the following way(s): I am interested in becoming a parishioner at the Cathedral of Christ the Light Acolyte/Altar Service Altar Society Art & Environment Committee Catechist Choir Greeter/Usher Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Ministers to the Homebound Hospitality after Mass Lector Knights of Columbus St. Vincent de Paul Society Special Events KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Robert Fournier, Grand Knight The weekend Mass I will usually attend: Saturday Sunday 5:30 PM 8:00 AM 12:00 PM 10:00 AM 2:00 PM 10
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