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Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
Resurrection: The Longing
of
Every Heart
Easter is the greatest feast of the Church. Easter is
the definition of our faith. Easter is resurrection.
We are Christians not because we believe in sin,
but because we believe in forgiveness. We are
Christians not because we believe in the law, but
because we believe in freedom. We are Christians
not because we believe in suffering and death, but
because we believe in life, love, and joy.
At least this is what we say; but sometimes we
act as if we do not believe it at all. The difference
between Jesus and us is this: when the rock was rolled away from the tomb,
Jesus jumped for joy, leaped to a new life. But when the rock is rolled away
from our tomb, we are inclined to blink once or twice at the bright light
because we are a little afraid of all that brightness and the light of freedom.
We do not really want a new life; we have not even figured out how to live
the old one. And this is because we have not yet understood Easter.
The new life of Jesus’ resurrection is completely unlike anything we could
ever imagine. “Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for
every human being; the cry for unending life which dwells deep within every human
heart is answered.” Pope Benedict XVI
Let us acclaim Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, that we might rise with him.
Alleluia! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Matt Stanley, Pastor
Weekly Stewardship Report
Thank you to everyone who supported the mission and
ministries of our parish during the month of February
($11,645). Our average weekly collection for the first 8
months of this fiscal year was $11,739. Our budget for
Jul-Feb was $374,000; our actual is $398,000 (+$24,000).
We encourage
Our Weekly Offering everyone to
consider using the Sunday Offertory
Envelopes or Online Giving as a way of
March 22 Actual: $ 11,400 Goal: $ 11,000
March 29 Actual $ TBD Goal: $11,000
giving to the Lord the “first fruits” of the
Catholic Relief Services: $ 6,000
"treasure" we have received.
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Please Pray
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For the Sick & Homebound – Fr. Thierry Geris, Kathy Gibbs, Terry Flynn,
Grace Lee, Gearailt Cummins, Bob Carlstead, Ann Masik, Agnes Tan,
Msgr. Eugene Boyle, Azul Sophia Vavuris, Mary Jones,
Isabella Silva, Flora Beaudoin, Tim Meyn
For the Recently Deceased – William McInerny, Bernice Ellis, Harvey Fanucci,
Elaine Lomasney, Elsie Trojak, Robert Prestidge, Chuck Faltz, Zita Kudlacik,
Andy LeBeau, Helen Wall, Ned Gallagher, Jr., Harry Browne, Jeffrey Abel, Christina Roche,
Jaimee Short, Deacon Carl Bunje, Dolores Collinsworth, Joyce Braun, Irmy Buchholz
Pray For Lists guidelines: • Have permission from the person to be listed. • Go through the Pastoral Home
Ministry to list the names. • Names will be on the list for 3 months and then be removed. • Can request names
to be continued after 3 months. Contact the Pastoral Home Ministry 650-494-2496 x22 or [email protected]
Mass Intentions
Sunday, April 5: Easter Sunday
8:45 am STA . . . . . . Norman Swope †
9:00 am SAG . . . . . . Tsung Chai Koo †
10:30 am STA . . . . . For All Parishioners
Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Psalm
118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23/Colossians 3:1-4 or
1 Corinthians 5:6b-8/Victimae paschali
laudes(sequence)/John 20:1-9 or Luke 24,
13-35(afternoon or evening)
Monday, April 6: Easter Monday
8:30 am OLR . . . . . . John Martin †
12:15 pm STA . . . . . Andrew & Frances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Galea †
Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33/Psalm 16:1-2a, 5,
7-11/Matthew 28:8-15
Tuesday, April 7: Easter Tuesday
8:30 am OLR . . . . . . Benito L. Viray † . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marcelina M. Viray †
Readings: Acts 2:36-41/Psalm 33:4-5, 18-20,
22/John 20:11-18
Wednesday, April 8: Easter Wednesday
12:15 pm STA . . . . . Winnie Menezes †
Readings: Acts 3:1-10/Psalm 105:1-4, 6-9/
Luke 24:13-35
Thursday, April 9: Easter Thursday
Readings: Acts 3:11-26/Psalm 8:2ab, 5-9/
Luke 24:35-48
Friday, April 10: Easter Friday
12:15 pm STA . . . . . Christina Roche †
Readings: Acts 4:1-12/Psalm 118:1-2, 4,
22-27a/John 21:1-14
Saturday, April 11: Easter Saturday
5:00 pm SAG . . . . . . John Griffin † . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evelyn Griffin †
Readings: Acts 4:13-21/118:1,14-15ab,
16-21/Mark 16:9-15
Presider Schedule
Divine Mercy Sunday – April 12, 2015
St. Albert the Great
1095 Channing Ave.
Sat 5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Stanley
Sun 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Luong
Sun 11:00 am (Byzantine) Fr. Hernandez
St. Thomas Aquinas
751 Waverley St.
Sun 7:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sun 8:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sun 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . .
Sun 12:00pm (Greg.) . . . . .
Fr. Hester
Fr. Marini
Fr. Mikalonis
TBD
Our Lady of the Rosary
3233 Cowper St.
Sun 9:00 am (Spanish) . . . Fr. Mikalonis
Sun 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Stanley
Sun 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Luong
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish
This Week’s Highlights
Sunday, April 5
2:00 pm . . . . . Baptism (SAG)
NO 6:00 PM MASS TODAY
Monday, April 6
PASTORAL CENTER CLOSED
Tuesday, April 7
Wednesday, April 8
7:00 pm . . . . . . Pastoral Stewardship (THB)
Thursday, April 9
10:00 am . . . . . Prayer Group (SAGH)
7:00 pm . . . . . . 1st Communion Catechesis
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PC 1st & 2nd)
7:30 pm . . . . . . Gregorian Choir (STA)
Friday, April 10
6:00 pm . . . . . Goretti Group (STA, THB)
7:00 pm . . . . . Knights - SJ Chapter
(THDin)
7:30 pm . . . . . Hisp. Young Adults
(OLRH-S)
Saturday, April 11
8:30 am . . . . . . Environment (OLR)
8:30 am . . . . . . Liturgy Board Mtg (SAGH)
8:30 am . . . . . . Hispanic Youth Confirm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retreat (OLR, OLRH)
10:00 am . . . . . Baptism (STA)
11:00 am . . . . . Cantonese Scripture (PC2nd)
4:30 pm . . . . . . Wedding (STA)
Women's Retreat
St. Thomas Aquinas Women are
invited to: CHRIST IN ME ARISE - A
Women’s Retreat sponsored by Holy
Family Parish, April 17-19, 2015 at the
Jesuit Retreat Center (El Retiro) in Los
Altos. Sr. Marilyn Wilson, BVM, will
help facilitate this retreat. The cost
for the retreat is $280. A $50 deposit
will hold a place for you. Scholarship
funds are available for those who
need assistance. If you have any
questions, please contact Susan at
[email protected] or at the Pastoral
Center (650-494-2496).
Holiday Hours
The Pastoral Center will be closed
on Easter Monday, April 6 . The
regular Daily Mass Schedule
remains unchanged. We will
re-open on Tuesday, April 7.
Easter Gratitude
Our entire Parish Staff joins together in extending to you our best wishes
and all of the joy of Easter. Since Easter is fifty days long, we will have
many opportunities to greet you personally and to thank you for the life
you bring to St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. We extend a word of appreciation
to all who made donations of or offerings toward our Easter flowers and
plants, to all those involved in our Triduum Liturgies, as well as those who
decorated our churches. Thanks to all who sacrificed to make our Holy
Week as prayerful, enjoyable, and inviting as it has been.
Those Who Received Sacraments
at
Easter Vigil
Baptism, Confirmation & Eucharist: Elijah Chandler, Joyce Fong,
Thomas Fong, Paul Fong, Megan Quinlisk, Joseph Salceda, Paul Salceda,
Titan Silva, Aidan Stull, Alana Stull, Alexis Stull, Austin Stull, David Weill,
Iris Vasquez Garcia, Araceli Vivas Confirmation & 1st Eucharist:
Lou Dinh, Christopher Martinez, Caitlin Halferty, Michael Leroux 1st
Eucharist: Serafina Cortez, Alden Santoso Confirmation: Alejandra
Menjivar, Humberto Chavez. Infant Baptism: Anna Fong, Ben Salceda.
“Called
to
Do God’s Work – Together
in
Christ”
ADA Goal: $ 128,000 Pledged: $ 144,630
Pledges: 269 Average Pledge: $538 % of Goal: 112%
Get Ready
for
Divine Mercy Sunday
On the day of the second anniversary of his pontificate, Pope Francis made
the major announcement of a jubilee year dedicated to the theme of mercy,
beginning on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, December 8,
2015 and concluding on the feast of Christ the King, November 20, 2016.
”I am convinced that the whole Church will find in this jubilee the joy needed to
rediscover and make fruitful the mercy of God, with which all of us are called to
give consolation to every man and woman of our time,” Pope Francis said. “From
this moment, we entrust this holy year to the Mother of Mercy, that she might turn
her gaze upon us and watch over our journey.”
We will pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at the conclusion of the
10:30am Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary on April 12.
Why I Don’t Go
to
Mass: Mass Is Un-relatable To My Life
Yeah. No it’s not. Real Housewives of New Jersey is un-relatable to your
life. Gossip magazines and Candy Crush are un-relatable to your life. Mass
is about who we actually are. We are reminded that we are children of God,
brothers and sisters, and how we should be in relationship with one another. It’s belonging to a community that cares for one another, who share
values. Mass—the prayers we pray together, the readings from Scripture,
the quiet time with Jesus—puts us more in touch with who we are meant
to be. We fail, we make mistakes, but Mass is where we are unconditionally loved by God, and invited into a deeper union with Him so that we can
live more in a more fulfilled, loving way every day. (6 in a series)
April 5, 2015
Green Corner
Encyclical Preview From Cardinal Turkson
On March 5, Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and head of
the committee helping draft Pope Francis’s encyclical
on ecology, gave a lecture that many see as a possible
preview of the encyclical. Cardinal Turkson noted
that the encyclical release date (June or July) is in part
an attempt by Pope Francis to shape the deliberations
leading up to the UN’s global climate treaty negotiations
in December. Brian Roewe of the National Catholic
Reporter explains that Cardinal Turkson outlined four
themes of the pope’s teachings on integral ecology:
+ The call to be protectors is integral and all-embracing
+ Care for creation and humanity are virtues in their
own right
+ We will--we must--care for what we cherish and revere
+ A need for dialogue and “a new global solidarity,”
where all have a part to play
Source: Catholic Climate Covenant
Marriage Encounter
Don't you and your spouse deserve a beautiful,
romantic weekend away together? Attend a Marriage
Encounter Weekend. The next Marriage Encounter
is: May 29-31 in Mountain View. Early registration is
highly recommended. For more info, visit our website
at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Claranne at
applications@ sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413.
Easter Flowers
Remembering a loved one during Easter is always
foremost in our minds. So why not express that love by
making a donation toward the Easter flowers as special
intention or in memory of a deceased family member or
friend? Special Easter Flower envelopes can be found in
the back of church.
Vocations
to
Religious Life
Single Catholic women ages 18 - 40 are invited to
a Religious Vocation Discernment Retreat with the
Daughters of Charity, April 10-12, Los Altos Hills. For
more info, contact Sister Lisa Laguna, D.C. at 650/9498890, 213-210-9903, or email us at SrLisaDC @aol.com.
Find us on Facebook at Daughters of Charity Vocations
U.S., follow us at Twitter.com/DofCharity or read about
us on DaughtersOfCharity.com
Welcome new parishioners to St. Thomas Aquinas Parish!
We encourage you to register as members of our growing
family. Please email your name, address, and phone to
[email protected]. Current members please
contact the Pastoral Center to update your information.
KEY REFERENCES
DC . . . Dermody Center
DCCh Dermody Center Chapel
OLR . Our Lady of the Rosary
Church
OLRH OLR Church Hall
KC . . . OLR Kerry’s Corner
PC . . . Pastoral Center
SAG . St. Albert the
Great Church
SAGH SAG Hospitality Ctr.
SESS . St. Elizabeth Seton
School
SESA . SES Auditorium
STA . . St. Thomas Aquinas
Church
THB . . STA - Thomas House
Basement
THD . . STA - Thomas House
Dining Room
THL . . STA - Thomas House
Library
HOLY SACRAMENTS
Community Life:
Anne Morrison (650) 493-2998
Please contact the Pastoral Center at
650-494-2496 for more information.
Anointing of the Sick: By request
or every first Monday of the
month after the 7:15 am Mass.
Every first Friday at the 8:30 am
and 12:15pm Mass.
Christian Initiation: Become
a Catholic or renew your
Catholic faith (Baptism, First
Communion, Confirmation) as
an adult, youth or child.
Funeral: Arrange for a Funeral,
Memorial Mass or graveside
service for a loved one.
Infant Baptism: Preparation may
begin before or after the birth of
your child.
Marriage: Arrangements need
to be made at least six months
prior to the proposed
marriage date.
ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE
STAFF, & COMMITTEES
Main Phone: (650) 494-2496
Business & Operations Manager:
Chuck Tully ext. 20
[email protected]
Admin Assts: Cathy Miller
ext. 24, [email protected];
Ron Aranha, [email protected]
Pastoral Stewardship Council:
(every 2nd Wed. 7:00 pm
THB) Chair: Florence de
Bretagne (flodebretagne@
gmail.com); Vice-Chair: Mary
Fong ([email protected]);
Secretary: Jerry Lucha (gerald.
[email protected])
Green Committee:
Katia Reeves
([email protected])
Human Concerns Committee:
Chair: Paul Chestnut
(650) 493-8237
St. Vincent de Paul Society:
(650) 424-8155
For truck donation pickup
(650) 871-6844
Parish Site Committees:
STA: Kay Williams
650-270-4188;
OLR: Chris Lundin
[email protected];
SAG: Pat Briggs (650) 856-0460;
Kathleen Hart (650) 321-8399;
St. Elizabeth Seton School
(Daughters of Charity):
1095 Channing Avenue
(650) 326-9004
Principal: Evelyn Rosa
Advancement Director:
Danielle Ambler (650) 326-1258
STA Photography:
(650) 493-2128, photography@
paloaltocatholic.org
http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/
PALOALTOPHOTOG/SpecialR1
Stanford Hospital Chaplaincy:
Catholic Chaplain: Fr. Robert
McKay (650) 723-5101 rmckay@
stanfordhealthcare.org
Lucile Packard Children’s
Hospital Chaplaincy:
Rev. Carolyn Glauz-Todrank
(650) 497-8538
Widows/Widowers Group:
Lorraine Dabney (650) 494-6488