1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone (510) 843-2244 Fax (510) 843-2730 Email: info@stjosephtheworkerchurch.org

www.stjosephtheworkerchurch.org

Parish Office Hours Tuesday -Friday

9:00 am to 6:00 pm Closed 12 Noon—1:00 pm

for Lunch Saturday

9:00am—1:00pm

Mass & Confession Schedule

SATURDAY Mass: 8:00 am

SUNDAY Mass 8:00am

Confessions 9:15 am until last penitent has

confessed. Mass 9:30am

Mass (Spanish) 11:00am

MONDAY-FRIDAY Mass: 7:30 am

WEDNESDAY

EVENINGS Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Confessions 6:00-6:45 pm

STAFF

Rev. Kenneth Nobrega

In Residence Rev. Raphael Okitafumba

Deacon José Manuel Pérez

Permanent Deacon

Gloria Maldonado Parish Secretary

Elizabeth Oishi Comly

Parish Events Coordinator

MINISTRIES

Baptism/Bautismos Deacon José Manuel Pérez

Platicas: Tercer Martes, 7:00 pm

Lectors/Lectores

Remy Bravo Seay (English) Erika Guerrero (Español)

Eucharistic Ministers

Tita Brodt (English) Ruben Araujo ((Español)

Jubilee Year of Mercy October 9, 2016

Jubilee of Marian Devotion This weekend, the Jubilee honors Mary under the title Pope Francis suggests, “Mother of Mercy.” Recall the Good Samaritan Gospel. Priest and Levite saw suffering but showed no mercy. Recall the rich man, who never saw Lazarus right before his eyes, and showed no mercy. Today, Jesus sees ten lepers from afar and shows extraordinary mercy. Mary’s entire life, declares Francis, was modeled on Jesus, “Mercy-Made-Flesh.” Indeed, standing at the cross, Mary saw Jesus’ mercy take flesh when Jesus showed mercy to the executioners. So Pope Francis recommends we frequently pray the Salve Regina, Hail, Holy Queen, asking her to ever look upon us with mercy, so that we might be worthy to gaze upon the face of her merciful Son Jesus. May we do so not only in eternity, but here and now, opening our eyes to see Jesus in others, and our hearts to serve Jesus in others by loving deeds of unconditional mercy. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 9, 2016

If we have died with [Christ Jesus] we shall also live with him;

if we persevere we shall also reign with him.

— 2 Timothy 2:11-12a

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Naaman, cleansed from his leprosy, returns to Elisha and pledges his belief in and allegiance to the Lord (2 Kings 5:14-17). Psalm — The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power (Psalm 98). Second Reading — Remember Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead. If we persevere, we shall reign with him (2 Timothy 2:8-13). Gospel — After ten lepers are cleansed by Jesus, only one, a Samaritan, returns to give him thanks (Luke 17:11-19).

October Mass Intentions (Requested By)

Sun Wed Thur Sat

09 12 13 15

8:00am 9:30am 11:00am 7:30am 7:00pm 5:00pm

+Benjamin Ortiz (Eladio Ortiz) + Paul Gray (Norma Gray) Josefina Co (Maria F. Lozano) +Gordon Wong (Joyce Wong) +Joao & Gabriela Nobrega For “Healing” of all those present

Today’s Mass Readings are on Page 1175 of the hard-bound Blue Book.

Wednesday Evening Holy Hour, Confessions and Rosary Prayer Group

October 12, 2016, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 6:00 – 7:00 pm with

Confessions available from 6:00 – 6:45pm. The Rosary & Devotion Prayer Group meets at 7:00pm fol-

lowing the Holy Hour. – All are welcome.

October 13, 2016, Our Lady of Fatima Celebration Rosary at 6:00pm—Candlelight Mass at 7:00pm

October 15, 2016, 5:00pm Sunday Vigil Mass.

(Mass will be offered for “healings” of those present at the Mass) Following the Masses, Fr. Kenneth Nobrega will be

praying over individuals. All Catholics and any person of good will desiring God’s

healings are invited to attend.

Sant’ Egidio Community The Community of Sant’ Egidio gathers here at St. Joseph’s every Thursday at 7:00pm. Beginning in silence, prayer starts with an opening song, reading of the Word, sung prayers, and end in silence. Prayer promptly begins at 7pm and is done by about 7:20pm. Join us for tea and fellowship in the Church entrance. All are welcome; we look forward to having you pray with us.

From The Desk of Father Kenneth Nobrega

Question: Is not giving back to God and supporting St. Joseph the Worker Church, a church where people are being spiritually fed, nourished, renewed, reconciled and being healed by God not worthy of 2 hours of my 40 hour weekly wage? Answer: The truthful answer is “yes” - God deserves our gratitude and our sacrifices, and we all need the spir-itual help that comes through His Church. Perhaps the real question is not how much we should give back to God on Sundays but how much do we really appreciate what God continually gives to us? Our weekly goal to properly operate and improve our parish is $8,875. Last Sunday, October 2nd, we received approximately 28% of our weekly goal: 8:00am Mass: $1,212.00 9:30am Mass: $693.10 11:00am Spanish Mass: $598.66 --------------------------------- Total: $2,503.76 Please support our church with your prayers and financial gifts – we really need both. Your spiritual and financial support makes a huge difference.

Thank you and blessings to all of you. Fr. Kenneth Nobrega

St. Joseph, pray for us.

Parish Office Hours Gloria Maldonado, our new office secretary is ready to welcome and assist our parishioners and visitors.

St. Joseph the Worker Parish Office Hours are from Tuesday thru Friday 9:00am to 6:00pm

(closed noon to 1:00pm for lunch) and Saturday 9:00am -1:00pm.

SUNDAY COLLECTION INFORMATION

Second Collection This week’s second collection is for the support of our re-tired Oakland Diocese Priests. Pease see our bulletin insert for more details.

Dear Parishioners and friends of St. Joseph, I just came back from our Oakland Diocese’s four-day priest convocation with Bishop Michael Barber. The main theme of our convocation was how to help the parish church and particularly the Sunday Mass day “experience” become a time where people can have a profound encoun-ter with the Lord. Bishop Michael Barber supports my desire and that of our parishioners to restore the sense of transcendence to our experience of the Sacred Liturgy at St. Joseph the Worker Church. Our Goal is to make St. Joseph a place where pa-rishioners and visitors alike can truly experience beautiful, sacred encounters with the Lord through our Holy Sacrific-es of the Mass being offered with great dignity, love, rever-ence and beauty. Choirs and Sacred Music is an extremely important component of Sacred Liturgy, and so it is with this, I am very pleased to announce that we are blessed to have a new organist and music consultant at St. Joseph the Worker. Mr. Samuel Dorlaque comes to us with an impressive back-ground and is highly regarded within the Catholic sacred music community. If you are interested in joining a choir at St. Joseph the Worker church, please contact Sam Dorlaque at (510) 709 – 9036 or by email at spdorlaque@sbcglobal.net Sam is excited to be with us as together we will pray and face the Lord with sounds of praise and gratitude. Pax Christi, Fr. Kenneth Nobrega

Join Us This Week at St. Joseph the Worker Church

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Naamán, purificado de su lepra, regre-só a Eliseo y prometió obedecer al Señor (2 Reyes 5:14-17). Salmo — El Señor nos ha mostrado su amor y su lealtad (Salmo 98 [97]). Segunda lectura — Acuérdate de Cristo Jesús que fue re-sucitado de entre los muertos. Si perseveramos con él, tam-bién reinaremos con él (2 Timoteo 2:8-13). Evangelio — Después que diez leprosos se encontraron curados por Jesús, solamente uno, un samaritano, regresa para darle gracias (Lucas 17:11-19).

ANUNCIOS

La comunidad de Sant'Edigio La comunidad de Sant'Edigio se reúne el jueves,

13 de octubre a las 7 p.m. Todos son bienvenidos.

¿Pregunta: No es dar a Dios y apoyar a nuestra iglesia San José el Obrero, una iglesia donde las personas son alimentadas espiritualmente, alimentadas, renovadas, reconciliadas y sanadas por Dios no digno de 2 horas de mi salario semanal de 40 horas? Respuesta: La verdadera respuesta es "sí" - Dios merece nues-tra gratitud y nuestros sacrificios, y todos necesitamos la ayuda espiritual que viene a través de su iglesia. ¿Quizás la verdadera pregunta no es cuánto deberíamos devolver a Dios los domingos, pero cuánto realmente apreciamos qué Dios continua-mente nos da? Nuestro objetivo semanal para operar adecuada-mente y mejorar nuestra parroquia es $8.875. El pasado domingo 02 de octubre sólo recibimos aproxi-madamente el 28% de nuestra meta semanal: 8:00am Misa: $1,212.00 9:30am Misa: $693.10 11:00am Misa (en Español): $598.66 --------------------------------- Total: $2,503.76 Por favor, apoye nuestra iglesia con sus oraciones y donaciones financieras – que tanto necesitamos. Su apoyo espiritual y financiero hace una gran diferencia. Gracias y bendiciones a todos ustedes. Padre Kenneth Nobrega

San José, ora por nosotros.

Vigésimo Octavo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 9 de octubre de 2016

Si morimos con Cristo Jesús viviremos con él; si nos mantene-

mos firmes, reinaremos con él. — 2 Timoteo 2:11-12a

Acompañanos esta semana en San José Obrero

Miércoles al anochecer: Hora Santa, Confesiones, Grupo de Oración

El miércoles, 12 de octubre tendremos Adoración al Santísimo de 6:00 p.m. a 7:00 p.m.

Las confesiones son de 6:00 p.m. a 6:45 p.m. El grupo de oración comienza el rosario a las 7:00 p.m. y continúa con otros devocionarios. Todos son bienvenidos.

13 de octubre de 2016, celebración de Nuestra Señora

del Rosario de Fátima Rosario a las 6:00 pm

Misa de vigilia a las 7:00 pm

15 de octubre de 2016, Misa de vigilia del domingo 5:00 pm

(La Misa se ofrecerá para las "sanaciones" de los presentes en la Misa). Despues de la misa, el P. Kenneth Nobrega estara rezando sobre individuos. Todos los católicos y

cualquier persona de buena voluntad que deseen sanidades de Dios están invitados a asistir.

Segunda Colección La segunda colección de esta semana es para el apoyo de nuestros Sacerdotes de la Diócesis de Oakland jubilados. Por favor vea la carta en nuestro boletín para más detalles.

Información sobre la Colecta Dominical

Año Jubilar de la Misericordia Jubileo de la Devoción Mariana

Este fin de semana, el Jubileo honra a María bajo el título que el Papa Francisco sugirió “Madre de la Misericordia”. Recuerda la historia del Buen Samaritano, el sacerdote y el levita no mostraron misericordia. Recuerda la historia del hombre rico que nunca vio a Lázaro que estaba a la vista de sus ojos y tampoco mostró misericordia. Hoy Jesús mira de lejos a diez leprosos y muestra una extraor-dinaria misericordia. El Papa Francisco dice que la vida de María moldeo la vida de Jesús, la “misericordia–hecha–carne”. De hecho, al pie de la cruz, María vio la misericor-dia de Jesús hacerse carne cuando Jesús mostró misericor-dia a los soldados que lo estaban crucificando. Por lo que el Papa Francisco nos recomienda que recemos frecuentemente la oración del Salve Regina (La Salve) pidiéndole que nos mire con misericordia, para que po-damos ser dignos contemplar el rostro de su Hijo Jesús. Que no lo hagamos solo en la vida eterna, sino aquí y ahora, abriendo nuestros ojos para ver a Jesús en nuestros prójimos y, nuestros corazones para servir a Jesús en los prójimos con obras de misericordia de amor incondicional. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

SOLIDARIDAD Debemos permanecer juntos; si no lo hacemos, ninguno no habrá victoria para ninguno de nosotros.

—Mary Harris Jones

1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone: (510) 843-2244 Fax: (510) 843-2730 - Email: info@stjosephtheworkerchurch.org

Prayer of Pope Francis for the

Jubilee

Oración de Papa

Francisco

Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happi-ness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief. Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the gift of God!” You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified. You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought af-ter, loved, and forgiven by God. Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the inter-cession of Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.

Señor Jesucristo, tú nos has enseñado a ser misericordiosos como el Padre del cielo, y nos has dicho que quien te ve, lo ve también a Él. Muéstranos tu rostro y obtendremos la salvación. Tu mirada llena de amor liberó a Zaqueo y a Mateo de la esclavitud del dinero; a la adúltera y a la Magdalena del buscar la felicidad solamente en una creatura; hizo llorar a Pedro luego de la traición, y aseguró el Paraíso al ladrón arrepentido. Haz que cada uno de nosotros escuche como propia la palabra que dijiste a la samaritana: ¡Si conocieras el don de Dios! Tú eres el rostro visible del Padre invisible, del Dios que manifiesta su omnipotencia sobre todo con el perdón y la misericordia: haz que, en el mundo, la Iglesia sea el rostro visible de Ti, su Señor, resucitado y glorioso. Tú has querido que también tus ministros fueran revestidos de debilidad para que sientan sincera compasión por los que se encuentran en la ignorancia o en el error: haz que quien se acerque a uno de ellos se sienta esperado, amado y perdonado por Dios. Manda tu Espíritu y conságranos a todos con su unción para que el Jubileo de la Misericordia sea un año de gracia del Señor y tu Iglesia pueda, con renovado entusiasmo, llevar la Buena Nueva a los pobres proclamar la libertad a los prisioneros y oprimidos y restituir la vista alos ciegos. Te lo pedimos por intercesión de María, Madre de la Misericordia, a ti que vives y reinas con el Padre y el Espíritu Santo por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.