St. Pius Roman Catholic Church
1100 Woodside Road Redwood City, CA 94061 (650) 361-1411 Fax (650) 369-3641 pius.org
For urgent pastoral needs: (650) 395-7487 St. Pius Catholic School (650) 368-8327
Pentecost Sunday June 5, 2022
Mass Times
Monday - Friday: 8:00 am in person & livestreamed Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm in person only
Sunday Schedule: 8:00 am in person only
9:30 am in person & livestreamed 11:30 am (Spanish) in person & livestreamed
5:00 pm in person only Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Adoration Chapel: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Reverend Thomas Vital Martin
PastorReverend Maurice Igboerika
Parochial VicarReverend Edgardo Rodriguez
Sunday PresiderDeacon Mynor Montepeque
Assisting Deacon Marc NavaSt. Pius School Principal Leigh Masi
Preschool Director Judy Giacometti
Parish Operations Manager For all Sacraments
Family must be registered in the parish for at least 6 months and attend Mass regularly.
Contact the Parish Center at least one month in advance for Baptism and six months in advance for Marriage.
Anointing of the Sick & Viaticum
For those who are scheduled for surgery or seriously ill, please contact the Parish Center. For those in the hospital, please
contact the hospital chaplain.
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this week
(event dates/times subject to change)4 Saturday Weekday
5 Sunday Pentecost Sunday 5:00 pm Teen Mass & event 6 Monday St. Norbert
7 Tuesday Weekday
7:00 pm Grief Ministry Board Meeting (C2-Tiled Rm)
8 Wednesday St. William of York 9 Thursday St. Ephrem
7:00 pm Men's Club Board Meeting (C1-Conf Rm)
10 Friday St. Joachima
10:00 am Senior's Meeting & Mass (HC Sr Rm) 3:00 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet (Adoration Chapel)
11 Saturday St. Barnabas
3:30 pm Individual Reconciliation (Church)
June 4 - 11, 2022
PC = Parish Center FC = Fitzsimon Center HC = Homer Crouse
Rev Thomas Vital Martin [email protected], ext 119 Rev Maurice Igboerika [email protected], ext 118 Marc Nava, St. Pius School Principal
[email protected] (650) 368-8327
Judy Giacometti, Parish Operations Manager [email protected], ext 110
Leigh Masi, Preschool Director [email protected], ext 120
Cathy Yee, Liturgy & Special Projects Coordinator [email protected], ext 116
Tony Eiras, Director of Sacred Music [email protected], ext 115
Stephanie Herbst, Director of Catechesis &
Evangelization [email protected], ext 114 Elvira Cabahug-Garcia, Parish Secretary [email protected], ext 111
Kristin Bright, Bulletin Editor, CFF Secretary [email protected], ext 112
Debbie Castelli, Bookkeeper [email protected], ext 117
Adele Sanchez, Senior Coordinator
Altar Society - Barbara Mosso
[email protected] (650) 346-6677 Environment Committee
Stephanie Herbst and Evelyn Martin [email protected] Grief Ministry
[email protected] (650) 361-0655 Italian Catholic Federation - Jean Tomatis (650) 368-5486
Men’s Club - Chris Myers [email protected]
Pastoral and Finance Councils Fr. Tom Martin
Sandwiches on Sunday (SOS) - Maryann Barry [email protected] (650) 464-1961 Society of St. Vincent de Paul - Rick Boitano (650) 361-1411
St. Pius School PTG - Heather Torres [email protected]
St. Pius Women's Club - Karen Elmore [email protected]
Young Ladies’ Institute - Virginia Keegan [email protected] (650) 892-9280
pastoral and administrative staff parish groups
Masks are recommended indoors.
from the pastor
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The noted twentieth century composer Ralph Vaughn Williams wrote a song which connotes the joy and triumph of Easter and the Feast of Pentecost which we celebrate this day. In Hail Thee, Festival Day he writes:
Hail thee, Festival day!
blest day that be hallowed forever;
day when the Lord from heaven shone in the world with his grace.
Hark! In a hundred tongues Christ’s own, his chosen apostles,
preach to a hundred tribes Christ and his wonderful works.
Praises to the Spirit of Life, all praise to the fount of our being,
light that now lightens all, life that in all now abides.
Over these many days since Easter, in the Scriptures we have read about Jesus appearing to his disciples: to the two downcast brothers on the way to Emmaus; to the disciples wherein he greeted them three times with the salutation
“peace be with you!”. Jesus prepared his disciples for his return to his Father in heaven and promised them an advocate, a protector who would infuse their hearts and minds with the fire and zeal to take all that they had heard and learned and go out to the margins and proclaim the Good News. This news would proclaim that salvation is available to all who seek the Lord. The disciples would cure the sick and heal the broken-hearted and forgive sins. As the Gospel of John proclaimed, “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming.”
We have read about the burgeoning new Church, with the challenges and excitement of the new Christian
communities breaking through geographic spaces from the Jewish roots to the Hellenistic world; of the daring exploits of Paul and Barnabas. In all of this, we have experienced
“grace upon grace”, to use the words of Paul. The indwelling of Jesus Christ, the “new Man” graphed upon the hearts of women and men who came to believe and were convicted of their Christian discipleship.
A few years ago I read a very interesting book entitled The Lonely Man of Faith by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He was a prominent Jewish scholar and philosopher of the twentieth century. In his book, this eminent rabbi speaks to the tension of seeking to be a man of God while firmly ensconced in the world. A particular reflection which resonated with me seems fitting on this Pentecost Sunday.
He wrote, “He looks upon himself as a stranger in modern society, which is technically minded, self-centered, and self- loving, almost in a sickly narcissistic fashion, scoring honor upon honor, piling up victory upon victory, reaching for the distant galaxies, and seeing in the here-and-now sensible world the only manifestation of being.
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Queridos hermanos y hermanas,
El célebre compositor del siglo XX Ralph Vaughn Williams escribió una canción que connota la alegría y el triunfo de la Pascua y la Fiesta de Pentecostés que celebramos este día.
En Hail Thee, Festival Day, escribe:
¡Salve, día de fiesta!
bendito día que sea santificado para siempre;
día en que el Señor desde el cielo resplandeció en el mundo con su gracia.
¡Escuchar con atención! en cien lenguas los propios de Cristo, sus apóstoles escogidos,
predicar a cien tribus Cristo y sus obras maravillosas.
Alabanzas al Espíritu de Vida, toda alabanza a la fuente de nuestro ser,
luz que ahora todo lo ilumina, vida que en todo ahora mora.
En estos muchos días desde Pascua, en las Escrituras hemos leído que Jesús se aparece a sus discípulos: a los dos hermanos abatidos camino de Emaús; a los discípulos en los que los saludó tres veces con el saludo “¡la paz sea con vosotros!”. Jesús preparó a sus discípulos para su regreso a su Padre en el cielo y les prometió un abogado, un
protector que infundiría en sus corazones y mentes el fuego y el celo para tomar todo lo que habían oído y aprendido y salir a los márgenes y proclamar el Buenas noticias. Esta noticia proclamaría que la salvación está disponible para todos los que buscan al Señor. Los discípulos curarían a los enfermos y sanarían a los quebrantados de corazón y perdonarían los pecados. Como proclama el Evangelio de Juan: “Tengo mucho más que deciros, pero ahora no lo podéis soportar. Pero cuando venga el Espíritu de verdad, él os guiará a toda la verdad. No hablará por su propia cuenta, sino que hablará lo que oiga, y os anunciará las cosas que han de venir.”
Hemos leído acerca de la floreciente nueva Iglesia, con los desafíos y el entusiasmo de las nuevas comunidades
cristianas que se abren paso a través de espacios geográficos desde las raíces judías hasta el mundo helenístico; de las atrevidas hazañas de Pablo y Bernabé. En todo esto, hemos experimentado “gracia sobre gracia”, para usar las palabras de Pablo. La morada de Jesucristo, el “hombre nuevo”, graficada en los corazones de mujeres y hombres que llegaron a creer y fueron convencidos de su discipulado cristiano.
Hace unos años leí un libro muy interesante titulado El hombre solitario de fe del rabino Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Fue un destacado erudito y filósofo judío del siglo XX. En su libro, este eminente rabino habla de la tensión de buscar ser un hombre de Dios mientras está firmemente instalado en el mundo. Una reflexión particular que resonó en mí me parece adecuada en este domingo de Pentecostés.
Escribió: “Él se ve a sí mismo como un extraño en la sociedad moderna, que tiene una mentalidad técnica, es egocéntrica y se ama a sí misma, casi de una manera enfermizamente narcisista, anotando honor sobre honor, acumulando victoria sobre victoria, alcanzando la meta.
lejanas galaxias, y viendo en el aquí y ahora del mundo sensible la única manifestación del ser.
prayer and worship
This Sunday’s Readings Acts 2:1-11;
1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13;
John 20:19-23 ( =deceased; INT=special intention)
Saturday, June 4
5:00 pm People of St. Pius
Sunday, June 58:00 am Garrett Mitchell
9:30 am Max Cabahug
11:30 am Maria de la Luz Caballero &
Jose Ramos
5:00 pm Claudio Corradetti
Monday, June 6
8:00 am Lee Hernandez (INT)
Tuesday, June 7
8:00 am Theresa Woo
Wednesday, June 8
8:00 am Christina Bulanti
Thursday, June 9
8:00 am Mark Olson
Friday, June 10
8:00 am Peter Welsh (INT)
Please pray for our sick, that Jesus be a source of strength and
comfort for them.
Names are automatically removed after 30 days; please call the Parish Center
to add a name to this list.
Stephanie Carrillo Presita Condrott
Joe Cornish
Edmundo Cortes Alan Cremers Francesco DiFede John Hernandez
Susan (Renstrom) Klass
Anita Martin Fr. Bill McCain Rachel Moody
Sr. M. Michele O'Connell, PBVM Elisa Reyes
Lisa Sawyer Fe Segura
Together let us pray the DIVINE MERCY
CHAPLET Join Fr. Maurice every Friday at 3:00 pm in the Adoration Chapel
Please bring your rosary to follow along
Please pray for our faithful departed
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Spend some time with Jesus in
Adoration Chapel
Open daily 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
prayer and worship
As Catholics, we believe the real presence of Christ is in the Eucharist, not merely symbolically or metaphorically, but
in a true, real and substan al way.
The Body of Christ must be immediately consumed by
the person receiving Communion. It is never permissible or reverent for a
person to walk away with Communion in hand.
Rev. John F. Giambastiani, S.J.
Rev. James Carmody Rev. Benedict Chang Rev. Daniel Kendall, S.J.
Rev. Msgr. Vincent F. McCarthy Rt. Rev. Msgr. John McGarr Rev. Sean Corcoran, C.S.Sp.
Rev. John J. Hayes Rev. Rene J. Gomez
Rev. Simon Scanlon, O.F.M.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. Millett Rev. Robert E. Coffey
Rev. Oliver Kehrlein, S.J.
Rev. Salvador Jocson
Most Rev. Roland Pierre DuMaine Rev. Msgr. John J. Healy
Rev. William Ahlbach Rev. Thomas J. Hughes, S.M.
Rev. George M. Salbeck, S.D.B.
Rev. Fergus Lawless, O.F.M. Cap.
Most Rev. James J. Sweeney Rev. Ronald A. Burke Rev. William A. Hanley, S.J.
Very Rev. Msgr. Howard M.
Rasmussen, VG Rev. Kirk J. Ullery
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Henry J. Lyne Rev. James T. Campbell, S.S.
Rev. Edwin B. Kron, C.S.P.
Most Rev. John R. Quinn Rev. Robert L. Hurst, S.J.
Rev. John G. O’Connell Rev. Kenneth M. Westray, Jr.
Most Rev. Dominic Tang, S.J.
Rev. John P. Kavanaugh Rev. Harold E. Ring, S.J.
Rev. Zygmunt Dobkowski Rev. Charles F. Guenther, S.J.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Bowe, JCD
In this month of June, on the anniversary of their deaths, please remember in your prayers the priests of the
Archdiocese and those priests who have ministered here.
May we commend them to God’s tender mercies and thank them for their priestly ministry to the People of God. Please also continue to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
“For the harvest is plenty, but the laborers are few.”
The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ Corpus Christi
Sunday, June 19, 2022
10:00 am Bilingual Mass followed by Eucharistic Procession in the
St. Pius neighborhood
from the pastor (continued)
What can a man of faith like myself, living by a doctrine which has no technical potential, by a law which cannot be tested in a laboratory, steadfast in his loyalty to an
eschatological vision whose fulfillment cannot be predicted with any degree of probability, let alone certainty, even by the most complexed, advanced mathematical calculations - what can such a man say to a functional, utilitarian society which is saeculum-oriented and whose practical reasons of the mind have long ago supplanted the sensitive reasons of the heart?”
While this insight can appear somewhat overwhelmingly pessimistic, at its heart it inspires us to ponder and reflect upon our relationship with God, our purpose as human beings and what ultimately motivates and moves our actions and engagement with the world. Imagine what the disciples of Jesus were thinking when they tried to reconcile their relationship with Jesus in a world that was hostile to his message. Surely, they tried to reconcile their place in the world with the “sensitive reasons of the heart.”
It is indeed the “sensitive reasons of the heart” for which the Holy Spirit was sent to us as a gift to inspire and impel the followers of Jesus to follow his command to love one another as we love him and to go out and proclaim the Good News to all the nations. The Spirit being attuned to the “sensitive reasons of the heart” gives us the grace and the advocacy we need to follow the Lord’s call for us in our lives, no matter the time, circumstances and challenges we face in our service to the Kingdom. It also calls us to unity as expressed in John’s Gospel today.
Pope Saint Paul VI, in his 1965 encyclical Mysterium Fidei, Mystery of Faith, offered this very beautiful and powerful reflection on the interconnection between unity and the Eucharist. He wrote, “The mystery of faith, that is, the ineffable gift of the Eucharist that the Catholic Church received from Christ, her Spouse, as a pledge of his immense love, is something that she has always devoutly guarded as her most precious treasure, and during the Second Vatican Council she professed her faith and veneration in a new and solemn declaration. In dealing with the restoration of the sacred liturgy, the Fathers of the Council were led by their pastoral concern for the whole Church to regard it as a matter of highest importance to urge the faithful to participate actively, with undivided faith and the utmost devotion, in the celebration of this Most Holy Mystery, to offer it to God along with the priest as a sacrifice for their own salvation and that of the whole world, and to us it as spiritual nourishment.
At the Last Supper, on the night when He was betrayed, our Saviour instituted the Eucharistic Sacrifice of His Body and Blood. He did this in order to perpetuate the Sacrifice of the Cross throughout the centuries until He should come again, and so to entrust to His beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of His Death and Resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a paschal banquet in which Christ is eaten, the mind is filled with grace and a pledge of future glory is given to us.” Amen!
Blessed Pentecost Sunday! Thank you for all of graces which bind us together as a strong family here at Saint Pius X
¿Qué puede un hombre de fe como yo, que vive de una doctrina que no tiene potencial técnico, de una ley que no se puede probar en un laboratorio, firme en su lealtad a una visión escatológica cuyo cumplimiento no se puede predecir con ningún grado de probabilidad, dejar sólo la certeza, incluso mediante los cálculos matemáticos más complejos y avanzados, ¿qué puede decir un hombre así a una sociedad funcional y utilitaria que está orientada hacia el saeculum y cuyas razones prácticas de la mente han suplantado hace mucho tiempo a las razones sensibles del corazón?
Si bien esta idea puede parecer algo abrumadoramente pesimista, en el fondo nos inspira a ponderar y reflexionar sobre nuestra relación con Dios, nuestro propósito como seres humanos y lo que, en última instancia, motiva y mueve nuestras acciones y compromiso con el mundo. Imagínese lo que estaban pensando los discípulos de Jesús cuando
trataron de reconciliar su relación con Jesús en un mundo que era hostil a su mensaje. Seguramente, trataron de conciliar su lugar en el mundo con las “sensibles razones del corazón”.
En efecto, son las “razones sensibles del corazón” por las que el Espíritu Santo nos ha sido enviado como don para inspirar e impulsar a los seguidores de Jesús a seguir su mandato de amarnos unos a otros como lo amamos a él y salir a proclamar el Buenas Nuevas a todas las naciones. El Espíritu sintonizado con las “sensibles razones del corazón”
nos da la gracia y la defensa que necesitamos para seguir el llamado del Señor para nosotros en nuestras vidas, sin importar el tiempo, las circunstancias y los desafíos que enfrentamos en nuestro servicio al Reino. También nos llama a la unidad como se expresa en el Evangelio de Juan hoy.
El Papa San Pablo VI, en su encíclica de 1965 Mysterium Fidei, Misterio de la fe, ofreció esta hermosa y poderosa reflexión sobre la interconexión entre la unidad y la Eucaristía. Escribió: “El misterio de la fe, es decir, el don inefable de la Eucaristía que la Iglesia católica recibió de Cristo, su Esposo, como prenda de su inmenso amor, es algo que ella siempre ha guardado con devoción como su tesoro más preciado. , y durante el Concilio Vaticano II profesó su fe y veneración en una nueva y solemne declaración. Al tratar de la restauración de la sagrada liturgia, los Padres del Concilio, por su preocupación pastoral por toda la Iglesia, consideraron de suma importancia exhortar a los fieles a participar activamente, con fe indivisa y con la mayor devoción, en la celebración de este Santísimo Misterio, para ofrecerlo a Dios junto con el sacerdote como sacrificio por su propia salvación y la del mundo entero, ya nosotros como alimento espiritual.
En la Última Cena, la noche en que fue entregado, nuestro Salvador instituyó el Sacrificio Eucarístico de Su Cuerpo y Sangre. Lo hizo para perpetuar el Sacrificio de la Cruz a lo largo de los siglos hasta que Él volviera, y así confiar a Su amada Esposa, la Iglesia, un memorial de Su Muerte y Resurrección: un sacramento de amor, un signo de unidad. , vínculo de caridad, banquete pascual en el que se come a Cristo, se llena la mente de gracia y se nos da prenda de la gloria futura”. ¡Amén!
¡Bendito Domingo de Pentecostés!
¡Gracias por todas las gracias que nos unen como una familia fuerte aquí en San Pío X!
stewardship
Sunday Collections
July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022 (annual goal) $505,000.00 July 1, 2021 - May 29, 2022 (goal to date) $465,392.12 July 1, 2020 - May 29, 2022 (actual rec'd)* $404,626.77 Sunday Collection - May 29, 2022
Collection for our Parish $ 4,300.00
*includes electronic contributions to April 30, 2022
2022 Archdiocesan Annual Appeal Campaign $113,069.00 2022 Archdiocesan Annual Appeal (received) $ 43,914.00 Campaign Goal less payments received $ 69,155.00
2022 Archdiocesan Annual Appeal
“As I have done for you, you should do also.”
~ John 13:15
Each year the Archbishop asks our support for the Archdiocese of San Francisco through the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal (AAA). The gifts received through the Appeal are able to support ministries, programs and services at a level that an individual donor or individual parish would not be able to by itself. The funds given to the AAA support these services and ministries:
St. Pius’ assessment this year is $113,069.
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Schools and Parish subsidies
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Pastoral Ministry
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Faith Formation Youth &
Young Adult
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Office of Worship
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Marriage & Family Life
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Teacher Incentive Grants
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Child & Youth Protection
Ways to Give:
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Visit sfarch.org/AAA to give a one- time or pledged gift
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Mail your check to the Chancery
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Drop your check to the Parish Center We welcome Fr. Samuel Musiimenta, a
representative from the Diocese of Fort Portal (located in the western region of Uganda), who
will be speaking at the weekend Masses.
In the Fort Portal Catholic Diocese, elephantiasis is an overwhelming health issue and plans are underway to build a hospital to help the people
afflicted with the disease. Please open your hearts and your wallets to help Fort Portal residents receive treatment for this debilitating
problem.
Thank you for your generosity.
2nd Collection next weekend June 11 & 12
Fort Portal Catholic Diocese
parish teens
festival
The Return of the St. Pius Festival!
Friday, September 30 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Saturday, October 1 11:00 am - 10:00 pm Sunday, October 2 11:30 am to 5:00 pm with
Mass at 10:30 am
We are looking forward to welcoming you back to the Festival!
Bringing back the Games, Rides, Live Music, Car Show, Raffle and more!
Car Show: Saturday, October 1st
Do you own a classic car and want to participate?
Applications being accepted at pius.org/festival.
For more information contact [email protected].
The Festival is not possible without the help of many volunteers/parishioners.
For more information on how you can help, please reach out to the festival planners at [email protected].
St. Pius
