Registration for the English CFF andRCIA will start on July 1st.

You may register online via our parish website or in person at the office during office hours. Registration for the Spanish CFF and
RICA will start on 6th (Wednesday) and 7th(Thursday) of July. The following weeks it will be done on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only from 6:30PM-8:00 PM in Rm. 4 of the REC Bldg.

The Knights of Columbus Council #6922 will continue to sponsor COFFE & DONUTS SUNDAY from 7:30 AM until 11:00 AM . You are invited to have a healthy and safe socialization among our parishioners.

This week, we will take up the Peter’s Pence Collection, which unites us and Catholics around the world more closely with the Holy Father in two ways: it supports the structures of the Holy See through which the Pope governs the Church as well as his charitable efforts to assist victims of war, oppression, natural disasters, and others most in need. Please be generous. For more information, visit http://www.peterspence.va/en.html. To donate online, visit www.scd.org/peterspence.

In lieu of the forthcoming Father’s Day on June 19, 2022, envelopes are available at the entrances of the church. You may get one and make your donation in the envelope for your father living or deceased. The envelopes will be put on the altar for the whole month of June that all the named fathers in the envelopes are silently included in all the masses celebrated in the church.

Our Annual Sacramento Classic: Basketball Game Diocesan Priests and Seminarians is scheduled on Tuesday, June 28 at Christian Brothers High School. This is promoted by the Diocesan Office of Vocation. Tickets are now available in the parish office. We look forward to seeing you patronize the game and support priestly vocations.

To foster deep devotion to Saint Joseph among Catholics, and in response to the “May Day” celebrations for workers sponsored by Communists, Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955. This feast extends the long relationship between Joseph and the cause of workers in both Catholic faith and devotion. Beginning in the Book of Genesis, the dignity of human work has long been celebrated as a participation in the creative work of God. By work, humankind both fulfills the command found in Genesis to care for the earth (Gn 2:15) and to be productive in their labors. Saint Joseph, the carpenter and foster father of Jesus, is but one example of the holiness of human labor.

Jesus, too, was a carpenter. He learned the trade from Saint Joseph and spent his early adult years working side-by-side in Joseph’s carpentry shop before leaving to pursue his ministry as preacher and healer. In his encyclical Laborem Exercens, Pope John Paul II stated: “the Church considers it her task always to call attention to the dignity and rights of those who work, to condemn situations in which that dignity and those rights are violated, and to help to guide [social] changes so as to ensure authentic progress by man and society.”

Saint Joseph is held up as a model of such work. Pius XII emphasized this when he said, “The spirit flows to you and to all men from the heart of the God-man, Savior ofthe world, but certainly, no worker was ever more completely and profoundly penetrated by it than the foster father of Jesus, who lived with Him in closest intimacy and community of family life and work.” 

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-joseph-the- worker

May is Mary’s month! And during May, throughout the Catholic world, special devotions honor the Virgin Mary. “May Crowning” is a traditional Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May and it recognizes Mary as Queen of heaven and earth. Since medieval times, there has been a correlation between Mary and the month of May. May is considered the season of the beginning of new life. “May Crowning” marks a new spiritual season. Our Mary, Queen of heaven and earth, lifted us right out of the last long, cold days of winter and firmly planted our hearts in the warm and promising soil of spring.

During the Holy Mass on May Crowning day, a wreath of flowers and herbs is placed on the statue of Mary. The act of crowning is rooted in the view of Mary as the Queen of Heaven. The event is of particular significance as it relates to the Champion Shrine history because, when Our Lady appeared to the young Belgian immigrant woman, Adele Brise, in 1859, she identified herself as the “Queen of Heaven.”

A cherished age-old tradition of reverence, the crowning of Mary at the Champion Shrine is in keeping with the “Order of Crowning” which attributed the queen symbol to Mary because she was a perfect follower of Christ, who is the absolute “crown” of creation. “She is the Mother of the Son of God, who is the messianic King. Mary is the Mother of Christ, the Word Incarnate... ‘he will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; the Lord will give him the throne of his father David; and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Lk 1:32-33).

Elizabeth greeted the Blessed Virgin, pregnant with Je- sus, as ‘the mother of my Lord’ (Lk 1:41-43). Mary is the perfect follower of Christ. The maid of Nazareth consent- ed to God’s plan; she journeyed on the pilgrimage of faith; she listened to God’s Word and kept it in her heart; she remained steadfast in close union with her Son, all the way to the foot of the Cross; she persevered in pray- er with the Church. Thus, in an eminent way she won the “crown of righteousness” (2 Tim 4:8), the “crown of life” (Jas 1:12; Rev 2:10), the “crown of glory” (1 Pet 5:4) that is promised to those who follow Christ (“Order of Crowning,” NCCB, 1987).

Our Fall Festival will be returning on September 11. It will be scaled down from our previous Fall Festivals. There will be food booths, drawings, and entertainment. Our goal is to bring the parish together as a community to enjoy multicultural food, great entertainment, and to renew friendships after two years of COVID-19. The Pastoral and Finance Councils are co-hosting the festival. A planning meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, June 7 at 7:00pm in REC Rooms 1 & 2 to share ideas for the Fall Festival. We invite all Ministry Leaders and other interested parishioners to attend. We need your help in planning for a successful festival.

This year we will hold our traditional White Elephant Sale on the 30th and 31st of July. The dates have been adjusted to an earlier date due to conflict of the schedules of using the hall. We will welcome donations of goods for sale starting the last week of June. Therefore, the hall will not be available for social functions starting on the last week of June and in the whole month of July.

ST. PAUL’S RELIGIOUS GOODS STORE (GIFT SHOP)

Parish members and guests please take the time to visit our gift shop during this Lenten season. Many new items have been added to our inventory which will be including items to nourish your journey through Lent, and items for baptisms, first holy communion, confirmation and RCIA. We welcome you all in after every mass. Look forward to seeing everyone. Thank you.

CAMP NURSES NEEDED

Camp Pendola is looking for Nurses to serve at Camp Pendola during our summer camp weeks in June and July. If you are able to serve for the week your camper can attend Camp Pendola in exchange. For dates please check https://www.pendola.org/overnight-camp.html and contact Jennifer Campbell at (916)733-0135 or jcampbell@scd.org for more information.

CAMP COUNSELORS NEEDED

The most wonderful camp in all the world is looking for the most wonderful staff! We looking for Camp Counselors for both our Day Camps and Overnight Camps. If you are looking for a summer job that will create lifelong memories for you this is the job for you! We are looking for fun, faith filled, caring and energetic applicants to fill our summer camp positions! Learn more about the posi- tions and apply at www.pendola.org/employment or contact Jennifer Campbell with questions at (916)733-0135 or jcampbell@scd.org.

The Finance Council has printed a Resurfacing Donation Map that is posted by St. Joseph altar at the back. Envelopes are available by the map to put in your donation. Don’t forget to write your name for tax reporting and indicate whether you want it to be written in the map or as anonymous. Our estimated lowest bidder for the whole project is $62T. That would include the excavation of the roots protruding on the pavement and cutting those roots. You may drop your envelopes in the collection basket or by the office during office hours. We thank you.

Are you a student going to a Catholic high school or already studying in a Catholic high school? Are you a student going to attend college/university or already in college or university right now?  If you are, and you need help financially, there is a $1000 scholarship opportunity for you, offered by Divine Mercy Human Development Foundation.  Send an email to luzmanrique174@gmail.com to get an application form.  Due date for submission of application form and other required documents is June 30, 2022 at 5:00 pm.  The application in PDF form may also be emailed to luzmanrique174@gmail.com on or before June 30, 2022 at 5:00 pm.                          

DIVINE MERCY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
P. O. Box 293221, Sacramento, CA 95829
Tax ID # 26-3551270

We have added 2 new electric Candle Shrine at the back for the altar of Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph. The white candles or the Memorial Candles of the new racks are now available for sponsorship for your loved ones. We have 14 of them. You may contact the office for listing. We will again putting the name(s) of your loved one (s) on a sticker label right in front of a Memorial Candles.

Being baptized and confirmed do not end just there. We are not just passive Christians but are expected to be active Christians. Do you remember the parable of the talents? God is expecting us to make use of those talents and not just keep or bury them on the ground. We are called to grow in our faith by our participation in the work evangelization. One of the ways in which we can do this is to join a ministry or two to bear fruits in our faith. It would be a blessing on our part and also on the church. It is a way of serving the church and God too. Whatever we re- ceived as a blessing, we return it as a blessing too in the ministries.

On the first page of this bulletin you can find the different areas of the ministry of our church. Find one that befits your charisma and call the respective chairperson to join.

DONUTS AND COFFEE!

We miss the coffee and the donuts. The Knights of Columbus Council #6499 will do DONUTS SUNDAY after the 7:30 am and 9:00 am Masses. This is also to promote a healthy and safe socialization among parishioners.

We thank those who already stepped up in signing up for this Sponsorship Program. May God bless you and your families.

If this gift in kind program interests you, please contact the parish office during regular business hours for more information.