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Monthly Altar Server Meeting 02-11-17

Our next monthly altar server meeting will be : Saturday, February 11th. We will meet for 8:30AM mass in the church and meeting will follow. Agenda for our meeting will be to discuss the Lenten Season. Please bring something small to share with our ministry group. All...

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Vatican Corner 02-05-17

VATICAN CORNER On January 4, 2017, McDonalds’s restaurants opened a franchise just steps away from the gleaming white marble dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, angering Catholic Cardinals and local business owners. The new restaurant is in a popular tourist area just...

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Pastors Desk 02-05-17

It is such a joy to celebrate mass in St.Joachim church. One of main the reasons is our parish is blessed with committed group of volunteers who meticulously prepare everything needed prior to the celebration of the mass. All these committed volunteers trace their...

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School Applications January 29th

 School Applications St. Joachim School is currently accepting applications for grades Pre-K through 8th. If you are interested in learning more about the school, please contact the office at 510-783-3177 or visit us at our Open House this Sunday, January 29th, from...

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Pastors Desk 01-29-17

The feasts and festivals that we had celebrated in recent times such as the Festival of Guadalupe, the Simbang Gabi celebrations, the Posada celebrations, the festival of Christmas etc., has demonstrated beyond doubt that St. Joachim is full of life. Quite a few times...

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Vatican Corner 01-22-17

VATICAN CORNER On March 13, 2017 Pope Francis will be beginning his fifth year as Pope and entering it with good health. The Jubilee of Mercy was a very active year for him and 2017 is promising to be active as well. So far as Pope he has made 17 foreign trips and...

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Pastors Desk 01-22-17

On Saturday January 14th I was informed that Tita Ising Buendia died the previous day in the Philippines. The first thought that came to my mind was, “what a saintly woman we had and lost.” Indeed I consider it such a privilege and fortune to have come to know her....

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Hayward Santo Niño Fiesta 01-28-17

Saturday, January 28, 2017 -Rosary 1:00 pm -Mass: 2:00 pm Celebration to follow at the Gym Everyone is invited For more information please contact : Hayward Santo Niño Prayer Group Fely: (510) 397-2140.      Angie: (510) 332-1714.

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Vatican Corner 01-15-17

VATICAN CORNER The newborn  children of Vatican employees were  baptized by Pope Francis on Sunday  January 8, 2017 in the Sistine Chapel  during the annual Mass celebrating the  Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.  During the Christmas season, this Mass is  one of...

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Pastors Desk 01-15-17

On Saturday 7th 2017, as I was waiting for the entrance hymn to begin to proceed to the altar, one of our parishioners came closer to me and said, “It makes me feel sad that next week we are going to take down the Christmas decorations. This year’s Christmas...

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Seniors Gathering 01-20-17

Attention all seniors : Our next potluck gathering will be held on Friday, January 20th  at noon in the St. Joachim Hall. We will be planning the 2017 activities. Please R.S.V.P. to Selena (510) 517-3039. All seniors are welcome.

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Altar Servers Meeting 01-14-17

-All altar servers and parents we will be having our next altar server meeting on Saturday, January 14th. -Please join us by attending 8:30am mass. -Meeting will follow. -Please bring something small to share with our ministry. Agenda: Recap of November & December...

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Vatican Corner 01-08-17

VATICAN CORNER In 1508 Pope Julius II invited the Italian painter Raphael, a student of Leonardo da Vinci, to Rome and commissioned him to paint religious frescos in the Vatican Palace. He found several artists already at work on different rooms, many painting over...

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Pastors Desk 01-08-17

It was a hot day in July 1969 on board an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. Sailors with binoculars were searching the sky above the carrier. Suddenly they let out a yell. There, orange and white parachutes exploded and bloomed in the blue sky. Dangling from them was a...

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Vatican Corner 01-01-17

VATICAN CORNER A calendar is like a chain that emerges out of the waters of oblivion and holds the ship of history to its moorings. Beneath the surface of the waters, there must have been sunk some kind of an anchor. -- P.W. Wilson. There are six principal calendars...

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Pastors Desk 01-01-17

A boy asked his father, "Dad, if three frogs were sitting on a limb that hangs over a pool, and one frog decided to jump off into the pool, how many frogs would be left on the limb?" The dad replied, "Two." "No," the son replied. “Here is the question again: There are...

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