2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - January 17-18, 2009
SECOND COLLECTION TODAY FOR ST. VICTOR’S TUITION ASSISTANCEOur regular
contributors may have noticed a new envelope in this month’s packet.
This envelope will be in your packets on a quarterly basis and is for St.
Victor’s tuition assistance. Thank
you for your generous support. SCHOOL
APPLICATIONS AND OPEN HOUSE Applications
for St. Victor’s School for the 2009-10 school year are available
Monday-Friday from 8:00 A.M.-3:30 P.M. at the School Office and online @ http://www.school.stvictor.org
. Please join us at Open House next
Sunday, January 25th, from 10:00 A.M.-1:30 P.M. CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS
Those families who use the parish envelope system will soon
be receiving statements of contribution(s) for determining the amounts given by
each family in Regular, Special and Development fund collections.
These statements are done out of courtesy for you and are very useful in
preparing your income tax returns. We
thank you for your continued support and generosity. PLEASE NOTE: Catholic Foundation and ADA
contribution statements will be mailed to you directly from those Diocesan
Offices. LUNAR
NEW YEAR (TET) CELEBRATION St. Victor’s Parish Community will celebrate the Lunar New
Year (TET) at the 12:15 P.M. Mass on Sunday, February 1st.
All are welcome to join us for the reception and cultural performances in
the hall after that Mass. Happy
Birthday to Father Paul-Cuong Phan, whose birthday was Monday, January 12th!
SAVE
THE DATE!
Our annual SPAGHETTI DINNER will be held in the Parish Hall on Sunday,
February 8th. SCRIPTURE READINGSJANUARY 24-25, 2009 – SPECIAL READINGS CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 22:3-16 RESPONSORIAL PSALM 117: 1bc,2 CORINTHIANS 7:29-31 MARK 16:15-18 PLANNED GIVING NOTESYour Will Or The
States
If you don’t have a will or living trust, the State has one for you! The State will tell you where your savings, home and possessions (your estate) will go. If you do have a will or trust, you direct where your estate will go. If you want to know more about this, the Diocese can provide free assistance. Call Robert Serventi @ 983-0168, or write to him at: 900 Lafayette St., Suite 301, Santa Clara, CA 95050. “Everyone
can be great, because anybody can serve. You
don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your
subject and verb agree to serve. You
only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” In observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, all parish offices
will be closed on Monday, January 19th.
Mass will be celebrated at 8:00 A.M. that morning. BINGO
Fundraiser for St. Victor’s School 8th Grade Washington DC Trip –
Voucher Sales This Weekend Please join us for BINGO on Friday, January 23rd, doors open
at 5:00 P.M. with Early Bird Games (50/50 payout per game) beginning at 6:30
P.M., Regular Games start at 7:00 P.M. with a maximum payout of $250.00
(simultaneous bingos will split payouts evenly). Food, snacks and drinks will be
available for purchase while you play. Bingo packs, cash only – 2 packs for
$15.00, 3 packs for $20.00 and a 4 pack special for $25.00 [includes a free
dabber and a coupon for a snack and a drink].
Each additional pack cost $5.00 each.
Packets will be available at the door – cash only purchases. Advance
voucher for packet sales this weekend after all Masses (except
Sunday 7:00 A.M.). OUR
LADY OF GUADALUPE 14TH ANNUAL CRAB FEED... will be held on Saturday, January 31st, in the Parish hall.
Cost is $40.00 per person. {No
Host Bar from 6:00-7:00 P.M., Dinner from 7:00-8:30 P.M., followed by Dancing
until 11:30 P.M.} For information
and/or tickets, please call the Rectory Office @ 251-7055.
There will be NO refunds and NO tickets will
be sold at the door. If you didn't get a chance to
purchase tickets for the Priest-Seminarian Basketball Challenge Game on
Friday, February 6th, at 7 PM at Santa Clara University, you may do
so by contacting the San Jose Vocations Office at 983-0155 or online at http://www.dsj.org/bballtix
. Cost is $10.00 for
adults and $5.00 for students. THANK YOU to all those
who supported the Vietnamese pho soup sales last weekend.
Mass
Intentions for the Week Monday
January
19
8:00 A.M.
Steve Perata Tuesday
January
20
8:00 A.M.
Adela Santos Wednesday
January
21
8:00 A.M.
Andita Huenefeld Thursday
January
22
8:00 A.M.
Jose Carlos Friday
January
23
8:00 A.M.
John Correa Saturday
January
24
8:00 A.M.
Feliza S. Cura
5:00 P.M.
Cynthia Jasinski
(Father Phan) Sunday
January
25
7:00 A.M.
For the Parishioners of St. Victor Parish (Father
Hendrickson)
8:00 A.M.
Xan Vu
(Father Hendrickson)
9:15 A.M.
Lousa Guerrer
(Father Dwyer)
10:45 A.M. Pacencia Tanedo
& Florante Andres Diaz (Father Phan)
12:15 P.M.
Leonido Sindayen
(Carmelites)
5:00 P.M.
James Keller
(Father Lim)
In Loving
Memory
This week’s Sanctuary flowers were offered by Mary Bennet in loving
memory of her husband Fred’s, birthday and death anniversary. If you would like to donate flowers for the altar in memory
of a loved one, in thanksgiving, or in celebration of a birthday, baptism,
marriage or anniversary, please call the Rectory Office @ 251-7055. Minimum
donation requested is $100.00. With
Deepest Sympathy St. Victor’s Parish Community would like to extend their
sympathy and prayers to the families and friends of Pedro Pastrana, Jr.,
Lynn Shelander and Cesar Sousa, who recently passed away. SOCIAL
JUSTICE NOTES... EASTSIDE F.I.S.H. food
collection is this weekend. Please
place your non-perishable food donations only in the box in
the vestibule of the Church. Thank you. U.n.I. LORD TEENS WINTER SERVICE PROJECT. If you have clean, gently used coats (men’s sizes most needed), clean blankets or towels, they can certainly be put to good use. The U.n.I. Lord Teen Group will be accepting your clean donations for shelters throughout this winter. New socks are needed too. Please drop off your donation at the CM or Rectory Office between 8:00 A.M.–4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. God bless you for your consideration to the needy of our community. NEEDY FAMILIES. Our St. Vincent de Paul Society volunteers are working with several families in our parish community in need of a clothes dryer and a woman’s bicycle. If you are able to help, please call the Rectory Office @ 251-7055. ANNUAL BI-LINGUAL MASS OF REPARATIONS – Please join us at the Mission Santa Clara on Thursday, January 22nd,
at 7:30 P.M., when we will celebrate the Mass of Reparations to remember and
honor the unborn souls of children who were not permitted to live.
The Mass will be in English and Spanish.
The co-celebrants are Father Mark Catalana and Father Martin Abrego.
Escorting the celebrants will be the Knights of Columbus Color Corp
of the Assemblies of the Diocese of San Jose. The choir will be Caritas from
the Holy Family Parish. Proceeds
will benefit the Juan Diego Society.
WALK FOR LIFE WEST COAST 2009 – will be held on Saturday, January 24th.
Join Father Michael and upwards of 25,000 pro-lifer’s for this 5th
annual walk in San Francisco, as we peacefully proclaim our message that
abortion hurts! For more
information visit their website @ http://www.walkforlifewc.com/
. For bus/carpool information, please contact Sharron Hollenbeck in the CM
Office @ 251-0154 PRO-LIFE MASS & PRAY WALK at St. Nicholas Church (two blocks south of Main Street on the Frontage
Road west of Foothill Expressway) in Los Altos this Thursday, January
22nd, at 11:30 A.M. will mark the anniversary of the Supreme
Court decision legalizing abortion. Following the Mass, a silent Prayer Walk
will proceed eight blocks to the Los Altos City Hall at 12:30 P.M.
For details, please call Hubert Lipinski @ (650) 493-3156. PLEASE PRAY FOR PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND!
Read more on Catholic Relief Services web page @ http://www.crs.org/
or sign an ecumenical petition, endorsed by the US Catholic Bishops to
President Elect Obama @ http://actioncenter.crs.org
. CATHOLIC CHARITIES PROGRAMS. Tax EZ Program - Free tax preparation and financial education services are available for low-income families. Please call 325-5241 (Spanish/English) or 325-5106 (Vietnamese/English) or go to: http://www.ccsj.org/services/financial_edu/financial.html
. A flyer is also posted in the bulletin board in the vestibule.
Ombudsman Program – An Ombudsman is a trained and
state-certified individual who investigates complaints and resolves problems
for residents of long-term care facilities.
Orientation is Monday, January 26th, from 10:00 A.M.-noon.
Training begins in February. To
learn about becoming an Ombudsman, please contact Marlene Siebert @ 325-5260
or email her @ [email protected]
. The Navigator Project
case managers work with the chronically homeless in our county assisting
them in learning the skills and using the resources to achieve their goals
to live independently. To learn
more about eligibility and requirements, visit their web site @ http://www.catholiccharitiesscc.org/
. SAVE DARFUR CAMPAIGN – USCCB is collaborating with the Save Darfur Campaign to urge President–elect Barack Obama give priority to ending the violence in Darfur when he takes office. Catholics around the U.S. can urge the President to end the tragedy in Darfur by completing electronic messages (JPHD”s Take Action page @ http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/takeaction.shtml ). These messages will be delivered on Inauguration Day, January 20th. YOUNG ADULT IMMERSION TRIPS (ages 18 and over) are planned for this summer - Puebla, Mexico from June 21st-29th and Native American from July 5th-12th. For all the details, please contact Deacon Steve Herrera @ [email protected] or call 832-7666. THERE WILL
BE A SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND FOR ST. VICTOR’S ST. VINCENT de
PAUL SOCIETY. PLEASE HELP
OUR VOLUNTEERS HELP THE NEEDY OF OUR OWN COMMUNITY. “Your servant is listening.” (1Samuel 3:10)
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