Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - January 23-24, 2010
Ecumenical (Christian Unity) Sunday
(watch 5 minute video from the Bishop)
A Prayer After the Earthquake in Haiti - Click Here
SECOND COLLECTION TODAY FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND LATIN AMERICAAlmost half of the people in Latin America live in poverty, and half of these men, women and children are extremely destitute. Yet for many of them, the lack of income, basic sanitation and decent housing is compounded by spiritual poverty. The collection for the Church in Latin America funds projects throughout Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean, that bring marginalized people more fully into the life of the Church. Your gift to this collection provides greatly needed pastoral care and religious training to rural communities and indigenous populations, helping to enrich people’s faith with genuine Catholic teaching. 2010
ANNUAL DIOCESAN APPEAL THIS WEEKEND GROWING IN FAITH TOGETHERThis is PLEDGE
WEEKEND. After the
homily at all the Masses, please participate in the Offertory
Procession. Bring your
pledge form in its envelope to the altar as a sign of your faith and
an expression of love. This
is an opportunity for us to unite with all Catholics in the Diocese to
share our blessings and to show our concern for one another.
If you’ve forgotten to bring it today, blank envelopes and
pens/pencils are available in the pews.
For your convenience, you may also take your pledge
forms/envelopes to the rectory office, or simply drop them in the
collection basket. Your
participation and gift is important. LOOK who’s in the latest issue of THE VALLEY CATHOLIC on page 13 – Father Michael! SCHOOL APPLICATIONS AND OPEN HOUSEApplications for St. Victor’s School for the 2010-11 school year are available Monday-Friday from 8:00 A.M.-3:30 P.M. at the School Office and online @ www.school.stvictor.org . Please join us for an Open House on Sunday, January 31st, from 10:00 A.M.-1:30 P.M. Bulletin
advertisers needed Why not let parishioners know about your business or service
while helping the parish at the same time?
St. Victor’s currently has space available for new bulletin
advertisers. Please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055 for more information. THANK
YOU to those who already advertise with us – you make our Sunday
bulletin possible! EVENING
SHARED SCRIPTURE STUDY The evening
session of Shared Scripture meets on Thursday at 7:30 P.M. in the
large room of the Parish Center (Library).
We will be reading the Gospel of Mark.
Come join us for an evening of prayer, discussion and Bible
reading. SCRIPTURE READINGSJANUARY 30-31, 2010 JEREMIAH 1:4-5, 17-19 1 CORINTHIANS 12:31-13:13 LUKE 4:21-30 PLANNED GIVING NOTESRetirement
Plans – Use ‘Em Or Lose ‘Em
Did you know that retirement plan assets are part of your estate? They also have never been taxed as income. The IRS loves these plans, because they can get two bites instead of one! This can reduce their value to you heirs by up to 70%. If you want
to know more about this, the Diocese can provide free assistance.
Call Robert Serventi @ 983-0168 or write to him at: Diocese of
San Jose, The Chancery, 1150 N. First St., Suite 100, San Jose, CA
95112-4966. 2009
CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS AND ADA/CATHOLIC FOUNDATION INFORMATION
St. Victor’s recently changed our software to ParishSoft. When the information was merged with our Parish Data Systems information, it did not merge well. We are asking that you please go over your contribution statements and ADA mailing when you receive it – make sure the names, addresses and other information are completely correct. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause you. 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 ant generosity. PLEASE NOTE: Catholic Foundation and ADA
contribution statements will be mailed to you directly from those
Diocesan Offices. URGENT NEED FOR CONFIRMATION I FACILITATORS The
Confirmation I program is in need of 2 or 3 more facilitators for this
large group of students. Training
is available to those faithful who are able to give their time on
Monday evenings bi-monthly from 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Please contact the CM Office @ 251-0165. PHO SOUP will
be available in the hall after Masses next weekend.
Plan on taking some home with you too! OUR
LADY OF GUADALUPE 15TH ANNUAL CRAB FEED... will be held on Saturday, February 6th, 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 11:00 P.M.}
For information and/or tickets, please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055. There will be NO
refunds and NO tickets will be sold at the door. COMING
FEBRUARY 14TH – SPAGHETTI DINNER... Mass
Intentions for the Week Monday
January
25
8:00 A.M.
In Honor of Nino de Praga Tuesday
January
26
8:00 A.M. Ginger McGreevy Wednesday
January
27
8:00 A.M.
Frank Gallo Thursday
January
28
8:00 A.M.
Renato Suarez Friday
January
29
8:00 A.M.
Abel Ponte Saturday
January
30
8:00 A.M.
Andy Palmero
5:00 P.M.
Stephen B. Strawbridge
(Father Phan) Sunday
January
31
7:00 A.M.
For the Parishioners of St. Victor Parish
(Father Lim)
8:00 A.M.
Luciano & Amparo Jaramillo
(Father Phan)
9:15 A.M.
Khanh Huynh
(Father Perata)
10:45
A.M.
Mary Ruth Dargis
(Father Dwyer)
12:15 P.M. Teresita & Lucia
Sazon
(Carmelite) Banns Of
Marriage
Alex
Payumo & Rebecca Bachar III In
Loving Memory
Jose
Alegre and the Jovellanos family donated this week’s Sanctuary
flowers in loving memory of Ciriaco P. Alegre’s first death
anniversary. If
you would like to donate Altar Flowers in memory of a loved one or
in celebration of a baptism, birthday, marriage, anniversary or in
thanksgiving for blessings received, please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055.
Minimum donation requested is $100.00. Sympathy St. Victor’s Parish Community would like to extend
their sympathy and prayers to the families and friends of Joe Medina
and Angela Neighbors, who recently passed away. REVS vs SEMS BASKETBALL The
4th annual REVS
vs SEMS clergy and seminarians Basketball Game will take place on Friday,
February 5th, in the Thank You The
Knights of Columbus would like to THANK all those who came and
supported their Pancake Breakfast last Sunday. St.
Victor’s Parish would like to extend our appreciation to the
Knights for hosting this event for our parishioners and guests. THERE WILL BE A SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND FOR
ST. VICTOR’S NEWS
BRIEFS... LOREK, a play that
tells the inspiring story of the young Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul
II, growing up in Nazi occupied RAINBOWS, a grief
support for children, will begin on February 2nd, at St.
John Vianney parish. Rainbows
is a program to help children learn to cope with the loss and pain
because of a death or a divorce in the family.
Sessions are from 7:00-8:00 P.M. on Tuesday evenings for
children kindergarten through high school.
There is no fee. For
more information, please visit www.sanjoserainbows.org
. WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER – Make your good marriage, better!
The next local weekend is March 5th-7th
in A DEATH PENALTY AWARENESS BENEFIT will be held on January 29th at 4:30 P.M. at RETROUVAILLE of CHARISMATIC RENEWAL
of CATHOLIC CHARITIES DONATION STATION is receiving new and “gently used” items to distribute to our program
participants in need. For
more information, please call 325-5278. ST. JOSEPH CATHEDRAL DOCENTS NEEDED. Docent volunteers spend 4-6 hours a month at the Cathedral, training
will be provided. Sign-up for the orientation (February 22nd)
by calling Nina @ 283-8100, ext. 2210 by February 12th. “But as it is, there are many parts, yet one body.” (1 Corinthians 12:12-30)
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