6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - February 14-15, 2009
2009 ANNUAL DIOCESAN APPEALGROWING
IN FAITH TOGETHER
JOIN THE WINNING TEAM!!! We
urge those who have not responded to do so this week. Your parish priests and
fellow parishioners are DEEPLY GRATEFUL to those who have already pledged
support to this year’s ADA campaign. Watch
our progress on the ADA charts around the Church and in the vestibule.
{For those of you who have already pledged, please wait for your
statements to arrive from the Diocese and mail your payments directly to
them}.
Catechetical
Ministry Teacher Needed Catechetical Ministry is in need of a 1st/2nd
Grade teacher on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30-5:00
P.M, through the end of our school year,
ending in April 2009. If you would
love to share your faith with our young people, please contact Anne Gleason or
Angela Giampaoli in the Catechetical Ministry Office @ 251-0165 for more details
and training. We promise you, it is
a very rewarding experience. For
applications or more information about St. Victor’s School, please
call the School Office @ 251-1740 or visit their website @ www.school.stvictor.org . NON-DISCRIMINATORY POLICY. St. Victor’s School, mindful of its mission to be a witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. St. Victor’s School does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex or disability in administration of educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs. Likewise, the Catholic Schools in the Diocese of San Jose do not unlawfully discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of sex, age, disability, race, color and national and/or ethnic origin.
SCRIPTURE READINGSFEBRUARY
21-22, 2009 ISAIAH
43:18-19, 21-22, 24-25 2
CORINTHIANS 1:18-22 MARK
2:1-12 PLANNED
GIVING NOTES
Remember St.
Victor’s Parish In Your Plans
It
is easy to remember St. Victor’s Parish in your estate plans, wills, trusts,
insurance policies, or retirement plans. Please
use the following wording: “To the Roman Catholic Bishop of San Jose, a
California Corporation Sole, for the benefit of St. Victor’s Parish.” 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. In observance of President’s Day, this Monday, February 16th, all Parish Offices will be closed. Mass will be
celebrated at 8:00 A.M. Wednesday, February 25th, is ASH WEDNESDAY.
Masses with ashes will be celebrated at 6:30, 8:00 and 11:00 A.M.
and 7:30 P.M. (Choir). Ashes (NO
MASS) will also be distributed promptly at 4:00 P.M.
During all the Masses on Ash Wednesday, a Special Collection will
be taken for the needy. These funds
will be distributed to several community outreach programs. Theater of the Word will present The Journey of St. Paul in
St. Victor’s Church on Saturday, February 28th, after the 5:00 P.M.
Mass. Plan on joining us for this
FREE performance during the Pauline Year. ATTENTION ALL LADIESSt. Victor’s Altar Society is sponsoring the ANNUAL LADIES RETREAT during Lent from March 6th-8th at St. Clare’s Retreat House in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains. This retreat is open to ALL LADIES who are interested. (Bring a friend!) What a wonderful opportunity this is to renew our spiritual life. For reservations or more information, please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055. {A bus will be available for a nominal fee. It will leave St. Victor’s @ 3:00 P.M. sharp on March 6th. Please advise if you plan on using the bus for transportation.} THE KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS COUNCIL 5796 SPONSORED UPCOMING EVENTS... Free e-waste collection next Saturday, February 21st, from 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. at 620 S. Main St., Milpitas. Please the Parish Office @ 251-7055 for more information. Benefit Pancake Breakfast right here in St. Victor’s Parish Hall next Sunday, February 22nd from 8:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Cost is only $5.00 per person. CONGRATULATIONS to the newly installed K of C officers: Chaplin – Father Candido Lim, SJ, Grand Knight – Charles P. Gullo, Jr., Deputy Grand Knight – Gerald Lunger, Treasurer – Robert D. Mirolo, and Financial Secretary – Walter (Pete) McGreevy.
Mass
Intentions for the Week Monday
February
16
8:00 A.M.
Mary Eleanor Gaiero Tuesday
February
17
8:00 A.M.
Isabelita C. Antonio Wednesday
February
18
8:00 A.M.
Ed Giampaoli Thursday
February
19
8:00 A.M.
John Manfredo Friday
February
20
8:00 A.M.
Mary Nicolau Saturday
February
21
8:00 A.M.
Ginger McGreevy
5:00 P.M.
Josephine Barreras
(Father Lim) Sunday
February
22
7:00 A.M.
For the Parishioners of St. Victor Parish
(Father Phan)
8:00 A.M.
Monsignor Thomas F. Ahern
(Father Phan)
9:15 A.M.
Thelma Paet
(Father Hendrickson)
10:45 A.M. Elizabeth Ligsay
(Father Dwyer)
12:15 P.M. Jack & Teresa
Cunnien
(Father Lim)
5:00 P.M.
Mark & Jim Piona
(Father Hendrickson)
Our
Love And Prayers Go Out To... St. Victor’s Parish Community would like to extend their sympathy and
prayers to the families and friends of Herlindo Damian, Pedro Dawana, Maria
Gaoiran, Domingo Milo, Lucia Ramos and Rev. Ronald Sanfilippo, SJ, who
recently passed away. In
Loving Memory
This
week’s Sanctuary flowers were offered by Manuel Fernandez in loving memory
of his wife, Debbie Fernandez. Thank
You Very Much
THANK YOU to all the
St. Victor’s parents and students, who worked on the Spaghetti Dinner last
Sunday. A very special thank you
to Ross Hollenbeck...you are surely an “Italian chef”...the food was
excellent. To parishioner, Bill
Neves, thanks for all of your “special” help!
A standing ovation for our entertainers: Father Paul-Cuong Phan, Free
Spirit (Rey Trevino & Mike Tatarakis) and the U.n.I Lord Teen Choir.
A bouquet of thanks to McDonald’s and Alsco for their generous
donations for this event. A round of applause to all our U.n.I. Lord teens
who came in on Saturday to set-up and came back on Sunday to serve and then
clean-up afterwards. St.
Victor’s Parish Community is proud of you.
God has truly blessed St. Victor’s with wonderful parishioners and
friends. Thanks to all who
supported this function. For
anyone that I may have forgotten – Thank you!
Alice
Trigg FOR SAFETY SAKE. For your safety as well as the safety of others, we ask your cooperation with St. Victor’s, the Police Department and the Fire Department by parking in designated areas only. We especially need the fire lanes to be left open and clear. (You may be ticketed!) As a courtesy to others, we ask you to follow traffic signs in and out of the parish grounds. Please also obey the posted signs – Speed Limit of 5 miles per hour - when driving on the parish grounds. We hope those few traffic rules will help keep everyone safe, and smooth any traffic flow problems we may have. THERE
WILL BE A SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND FOR ST. VICTOR’S ST.
VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY. SOCIAL
JUSTICE NOTES... EASTSIDE F.I.S.H. food collection is this weekend. Please bring your non-perishable foods (peanut butter, tuna, macaroni & cheese, canned fruits & vegetables, etc.) and place them in the box in the vestibule of the Church. Thanks! CATHOLIC CHARITIES PROGRAM. The staff of the Support Enhancement Services program continuously rises to the challenge of working with the youth on probation. To learn more about Youth and Family Services visit the Catholic Charities web site @ www.catholiccharitiesscc.org . IMMERSION APPLICATIONS. For info about youth or
young adult immersion trips, please contact Deacon Steve Herrera @ [email protected]
or phone him @ 832-7666. [San Jose Justice Awareness Week is August 3rd-7th.
High School students are invited to join other students learning
about how the Catholic Church is addressing poverty in Santa Clara County,
and involves serving at many Catholic agencies, coordinated and in
conjunction with Catholic Charities. Applications
for the Mexico Immersion Trip from July 20th-24th are
now available. Teens travel to
Mexico and mix concrete by hand to build elementary schools or improve
orphanages. Travel with teens
from a local Buddhist Temple to do service together and to engage in
intra-faith dialogue.] NEWS
BRIEFS... The Roses of St. Elizabeth invites all ladies to a women’s
Lenten day of retreat on Saturday, February 28th from 8:30
A.M.-1:30 P.M. A $20.00 donation
includes light breakfast and lunch. The
facilitator will be Arlene Goetz and the topic will be “Interior Castle of
St. Teresa of Avila.” If
you have any questions, please call Diane Pachucki @ 251-9779. “I do will it. Be made clean.” (Mark 1:40-45)
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