23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 5-6, 2009
SECOND COLLECTION TODAY FOR
ST.
VICTOR’S DEVELOPMENT FUND Today’s second
collection is for our Development Fund, which assists with the
never-ending repairs and projects on the parish grounds.
Thank you for your generosity. Labor Day Prayer: Help
us dear God to remember that our work is a share in Yours and that we
create along with You. Bless
our efforts and assist those who need jobs and cannot find them. Mass on Monday, September 7th, will be
celebrated at 8:00 A.M. All
parish offices will be closed. RCIA
for whom? Maybe for you? We
welcome interested adults to join our faith community. If
you are not Baptized Baptized
in another faith tradition Baptized
Catholic, but in need of Confirmation and Eucharist RCIA
offers a process, which welcomes interested persons to join in full
communion with our Catholic community.
The process will begin on September 15th.
If you are interested in becoming a part of the process or know
of someone who might be, please leave a message for Sister Noreen @
251-7055. God may be
calling you this year to take the steps needed to really be a
participating member of our Catholic Community. Just
maybe – RCIA is for you! FATHER JERRY ORBUS, SVD
Join
the Couples for Christ Ministry of Northern California for an
afternoon with Fr. Jerry Orbus, SVD from Applications
for students wishing to become altar servers are now available at the
parish, school or CM offices. Candidates
must be in 4th grade (age 9) through 12th grades
to participate. Practices
for public school students will be held after school hours in the
Church. St. Victor’s
Students will be trained during the school day.
The deadline for applications is September 25th. REMINDER: The Sunday 5:00 P.M.
Mass will resume on Sunday, September 13th. SCRIPTURE
SEPTEMBER
12-13, 2009 ISAIAH
50:4-9 JAMES
2:14-18 MARK
8:27-35 PLANNED
GIVING NOTES
Is
Your Will Valid? If your will was written in another state or your financial and/or
family circumstance have changed, or it has been three years since
it was last reviewed by a professional, it may be obsolete! 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. St. victor’s
fiesta (October 3rd & 4th) – Needs your
help!
The FIESTA SILENT AUCTION is in need of LARGE
baskets. Please drop them
off at the Rectory Office. THANK
YOU to all those who have been bringing baskets and other items
for the Auction into the office. New or “Gently Used” stuffed animals are needed
for the Games Prize Booth.
They also may be brought to the Rectory Office.
Thanks to the parishioners who have already dropped some
off. NEED A TAX DEDUCTION?
HAVE A USED CAR IN GOOD WORKING ORDER?
Why not donate it to this year’s FIESTA!!!
Please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055.
If we do get a car, we will have a LIVE auction for it prior to
the drawing for the RAFFLE prizes. Would you like to see your NAME or BUSINESS on
display? Why not sponsor a
booth at this year’s FIESTA? For a donation of $120.00 your
name/business will be displayed for all to see, while you are helping
to defray the cost of booth rentals.
For all the details, please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055. Dessert
Booth Goodies Needed. Cakes,
brownies, cookies, pies, etc. for the Dessert Booth may be dropped off
in Classroom #4 during the FIESTA.
(Questions, please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055. Bingo
and Game Booth help needed.
We are looking for volunteers to help with Bingo and other
Games. For more
information call the Parish Office @ 251-7055. We
are in DESPERATE need of a “Few Good Men” to help set up the
booths, etc. during the day before the Fiesta and also to stay
Sunday after the Fiesta to help tear-down the booths, clean-up,
etc – to have the grounds back in order for school for the following
morning. Please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055. Raffle – Don’t forget to turn in your tickets stubs
and monies for the Early Bird Drawings for $50.00 worth of $CRIP gift
certificates of your choice. And
still be eligible to win the $10,000.00 at the Fiesta!
For your convenience, you may drop them off at the Rectory
Office, or place them in the collection basket at Mass. Raffle
tickets will be available after all Masses during the month of
September beginning this weekend. CONGRATULATIONS
to our first Early Bird winner, Mar Tapia! The
morning session of Shared Scripture will begin on Thursday, September
10th, after the 8:00 A.M. Mass in the parish center.
We will discuss the readings for the upcoming Sunday.
Everyone is welcome. Please
call Sister Noreen for more information @ 251-7055. The
evening session of Shared Scripture will begin meeting at 7:30 P.M. on
Thursday, September 17th.
We will meet in the large room of the parish center (the
library). We will be reading
Mass
Intentions for the Week Monday August
31
8:00 A.M. Theresa
Zeitvogel Tuesday September
01
8:00 A.M. Deceased
Members of the Huu Tran Family Wednesday September
02
8:00 A.M. Rebecca L.
Lonzanida Thursday September
03
8:00 A.M. Jennifer Estes Friday
September
04
8:00 A.M. Chinita
Canullas
7:30 P.M.
Lorie Ella Saturday September
05
8:00 A.M. Jack Lohrke
5:00 P.M.
Antonio, Maria, & Philomena Freitas & Mary Poisson
(Father Lim) Sunday September
06
7:00 A.M. For the
Parishioners of St. Victor Parish
(Father Phan)
8:00 A.M.
Sheila Griffith
(Father Lim)
9:15 A.M.
St. Victor’s Alumni & Their Special Intentions
(Father Perata)
10:45 A.M. Mateo Sarau, Jr.
(Father Dwyer) Banns of Marriage Gregory
Aquino & Eileen Dasalla I
Please pray for the sick, seriously ill and hospitalized
members of our parish community, including those preparing for
surgical procedures and tests especially, newborn, Xavier M. Becerra.
We also pray for the speedy recovery of Carlos Solomon,
Monique Stuart and Joe Brum. St.
Victor’s Parish Community would like to extend their sympathy and
prayers to the families and friends of James T. Gilroy, who recently
passed away. Doug
and Karen Fear donated this week’s Sanctuary flowers in
celebration of their 40th Wedding Anniversary, which was
August 30th. Congratulations
and God bless! St.
Victor’s School will be hosting their Annual Outdoor Volleyball
Tourney (Saturday, September 26th) and Football Tourney
(Saturday, October 17th).
We need volunteers to help with the officiating/scoring for
the volleyball, and down marker and scoring/timing for the football.
Your hours may count towards community service requirements.
You can work all day or half the day.
You don’t have to be a graduate of St. Victor’s School to
volunteer. If you play
on a volleyball or football team, you are welcome to ask your
teammates to help out. Lunch
is provided and it is a lot of fun.
For questions or sign-ups, please contact Sheri Dizon by
e-mail @ [email protected]
of phone 234-6597. News from the Knights of
MEETING: The next monthly meeting of the Knights of Columbus
will be held on Thursday, September 10th, at 7:30 P.M. in
room 8 of the School. MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE: The Knights of
Columbus will be having a membership drive after all Masses on
September 12th & 13th.
Please feel free to stop and ask any questions that you may
have. SOCIAL
JUSTICE NOTES... NEEDY
FAMILIES: Our
St. Vincent de Paul Society volunteers are working with a family in
need of queen-sized bed and a sofa and love seat.
If you are able to help, please call the Rectory Office @
251-7055. $CRIP
gift
certificates will be available after Masses next weekend
(except Sunday 7:00 & 8:00 A.M.). SECOND
COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND FOR THE ANNUAL EDUCATION APPEAL The Annual Education Appeal, which will be held next
weekend, September 12th & 13th, in our
Diocese, is most important. It provides financial assistance to many
of our Catholic students who want to receive a Catholic education.
This special collection supports the tuition aid program for
elementary and high school students in our schools.
Although not all parishes have schools, they all have
families with school age children.
Many of our families would like the choice in the school
where they can send their children.
Our schools provide that choice.
Over 16,500 students are educated on our 30 elementary and 6
high schools and many are there because our school families and
parishioners. This year
we had 2,265 students request financial assistance.
We were only able to provide assistance to 623 students. In
light of the grave financial situation of our valley, your
partnership and support of the Annual Education Appeal are greatly
appreciated as we make this a successful campaign for our students.
For questions/inquiries, contact the Department of Education
@ 983-0185. NEWS
BRIEFS... PARISH FESTIVALS/FIESTAS – Holy Family ( St. Catherine of St. Brother Albert Polish The
next meeting of the Catholic Professional & Business Club,
Diocese of San Jose, will be held on Thursday, September 10th,
at the Holiday Inn Mediterranean Center (1740 N. CATECHETICAL MINISTRY REGISTRATION INFORMATION Catechetical
Ministry (CM) registration will be held Thursday & Friday,
September 10th & 11th, from 4:00-8:00
P.M., Saturday, September 12th, from 9:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M.
and Sunday, September 13th, from 8:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. in
the parish center. All
those who will be signing-up their student(s) to receive the
Sacraments of Reconciliation (Confession), First Eucharist
(Communion) or Confirmation must
bring an original or a copy of their child’s BAPTISMAL
certificate. It’s always good practice to bring the original or a
copy, even if you think you may have given it to us already, as no
student will be registered for their Sacraments if we do not have
one on record. No
exceptions will be made. We
will not keep your original, however, we will keep all copies given. Please
remember: If you are
registering someone else’s student(s) for CM Classes (i.e., niece,
nephew, grandchild, friend), you MUST have written
permission from the parent along with a COMPLETED Emergency
Form/Family Agreement Form for each student.
In this particular case, no student will be registered
without permission or completed forms. [For your convenience, you
may print the form from our Website, http://www.parish.stvictor.org/catechism.html
. Please scroll down
to CM handbook and open it. The
“Emergency Form” and “Family Agreement Form” are near the
end of the handbook. Print
as many as needed for the amount of students you have. ] A NOTE TO ALL REGISTERING FAMILIES:
All emergency forms MUST be complete, as this is now considered a
“Diocesan” registration form.
Please do NOT leave any blanks.
Bring all your information (doctor numbers, dentist numbers,
current emergency contact info) with you. PLEASE
NOTE: The new U.n.I. Lord
(teens and young adults) email address is: [email protected].
CATECHETICAL MINISTRY HELP NEEDED - CM
is looking for those who are
interested in sharing their faith, time and talents with our
Junior High and High School
students. This is
a weekly commitment for Junior High, and twice a month for High
School Confirmation students.
We are also looking for teachers for the Wednesday
program for 4th, 5th & 6th
Sacrament, 5th Grade and 1st Grade.
Training will be done by
the CM Office. As
always, there are guidelines that need to be followed.
Please contact Anne Gleason in the CM Office for further
details. Please prayerfully consider this most important ministry.
For more information, please leave a message for Sharron
Hollenbeck or Angela Giampaoli in the Catechetical Ministry Office @ 251-0165.
TEEN
AND YOUNG ADULT CORNER.... The
Teen and Young Adult Choir (Sunday 5:00 P.M. Mass) has begun
its recruitment for 2009-10. This
music ministry requires a one-year commitment.
Practices are held on Thursday evenings from 5:30-7:00 P.M.
in the Church and on Sunday afternoons at 4:00 P.M. (before Mass). If
you are interested in singing or playing a musical instrument for
this choir, please see Rosemarie Tice after the 5:00 P.M. Mass, or
during their practices, which have already begun.
To arrange an interview with Rosemarie Tice, please contact
Sharron Hollenbeck @ 926-1636. U.n.I.
Lord presents their annual kick off for the new year with an Ice
Cream Social (mandatory attendance for Confirmation I and II
students) on Sunday, September 20th, from 3:00-5:00 P.M.
in the The
Diocesan Council of Filipino Catholics invites all Filipino Youth
in the Diocese to gather and celebrate at Our Lady of Peace Church ( For
information regarding other special events and activities
(i.e. Diocese of San Jose Youth Ministry tickets for the Earthquakes
vs. Colorado Rapids on September 18th) as well as volunteer
opportunities for our Youth and Young Adults, visit our website
@ www.stvictor.org and click
on Youth Newsletter. Be Strong, do not fear! (Is 35.4)
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