MASS TIMES

Mon-Fri: 6:30 & 8:00 a.m. Saturdays: 8:00 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. Sundays: 6:30, 8, 9:30 & 11 a.m., 12:30 & 6 p.m. 1st Friday of the Month: Adoration & Noon Mass Confessions: Saturdays 9:30-10:30am & by appt.

1576 Curtner Avenue, San Jose, CA. 95125 www.saintchris.com

ST. CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL: 408-723-7223; www.stchris.us

Principal: Mrs. Corrine Buich Vice Principals: Sr. Kieran O’Connor, P.B.V.M; Mrs. Jutta Brassill and Mrs. Kathy Carter Business Manager: Mrs. Stephanie Houlihan Finance Manager: Divina Orogo Development Director: Teresa Behan

Parish Office Msgr . Allen Center 2278 Booksin Ave., San Jose, CA. 95125

Office Hours: Mon-Thurs, 8:30am—noon, 1:00-4:00pm Fridays 8:30am to Noon

Main Office: 408-269-2226, (fax) 408-269-2784 Pastor: Rev. Chr istopher Bennett Ext. 135

Parochial Vicars: Rev. Anthony Uytingco Ext. 130 And Rev. Chady Segovia Ext. 143

Deacon: Deacon Bruce Zorio, Ext. 137

Parish Secretaries: Adrienne DiVittorio, Sharon Tavolara & Karonne Carlsen

Business & Facility Manager Elaine Blocher, Ext. 136

Safe Environment: Nancy Jolliff Ext. 133

RCIA To become Catholic: 269-2226 Ext. 137

Parish Records: Gayle Blackford Ext. 124

Pastoral Ministry: Loretta Pfaff, 408-264-5114 Ext. 131

Youth/Young Adult Ministry: Chris Miller - 408-395-7949

Catechetical Ministry: 264-8764 Director: Sr. Felicia Gross, O.S.F. Ext. 128 Rel. Ed. Assistant: Diane Forst Ext. 127 Elementary Sacrament Coordinator: Gina Park Ext. 126

Outreach Office: 269-2226 Ext. 132 Nancy Melander Pantry Hours: 4:00-5:30pm Tuesday & Wednesday Call for Saturday Hours

May 8, 2016 Seventh Sunday of Easter

Seventh Sunday of Easter May 8, 2016

Check us out on our new and improved website at

www.saintchris.com You will be able to look up Mass Times, Holiday Sched-

ules, questions about Baptism, Marriages, and Church events, etc. Past bulletins are also available on our web site to look up past information.

Change in Parish Office Hours Please Note: The parish office will close at Noon on Fridays.

Attention Please Note: Sacrament of Confession hours have changed to Saturdays 9:30 to 10:30am or by Appointment.

MOTHERS DAY CARDS Mother’s Day is coming, get your Spiritual Bouquet Mother’s Day Cards in the vestibule and at the

entrance doors to the Church. Please drop the donation envelope in the collection basket or send it to the

Msgr. Allen Center.

CONGRATULATIONS to the following children who received their First Communion on Saturday, May 7, 2016.

May Jesus be in your hearts always!

Ashton Allard, Christopher Amann, Logan Azzolina, Alex Begg, Natalya Bradbury, Nicholas Bressani, Nicolas Buenrostro, Frank Cali, Delaney Carpenter,

Matthew Cha, Sara Charles, Joseph Clark, Andrew Clayton, Liam Corcoran, Ava Corcoran, Coleman Curci, Sophia Do, Elizabeth Estrada, Isabella Fernandez,

Grant Gallegos, Genevieve Gonnella, Gizelle Goodman, Marco Greunke, Hailey Handforth, Mia Hanuska, Lucas Heinrich, Ella Hernandez,

Joshua Hernandez-Vilchez, June Jensen, Lindsay Kelly, Rhys Koukkari, Mason Labao, Avery Lington, Sophia Longoria, Maddox Marinchak,

Augusten Mermod, Karina Milstead, Violet Missey, Grace Missey, Lily Missey, Logan Mull, Dominic Ortiz, Jonathan Ortiz, Caitlin Pearl, Christina Pedreiro,

Dante Pini, Ryan Pupach, Lucinda Richards, Mikyla Saenz, Riley Seymer, Joana Shinners, Antonio Solomon, Natalia Solomon, Merrick Tarver,

Samantha Teves, Tyler Thome, Gabriella Vaccaro and Gunnarr Waterbury

Celebration in honor of Fr. Chady Please come and join us on Sunday, June 5th at the 12:30pm Mass to cele-brate the 10th anniversary of Fr. Chady’s Ordination to the Priesthood as well as to say farewell to him. As of July 1st, he has been assigned to Our La-dy of Guadalupe Parish so he will be leaving us here at St. Christopher’s. There will be a luncheon reception in Healy Hall afterwards. Come and con-gratulate him on his anniversary and wish him well on his new assignment.

A Jubilee Year of Mercy Pilgrimage to Poland & the Czech Republic

Including: Warsaw, Czestochowa, Krakow, Wadowice, Auschwitz, Brno & Prague

13 Days: October 5th to 17th, 2016 Under the Spiritual Direction of:

Most Rev. Patrick J. McGrath & Rev. Christopher Bennett

For more information Email: revbennett@sbcglobal.net or pick up a flyer in the Parish office or the back of the church

Attention Online Giving Donors: If you have donations posted to your credit card and you have been issued a new credit card by your bank for what ever reason, please be sure and log on to your Online Giving Profile and update your ac-count information. You can access the Online Giv-ing Site by using the link on our Parish Website, www.SaintChris.com. If you have any questions

Thank you for your continued support of our Parish.

SATURDAY, MAY 7 4:30 Yvonne Pine, Lorraine Igoe, Roberta Enright,

Joe & Ann Serio, Ligia Montoya, Frank, Joseph & Irean Sunseri

SUNDAY, MAY 8 6:30 Yvonne Pine, Helen Boshell, 8:00 Yvonne Pine, Michael Giammona, Betty Della Maggiora, Elsie Filice, John Kuehner 9:30 Yvonne Pine, Fadi Zikoor, Bernice Tretten, Shirley Burns, Ann Ronjuh, Angela “Gigi” Gemmataft (sp int) 11:00 Yvonne Pine, Dorothy Jasinski, Daisy Dinapoli, Teodora Uytingco, Maria Tham Nguyen 12:30 Yvonne Pine, Lucy & Joe D’Agostino, Antonia Camara, Barbara Duggin, Juan & Antonio Villalta (sp int), Theodora Uytingco, Barbara Urata 6:00 Yvonne Pine, Nancy Hunt, Manuel Ramirez Andrade

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS (408) 264-8764

Religious Education Office Hours: Office hours- Mon.–Thurs.

9-a.m.-Noon and 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Welcome to join our Sharing reflections on the Book of Isaiah. Thursdays 7-9pm in Msgr Allen Center. Facilitators: Sr. Sharon SND and Diane Simon.

RCIA Inquiring About Becoming Catholic

The RCIA, Rite of Christian Intimation for Adults, is beginning its period of Inquiry. During this time Non–Catholic adults are invited look at their own faith journey and how the Catholic Church can help meet their spiritual needs. If you are interested in looking at the Catholic Faith and how the RCIA pro-cess can assist you in this endeavor please contact Deacon Bruce Zorio at brucezorio@gmail.com or call the parish office at Ext. 137

IN REMEMBRANCE Let us pray for all who have died, that they may rejoice with the Risen Lord,

especially:

Roy Heath

TUESDAY REL. ED SESSION: The last class is May 10th. There will be a Closing Prayer Service in Church at 4:15 p.m. Parents are welcome to attend. ATTENTION PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN OUR REL. ED. PROGRAMS: All children currently enrolled in Sunday, Tuesday, and the 7th grade Jr. Hi. Program received re-registration packets a few weeks ago. There are lim-ited spaces for both Sunday and Tuesday classes so please return the completed re-registration forms ASAP to retain a place for your child for our Fall 2016-2017 session. NEW REGISTRATIONS FOR FALL 2016: New registrations for children not currently enrolled in any Religious Education program will begin on Tuesday, May 17th from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. in the Msgr. Allen Center, 2nd floor. We are open Mon-day-Thursday and closed from Noon-1:00 p.m. You must be currently registered at St. Christopher Church or another church in the Diocese of San Jose. A copy of your child’s baptismal certificate is also required unless they were baptized at St. Christo-pher. Payment is due at the time of registration. There are limited spaces in grades 1st-6th for Sunday and Tuesday. For more information, please call the above phone number. LITURGY OF THE WORD FOR CHILDREN: This program is available during the 9:30 a.m. Sun-day Mass for all parish children in grades Kindergar-ten through 4th, no registration is necessary. Liturgy of the Word will end on May 15th and will resume in September.

Scholarship Award ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS!!! The Knights Of Columbus Bishop O’Dowd Council 3474 is now accepting schol-arship applications. Applicants must be high school seniors and be a member of one of the six parishes that the council serves. This (1) $500.00 Award is presented to an outstanding individual selected from the applications received. The criteria for the se-lection is based on financial need, Grade Point Average, and ex-tra curricular activities including those with church and commu-nity. THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 1, 2016. Contact Chris Strathmeyer <strathc@att.net >for more in-formation and applications.

Out of Town? FYI There is a web site, you can access when ever you are out of town and need a church for Mass, Go to www.masstimes.org and look up churches and Mass times, where ever you are. Check it out.

Young Adults Social Justice Young Adults: St. Christopher Young Adults are a group of parishioners ages 18 to 39, single and mar-ried, who are connected by our Catholic faith and who actively participate in the life of the Church. Our mission is to “continue lifelong learning in a Catholic environment through spiritual growth, re-flection, and service as we strengthen our relation with God though each other, our faith, and our com-munity." The group strives to offer the following programmatic components on a rotating basis: faith sharing, social events, and service opportunities. Par-ticipants are also encouraged to get involved with the liturgical ministries at the Parish. Please join us on Sunday, May 15 from 1:30 until 3 pm in Walsh Hall as we build community, break bread (lunch will be included), and deepen our faith and relation-ship with Jesus Christ:. Any questions contact: Chris Miller at cmiller@dsj.org or 408-395-7949

“According to the message of Christ, for which the people of the Old Covenant were to prepare humani-ty, salvation is offered to the whole of the human race, to every creature and to all nations”. The Church and Racism: Towards a More Fraternal Society, Pontifical Commission for Peace and Jus-tice.

War continues in Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, and oth-er nations. Acts of terrorism continue to happen and to cause fear in the world. In light of this, we may find that the scriptures today challenge us to look again at war and all the things that lead us to war and violence.

In the first reading, people cover their ears so as not to hear. They refuse to listen. Instead they throw stones and kill Stephen. Instead of listening to each other, instead of dialogue and understanding, there is killing. Instead of peace and growth, there is division and violence.

The gospel today is part of the concluding prayer of Jesus at the Last Supper. It is a prayer for unity and solidarity…that all may be one. It is an appropriate prayer in the context of remembering the causes of and consequences of war. It is a prayer for healing and renewal. Christ wants a unity that can heal the divisions that lead to war and killing. Christ wants an end to all the things that divide and destroy us

The second reading from Revelations is a vision of men and women coming together…being in solidari-ty…receiving the gift of life-giving water. It is a vi-sion of those who come together in response to Christ’s invitation to solidarity and peace.

The theme of the scriptures is solidarity.

Any questions or comments please send them to: Thomas Walsh tlsculpt@sbcglobal.net

immediately following the 8:00 mass on Saturday May 14.

as we pray a Scriptural Rosary and meditate on the Joyful Mysteries.

Reception with snacks and drinks in the St. Joseph and Marian rooms.

The Legion of Mary invites you to join us for a Rosary Crusade

Ladies’ Guild and Holy Name

Over 50’s The Over 50’s May meeting for Friday, May 13th is the Crowning of the Blessed Virgin and Installation of Officers. This meeting will be held at the Three Flames on Meridian Ave and will include a lunch-eon. Your choice of entrée is steak, chicken or salm-on. The cost is $26.00 per person and please mail your checks made out to the Over 50’s to Lore McCoy at 1311 Vierra Court San Jose 95125. Indi-cate on your check your meal selection. All checks must be in Lore’s hands by May 9.

TO ALL PARISHIONERS Join us as we welcome in our newly elected

Ladies’ Guild Board and Celebrate together our year of giving!

Installation Mass & Dinner Wednesday, May 18th

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mass followed by a catered dinner.

$25 per person To purchase on line, go to Ladies Guild website:

https://www.stchrisladiesguild.org/installation-mass--dinner-social.html

Or Send check payable to Ladies’ Guild, to

Meredith Bray-1966 Creek Drive, SJ 95125 Respond by May 13th

Questions: contact Sandy Douthit (408) 499-1703

Christian Meditation As taught by Father John Main O.S.B.

Thursday May 12th at 7pm

You are warmly invited to participate in the ancient tradition and practice of silent Christian meditation on Thursday, May 12th, in preparation for the Feast of Pentecost. We will be meeting in Church, at 7pm. Meditation brings us to that place of inner silence where “we are simply being with God who is in us in the Holy Spirit whom Jesus has given us” (John Main). Christian meditation is a prayer of faith. “It is more important to experience its power in our lives than to try to understand or explain it” (John Main), so let us deepen our spiritual life by joining together to meditate as we await the beautiful Feast of Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit. The format for our meetings is very simple and will consist of gathering together, followed by a prayer and a reading. We will listen to a recording of John Main for about 10 minutes then a couple of minutes of gentle music, before meditating together for 20 minutes. We will conclude with some more gentle music and candlelight prayers. This invitation is extended with much love to all who have come to previous meditations for Pente-cost, All Saints/All Souls and during the seasons of Advent and Lent and also to anyone who has never meditated before. All are welcome – no experience required.

Summer Music Camp forms can be picked up in the parish office or down load off our Parish website at www.saintchris.com look under

Ministers, Children’s Chior

Rummage Sale Donations: We will soon be col-lecting items for our the Festival Rummage Sale. Our community “garage sale” brings unbelievable deals on furniture, sports equipment, toys, tools, baby items, etc. back to our local community at the same time contributing to the success of the Festi-val. Collection Hours for Rummage Sale: Sundays 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m: May 22nd, May 29th and June 5th. Wednesdays 2:30 to 5:30pm: May 25th, June 1st and June 8th. All day June 9th and 10th Please use discretion. We will not collect dirty, stained, broken, torn, or items that can not be sold. DO NOT BRING: Clothing, Adult shoes (used), Commercial or metal office furniture, Computer or typewriter equipment, Games/puzzles (pieces miss-ing), Glassware/china (cracked or broken), Live Plants, Paint (of any kind), Printers, Ratty Carpets, Text, reference and technical books or Pianos. Any questions, please contact Pat Davis at: davisp73@gmail.com.

Did you know that we have an Online Giving pro-gram here at St. Christopher Parish? Our Online Giving program allows you to donate using your VISA, Mastercard, or bank account. Donations can be made for the Sunday Offering as well as most Second Collections and the Parish Renewal Fund. Why use the Online Program? Because gifts are done electronically you will no longer need to worry about remembering to bring your envelopes to church. It also allows you to use VISA or Master-card so you will be able to earn your miles or other awards on your credit cards. You can access our secure site by using the link on our parish website at www.SaintChris.com. Thank you in advance for you support of our parish.

MARRIED COUPLES: Pope John Paul II said “I place much of my hope for the future in marriage encounter”. Aren’t you anxious to know why? The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is May 20-22, 2016 in Mountain View. For more information visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Claranne at applications@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413.

INFORMATION FOR REPORTING COMPLAINTS OR ALLEGATIONS OF

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT: DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE

THE OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS

1150 North First Street, Suite 100 San Jose, CA 95112

Complaints or allegations of Sexual misconduct may be reported via:

PHONE: 408-983-0113

Gregoria Poole Teri Caparelli

Jeanne Randazzo Alec Giurlani Dee Mullen Pat Lascola

Lee Reik Paul Russo Reggie Jose Rick Lovoy

Nina Ratulowski Connie Himmelsbach

Shannon Flynn Vera Gutierrez Dorothy Mariles

Dave Paul, Anthony Cardoza,

Lily Rabanal, Virginia Dalziel, Carol Whelan, Valerie Shupp,

Michael Scullion, Lenore Luedeman, Marcus Espinoza,

Cornell Wade, Marty Rattay, Roy LeFevre,

Martha & Charles Gregersen,

Dave Oliverio, Margret Gaffaney,

Al & Jean Trznadel, and Lena Iaconis

Pray for the ill in our Parish

The Christopher Ministry provides meals to parish-ioners during times of temporary crisis or hardship. If you or a fellow parishioner needs the help of the Christophers’, please contact the Ministry Chair-persons. Also, please consider becoming a Christo-pher and helping provide this important and com-forting service to members within the community. Thank you in advance for your support.

Caroline Begg Karen Warford (408) 267-7820 (408) 266-7441 fcgardhouse@yahoo.com karenvijil@yahoo.com

We continue to pray for all the men and women serving our country

in this time of war:

Alex Ngo, Tim McCullough, Joey Bellomo, Nick Badagliacco, Matthew Ward, Angelo

Totanes, Ciro LoBono, Tyler Hammerness, Branden Alwine, Greg Cook, Connor McDonald, Christian

Dietz, Connor Quinn, Adam Christopher Madewell, Richard Stayskal, Larry Chartier, Andrew Morgan, Derek Carroll, Allen Ellerbee, Obadihah Petteway, Eric Gentrup, Michael Arnone, David Wells, Ryan Trapani, Rafi Miranda, Spencer Fishman, Ryan A.

Johnson, David Ryan, Benjamin Owens-Filice, Christopher Healy, and Christine Doudell

Please Pray for us!!!

Sisters of the Holy Names Annual Strawberry Luncheon

The Sisters of the Holy Names invite you to join them at their annual Strawberry Luncheon on Wednesday, May 25 at 11:30 am. The luncheon is held in Campbell, at the Orchard City Banquet Hall part of the Campbell Commu-nity Center. Tickets are $20 and by advance reservation. May 1868 saw the arrival of the first Sisters of the Holy Names to California. May is the month to celebrate this anniversary and is a time to reflect on the years of minis-try: remembering the students taught and lives touched; and give thanks for so much generosity. The Sisters have been a part of the fabric of the south bay since the 1950s: teaching at St. Mary’s in Los Gatos, St. Christopher and Saint Patrick School in San Jose, and running the Casa Maria Montessori, to name a few. Gather your friends and come join the Sisters in celebra-tion. We will have Drawings for Gift Baskets. Tickets are available by calling 408-395-2868 or email-ing contactsnjm@yahoo.com by Wednesday, May 18.