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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.
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ST. CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL: 408-723-7223; www.stchris.us
Principal: Mrs. Sally Douthit 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. Lieu Vu 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 Associate: 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 Wednesday & Thursday Call for Saturday Hours
November 27, 2016 First Sunday of Advent
FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH
12 noon MASS and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
This week is First Friday of the Month Devotion. In addition to our Sacred Heart devotion, we have a Eucharistic devotion. After the 8 a.m. Mass, the Eu-
charist will be exposed for Adoration until 11:45 a.m. Followed by benediction then Mass at 12:00 noon to conclude the Eucharistic devotion. We invite you come and participate in this monthly devotion.
Please join the St Christopher ROSARY GROUP after 8 AM Mass Weekdays (Mon through Sat)
By the grace of Our Blessed Mother, Mary, we are blessed to have one active visible Rosary Group in our parish. Please join us after the daily 8 AM Mass, where the Rosary Group remains after the final hymn, and joins in the prayer to Our Lady. This Ro-sary Group has a long history at St Christopher.
Everyone is welcome to join us after the 8 AM weekday Mass.
Be Well and Be Blessed
First Sunday of Advent - November 27, 2016
Are you looking for a satisfying but flexible volun-teer opportunity? Peninsula Food Runners is a vol-unteer organization dedicated to alleviate hunger and reduce food waste. We are building our volunteer base in Santa Clara County and invite you to join us. Peninsula Food Runners volunteers pick up excess perishable and prepared food from participating Do-nors (restaurants, caterers, bakeries, corporate cafe-terias, etc.), and then deliver the food directly to our Recipients (shelters, day centers for the elderly, Boys and Girls Clubs, etc.). Shifts normally take less than 90 minutes and can work around your schedule. Come join our team of volunteers! Go to peninsulafoodrunners.org and register under Volunteer Sign-Up. Questions: email Molly Rhine at [email protected] or call (408) 396-8705.
MESSAGE OF HOPE. On Tuesday evening, De-cember 13, at 7:00pm in Transfiguration Church, be ready to smile and be deeply touched by the presen-tation of Msgr. Craig Harrison, the adoptive father of 8 children and 19 grandchildren! He was recently honored with the ICF Mother Teresa Award. His humor and love will shine through in his talk “Our Advent Spiritual Journey—Slow Down, Simplify and Sanctify.” His talk is being sponsored by Trans-figuration’s ICF Branch 445. Open to the public. Free admission. Refreshments to follow. For further information, call Dick Pfaff 265-7902.
ADVENT RECONCILIATION SERVICE
Please bring your families to our St. Christopher Advent Reconciliation service on Tuesday, December 13TH at 7pm in the Church. It is a wonderful opportunity to join our sisters and brothers in Christ in asking for forgiveness and healing in preparation for Christmas.
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.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26
4:30 Yvonne Pine, Charles & Ilena Ward, Frank & Louise Maro, Adela Capistrano, Corrado Sansone, Frank Gwynn
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27
6:30 Yvonne Pine, Helen Boshell
8:00 Yvonne Pine, Michael Giammona, Alvaro Alvarez, Pat Miner, Mary Cetani, Ray Humecke & Narog Family
9:30 Yvonne Pine, Paul Russo, Jeanice Owens, Angela “Gigi” Gemma-Taft, Stephen D’Arrigo Pat Miner
11:00 Yvonne Pine, Maietta Family, Ernie Wilson Josephine & Joseph Palma, Daisy & Frank DiNapoli
12:30 Yvonne Pine, Olga Richardson, Ruby Foote Carmen Lopez, Mary Cetani
6:00 Yvonne Pine, Ruby Foote, Pat Miner
IN REMEMBRANCE Let us pray for all who have died,
that they may rejoice with the Risen Lord, especially:
Ruby Foote, Mary Fiamingo, Pat Minor, Sophie Birk,
And Helen DiTullio Communion to the Sick
If you or someone close to you is unable to attend church due to age or infirmity, please call Loretta in the Pastoral Care office at 408-264-5114 or email , [email protected]. We have ministers to the sick and homebound who are available to come once a week to pray and bring Communion to those indi-viduals who are unable to come to Church anymore.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS (408) 264-8764
Religious Education Office Hours: Office hours- Mon.–Thurs.
8:30-a.m.-Noon and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
RC IA 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 process can assist you in this endeavor please contact Deacon Bruce Zorio at [email protected] or call the parish office at Ext. 137
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 account information. You can access the Online Giving Site by using the link on our Parish Website, www.SaintChris.com. If you have any questions please call Gayle Blackford X124
Thank you for your continued support of our Parish. ALL SOULS REMEMBRANCE
Honor your loved ones who have died by placing their name in repose upon the main altar of our church throughout the month of November. Begin-ning with the feast of All Souls on November 2nd, your deceased will be remembered in a special way at all Eucharist celebrations here at St. Chris-topher’s. Special envelopes which will enable your participation, may be found at the entrances to the Church or in your monthly envelope packet.
The Outreach program of our parish will be giving out names of children for the Christ-mas Adopt A Family program after all the Sunday liturgies on November 20th.
The Outreach Pantry is collecting food, grocery store scrip, monitory donations, turkeys and hams for our Thanksgiving baskets. Many of our fami-lies depend on this food for their Thanksgiving din-ner. All donations can be brought to Msgr. Allen Center. Baskets will be given out on Saturday, No-vember 19th, so please bring in donations before Tuesday, November 15th. For more information, please email Nancy Melander at [email protected]
Religious Education Programs: Tuesday Rel. Ed. classes resume on Nov. 29th. Sunday Rel. Ed. classes resume on Dec. 4th. Liturgy of the Word: This program resumes on Dec. 4th.
New Outreach Hours: New pantry hours
Wednesdays & Thursdays from 4:00-5:30pm.
Outreach office will be open 8:30am to 4:00pm Wednesdays & Thursdays.
Any questions please contact Nancy Melander at 408-269-2226 ext. 132
Social Justice
Confirmation: The next two Confirmation sessions will be on Thursday, December 8th and Thursday, January 12th at 7-8:30 pm in Walsh Hall. Contact Chris Miller at [email protected] or 408-395-7949 for additional information. Youth Group: All high school aged students and their friends are welcome to attend Sunday even-ing youth group sessions in Walsh Hall from 7:00- 8:30pm. As always, dinner is provided, and topics relevant to teenagers will be pre-sented/discussed. The full youth ministry schedule can be found on the parish website. Sessions in November, December, and Janu-ary include: November 20, December 4, De-cember 11, January 8 and January 22nd. Young Adults: Christmas Food basket Assembly: Come join us on Monday, December 12th at 7pm in the St. Joseph Room in the Parish Center. It’s the season for giving, but some have nothing! Come help package food/pantry items for those less fortunate.
Calling all Young Catholic Professionals: Please join us for our Executive Speaker Series event where you can network with other Young Catholic Professionals and learn how seasoned executives have incorporated their faith into their professional and career life. RSVP on Facebook- YCP Silicon Valley Event Details: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 Our Lady Of The Rosary Church 3233 Cowper St, Palo Alto, California 94306
As we close the Year of Mercy and begin our prepa-ration for the birth of Jesus, we are reminded in the Gospel to live our lives in a state of anticipation that the Lord might call us home at any time. On a per-sonal level, in the Letter to the Romans, Paul tells us to resist the desires of the flesh. In the first reading from Isaiah we are admonished on a personal and national level to work toward peaceful co-existence - "nor shall they train for war again." In the 21st Cen-tury , whether in the streets of our cities or the battle-fields of the Middle East, such calling does not seem to be the reality in which we live. Though our elec-tion is over (this piece had to be submitted before the election), the struggle for control/power persists. As Christians we must maintain our vigilance and in-volvement at the local/national level to be assured of the presence of the Gospel in the decisions which are made impacting us all. Jesus depends on us to "beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks." (Whether in our communities or the halls of Congress.) From Vatican II's "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World" (26): "Every day hu-man interdependence grows more tightly drawn and spreads by degrees over the whole world. As a result the common good, that is, the sum of those condi-tions of social life which allow social groups and their individual members relatively thorough and ready access to their own fulfillment, today takes on an increasingly universal complexion and conse-quently involve rights and duties with respect to the whole human race. Every social group must take ac-count of the needs and legitimate aspirations of other groups, and even of the general welfare of the entire human family." Might we reflect on what was once written by G.K. Chesterton: "Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried." Any comments or input please send to: Doug Harper [email protected]
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.
Interested in connecting with moms in the St. Chris communi-ty? The St. Christopher’s Moms Group (SCMG) provides parents of children from birth through age
five with support, friendship, and communi-ty. The SCMG offers a variety of activities and playdates for all types of moms and interests. For more information, or to become a member, email Erica Bannan at [email protected].
Join us for Open House K-8 Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Come tour the campus and meet
the Principal and Staff (No appointment necessary)
Ladies’ Guild & Holy Name
St. Christopher Parish Children’s Christmas
Eve Mass ThestudentsofSt.ChristopherReligiousEducationProgram,studentsofSt.ChristopherSchool,andchildreninourParish,Grades1-8,areinvitedtoparticipateintheChildren’sChristmasEveMassthatwillbecelebratedonDecember24that4:00pminthePresentationHighSchoolGym.Ifyourchild(ren)isinterestedinparticipat-inginthisliturgyitis“MANDATORY” thathe/she/theyattendbothpractices.Pleasenotethatwearepracticingintwodifferentlocations.
*Prac ce in St. Christopher Church Monday, 12/19 @ 3:30-4:30 (choir only /music dis-tributed) 4:30-6:00 (readers/non-readers/roles as-signed) *Prac ce in Presenta on Gym Friday, 12/23 @ 3:30-4:30 (choir only) 4:30-6:00 (readers/non-readers) Please indicate if your child(ren) would like to par cipate in the choir or have a reading or non-reading role by December 5th Religious Ed students please email Sr. Felicia [email protected] Parishioners/St. Chris Students please email Debbie Carey [email protected]
A Classic Rock Christmas Benefit Concert,
to end homelessness Join us for Downtown Streets Team benefit concert on December 1st at 8 p.m. At the San Jose Civic Au-ditorium. Bands featuring members of Boston, Sam-my Hagar, The Tubes, and the Greg Kim Band. All proceeds benefit those trying hard to find housing and employment through Downtown Streets Team programs. For tickets go to http://Streetsteam.org/concert.
Christmas Under the Stars!
The annual Ladies’ Guild Christmas Under the Stars will be held on Wednesday, December 7th from 6-9pm in Healy Hall. All women of the Parish are invited for an evening of Friendship, Faith and Festivities to cel-ebrate the Season with a fabulous dinner cooked and served by the Holy Name Society. Advance purchase available until December 5th for $25.00, no tickets will be sold at the door. You can purchase through the Ladies Guild Website http://www.stchrisladiesguild.org/christmas-under-the-stars-social.html or you can mail a check made out to St. Christopher’s Ladies’ Guild (include Name/phone/email) to Rochelle Malian - 1403 Richards Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 For more information, please reach out to Michelle Martin 408-409-0414 or [email protected]
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Pray for the ill in our Parish
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 Christo-
pher Madewell, Richard Stayskal, Larry Chartier, Andrew Morgan, Derek Carroll, Allen Ellerbee, Obadihah Petteway, Eric Gentrup, Michael Arnone, David Wells, Ryan Trapani,
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Please Pray for us!!!
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 Chairper-sons. Also, please consider becoming a Christopher and helping provide this important and comforting service to members within the community. Thank you in advance for your support.
Caroline Begg Jennifer Webb (408) 267-7820 (408) 476-9006 [email protected] [email protected]
Interested in connecting with moms in the St. Chris community? The St. Christopher’s Moms Group (SCMG) provides parents of children from birth through age five with support, friendship, and com-munity. The SCMG offers a variety of activities and playdates for all types of moms and interests. For more information, or to become a member, email Erica Bannan at [email protected].
The SCMG is excited to host fun holiday parties this season! First up is our Halloween party on October 21. For details on the party or to join the SCMG, email us at [email protected].
The Layette Program The Layette Program, runs through the Diocese of San Jose, is starting their annual collection drive now. The Diocese carefully identifies and supplies NEW layettes for mothers who do not have the resources to pro-
vide basic clothing needs for their newborns. We are currently collecting the following items: • NEW Clothing Size 0-6 Months • Sleep Sacks and Onesies • Newborn Diapers • Monetary donations are greatly welcome and can
be dropped off at the Parish Office. Checks should be made payable to: Diocese of San Jose Layette Fund (Donations are Tax Deductible)
What is a Layette? The collection of clothing, linens and toiletries essential for the babies first few months.
COLLECTION BAGS ARE LOCATED IN THE MSGR. ALLEN CENTER (parish office), AND MARY’S CHAPEL IN THE CHURCH
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