Sunday

Continental Breakfast after 9:00 am Mass Catholic Charities Special Collection

Monday Grief Support Group: Meeting is June 3, 7:00 pm in the Parish Office. All are welcome.

Tuesday The next Ladies Guild Meeting will meet June 11, at 1:00 pm in the Community Center.

Wednes-day

RCIA Rectory Conference 7:00—8:30 pm.

Thurs-day

Adoration after 9:30am Mass until 11:45 am

Friday

Saturday Reconciliation 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm

Sunday Continental Breakfast after 9:00 am Mass

May 19, 2019 - May 26, 2019

Sunday

7:30am 9:00am 11:00am 5:00pm

For Our Parishioners Sophia Paul & Paul Dominic (40th) Patrick Dougherty † Mario De Sousa †

Monday 6:30 am 9:30 am

No Intention No Intention

Tuesday 6:30 am 9:30 am

Communion Service Communion Service

Wednesday 6:30 am

9:30 am The Hawkes Family No Intention

Thursday

6:30 am 9:30 am

No Intention Bill Dobleman †

Friday 6:30 am 9:30 am

No Intention Joyce Snow

Saturday 8:00 am 5:00 pm

Zach McCarthy (Graduation) Thanksgiving Mass for Liturgical Ministries Audrey Peal †

Sunday

7:30 am 9:00 am 11:00am 5:00pm

No Intention For Our Parishioners Patrick Dougherty † Ann Brammer †

Weekly Stewardship Report

Please note the budgetary shortfall. To help keep the par-ish within its budget please prayerfully consider making a one time tax deductible gift. Contact the parish office for details. Thank you for your continued support.!

May 19, 2019 - May 26, 2019

One time gifts this fiscal year Gifts for unrestricted use: $ 53,336 Gifts for specific projects: $ 25,002 Total: $ 78,338

Thank you for your generosity.

SOCIAL JUSTICE CORNER .Prophets and Prophecy

Several readings this month are from Revelations, and include prophesies related by John. During Lent, the readings were taken from the prophets Ezekiel, Daniel, Isaiah, Joseph and Jeremiah. Prophets in the Old and New Testaments were called by God to communicate His message to the world. The prophecies concerned events that were soon to happen, such as the plagues of Egypt prophesied by Joseph.

There have been contemporary prophets such as Oscar Romero, Martin Luther King, Sr. Helen Prejean and oth-ers. These admirable souls were willing to risk, some-times their lives, to persist, to not despair and to take a stand for charity and justice. Their prophecy included active involvement in life issues. All of the above proph-ets have stated that we as a community of God are the ones who must stand for charity and justice. We are the carriers of that old tradition of sharing God’s message in an active way. To be a prophet demands not only a vi-sion, but also the commitment and courage to step out of our complacency and indifference into the world which needs our help.

What direction will I take my commitment to charity and justice? How can I start close to home – my family, my parish community?

Brought to you by the Social Justice Committee

All are invited to a pancake and waf-fle breakfast fundraiser Today Sun-day, May 19th, after the morning masses inside of the Community Cen-ter. All of the proceeds will go to-wards youth registration fees for a 5-day Diocesan Youth Retreat in Lake Tahoe on June 10th-14th. Tickets will be sold after masses on May 4th, 5th, 18th, and 19th. Adults are $7, kids 10

and under are $5. Thank you in advance for your support!

Collections for 5/12//19 $ 10,540 Year to dear to date collections 7/1/18 - 5/12/19 $ 518,423 Budgeted 7/1/18 – 5/12/19 $ 525,501

($ 7,078) Variance

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Today's Gospel again comes from the Gospel of John. Like last week, today we hear words spoken by Jesus before his death and Resurrection. In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives his disciples a new commandment: love one another.

The love that Jesus has asked His disciples to show one another is a not a sentimental love, but a difficult and challenging type of love. It is the type of love that is modeled by Jesus’ death for us. It is the type of love that is modeled by the martyrs and the saints. It is the type of love that is modeled by the holy women and men around us today who live a life of Christian love. It is love that is steeped in sacrifice and service for others.

It is hard to imagine: Jesus has just been betrayed by Judas and the message that He teaches His disciples is one of love. It would have been easy for Jesus to feel hatred or anger. He knows of his impending death, but accepts that death as a sacrifice for all, even the one who betrayed Him. Instead of choosing to teach or to model anger and frustration, Jesus chose to teach and to model love. He teaches this lesson not only by telling his disciples to love one another and to love all others, but also by modeling this type of love through His death.

The message that I take away from today’s Gospel is simple. What is love? Love is not simply a feeling; it is an act. To live a life of love is to live a life of service for others. The models of this type of love are plentiful in my life. I think of my parents who have always put my sister and me first. Even to this day, they always have time for us and are ready to offer advice or whatever else might be needed. They have always been will-ing to sacrifice whatever is necessary whenever it is needed, and by doing this they have shown my sister and me what love is. I also think of my fellow staff members at Queen of Apostles School. A few years ago, my sister fell ill and I went home to be with my family and stay at my sister’s side during her recovery. During this time, my fellow staff members shouldered additional work to support me as I cared for my sister, showing me one of the greatest acts of love in my adult life. Each member of the school community stepped in to en-sure that my students were taken care of and that I could truly be where I was needed. Never did anyone ask how long I would be away, or ask what I would do for them upon my return. All they ever asked was how my family was and how I was. In doing so, the Queen of Apostles community showed itself as my home and my family.

Visit campus on any school day and you will observe the definition of love. The school community is filled with people who are willing to sacrifice for the safety, education, and well-being of every member of the com-munity. Parents, grandparents, teachers, staff members, and students themselves all make sacrifices big and small to create a community that is steeped in Christian love. As we wind down the school year, it is im-portant that we take this love that we have cultivated in our community and share it with others by doing acts of service and treating others as Jesus Himself would treat them.

Blessings, Elizabeth Trela Vice Principal

May 19, 2019

Family Faith Formation 408-255-9950

Office is staffed on Tuesday and Thursday 8:00 am -3:00 pm and on weekends by appointment.

Please call before stopping by.

Dear Parishioners, We thank our Archbishop Mitty High School helpers who come over to Queen of Apostles School regularly throughout the school year to help students with Span-

ish, reading, math, science, art, and homework. Their volunteer ser-vice greatly enhances the lessons they share with our students.

On the Calendar: GRADES K-5

Only three weeks left to sign up for Vacation Bible Camp! You don’t want to miss out on this awesome opportunity ROAR! Space is limited so sign up today!

HIGH SCHOOL Youth Ministry and Confirmation Prayer Request Please keep the 7 Queen of Apostles Confirmation 2 Candidates in prayer as they prepare to receive the sacra-ment of Confirmation: Allison M., Sophia A., Natalie B., Lindsey H., Matthew M., Joseph H., and Lukas K. Summer Conference Steubenville Norcal July 26-28, 2019 https://lifeteen.com/events/steubenville-norcal/ Contact youth@qofa.org Like us on Facebook: Queen of Apostles Youth *Follow us on Instagram: QofAYM Contact us: youth@qofa.org | 408-213-6509 | www.qofa.org

Sandwiches for the Homeless

Thank you for your donations to the sandwich-making ministry here at Queen of Apostles. We meet twice a month to prepare sandwiches, fruit and snack for the homeless who come to Casa De Clara, a Catholic Worker House in San Jose. We gladly ac-cept donations of peanut butter, jam, granola bars and cash do-nations. Please bring the food to Fr. Jim’s garage. Cash dona-tions may be left at the Rectory. Thank you for your gen-erosity.

Social Justice Ministry

Faith Formation for Adults RCIA sessions take place in the parish office on Wednesday nights from 7:00-8:30pm. For more info contact Kristie Manning at 408.255.9950

Queen of Apostles Hosts HANDICABLES

On April 27, our parish welcomed 29 HANDICAPABLE adults to their bimonthly gathering. They enjoyed a day of friendship, mass, lunch and a presentation on Self-Care given by one of their members. Special thanks to our Queen of Apostles Youth and Young adults and parents who set-up, welcomed and assisted as ministers at mass, and enjoyed lunch conversation with our guests. Volunteers included: Claire DeZan, Victor Diaz, Sophia Anton Flores, McKenna Har-ris, Amy Huttlinger (Mass canter), as Krause, Hannah Manning, Ruth Manning, Chance Mendoza, Matthew Mills, Ella Perez and parents: Carolina DeZan, Shannon Milne and , Jim and Aubrey Solchenberger. Be sure to see the group photo on our Social Justice bulletin board in the vestibule.

We want to live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ through our relationships with our Lord, our families, our friends, and our community. Our goal is to create deliberate disciples through activities that are spiritual, social and service oriented. All mid-dle school students are welcome!! HappySummertoourMSMfamilies!We’reworkingonasummersocial…staytuned!

ROAR—Totally Catholic VBC is coming to Queen of Apostles June 17th -22nd. Camp is open to incoming pre K (3 years old and potty trained) through incoming 5th graders. Students in grades 6-12 are invited to be a part of

the VBC crew. Flyers are in the vestibule and you can register on the website www.qofa.org, and click on the link for VBC.

We lovingly pray for those in our Parish and families who can-not join us at Mass especially Marilyn English, Loraine Rau-chle, Joel Rivera, Barbara Mertzlufft, Antonia Luna, Janet Decker, Barbara Carrillo. Please let us also pray for all our servicemen and women who serve in the Armed Forces through-out the world and remember them in our hearts today and eve-ryday. We remember those dearly departed in our Queen of Apostles family and in our own families:

Peacemakers Seamless Garment

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago was one of the first to give voice to the “consistent life ethic” or the “seamless garment,” as it became known. That is, an ideology that opposes abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia, assisted suicide and unjust war. Cardinal Ber-nardin and others demanded a consistent application of moral princples that value the sacredness of life.

In today’s world, there are those who have put into practice the protec-tion of life. Here, in our own community, in San Jose, a young woman of faith, Valerie Hill is helping women choose life instead of abortion. Through her organization Real Options women are provided medical care to continue with their pregnancy. Valerie said, “We pride our-selves on being the body of Christ, working together to care for wom-en who are facing life-altering decisions.”

Valerie Hill is our peacemaker of the week. We hope that women who are facing such a critical decision choose life. If you would like more information visit https://www.realoptions.net/ .

Social Justice Committee

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults It is a religious formation program for adults and for children 7 years or older, who are interested in joining the Catholic Church. Participants explore their faith while learning about the Catholic tradition. To learn more call 408-255-9950 or email kmanning@dsj.org

The Diocese of San Jose has partnered with EthicsPoint to provide a confidential method to hear suggestions, concerns or reports of finan-cial misconduct. EthicsPoint accepts reports of financial misconduct through its website or its Hotline: 1-888-325-7863. Please direct any questions that you may have about EthicsPoint or reporting concerns to Teresa Conville, Diocesan Compliance and Parish Financial Ser-vices Director at 408-983-0241 or tconville@dsj.org Shirley Ruzzo is available for one on one grief

counseling sessions by appointment. Call her at 408-241-1209. All sessions will be held at the Par-ish Office conference room.

The Parish Council welcomes you to be part of our 60th Anniversary Parish Directory! Photography dates are June 26 – 29, 2019 and July 24 – 27, 2019. Sign-ups for appointment times will begin next week on-line through the Parish website and after all mass-

es. Appointment times will take about an hour. Please sign up. Our directory won’t be complete without you!

FORMED: The Catholic Faith—On Demand.

If you haven’t registered yet for FORMED, you’re missing out on some of the best Catholic content available on the web. Go to www.formed.org and register using our parish code: RKQKKG to access movies, podcasts, children’s pro-graming, e-books and more! FORMED Pick of the week is The World’s First Love-Bishop Fulton Sheen

Newly Baptized Welcome to the newly baptized of

Queen of Apostles Parish: Myles Luca dela Fuente, Alexan-dra Loretta Cortez Chursin, An-don Joseph Reichenbach, Vivian Lee Van Roo, Nevaeh Irene Haw-kins, Amelia Claire Adlawan Jen-kins

Congratulations to the First Communicants

Oscar Maldonado-Puente Julia Correa Chloe Pasket Victoria Gorajek Landon Reyes Joseph Torres-Barajas Sarah Kim Chiara Vitale Samuel Anaya Mitchel Carvelho Hansol Kang Raffael Casis Zachary Wright John Vicondoa Hana Mercado Haley Day Anthony Pescatore Sophie Nguyen Etienne Nguyen

Veterans Tributes & Memorial Day Masses

We are honored to serve those who served with honor. Monday, May 27, 2019

Veteran’s Tribute at 10:30 am Memorial Day Mass at 11 am

Gate of Heaven Cemetery: 22555 Cristo Rey Dr. Los Altos Presider: Bishop Oscar Cantύ Calvary Cemetery: 2650 Madden Ave San Jose Presider: Rev. Michael Hen-drickson Held outdoors. Chairs

and shade tents provided. Please allow time to park. For more information, call 650-549-6056

Never Give Up PASTORAL STAFF: Rev. Thuc Si Ho, Pastor Rev. Reynaldo Sarmiento, Parochial Vicar, Dir. Of Liturgy Deacon Brian McKenna, Coordinator of Social Justice Kristie Manning, Faith Formation/RCIA Director Gregory Elsner, Accountant Carmen Macías, Administrative Assistant Marie McCarthy, Administrative Assistant Klarissa Chichioco, Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Anthony Talaich, Maintenance Supervisor Teri Silvestri, Music Coordinator Carmen Macías, Wedding Coordinator Dirk Maasen, Technology Coordinator Family Faith Formation: 408-255-9950 Parish Office 408-253-7560 Open 9-4 Monday - Friday Closed for lunch: 12-1 4911 Moorpark Ave. San Jose, Ca.. 95129 Fax: 408-253-9530 Web Site: www.qofa.org Marty Chargin, School Principal School Address: 4950 Mitty Way 408-252-3659 San Jose, CA 95129

MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday (Vigil Mass): 5:00 p.m. Sundays: 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. Weekdays: 6:30 and 9:30 a.m. Saturdays: 8:00 a.m. Holy Days: (Vigil Mass) 5:00 p.m., 6:30, 9:30 a.m., 7:00 p.m. Marian Devotions: After the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Saturday SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Seminar required. Please contact Rectory for information. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays - 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Contact Rectory at least SIX MONTHS prior to any proposed wedding date. INQUIRY SESSION ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: Contact number: 408-255-9950 or kmanning@dsj.org

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