Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine Mission Statement

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1 January 5, Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA Conducted by the Fathers of the Institute of the Incarnate Word Website: RECTORY Rev. Gustavo Nieto, IVE, Pastor (408) Rev. Samuel Leonard, IVE, Associate Pastor Rev. Juan Nuñez, IVE, Associate Pastor Rev. Joseph LoJacono, IVE, Associate Pastor CONVENT Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara (408) Mother Maria Regina Pacis, SSVM, Superior OFFICE HOURS Rectory: Mon. 9am-4:30pm (closed 12-1); Tue. - Fri. 9am-7pm (closed 12-1pm); (408) Sat. 9am-1pm; Closed Sunday Catechism: Tues. & Thu. 9-11:30am & 5:30-8pm; Wed. 9-11:30am & 3-6pm; (408) Sat. 9am-1pm Adult Religious Ed: Tue. - Fri. 2 to 7pm; Sat. 9am-1pm (408) Library: Sun.-Tue. 9am-5pm, Wed. 1pm-3pm, Fri 9am-5pm (Ext. 1214) (Located in the Family Learning Center Room 1214) Music Ministry: Contact Bernadette Arnold (Ext. 2217) MASSES Sunday Vigil: Sat. 5pm & 7:30pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am,10:30am, 12noon, & 5pm, 6:30pm (Spanish) & 8pm Holy Days: Please see our website or call the Rectory Office Weekdays: 8am, 12noon, 5:15pm; also 7:30pm Wed. & 8am Sat. First Friday: 8am, 12noon, 5:15pm, 7:30pm CONFESSIONS Saturdays: 3:30pm - 5pm Other times: During all Sat & Sun Masses Mon. during the 12noon & 5:15pm Masses Tue - Fri. during the 8am, 12noon; 5:15pm Masses GIFT SHOP (408) St. Vincent de Paul (800) BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES & FUNERALS: Please contact the Rectory Office for arrangements (For Marriages please contact the office before setting the date.) Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine Mission Statement Our Lady of Peace is a church and shrine dedicated to the greater glory of God and the salvation of souls. It is a place of prayer & pilgrimage with: Perpetual adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary Frequent celebration of the Sacraments, particularly the Eucharist and Reconciliation Integrated formation of the person (spiritual, moral, intellectual and emotional)

2 Page 2 Our Lady of Peace January 5, st Reading: Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm: 72:1-2, 7-8, nd Reading: Ephesians 3:2-3A 5-6 Gospel: Ma hew 2:1-12 Dear Parishioners, FROM OUR PASTOR During these lovely days of Christmas we continue our beautiful reflection of the Fathers of the Church on the joyous mysteries we celebrate. We began a new year of grace with the Solemnity of the Mother of God and World Day of Peace (Jan. 1) and then we have the next two Sundays to continue reflecting on the infancy of Our Lord. Since love underlies all the mysteries of Jesus it is very fruitful to contemplate them with faith, with reverence, but above all with love. In this way we may better profit from the Church s liturgical celebrations prepared for our spiritual edification and advancement on our way to eternal life. Today we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany a word from the Greek ἐπιφάνεια (epiphaneia) which derives from the verb to appear and means manifestation, appearance. In classical Greek it was used for the appearance of dawn, of an enemy in war, but especially for the manifestation of a deity to a worshipper (a theophany). Christians fixed the date of the feast on January 6 quite early in their history. The earliest reference to the Epiphany as a Christian feast was in A.D Here are some excerpts from an Epiphany homily given by Pope St. Leo the Great (Sermo 37): 1)- The humility of Christ: When the brightness of a new star had led three wise men to worship Jesus, they did not see him ruling over demons, not raising the dead, not restoring sight to the blind or mobility to the lame or speech to the dumb, nor in any action of divine power. They saw him, rather, as a Child silent, at rest, placed in the care of his Mother in a situation where there appeared no indication of power. From this lowliness, however, a great miracle was presented. Consequently, the mere sight of that Sacred Infancy to which God the Son of God had adapted himself was bringing to their eyes a preaching that would be imparted to their ears. What the sound of his voice was not yet presenting, the activity of sight was teaching them. For the entire victory of the Savior, the one that overcame the devil and the world, began in humility and ended in humility. 2)- The cross in the life of Christ present from the first moments of His earthly life: His appointed time began under persecution and ended under persecution. Neither the endurance of suffering was lacking to the child, nor the gentleness of a child to the one who would suffer He did not refuse anything that his persecutors brought down on him. In obedience to the Father, he bore the cruelties of violent men with the meekest docility. How humble we ought to be, then, how patient, we who, when we meet with any distress, never undergo anything we do not deserve! Who will boast that they have a pure heart or that they are clean from sin? (Prov. 20: 9). St. John says, If we say we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. (1 Jn. 1: 8) 3)- The above two characteristics of the Jesus Nativity His humility and His cross must also be present in our lives if we want to be authentic disciples of the Lord. Who will be found so free from guilt that they have not in themselves anything for justice to condemn or mercy to forgive? Consequently, dearly beloved, the whole learning of Christian wisdom consists not in abundance of words, not in cleverness at disputing, not in desire for praise and glory, but in a true and willing humility. This is what the Lord Jesus Christ chose and taught from within the womb of his Mother right up to his torment on the cross: by enduring everything with fortitude. When the disciple, as the Evangelist says, arguing among themselves as to which one of them would be greater in the kingdom of heaven, [Jesus] called a little child and stood him in their midst and said: 'Amen, I say to you, unless you change yourselves and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever, therefore, humble themselves like this child will be the greater in the kingdom of heaven. Brothers and Sisters, may we allow the mystery of Christmas to teach us to prepare our heart to always live according to these greatest principles of our faith. May God bless you and grant you all the graces during this beautiful time. Fr. Gustavo Nieto, IVE Announcements We joyfully welcome all visitors to the Shrine! This week s 2nd Collection: Facilities Maintenance Fund Knights of Columbus monthly Pancake Breakfast today in the Family Learning Center after all morning Masses. Faustina: Messenger of Divine Mercy the moving, live production performed by actress Maria Vargo and directed by Leonardo Defilippis of Saint Luke Productions, will be presented in the Family Learning Center on Monday, January 13 at 7:00 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by St. Francis Cabrini Parish. Details on page 4. Our Lady of Peace s Annual Rally for Life will be on Friday, January 24. For more information see page 5. Walk for Life will be on Saturday, January 25. For more information about times and transportation see page 8. Panhandlers Please be aware that panhandling is NOT allowed on parish grounds. Anyone seeking help should be referred to our St. Vincent de Paul Society which meets on Wednesdays at 1:30 PM or call at Part-time Communications Specialist position still available. Please submit your resumé to Karen Ruiz at kruiz@dsj.org 2014 Calendars available in the Rectory and the Gift Shop. One per household. From St. Vincent de Paul: We wish to thank all of you who were so kind and generous this Christmas season to provide blankets and toys to the less fortunate. May God continue to bless you and your families.

3 Epiphany of the Lord Page 3 For a new New Year s Resolution why not consider spending more time with the Lord? What is Eucharis c Adora on? The Eucharist is the actual body, blood, soul, and divinity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. By adoring the Eucharist we are reminded in a very tangible way of God s love for humanity and his promise to mankind, Behold, I am with you always, un l the end of the age. (Mt 28:20). There are 168 HOURS in a week. It takes about 336 people to keep adora on going 24/7, and another 75 adorers as subs tutes. That is a total of 411 PEOPLE. While perpetual adora on is forever, one s life changes over me. The Lord understands this, and so do we. Don t be afraid to commit to adora on, even if you might have to change your commitment in the future. For ques ons, please contact: Gloria Relloma (408) & Mother Ana de Jesus (408) January is: Human Trafficking Awareness Month Human trafficking, modern-day slavery, is defined as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for commercial sex, labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, for the purpose of subjecting that person to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage or slavery. In the United States any minor under 18 years of age involved in prostitution is considered trafficked. (Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000) What does Catholic Social Teaching say? Slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children and disgraceful working conditions, where people are treated as mere instruments of gain poison human society and debase the perpetrators. Gaudium et Spes, #27 Prayer: Creator God, make us instruments of your liberation and peace, we pray Lord, save your people. Action: The National Human Trafficking Hotline is Program this number into your phone. If you think or suspect that someone is a victim of human trafficking contact the National Hotline: or text INFO or HELP to BeFree (233733).

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6 Page 6 Our Lady of Peace January 5, 2014 SAT. 8:00 AM Urbana Jacinto, Health & Marilyn Jacinto, Special Intentions 5:00 PM Tony & Nora Navarro, Wedding Anniversary 7:30 PM Lauriano Family, Special Intentions SUN. 7:30 AM For the People :00 AM Tom V. Vielgo 10:30 AM Jenn-Alexis Barrera, Birthday & Jeanet Bermudez, Thanksgiving 12 NOON Alberto Peria & Justin Semana, Death Anniv. 5:00 PM Paul Piamonte 6:30 PM Spanish Coro 8:00 PM Edilberto Villegas, Death Anniversary MON. 8:00 AM Susana Rojas, Health & Cris Rojas, Thanks :15 PM Melissa & Olivier Lemaignen, Special Intention 5:15 PM Vicente Naldoza & Aurora Febrin, Death Anniv. TUE. 8:00 AM Reynaldo I. Yasana, Birthday NOON In Thanksgiving 5:15 PM Rich Rojas, Wedding Anniv. & Martha Rojas, Thanks. WED. 8:00 AM Alfredo Agloro & José Santillian NOON Souls in Purgatory 5:15 PM Thelma C. Cruz, Death Anniversary 7:30 PM Dominador Manabat & Maria Manza THUR. 8:00 AM Souls in Purgatory & Jesus Doctolero NOON Carmen Mastroieni & Theresa Mastroieni 5:15 PM Dominic Vinson, Birthday FRI. 8:00 AM Elani Mynett, Birthday & In Honor of Santo Niño NOON Edilberto L. Madayag, Death Anniversary 5:30 PM Pablo & Guillermo Barreras, Death Anniv. SAT. 8:00 AM Alfredo Agloro & José Santillian :00 PM Honorata & Nemesio Delin 7:30 PM In Thanksgiving & Honor to Our Lady of Peace *** Mass intention book is now open for the months of February, & March. Thank you for your generosity! Weekend totals were not available for posting at the time of publication. Lay Carmelite Mee ng: Sunday, January 12 at 1 PM "We fail to prac ce mastery over our a achments when we use them - in excess of our needs - for purposes other than that for which they were intende - as ends rather than as means to a legi mate end. The most fundamental basis of our spiritual life is the recogni on that we are creatures and that God is our Creator. To prefer a creature to the Creator has made us prefer a lesser good. When we cling to a creature we become like that creature. No ma er how good that creature may be, it is nevertheless finite. If we are a ached to what is finite we will be unable to enter into the transforming union of the infinite Divine Beauty. For what has the creature to do with the Creator? What has sensual to do with spiritual? Visible with invisible? Temporal with eternal? Food that is heavenly, spiritual and pure with food that is of sense alone and is purely sensual? Christlike poverty of spirit with a achment to aught soever? (Ascent, Chapter 4, #1)" For more informa on on how Mary and Joseph had to prac ce detachment as John of the Cross learned and how we should. Please come to the Carmelite mee ng at 1:00 pm in Room 1216 on January 12th. Frank Cirimele will be giving a talk on this. For further informa on, please call Frank Cirimele at 408/ or Donna Rae Smith at 408/ A SPECIAL THANK YOU: TO OUR BELOVED PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS WHO SO GENEROUSLY AND GRACIOUSLY GAVE US GREETINGS & GIFTS TO CELEBRATE OUR BLESSED LORD S HOLY BIRTH. WE ARE INDEED GRATEFUL, AND PROMISE YOU OUR CONTINUED PRAYERS. YOUR PRIESTS Fr. Gustavo Fr. Samuel Fr. Juan Fr. Joseph

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9 Epiphany of the Lord Page Giving Thanks... for the many sacrifices of prayer and donations received in December in support of our proposal to erect a statue of Blessed John Paul II in April (for his canonization). By placing our intentions into the hands of our Blessed Mother Mary (thanks to your 5,741 pledges to pray the rosary), we have been blessed with the $20,000 required to place a deposit into the broker's hands. The order has been placed and import procedures have begun. The beautifully sculpted bronze statue will be erected at the base of the hill at the shrine so that Blessed John Paul II will be permanently looking up at our Holy Mother in Heaven, the Virgin Mary. Thank you. We ask your continued support in thanking God for this great blessing. If you have not yet had an opportunity to pray and/or donate towards this project, we will gladly accept your sacrifice in order to cover the final costs (broker fees, landscaping, mounting, etc.).

10 Page 10 Our Lady of Peace Epiphany of the Lord January 2014 Feast Days 6 St. André Bessette 7 St. Raymond of Penyafort 17 St. Anthony 20 St. Fabian St. Sebastian 21 St. Agnes 23 St. Vincent, St. Marianne Cope 24 St. Francis de Sales 25 Conversion of St. Paul Events 13 Faustina: Messenger of Divine Mercy (details on page 4) 19 Altar Society Bake Sale 19 Cenacle Mass at 3pm 24 Rally for Life (details on page 5) 25 Walk for Life (details on page 8) SCHEDULE OF CHURCH DEVOTIONS Full 15-Decade Rosary Santo Niño Novena Rosario en Español Holy Hour St. Anthony Novena with Mass Rosary in Vietnamese Men of the Sacred Heart Mother of Perpetual Help Novena and Mass St Joseph the Worker s Holy Hour Intercessory Prayer Group Weds-Mon 6-7 PM Mondays 7:00PM Mondays 8:00 PM Tuesdays 11AM Tuesdays 6 PM Tuesdays 8 PM Tuesdays 12AM-1AM Wednesdays 7 PM Thursdays 7PM Fridays 11PM On-Going Parish Ac vi es Thursday 10:45 A.M. Pray the Rosary for the protec on of the unborn and born babies at star ng at 10:45 A.M. at the Mountain View Planned Parenthood at the intersec on of California and San Antonio. Saturday 9:30 A.M. Rosary Making Classes are held in the Old Hall, 9:30 to 11 a.m. for adults & children (materials provided). All are welcome! Saturday Morning Roster for Altar Workers (Jan. 11): Carmen Moyoli, Mila dela Concha, Clair Baided, Eden Esguerra, Indah Perma Every 2nd Saturday Rosary at the Shrine a er 8am Mass for the bea fica on of Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC Last Saturday of the 9:15 AM All pro-lifers are welcome to pray the rosary in front of the Planned Parenthood abortuary at 1691 The Alameda (Taylor & Naglee), San Jose. Other pro-life ac vists have been picke ng and providing help to future mothers at this site for several decades every Saturday & will welcome your support. Call Clark Beck at Every 3rd Sunday Altar Society Bake Sale a er all morning masses. Cenacle Mass and Holy Hour to pray for Priests, Seminarians & Voca ons at 3PM Viva Pit Senyor! The 22nd annual Santo Nino (Holy Infant Jesus) Fiesta of Our Lady of Peace Church will be held on Jan 26, 2014 at 2:00pm. There will be a rosary procession around the Shrine followed by Holy Mass, blessing of children, blessing of all Santo Nino statues and a potluck dinner. Invite your children and family to come and honor the Christ Child. Please bring your Infant Jesus statues to be blessed and a dish to share. All are welcome! See you there. The Santo Nino Group of Our Lady of Peace welcomes all prayer requests to be presented in the weekly Novena. Please prayer intentions to: santonino.olop@yahoo.com

11 Bulletin #: Our Lady of Peace Santa Clara, CA (408) or Contact: Grace Laxamana x2104 Back-up Contact: Karen Ruiz