Saint Martin of Tours Roman Catholic Church and School Community Our Mission Statement Saint Martin of Tours is a Roman Catholic Community bound together by the gift of faith in Jesus Christ, as we join Him in offering thanks and praise to God the Father through the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. Molded by the Word of God and nourished by the Bread of Life and the Cup of Salvation, we are sent to seek out the lost, bind the broken, feed the hungry, and to share the Good News of God s mercy and love for all. We welcome all people of goodwill to join us in building here on Earth the coming Reign of God and so to offer to people of all ages continued formation in our Christian Faith. Mass Schedule Sunday Vigil: Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday: 7:00 am, 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 6:00 pm People Ministering to People Weekdays: Mon. - Sat. 8:00 am Holy Days: 8:10 am, 12:10 pm, 7:00 pm Third Sunday of Easter, April 15, 2018 Parish Office 408-294-8953 Rev. Sergio Ovando, Pastor Rev. Abraham Antony, Parochial Vicar Rev. Bob Shinney, S.J., Assisting Priest Lori Krouse, Bookkeeper Jennifer Tavares, Office Administrator Samuel Aguilar, Buildings and Grounds Liturgy...408-289-9614 Judy Swazey, Director Pastoral Care.408-289-9617 Therese Lehane, Director Catechetical Ministry 408-289-9608 Daniel Valcazar, Director of Faith Formation Megan Lott, Catechetical Coordinator RCIA We warmly welcome all those inquiring about becoming Catholic. For information, contact the Catechetical Office Baptism A sacrament of initiation and belonging. Please contact the Catechetical Office St. Vincent de Paul 408-439-0342 Sacrament of the Sick If you or anyone you love is sick and unable to attend Mass please call 408-289-9617 Reconciliation Saturdays 3:30 pm or by appointment St. Martin of Tours School 287-3630 Deborah Rodriguez, Principal Denise Freitas, Business Manager Marie McEnery, Administrative Assistant 200 O Connor Drive, San Jose, California 95128 www.stmartin.org
Fourth Sunday of Easter April 15 2018 Pastor s Note Village House Our faith is not just the number of things that we believe in or the number of prayers we say, or the number of sacraments we receive. Our faith is more, or should be more than that. Our faith should be a faith that is alive and that gives life to others. Our faith should be action. That is why the work of mercy is so important because what we believe is reflected in the things we do. The message of Jesus is clear. His gospel is to serve especially those who cannot repent and is perfectly expressed by the prophet: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. (Isaiah 61:1). The Village House work is precisely this. It gives to some people in need a message of hope, and in doing so we make God present in our midst. Some people may ask how the little that we can do will change the situation of the society in which we live? What we do is so little to make an impact. And you might be right it is little but can make an impact on those few we serve and on the ones who serve. It can be little but still make a change. Since the beginning, the Christian communities were dedicatd to serve and spoor the act of Charities. Paul in some of his letters asked the communities and encouraged them to Remember the poor: They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do. (Galatians 2:10) What I am asking you to do is to help the Village House to host those in need. To give them more than bread and a place to sleep, but to show love and kindness and the face of God. "There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for love, as there is April 14 April 21 Saturday 5:00 St. Martin of Tours Parishioners Sunday 7:00 Jessica Catral Monday 8:30 Louis Mello 10:00 Ronald Sieben 11:30 Dorthy Erickson White 8:00 Marion Borgett Tuesday 8:00 Karl Mauritz & Rock Dessa Wednesday 8:00 Right to Life Thursday 8:00 Sophia Evans & Justin Semana Friday 8:00 Soul of Bernard Cababing Saturday 8:00 6:00 Mary Mummau Francisca Daniel & Daniel Selva a hunger for God. (Mother Teresa). All of us who have received more, have the responsibility to give more to give our time, our love, and to use the gift given to us to serve with kindness. I encourage all of St. Martin community -- children, adults, elderly everyone should be involved. While other ministries can be set aside because you may believe you don t have the gift to be a lector or a Eucharistic minister, this one cannot. We are called to serve those in need. -Fr. Sergio St. Vincent De Paul Society is a lay ministry that reaches out to those in need both spiritually and financially. The society has been part of the parish since its inception. This is a ministry that is flexible and can fit in with your busy schedule. We meet on the 3 rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM in the Bailey house. For more information 408-439-
Sunday Offerings and Online Giving Sunday offerings: 4/8/2018 Fiscal Year to Date Budget $19,115 $573,670 Actual $18,341 $571,713 ($774) ($1,957) Diocesan Priest Retirement Fund $3,345 Please mark checks for Capital Campaign In the memo section of your check. Thank you for your continued support! Welcome TO ALL WHO WORSHIP WITH US 4/19 4/20 4/23 Calendar of Events 65th Annual Ladies Guild Fashion Show 11am in the Gym Parents in Prayer(PIP s) 9-12 in the Nursery Questions? Call, Text 408-464-4622 Scripture Study- Bailey House- 6-7:30pm Acts 23-24 Whether you are a parishioner of long standing or new to the parish, if you are not registered, we invite you to do so. If there are changes to your status, please let us know. Contact the Parish Office 408-294-8953 x11 or stmartinoftours@icloud.com April Food Box Events Please join us for our April Food Box activities: Monday, April 16 at 6:45pm in Bailey House Friday, April 20 at 6pm in the Gym All ages are welcome to volunteer. Our Food Box model will be slightly changing in the future, to a "Wellness Pantry." This will enable us to provide more fresh produce and dairy items, and an overall healthier menu of items. For example, we will switch from white rice to brown rice, regular pasta to whole-grain pasta, and whole-grain cereals only. Second Harvest will provide us with a larger amount of fresh produce, so we will be moving away from canned vegetables and fruits. We will be sharing more information in the coming weeks on items that would fit in well with our healthier pantry. Meanwhile, we appreciate your donations of canned tuna and beans, peanut butter, and whole-grain food. Thank you for your generosity! Please "like" St. Martin of Tours Facebook page! You can find it at www.facebook.com/stmartinoftourssj When you follow our page, you'll get information about the parish activities! Village House Our 15 medically fragile women guests will arrive at St Martin of Tours on May 2, and we need your help. Not sure what you can do? There is something for everyone! And we will train you! You can't miss out on this great opportunity to participate in this important ministry. Volunteers can sign up for training and shifts at http://signup.com/go/yxlfdc. For new volunteers, please note that the training on Monday, April 16 at 6:30pm in the Community Building will include the opportunity to get fingerprinted. Fingerprinting is not required if you have been fingerprinted for the Diocese (e.g., through Village House, or the School), or if you will be providing meals or doing laundry for our guests. Trainings are also scheduled on Wed, April 18 and Mon, April 23 at 6:30pm in the Community Building. Please consider helping out!
Faith Formation Corner For this week s Faith Formation Corner, we will explore another Confirmation Candidate s question. They ask, How did God come to life? This question may relate to God as the fullness of the Trinity at the beginning of creation or to God as Jesus rising from the dead, so let s take a look at both. Starting with God and the mystery of creation, we can look to paragraphs 295-300 in the Catechism to learn how God created out of nothing and was the first cause of everything. We believe that God always existed, so we can t really consider God coming to life, but we can look to God s act of creation as God bringing life into the rest of creation. For Jesus rising from the dead, we can look to paragraphs 647-649 to help us understand that nobody can say how it came about, but Jesus resurrection is an object of faith in that it is a transcendent intervention of God and Jesus effects his own Resurrection by virtue of his divine power. These mysteries are worth praying over throughout one s life, but let us all spend some extra time in this Easter Season contemplating the Paschal Mystery. If you have a question you d like us to address or a Faith Formation related update you d like to share, please contact either Daniel or Megan they do their best to get to it. We look forward to this new way to engage with you! Registration Now Open!: The Diocesan Youth Retreat (DYR) is the annual summer retreat hosted by the Diocese of San Jose s Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries. For five days, in beautiful South Lake Tahoe, teens (graduated 8th graders to graduated 12th graders) experience and encounter the love of God through Catholic catechesis, sacramental formation, social justice awareness, prayer experiences and many opportunities to create lasting friendships. The goal of DYR is to gather and empower teen participants to live fully the gospel of Jesus Christ, develop their Catholic identity, instill a zeal for the New Evangelization and celebrate their call to greatness as teens to use their God given gifts to spread the life and light of Christ to all they encounter. Please Register here: http://bit.ly/dyr2018reg and contact Megan (mlott@stmartin.org) with any questions. Save the Date Interfaith Prayer for Hope, Healing and Peace Thursday, April 26, 2018 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish 2020 East San Antonio Street, San Jose You are invited to an evening of prayer and reflection on our own personal losses as well as recent losses in our communities, nation and world. Our prayer calls us to embrace hope. All are welcome. For more information, please contact Sr. Maryann Cantlon at 408-983-0131. April 23rd at 11:30am - Community Bldg. Bring a sandwich lunch; dessert will be provided. Easter Flowers We welcome your donations of flowers and funds to help us celebrate the Easter season. If you wish to donate flowers or funds in memory of a family member or friend, please fill out the form below and include it with your flowers or check. A list of all memorials will be included in our parish bulletins. Name In Memory of: Amount (to St. Martin s Church, memo Flowers ) $
Sunday Children s Ministries For information on Children s Ministry contact Daniel Valcazar (408) 289-9608 Nursery, Sunday Preschool, Children s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) Youth Ministry The EDGE is our middle school (6-8th) grade youth ministry and meets 5:00-6:30pm in the Community Building on most Tuesdays. Life Teen is our high school youth ministry. We will be meeting most Sundays in the Bailey House from 7:00-9:00 pm. We Will Welcome Your Help The Welcome Ministry at St. Martin of Tours invites you to join us in welcoming new parishioners to our parish. There is always room for more helping hands in this ministry of greeting new people in our parish and helping them to feel welcome. This ministry doesn t take much of your time just a welcome smile and a warm heart. No regular meetings to attend and at least half of the work can be done from your home. Please consider becoming a part of this worth while ministry. Call Therese at 408-289-9617 and we will get in touch with you. You can leave a message if no one is available to take your call. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) As we celebrate the 3 rd Sunday of Easter we invite you to consider joining the newest members of our Catholic family on Thursday nights for Mystagogy (Postbaptismal Catechesis)! + Matt Brann + Albert Guzman + Lily Rogers We all have the responsibility to help them grow in their understanding of what it means to be Catholic. We will review the Role of the Laity, their Spiritual Gifts, and Discernment among other topics. Thank you for your ongoing support and prayers!! If you have other questions or would like to join us, we gather from 7-9 PM each Thursday, so bring your questions and an open heart. All are Welcome, ALWAYS! For more information, please contact Daniel at (408) 289-9608 or dvalcazar@stmartin.org Scripture Readings for NEXT Week Sunday April 22, 2018 Fourth Sunday of Easter First Reading: Acts 4:8-12 Second Reading: John 3:1-2 Gospel Reading: John 1011-18 What does the author of the First Reading mean by the stone rejected by the builders, which has become the cornerstone? CRS RICE BOWL - EASTER SEASON Our celebration of the resurrection brings us new joy and hope! Throughout Lent, we prayed, fasted and gave alms-and now we celebrate! Let us rejoice in our risen Lord, and in the lives we've changed this Lent, not only throughout the world but also within our own community! If you haven t already turned in your Rice Bowls or envelopes, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you for all your efforts during Lent that will continue to change the lives of so many people, both at home and abroad. MARRIED COPLES: Marriage Encounter is a positive, simple common sense, private experience between you and your spouse, that revitalizes marriage by helping you to see again those loving qualities in each other that you may be taking for granted. The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is May 18-20, 2018 in San Jose. For more information visit : sanjosewwme.org or call 408-782-
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A TIME FOR YOU A RETREAT DAY FOR CAREGIVERS April 21, 9:30 a.m. 3 p.m. Location: Santa Teresa Parish For anyone who is a caregiver, near or afar. A retreat day focused on compassion, self-care and balance while walking with someone who suffers. Receive practical and spiritual support, while enjoying a sacred time to renew, rejuvenate and replenish your mind, body and spirit. For more information and to register, call 650-428-3730. RSVP by April 17.