LITTLE CHURCH 21800 Bertram Rd. New Almaden, CA 95042 A Community of Christ Our Lord and Brother BIG CHURCH 20101 McKean Rd. San Jose, CA 95120 Saint Anthony Catholic Church PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday 9 am to Noon Tues. - Thurs. 9 am to 12 pm & 1 pm to 4 pm Friday Closed Or call to make an appointment Phone [408] 997-4800 Fax [408] 997-4801 Email Website churchstanthony@aol.com www.churchstanthony.com Mailing Address 20101 McKean Road, San Jose, CA 95120 CATECHETICAL MINISTRY Phone [408] 997-4808 Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom STAFF Pastor Pastoral Associate/ Catechetical Ministry Parish Secretary Parish Bookkeeper Rev. Lawrence M Hendel (408) 997-4814 Joann Maier Tracey Nicol Susan Dunn PASTORAL COUNCIL Ramiro Bejinez, Holly Case, Michelle Contini, Cely-An Escay, Jim Georgiou, Barbara Hawthorne, Katrina Healy, George Houston, Joann Maier, Son Nguyen, Patti Rottjakob, & Barbara Wadors FINANCE COMMITTEE Tom Cronan, Kevin Healy, Ron LaValley, Maria McMurray, Jim Parks and Matt Tanzi Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults Anthony Gonzales, Director, Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults Diocese of San Jose, 1150 North First Street, Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95112 Ph: (408) 983-0113, Fax: (408) 983-0147 e-mail: agonzales@dsj.org or www.dsj.org as part of the Universal Church encourages all people to live the Gospel Message, creating a loving parish environment that promotes spiritual growth, renewing and strengthening our commitment of faith and extending our hearts and hands to reach out to those in spiritual or temporal need. SACRAMENT CELEBRATIONS MASS SCHEDULE Sunday Observances: Saturday - 4:00 PM Little Church Sunday - 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM & 5:30 PM Big Church Tues. - Friday, Mass - 8:15 AM Big Church RECONCILIATION Anytime by Appointment Communal Celebrations during Advent & Lent CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Annually at the Easter Vigil. Adults or children aged seven or older interested in discerning the Catholic faith or completing the Sacraments of Initiation, please call the Catechetical Ministry Office or e-mail: createdre@aol.com BAPTISM OF INFANTS Ordinarily Third Sunday of the Month. New or expectant parents should contact the Parish Office to schedule an appointment with the Pastor. Infant Baptism is celebrated following Baptism Preparation Catechesis. CONFIRMATION FOR TEENS Celebrated every other year in the Easter Season. Candidates for this Sacrament should call the Catechetical Office at 997-4808 ANOINTING & CARE OF THE SICK Anytime as needed. Communal Celebration Annually on/near the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Feb. 11. Call a priest to celebrate the Sacrament of Anointing for persons seriously ill, preparing for surgery or frail under the burden of years. Holy Communion is brought to all members of our parish who are ill or homebound through our Pastoral Care Ministers. MARRIAGE Couples should contact the parish upon their Engagement and usually 6 months prior to the desired date of the Wedding Ceremony.
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 7, 2016 I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth. Psalm 138:1 FEBRUARY 6th & 7th, 2016 Saturday 4:00 PM Parishioners Sunday 8:30 AM Nicholas Votaw (RIP) Sunday 10:30 AM Bette Fiorentino (RIP) Sunday 5:30 PM Parishioners WEEK OF FEBRUARY 8th, 2016 Tuesday 8:15 AM Nicholas Votaw (RIP) FEBRUARY 13th & 14th, 2016 Saturday 4:00 PM Elaine LaMer (RIP) Sunday 8:30 AM Sally Nocero (RIP) Sunday 10:30 AM Victoria Envoija (RIP) Sunday 5:30 PM Parishioners WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15th, 2016 Wednesday 8:15 AM Paul Wilms (RIP) NEXT SUNDAY S READINGS First Reading: Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Second Reading: Romans 10:8-13 Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 Sunday Stewardship Trackable Donations for: 1/31/16: 69 Stewardship (includes online giving) - 1/31/16. $5,383.00 Outreach.. $678.00 YTD Stewardship.. $194,388.00 YTD Goal... $189,565.00 YTD Excess $4,823.00 Meetings This Week: Sunday, Feb. 7 th : Monday, Feb. 8 th : Tuesday, Feb. 9 th : Wednesday, Feb. 10 th : Thursday, Feb. 11 th : Friday, Feb. 12 th : Saturday, Feb. 13 th : 6:30 p.m., X-StATiC 6:30 p.m., X-StATiC Core Team (Cottage) 7:00 p.m., Knitting Circle 7:00 p.m., Girl Talk (Saint Joseph Room) 8:15 a.m., Morning Prayer (Sanctuary @ McKean) 9:30 a.m., ARISE (Saint Joseph Room) 4:00 p.m., ARISE 5:15 p.m., Children s Choir Practice 7:00 p.m., Liturgy Board 7:00 p.m., Finance Committee (Saint Joseph Room) 7:00 p.m., 8:30 Choir Practice ASH WEDNESDAY 8:15 a.m., Morning Mass, 4:00 p.m., Liturgy of the Word and Distribution of Ashes 7:30 p.m., Mass 8:15 a.m., Morning Mass, Anointing of the Sick 7:00 p.m., 1 st Reconciliation 6:15 a.m., ARISE 8:15 a.m., Morning Mass 6:30 p.m., Stations of the Cross 7:15 p.m., S.A.S. Meeting 8 a.m., St. Lucy Retreat Upcoming Events: February 19 th 7 p.m., The Human Experience Movie Without our generous advertisers, Saint Anthony Parish would not have a weekly bulletin. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
CATECHETICAL MINISTRY AND UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS Young Men s Retreat The monks of Our Lady of New Clairvaux Abbey invite single Catholic Men, ages 18-35 to immerse themselves in the ancient yet living monastic tradition, the weekend of March 11th to 13th, 2016. A special theme of this year s weekend is our own Thomas Merton, featuring selections from his writings and the view of a documentary on this life. Visit our website at www.newclairvaux.org or contact Br. Christopher at 530-839-2161. Are you planning your February/March calendars yet especially during Lent?? The following are the events that will be happening at Saint Anthony parish during this time: Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10 th 8:15 a.m., Mass; 4 p.m., Liturgy of the Word and Ashes distributed; 7:30 p.m., Mass Friday, Feb. 12 th 6:30 p.m., Stations of the Cross presented by S.A.S. Friday, Feb. 19 th 7 p.m., Movie The Human Experience Friday, Feb. 26 th 6:30 p.m., Stations and Soup presented by C.R.E.A.T.E. Friday, Mar. 4 th 7 p.m., Exposition, Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Friday, Mar. 11 th 6:30 p.m. Saint Patrick s Dinner Friday, Mar. 18 th 7 p.m., Taize Prayer Please join the Saint Anthony community as we pray together, share a meal together, and have the opportunity to meet others during this solemn time of the church year. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! Holy, holy, holy! Ancient languages, like the Hebrew used in the scriptures, did not always have a way to express superlatives in one word. Isaiah could not say God was holiest, so he used the threefold repetition of the same word. This bit of scriptural minutiae about these three little words that we sing at every Mass serves as a reminder that answering God s call has to be grounded in awareness of God s holiness. In Isaiah and in the Gospel passage today, we hear accounts of the revelation of God s power and might: the seraphim in the temple and the miraculous catch of fish. These are not wondrous revelations for their own sakes. They lead to a response in mission, Isaiah s Here I am, send me! and the disciples leaving everything to follow Jesus. And so must our own Holy, Holy, Holy! lead us to Christ in the Eucharist every Sunday, and to a life following him day by day. X-StATiC Join us TODAY for the 5:30 p.m. Mass Then.join us a er for Movie Night when we will view St. Vincent Registra on Forms for X-StATiC are in the ves bule at McKean or on the back table at the Bertram Church. 7 th & 8 th Grade Students.. Our next gathering will be on Tuesday, February 23rd at 7 p.m. Looking for New Work/Career/ Retirement Direction? LifeShift: Work & the Christian Journey Life is about managing change: career, personal, family, spiritual. This retreat is an opportunity to reflect on life and faith while considering a new career, job, work and/or retirement possibilities. Activities include discussions, presentations, individual consultation, journaling, film, music, using the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and one on one consultation. Participants will clarify work/life objective and address fears of transition while experiencing imaginative ways to explore their Christian faith. February 19-21, 2016 Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos 300 Manresa Way Los Altos, CA 94022 Register and Information: http://www.jrclosaltos.org Or www.centerforlifetransitions.net or contact: Tom Bachhuber, Ed.D. at 414-394-9347 or tom@centerforlifetransisionts.net
DIOCESAN NEWS, CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING & MORE PARISH EVENTS Compassion Without Compromise Thursday, February 11, 2016 Mass: 7 a.m. Speaker Presentation: 7:30 a.m. Presented by Dr. Charles Self, professor, Minister, and author of Flourishing Churches And Communities Three Flames Restaurant 1547 Meridian Avenue, San Jose Prepare for Easter in a special way this year. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend will help you enjoy life with a new closeness to each other and God. The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is February 26-28, 2016 in Mountain View. For more information, contact Ken & Claranne at: 408-782-1413, or applications@sanjosewwme.org, or visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-7, 8-10; Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3-5, 10-11; Mk 7:1-13 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Saturday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday: Dt 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 Lent begins this week, on Ash Wednesday. All Catholics who attend Mass on Ash Wednesday, are invited to have ashes placed on their forehead, in the shape of a cross. The ashes are derived from the palms that were used on Palm Sunday, in the previous year, and represent our need for God to bestow mercy and compassion on us, as sinners. We are outwardly asking God to pardon and forgive us - we admit we have sinned and we are sorry. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, which ends on Easter Sunday. It is not a Holy Day of Obligation, although most Catholics do attend Mass on this day. It is a day of fasting and abstinence. It is the beginning of a solemn period of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Dying Well --What Does It Mean? By Father Gerald Coleman, P.S.S. Sponsored by The Legacy Giving Committee Thursday, February 18th, 2016 10 a.m. to 12 Noon St. Joseph s of Cupertino 10110 N. DeAnza Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014 The event is FREE. RSVP: Allison Poetsch at 408-325-5288 or www.catholiccharitiesscc.org St. Ignatius of Loyola Spiritual Exercises Workshop Go Deeper to Meet God! Saturday, February 20th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Most Holy Trinity Parish Community Center, 2040 Nassau Dr., San Jose 95122 (Brunch is provided). What are Consolation and Desolation? What causes desolation? What is Discernment of Spirits? How do you make sense of your own interior movements? Fr. Bob Fambrini S.J., pastor of Most Holy Trinity Church will be giving In the Discernment of Spirits Workshop. Also invited is Fr. Albert Olivera S.J. to share his experience of finding God. For more information, please call either Margarita Hua at 408-623-0838 or Kathy Myers at 408-476-1514. Living the Year of Mercy Series Please join us on Thursday, February 18th from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Diocese of San Jose Chancery, to hear Father Sergio Ovando speak on The Father s Mercy. The Diocese of San Jose Chancery is located at 1150 N. First Street, Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95112. For more information see our website at: www.dsj.org/mercy If you would like to add the name of your loved ones to the Prayer List, please contact the Parish Office. We will publish them here in the Bulletin for a month from the date of the request, and pass their names onto the Parish Prayer group. Thank you and God Bless! Mary Ann Fox, Margie McMahon, Josephine Montanaro, Veronica Navarro, Richard Pfeiffer, Tarcy Philippidis, Mary Sheehan, Grant Show, Carole Show-Grundy, Raymond Smith, Renee Stokes The people and families of those on the Prayer Request List would like to give a big Thank You to those who continuously lift them up in prayer. They greatly appreciate all of your thoughts. The power of prayer does great things!
FROM THE PASTOR S DESK: The readings from Ash Wednesday set the tone for Lent each year. The Gospel writer Matthew invites us to reflect deeply on three things: giving alms, fasting and prayer (Matt. 6: 1-6, 16-18). When I was growing up the focus of Lent was on giving up something like candy, sweets, desserts, even smoking or drinking went on sabbatical for adults during the forty days of Lent. But as soon as Lent was over, we went back to eating our favorite desserts, buying the tempting candy bar, and enjoying a smoke or drinking our favorite beverage. I believe Lent offers us a more significant challenge in considering this passage from the Sermon on the Mount, part of the Beatitudes, to examine our lifestyles. First, we are to be generous to the poor, giving from our substance to those who are in need. Fortunately there are many agencies today, many non-profits that support people in need with food, job-training, or assistance in finding shelter. We find out over and over again there are many people almost in our own backyards who depend on others for their basic needs. We can choose to support one of these groups that work with the poor and offer our alms. Second, we can pray regularly during Lent. We can simply be intentional by praying before we share a meal. You can pray privately in your room or come to weekday Mass at 8:15 am or whenever and wherever it is possible for you to attend Mass. There are the Stations of the Cross on Friday evenings during Lent, other Friday night Lenten devotions e.g. Taize prayer and Adoration. We are offering the book Rediscover Jesus by Matthew Kelly, a personal forty episode, five minute a day opportunity for reading, reflection and prayer. When and where is the prayer time in my life? Do I pray in the morning or the evening? Prayer is the grounding point of our faith life. Third, the Gospel passage from Matthew invites us to fast, not just observing the regulation of the church, to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and abstain from meat on Fridays, but to fast from angry words, fast from being impatient, fast from television for an hour a day, fast from computer games or surfing the internet. Then, we can feast on offering compliments, feast on a renewed level of patience, and feast on time well spent with family members. Lent is a time for transformation, allowing our inner being to find peace. And our heavenly Father who sees what is hidden will repay you says Matthew s Gospel. Lent is a great time for spiritual renewal, for taking time out of busy schedules and appreciating God s many blessings. We could literally make Lent a personal retreat for forty days. Happy Lent!! Blessings, Father Larry SAINT ANTHONY PARISH CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING COMMITTEE Quotes for Reflection I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good. Pope Francis Second Collection The collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe helps Catholic organizations provide affordable shelter and training to seminarians, in addition to providing pastoral care and catechesis. Your donation today helps restore the Church and build the future in the aftermath of Soviet rule. Please be generous to the Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. Visit: www.usccb.org.ccee Thank you to the 113 families that have given to the 2016 Annual Diocesan Appeal on behalf of our parish. We have reached 60% of our goal of $76,636 (Parish goal is $80,000). Your generosity is gratefully accepted and respectfully used. If you have not yet made a gift or pledge, please prayerfully consider what you can do to help. Every gift makes a difference. You can make a one-time gift, or you can pledge an amount that is payable over ten months. We want and need your participation, and your support. Arise! Small Faith Sharing Groups Begin this Week! It s not too late to sign-up! Spaces are available in almost every group! Please join us during this holy season of Lent! The participation fee is $20.00. Here are the days, times and sites of the groups for Lent, 2016: Questions? Contact Patti Rottjakob at: psrottjakob@gmail.com Sunday 11:45 AM Tobias Residence: Almaden Mollie Tobias Tuesday 9:30 AM Saint Anthony- McKean Church Cely-An Escay Tuesday 4:00 PM Saint Anthony- McKean Church Patti Rottjakob Tuesday 7:00 PM Griffith Residence: Almaden Dave & Jennifer Griffith Wednesday 7:15 PM Saint Anthony - McKean Church Son Nguyen Thursday 7:00 PM Wells Residence: Almaden Jerry & Bernie Wells Thursday 7:00 PM Votaw Residence: Morgan Hill Jess & Katrina Votaw Friday 6:15 AM Saint Anthony - McKean Church Mollie Tobias