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 The Second Sunday of Lent, February 25, 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
The Second Sunday of Lent February 25, 2018 Pastor s Note Prayer and Prayer Life In this time of Lent, one of the things that we need to do is to consider how our prayer life is. There is a distinction between saying some prayer every day and having a prayer life. The second one is the one we should work towards. Many say a prayer sometimes, but to have a prayer life requires the intention to conquer the habit of prayer and live in some way that our day goes around our prayers. The decision we make should be to always ponder in prayer before the final resolution. Life of prayer means to be immersed in God, and from there see the world in which we live. Each one of us have things in life that we like, we have our hobbies, our profession, the things we are good at, and the things that we are not good at even when we would like to be. Prayer is considered in a similar way, but we, who were saved by the love of God manifested in Jesus, cannot have prayer as a hobby that we take on when we are in need, or just sometimes when we feel we like it. Prayer is what makes a person as strong or not in spiritual things. If you don t know how your spiritual life is, just ask yourself: how is my prayer? How often do I pray? How profound is my prayer? How much do I try to improve every day? The answer to this question will let you know how your spiritual life is. To understand this better I will give you an example of things familiar to many. We all have friends who play golf, and many of us also play. But sometimes when you meet someone who is passionate for this sport, after they find out you play, many will ask you what is your handicap? If you answer that you don t know, or you don t have one, they immediately will know that you are not serious about golf. It is just a hobby, a thing that you like but you don t apply yourself to. And that is fine. But when we treat our prayer in the same way, then that is not good. Prayer and Christian life are inseparable, for they concern the same love and the same renunciation, proceeding from love; the same filial and loving conformity with the Father's plan of love; the same transforming union in the Holy Spirit who February 24 March 3 Saturday 5:00 Soledad Ramos & Vincent Ramos Sunday 7:00 Robert Rylee Monday 8:30 Leslie Plecque 10:00 St. Martin of Tours Parishioners 11:30 Jean-Paul Guilmineau 6:00 Soledad Domingo 8:00 Right to Life Tuesday 8:00 Conception Mateo Wednesday 8:00 Fancisca Mello Thursday 8:00 Patricia Coldon Scardino Friday 8:00 Aida Belano Saturday 8:00 Kerry Amermino conforms us more and more to Christ Jesus; the same love for all men, the love with which Jesus has loved us. "Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he [will] give it to you. This I command you, to love one another."(jn 15 16-17). He "prays without ceasing" who unites prayer to works and good works to prayer. Only in this way can we consider as realizable the principle of praying without ceasing. (Origen, De orat. PG 11,452). Prayer is itself a gift to obtain another gift, which consists of to know, to understand, to love, to glorify God and to be united with God. And in doing so, the logical consequence is that we will be transformed. If we really apply to prayer, our lives should be transformed according to the model we contemplate in our prayers. Silence is important in prayer, because prayer is not only to say, ask or praise God, but also to listen to him. Without silence we cannot listen and without listening, prayer is just a monologue. In this time of Lent, find the time to pause and pray, to ask and listen what the Lord wants to say to you. -Fr. Sergio
Sunday Offerings and Online Giving Please mark checks for Calendar of Events Numbers Not Available at time of Print 2/26 Scripture Study- Bailey House 6pm- 7:30pm -Acts Chapters 13-14 Faithful Departed: Margaret Magagna Dorthy Erickson White Welcome TO ALL WHO WORSHIP WITH US 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 3/1 Adoration 7PM - Chapel 3/12 Food Box Sorting 6:45 Bailey House When: Fridays 10am-Noon Where: In the Nursery (the room next door to the donut room)/ Community Room Who: Any and All parents and children WALK-IN s WELCOME! Questions? Call, Text 408-464-4622 Catholics Returning Home A six-week discussion series about the Catholic Church Welcome... Those who have been away from the Catholic Church or need updating to come, see, learn and be heard. Prepare Your Heart Come with any questions you have about the Catholic Church. Where/When Thursdays from February 15 to March 22, 2018 7-8:30PM St. Thomas of Canterbury Parish 1522 McCoy Ave San Jose, CA 95130 MARRIED COUPLES: Do you tune up your vehicle? You can t expect your marriage to run year after year, mile after mile without a tune up. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is the best proactive pit stop you can give to your marriage. The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is May 18-20, 2018 in San Jose. For more information visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Claranne at 408-782-1413. St. Vincent De Paul Society Donate your car to help those in need. 1-800-322-8284. Please tell the operator you are from St. Martin of Tours. SVdP 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 408-439-0342.
SAVE THE DATE! Fundraiser of the year 65th annual Fashion Show-Luncheon Thursday, April 19, 2018 11am in St. Martin s Gym $60.00 Featuring special showing of History San Jose s Portraits of the Past" Scripture Readings for NEXT Week Sunday March 4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent First Reading: Exodus 20:1-17 Second Reading: Corinthians1:22-25 Gospel Reading: John 2:13-25 In the Gospel, the religious authorities ask Jesus for a signs; later we hear that people came to him because of the signs but Jesus would not trust himself to them. Why isn't faith prompted by signs enough? 6 th Annual St. Patrick s Dinner Celebration Hosted by St. Martin of Tours Boy Scout Troop 390 & Venture Crew 697 Saturday, March 24, 2018 St. Martin of Tours Gym 6:00-9:00pm ~ Doors open at 5:45pm $25 per person ($30 at the door) $15 for children under 12 FREE for children under 5 Tables for 10 can be purchased for $225.00 Traditional Irish Dinner & Program Corned beef, Cabbage, Homemade Irish Soda Bread & Dessert Authentic Irish Band, Irish Dancers, Irish Games, Irish Dancing Lessons & Silent Auction Baskets Plus photo opportunities with a Leprechaun! Tickets on sale after March 10th Masses Tickets can also be purchased in advance from John Tralongo @ john@tralongotax.com or call 408-249-7142 We are now into the second week of Lent have your Lenten practices become habits yet? Are you focusing on Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving or maybe just one in particular? We recently gathered together for our Faith and Family Night to reflect and discuss Lenten practices and we focused primarily on Fasting. We often only associate fasting with food, and this is important to help us deepen our prayer and focus on God. By only having one full meal and two smaller ones, we tend to appreciate what we do eat and we may eat more mindfully. At our Faith and Family Night we explored what it would look like if we fasted from practices like arguing, complaining, and judging? What if we fasted from mindless TV, video games and social media? We asked if it would it be possible to fast from rushing, over-eating, or entitlement? The 40- days of Lent goes by more quickly than we often realize, so we invite you to join us in finding a new way of fasting that will hopefully bring us closer in our relationship with Jesus as we prepare for Easter. If you have a question you d like us to address or a Faith Formation related update you d like to share, please email Daniel (dvalcazar@stmartin.org. I look forward to this new way to engage with you! 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.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adult This is the 2nd Sunday of Lent, a season where Catholics often make new commitments to their faith. This Sunday s readings can provide both challenge and great hope. Can we imagine giving to God that which we most love? What Lenten practices might help us to grow to trust God like Abraham? What might your life look like after God shows you the glory of Jesus Transfiguration? If you d find it helpful to join others as we explore these questions, we gather from 7-9 PM each Thursday, so bring your questions and an open heart. All are Welcome, ALWAYS! Adult Confirmation! This process is for those who are: over 16 years of age; no longer in High School; Baptized and receiving Eucharist. Sessions begin on Sunday morning February 25 th and end on May 6 th. The Confirmation Rite will be celebrated at the Cathedral on Pentecost Sunday, May 20 th. Sessions are from 11:15am- 12:15pm. Register by emailing Daniel at dvalcazar@stmartin.org..lenten Fasting & Penance Days of Abstinence All Fridays in Lent Monday, March 12 Every Saturday No meat for those over age 14. Lenten Reconciliation 7:00pm In Church 3:30pm (except March 31) Contact Daniel at (408) 289-9608 or dvalcazar@stmartin.org Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults This past Tuesday night, our Catechumens (below) celebrated the Rite of Election at the Cathedral. + Matt Brann + Lily Rogers + Albert Guzman They are now known as the Elect because they have been called by name and they have answered that call in desiring the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, 1 st Eucharist). Monsignor Cilia, on behalf of Bishop McGrath, declared that they will be fully initiated through these sacraments at this year s Easter Vigil. Please keep our Elect in your prayers as they enter into this special time of purification and enlightenment, a time of deeper reflection in their final preparation for their reception of the Easter sacraments. We also invite you to join the Elect for the Scrutinies. These Rites involve the Elect closely examining (scrutinizing) their lives and exploring how they can grow closer to Jesus through their prayer and actions. During Lent we are all invited to explore how we can grow closer to Jesus. The 1 st Scrutiny will be on Saturday March 3 rd at the 5:00pm Mass, the 2 nd Scrutiny will be March 11 th at the 11:30am Mass, and the 3 rd Scrutiny will be March 18 th at the 10:00am Mass and we hope you can join us.
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ENCOUNTER CHRIST: LENT 2018 During our journey through Lent, we will have the opportunity to encounter Christ in many ways: CRS Rice Bowl ENCOUNTER CHRIST by participating in CRS Rice Bowl and becoming companions on the journey with our sisters and brothers throughout the world. This week, we encounter Cesia in Nicaragua, where, CRS Rice Bowl helps young people pursue their dreams by building businesses to better their lives. How can you work to improve the lives of others this Lent? How can you support those, worldwide, who are forced to flee their homes to find safety or better opportunities? Visit crsricebowl.org for more info & videos.. May we all encounter Christ this Lent, through CRS Rice Bowl, and through our Lenten prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Evening Prayer, Adoration and Benediction Friday, March 1 st from 7:00 8:00 p.m. ENCOUNTER CHRIST through the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, in the context of Evening Prayer, which includes prayer, song and scripture, and ending with benediction In the Church. Stations of the Cross Friday, March 2 nd from 7:00 7:45 p.m. All are welcome to join us as we ENCOUNTER CHRIST through the Stations of the Cross every Friday during Lent. This Friday, St. Martin s Young Adult Ministry will lead us in a very moving rendition of the Stations of the Cross. DRESS TO IMPRESS No need to go to Red Carpet extremes but it might be fun to get all gussied up like the stars for just one night. Better yet, dress up like one of your favorite movie characters and enter our Best Actor/ Best Actress contest! EXCITING AUCTION GIFTS Peruse the Live Auction tables and visit the Silent Auction room to check out gifts and one-of-a-kind items you can bid on such as all-popular Teacher Packages, a trip to Disneyland, concerts and more! DINNER AND DANCING Enjoy a hearty spread of antipasto hors d oeuvres and a festive buffet-style dinner. Finish up the night on the dance floor music by DJ Alan Waltz. Tickets and Sponsorships available. http://www.stmauction.com