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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Second Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy) April 3, 2016 Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. Revelation 1:18a APRIL 3rd & 4th, 2016 Saturday 4:00 PM Theresa Courtney (RIP) Sunday 8:30 AM Jose Luis Garcia (RIP) Sunday 10:30 AM Dan Farnsworth (RIP) Sunday 5:30 PM Parishioners APRIL 9th & 10th, 2016 Saturday 4:00 PM Mary Burns (RIP) Sunday 8:30 AM Pat & Theresa Tozzi (RIP) Sunday 10:30 AM Parishioners Sunday 5:30 AM Parishioners WEEK OF APRIL 11th, 2016 Thursday 8:15 AM Doug Crafts (SI) Friday 8:15 AM Raymond & Annie Soong (RIP) NEXT SUNDAY S READINGS First Reading: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 Second Reading: Revelation 5:11-14 Gospel: John 21:1-19 (1-14) Sunday Stewardship Trackable Donations for: 3/20/16: 85 Stewardship (includes online giving) - 3/20/16. $4,363.00 Catholic Relief Services... $1,092.00 YTD Stewardship.. $238,810.00 YTD Goal $232,370.00 YTD Excess $6,440.00 *Do to the Easter Holiday, the stewardship numbers for Easter Sunday, will be included in the April 10th bulletin. Without our generous advertisers, Saint Anthony Parish would not have a weekly bulletin. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. The Parish Office and the McKean Road Church will be closed, to all, due to termite fumigation on Monday, April 11th through Wednesday, April 13th. There will be no access until Thursday, April 14th when Mass will begin at 8:15 a.m. Thank you for your understanding. Meetings This Week: Sunday, April 3 rd : 6:30 p.m., X-StATiC Monday, April 4 th : Tuesday, April 5 th : Wednesday, April 6 th : Thursday, April 7 th : Friday, April 8 th : Saturday, April 9 th : 6:30 p.m., X-StATiC Core Team (Cottage) (Sanctuary @ McKean) 9:30 a.m., Scripture Study (Saint Joseph Room) 4:00 p.m., C.R.E.A.T.E. Classes 5:15 p.m., Children s Choir Practice 7:00 p.m., BLAST 7:00 p.m., 8:30 Choir Practice 6:30 p.m., 5:30 Choir Practice 7:00 p.m., Scripture Study (Saint Joseph Room) 7:00 p.m., Fr. Larry s Confirmation Class 7:00 p.m., RCIC (Cottage) 7:00 p.m., Bunco (Saint Joseph Room) 7:00 p.m., SAS Meeting 9 a.m., Catechist Inservice Upcoming Events: Saturday, April 16 th Catholic Charities Run Friday, April 22 nd Casino Night Monday, April 25 th 11 a.m., Knitting Circle
CATECHETICAL MINISTRY AND UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS HUNGERING FOR CELEBRATION What you gave up for Lent changes lives and Catholic Relief Services wants to say Thank You. Don t forget to turn in your CRS Rice Bowl in the basket in the vestibule at our McKean Church or on the table at the back of church at our Bertram Church by April 10 th. Thank you! Holy Family School Holy Family School is accepting applications in all grades for the 2016/2017 school year. For more information or to schedule a tour, please call the school office at 408-978-1355 or visit our website at: www.holyfamilyschoolsj.com. The school is located at: 4850 Pearl Avenue, San Jose, CA 95136. X-StATiC Join us for the 5:30 p.m. Mass this evening with X-StATiC following Topic: Misericordia A Life Night on Forgiveness & Mercy Easter Flower Donations In Memory/Honor of: Alicia Baez, Harry Barrientos, Anne Baumgarten, Hank Baumgarten, Dennis, Harriet & Jim Broderick, Mr. & Mrs. R. Broznick, Theresa Courtney, Evalyn & Michael DePalma, Vincent DePalma, Michael DiVincent, Mike Dunn, Carmel Elliot, Dolores Barrientos Fairbairn, Mr. & Mrs. S. Georgiou, Barbara Glennon, Josie Gurgiolo, Merilyn Hanson, Patrick Healy, Robert Low, Bridget & O.W. (Lute) Luther, Martha Macias, Anthony Marino, Lena Marino, Sam Marino, Mari Mendizabal, Members of the Alois Knapp Family, Elvine Noferi, Carmel Palluck, Matt Palluck Benito Pena, Esther Pena Rafaela Perez, Jerry Pfeiffer The Eichler Family, The Pappas Family, Marian Silvestro, James Stokes, Jr. Pat & Theresa Tozzi, Louis Young, Madeline Young, Eugenia Zillman 7 th & 8 th Grade Students.. We thank you for assembling the Easter Eggs for Saint Anthony s Easter Egg Hunt and for helping the children find their Easter Eggs on Easter Sunday! Our next class time will be on Tuesday, April 5 th at 7:00 p.m. Ministry Fair A Ministry Interest Day will be held after all Masses this weekend (April 3rd & 4th). Please consider joining a ministry to help sustain and grow our parish community. For those interested in joining a NEW ministry, cards and description sheets for all of the committees will be available on the chairs at Mass. If you wish to continue to serve in your current Ministry or Ministries, all you need to do is let your committee chairmen know by April 10th; no need to fill out the Ministry Interest card. For all Ministry members, current or newly interested, please save the date for the Ministry Day follow up social event on May 6th from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. If you are currently sharing your time and talent in the wider community, please let us know by using the back side of the Ministry Interest card and fill out the volunteer survey.
DIOCESAN NEWS, CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING & MORE PARISH EVENTS Catholic Professionals Speaker Event Thursday, April 14, 2016 7:00 a.m. Mass - Msgr. J. Sandersfeld 7:35 a.m. - Speaker Program Location: Three Flames Restaurant Banquet Room 1547 Meridian Avenue (just north of Hamilton Ave.) SPEAKER: Sister Eloise Rosenblatt, RSM TOPIC: The Retrospective and the Prospective of Women Religious in the Church - What s a Good Nun Doing by Becoming of All Things - A Lawyer and Litigator! RSVP at: www.sjcatholicprofessionals.com or call 408-491-9229 or cpbcinfo@gmail.com READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21 Sunday: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; Rv 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 [1-14] Scripture Study Please join us for Scripture Study on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. in the St. Joseph Room at the McKean Road Church. BEGINNING AND END Faith is the beginning and the end is love. St. Ambrose Divine Mercy Sunday Today, April 3rd, the Sunday after Easter, is Divine Mercy Sunday. St. Faustina, in her diary, shared this message: The message of the Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us--all of us. And, he wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive his mercy and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy. (taken from http://www.thedivinemercy.org) Easter Sunday is a time of celebration! Jesus Christ has risen from the dead! After dying on the cross on Good Friday, Jesus was raised on the third day. He lives! Following Easter Sunday, the season of Easter begins and lasts for seven weeks, ending with Pentecost. The Divine Mercy message is one we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC: A Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and the whole world. B Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us. C Completely trust in Jesus, God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive. Casino Night in a Tropical Paradise Close your eyes, listen to the gentle surf, smell the refreshing salt air...no you re not on a tropical island, you re at the Saint Anthony Casino Night in a Tropical Paradise. Dust off your flowered shirts and sandals and come to the McKean Church on April 22 nd for a terrific time. There will be gaming (Black Jack, Craps, Roulette and more) as well as island music, great hot and cold hors d oeuvres, valuable prizes and much, much more. You deserve a nice relaxing night out...why not spend it with us? Tickets are only $25 and they go on sale after all Masses, starting this weekend, April 2-3. Tickets will not be available at the door on Casino night, so please act NOW! 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! Lou Basile, Mary Ann Fox, Margie McMahon, Josephine Montanaro, Veronica Navarro, Richard Pfeiffer, Tarcy Philippidis, Dennis Ryan, Mary Sheehan, Grant Show, Carole Show-Grundy, Jolene Soares, 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: We look to journalists and writers to give us their observations about life, current issues or often included thoughts and comments from other commentators, observers or pundits. Over the years I particularly enjoyed Andy Rooney, or the Chronicle reporter Herb Caen with his three dot journalism. Looking back at Holy Week, I want to step back and reflect on those three days with you. I can easily take faith for granted as priest and pastor because celebrating faith, charged with being the leader of prayer is what I do. On the other hand I am also an observer of others celebrating their faith. On Holy Thursday people gathered together for the Mass of the Lord s Supper, we received the sacred oils, heard the Word of God proclaimed and then set about the business of washing feet. It takes courage to surrender pride and take off that sock, shoe or sandal and come forward to the foot washing places. And when a married couple of many years came up to wash each other s feet I am moved, or watching a child wash his mother s feet. Think about it, how much does a mother do for her son or daughter throughout her life, and only much later in life are the roles often reversed and that is humbling too. We quietly left the church on Thursday evening after adoration and then many of the same parishioners returned Friday evening, Good Friday, God s day, to hear John s Passion, venerate the cross and pray for the world. When families, individuals, two or three people came forward there was an awe inspiring reverence not just for the cross, but the realization of all those we could reverence with our respect, love and compassion. I saw people visibly moved as each one came up and offered their gesture of veneration for the cross whether a gentle touch, a kiss, an embrace or taking a moment to kneel before the cross. After the dismissal we quietly left the church and returned in darkness on Saturday evening for the Easter Vigil to celebrate in word and song our faith and belief in the resurrection and renew the promises others made for us at our Baptisms. It truly is an organic experience of the faithful gathered. Before we renewed our faith, I serendipitously asked Are you ready? and people cried out yes. Then, people came to the baptismal font to bless themselves with the Easter water. People sang and celebrated and rejoiced! I was moved by the large numbers of people who joined in celebrating the Eucharist on Easter Sunday, singing loudly and with full voice: Jesus Christ is risen today! Alleluia. The Lord gives us the gift of a day, every day, let us rejoice and be glad as we enter into this holy season of Easter, 50 days singing and celebrating with full voices. And last but not least I want to express my thanks for all who ministered in front of or behind the scenes to help us pray and sing well. It takes many hands to ensure these celebrations are done thoughtfully, prayerfully and spiritually. Thank you all so very much!! Easter Blessings, Father Larry Hendel CONFIRMATION FOR ADULTS Any baptized Catholic adult who has received the Sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation, but not the sacrament of Confirmation is invited to consider celebrating the sacrament of Confirmation at Pentecost. Father Larry will begin a five session special preparation class for adults on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM in the Guadalupe classroom beginning, April 6 th. Those who complete the process will be sent to Saint Joseph Cathedral on May 15 th to join other adults who wish to complete their initiation by receiving the sacrament of Confirmation. Please call the parish office if you are interested (408) 997-4800. SAINT ANTHONY PARISH CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING COMMITTEE Quotes for Reflection Where is your brother? The voice of his blood cries even to me, God says. This is not a question addressed to others: it is a question addressed to me, to you, to each one of us. These, our brothers and sisters, seeking to leave difficult situations in order to find a little serenity and peace, they seek a better place for themselves and for their families - but they found death. How many times do those who seek this, not find understanding, do not find welcome, do not find solidarity! And their voices rise up even to God! Pope Francis on Refugees Welcome to Saint Anthony Parish Amab, Lorena & Kyra Sur We would like to thank the 204 Parish families who have pledged $81,656.00 towards the ADA. Please remember, if you are making payments over time, via check, to send your checks to: Annual Diocesan Appeal Diocese of San Jose 1150 North First Street, Suite 100 San Jose, CA 95112 Your check should be made payable to the Annual Diocesan Appeal. Please make sure that your name and Saint Anthony Parish is written on the check. Thank you for your generous support. HELPING YOUR NEIGHBOR If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first with all your heart. Ask God simply to fill you with charity... with it you can accomplish what you desire. St. Vincent Ferrer