ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST 2020 Vision We are called to active discipleship to live the values taught by our Lord Christ through acts of faith, hope, and charity. As active disciples, we engage in a “mission” mode of evangelization, forming disciples and inspiring others to do the same. Strategic Vision We are a thriving community of disciples who see their role in the life and evangelizing mission of the Church, sustaining a parish school that continuously grows and increases its enrollment every year, and supporting a facility that architecturally highlights the beauty and spirituality of its border community. Mission We seek to be a community of active disciples who: • Are diverse, inclusive, and collaborative (Welcoming) • Continuously grow and share their faith with all generation of spiritual seekers (Word) • Are involved in a creative, vibrant liturgy (Worship) • Are involved in areas of service that impact its border community and the world (Witness) • Have a strong sense of stewardship, evident in the parish’s healthy finances, committed organization, and self -sustained ministries (Strengthening) • Are unafraid to grow by remembering the past, celebrating the present, and believing in the future (Growing) Schedule 279 South Main Street Pastoral Staff Milpitas, CA 95035 Saturday Evening: Phone: (408) 262-2546 Rev. Msgr. Wilfredo S. Manrique, Pastor, 5:00 pm For Emergency: x311, [email protected] 7:00 pm (Tagalog) (408) 966-4612 Rev. Eduardo E. Obero, Parochial Vicar, Sunday: 7:30; 9:00 & 10:45 Fax: (408) 263-2564 x302, [email protected] am; 12:30 & 7:00 pm School: (408) 262-8110 Rev. Andres Ligot, JCD, In Residence Fax: (408) 262-0814 Chris Brazil, School Principal Weekdays: Monday through (408) 262-8110, [email protected] Saturday Mornings: 7:00 am Office Hours: Parish Office x301 Wednesdays: OLPH Monday to Friday Mary Ann Gonzalo, Office Manager, Mass 6:30 pm Bulletin Editor x306 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. First Fridays: 7:00 pm 1:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. [email protected] [email protected] Holy Days: Schedule is Saturday – Sunday Ed Sacramento, Facilities Coordinator published prior to the day Closed x307 [email protected] [email protected] Sacraments Cory Mollat, Director of Faith Formation, Liturgist, x315, [email protected] Sacrament of Reconciliation Monica Gonzales, Admin Assistant of Faith Saturday: 4:00-4:45 pm or by appointment. Formation Office x305 Infant Baptism [email protected] Preparation can begin either before or after the birth of your child. Irene Banzon, Admin Assistant, x316 Contact the Parish Office at (408) 262-2546 for information [email protected] regarding our pre-Baptism preparation program. Arjay Endozo, Music Coordinator, x308, Adult Baptism [email protected] Contact the Parish Office (408) 262-2546 Macy Canasa, Confirmation Coordinator, Marriage x313 Weddings normally take place in the parish of the bride or the groom. [email protected] Couples wishing to marry must contact one of the priests at least six Ruben Cardenas, Youth Coordinator, x313 months before the proposed date of the wedding. [email protected]

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My dear Parishioners,

As your pastor, I would like to share with you this message from the Diocese of San Jose. If you have further questions, please direct them to me at [email protected].

Have a blessed Advent.

Msgr. Willie

Diocese of San José Receives Administrative Subpoena

On December 9, the Diocese of San José, along with five other dioceses in California, received administrative subpoenas from the California Attorney General’s office requesting documents related to the mandatory reporting of allegations of sexual misconduct with minors by clergy and laypersons within the Diocese from 1996 to the present.

Before receiving the subpoena, the Diocese provided the Attorney General with more than a thousand documents that did not affect the privacy rights of victims/survivors or disregard state and federal labor laws regarding personnel files and volunteer records. These documents were provided in response to the statewide administrative review initiated by the Attorney General in May 2019.

We, the Diocese of San José, believe that protecting all children, youth, and vulnerable adults and bringing about justice, reconciliation, and healing to all victims/survivors is our sacred duty. We have an important responsibility to protect the privacy and legal rights of victims/survivors, lay employees, lay volunteers, and clergy.

In this sense, the Attorney General’s administrative subpoena is good and preferable to a request for documents without legal protection. It supports our shared goal of ensuring that the safeguards in place for our children are working as they should while protecting the privacy rights of victims/ survivors and complying with state and federal labor laws.

The Diocese of San José provides ongoing comprehensive services and care to victims/survivors of sexual abuse and encourage anyone who has not previously come forward to do so, first, by contacting the local authorities: police department or sheriff’s office; and second, by making a report to our Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults, toll-free at (844) 372-1691 or online via a third-party site, opcva.ethicspoint.com.

The Diocese will not be complacent. We pledge to continue working tirelessly to provide safe and nurturing environments for all and fostering a path of healing and reconciliation for those who have suffered abuse.

Learn more about what the Diocese of San José has done, and is doing, in the wake of the clergy abuse scandal by visiting, https://www.dsj.org/protecting-gods-children/clergy-disclosure-list. Page 3 THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Mass Intentions Upcoming Week’s Calendar Saturday - December 14, 2019 Monday - , 2019 5:00PM Vina Wilson (Healing) Hall Gym 8:00a-10:00p Simbang Gabi Jocee Ang (Thx) All Masses Fellowship Marilou Gonzalo (Thx) Hall 2B 6:30p-9:30p Upper Room Bible Study Cecilia Gichane Bell † Tuesday - December 17, 2019 7:00PM Cecilia Gichane Bell † Hall Gym 8:00a-10:00p Simbang Gabi Luisito Dela Cruz † Fellowship TODAY’S READINGS Eresmas † Youth Ctr 6:30p-9:00p Sr First Reading — The barren Jesus Molina † Hall 1A 6:30p-9:45p Little Rock Bible Study deserts will rejoice and flower Myrna Otic † Hall 2A 7:30p-9:30p Social Justice (Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10). Florentina Verzosa † Hall 2B 8:00p-10:00p Holy Family Choir Sunday – December 15, 2019 Wednesday - December 18, 2019 Psalm — Lord, come and save us 7:30AM Sherri Wilson Lopes (Birthday) Hall Gym 8:00a-10:00p Simbang Gabi (Psalm 146). Crisolgo & Paula Eamiguel † Fellowship Second Reading — Be patient, Val Wilson † Hall 1A 7:00p-9:00p Our Lady of Guadalupe 9:00AM Jeromy Kyle Edusada † Church 7:30p-9:00p Choir Practice for the coming of the Lord is as Gabriel Eresmas † Hall 2B 7:45p-9:45p Myrna’s Choir Practice sure as the rain (James 5:7-10). 10:45AM Ralph & Omega Abaya (Thx) Thursday - December 19, 2019 Gospel — Tell of what you hear Tony & Pat Lesaca (Thx) Hall Gym 8:00a-10:00p Simbang Gabi and see: The blind regain their Edward Torreverde † Fellowship vision, the crippled their 12:30PM Carlos Dajano † Hall 1A 6:30p-9:45p 10:45 Choir Practice movement, the deaf their hearing 7:00PM Gabriel Eresmas † Friday December 20, 2019 Monday – December 16, 2019 Hall Gym 8:00a-10:00p Simbang Gabi (Matthew 11:2-11). 7:00AM Fr Ritche S Bueza (Birthday) Fellowship The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Eddie & Carmelita Gonzalo Hall 2A 6:30p-9:30p Youth for Christ Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All (Wed Anniv) Saturday - December 21, 2019 rights reserved. 7:00PM Fr Ritche S Bueza (Birthday) Hall Gym 8:00a-10:00p Simbang Gabi READINGS FOR THE WEEK Tuesday – December 17, 2019 Fellowship 7:00AM People of the Parish Church 10:00a-11:00a Baptism Monday: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a; 7:00PM Ethel Realin & Children (Sp Int) Hall 1A 10:30a-12:30p Jr Legion of Mary Ps 25:4-5ab, 6, 7bc-9; Mt Alan Raceles † Hall 2A 11:00a-3:00p SJB Youth Choir 21:23-27 Alfredo & Alice Raceles † Hall 1A 3:00p-5:00p Children’s Choir Tuesday: Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps Wednesday – December 18, 2019 Youth Ctr 5:00p-6:00p Arjay’s Music Ministry 7:00AM Banzon Family (Thx) Sunday - December 22, 2019 72:1-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Lisa Simon Dang (Thx) Hall 2A 6:30a-1:00p RCIA Wednesday: Jer 23:5-8; Ps 72:1- John & Nora Ramos & Family Hall Gym 8:00a-10:00p Simbang Gabi 2, 12-13, 18-19; Mt 1:18-25 (Thx) Fellowship Thursday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Jeromy Kyle Edusada † Hall 2A 5:00p-7:00p SJB Youth 7:00PM Banzon Family (Thx) Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Lk Lisa Simon Dang (Thx) 1:5-25 Vina Wilson (Thx) Friday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-4ab, Jeromy Kyle Edusada † 5-6; Lk 1:26-38 Catherine Larrowe † Frank Larrowe † Saturday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep Thursday – December 19, 2019 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20 7:00AM Linda Guintu (Birthday) -21; Lk 1:39-45 7:00PM People of the Parish Sunday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-6; Friday – December 20, 2019 Rom 1:1-7; Mt 1:18-24 7:00AM Liberara Alemania † 7:00PM People of the Parish Saturday - December 21, 2019 Let us pray for the sick: Darwin Domingo, Baby Evania, Marilou Gonzalo, and Luz 7:00AM Randy Alabado (Birthday) Santander. May the Lord relieve them of their pain and suffering. Let us pray for those requesting prayers: Expecting Mothers, Unemployed Parishioners, and US Troops. Let us pray for all those who have passed away: Vicente Babasa, Teresa Jane Bertram, Angelina Bravo, Amelia Agbay Dace, Sr. Clotilde Edora, and Bernardita Co Erfe. May God grant them eternal rest. Names will remain on the prayer list for one month unless otherwise requested. E-mail [email protected] to submit names. Page 4 THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS (c. 1542-1591) From the Weekend: November 30 & December 14 December 1 How beautiful the experience of love for God and neighbor, a Saturday 5:00 PM 1,524.00 ire deep within! How disheartening when love suddenly cools 7:00 PM 678.00 and our souls grow dark, our prayer arid. How painful when Sunday 7:30 AM 1,271.00 9:00 AM 1,995.00 misunderstanding, even rejection, comes our way, sometimes 10:45 AM 1,686.10 from those we least expect. For all such “seasons of the soul,” an 12:30 PM 1,562.00 inspiring fellow-pilgrim is the poet and mystic John of the Cross. 7:00 PM 1,930.08 As a young Carmelite, he was recruited by Teresa of A vila for her Online Giving (OG) 495.05 Discalced (“barefoot,” evangelical poverty) Carmelite reform, Total Sunday Offering $ 11,141.23 striving to renew the Church from within after the Protestant Our Weekly Goal $ 11,000.00 Reformation had led countless religious away. John suffered Variance 141.23 unspeakably harsh abuse, even imprisonment, from friars who Novena 338.00 rejected this reform. Yet during these times of deepest suffering, Missionary Co-Op 1,837.00 John composed spiritual masterpieces that still guide souls to Upcoming Second Offerings: God, their titles relecting his own painful yet ultimately 12/29/19 Social Justice victorious journey: from The Dark Night of the Soul through The 01/12/20 Ethnic Minorities Ascent of Mount Carmel to his Spiritual Canticle and The Living THANK YOU FOR YOUR Flame of Love. John summarized his spirituality simply: “Put love GENEROUS ! where there is no love, and you will ind love.” Please make checks payable to —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. “St John the Baptist Parish.”

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Sunday: Third Sunday of Advent

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Saturday: St. Peter Canisius; Winter begins

REASON TO REJOICE Dark violet is used throughout Advent to express its character as a season of spiritual preparation for and “the coming of the Lord.” But on the Third Sunday of Advent, formerly known as Gaudete (Latin for “rejoice”) Sunday, rose may be added to the liturgical environment. The entire liturgy is infused with a spirit of rejoicing. Today’s first reading and Gospel proclaim the reality of God’s saving work in our midst. Isaiah exuberantly describes the idyllic transformation of all creation as a result of God’s presence in the midst of the people. In the Gospel, Jesus connects Isaiah’s prophecy with what is happening in his own ministry. In addition to the list of healings from Isaiah (the blind, the lame, lepers, and the deaf), Jesus’ presence brings two other reasons for rejoicing: “The dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them” (Matthew 11:5).

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Parish Ofice Holiday Closure The Parish Ofice will be closed for the holidays starting Monday, December 23, 2019 @ 12:30pm until Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Normal business hours will resume on Thursday, January 2, 2020. ______The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults On 12/22/19, the session will be our last for 2019. Our topic will be the Sacrament of Holy Orders.. What does it take to become a priest and have the ability to preside over a mass and administer Sacraments? Everyone is welcome to join in our RCIA Sessions. They are free to attend and no commitment needed. Please come when you see a topic that piques your interest. ______Knights News - St John’s Council No. 5796 As we prepare for the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, with Simbang Gabi, we wish everyone a Blessed Christmas Season! Membership: Any practicing Catholic gentleman over the age of 18 may join the . For more info, please contact Grand Knight Voltaire Montemayor (408) 416-1499 [email protected] ______Upper Room Bible Study We will not have Bible Study until 01/06/20. Contact: Dave Meszaros 408-892-0510 or [email protected]

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First Sunday of Advent December 1, 2019 “You . . . must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”

— Matthew 24:44