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December 10, 2017  Second Sunday of

Welcome to Holy Family! 1-Minute Catechesis Newcomers Gathering Every Sunday How has it gone for you noticing in your midst? Have you introduced (except for holiday weekends) at 10:45am yourself to anyone new at Holy Family, or has anyone introduced themselves where coffee and donuts is held. to you? Please join in prayer for our Parish Family that we would continue to

Eucharist (Mass) see Christ in each other. Sat: 8:30 am & 5:30 pm (Vigil) Sun: 8 am, 9:30 am, 11:15 am, 6 pm Our Lady of Guadalupe Mon: 8:05 am Tuesday, December 12th is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tue – Fri: 7:30 am Patroness of the Americas. Come and celebrate this day with us at a special Holy days: As announced Mass with Mariachi at 5am. There will be a reception following in the Holidays: 10 am Community Center. Vietnamese Mass: Sat: 7:30 pm

Parish Office Hours Holy Family School's 6th M-F Mornings: 10:00 am—12:00 pm; graders had some hesita- Mon-Thu: 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm tions when beginning this Fri: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Saturday: CLOSED project in the Science lab. Sunday: 9 am - 1 pm When Mrs. Morris told them they would be dissect- Contact Us ing a cow's eye, many stu- Parish Office ………………….408-265-4040 School Office………………....408-978-1355 dents were anxious. How- Faith Formation……………..408-265-5374 ever, by the end of class Life Teen /Edge……………...408-265-8650 they were amazed with what Hospital Emergency… …..408-622-5167 they just accomplished and

Pastoral & Administraon  learned. This rare, hands- Rev Andrew V. Nguyen Pastor on experience was an op- X 115 [email protected] portunity that left them ex- Rev Celso Singson Parochial Vicar cited to learn more! X 122 [email protected] Dcn Ray Gans Deacon [email protected] Christina Fenn Faith Formation Director X 163 [email protected] Jeff Gans Faith Formaon Coordinator X 164 [email protected] Kathy Bohac Faith Formation & Liturgy Coordinator X 110 [email protected] Rachel Garcia Business Manager X 123 [email protected] Anne Hashimoto Parish Secretary X 113 [email protected] Jessica Stalions Administrative Assistant X 111 [email protected] Jenny McElroyLinda Lariz Bookkeeper X 165 [email protected]

Maeve Hannon School Principal Laura Seminatore School Vice-Principal Aileen Styczynski Admissions Director

Holy Family Parish Eucharisc Adoraon Marian Advent Mission, 2017 Weekdays: 12 pm - 3 pm 1st Fridays: 8 am – 5 pm BenedicƟon Why Mary Matters Saturday, December 16 Infant Bapsm 10 am – 12 pm Preparaon can begin before or aer the birth of your child. in the parish church Call 408-265-4040 for more info. (Bring your Bibles) Chrisan Iniaon Why have millions of people made (BapƟsm, ConfirmaƟon, Communion) pilgrimages to Lourdes over the past 150 years, and tens of Interested in the Catholic faith millions of people made pilgrimages to the shrine of Our Lady or compleng the sacraments of of Guadalupe since 1531? The answer is the power and iniaon as an adult, youth or child? presence of the Virgin Mary in God’s plan for the world. During Contact 408-265-5374. this Advent Parish Mission, Fr. Kevin Joyce will help us Reconciliaon (Confession) understand Mary’s role in the Bible, in Christian history, and in Saturdays, 4 pm - 5 pm, our own spiritual journeys. He will also address common or by appointments at 408-265-4040. objections to the intercession of saints and how the Catholic practice of asking saints to pray for us is solid biblical teaching. Ministry to the Sick & Homebound Communion or Anoinng of the Sick Fr. Kevin completed his doctorate in Spirituality at the Catholic can be arranged for the sick or homebound at 408-265-4040. University of America in 1991 and later served as pastor of St. Maria Goretti Parish in San Jose and St. Lucy Parish in Wedding Campbell. He now serves at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Couples, please contact a priest at San Jose. 408-265-4040 at least six months prior to the proposed date of wedding. Catholic Essay Contest ALL Holy Family Parish 8th graders, from public, private, parochial, and Home Schools, are encouraged to participate in the Knights of Columbus Upcoming Events Catholic Essay Contest. Details and entry forms are available at the parish office. Dec 12 5am Our Lady of Guadalupe

The theme is: “Going to the Peripheries.” Mass & Reception Discuss the role of the Catholic Church going to the peripheries, then select Dec 16 10am-12pm Advent Morning one of the following ideas to complete your essay. of Reflection Describe the work of: a) one widely known current Catholic who went to the periphery. Dec 16-24 5:30am b) one widely known historical Catholic who went to the periphery. Masses & Fellowship c) one person in your life, who helps alleviate human suffering. Dec 17 11am-12:30pm Advent Family Event Submissions are due by Dec. 15th. Dec 23-Jan 1 Parish Office Closed Dec 24 4th Sunday of Advent Masses 5:30pm Saturday, 8am, 9:30am & 11:15am. NO 6pm. Holy Family School News Dec 24 Eve Masses at 4pm,

We began accepting applications for the 2018-2019 school year for 6:30pm, 9:30pm, 12midnight. students in Preschool to 8th grade in November. Continue to Dec 25 Christmas Day Masses at 8am, spread the word about our wonderful parish school to friends and 9:30am, 11:15am. NO 6pm. coworkers. To schedule a campus tour or for more contact admissions: Dec 31 Holy Family Feast Day [email protected]

Next week: 3rd Advent * Dec 16 & 17 Mass Intentions

Liturgy Focus Date Time Music Presider Dec 9 5:30 pm HF Parish & School Reconciliation Sat 12/16 4:00pm Fr. Celso Dec 10 8:00 am Henry Chang General Sat 12/16 5:30pm SNL Fr. Andrew 9:30 am Joseph Ha Nha + 11:15 am HF Parish & School General Sun 12/17 8:00am AFG Fr. Celso (Dcn Ray Preaches) 6:00 pm Fr. Michel Sellaye Dec 11 8:05 am Michael & HF Scouts Sun 12/17 9:30am AFG Fr. Celso Steve Chang (Dcn Ray Preaches) Dec 12 7:30 am Vincent Nguyen + General Sun 12/17 11:15am 11:15 Choir Fr. Andrew Dec 13 7:30 am Matthew & Youth Sun 12/17 6:00pm Life Teen Fr. Andrew Nathan Chang

Dec 14 7:30 am Fr. Aubin Aguessy Bring Joy! Stewardship Report Dec 15 7:30 am Fr. Damien Toviezon Once again St. Vincent de Paul is Dec 16 8:30 am Souls in Purgatory + hosting a toy drive to help Sacred Heart Community Services reach their Below is updated information that 5:30 pm Souls in Purgatory + goal of 18,600 toys for low-income was previously unavailable due to the Dec 17 8:00 am Faith Beasley + families in our area. Just take a tag ParishPay/WeShare transition. 9:30 am HF Parish & School & bring a new, unwrapped gift to 11:15 am Lupe Lange + October 7/8 and 14/15, 2017 the office or church vestibule by 6:00 pm HF Parish & School Wednesday, Dec. 13th. We will Offertory also have a of Life Mass Collection ...... $21,010.32 Please Pray to support Real Options, a crisis In Office Receipts ...... $4,359.67 For those who have died: pregnancy center. Your gift could Credit Card Receipts ...... $0 John Dulis, James Maloney, save a life. Volunteers will be WeShare Receipts ...... $15,155.67 Meynard Ellis outside after most Masses this Subtotal ...... $40,525.66 weekend to assist you & answer For those who are ill: 2nd Collections any questions. Thank you and God Regina Lau bless you for your generosity. Oct. 8—Community Center/ Youth Hall: $2,282.05 The Parish Office will close at 5pm Oct. 15—World Mission Sunday: on Tuesday, December 12th for a $2,675.65 Staff Dinner.

December 2 & 3, 2017 Church Decorating Art & Environment – and anyone inter- Offertory ested in helping. No prior experience Mass Collection ...... $12,539.14 Congratulations and welcome necessary. to the following children who were WeShare Receipts ...... $3,022.00 Friday, December 22 - decorate the Subtotal ...... $15,561.14 church for Christmas – start time am recently baptized:

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MEMORANDUM Caregivers’ Support Group 1st Thursday of the month at To: Priests, Deacons, Pastoral Ministers, Principals, Liturgists 10:15am in Youth Hall and Liturgical Ministers Gina: [email protected] From: Bishop Patrick J. McGrath Re: Temporary Liturgical Adaptations during the Columbiees 2017/2018 Flu/Cold Season Women's Fellowship and Service Date: November 25, 2017 Delana Romero [email protected] The Public Health Officer of Santa Clara County has again requested that we last Thursday of month at 6:30pm make a number of temporary adaptations to our celebrations of the Eucharist, so as to foster the health of our worshipping communities and also of the wider 50+ Singles Group community. Given the anticipated increase of the flu throughout the Diocese in 3rd Sunday, 11:00am Hope Room upcoming weeks, I ask that these adaptations be implemented by next weekend, Dee Stolpe 408-225-7386 December 2/3. [email protected]

1. For the duration of the flu/cold/virus season, Holy Communion will not Knights of Columbus be shared under the form of Consecrated Wine. Concelebrating priests and Men’s Fellowship & Service assisting deacons are to receive the Precious Blood by means of intinction. Toby Laufer: 408-455-7321 Provision should be made for those parishioners who rely upon receiving [email protected] Holy Communion under the Sacred Species of consecrated wine because of 1st Thursday of month at 7pm Celiac Disease or other conditions that do not tolerate the ingestion of a consecrated host. Morning Prayer

2. For the duration of the flu/cold/virus season, Holy Communion will be Mondays at 7:30am in the Church distributed only into the hands of communicants; during this time, Holy (Except holidays)

Communion will not be distributed on the tongue. Should a communicant Prayer Line be unwilling to follow this directive, that person is to receive Holy Com- Leave a prayer request message munion after everyone else has done so. with Jeanee, 408-723-0445. 3. For the duration of the flu/cold/virus season, people should refrain from holding hands during the recitation or singing of the Lord’s Prayer. Rosary Tuesdays at 7:30pm in the Chapel 4. For the duration of the flu/cold/virus season, the Sign of Peace should be adapted so as to allow for a greeting that does not require shaking hands St. Vincent de Paul Society or touching. For emergency financial

5. For the duration of the flu/cold/virus season, all who administer Holy assistance, call the parish office for Communion are to wash their hands with an alcohol-based anti-bacterial an appointment solution, such as Purell, before and after they administer the Sacrament. This precaution also extends to those who minister to the homebound. Simbang Gabi All are invited to our 12th annual 6. These adaptations are to remain in effect throughout the Diocese until Simbang Gabi novena mass and fel- conditions allow me to rescind them. lowship. Connect closer to Christ When you explain these adapted procedures to your people, please remind them and the community December 16 - 24 at 5:30am. that the obligation to participate in Sunday Mass does not hold for those who are seriously ill, and that it would be a mark of Christian charity for anyone who has Join the mass as a singer in the choir fever, cough or other such symptoms to remain at home. Please refer to the arti- or serving as a Eucharistic minis- cle, "Liturgy, Cold, and the Flu: Common Sense Practices," which has previous- ter. Our fellowship team is asking ly been circulated throughout the Diocese. for volunteers to help in the kitchen, set-up/clean-up and food dona- Thank you for your immediate attention to these matters and for undertaking the tions. If interested, please contact catechesis that will be necessary to introduce these adaptations to your parishes Cristina Ruiz at [email protected] and other communities by the weekend of December 2/3, our celebration of the or Chris Shannon at First Sunday of Advent. [email protected]

AM Alpha is Coming! Early Morning Alpha is coming to Holy Family Parish. Come for breakfast in the Faith Room, Jan 10, 2018 8:15 - Join us for EDGE this week as we help the middle school 10:15am. Alpha clarifies what we believe as Christians youth come to a greater understanding of the birth of Jesus about Christ and is a tool for sharing your Faith. Come and and the reality that God became man. see and bring a friend. For more information please contact Christina Fenn, 408-265-5374 or [email protected] This week in Life Teen We will be celebrating the past semester with a Christmas White Elephant Party. Join us for food, fun and fellowship. Liturgy Link Our Annual Crab Feed Fundraiser is Saturday January The Mass 27th. Tickets are available outside after all masses in the

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Continued from last week…. Echoes of Worth Theology of the body retreat is accepting registrations. Please contact Jeff for more information. As we continue our discussion on the Mass, we continue to discuss the Communion Rite. EDGE is our Middle School Faith Formation for 6th- th In our Catholic Church, and her liturgy, we follow rubrics. 8 graders. EDGE meets on Sundays from 3:45pm- 5:30pm. Life Teen is our High School Faith Formation for This is partially to maintain the teachings and tradition from th th the earliest Christians, the disciples. An example of this is the 9 -12 graders. Life Teen meets on Sundays immediately words we say at the consecration. There are other things that following the 6:00pm Mass from 7pm-9pm. have evolved over the years, and changed in some places, but All registration forms are available at http://www. not others, but they do not change the liturgy in its substance. holyfamilysanjose.org/faith-formation-1 (under Faith Typically the Pope must permit or even ask for the change, Formation) however there are some that a local Bishop or Priest can make for their own diocese or parish. Contact Jeff Gans for more info

In the United States, the Bishops have permission to at 408-265-8650 or [email protected] determine the posture of the people during the communion rite. Our Bishop asks that all the people remain standing after The Christmas Story II - receiving communion. We do this, unless our health does not The Animals’ First Christmas allow, because we are maintaining a common posture, all the (a ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s Suite) faithful gathered stand together. & Songs to Celebrate Christmas Presented by Holy Family’s Ministry of Movement: Dance Next time you’re at Mass, and you’re standing and singing for Joy & Soaring Spirit Dance Ensemble & Young Sounds of while others receive Communion, pray for them! Praise from St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. Saturday, January 6th

- 7pm in the Community Center. Kathy Bohac Suggested Donation: $10 adults; $5 - children 12 and under —Coordinator of Liturgy All proceeds go to Holy Family’s St. Vincent de Paul. Tickets available at the door. Contact Susan Olsen (650-494-2496, Faith Formation Advent Family Event x25) for more information. Join us for Holy Family’s Faith Formation Advent Event potluck celebration. Come by after 9:30 Mass at 11am on The Word is Alive—Scripture Study Sunday, December 17th in the Community Center for free Thursdays 7:15-9 pm in the fun, fellowship, and festivities for the whole family. Hope Room. All are welcome! Potluck dishes: A-H: main dish; I-P: side dish or salad; Q- Z: dessert. Sacred Scripture Study We will be studying The Acts of the Apostles - the First Sunday Scripture Study Evangelization Team. This is a Formed Study and we will be This is the same study we had in the spring but on a new using the study guide to enhance our learning. If you want a day and time: Sundays from 11am-Noon in South 3. “sneak peek”, look on Formed.org for “Evangelization” from

the Lectio series. There is a small fee for the course. The Wild Goose (Holy Spirit) is a series that will lead YOU on an adventure greater than you can imagine. Video Monday mornings, 10am-Noon. Contact Donna Holt at 408 presentation by Fr. Dave Pavonka (see videos on -371-3682 or [email protected] formed.org) Tuesday evenings, 7-8:45 pm. Contact Neyla Brown Sundays from 11am-Noon in South 3. Contact Donna Holt [email protected] or Deborah Trevisan debearah 408-371-3682 or [email protected] @sbcglobal.net