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June 11, 2017 Most Holy Trinity

Welcome to Holy Family! Newcomers Gathering Every Sunday

(except for holiday weekends) at 10:45am in the Parish Office.

Eucharist (Mass) Sat: 8:30 am & 5:30 pm (Vigil) Sun: 8 am, 9:30 am, 11:15 am, 6 pm Mon: 8:05 am Tue – Fri: 7:30 am Holy days: As announced Holidays: 10 am Vietnamese Mass: Sat: 7:30 pm

Parish Office Hours M-F Mornings: 10:00 am—12:00 pm; Mon-Thu: 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm Fri: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: 9 am - 1 pm

Contact Us Parish Office ………………….408-265-4040 School Office………………....408-978-1355 Faith Formation……………..408-265-5374 Life Teen /Edge……………...408-265-8650 Hospital Emergency… …..408-622-5167

Pastoral & Administra on Rev Andrew V. Nguyen Pastor X 115 avnguyen@dsj.org Rev Edsil Ortiz Vicar, Pastoral Care Director X 122 eortiz@dsj.org Dcn Ray Gans Deacon rgans@dsj.org Christina Fenn Faith Formation Director X 163 cfenn@dsj.org Jeff Gans Faith Forma on Coordinator X 164 jgans@dsj.org Kathy Bohac Faith Formation &

Liturgy Coordinator X 110 kbohac@dsj.org Rachel Garcia Business Manager X 123 rgarcia@dsj.org Anne Hashimoto Parish Secretary X 113 ahashimoto@dsj.org Jessica Stalions Administrative Assistant X 111 jstalions@dsj.org Linda Lariz Bookkeeper X 165 llariz@dsj.org

Bridgit McGarry School Principal Laura Seminatore School Vice-Principal Theresa Mattson School Advancement

Saying Farewell to the Class of 2017

On June 2nd, Holy Family School said farewell to the Class of 2017. As the 51 students embark on a new journey, we are confident that our work here is complete. We have watched them grow into the people they are today, and we could not be more proud. Many of these young women and men came to Holy Family School as Kin-dergartners and some joined the class during Middle School, however, there are no limits to the bond they have shared during their last year together. Individually they strived to give their academic best, receiving acceptances into their first choice of high schools, including Bellarmine, Notre Dame, Presentation, Archbishop Mitty and many more. As a group, this class grew in love and friendships. They spent their last months at Holy Family School celebrating their achievements and reinforcing their life long relationships. Their celebrations included the 8th grade play, 8th Grade Dinner Dance, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Trip, Luau Luncheon, Baccalaureate Mass, Awards Ceremony, School Farewell Mass and of course, Graduation. Wow, what a way to end the year!

Eucharis c Adora on

Weekdays: 12 pm - 3 pm 1st Fridays: 8 am – 5 pm Benedic on

Infant Bap sm

Prepara on can begin before or a er the birth of your child.

Call 408-265-4040 for more info.

Chris an Ini a on (Bap sm, Confirma on, Communion)

If interested in the Catholic faith or comple ng the sacraments of

ini a on as an adult, youth or child, contact 408-265-5374.

Reconcilia on (Confession)

Saturdays, 4 pm - 5 pm, or by appointments at 408-265-4040.

Ministry to the Sick & Homebound

Communion or Anoin ng of the Sick can be arranged for the sick or homebound at 408-265-4040.

Wedding

Couples should contact a priest at 408-265-4040 at least six months prior

to the proposed date of wedding.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Our 18-foot, 400 pound aluminum cross is being mounted above the vestibule; it should be done by mid June.

Time flies! I am about to begin my 3rd year at Holy Family. One of the first things that I noticed during my first couple of weeks was that our community is big and active compared to many other parishes in our diocese. We have generous parishioners and we are a very faith-filled community. Along with those noticeable characteristics of our community, I also noticed immediately that more than 90% of our parishioners are using side doors to enter and exit our Church. This imposes many difficulties to our community in terms of building community and fellowship. Perhaps one of the reasons that so many of our parishioners are using side doors is due to the blockage of our wooden ramp. While the wooden ramp served its purpose, nevertheless, it blocked half of our stairs and walkway. Another reason might be that the side doors are more convenient. Thanks be to God and to many of you who supported our 5-projects, our new walkway is done along with our speed humps and electronic sign.

Given that our walkway is now finished, it is time for us to utilize our new beautiful space. Having most or all parishioners use the main entrance was one of my goals since I celebrated my first Mass at Holy Family. Of course, there are always a few exceptional cases. However, most of us would enter the main door when we visit any home. By doing so, we respect the homeowner by informing them of our arrival and would allow the host to greet us properly. In the spirit of making our community all the more vibrant and building our fellowship, I earnestly invite all who are "ABLE" to walk through the main entrance. Please use it for coming in and going out of the church. This small gesture may seem insignificant, but the impact of using the main entrance is enormous in building our community. Just imagine! All the faithful can be greeted by the presider and the members of our hospitality team as they enter and exit the Church. Jesus our host loves to greet each and everyone through His ministers.

I know that many of us have been using the side doors for years and that it might create a bit of uneasiness or inconvenience by using the main entrance. If so, please offer that as a sacrifice in helping to make our community to be more lively and fruitful. I understand that some parishioners are elderly thus every step you walk is difficult; if so, please continue to use whichever door that is best for you.

It is evident that since Fr. Edsil and I invited everyone to use the Church’s main entrance, many have responded graciously with enthusiasm and the fruit of that is already being seen. I am deeply grateful to all who are heeding our invitation as well as to those who are willing, but due to your physical pain may not use the main entrance as you wish, yet remain using whichever door that is most convenient.

Together with the spirit of serving our Lord and building our community of faith, we will be much stronger, vibrant and welcoming.

May our loving God continue to bless and grant what is best for each of us. God bless,

Fr. Andrew Vu Nguyen

Holy Family School is currently accepting applications for all grade levels. To schedule a campus tour or for more information, contact admissions: admissions@hfsj.org

Holy Family School News

Upcoming Events

Jun 11 11:15am Fr. Edsil’s Farewell

Jun 21 6:30pm Adult Faith Formation

Jun 25 9:30am Fr. Paul Jussen Mass of

Thanksgiving

Jul 3-4 Independence Day Holidays

Parish Office closed.

Communion Services at 10am.

Jul 10-14 Vacation Bible Camp Sign-up on-line NOW.

Congratulations and welcome to the following children who

were recently baptized:

Olivia Nguyen Emma Cheng

Matthew Reyes Jonah De La Torre Brayden Hartman

Parish eNewsletter

The latest edition of our Holy Family Parish eNewsletter was sent last week. In it are upcoming events, li-turgical information, an update from our Faith Formation office and more. It was emailed to all parishioners who have provided the parish office with their email address. If you did not receive the eNewsletter, please check your “spam” folder as it may have landed there. If you didn’t get it and you want to, send note to ahashimoto@dsj.org with your cur-rent e-mail address.

Coffee and Donuts Needs Your Help

The Coffee & Donuts teams really need some more volunteers. Several faithful members of our teams have left leaving us short-handed. You can do it as a family. Get some service hours while serving some sweet treats. Contact Jerry if you’re interested: jerryflane@earthlink.net

Stewardship Report

June 6 & 7, 2017

Offertory From Mass ................... $15,721.38 Received in Office ......... $1,497.00 Credit Card Receipts ................$00 Parish Pay Receipts ........ $3,452.00 Total ......................... $20,670.38

Average Weekly Goal: $18,000

2nd Collection: $2,531.60 Buildings & Grounds

Thank you for your generosity.

Next week: Most Holy Body & Blood * June 17 & 18

Liturgy Focus Date Time Music Presider

Reconciliation Sat 6/17 4:00pm Fr. Andrew

General Sat 6/17 5:30pm Kat Sylvan Fr. Andrew

General Sun 6/18 8:00am AFG Fr. Andrew

Young Families Sun 6/18 9:30am AFG Fr. Andrew

General Sun 6/18 11:15am Kat Sylvan Fr. Joe Kim

Youth Sun 6/18 6:00pm Life Teen Fr. Barry Eneh (Dcn Ray Assists)

Mass Intentions Jun 10 5:30pm John Meany + Jun 11 8:00 am HF Parish & School 9:30 am Martha Thu Pham + 11:15 am Souls in Purgatory + 6:00 pm Cesar Presto + Jun 12 8:05 am Pauline Woloshyn + Jun 13 7:30 am Vincent Nguyen + Jun 14 7:30 am Ana Tamayo Capito + Jun 15 7:30 am Fr. Aubin Aguessy Jun 16 7:30 am Fr. Aubin Aguessy Jun 17 8:30 am Fr. Aubin Aguessy 5:30pm Patricia Dy Yu + Jun 18 8:00 am HF Parish & School 9:30 am Peter Pham, Jr. & Sr. + 11:15 am Gladys Aninyei 6:00 pm Austin Philip

Please Pray For those who have died: Virginia Norman

For those who are ill: Peggy Cirtes, Lurine Larson, Nick Nyssen

Fr. Edsil’s Farewell Celebration

Our Fr. Edsil is being transferred to Hospital Ministry in Santa Clara. His last Mass here will be this Sunday, June 11 at 11:15am. We are hosting a reception in the Community Center after the 11:15am Mass. We invite parishioners to bring appetizers or desserts for the reception (drop it off in the Community Center before Mass) and join in this loving send-off.

Thanks from the Knights!

The Knight’s of St. Ignatius of Loyo-la Council extend our deep thanks to Holy Family's Pastor, Staff and espe-cially the parishioners for your sup-port of our “Honor Our Vets BBQ” this year. Those attending know they served the larger community and vet-erans in particular. Charity takes many forms and healing the hearts of the weary is one of the best for our own hearts. Know that you have helped to make the lives of these injured and recovering veterans bet-ter by your acts of kindness and by your donations.

A very special thank you to the many parishioners who donated their time, talents and treasure to help make this a memorable day and an experience of grace for all of our Vets, Many of these veterans expressed their thanks to Holy Family as we served them. It is really their thanks that we pass along to each of you.

Next Week’s 2nd Collection: Catholic Communication

Campaign

Through Internet, social networks, tele-vision, radio, and print, the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) helps the Church spread the Gospel message through the media locally and nationally. Half of all donations to the CCC collect-ed in your diocese stay in your diocese to support your local communications needs, such as radio and television pro-gramming and diocesan publications. Please be generous.

Bookstore Community Center

Sundays, 9am—1pm

Caregivers’ Support Group 1st Thursday of the month at

10:15am in Youth Hall Gina: maserogina@gmail.com

Columbie es Women's Fellowship and Service

Barbara Jorgensen - 408-778-7328 Barbara_Jorgensen@msn.com

last Thursday of month at 6:30pm

Encore Amour -- Re-Married Encoreamour.webs.com

Laura Trovato, 408-295-4793

50+ Singles Group 3rd Sunday, 11:00am Hope Room

Dee Stolpe 408-225-7386 deestolpe@yahoo.com

Knights of Columbus Men’s Fellowship & Service Len Piazzon: 408-268-5196

lepazz@hotmail.com 1st Thursday of month at 7pm

Morning Prayer Mondays at 7:30am in the Church

(Except holidays)

Prayer Line Leave a prayer request message

with Jeane e, 408-723-0445.

Rosary Tuesdays at 7:30pm in the Chapel

St. Vincent de Paul Society For emergency financial

assistance, call the parish office for an appointment

Keeping our Loved Ones Safe

To report violations of the Safe Envi-ronment Program contact the Office for the Protection of Children and Vul-nerable Adults Office at 408-983-0144 or protection@dsj.org.

Cub Scout Pack 286 Cub Scout Pack 286 will be holding our annual Welcome Event, “The Raingutter Regatta”, this Sunday, June 11th. Boys entering 1st to 4th grades this Fall are encouraged to attend and learn more about Cub Scouting. For details please contact Mike Pennington at 408-807-8382 or mikepen-ni@yahoo.com.

It’s Easy Being Green You may be surprised at how much waste you generate in a year. Find out by weighing each bag of garbage for a week on your bathroom scale. Multiply by 52. Then think about how to cut down on your waste production.

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School: holyfamilyschoolsj.com

“Like” our Facebook page: fb.me/HolyFamilySanJose

Download our Parish App: Visit myparishapp.com or Text app to

phone number 88202

Companions in Ignatian Service and Spirituality

A program that engages retired and semi-retired people, who have a desire to serve those most marginalized in our communities while deepening their own spiritual foundations. It is an en-dorsed work of the Jesuits. Our 10-month program begins each August in three Bay Area neighborhoods: South Bay, East Bay and San Francisco.

They are currently accepting applica-tions for the 2017-18 program which begins with an opening retreat on Sat-urday, August 26th from 9am - 4pm at the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose in Fremont. New participants will be welcomed until our program com-munities are filled, usually by August 15. Applications are available at: http://www.ignatianspirit uallifecenter.org/companionsapply.html

Come and learn about this amazing program at an information session on June 20 at Santa Clara University. For more information, email Marcos Her-rera at mlhdlhee@pacbell.net or con-tact Claudia Buchner - 408-529-8906.

Catholic Roadmap Wednesday of this week, June 14th, is Flag Day. As a proud citizen of the United States, proudly display the flag of our country and say a prayer to give thanks to God for allowing us to live in such a great country. If you have children, sit down and read them a story about one of our great patriots like George Washington or Benjamin Franklin.

Rotary Auction

Rotary Club of San Jose Silicon Valley will its Annual Benefit Dinner and Auction on June 24th at 5:30pm in the Community Center. They are raising money to support many San Jose non-profits. Tickets my be purchased at the door and are only $30 for a gourmet dinner and silent and live auctions with great merchandise.

Italian Catholic Federation Interested in knowing about the Ital-ian Catholic Federation (ICF)? Come to Transfiguration Parish ICF’s one year anniversary dinner party on Thursday, June 22. Festivities begin at 6:00pm in Tabor Hall. Dinner is $15 per person. RSVP by June 18. For more information or reservations, call Donna at 408-265-7902.

Having Faith During Difficult Times

All are invited to a presentation by Msgr. John Sandersfield on Tuesday, June 13 from 1pm – 3 pm at Transfig-uration-in the Church. Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. How has faith helped me during the difficult times in my life, to come to know my own giftedness and that of others, and live life more fully in the joy of the Kingdom? Sponsored by Catholic Cemeteries, Diocese of San Jose. Free. For more information, call 650-428-3730 or cemeteryin-fo@dsj.org

Give the "Gift of Life"! Holy Family and the Knights of Co-lumbus are sponsoring a blood drive with Stanford Blood Center on Sun-day, June 25th from 830am—1pm. Drop by the Bloodmobile in Holy Fam-ily's rear parking lot. You can sign up in the office or after Mass or sign up at www.sbcdonor.org. Please prayerfully consider donating. First time donors are especially welcome, and appoint-ments are not required.

Sacred Scripture Study

Our Monday and Tuesday Studies are on Summer Vacation. Stay tuned as they start-up again in September.

Monday mornings, 10am-12 noon. Contact Donna Holt 408-371-3682 or goodsamnurse@gmail.com

Tuesday eves, 7-8:45 pm. Contact Terry Giorgetti, call/text: 408-497-9276 or tgetti@aol.com.

The Word is Alive—Scripture Study Thursdays 7:15-9 pm in the

Hope Room. All are welcome!

EDGE and Life Teen have concluded for the semester . Please keep Jeff and the teens in your prayers this upcoming week as they join over 250 teens from our diocese at the Diocesan Youth Retreat at Lake Tahoe. Registration for the new year 2017/2018 will be available soon at holyfamilysanjose.org (under Faith Formation/Youth & Young Adults)

Contact Jeff Gans for more info at 408-265-8650 or jgans@dsj.org.

VACATION BIBLE CAMP Vacation Bible Camp is July 10-14.

Please visit our website to register your campers. Volunteers can also register at the same website! Online registration is open now. Have questions? Please contact: Christina Fenn (cfenn@dsj.org)

Need hours for community service? Why not get them at VBC! We have lots of opportunities for you to help out!

Want to watch FREE Catho-lic movies from the comfort of your own couch? Interest-ed in learning more about the Catholic faith at a time con-

venient for you? Check out FORMED.ORG using the par-ish code PWZ8DW for all movies, audio and much, much more! Questions? Contact – Christina (cfenn@dsj.org) for more information.

Liturgy Link

The Mass

Our Offering

As we transition from the Liturgy of the Word to the Liturgy of the Eucharist we begin the offertory Chant (or song)

It’s not only the physical offerings we bring to the Mass that Father is preparing to receive. He is receiving our participation in the form of gifts, the wine, the bread and perhaps other gifts to relieve the needs of the Church and of the poor. We also give our prayers, our spiritual offerings and our physical presence. When the altar has been set and Father proceeds to the steps to receive the offerings, representatives of our community bring forth the physical offerings he will offer on behalf of the entire community.

Our participation is verbal, physical and spiritual. Each of us is called to active participation in the Mass. That does not mean we must be loud with needless moving or activities. It does mean that we come prepared to be a participant in each part of the Mass. During the offertory we sing, we pray as a community that we are pleasing to God, and we join together to present our gifts to the Lord.

Come, let us Worship together!

Kathy Bohac —Coordinator of Liturgy

Gaudium in Itenere - Adult Faith Formation

Wednesdays 6:30pm Hospitality 7-8pm Speaker

June 21 – “The Wounded Healer” by Rilene Simpson (Rescheduled from June 7)

Village House is an interfaith shelter of hope St. Julie’s is the current host of this women’s shelter and this is an op-portunity to live your faith, through corporal acts of mercy, to be Christ’s heart, hands, and voice of love. Consider volun-teering by signing up online at the Village House website: www.villagehousesccca.com..

Holy Family will operate the shelter during November until December 6th. Helping a shift or more at one of the other churches is an opportunity to get to know the women and learn how things work before the shelter moves here.

Faith communities hosting individuals at night and looking for support help include: St. Julie, Cathedral of Faith, St. Timothy Lutheran, Holy Family, and Temple Emanu-El,. Many volunteer opportunities are available for individuals or groups such as laundry, meals, intake and overnight, driving, and medical. St. Julie’s is the present host. You can see where they need help and sign-up on the Village House. Sign-ups for these sites are opened each month.

This would be good experience for us as Holy Family will be hosting the shelter in November.

Chris SchmitzHoly Family’s

Village House Coordinator