Fifth Sunday of Easter

Bulletin . . . . . . . . .Article .DueJun 5 . . . Thu May 26 noonJun 12 . . . . Thu Jun 2 noon

FOR THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND – Nicholas Humy, Msgr. William Lenane, Fr. Thierry Geris, Diane Zscheile, Rev. John Butcher,

Sr. Jeannette Donnelly, Tom Mulcahy, Norman Swope, William Mcinerny

FOR THE RECENTly DECEASED – Edna Kansora, Betty Hofstetter, Patricia Jacobsen, Gerald Kosmala, Sybil Ann Pfluke, Jerry Martin, Ursula Esteotto, Margaret Grace Shea, Peter Koperski,

Rita Perko, Hal Partelow, Annie Wen, Denise Atherton, Julie Crozier, Bill de Mers, Quirico & Luz Japlit

Please Pray zZ

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Sunday, May 22: 9:00 am SAG . . . Margaret Eckroat † 10:30 am OLR . . Annie Wen †Readings: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33; 1 Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12

Monday, May 23: 7:15 am STA . . . . Pauline Easley †12:15 pm STA . . Eileen Butler †Readings: Acts 14:5-18; Jn 14:21-26

Tuesday, May 24: 8:30 am OLR . . . Annie Wen †12:15 pm STA . . Irene Butler (sp . int .)Readings: Acts 14:19-28; Jn 14:27-31a

Wednesday, May 25: St . Bede the Venerable; St . Gregory VII; St . Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi12:15 pm STA . . Annie Wen †Readings: Acts 15:1-6; Jn 15:1-8

Thursday, May 26: St . Philip Neri7:15 am STA . . . . Elaine Bond (sp . int .)Readings: Acts 15:7-21; Jn 15:9-11

Friday, May 27: St . Augustine of Canterbury12:15 pm STA . . Judy Woods (birthday)Readings: Acts 15:22-31; Jn 15:12-17

Saturday, May 28: 5:00 pm SAG . . . Julie Crozier †Readings: Acts 16:1-10; Jn 15:18-21

Mass IntentIons

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Year To DateOur Weekly OfferingApril 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,809 .97St . Elizabeth Seton School $ 3,256 .00thank you for your continued generosity

Actual YTD . . . $ 407,406 .60Budget YTD . . $ 424,325 .11Variance . . . . . . . . . . . . – 3 .99%

today's Message Last Thursday, our Diocese held the 41st annual St . Pius X Awards Banquet at the Villa Ragusa Restaurant in Campbell . This special event was to recognize and honor those catechetical volunteers who have generously and lovingly given of themselves for 5 years or more in service to our parish community . The St . Pius X Award is for people who volunteer as catechists as well as those who contribute to catechetical ministry in other ways, for example, as aides, office assistants, special program assistants, etc . This also includes those who work with the catechumenate and those who work with Liturgy of the Word for children .

This year our parish took great pride in honoring the following for their dedication and endless commitment to the catechetical ministry: Erika Campagnan – 5 years, John McNeel – 5 years, Donna Pellizzari – 5 years, Tara Feldmeier – 6 years, Elizabeth Hutter – 6 years, Laarni VonRuden – 7 years, Tess Byler – 10 years, Luis Valdez – 10 years, Tim O’Konski – 11 years, Yvette Bovee – 13 years, Hal Fletcher – 16 years, Guadalupe Loyola – 20 years and Miriam Melendez – 25 years .

Miriam Melendez was honored with a plaque in recognition of her 25 years of service . She was presented to the Bishop with the following dedication: “Miriam is one of the pioneers in the catechetical program for the Hispanic Community . She started out helping with adult formation in RCIA in Spanish with Sr . Maria Luisa . She worked for some years with the youth confirmation program and afterward, she worked in the First Communion program . Currently, she is back working in the youth confirmation program, and she still volunteers as a catechist in the First Communion process . Miriam is also an ILM graduate, and she has also completed the Fe Mas Alla del 2000 program .”

Please join us in showing our great appreciation for the invaluable ministry of these special people and all those who give tirelessly in sharing our faith with others .

Susan Clingingsmith // Director of Religious Education

FIrst CoMMunIon at our Lady oF the rosary

Our Hispanic Community will celebrate First Communion on Sunday, May 22 . The Mass will begin at 8:30 a .m . to allow enough time for this special celebration before the regular 10:30 a .m . Mass .

PresIders sCheduLe

Saturday & Sunday May 28 & 29, 2011

St . Albert the GreatSat 5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr . ValentonSun 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr . StanleySun 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . Fr . Hernandez

St . Thomas AquinasSun 7:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr . HesterSun 8:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr . ValentonSun 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr . ValentonSun 12 noon . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA

Our Lady of the RosarySun 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr . Gammad Sun 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr . Allen Sun 6:00 pm Youth . . . . . . Fr . Stanley

CongratuLatIons

This past Wednesday, May 18th, Fr . Matt celebrated the 20th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood . Ad multos anos!

Sunday, May 22: Fifth Sunday of Easter 9:15, 10:15 am . . Rel . Ed . (ISP/SESS)11:30 am . . . . . . . Byzantines (SAGH)2:00 pm . . . . . . . . Small Faith (DC)5:00 pm . . . . . . . . Youth Mass Dinner (OLRH)

Monday, May 23: Victoria Day (Canada)9:30 am . . . . . . . . Building & Main . (PC)7:00 pm . . . . . . . . TMC (STAH)7:30 pm . . . . . . . . Green Comm . (PC)

Tuesday, May 24:

Wednesday, May 25: Thursday, May 26: 10:00 am . . . . . . . Small Faith Sharing (SAGH)7:00 pm . . . . . . . . Centering Prayer (DC)

Friday, May 27: 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . Sp . Young Adults (OLRH)

Saturday, May 28: 8:00 am . . . . . . . . Environment Team (OLR)10:30 am . . . . . . . Baptism Class (PC)

St. Thomas Aquinas ParishthIs Week’s hIghLIghts FIrst CoMMunIon at st. aLbert the great

uPdate FroM Fr. thIerry

Dear Friends, I am back from Lourdes where I took part in an excellent pilgrimage organized by the Order of Malta . For a week every year, thousands of Knights and Dames of Malta and volunteers from many different countries gather in Lourdes to accompany their guest malades in pilgrimage . I had been to Lourdes a few years ago, but this pilgrimage had an entirely different significance for me . For one thing, it made all the difference to be there with this group . They organized the whole trip and planned activities (liturgies, processions, and spiritual talks) that made this week a very powerful experience . Overall, I was lifted up by the care and attention that I received as a malade, and came to better accept my illness and understand that, even though it weakens me, it joins me to Christ and His mission in a special way . I had an opportunity to bathe in the waters that flow from the spring in the grotto at Lourdes, and prayed for healing, physical or spiritual, according to God’s will .

I received another chemotherapy treatment upon my return . This is the last one scheduled at this time . I am feeling OK so far but the maximum effect is usually not felt until about a week after the treatment . In three weeks I will meet with my doctor and expect that he will order another scan to assess the results of the treatment so far . Hopefully the news will be good and plans will be made to strengthen my voice, possibly through surgery .

I wish you a blessed Easter season . Greetings, Fr. Thierry

bIshoP aPPoInts Fr. seIMas

Today, I was informed that Bishop McGrath has appointed a second Parochial Vicar to our parish . Fr . Peter Seimas, who has been celebrating Sunday Mass at both OLR and STA in Fr . Thierry's absence, will be joining us on July 1st . We are very grateful to God for this great blessing .

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St . Mark's Church is hosting a blood drive on Sunday, June 5th . You can claim your preferred time by signing up early at bloodcenter .stanford .edu, click on "schedule an appointment," and enter sponsor code 1318 . Or call 888-723-7831 . And save Sunday, December 11, for the Advent blood drive . Get in the habit! Give regularly to save lives . 11:30 am - 03:30 pm – St . Marks Episcopal Church Blood-mobile, 600 Colorado Ave ., Palo Alto .

May 22, 201150th annIversary events

Calling All Parish Artists — Saint Albert the Great Church, as part of our 50th Anniversary Celebration, is sponsoring an Art Exhibit in early October . This exhibit will be made up of ALL art forms including, but not limited to, paintings, photographs, graphic arts, sculpture and crafts . If you are interested in displaying your art or assisting in this project please contact Mary Martinson at maryjerrym@SBCglobal .net or call 650-321-0739 .

st. vInCent de PauL

Our St . Thomas Aquinas Conference of St . Vincent de Paul maintains a Food Closet which is located in the Dermody Center . The food that the parishioners bring to the church is used to feed those who come to us for help . For those who have access to cooking facilities, the SVDP worker makes up a bag of groceries containing food very similar to a weekly purchase of food at the supermarket .

For those who are homeless, there are other considerations which must be addressed . The food cannot be too heavy; it should be highly nutritious, and non-perishable . We endeavor to use pull top cans whenever possible for our “hearty soups” and tuna because most people who are homeless do not have can openers . The other food items which go into the food bags are: water, 1 sleeve of saltine crackers, fruit cup, granola bar, juice pouch, a small box of Cheerios & a baggie containing a napkin & spoon .

When you are planning your Memorial Day picnic, think of those who do not have enough to eat, and plan to bring food to the church any Sunday or donate to our St . Vincent de Paul collection . The St . Vincent de Paul collection this month is on May 29 . It is the second collection .

thInkIng about beCoMIng CathoLIC...?Do you have an interest in becoming Catholic? Were you baptized as a child but have not received the Sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation? Our adult inquiry sessions will begin soon . For more information about the process, please call Jean at (650) 494-2496 .

CathoLIC CharItIes thanks you

Thank you for the pledges and contributions of over $7,000 in support of the social ministry of Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County . It is not too late to mail your envelope or to donate online at www .catholiccharitiesscc .org . Together, with each one of us doing what we can, we will get through these times . Every donation makes a difference! Be part of the solution to cut poverty .

KEY REFERENCESDC . . . Dermody CenterOLR . . Our Lady of the Rosary

ChurchOLRH OLR Church HallKC . . . OLR Kerry’s CornerPC . . . . Pastoral CenterSAG . . St . Albert the

Great Church

SAGH SAG HallSESS . . St . Elizabeth Seton

School SESA . SES AuditoriumSTA . . . St . Thomas Aquinas

ChurchSTAH . STA Hall (basement

rectory)

HolY SACRAMENTS Please contact the Pastoral Center for more information.

Anointing of the Sick: Every first Monday of the month after the 7:15 am Mass . Once a year, the weekend closest to February 11, World Day of the Sick, and by request .

Christian Initiation: If interested in exploring the Catholic faith or completing the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation) as an adult, youth or child .

Infant Baptism: Preparation may begin before or after the birth of your child .

Marriage: Arrangements need to be made at least six months prior to the proposed marriage date .

AdMiNiSTRATioN, oFFiCE STAFF, & CoMMiTTEES

Main Phone: (650) 494-2496

Business & Operations Manager: Chuck Tully ext . 20 business@paloaltocatholic .org

Administrative Assistant: Sandra Pedersen ext . 10

Pastoral Home Ministry: Mary Fong and Pat Dietrich ext . 22

Pastoral Stewardship Council: (every 2nd Wednesday 7:00 pm OLR) Chairperson: Kay Williams (650) 328-2781; Vice-Chairperson: Yvette Boveé (650) 856-8748; Secretary: Kathleen Hart (650) 321-8399

Community Life: Jeanne Ramos (650) 324-8788 & Beverly Wade (650) 856-9339

Human Concerns Committee: Chair: Paul Chestnut (408) 493-8237

St. Vincent de Paul Society: (650) 424-8155

Parish Site Committees: STA: Kay Williams (650) 328-2781; OLR: Micky Martin (650) 494-0119; SAG: Pat Briggs (650) 856-0460; Kathleen Hart (650) 321-8399; Roberto Alvelais (650) 964-3454

St. Elizabeth Seton School (Daughters of Charity): 1095 Channing Avenue (650) 326-9004 Principal: Sr . Adella Armentrout, DC Director of Development: Marcy Black (650) 326-1258

STA Photography: (650) 493-2128, photography@paloaltocatholic .org http://www .shutterfly .com/pro/PALOALTOPHOTOG/SpecialR1

Stanford Hospital Chaplaincy: Catholic Chaplain: Fr . John Hester (650) 723-5101

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Chaplaincy: Rev . Carolyn Glauz-Todrank (650) 497-8538

Widows/Widowers Group: Lorraine Dabney (650) 494-6488

Toll Free Movie Reviews for Parents: 1 (800) 311-4CCC http://usccb .org

Welcome new parishioners to St. Thomas Aquinas Parish! We encourage you to register as members of our growing family . Please email your name, address, and phone to admin@paloaltocatholic .org . Current members please contact the Pastoral Center to update your information .