Sunday No Continental Breakfast after 9:00 am Mass. Special Collection this weekend is for St. Vincent de Paul Monday Next Grief Group Meeting is September 19 at 7 pm in the Rectory. Wednesday Thursday Adoration after 9:30am Mass until 6:30pm. Confessions after Mass. Sunday No Continental Breakfast after 9 am Mass Special Collection next weekend is for The Pastoral Solidarity of the Church in Africa Friday FIRST FRIDAY-Adoration after 9:30am Mass until 11:00 am Saturday Tuesday The next Ladies Guild meeting is Sept. 13, at 1 pm in the Fr. Jim Community Center meeting rooms. NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME. July 31, 2016 - Aug.7, 2016 Sunday 7:30am 9:00am 11:00am 5:00pm Bob E. DeBarr † For Our Parishioners Emmanuel Aqualina † Anna Tuyen & Jerome Tinh † Monday 6:30 am 9:30 am Ramon Abujin † Susan Mandich Tuesday 6:30 am 9:30 am No Intention Michael Paradise † Wednesday 6:30 am 9:30 am No Intention Sylvia Crawley † Thursday 6:30am 9:30am Mary & Devon Stout † No Intention Friday 6:30am 9:30am Pauline Ostrom & Gilbert Richards † No Intention Saturday 8:00 am 5:00 pm Sylvia Crawley † Paul Lam Tran † Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 11:00 am 5:00 pm Bob E. DeBarr † Sylvia Crawley † For Our Parishioners Stephen Baldzikowski † ASCENT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM Hours of operation, closed for the month of August . Contact 408- 257-8302 FAX Number 408-257-4600 Web Site: www.ascent- jobs.org PO Box 9604, San Jose CA 95157. Ascent is also looking for men’s work shoes.. Please leave at the last garage. Thank you! Weekly Stewardship Report Collections for 7/24/2016 $ Collections 7/1/15 to 7/24/16 $ Budgeted 7/1/15 to 7/24/16 $ Variance Stewardship numbers not available at time of print Thank you for your continued support! July 31, 2016 - Aug. 7, 2016 Social Justice Corner Possessions possess. We are called to share. Where does your true treasure lie? In today’s gospel, Jesus reminds us: “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of pos- sessions.” Many of us can admit to having an over-abundance of pos- sessions. We don’t have ONE of a certain item, but multiple. We are often tempted to buy the ‘latest and greatest” of what our consumer society lures us into believing we ‘need’ to make us happy. Accumulating more and more is not the answer to happiness. We can choose to live a simpler lifestyle and keep only what we actually use and need. As followers of Christ, we are called to share with our brothers and sisters. We can look to this summertime as a great oppor- tunity to clean out our homes, drawers and closets, kitchen and garage items and pass them on. Involve your children in donating their unused clothes, games, toys and school supplies. Consider bringing these items to Sacred Heart Community Services or the adult clothes and shoes to our own Ascent Program. Perhaps you can have a garage sale and give the proceeds to a worthy cause. Clearing out our excess re- minds us to ‘Seek first the Kingdom of God” trusting that God will provide for all that we need. What matters to God is for us to find our treasure in His Son, Jesus. Why not set aside time this week for you and your children to go through your possessions and pass them on? And before you do, stop and offer a prayer: “Lord, thank you for all you have given us. Bless all those who will benefit from these donations. Help them and my family and me discover where our true treasure lies – which is in our relationship with You.” Social Justice Committee Family Camping Come join us for camping over Labor Day weekend! Lots of family fun! The Chris- tian Family Movement (CFM) of Queen of Apostles is planning our annual camping trip for the Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2 - 5. This year we have a group reservation at New Brighton State Beach, and you and your family are invited to join us. The cost is $120 per couple or family for the 3-day weekend. If interested, contact Jan Wedig, at 408-735-0408 or [email protected] If you don’t wish to camp the entire weekend, come join us for the day on Saturday, Sept. 3. Attend the Begonia Festival at Capitola Beach. Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Thuc at 5:00 followed by a potluck dinner. Bring folding chairs and jackets. Also, for dinner please bring your meat to grill and either a side dish or dessert to share that serves 10.
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Sunday
No Continental Breakfast after 9:00 am Mass. Special Collection this weekend is for St. Vincent de Paul
Monday Next Grief Group Meeting is September 19 at 7 pm in the Rectory.
Wednesday
Thursday Adoration after 9:30am Mass until 6:30pm. Confessions after Mass.
Sunday No Continental Breakfast after 9 am Mass Special Collection next weekend is for The Pastoral Solidarity of the Church in Africa
Friday FIRST FRIDAY-Adoration after 9:30am Mass until 11:00 am
Saturday
Tuesday The next Ladies Guild meeting is Sept. 13, at 1 pm in the Fr. Jim Community Center meeting rooms. NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME.
July 31, 2016 - Aug.7, 2016
Sunday 7:30am 9:00am 11:00am 5:00pm
Bob E. DeBarr † For Our Parishioners Emmanuel Aqualina † Anna Tuyen & Jerome Tinh †
Monday 6:30 am 9:30 am
Ramon Abujin † Susan Mandich
Tuesday 6:30 am 9:30 am
No Intention Michael Paradise †
Wednesday 6:30 am
9:30 am No Intention Sylvia Crawley †
Thursday
6:30am 9:30am
Mary & Devon Stout † No Intention
Friday 6:30am 9:30am
Pauline Ostrom & Gilbert Richards † No Intention
Saturday 8:00 am 5:00 pm
Sylvia Crawley † Paul Lam Tran †
Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 11:00 am 5:00 pm
Bob E. DeBarr † Sylvia Crawley † For Our Parishioners Stephen Baldzikowski †
ASCENT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Hours of operation, closed for the month of August . Contact 408-257-8302 FAX Number 408-257-4600 Web Site: www.ascent-jobs.org PO Box 9604, San Jose CA 95157. Ascent is also looking for men’s work shoes.. Please leave at the last garage. Thank you!
Weekly Stewardship Report Collections for 7/24/2016 $ Collections 7/1/15 to 7/24/16 $ Budgeted 7/1/15 to 7/24/16 $ Variance
Stewardship numbers not available at time of print Thank you for your continued support!
July 31, 2016 - Aug. 7, 2016
Social Justice Corner Possessions possess. We are called to share.
Where does your true treasure lie?
In today’s gospel, Jesus reminds us: “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of pos-sessions.” Many of us can admit to having an over-abundance of pos-sessions. We don’t have ONE of a certain item, but multiple. We are often tempted to buy the ‘latest and greatest” of what our consumer society lures us into believing we ‘need’ to make us happy.
Accumulating more and more is not the answer to happiness. We can choose to live a simpler lifestyle and keep only what we actually use and need. As followers of Christ, we are called to share with our brothers and sisters. We can look to this summertime as a great oppor-tunity to clean out our homes, drawers and closets, kitchen and garage items and pass them on. Involve your children in donating their unused clothes, games, toys and school supplies. Consider bringing these items to Sacred Heart Community Services or the adult clothes and shoes to our own Ascent Program. Perhaps you can have a garage sale and give the proceeds to a worthy cause. Clearing out our excess re-minds us to ‘Seek first the Kingdom of God” trusting that God will provide for all that we need.
What matters to God is for us to find our treasure in His Son, Jesus. Why not set aside time this week for you and your children to go through your possessions and pass them on? And before you do, stop and offer a prayer: “Lord, thank you for all you have given us. Bless all those who will benefit from these donations. Help them and my family and me discover where our true treasure lies – which is in our relationship with You.”
Social Justice Committee
Family Camping
Come join us for camping over Labor Day weekend! Lots of family fun! The Chris-tian Family Movement (CFM) of Queen of Apostles is planning our annual camping
trip for the Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2 - 5. This year we have a group reservation at New Brighton State Beach, and you and your family are invited to join us. The cost is $120 per couple or family for the 3-day weekend. If interested, contact Jan Wedig, at 408-735-0408 or [email protected] If you don’t wish to camp the entire weekend, come join us for the day on Saturday, Sept. 3. Attend the Begonia Festival at Capitola Beach. Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Thuc at 5:00 followed by a potluck dinner. Bring folding chairs and jackets. Also, for dinner please bring your meat to grill and either a side dish or dessert to share that serves 10.
The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Message from Queen of Apostles St. Vincent de Paul Conference
The St. Vincent de Paul Conference here at Queen of Apostles continues to an-swer the call of those in need in our community. Through prayer, financial assis-tance, food and information sharing, we attempt to help alleviate the suffering of our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. The purpose of this article is threefold. First, to report to you how we have used the donations you have so generously provided. Second to announce that the special collection this weekend will benefit our neighbors who need our help. Thirdly, to invite you to join our team. Our SVdP Conference helps: families with rent families with utilities and phone bills individuals with educational supplies and training directs individuals and families to shelters around the county distributes groceries, food and gas cards, as well as bus tokens for day passes on
public transit In addition, our conference helped 90 families with food over Thanksgiving. We kindly ask that you please be generous to our St. Vincent de Paul Confer-ence this weekend. You will find marked envelopes at both entrances Finally, our conference is looking for new members. Please join our caring and dynamic team in helping our neighbors. You can contact our president, Terean Crews, at qofasvdp@ googlegroups.com or you can leave a message on our phone line 408-253-7560 ext.150 and someone will return your call. Thank you. St. Vincent de Paul Conference at Queen of Apostles Church
July 31, 2016
Family Faith Formation 408-255-9950
Office is staffed on Tues. and Thurs. 8 -3 and on weekends by appointment. Please call
before stopping by.
Summer Message
Queen of Apostles School is closed for the sum-mer. We wish everyone a happy and safe summer. Classes will resume on August 18.
The school office is open weekdays in June and in August from 9am – 1pm. If you are interested in enrollment, please see our school website at www.qofa-school.org and contact the school office.
The Faith Formation office will be closed from August 1st through August 15th. Registration forms for 2016-2017 are available online at http:www.qofa.org/2016-2017-registration-2 or in the parish office. Last day to register in order to avoid late fees is August 31st. A $25 late fee will apply to any form re-turned after August 31st.
On the Calendar: July 31st: TOB part 9-Tackling the Tough Questions Aug. 31st: Deadline to register for Middle School Min-istry for the 2016-2017 school year. More info can be found online http://www.qofa.org/middle-school-ministry
Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults
Diocese of San Jose - Anthony Gonzalez Phone: 408-983-0113 Fax:408-983-0147 Emergency line: 408-983-0141
HIGH SCHOOL Youth Ministry and Confirmation Confirmation Registration is now open! Go to http://qofa.org/high-school-1. ON THE CALENDAR: ON THE CALENDAR: August 31 - Deadline for confirmation registra-tion September 11 - Confirmation begins *Like us on Facebook: Queen of Apostles Youth *Follow us on Instagram: QofAYM
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a religious formation program for adults and for
children 7 years or older, who are interested in joining the Catholic Church. Participants ex-plore their faith while learning about the Catho-
lic tradition. To learn more call 408-255-9950 or email [email protected]
GOD BEYOND THE GRAVE
A retreat day for those grieving the loss of a loved one, recent or long ago. You are invited to a day of reflection encountering the presence of God in your daily life in the midst of grieving The day will include prayer, reflection, an opportunity to share, if you wish, and a closing mass of the day. Date: Saturday, August 6, 2016. Time: 9:30am-3:30pm Location: St. Mary Parish-Hofmann Cen-ter 219 Bean Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95030 Cost: $15.00/person Registration and payment due Aug. 2 to Catholic Cemeteries ATTN: Nichole Lecheler. 22555 Cristo Rey Drive, Los Altos, CA. 94024, tel: 650-428-37x504, [email protected] *If this cost prevents you from attending this retreat, please contact the Cemeteries.
Details: Morning hospitality, and lunch will be provided. Please note dietary restrictions (no meat, vegan, no glu-ten, etc.) on registration form. Presenter: Fr. Christopher Bennett, Pastor, St. Christopher Parish
Sponsored by Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of San Jose and St. Mary Parish
Santa Clara County 2016 is a safe place for young people (12 through 20) who are affected by the drinking or drug abuse of
a family member or friend. There are no dues or fees. The “Heart to Heart Freedom” Alateen group meets every Thursday evening here at Queen of Apostles School at 7:45 p.m. in room7. Please call Jay or Venice at 408-406-7081 for more information.
Grief Group
The grief support group’s next meeting will be in September, 2016. Please call Shirley 408-241-1209 if you have any questions or need to talk.
We lovingly pray for those in our Parish and families who can-not join us at Mass especially, Elizabeth Felix, Tina Bowen, Venice Romiti, Ken Koenig, Tomas Arguello, Joann Caban,, George Hakius, Leo Zanotto, Claire Ratvay, Cheryl Baker.. Please let us also pray for all our servicemen and women who serve in the Armed Forces throughout the world and remember them in our hearts today and everyday. We remember those dearly departed in our Queen of Apostles family and in our own families and special persons: especially, Sylvia Crawley
WYD UPDATE Please join us after each Mass on August 6 and 7, as the World Youth Day pilgrims will be sharing their personal testimonies from the pil-grimage in Krakow, Poland. Blessed Giorgio Frassati, pray for us! St. John Paul II, pray for us! St. Kateri Tekakwitha, pray for us! St. James the Apostles, pray for us! Mary, Mother of mercy, pray for us!
The Diocese of San Jose has partnered with EthicsPoint to provide a confidential method to hear suggestions, concerns or reports of financial misconduct. EthicsPoint accepts reports of financial misconduct through its website or its Hotline: 1-888-325–7863. Please direct any questions that you may have about EthicsPoint or reporting concerns to Teresa Conville, Diocesan Compliance and Parish Financial Services Director at 408-983–0241 or [email protected].
PEACEMAKERS Sylvia Crawley
There are angels in our midst – sometimes in disguise. We may not see them but they are there. Sylvia Crawley was a vital part of our Social Justice group. Whenever we needed a volunteer she was there. She accompanied a child on Get on the Bus Mother’s Day and Father’s Day visit to Soledad, Chowchilla and Folsom prisons to visit. She brought food and clothes to the farm workers who live in Pescadero. That was what she was doing when she was driving home and was killed on Hwy. 280 this past week. Sylvia and her late husband have been in this parish since it was started and they raised 8 children here. She also worshipped at the Carmelite Monastery in Santa Clara and volunteered there once a week. She was a regular at Adoration here on Thursday and loved to hear the Vietnamese women in their prayers/chanting. We all mourn Sylvia’s passing. She was truly a saint and a peacemaker. She was a living reminder that there are good people in this world. People who live out the Pope’s mes-sage of mercy and compassion. People who are Christian in the deepest sense of the word. Jesus says repeatedly “feed the hun-gry” “give drink to the thirsty” “clothe the naked” “visit the imprisoned” - do we hear him? Do we treat our neighbor as ourselves? Can we learn from Sylvia’s lived experience of fol-lowing Jesus? Social Justice Committee
SUMMER HOURS
The Parish Office is closed at 4 pm, Monday through Thursday, and closed for lunch from 12-1. Friday we will be closed from 1- 4 pm. Regular hours will resume August 15th.
When you care enough to give the very best…...give yourself and your spouce
a Worlwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is November 11-13, 2016 at Vallambrosa Center, Menlo Park. For more information visit our website at sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Claranne at [email protected] or 408-782-1413.
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Queen of Apostles Church
4911 Moorpark Avenue
San Jose, Ca 95129
Never Give Up! PASTORAL STAFF: Rev. Thuc Si Ho, Pastor Rev. Reynaldo Sarmiento, Parochial Vicar, Dir. Of Liturgy Deacon Brian McKenna, Coordinator of Social Justice Kristie Manning, Faith Formation/RCIA Director Gregory Elsner, Accountant Mary Ann Oddo, Administrative Assistant II Marie McCarthy, Administrative Assistant I Klarissa Chichioco, Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ralph Garcia , Facilities Supervisor Teri Silvestri, Music Coordinator Carmen Macias, Wedding Coordinator Dirk Maasen, Technology Coordinator Family Faith Formation: 408-255-9950 Parish Office 408-253-7560 Summer Hours Open 9-4 Monday - Thursday, 9-12 Friday Closed for lunch: 12-1 4911 Moorpark Ave. San Jose, Ca.. 95129 Fax: 408-253-9530 Web Site: www.qofa.org Marty Chargin, School Principal School Address: 4950 Mitty Way 408-252-3659 San Jose, CA 95129
MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday (Vigil Mass): 5:00 p.m. Sundays: 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. Weekdays: 6:30 and 9:30 a.m. Saturdays: 8:00 a.m. Holy Days: (Vigil Mass) 5:00 p.m., 6:30, 9:30 a.m., 7:00 p.m. Marian Devotions: After the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Saturday SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Seminar required. Please contact Rectory for information. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays - 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Contact Rectory at least SIX MONTHS prior to any proposed wedding date. INQUIRY SESSION ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: Contact number: 408-255-9950 or [email protected]
