Fourth Sunday of Advent Be Spirit filled and make disciples! December 23, 2018 37588 Fremont Blvd. Fremont 94536 Parish: (510) 797-1660 School: (510) 793-3553 Preschool: (510) 793-2013 [email protected]holyspiritfremont.org Weekend Weekday 5:00 pm (Saturday Vigil) Mon. - Fri.: 7:00 & 8:15 am 7:15 am | 9:00 am Wednesday: 6:30 pm 10:45 am | 12:30 pm 1 st Friday: 7:30 pm 5:00 pm Saturday: 7:00 & 8:15 am Mass Schedule Your Kids are Welcome Here! laughing, crying, running around and everything in between
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F o u r t h S u n d a y o f A d v e n t
B e S p i r i t f i l l e d a n d m a k e d i s c i p l e s !
Thursday, December 27 | Feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist
1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8
7:00 am Salud Martinez †, Jeff Nguyen †
8:15 am Ian Sanchez, Lennert Von Clemm †
Friday, December 28 | Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs
1 Jn 1:5 -- 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18
7:00 am Vera Razon, Johny Sutardji
8:15 am Ann Bukowski †, Conrad Saturnio †
Saturday, December 29| The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas; St. Thomas Becket
1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35
7:00 am Joseph Buccat, Emilia & Sergio Ymas †
8:15 am Dorothy Mittlestadt †, Wilson Carbonel †
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Confession Saturday: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Thursday before 1st Fri-day: 3:30 p.m. Weekdays: Call for an appointment. Eucharistic Adoration Perpetual Adoration is ongoing in our Governo House Adoration Chap-el. Temporarily closed 9 pm—6 am. Anointing of the Sick 1st Saturday at 11:00 a.m. All seniors and those seriously ill or anticipating surgery are invited to attend. Next Mass January 5. Sacraments For Baptism, First Com-munion, Confirmation, Adult Sacraments, Mar-riage, Anointing of the Sick or Funeral call the office at 510-797-1660 or check out holyspiritfremont.org. Interested in Catholicism? Learn about Jesus, the Catholic faith, or be-come Catholic: (510) 456-4975.
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
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What’s Happening at Holy Spirit?
Christmas Eve Set-Up Help 9:00– 2:30 pm | December 24
Join us 9 am - 2:30 pm in the Church to help set up and decorate our Church for Christmas eve. This is a great Christmas Eve activi-ty for the whole family.
Holy Spirit Gift Shop on Sale! 10:00– 2:00 pm | Sundays
40% off everything in the Gift Shop during the month of December and 10% off White wine! Come get some great gifts for Christmas.
Update From the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Our ministry has truly been blessed. With your continued help and support, we have been able to assist the needy in our community. During the months of September, October, and November, we served a total of 922 families. We provided food to 919, clothing to 160, rent or lodging to 8, bus tickets to 103, medical assistance to 2, utility assistance to 2, gas cards to 17, toiletries to 46, and bed-dings to 14 families during this time. We also provided Thanksgiv-ing baskets to 35 families and have prepared to distribute Christ-mas baskets and presents to 40 families. Volunteers in our minis-try worked a total of 674 hours. Next Sunday’s second collection will help our ministry to continue in our mission of charity. On behalf of the neighbors who receive our help, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul extends our heartfelt gratitude to the parishioners of Holy Spirit.
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FORMED pick of the week Go to holyspiritfremont.formed.org, or go to our homepage at holyspiritfremont.org and click the link to be taken to FORMED. Our pick of the week will be on the top of the Community page. This week is a talk by Archbishop Fulton Sheen on The True Meaning of Christmas.
Prayers For Christmas (see also page 6 and back cover for more prayers) Celebrating Christmas after the loss of a loved one. God of compassion, there is such a hole in my heart! Today should be a day of joy, but I feel only the emptiness and loss of someone so be-loved. While the world celebrates around me, I remember Christmas celebrations of the past and I long to have my loved one with me. I bring my sorrows to you, Lord, like some odd gift of the magi and dump them at your feet. In my blind tears I wonder if anyone can possi-bly understand the depth of my sadness. Yes, you can. You sent your son to be with us in our deepest sorrows and I know that even though I might not feel it at this minute, you are here with me, grieving with me, caring for me in my sadness and loving me. Dearest Lord, help me to turn to the one I miss so much today and speak. Help me heal the loss of our parting and help me not to regret the things I didn't say. Sorrow tears at my heart, but today I ask that my loss soften my heart and make me more compassionate with everyone I meet. Amen. (Conclude with 1 Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be)
Prayer before Christmas Dinner. God of all gifts, we thank you for the many ways you have blessed us this day. We are grateful each of those who are gathered around this ta-ble. We ask you to bless us and our food and to bless those we love who are not with us today. In our gratitude and love, we remember your humble birth into our lives and pray for those who are without enough to eat. We remember the stable in which you were born and pray for those who have no place to live. We remember your challenging message of caring and giving and we pray for peace in families and nations throughout the world. We bless you and give you thanks in your Spirit who brings our hearts to life the Christmas Day and forever. Amen. (Conclude with 1 Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be)
In every part of our Christmas days, joyful or otherwise, we can turn to God in prayer. Here are some suggested prayers for a variety of situ-ations. Use them or create prayers from your own heart to meet your own needs. Love and prayers, Fr. Ken
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Clergy Fr. Kenneth L. Sales, Pastor 510-456-4964
Fr. Lee Chompoochan, Parochial Vicar 510-797-1660 Fr. Matthew Murray, Parochial Vicar 510-456-4965 Dcn. Rigo Cabezas, Dir. of Rel. Ed. 510-456-4975
Dcn. Chuck Glover, Pastoral Care 510-789-8652 Dcn. Steve Lewellyn, RCIA 510-797-1660 Dcn. Tim Roberto, RCIA 510-598-7408 Dcn. Emeritus Richard Yee, Retired
Departments Business/Maintenance: Jeff Van der Sluis (510) 456-4970 Facilities Scheduling: Rosalyn Jose (510) 456-4995 Faith Formation and Youth Ministry Office: (510) 456-4974 Music: Paul Orella (510) 673-3873 Safe Environment: Keiru Bakke (510) 456-4972 Society of St. Vincent de Paul: (510) 797-3672
Traffic Team update
Please be advised that this year during the Sim-bang Gabi Novena, parking may be effected for the 7:15 am Sunday Mass only. This may effect 2 Sundays, Dec. 16th & 23rd for the 7:15 am Masses only. Parking will be available in the back parking lot if the need arises.
St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry
Heading to the store this week? Consider pick-ing up a few items for our SVdP food pantry: Chef Boyardee Spaghetti Noodles—not wheat Tuna
Thank you in advance! Please drop off non-perishable food donations at the rectory office.
& 12:30 pm Masses We offer free care for your preschooler every Sunday. We are located downstairs under-neath the church. Please stop by and visit us! More info call Fran at (510) 456-4974.
News and Events
Simbang Gabi Novena 5:30 am | December 16- 24
You are invited to join the Simbang Novena at 5:3o am on December 16-24. Simbang Gabi is a Filipino tradition of a novena of early morning Masses leading up to Christmas. Each day is fol-lowed by a free breakfast in the Parish Center. See you there!
Share Christmas
All gifts will be delivered this weekend! If you still haven't returned your gift we need it imme-diately in order for the recipient to get their gift!
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Prayers for Christmas (see also page 4 and back cover for more prayers)
In every part of our Christmas days, joyful or otherwise, we can turn to God in prayer. Here are some suggested prayers for a variety of situ-ations. Use them or create prayers from your own heart to meet your own needs. Love and prayers, Fr. Ken
Going to work on Christmas Day Loving God, on this sacred day, I am going to work. There is something special about work-ing on Christmas, when so many others are home with loved ones. My work today might even have a wondrous sense of service and ne-cessity. But it doesn’t always feel noble and inside me there is a struggle: I wish I could stay home. Help me to feel missioned by you today. Let me recognize the unique way my co-workers and I are called to serve our brothers and sisters. Let me take just a moment in this quiet to feel your deep love for me. May I carry that sense of peace with me as the light of your love, shin-ing on everyone I come in contact with today. Thank you. Amen. (Conclude with 1 Our Fa-ther, Hail Mary, and Glory be)
Praying with my spouse in bed on Christmas morning. Sometimes the closest person to us isn’t some-one with whom we share our prayer lives. On Christmas morning before the household be-gins to stir, we can hold our spouse close and pray together in a special way, sharing the gifts of the day ahead. God of Love, thank you for the gift you have given us in bringing us together. On this day when we celebrate your birth, may we take an-other step closer to each other in intimacy. With your guidance, we want to be more loving and thoughtful, less protective and defensive around each other. May we dedicate this day to renewing our love. As we leave the warmth of this bed to begin our day, bless us with the warmth of your great love for us and help us to remember to look for the light of your love in each other. Amen. (Conclude with 1 Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be)
