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Community Update
for Sunday December 17, 2023
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“Am I not your mother?” What a question posed to Saint Juan Diego. When I get up with the saints, I would love to hear what he was thinking when Our Lady of Guadalupe caught him on the side road. A good principle of life is never to run away from your mother. If Juan Diego was occupied with the exigencies of his life carrying for his ailing uncle, if he was caring more of what he thought of himself as opposed to what God was calling him for, we as a church could fall into the same temptation. The way we not fall into these temtpations as a Church is stick with the Mother of God! These two first weeks of Advent have been a great time of healing (read on for testimonies of our retreat) from any burden of our lives, especially the burden of self-judgments. While our parish was on retreat, the Bishop of San Jose released the Diocesan Pastoral Plan “Renewed in Christ, Together in Mission” which focuses the whole Catholic Church of the County of Santa Clara for the next 8 years to spiritual renewal through the six priorities of worship, outreach, formation, youth and young adults, family ministry, and structural renewal. In these pages in the next several weeks, we will break down what each of these priorities might look like for our parish and diocese. In the meantime I encourage you to read the whole plan at https://www.dsj.org/about-us/pastoral-planning/. Perhaps the most poignant part of the liturgical celebration of receiving the Pastoral Plan was the Bishop and the whole representative assembly of the Diocese consecrating the whole work to Jesus through the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe. So I end with the words of that prayer for you and your households in this time of expectant hope: “O Mary, Immaculately Conceived, beloved spouse of our patron, Saint Joseph, look upon us, your children, as we seek your motherly presence and guidance as we, the people of the Diocese of San Jose, consecrate ourselves to you”.
Come Lord Jesus!
Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us! Saint Joseph, pray for us! Saint John Vianney, pray for us!
God bless,
Fr Joe
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Diocese of San Jose – Pastoral Plan | Diocese of San José 2023 Pastoral Plan: Pray that the Holy Spirit will guide us in every step of our New Diocesan Pastoral Plan. Bookmark the following link to learn more and stay informed on the progress of our journey to 2031 https://www.dsj.org/pastoral-planning/ |
Read the 22/23 Diocese of San Jose Impact Report: Learn about the impact of the Diocese of San José ministries over the past year that serve more than 528,000 Catholics in Santa Clara County, including 54 parishes, missions and pastoral centers, and 34 Catholic schools. Click here to read the full report. | | |
Sunday December 24 is the Fourth Sunday of Advent for 8AM, 10AM, 12PM. There will be no 6PM Mass for Sunday December 24. Because Christmas falls on a Monday, the Sunday evening Masses are for the Vigil for Christmas. The Church asks that you celebrate BOTH the Fourth Sunday of Advent AND Christmas even though it is separated by less than a day. It is a double header of grace! January 1st is not a holy day of obligation for this year of 2024. | | |
In case you missed the Advent Retreat or would like to enjoy it again, below are the links to it | |
What people are saying:
“My adult children always grew up jealous of each other. They don’t even talk to each other as adults. Now, after they all went to the retreat, they’re talking to each other.” ~Magdalena
“I haven’t been to Confession in 30 years. After the retreat, I went to Confession.” ~SJV parishioner
Fr Felipe Kidnap Story
https://youtu.be/GzZPkhSYIY4
Advent Retreat First Day
https://youtu.be/H13PW7qnqJI
Advent Retreat 2nd Day
https://youtu.be/nyVFV2gyhY4
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Thank you Family Advent Retreat | |
Thank you to all the families who participated in the Family Advent Retreat on Saturday, December 9th. Thank you to Deacon Raul for leading us in reflection and prayer; to Jose and Martin who always work relentlessly behind-the-scenes to set-up and clean-up the facilities and refreshments; and to all the catechists wh made the day possible.
It was wonderful to see so many families spend time together sharing about their encounter with Christ in our daily lives and make family Advent wreaths together. A Blessed Advent to all!
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Advent Confessions in the Confessionals: | |
Friday, December 15, 630-730PM
Saturday, December 16, 4-530PM
Sunday, December 17, 11-1230PM
Friday, December 22, 630-730PM
Saturday, December 23, 4-530PM
Sunday, December 24, 11-1230PM
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SIMBANG GABI NOVENA
MASS SCHEDULE
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Friday, 12/15: 7:00pm
Saturday, 12/16: 8:00am
Sunday, 12/17: 6:00pm
Monday, 12/18: 7:00pm
Tuesday, 12/19: 7:00pm
Wednesday, 12/20: 7:00pm
Thursday, 12/21: 7:00pm
Friday, 12/22: 7:00pm
Saturday, 12/23: 7:00pm
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Youth & Young Adult Ministry | | | |
Basketball season is here. Gym is open every Sunday 730-9pm in December (except Dec 24 and Dec 31) to help our Priest Team practice for the Revs Sems Basketball Challenge Jan 21. |
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St. Vincent de Paul Giving Tree
Thank you for your generous monetary and gift card donations for Christmas. The families that we serve are so appreciative.
For questions, please contact SVDP.SJV.DSJ@gmail.com or
call 408 535-0404.
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Make this Advent meaningful by downloading the FORMED app and watching the wonderful Advent content. There’s something for everyone – talks, clips, movies, videos – for families, children, parents, adults, grandparents, young adults, teens, and individuals. All SJV parishioners have free access to Formed.org. | | | |
Diocese of San Jose (www.dsj.org/events) | |
- Prayer for Peace Mass & Rosary at Shrine of Our Lady of Peace: On December 22 join together and Pray for Peace at 5:15pm Mass at Our Lady of Peace Parish. A rosary and procession to Our Lady of Peace Shrine will be held after Mass.
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Eucharistic Adoration Music for Youth & Young Adults: Eucharistic Revival team has assembled a YouTube playlist to enhance youth and young adult prayer during Eucharistic adoration. Eucharistic Adoration has a special way of connecting young people with the truth about the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. This playlist contains songs with simple and sing-able lyrics for times of Adoration. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZrXiYyPjteQxRMtTtgc-2PWBn8rfluZb | | | |
Save the Date 2024 Walk for Life West Coast: Jan 20, 2024 is the Walk for Life in San Francisco. The day will begin with an early morning Diocesan Walk for Life Mass with Bishop Cantú. Buses, carpools, vans etc. will then travel to San Francisco. The Walk for Life Rally begins at 12:30pm in Civic Center Plaza followed by the Walk along Market Street. Parishes organizing buses to the Walk for Life please email ljp@dsj.org. | | | |
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SAVE THE DATE, Revs vs Sems: On Sunday, January 21, 2024 let's cheer on our favorite priests and seminarians with Vocations first fun event of the year. The Revs vs Sems Basketball Challenge! Doors open 5pm | 6pm Tip-off at St. Francis High School. Tickets are $10 admission. There will be a grand raffle at the game. 1st place winner will get $1000 gift card, 2nd place winner will get an airpod and the 3rd place winner will get a $100 gift card. Check your parish or dsj.org/basketball soon for the selling tickets. All proceeds from the game benefit DSJ's Seminarian
Formation. Volunteer opportunities are also available at the game. Visit dsj.org/basketball to sign
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Volunteers Needed at Catholic Charities Shower Van: We are looking for volunteers!! Catholic Charities offers a Shower Van on Thursday afternoons 12:30-4:30 pm at Our Lady of Refuge, which offers showers to the unhoused. If you can volunteer please sign up at https://tinyurl.com/CatholicCharVolunteer. | | |
Our Sunday Offering for Sunday, December 10, 2023 was $16,482.50 The Stewardship Committee thanks all our households for meeting our short-term goal over the last couple months. We are achieving our goal because of your participation, which can be done here. It takes all of us to carry out the Mission of our Lord Jesus here at St John Vianney Parish and School. | | |
Facebook Livestream has moved! | Please note that our livestreaming on facebook has moved here. You could also find us on our website and youtube. | | |
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The Valley Catholic
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Thanks to the Catholic Community Foundation, all our parishioners have access! Go to www.formed.org/signup, type in 95127, click on our parish and get your account to the “Catholic Netflix”.
Registering for FORMED is easier than ever:
2. Select your parish: Enter parish zip code 95127 and select St John Vianney from the provided dropdown menu
3. Register with your name and email address
4. Check that email Inbox for a link to start watching FORMED
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ETHICS FOR VACCINATIONS
California Catholic Conference
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The Roman Catholic Bishops of California have released joint statements on the ethics of the vaccines here. Our County is now offering vaccinations for those 65 years and older. Check with your health care provider or
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SCRIPTURE STUDY: BOOK OF GENESIS
First and Third Mondays
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Join Fr Francisco Nahoe, OFM Conv. on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month for a study of the first book of the bible. The session starts at 7PM on this Zoom (passcode 123).
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Please continue to be vigilant against the spread of the virus (masks, sanitize, distance). Contact Luis Estrada as soon you know you may have exposed our parishioners to the virus.
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We thank you for your continued support of our growing parish ministries.
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Reminder to only open and respond to official email communications from the Parish and Fr Joe (jkim@sjvsj.net). All other email inquiries should not be opened and deleted immediately. | |
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