ST. JOHN VIANNEY PARISH
Community Update
for Sunday May 2nd, 2021
5th Sunday of Easter
Pastor's Note
Do you know what would make your mother happy? Give her a call? Spend quality time with her? Send her flowers? Go to church? You can fulfill all of these here at SJV next weekend. There will be a special Mother’s Day blessing and gift at all Masses next weekend. We are still taking nominations for the “SJV Mother of the Year” Award, to be awarded next weekend. Send me an email, a picture and a reason. We will also remember all the deceased mothers and grandmothers. Donations in honor of these great women can be made at the parish office or our parish website. Fr John made his mother really happy when he became a priest (God rest her three years on May 5). 

Our parish fiesta will take on a different form. More details to come but keep May 22, June 26 and Aug 7 on your calendars. Read on for the many happenings here at your SJV home. 

St John Vianney, pray for us! 

God bless,

Fr Joe
IN THIS EMAIL
ENCOUNTER CHRIST
KNOW CHRIST
SERVE CHRIST

Stewardship

ADA

SPAM Caution
NEW VACCINATIONS DATE TODAY
NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED
April 30, 2021
BISHOP CANTÚ @ SJV
May 01, 2021
As part of our diocesan celebration for 40 years as a local church, Bishop Cantu will celebrate an outdoor Mass with civic dignitaries and church leaders on the Feast of St Joseph the Worker. We at St John Vianney are hosting! If you would like to help with hospitality, please contact Luis Estrada. If you would like to attend, please sign up here. 
MOTHER OF THE YEAR
May 8 & 9, 2021
Let’s honor our mothers in a big way this year. At all Masses on May 9, we will have a special blessing and a small gift. We would also like to award the “SJV 2021 Mother of the Year Award.” Nominations can be sent to Fr Joe. Winners will be honored on May 9 at all Masses. Please sign up for Masses here. 
FIESTA 2021 More details to come
Keep May 22, Jun 26, Aug 7 open. Food, fellowship, fun.
ALPHA TRAINING
May 15, 2021
Calling all Alpha participants to a training for our Fall Alpha. Anyone who has participated in an Alpha are asked to join as our parish prepares to launch the next Alpha. Join here. 
OUR LADY OF FATIMA
& the Pandemic
Join us Thursday May 13, 7pm there will be a special Mass in thanking 
Our Lady of Fatima for the graces of this community surviving the pandemic. A special statue of Our Lady of Fatima statue will arrive from Fatima, Portugal in two weeks. Sign up for the Mass here. Join Fr Joe on May 14 1130am for a talk on Marian Consecration here. 
ADA UPDATE
This year’s ADA campaign has been historic as SJV has raised $$225,781, having eclipsed our parish goal of $200,000. Our community always steps up when called upon for help and we are sincerely grateful. We know that many parishioners are now just returning to mass as we begin to turn the corner on the pandemic. For those who have yet to donate, we ask that you please consider pledging today. You will also receive more information in the mail from the Diocese shortly. All dollars raised at this point will come back to our parish as a rebate and will be applied to our COVID relief fund. The ADA committee along with Fathers Joe and John would like to sincerely thank you for your continued support and financial contributions. 
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SAINT JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Applications for the 2021-2022 School year can be completed here. Each referral for a family adds $500 to our parish’s School Scholarship Fund. Make a referral! Donate to the 
Scholarship here. 
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:
 
1. Go to formed.org/signup; click the 2nd button: Sign Up As A Parishioner
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
ETHICS FOR VACCINATIONS
California Catholic Conference
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
SCRIPTURE STUDY: BOOK OF GENESIS
First and Third Mondays
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).  
ROSARY
FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER 
Monday - Saturday
Join our parish Rosary Monday-Friday, 630PM on  Zoom or Facebook. Saturday 8:30AM (after daily Mass) Sunday at 11:00 AM on our Website or Facebook.
COVID-19 UPDATE
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. 
STEWARDSHIP
We thank you for your continued support of our growing parish ministries.

Please consider extending an invitation to someone that might benefit from any of these events or officially joining our parish. God reward you.
SPAM CAUTION
Reminder to only open and respond to official email communications from the Parish and Fr Joe ([email protected]). All other email inquiries should not be opened and deleted immediately.
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