We, at St. Catherine Parish, are a grow-

ing, diverse, and welcoming Catholic Community, called to live and proclaim the

good news of Jesus Christ through Worship, Discipleship and Service.

La Parroquia de Santa Catalina de Alejan-

dría, es una comunidad en crecimiento, acogedora y diversa, llamada a vivir y

proclamar la Buena Nueva de Jesucristo por medio de la Oración, el Discipulado y

el Servicio.

MASSES / MISAS

Monday-Saturday: 8:15am Saturday: 5:30pm Sábado: 7:00pm Sunday: 7:15, 8:45, 10:30am 5:30pm Domingo: 12:15pm

CONFESSION / CONFESIÓN Saturday / Sábado: 4:00 -

5:00pm (Or by appointment / O hacer una cita.)

ADORACIÓN /ADORATION Wednesday / Miércoles 7:00pm

17400 Peak Avenue

Morgan Hill, CA 95037

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Fax: (408) 779-0289

www.stca.org

Email: Office@stca.org

Catechetical Ministry

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SAINT CATHERINE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY COMUNIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTA CATALINA

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME / TRIGESIMO PRIMER DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO

Rectory Office Hours / Horarios de la Rectoría Monday - Friday (Lunes - Viernes)

8:00am - 6:00pm Saturday (Sábado) / Sunday (Domingo)

Closed/Cerrado

Pastoral Staff / Equipo Pastoral Fr. Sergio Ovando, Pastor - sovando@dsj.org

Msgr. Francisco Rios, Parochial Vicar– frios@dsj.org Fr. Francis Kalaw, Parochial Vicar - fkalaw@dsj.org Deacon Rick Haeckel, Deacon - rhaeckel@dsj.org Deacon Phil Flowers, Deacon - pflowers@dsj.org Deacon Juan Aquino, Deacon - jaquino@dsj.org Lou Villano, Business Manager - lvillano@dsj.org

Carmelo Jimenez, Hispanic Ministries Coordinator, cjimenez@dsj.org Rose Pucan-Meagor, Director of Family Faith Formation &

Evangelization- rosepm@dsj.org Deepu Kochuparambil, Youth & Young Adult Ministry -

deepuk@dsj.org Anna Quiñones, Director of Stewardship & Development -

aquinones@dsj.org Fabienne Esparza, Principal - fesparza@stcatherinemh.org

Diana-Lynn Inderhees, Liturgy Coordinator, dinderhees@dsj.org Maria Dominguez, Office Manager, mdominguez@dsj.org Juanita Martinez, Administrative Assistant, jumartinez@dsj.org

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The LORD, the God of your fathers, will give you a land flowing with milk and honey (Deuteronomy 6:2-6). Psalm — I love you, Lord, my strength (Psalm 18). Second Reading — Jesus is always able to save those who approach God through him (Hebrews 7:23-28). Gospel — To love God with all your heart and to love your neighbor as yourself is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices (Mark 12:28b-34). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Phil 2:1-4; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:12-14 Tuesday: Phil 2:5-11; Ps 22:26b-30ab, 30e, 31-32; Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Phil 2:12-18; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Phil 3:3-8a; Ps 105:2-7; Lk 15:1-10 Friday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22 Saturday: Phil 4:10-19; Ps 112:1b-2, 5-6, 8a, 9; Lk 16:9-15 Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 146:7-10; Heb 9:24- 28;Mk 12:38-44 [41-44]

IGLESIA DE SANTA CATALINA November 3/4, 2018 SAINT CATHERINE CHURCH Noviembre 3/4, 2018

8:15am Mass Intentions

Monday, November 5 † Jose Luis Garcia † Patrick Ryan Tuesday, November 6 Kaylie Cica † Irene Clark Wednesday, November 7 † Charles Barth † Wanda Bambino Thursday, November 8 † Fe Caballero † Angelina Caballero Friday, November 9 † Mary Grace Coming † Joseph Tacci Saturday, November 10 † Emeterio Aleman † Mollie Edgar

THE WEEK AHEAD/LA SEMANA PRÓXIMA Sunday/Domingo, November 4

8:00-12:00pm CR1-4,Kit Hospitality 9:00-10:15am MC,DC,Rm.8,10,11 Faith Formation Classes 3:30-5:30pm CH Worship Band & Singers 4:00-5:30pm DC Cat. Min. - FF Home Study Session 7:00-9:00pm MC Life Teen Youth Group 7:00-9:00pm GYM Open Gym Basketball

Monday/Lunes, November 5 6:00-7:00pm CR3-4,Kit Community Super 6:00-8:00pm Rm.11 UPDE - One on One Meeting 6:30-8:30pm NUR Handmaids - Stitching Group 6:30-7:30pm CR-1 Planning Meeting for Ghana Trip 7:00-8:30pm Rm.8,10 JPC - Junta de Equipo 7:00-8:30pm CR-1 ICF Board Meeting

Tuesday/Martes, November 6 10:00-12:00pm CR1-4,Kit Diocesan Liturgy - Meeting 6:30-9:00pm Rm.11 JPC Coro 7:00-9:00pm MC Spanish RCIC Session 7:00-9:00pm CR3-4,Kit KoC - Assembly Meeting 7:00-9:00pm CH Existing EM Renewal 7:00-9:00pm CR1-2 Stephen Ministry - Supervision Mtg. 7:00-9:00pm LR Car Raffle Committee Planning

Wednesday/Miércoles, November 7 9:00-11:00am CR1-2 Women’s Group Study 3:30-4:45pm MC,Rm.8 Faith Formation Class 3:30-4:45pm CH Faith Formation Community Time 4:00-8:30pm NUR Choir Practice/FilAM Choir 5:00-6:00pm CH Children’s Choir 6:00-8:00pm CH Adoration/Hora Santa 6:00-7:30pm CR1-2 UPDE Meeting 6:30-7:45pm Rm.8 Jesus to Mankind Prayer Group 6:30-8:00pm GYM Danza Liturgica Practice 6:30-9:00pm Rm.11 JPC Coro 7:00-8:00pm CH Hora Santa 7:00-8:30pm LR RICA 7:00-8:30pm Rm.10 Grupo Amigos Pastorela Practice 7:00-8:30pm MC EDGE - Middle School Ministry 78:00-10:00pm CH Alfa-Omega Grupo de Oración

Thursday/Jueves, November 8 6:00-9:00pm CH Spanish Choir 6:00-7:30pm Rm.10 UPDE - Volunteer Meeting 7:00-8:30pm Rm.11 Grupo Amigos - Teen Leader Mtg. 7:00-8:30pm CR1-4 Capital Campaign Weekly Meeting 7:30-9:30pm MC Cat. Min. - Catechist Session

Friday/Viernes, November 9 9:30-11:00am CR1-2 Bible Study 6:00-8:00pm CR1-2 Cub Scouts Pack 766– Den7 Mtg. 6:00-8:00pm CH Danza Liturgica OLG Day Practice 7:00-9:00pm MC, Rm.8 Grupo Amigos Youth Group 7:00-9:00pm Rm.8,10,11 JPC Reunion Semanal

Saturday/Sabado, November 10 9:00-9:30am CH Spanish FF Community Time 9:15-10:45am MC,DC,Rm,8,10,11 Spanish Faith Formation Classes 10:00-12:00pm CR1-2 Retiro de Quinceañeras

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

FROM THE DESK OF MSGR. FRANCISCO RISO, PAROCHIAL VICAR….

During his ministry, Jesus told us to love one another as we love ourselves, “Love your neigh-bor as yourself; so the measure of our love was ourselves. As I love myself that is the measure, I love others. But at the Last Supper he told his disciples “love one another as I have loved you” so the measure is not anymore as I love myself it is, as Jesus loved us, giving his life for us on the Cross. There is no greater love than the one who gives his life for his friends. St. Paul reminds us that “love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous, is not pompous, is not in-flated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own in-terests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice in wrong doing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love never fails…. So faith, hope love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1Cor 13) Love has to be shown in actions more than in words and St. John in his first letter tells us “If anyone says, I love god, but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. This is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother” (1Jn 4:20-21)

STEWARDSHIP IN SCRIPTURE by Deacon Rick Haeckel

The one asking Jesus which commandment was the first is a scribe, one learned in the Law. He asks a question regularly discussed in Jesus’ time so Jesus answers him directly. The question of what or whom is first comes from a desire to find the essential element of the area being discussed. It implies that there are too many, in this case commandments, to keep present in one’s mind. So the desire is to ensure focus on the essential or base of the Law. Summarizing Jesus’ eloquent response, loving God with our whole being provides the foundation for a life lived seeking to answer the call of our creator. Loving God can be often honored primarily in thought, acknowledging the truth of the call but without concrete actions which embody it. Jesus adds a “second” commandment to explain the fundamental way in which we are to love God … by loving our neighbor. Not in an abstract way but in the same way and with the same intensity that we “love” ourselves. Hmmm, that gets pretty personal. How do we love ourselves? The temptation is to support our desire to provide comfort and fulfilment as we see it in our worldly life. But perhaps Jesus’ invitation to love others as we love ourselves is fundamentally a question which addresses intensity, not just acknowledgment. Worldly allures tempt us to provide for ourselves first and then, if any love is left over, we share with others. We can easily fool ourselves, sharing only “leftover” love. We need to honor the call to see others in the same way we see ourselves. Even though expressed as a commandment in Jewish Law, it’s not intended to be onerous or out of reach. Love, the personification of God as the Gospel of John tells us, is the glue that allows us to see others (and ourselves) as God sees us. It isn’t a hurdle to be overcome but rather the “food” which provide life … a life lived in imitation of Jesus. Yet, with all the aspects of daily life that draw us away from this essential truth, we still must maintain an awareness that we, first and foremost, are made to love. Too often forgotten is the wonderful reminder that “love isn’t love until it is given away.” That giving doesn’t diminish our storehouse of love, rather it manifests within us a fullness of potential to be for others a source of goodness. In the words of a popular idiom it’s sort of a “less is more” situation. As with most things, practice is needed to become more able to be loving. Pick something in your life today (a person, a pet, a country, a friend…) and feel how concentrating on our most treasured part of oneself grows as we share totally our love.

GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK Fall is in the air, days are shorter, before we know it, winter is here. See how long you can wait before turning on the furnace (unless health needs prevent it). Sweaters, coats and an extra blanket provide “free” warmth.

NEITHER DESPAIR NOR PRESUME

Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume. —St. Augustine

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time; National Vocation Awareness Week; Daylight Saving Time ends Tuesday: Election Day Friday: The Dedication of the Lateran Basili ca Saturday: St. Leo the Great

TRIGESIMO PRIMER DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO

¡BIENVENIDO! Nuestra más cordial bienvenida a todos los que es-tán celebrando con nosotros, ya sean residentes de largo plazo o recién llegados a la parroquia. Damos gracias a Dios por ustedes. Si aún no estás registra-do, por favor, llene este formulario y colóquelo en la canasta de la colecta o mandarlo por correo a la oficina de la parroquia.

Nombre (s): ____________________________ Dirección:______________________________ Ciudad:_______________________________ Código postal:_____________ Numero teléfono:______________________ Email:_______________________________ ¿Desea recibir sobres de contribución? _____Yes _____No ¿Desea recibir información de la parroquia? _____Yes _____No

¡Dios es Grande Todo el Tiempo, Todo el Tiempo Dios es Grande!

DESDE EL ESCRITORIO DEL MSGR. FRANCISO RIOS, VICARIO PARROQUIAL …..

Durante su ministerio publico Jesús nos ense-ño: “Amaras a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”; por tanto la medida del amor al prójimo era amarlo como yo me amo a mi mismo. Pero en la Ultima Cena les dijo a sus apóstoles “ámense unos a otros como yo los he amado”. Entonces la me-dida del amor ya no es como yo me amo a mi mismo, sino como El nos amo, hasta morir en la Cruz por nosotros. No hay amor mas grande que dar la vida por los amigos

San Pablo nos recuerda en la primera carta a los corintios que “el amor es paciente, el amor es servicial, el amor no tiene envidia, el amor no es presumido ni se envanece; no es grosero ni egoísta; no se irrita ni guarda rencor; no se alegra con la injusticia, sino que goza con la verdad. El amor disculpa sin limites, confía sin limites, espera sin limites, soporta sin limites. El amor nunca falla…por tanto la fe, la esperanza y el amor permanecen; pero el mas grande de estos es el amor.” (1Cor 13)

El amor se muestra en las obras mas que en las palabras y San Juan nos dice en su primera carta “Si alguno dice yo amo a Dios y odia a su hermano es un mentiroso; porque cualquiera que no ama a su hermano a quien ve no puede amar a Dios a quien no ve. Este es el manda-miento que tenemos de El: Cualquiera que ama a Dios debe amar a su hermano” (1Jn 4, 20-21)

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

Lunes: Fil 2:1-4; Sal 131 (130):1bcde-3; Lc 14:12 -14 Martes: Fil 2:5-11; Sal 22 (21):26b-30ab, 30e, 31- 32; Lc 14:15-24 Miércoles: Fil 2:12-18; Sal 27 (26):1, 4, 13-14; Lc 14:25-33 Jueves: Fil 3:3-8a; Sal 105 (104):2-7; Lc 15:1-10 Viernes: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Sal 46 (45):2-3, 5-6, 8- 9;1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22 Sábado: Fil 4:10-19; Sal 112 (111):1b-2, 5-6, 8a, 9; Lc 16:9-15 Domingo: 1 Re 17:10-16; Sal 146 (145):7-10; Heb 9:24-28; Mc 12:38-44 [41-44]

LECTURAS DE HOY

Primera lectura — Guarden los mandamientos y normas del Señor. Ama al Señor, tu Dios, con todo tu ser (Deuteronomio 6:2-6). Salmo — Yo te amo, Señor, tú eres mi fortale-za (Salmo 18 [17]). Segunda lectura — Jesús permanece para la eternidad y no cesará de ser sacerdote. Él se ofreció una vez por todas por los pecados de su pueblo (Hebreos 7:23-28). Evangelio — Ama al Señor y a tu prójimo co-mo a ti mismo. No hay ningún mandamiento más importante que estos (Marcos 12:28b-34). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario Hispanoamericano Dominical © 1970, Comisión Episcopal Española. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados.

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES

Domingo: Trigésimo Primer Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario; Retrase el reloj una hora; Semana para Promover las Vocaciones Martes: Día de Elecciones Viernes: La Dedicación de la Basílica de San Juan de Letrán Sábado: San León Magno

OPORTUNIDADES DE VOLUNTARIADO

¿Está interesado en ser voluntario? Visite nues-tro sitio web en www.stca.org, haga clic en OPORTUNIDADES DE VOLUNTARIO a la de-recha para ver e inscribirse en varias opciones de voluntario.

Muchas manos hacen el trabajo menos.

PREGUNTA DE LA SEMANA

Adulto: "¿Por qué el amor al prójimo es tan im-portante como el amor de Dios?" Niño: "¿Cuándo demuestras que amas a Dios y al prójimo con todo tu corazón?"

TRIGESIMO PRIMER DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO

¡LA 35º RIFA ANUAL DE SANTA CATALINA ESTA EN MARCHA!

¡Quedan dos semanas para entrar en el Rifa

del Pájaro Madrugador!

Compre sus boletos hoy y automáticamente entra en la rifa del Pájaro Madrugador, que brinda una oportunidad de ganar más premios de dinero en efectivo como recompensa por la compra anticipada de sus boletos.

Estamos vendiendo rápidamente un número limitado de Paquetes Extraordinarios de $350. El paquete incluye 4 boletos de la Rifa de Vehículo y 5 boletos de la Rifa de vacaciones más su boleto de bonos que se ingresa en un sorteo adicional para premios de dinero en efectivo. ¡Solo venderemos 350 Paquetes Ex-traordinarios y cada uno comprado antes de la fecha límite del Pájaro Madrugador le da al comprador más de 100 formas de ganar!

Recuerde su compra de un boleto de $60 para la rifa del Vehículo, lo podría poner detrás del volante de un coche nuevo de su elección con un precio de etiqueta de hasta $40,000. Como una alternativa al premio del automóvil, el afor-tunado ganador puede elegir recibir $30,000 en efectivo.

¡Un boleto de $20 de las Vacaciones les ofrece un viaje de su vida! ¡Usted nombre el lugar y su boleto ganador le financiará hasta $7,500 o, el afortunado ganador puede optar por recibir $5,000 en efectivo! Este boleto tiene seis gran-des premios que puede ganar, incluyendo un nuevo Drone, dinero en efectivo y unas vaca-ciones a Disneyland!

¡Visita nuestra mesa después de misa hoy! Aceptamos Visa, Mastercard, American Ex-press, Cheques o dinero en efectivo.

FORMACIÓN DE FAMILIAS EN LA FE En el programa de catequesis ya llevamos ocho clases. Los números de padres de familia que participan en los temas semanales han incre-mentado. El Espíritu Santo está trabajando en nuestra comunidad y por ello damos gracias a Dios. También damos las gracias a los sacerdo-tes y personas que nos dan los temas por com-partir sus talentos. La clase de niños de continuación siguen traba-jando en proyectos para ayudar a la comunidad. Ellos hacen la invitación a las personas que gusten donar comida enlatada o chamarras pa-ra el tiempo de frio para las personas más ne-cesitadas pueden pasar a dejarlas a la oficina de catequesis.

TRIGESIMO PRIMER DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO

OBRANDO EN LAS ESCRITURAS Por el Diácono Rick Haeckel

El que pregunta a Jesús qué mandamiento es el principal es un escriba, uno que estudió la Ley. Él hace una pre-gunta comúnmente discutida en el tiempo de Jesús para que Jesús le conteste directamente. La pregunta de qué o quién es el primero proviene de un deseo de encontrar el elemento esencial del área que se está discutiendo. Impli-ca que hay demasiados, en este caso mandamientos, para mantenerlos presentes en la mente. Entonces, el deseo es asegurar el enfoque en lo esencial o la base de la Ley. Resumiendo la respuesta elocuente de Jesús, amar a Dios con todo nuestro ser proporciona la base pa-ra una vida que busca responder al llamado de nuestro creador. Dios que ama puede ser honrado a menudo prin-cipalmente en el pensamiento, reconociendo la verdad del llamado pero sin acciones concretas que lo encarnan. Jesús agrega un "segundo" mandamiento para explicar la manera fundamental en que debemos amar a Dios... amando a nuestro prójimo. No de una manera abstracta, sino de la misma manera y con la misma intensidad que nos "amamos" a nosotros mismos. Hmmm, eso se vuelve bastante personal. ¿Cómo nos amamos a nosotros mis-mos? La tentación es apoyar nuestro deseo de brindar consuelo y satisfacción como lo vemos en nuestra vida mundana. Pero tal vez la invitación de Jesús a amar a los demás como nos amamos a nosotros mismos es funda-mentalmente una pregunta que aborda la intensidad, no solo el reconocimiento. Los encantos mundanos nos tien-tan a servirnos a nosotros mismos primero y luego, si que-da algo de amor, compartimos con los demás. Fácilmente podemos engañarnos a nosotros mismos, compartiendo solo el amor "sobrante". Necesitamos honrar el llamado a ver a los demás de la misma manera que nos vemos a nosotros mismos. Aunque se expresa como un manda-miento en la Ley judía, no pretende ser tan pesado o fuera de alcance. El amor, la personificación de Dios como nos dice el Evangelio de Juan, es el pegamento que nos per-mite ver a los demás (y a nosotros mismos) como Dios nos ve. No es un obstáculo que superar, sino el "alimento" que proporciona la vida... una vida vivida en imitación de Jesús. Sin embargo, con todos los aspectos de la vida cotidiana que nos alejan de esta verdad esencial, todavía debemos mantener la conciencia de que, ante todo, esta-mos hechos para amar. Con mucha frecuencia, se olvida el maravilloso recordatorio de que "el amor no es amor hasta que se entrega". Que dar no disminuye nuestro de-pósito de amor, más bien manifiesta en nosotros una ple-nitud de potencial para que los demás sean una fuente de bondad. En palabras de un lenguaje popular, es una es-pecie de situación de "menos es más". Como con la ma-yoría de las cosas, se necesita práctica para ser más ca-paces de amar. Elija algo en su vida hoy (una persona, una mascota, un país, un amigo...) y sienta cómo la con-centración en nuestra parte más querida de uno mismo crece a medida que compartimos totalmente nuestro amor.

HORA SANTA TODOS LOS MIÉRCOLES DE 6:30 PM A 7:30 PM

3 DE NOVIEMBRE DIA DE SAN MARTIN DE PORRES

SAN VICENTE DE PAUL

El ministerio parroquial de San Vicente de Paul está dis-ponible para cualquier persona que lo necesite en nues-tra comunidad. Los feligreses donan dinero generosa-mente para que otros puedan obtener ayuda para pagar la renta, las facturas de PGE, o recibir una tarjeta de regalo para comida, gasolina o cualquier artículo necesa-rio. Llame a nuestra línea de ayuda SVdP al 408-778-2928 y deje un mensaje en inglés o español.

GRUPO DE ORACIÓN CARISMÁTICO ALPHA Y OMEGA

El grupo se reúne los miércoles al terminar la Hora San-ta. De 8:00 pm a 9:30 pm. Acompáñenos a alabar al Se-ñor con cánticos y oración.

GRUPO AMIGOS

Se les invita a todos los jóvenes de 14 a 17 años de edad para que asistan al Grupo Amigos. Una oportunidad para hacer buenas amistades y crecer en la fe. Los espera-mos todos los viernes a las 7:00pm en el Centro Milani.

JÓVENES PARA CRISTO

Se les invita a las personas mayores de 18 años a re-unirse todos los Viernes en el salón 10 en la escuela a las 7:00pm. Tenemos momento de alabanzas y compar-timos temas acerca de la fe y temas sociales. ¡Los es-peramos!

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Equipping Families to Pass On the Faith

Saints = Heroes! I recently saw a list of super hero characteristics and immediately thought of the heroes of the church - SAINTS! Courage? Check. A fighting spirit? Check. A strong moral code? Check. High toler-ance for pain? Unfortunately, check. The month of November is a wonderful time to cele-brate the saints who have come before us. Their bravery, courage and humility are examples of how they, through their actions and words, loved God with all their heart. They were far from perfect, often plagued by very human frailties such as pride, vanity and wastefulness. Yet in their imperfection, they listened to God’s voice and saw Jesus’ face in those they met. They walked with God through their most difficult moments. These saints stand beside us, interceding for us, even when we ourselves are not acting very “saintly”. How can you and the family begin to learn more about the saints? Pick one (or more!) of the follow-ing suggestions sometime this month: Look up the saints that share each family mem-

ber’s birthday. Match a family member’s interests with a patron

saint. Find out who is the patron saint of your family’s

heritage. Check out apps to learn more about the saints Mary App, Saint of the Day, Butler’s Lives of the Saints and Laudate are all ones to look into.

Attention Confirmationers (is that a word? Prob-ably not. I wonder what that squiggly red line un-

der it means…) If you started Confirmation this year and were not at one of the Masses we held the Rite of Entrance at last week, you have one last chance today (Sunday) at the 10:30am Mass. Go find Deepu (oh there’s that squig-gly red line again…) before Mass starts. Questions to Deepu at deepuk@dsj.org or 408-874-6742

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

ATTENTION: We thank the advertisers on our bulletin. It is their support that allows us to receive our bulle-tin from JS Paluch at no cost. If you have a business and would like to advertise please call 1-800-231-0805.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Adult: “Why is love of neighbor as important as love of God?” Child: “When do you show that you love God and your neighbor with your whole heart?”

SAINTS CHAPEL HELP Clean chapel area and put new candles out. Help is needed throughout the day and evening. Small candles need to be changed every four hours. Contact: Ralph Ortega at ralphndeb-bie@icloud.com.

ST. CATHERINE'S ANNUAL THANKSGIVING COMMUNITY DINNER

The annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner is upcoming on Wednesday, November 21st. Each year a scrumptious dinner is provided to almost 250 of our neighbors through the support of our generous community members. Dona-tions and volunteer opportunities for this year's dinner are gratefully excepted on the parish website: www.stcatherinechurch.ivolunteer.com/dinner2018 Thank you in advance for your continued sup-port and generosity! Contact: janet95037@gmail.com

ST. CATHERINE’S 36TH ANNUAL SWEEPSTAKES

St. Catherine’s 36th Annual Sweep-

stakes is rolling! Two weeks left to get into the Early

Bird Drawing! Purchase your tickets today and automatically be entered into the Early Bird Drawing which provides an additional opportunity to win more cash prizes as a reward for buying your tickets early. We are quickly selling a limited number of $350 Bonus Bundles containing 4 vehicle tickets and 5 vacation tickets. Bonus bundles give you over 100 ways to win! The bundle this year has an added Grand Prize for $2,000 cash and five prizes totaling $4,750. Remember, your purchase of a $60 Vehicle Sweepstakes ticket may put you behind the wheel of a brand new car with a sticker price up to $40,000. As an alternative to the car prize, the lucky winner can choose to receive $30,000 in cash. The $20 Vacation Sweepstakes Ticket offers a Trip of a Lifetime! You name the place and your winning ticket will fund it up to $7,500 or alternatively the lucky winner can choose to re-ceive $5,000 in Cash. This ticket has 6 great prizes to win, including a new Drone, Cash and a trip to Disneyland! Visit our table as you walk out of mass today. We accept Checks, Cash, Visa, Master Card and AmEx.

HOMEBOUND MINISTRY Have you noticed ladies and gentlemen going up to the Altar at the end of Mass and the Pre-sider handing them something? Have you won-dered who they are? What they are being giv-en? These parishioners are called “Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist to the Sick and Homebound”. These devoted Minis-ters bring Holy Communion to our parishioners who are sick or homebound and unable to come to Mass. St. Catherine Church is very fortunate to have many trained ministers. If you have a family member or know someone who is unable to come to Mass and would like to re-ceive Communion at home, please let them know that they, or a family member, can call the Rectory and make a request for visits. A Minis-ter will be assigned to bring Eucharist to them once a week. Please keep these Ministers and the sick of our parish in your prayers.

Welcome! Our warmest welcome to all who celebrate with us, whether long-time residents or newly arrived in the parish. We thank God for you. If you are not registered, please fill out this form and place it in the collection basket or mail it to the parish office.

Name:________________________________________ Address:______________________________________ City:____________________ Zip: _________________ Phone:______________ Email: ___________________

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HAVE YOU MOVED? Have you moved recently and need to update your mailing information with the parish? Email us at office@stca.org, drop us a note in the Sunday collection or call us at (408) 779-3959. We need your complete name, old & new ad-dress and your new telephone number if that has changed. Don’t miss out on all the great news we mail/email to our parishioners!

God is great all the time, all the time, God is great!

ADJUSTING TO CHANGE? Changes can be difficult especially when they are unexpected. Stephen ministers are trained to help people learn to cope with the changes that have happened in their life. If you have ex-perienced great changes or know someone who has and would like to learn more about Stephen Ministry call either Claranne Schirle at 408-782-1413 or Kenny Carvalho at 408-772-7600.

How would you rate your marriage? You are eligible for a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend not because you need it, but because you and your marriage deserve it! It’s a Week-end experience designed for married couples of all ages and backgrounds to enrich their mar-riage. Make this season special by devoting one weekend to your marriage. The next Mar-riage Encounter Weekends include: Nov 9-11, 2018 in San Jose, CA and Feb 15-17, 2019 in San Jose, CA. For more information and/or to register for a Weekend, visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Clar-anne at applications@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413.

ST. CATHERINE WOMEN’S BOOK CLUB: No-vember selection And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: A Novella by Fredrick Backman. Meets Tuesday, November 27th at 7pm at Peet’s on Cochrane. Questions? Contact Paula paulacbarbara@gmail.com

The Public Rosary was a huge success and would like to thank those in attendance, Fa-bienne Esparza, her school staff, St. Catherine church and all who prayed for the Crusade throughout America. Our prayers remain for world peace, love and joy.

Want An Unforgettable “Break” for Your Mar-riage? Want something more long-lasting than a vacation in at the ocean or the moun-tains? Give your marriage the best vacation break possible by making the unique Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Mar-riage Encounter Weekends include: Feb 15-17, 2019 in San Jose, CA and May 17-19, 2019 in San Jose, CA. For more information and/or to register for a Weekend, visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Clar-anne at applications@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413.

PRAY FOR THE DEAD

Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and offer our prayers for them. —St. John Chrysostom

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Business Office Update

TIME, TALENT & TREASURE

Thank you for your continued gen-erous support of St. Catherine Par-ish.

DID YOU KNOW?

We are looking for more volunteers for Sun-day Hospitality. This is our Ministry at St. Catherine’s for parishioners and visitors to enjoy each other’s company with some Cof-fee and Doughnuts after Sunday morning Mass. It is simple to do, and all we ask is you stay 30 minutes before or after the Mass. Can you commit to once every 2 months? This is also a great opportunity for your ministry to serve the Parish and speak with parishioners about who you are and what you do. Check out the groups who have taken ad-vantage of this: Knights of Columbus, La-dies of Charity, Cub Scouts, Community Closet, and others. For more information, email me at lvil-lano@dsj.org Please email me at lvillano@dsj.org if you are interested.

SUNDAY COFFEE &

DOUGHNUTS

ST. CATHERINE’S FINANCE COUNCIL

NEEDS YOU St Catherine’s Finance Council cur-rently has five members, and the Diocese recommends up to nine. If you have a business background, please consider volunteering your time and talent to join the Council in its important mission of overseeing the financial well being of the Par-ish. Please email lvillano@dsj.org if you are interested. Thank you.

The Bright Beginnings Nursery is open on Sundays for the 8:45AM and 10:30AM Masses. We have toys and activities for children from ages 1 to 4 years old. Hiedi Betancourt is our Nursery Supervisor and has led the Nursery for years. Enter the Parish Center, and the Nursery is off to the left. We are open when you see the Bright Beginnings sign in the front of the Parish Center.

Sunday

10/28/18

This Week $21,752

Goal $23,000

Difference -$1,248 -5.4%

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St. Catherine School News

APPLICATIONS FOR 2019-2020

Applications for the 2019-2020 school year are available on the school website, www.stcatherinemh.org, under the Admissions tab. Please note the application deadline for kin-dergarten is December 19, while applications for grades 1-8 are due March 6. Kinder testing will take place in January with testing for grades 1-8 being held in March.

The California Schools in the Diocese of San Jose, mind-ful of their mission to the love of Christ for all, admit stu-dents of any race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activi-ties generally accorded or made available to students at the schools. The Catholic Schools in the Diocese of San Jose do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex or disability in administration of educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic and other school-administered programs.

VETERANS’ DAY

Veterans’ Day is on a Sunday this year. As a result, the school will not be holding our typical Veterans’ Day prayer service. However, we will be honoring our veterans next weekend with student created posters that will be placed in the foyer of the church and O’Donnell Center. Veterans, please know that you are remembered regularly in the prayers of the children at St. Cathe-rine School. We thank you for your service!

OPEN HOUSE AND INFORMATION NIGHT

St. Catherine School is hosting an Open House on Tuesday, November 6. Prospective families are in-vited to an information session at 6:00 pm followed by an Open House. Admission applications for pro-spective students are available online, and are cur-rently being accepted. Current students and their families are welcome to attend the Open House from 6:30-7:30 pm. Come and see the great work our children are doing!

Our 9th Annual Walkathon was a huge success breaking all previous records! Above, members

of our fabulous Walkathon committee. Left, third graders enjoying the prize rally. Great fun and exercise raising money to keep tuition low.

NOVEMBER SERVICE PROJECT — FOOD DRIVE

Each month the students of St. Catherine School participate in a service project. For the month of No-vember, students will be collecting non-perishable food items which will be sent to Reach Out for distri-bution. Kindergarten will make signs & work with their buddies to restock Reach Out, as they lead this project. Each class started collecting at the beginning of the month. During our Thanksgiving Prayer Service on November 20, classes will bring the food as their offering. This is one of two major food drives the school holds in order to help support Reach Out.