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We at St. Catherine Parish are a growing,
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 Ale-jandría, es una comunidad en crecimien-to, 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 6:30pm
17400 Peak Avenue
Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408) 779-3959
Fax: (408) 779-0289 www.stca.org
Email: [email protected]
Catechetical Ministry (408) 779-9604
Youth & Confirmation
Ministry (669) 270-0003
St. Catherine School (408) 779-9950
www.stcatherinemh.org
Saint Catherine Catholic Community Comunidad Católica de Santa Catalina
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT / CUARTO DOMINGO DE CUARESMA
Rectory Office Hours / Horarios de la Rectoría Monday - Friday (Lunes - Viernes)
9:00am - 5:00pm Saturday (Sábado) / Sunday (Domingo)
Closed/Cerrado
Pastoral Staff / Equipo Pastoral Fr. Sergio Ovando, Pastor - [email protected]
Msgr. Francisco Rios, Parochial Vicar - [email protected] Fr. Francis Kalaw, Parochial Vicar -
[email protected] Deacon Rick Haeckel, Deacon - [email protected] Deacon Phil Flowers, Deacon - [email protected]
Deacon Juan Aquino, Deacon - [email protected] Carmelo Jimenez
Diego Estrada,
Fabienne Esparza, Principal - Diana-Lynn Inderhees, Maria Dominguez, Office Manager, [email protected]
Maria Miranda
Jessica Perez, Business Manager,
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9,13c-14,17-18; Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47 Friday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rm 4:13:16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53 Sunday: Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 Alt readings (Year A): Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1 -8; Rom 8:8- 11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]
TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The wrath and the mercy of the Lord are revealed in the exile and liberation of the chosen people (2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23) or 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a. Psalm — Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you! (Psalm 137) or Psalm 23. Second Reading — By grace you have been saved (Ephesians 2:4-10) or Ephesians 5:8-14. Gospel — The Son was sent by God so that the world might be saved through him (John 3:14-21) or John 9:1-41 [1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]. The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
IGLESIA DE SANTA CATALINA March 13/14, 2021 SAINT CATHERINE CHURCH Marzo 13/14, 2021
10:00am Mass Intentions
Monday, March 15 † Tony Thorpe All Souls Tuesday, March 16 † Georgina Barnes Wednesday, March 17 † Tony Thorpe Thursday, March 18 † Jeanne Gieselman † Susan Hoffman Friday, March 19 † Puring Rojas † Saturday, March 20
THE WEEK AHEAD/LA SEMANA PRÓXIMA
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GOD’S MERCY Today’s reading from the second book of Chroni-cles contains a sort of “mini-history” of Israel. It highlights God’s mercies in choosing Cyrus the Persian to be an instrument of deliverance when the people were in captivity in Babylon. Despite their sinfulness and the deserved punishment they were undergoing, God’s mercy was lavished on the people in the form of a miraculous act of liberation. The Letter to the Ephesians, in much more the-ological terms, gives a similar account of a God “who brought us to life with Christ—by grace you have been saved.” The author stresses that it was when we were “dead in our transgressions” that God saved us, an act of pure grace. He emphasiz-es that it is not our own efforts that freed us from sin (“this is not from you”); rather, “it is the gift of God.” This, of course, is the heart of the entire Pauline corpus, that salvation comes to us by faith in God’s mercy, revealed in the death of Jesus.
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
God is great all the time, all the time, God is great!
FROM THE DESK OF MSGR. FRANCISCO RIOS, PAROCHIAL VICAR…..
During Lent, before the pandemic, we used to have what we called “The light is on.” We even had billboards with this sign and buses with them too. So, every Wednesday during Lent all the parishes of the Diocese made the sacrament of Reconciliation, or Confession, available to the faithful. The pandemic changed that; the light was off. Later on we started to have regular Confessions on Saturdays, keeping social dis-tance, six feet apart and wearing a mask; the light was on again. This is what we are doing now, Confessions on Saturdays , six feet apart and wearing a facemask. For the last couple of weeks we have heard Confessions of our chil-dren in faith formation, CCD and School chil-dren. “The light came into the world …” and these children came to the Light, Jesus Our Lord, in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. When I heard them saying “My God, I’m sorry for my sins “With all my heart”, in choosing to do wrong and failing to do good…” I felt that the light of God’s mercy and forgiveness was entering the soul of these little ones. It was a joy. At the same time I felt humbled and in need of reconcil-iation too. I felt the need of that light in my soul. We need during this Lenten season to let the light of Christ come into our souls; to repent from our sins, to rid ourselves of the works of dark-ness and start the works of the light so “may our works, by the grace of God, be seen as done in God”. Let’s come to the light, through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The light is on.
STEWARDSHIP IN SCRIPTURE by Deacon Rick Haeckel
We celebrate the fourth of the five Sundays of Lent today. The journey continues, Jesus’ on the way to Calvary and to the rapture which Easter resurrection brings. Such suffering and such joy. It isn’t easy to take in, we know the outcome of course but like our life journey many trials will challenge us. The only way to bear up under these emotional moments asks that we remember the person of Jesus, the one who endured slings and arrows so that we might begin to bear our burdens. Jesus lived knowing that God was his guide. In our humble lives on whom do we rely? When it is just ourselves our struggles can seem disconnected, even punishment. We must take consolation from our belief in Jesus’ call for us and in the Father’s ever present care. That connection provides a vision of love so certain that we can place our challenges in the proper context. I’m reminded of a Gospel Choir singing Glory, Glory Halleluiah whose faces are beaming with present joy despite what awaits its members outside their church. During our Lenten journey we need Glory, Glory moments to help us keep our spirits centered on the life-giving love that Jesus was and is. Our failures and turmoil will still be with us and even beset us but the truth that we know allows us to soldier on, to suffer but also to let prayer be solace for our woundedness. Our Lenten practices are meant to be moments in which we are consoled and even anticipate Easter joy. It’s not that we’re able to expunge the sadness failure brings but rather we are able to see light beyond the darkness that we sometimes feel. Lent is indeed a journey, a journey with a certainty in the promise that we are Easter people. It’s almost that the light is too bright for us to remain in it for more than moments. But the gift those moments provide frees us from sorrow and despair. We have more time to walk as Lenten journeyers, time to feel not just our concerns but those of the larger world. As we come to grips with our own needfulness perhaps we can look outward to the needs of others, even of the world at large. Jesus, our lodestar and guide, came that all might be one. One not just in the good times but one in all times. How easy it is to make our focus too narrow, centered on our own person. We need to emulate Jesus, however imperfectly, in staying aware of the larger world. The world awash in uncertainty and crushed by divisiveness wrought from factions between countries whose vision is only of the needs of immediate fellow citizens. As we walk with Jesus during these Lenten days, feel free to take his hand, to weep and find hope in the love that has no limits.
GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK The rain has brought weeds back; before they get too big try pulling them up by hand. We’ll need mowers soon but save some non-renewable energy by using some that’s renewable… ours :-).
DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE TWO CATHOLIC RADIO STATIONS IN
THE AREA?
Tune in 1200 AM (from Monterey) and 1260 AM (in San Francisco)
CUARTO DOMINGO DE CUARESMA
¡BIENVENIDO! Nuestra más cordial bienvenida a todos los que están celebrando con nosotros, ya sean residentes de largo plazo o recién llegados a la parroquia. Damos gracias a Dios por uste-des. Si aún no estás registrado, por favor, llene este formulario y colóquelo en la ca-nasta de la colecta o mandarlo por correo a la oficina de la parroquia.
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DESDE EL ESCRITORIO DEL MSGR. FRANCISCO RIOS, VICARIO PARRO-
QUIAL…… Durante la Cuaresma, antes de la pandemia, teníamos Confesiones los miércoles y le llamá-bamos “La luz está encendida”. El sacramento de la Reconciliación o Confesión, estaba dispo-nible para todos los fieles en toda la Diócesis de San Jose. La pandemia cambio eso. Se apa-gó la luz. Pero poco tiempo más tarde comen-zamos a escuchar confesiones otra vez, guar-dando la distancia de seis pies y usando cubre boca. La luz se encendió nuevamente. Eso es lo que estamos hacienda otra vez: Confesiones los sábados separados a seis pies y usando el cubre boca. Todos los sábados a las cuatro de la tarde está el sacramento de la Reconciliación disponible para nuestros feligreses. Por las dos últimas semanas hemos estado es-cuchando confesiones de los niños de la forma-ción en la fe, del catecismo y de los niños de la escuela. Se me viene a la mente lo del Evange-lio de este domingo “La luz vino a ellos” y estos pequeños se acercan a la luz. Cuando los escucho decir el acto de contrición “Dios mío me arrepiento de todo corazón, de todo lo malo que he hecho y lo Bueno que he dejado de hacer”. Pienso que la luz de Cristo está entrando en las almas de estos pequeños y a la vez siento que yo También necesito re-conciliarme y dejar que la luz de Cristo entre en mi alma, como en la de estos niños. En este tiempo de Cuaresma tenemos que acercarnos a la luz de Cristo; arrepentirnos de nuestros pecados, quitarnos de las obras de la oscuridad, revestirnos de las obras de luz, para que se vea que esas obras, por la gracia de Dios, son hechas en Dios. En esta Cuaresma acerquémonos a la Confe-sión para que la luz de Cristo esté en nuestras almas. La luz está encendida.
LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Is 65:17-21; Sal 30 (29):2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 Martes: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Sal 46 (45):2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 Miércoles: Is 49:8-15; Sal 145 (144):8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 Jueves: Ex 32:7-14; Sal 106 (105):19-23; Jn 5:31- 47 Viernes: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Sal 89 (88):2-5, 27, 29; Rm 4:13:16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a o Lc 2:41-51a Sábado: Jer 11:18-20; Sal 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40- 53 Domingo: Jer 31:31-34; Sal 51 (50):3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 Lecturas alternativas (Año A): Ez 37:12-14; Sal 130 (129):1-8; Rom 8:8- 11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]
LECTURAS DE HOY
Primera lectura — La ira y la misericordia del Señor se manifestaron en el exilio y la liberación del pueblo (2 Crónicas 36:14-16, 19-23) o 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a. Salmo — Que se me pegue la lengua al paladar si no me acuerdo de ti (Salmo 137 [136]) o Salmo 23(22). Segunda lectura — Dios, rico en misericordia y amor, nos dio vida con Cristo. (Efesios 2:4-10) o Efesios 5:8-14. Evangelio — Dios nos dio su Hijo único, para que to-do el que crea en él tenga vida eterna (Juan 3:14-21) o Juan 9:1-41 [1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]. Salmo responsorial: Leccionario Hispanoamericano Dominical © 1970, Comisión Episcopal Española. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados.
DIOS ME SOSTIENE Tomo para mi seguridad: El poder de Dios para guiar-me, la fortaleza de Dios para sostenerme, la sabiduría de Dios para enseñarme, el ojo de Dios para cuidarme, el oído de Dios para escucharme, la palabra de Dios para hablar por mí, la mano de Dios para ampararme, el camino de Dios para ir delante de mí, el escudo de Dios para proteger-me. —San Patricio
CUARTO DOMINGO DE CUARESMA
PREGUNTA DE LA SEMANA
Adulto: ¿Consideras que el mundo es bási-camente malo o bueno? ¿Qué diferencia hace esto en su forma de vivir? Niño: ¿Dónde ves la bondad en el mundo de Dios?
MINISTRO DE STEPHEN LE BRINDA APOYO ¿Le beneficiaría el apoyo de alguien capaz de escuchar y entenderlo? Si se enfrenta en un momento difícil, el ministro de Stephen ofrece apoyo emocional y espiritual. Es confidencial, sin prejuicios, gratuito, uno a uno, de hombre a hombre o de mujer a mujer, sesiones semana-les o bimensuales según su necesidad, realiza-das en inglés o español. Para obtener más in-formación, llame o envíe un mensaje de texto a Santa al 408-722-8880.
OFICINA PARROQUIAL CERRADA La oficina Parroquial estará cerrada hasta Nue-vo aviso. Si tiene una alguna pregunta durante este tiempo en cual la oficina esta cerrado favor de enviarnos un correo electrónico a—
María Domínguez, Gerente de Oficina [email protected]
Jessica Pérez, Gerente de Negocio [email protected]
“No se Turben; Crean en Dios;
y Crean También en Mí”
Parroquia de Santa Catalina de
Alejandría Invita al Retiro de Mujeres Día: 13 de marzo, 2021
Hora: 12:00pm – 2:30pm Medio: Zoom (Virtual)
Invitados Especiales: Padre Sergio Ovando Anabella Estrada
Preguntas: Contactar a Maria Miranda al 408 779 9604 Ext.262
Correo electrónico: [email protected]
Se invita a todas las mujeres mayores de 18 años a un retiro virtual. Más detalles y pa-
ra registrarse en el siguiente volante.
¡Las esperamos! LA MISERICORDIA DE DIOS
La lectura de hoy del libro de las Crónicas contiene una especie de “breve historia” de Israel, que pone de re-lieve la misericordia de Dios en la elección de Ciro el per-sa para ser instrumento de liberación cuando el pueblo estaba en cautiverio en Babilonia. A pesar de su pecado y el castigo merecido al que estaban siendo sometidos, la misericordia de Dios se prodigó en el pueblo en forma de un acto milagroso de liberación. La Carta a los Efesios, en términos mucho más teoló-gicos, da una versión similar de un Dios “que nos dio la vida con Cristo y en Cristo [y] por pura generosidad suya, hemos sido salvados”. El autor hace hincapié en que era cuando estábamos “muertos por nuestros pecados” que Dios nos salvó, un acto de pura gracia. Hace hincapié en que no es nuestro propio esfuerzo que nos ha liberado del pecado (“esto no se debe a ustedes mismos”); sino que “es un don de Dios”. Esto, por supuesto, es el corazón de todos los escritos paulinos, que la salvación nos llega por la fe en la misericordia de Dios, revelado en la muerte de Jesús.
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Formación de Familias en la Fe Seguimos nuestro peregrinar de la cuaresma donde caminamos con Je-sús y ayudados por el Espíritu Santo. Sigamos recorrido en familia esta cuarta semana y recordemos las pala-bras del Santo Papa Francisco en su mensaje de Cuaresma de este año. “Miren, estamos subiendo a Jerusa-lén... (Mt 20,18). Cuaresma: un tiempo
para renovar la fe, la esperanza y la caridad. En este tiempo de conversión renovemos nuestra fe, saciemos nuestra sed con el “agua viva” de la esperanza y recibamos con el corazón abierto el amor de Dios que nos convierte en hermanos y hermanas en Cristo.”
CUARTO DOMINGO DE CUARESMA
MIRAR AL CRUCIFICADO El evangelista Juan nos habla de un extraño encuentro de Jesús con un importante fariseo, llamado Nico-demo. Según el relato, es Nicodemo quien toma la ini-ciativa y va a donde Jesús «de noche». Intuye que Jesús es «un hombre venido de Dios», pero se mueve entre tinieblas. Jesús lo irá conduciendo hacia la luz. Nicodemo representa en el relato a todo aquel que busca sinceramente encontrarse con Jesús. Por eso, en cierto momento, Nicodemo desaparece de escena y Jesús prosigue su discurso para terminar con una invitación general a no vivir en tinieblas, sino a buscar la luz. Según Jesús, la luz que lo puede iluminar todo está en el Crucificado. La afirmación es atrevida: «Tanto amó Dios al mundo que entregó a su Hijo único para que no perezca ninguno de los que creen en él, sino que tengan vida eterna». ¿Podemos ver y sentir el amor de Dios en ese hombre torturado en la cruz? Acostumbrados desde niños a ver la cruz por todas partes, no hemos aprendido a mirar el rostro del Cruci-ficado con fe y con amor. Nuestra mirada distraída no es capaz de descubrir en ese rostro la luz que podría iluminar nuestra vida en los momentos más duros y difíciles. Sin embargo, Jesús nos está mandando desde la cruz señales de vida y de amor. En esos brazos extendidos que no pueden ya abrazar a los niños, y en esa manos clavadas que no pueden acariciar a los leprosos ni bendecir a los enfermos, está Dios con sus brazos ab-iertos para acoger, abrazar y sostener nuestras pobres vidas, rotas por tantos sufrimientos. Desde ese rostro apagado por la muerte, desde esos ojos que ya no pueden mirar con ternura a pecadores y prostitutas, desde esa boca que no puede gritar su indignación por las víctimas de tantos abusos e injusti-cias, Dios nos está revelando su "amor loco" a la Hu-manidad. «Dios no mandó su Hijo al mundo para juzgar al mun-do, sino para que el mundo se salve por él». Podemos acoger a ese Dios y lo podemos rechazar. Nadie nos fuerza. Somos nosotros los que hemos de decidir. Pero «la Luz ya ha venido al mundo». ¿Por qué tantas veces rechazamos la luz que nos viene del Crucifica-do? Él podría poner luz en la vida más desgraciada y fra-casada, pero «el que obra mal... no se acerca a la luz para no verse acusado por sus obras». Cuando vivi-mos de manera poco digna, evitamos la luz porque nos sentimos mal ante Dios. No queremos mirar al Crucificado. Por el contrario, «el que realiza la verdad, se acerca a la luz». No huye a la oscuridad. No tiene nada que ocultar. Busca con su mirada al Crucificado. Él lo hace vivir en la luz. José Antonio Pagola
CONFESIONES El Sacramento de la Reconciliación continua en nuestra parroquia el dia y horario de siempre, Sábados de 4 a 5 de la tarde. Los sacerdotes estan escuchando confesiones en el área de en frente del templo, les pedimos mantener la distancia de 2 metros del distanciamiento social.
HORA SANTA Tenemos adoracion al Santisimo Sacramento todos los Viernes al terminar la misa del dia. Venga a pasar un rato con el Señor.
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
HIGH SCHOOL CONFIRMATION REGISTRATION
Registration for the High School Confirmation Program is officially OPEN! If you have a teen who has already begun the Confirmation Pro-gram, they still need to re-register each year to continue in the program. More information, in-cluding the link to register online, can be found at www.stca.org/confirmation.
INSCRIPCIONES ABRIERTAS PARA EL PROGRAMA DE CONFIRMACIÓN
¡La inscripción para el programa de Confirmación está oficialmente ABIERTA! Si tiene un adolescente que ya ha comenzado el Programa de Confirmación, debe volver a regis-trarse cada año para continuar con el programa. Puede encontrar mas información, incluido el “link” para inscribir a su hijo/a por internet, aquí: www.stca.org/confirmacion-de-adolecentes. ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any questions regarding Youth and Young Adult Ministry, or if you’d like to join the Youth Ministry Leadership Team please feel free to email me at [email protected] Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre el Ministerio de Jóvenes y Jóvenes Adultos, o si desea unirse al Equipo de Liderazgo del Ministerio de Jóvenes, no dude en enviarme un correo electrónico a [email protected] Thank you & Gracias! Diego Estrada, Director Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Discovering God in the Everyday
Fourth Sunday of Lent:
Laetare Sunday
On Laetare Sun-day (similar to the Third Sunday of Advent’s Gaudete Sunday) the Church expresses hope and joy in the midst of our Lenten fasts and pen-ances. We get a glimpse of the joy that awaits us at Easter, just before hear about the Passion of Jesus in the weeks that remain.
John’s Gospel teaches us that Jesus was the light that came into the world. In this light we know ourselves to be sinners, but we are not condemned. Instead we have been saved be-cause we have been forgiven through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.
FAMILY CHALLENGE Make a John 3:16 sign and place it in a promi-nent place in your home. Invite each family member to memorize John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.”
Faith and Culture Series: Spotlight
The Italian Community and St. Joseph
Tuesday, March 16th at 7:00 pm For Zoom details, please contact Rose at (408)
779-9604 or at [email protected].
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Dear Parishioners, As you know, the Parish, Youth Ministry and Family Faith Formation offices closed last March 17th and remain closed until further no-tice. If you have questions, we are here to serve you remotely. Please email us —
Maria Dominguez, Office Manager
Jessica Perez, Business Manager [email protected]
ONLINE DONATIONS Many have asked about financial support and how to get your offertory envelopes to us. Although you can mail them to the office, we ask that you consid-er giving online. We need your financial support now more than ever. The online donation system we use is safe, secure and convenient. You can use credit cards, debit cards or direct transfer from your bank account. Please visit our website (www.stca.org) to donate now. We thank you for your continued support of our parish especially in these difficult times.
NEIGHBORS IN NEED
St. Vincent de Paul The St. Vincent de Paul Help Line (408-778-2928) is answered every day by parish volun-teers. Local people in need contact us for help with rent, utilities, food, gas, etc. This ministry is for everyone in the community, including YOU! Feel free to call if you need anything. In this COVID season call volume is high, mostly for help with rent, as so many have experienced economic hardship; but financial assistance is available, thanks to generous donations from parishioners and the community. If you’d like to help with a donation or as a Help Line volun-teer, it would be appreciated. Thank you to all who have been so thoughtful at this time of hardship.
Safe Car Park Hosts up to eight homeless households, living in their cars, at a site in town that offers show-ers, laundry, food, and most importantly, a dedi-cated case manager to help families clear up debt, improve job skills, and secure affordable housing. They can stay with us as long as they are working diligently on their case manage-ment plan. This health crisis has been a real setback for families in the program. Donations are welcome for ongoing needs. You can find a periodic updates for items requested by the families in the bulletin. Safe Park needs: a few hoola hoops, 8 pillows, a few boxes of indi-vidual juices (like capri sun), lysol wipes, 1 swiffer mop with the wet pads, 1 broom & 1 dustpan, 1 portable plug in heater
Drop off items on the patio at the Safe Car Park located on the MH Bible Church property, 15055 Monterey Rd. Thank you SO much.
Monday Night Community Supper Serves 60-75 hot to-go meals during this time of “shelter in place” instead of our usual sit-down dinner. If you’d like to help, our dinner guests are sometimes in need of laundry soap. Dona-tions are appreciated. Also individual containers of juice, sports drink, sparkling water and bot-tled water are always welcome. You can drop off items at the back door of the Parish Center Kitchen on Mondays, 5-7pm. Contact Joe 408-781-3847 for more info. Thank you to all who have made donations. We are grateful.
NEIGHBORS IN NEED CONTINUED….
Reach Out Reach Out, our community's food pantry, locat-ed behind the Parish Center and staffed by vol-unteers, provides food to many in need. At this time, some one or two pound bags of dry pinto beans would be greatly appreciated. Your generosity has been amazing! Thank you! Donations may be dropped off at the Reach Out building M-F from 8:30 to 9:45 or 12:30-2:30pm if the morning isn't convenient. Note that due to Covid protocols we accept your donations out-side the building. Thank you so very much.
Thank You to all who continue to support the parish and our Neighbors in Need
during these difficult times. Many blessings to all.
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
HAVE YOU MOVED? Have you moved recently and need to update your mailing information with the parish? Email us at [email protected], drop us a note in the Sunday collection or call us at (408) 779-3959. We need your complete name, old and 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!
DID YOU KNOW? Did you know that the parish sends out a week-ly email Blast on Fridays? Would you like to sign up to be on that weekly email list? If so, please email your request to [email protected] and don’t miss what is happening in your parish!
QUESTION OF THE WEEK Adult: Do you see the world as basically evil, or as good? What difference does this make in the way you live? Child: Where do you see goodness in God’s world?
Join us for Stations of the Cross Every Friday during Lent
5:30pm English 7:00pm Español
Make your reservation to attend on our
Website - www.stca.org.
The Stations of the Cross are live streamed on our YouTube Channel and Facebook Page.
JOAN LOCSIN It is with great sadness we inform the Parish Community of the passing of Joan Locsin. Joan was the Music Director at St. Catherine’s for many years. She will be truly missed.
Joan Emily Locsin was born on January 5, 1953 on a kitchen table on the island of Guam. Her family moved to California when she was fourteen in 1967, and they ultimately settled in San Martin. She is sur-vived by her #1 son Phillip, her daughters Leyana and Lani Rae, their spouses, Jeremy and Pricilla, and
grandchildren Andre, Mika, Lily, Eligh, Noah, Irie, Jericho and Joey. She will be missed by family members, her community of faith and music, and those she’s touched with her kindness, generosity, infectious laugh, and unwavering spirit. It was her vision to make a positive contribution and impact on humanity. She lived and breathed that vision of love. She truly accentuated the posi-tivity of life. You knew her through her lovely, col-orful, all organic antioxidant / anti-inflammatory salads, the sharing of her holistic ways, in her laughter, her music, and her vibrant presence. Si Yu’us Ma’ase! Thank you, Mom for blessing us with your serenity, courage and wisdom to resume a healthy and holy life. We will tickle the kids for you and forever connect with your awesome ener-gy. And the gift goes on. Amen, Nana! Milele-Amina, Hu Guaiya Hao, with all our hearts. Please join us in song and prayer for an outdoor celebration of her joyous life as we honor and sing her name Saturday, March 20, at 12:00pm at St. Catherine’s Church followed by a sacred burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery. There will be a private cele-bration reception to follow. Her wish was that we all come in jeans, barefoot with percussion!
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
WEEKLY OFFERTORY
RMD Giving
Are you ready to make your
Requited Minimum Distribution?
We are more than happy to help with the process and how to give to
St Catherine Church. If there you would like the funds to go to favor-ite specific ministries, please just let me know so that we can distribute
funds appropriately.
Thank you for your Generosity!
Annual Diocesan Appeal ADA 2021
ADA started and St. Catherine is off to a great start!!
Our Goal this year is $222,781.00
Pledged: $138,539.88 Family Pledges: 264
We would like 100% participa-tion
that is 1800 families! Remember you can participate
with as low as $20 dollars, because it all counts!
We appreciate your considera-tion and your generosity!
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Current Capital Campaign Progress:
Amount pledged:
as of January 31, 2020 $6,678,851
Number of Pledges: 766
Amount Received: $4,072,232
Thank you for your generosity!!
Electronic Giving 02/28/21
Vanco $4,862.00
We Share $385.00
Electronic Total $5,247.00
Sunday Mass $5,225.00
Sunday Offertory $8,791.42 (Mail)
Total Offertory $19,263.42
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
St. Catherine School News
APPLICATIONS FOR 2021-2022
Applications for the 2021-2022 school year are available on the school website, www.stcatherinemh.org, under the Admissions tab. Please note the initial application period has closed and those students have been as-sessed. If you are interested in having your child attend St. Catherine School, you can com-plete an application. Assessments will be given when spots are available. For more infor-mation, contact Jennifer Laws at [email protected] .
The California Schools in the Diocese of San Jo-se, mindful of their mission to the love of Christ for all, admit students of any race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities 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.
Our second graders made their First Reconciliation this past week. The priests set up outside.
Distance learners in second grade had scheduled times too.
Afterward students commented how good they felt.
Lent… A season to
fast, pray and give alms.
A Legacy of Faith 2020-2021
The 17th Annual Appeal is well on its way! The school’s goal is to raise $65,000 this year. We are moving in that direction. You can still help! For more information about the Appeal, please contact Jennifer Laws, Development Director at [email protected] or 779-9950. Funds raised from the Annual Appeal help bridge the gap between tuition and the cost of educating each student as well as providing funds for new programs and tuition assistance.
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