ST. THOMAS AQUINAS PARISH

St. Thomas Aquinas (est. 1901)

751 Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA 94301

Our Lady of the Rosary (est. 1954)

3233 Cowper St., Palo Alto, CA 94306

St. Albert the Great (est. 1961)

1095 Channing Ave., Palo Alto, CA

Mission Statement: St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Palo Alto, CA is a Roman Catholic communi-ty of disciples working together for the glory of God and our spiritual growth in Jesus Christ. With

the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we live and share the Gospel through worship, education and service.

St. Thomas Aquinas Pastoral Center • 3290 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 • Phone (650) 494-2496 • Emergency 1-877-645-2712 • www.paloaltocatholic.net

Bulletin Deadline for articles is Thursday at noon week prior: fatimagiffen@hotmail.com Subscribe to the Pastor’s newsletter — send email request: estanislao.mikalonis@dsj.org

CURRENT SCHEDULE

Mass Times

Sunday 8:00am (English)

9:30am (Espanol)

11:00am (Livestream)

(Sign-up links for Sunday Mass inside bulletin.)

Monday-Friday 8:30am

Saturday 11:00am

All Masses will be held at St. Elizabeth Seton

School Playground, 1095 Channing Ave.

(No need to sign-up for weekday masses.)

Confession

Saturday (social distance) 10:30am

@ Seton playground before Mass

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Everyday 9:00am-8:00pm

Saint Albert the Great Vestibule

PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Estanislao Mikalonis, Pastor ext. 16, estanislao.mikalonis@dsj.org

Rev. Seth Kupo, Parochial Vicar ext. 12, seth.kupo@dsj.org

Dcn. Daniel Hernandez, Perm anent Deacon daniel.hernandez@dsj.org

Patricia Cruzet, Quinceañera Coordinator , Weddings, Funerals, Bilingual ext. 37, patricia.cruzet@dsj.org, 408-849-0128 (cell)

Teresa Sun, Assistant to Catechetical Coordinator (St. Albert the Great Site), sunetravel@gmail.com

Mary Fong, Pastoral Hom e Ministry ext. 22, fongmt@hotmail.com

Ana Arellano, Faith Form ation Director

ext. 25, ana.arellano@dsj.org

September 20, 2020

READINGS & MASS INTENTIONS

Sunday, September 20: Sts. Andrew Kim

Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, &

Companions IS 55:6-9 / PS 145:2-3, 8-9,

17-18 / PHIL 1:20C-24, 27A / MT 20:1-16A

† Ronal Short

Monday, September 21: St. Matthew

EPH 4:1-7, 11-13 / PS 19:2-3, 4-5 / MT 9:9-13

Tuesday, September 22: St. Lorenzo Ruiz &

Companions PRV 21:1-6, 10-13 / PS 119:1, 27,

30, 34, 35, 44 / LK 8:19-21

Wednesday, September 23: St. Pio of

Pietrelcina PRV 30:5-9 / PS 119:29, 72, 89,

101, 104, 163 / LK 9:1-6

Thursday, September 24: St. John Henry

Newman ECCL 1:2-11 / PS 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13,

14 & 17BC / LK 9:7-9

Friday, September 25: Sts. Louis Martin &

Zélie Guérin ECCL 3:1-11 / PS 144:1B & 2ABC,

3-4 / LK 9:18-22

Saturday, September 26: St. Pope Paul VI

ECCL 11:9—12:8 / PS 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 & 17 /

LK 9:43B-45

Sunday, September 27:

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Vincent de Paul

EZ 18:25-28 / PS 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 / PHIL 2:1-11

or 2:1-5 / MT 21:28-32

† — Deceased, SI — Special Intention

At this time, your Mass intentions will be included in the daily or Sunday Mass.

For the Sick & Homebound — Lydia Li, Stephen Lee, Apolonia Gutierrez, Judy Naples, Felicitas Francisco, Steven Befera, Fabrizio Rossi, Julien Loh, Patrick Griffin, Piotr Misztal, Portia Leet, Mary Schembri, Terry Kurfess, Shanlee Brennan, Patrick Levesque, Richard Brown, Michael Mensick, Cathy Hewson, Ivan Salim, Andrew Temple, Christopher Bednar, Nancy Crawford, Brian Dooney, Sandra Dhuey, Lorraine Dabney, Pat Morrissey

For the Recently Deceased — Mark Kreutzer, Florence Galea, Margaret MacDonald, Anne Ackerman, Piero Bullentini, Millie Waldspurger, Consuelo Goings, Alicia Placone Combetta, Mary Katherine Alltucker, Onna Vancheri, Della Kozy, Donald Fo, Cliff Herndon, Charlie Bisbee, Ann Carpenter, Bill Carpenter, Vincent Lefebvre, Philippe Lefebvre, Chris Lundin, Al Keicher, Nancy Marty, Sr. Mary Seraphine, Maria Zych, Pat Klein, Rosina Chia, Marilyn Kelly, Eleanor Bocks

Pray For Lists Guidelines — Have permission from the person to be listed. • Go through the Pastoral Home Ministry to list the names. • Names will be on the list for 3 months and then be removed. • Can request names to be continued after 3 months.

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time IS 55:6-9 / PS 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18 / PHIL 1:20C-24, 27A / MT 20:1-16A

DIOCESAN INFORMATION For more updates on Coronavirus from the

diocese of San Jose, see their website: https://www.dsj.org/coronavirus/

You will also find links to live or taped video Masses in our diocese.

Upcoming Events & Important Information

DONATE TODAY!!

Week of September 1st, total donations: $4,813. This includes online giving, mailed donations and basket collection from our small Sunday Masses.

Parishioners — Thank you so much for your ongoing donations that help sustain our Parish needs. We really need your donations to continue being able to meet our basic needs during these very challenging times.

We encourage you to continue sending your check to the parish office or making your donation online:

3290 Middlefield Rd.Palo Alto, 94306

https://www.myowngiving.com/Default.aspx?cid=357

Social Distance Gathering to Celebrate the Restoration of Saint Thomas Aquinas Church

Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 20th to celebrate the restoration of our beautiful, stately St. Thomas Aquinas Church. You are invited to a “socially distant, mask required” event that allows us to greet one another in person.

Meeting place: Heritage Park on the corner of Homer and Waverley streets. Look for orange cones that will designate the space for our parish community.

Time: Stop by between 12:oopm and 1:00pm. All mass communities are welcome.

Hosts: Gina and Tom Craig, Pat Clough, and Bea Peterson.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE

40 Days for Life, the twice-yearly global campaign of prayer and fasting for

an end to abortion, will begin again on Wednesday, September 23. We invite

everyone in the parish to join us during this period in private prayer and

fasting and, if possible, in peaceful public prayer outside the abortion facility

in Redwood City. For general information about 40 Days for Life, please visit the organization’s

website at www.40daysforlife.com. To learn about the peaceful sidewalk prayer effort in Redwood

City, please contact Bob March at bob.march@gmail.com or 415-412-2132.

PASTORAL GARDEN GROUP September 26, 9-11am

We are resuming the OLR Pastoral Garden workdays on

the 4th Saturday of each month, 9-11am. We are

planning the next one for Sept 26. W e also plan to

do Oct. 24, then take a holiday break for Nov. and Dec.

This is just behind the Pastoral Center at:

3290 Middlefield Rd. Easy parking; easy working.

John Howard Griffin’s Black Like Me

in the era of Black Lives Matter

Sept. 19, 2020 @ 1:00pm

The Thomas Merton Center of Palo Alto invites you to a Zoom webinar featuring Robert Ellsberg speaking on John Howard Griffin’s Black Like Me (1961). [We suggest you read or reread Black Like Me to prepare for this talk. It is available from Amazon and as an audio book from your library through the Hoopla app.] Register in advance for this webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/

register/WN_uS_gE1hqQyOl1Ue3dQk9og

REGISTER FOR FAITH FORMATION CLASSES

1st Communion Confirmation

Sacraments of Initiation

We welcome you to grow your faith and walk with us on this journey. Faith Formation is pleased to inform you that we are now accepting applications. Faith Formation should be a continuous journey, let’s expand our faith by growing it. Initially, everything will be primarily on Zoom. We will try to have some outdoors social distance gatherings when possible.

You may start sending your registrations for First Communion to the parish office, attn. Ana Arellano. Click HERE to print out the paper form, or you are welcome to register online HERE. You can also find it on online at www.paloaltocatholic.net > Faith Formation > PREK - 5TH GRADE - STAKIDS

Confirmation can register by sending an email to Ana Arellano, ana.arellano@dsj.org.

Note: The time and place of some of our Faith Formation are subject to change.

Questions? Email Ana Arellano, ana.arellano@dsj.org.

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

The proposed schedule for the 2020/21

Confirmation Program is on the back flap of

the bulletin. Carmel Caligaris will continue to

lead these classes, and Ana Arellano will be in

charge of registrations and documentation.

This year we will have a collaborative Sacra-

ment of Confirmation Program with Saint

Athanasius. In this way, we will strengthen the

bonds of our local Catholic Teens. We will

continue to have our own identities and local

activities, but we will also cross boundaries and

work together with other parishes.

St. Thomas Aquinas & St. Athanasius

Confirmation Preparation Classes 2020-21

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS — 5PM

(Discuss 5PM or 6PM at Oct. 7th Orient. Meet.)