Missed your photo shoot?

If you missed your photo shoot for the parish directory,
you can send us your own picture or e-mail it to

stcpictures@gmail.com.

It should be a vertical photo.

Be part of the new parish photo directory!

How to survive the holidays
when your loved ones are gone?
Are you grieving the loss of a loved one
and afraid of the upcoming holiday season?
Come listen to Suzanne Young,
Outreach Coordinator of San Jose Diocese
Catholic Cemeteries,
on Thursday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m.
in Becket Hall.

And you're invited to join us in
Bereavement Support meetings.
We'll share experiences,
view GriefShare video with helpful advices,
pray together, support each other.
It's a series of approximately 8 meetings,
on the first and third Thursdays every month
from 7:00pm - 8:30pm in Thomas room
next to Becket Hall.
First series of meetings
Remaining: Nov 19 (with speaker), Dec 3, Dec 17,
Jan 7, Jan 21.
Second series of meetings
Mar 4, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 6, May 20,
Jun 3, Jun 17, July 1.
You may start joining us at any session.

Interested in Becoming Catholic
or Being Confirmed?
The RCIA Team (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) is planning another information night/ice cream social on Wednesday, August 26 at 7 PM in Becket Hall. For more information, contact Sue Trudeau at 725-8116 or sctrudeau@aol.com.

God may be calling you!
We are in need of
- leaders for Children's Liturgy of the Word during the 9a Sunday Mass. Commitment is just once a month.
If you are interested, contact Sherry Scott at sscott@dsj.org.
We also need
- volunteers for Youth Ministry. We meet twice a month. Sign up after Masses on Aug 29-30. For more info, contact Vicki Schwoob at 378-1595 or vschwoob@dsj.org.

Registration for
Catechetical Classes
and Youth Ministry
Registration for faith formation has taken place. Forms are available in church on information tables or in the office. Passing on our Christian faith and values to our children gives them a foundation and direction.

CAREER ACTIONS MINISTRY
Sponsored by Step Up Silicon Valley and Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, CAREER ACTIONS MINISTRY helps equip you with specific job search skills, makes you aware of job leads, provides you with networking opportunities in large group settings. It is held on Saturday mornings (9:30 to 11:00) twice a month at Fellowship Hall, First Presbyterian Church, 1667 Miramonte Ave., (corner of Miramonte and Cuesta), Mountain View.
June 6 - "Igniting Your Natural Genius during Your Job Search," Chani Pangali, PhD, Executive Career Coach, Mentor and Author.
June 20 - "Your Right Job, Right Now!" Brian Golter, Executive Search Consultant, Author and Educator.
For following months’ information see www.mppc.org/calendar/career-actions-ministry.

Year of the Priest
(June 19, 2009 – June 19, 2010)

As the Year of St. Paul is coming to a close on June 29, Pope Benedict has declared a Year for Priests beginning on June 19, the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The year will conclude on June 19, 2010 with an international gathering of priests in Rome.
The Year for Priests marks the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Vianney, Curé (pastor) of Ars in France. The Pope has also declared St. John Vianney the universal patron of priests.
St. John (Jean-Baptiste-Marie) was born on May 8, 1786, ordained a priest in 1815, then three years later was appointed pastor of Ars, where he spent the rest of his priestly life. He was well known as a confessor, receiving penitents from all over the world for 16 hours every day. His life was marked by simplicity, patience and charity. It was reported that even staunchest sinners were converted by his words. He died on August 4, 1859, and was canonized on May 31, 1925.
In his message on the Curé of Ars on the 200th anniversary of the saint’s birthday, Pope John Paul II wrote,
“His example cannot be forgotten. More than ever we need his witness, his intercession, in order to face the situations of our times when, in spite of a certain number of hopeful signs, evangelization is being contradicted by a growing secularization, when spiritual discipline is being neglected, when many are losing sight of the Kingdom of God, when often, even in the pastoral ministry, there is a too exclusive concern for the social aspect, for temporal aims. In the last century the Curé of Ars had to face difficulties which were perhaps of a different kind but which were no less serious. By his life and work he represented, for the society of his time, a great evangelical challenge that bore astonishing fruits of conversion. Let us not doubt that he still presents to us today that great evangelical challenge.”

Map and Directions to Our Church From Hwy 17:
- Exit on Hamilton Ave (westbound)
- Turn left onto San Tomas Aquino Rd
(it becomes Harriet Ave near McCoy Ave)
- Turn right onto McCoy Ave (church is on your left)

From Hwy 280:
- Exit on Lawrence Expwy (southbound)
(it then becomes Quito Rd)
- Turn left onto McCoy Ave (at YMCA)
(church is on your right)

From Hwy 85:
- Exit on Saratoga Ave (northbound)
- Turn right onto Cox Ave
- Turn right onto Quito Rd
- Turn left onto McCoy Ave (at YMCA) (church is on your right)