15th
Sunday in Ordinary Time - July 12-13,2008
From the Pastor’s
Pen
I
would like to thank the parish for the warm welcome you gave Fr. Paul and me
this past weekend. We are both
delighted to be serving here in Berryessa and promise to do our best to live up
to the high standards that other St. Victor’s priests have set in the past. This
weekend you will experience the other side of my priestly life; service as a
chaplain in the Naval Reserve. I
serve one weekend each month with the 23rd Marine Regiment in San
Bruno. Perhaps you will be as
surprised as I was to discover that the Marine Corps has a base across the
street from Tanforan Mall! At the
Cathedral and now at St. Victor’s, my absence causes the other priests in the
parish to have to cover additional Sunday Masses and Baptisms. I am indebted to
them and to Bishop McGrath who has permitted me to continue in this unique
ministry. Lastly,
our parish patron, St. Victor, Feast Day is Monday, July 28th.
To accommodate those who would like to celebrate that day liturgically,
an extra Mass has been scheduled for 5:30 P.M.
Yours in Christ,
Fr.
Michael Hendrickson
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults RCIA for whom?
Maybe for you? We welcome interested adults to join our
faith community. If you are not Baptized Baptized in another faith tradition Baptized Catholic, but in need of Confirmation and Eucharist RCIA offers a
process, which welcomes interested persons to join in full communion with our
Catholic Community. The process will begin in September. If you are interested in
becoming a part of the process or know of someone who might be, please leave a
message for Sister Noreen @ 251-7055. God
may be calling you this year to take the steps needed to really be a
participating member of our Catholic Community. Just maybe – RCIA is for you! $CRIP
UPDATE
$CRIP gift certificates will be available Wednesday nights (July 16th, 23rd & 30th) at the lunch tables in the back parking lot from 6:00-8:00 P.M. $CRIP will also be available after Masses next weekend, July 19th & 20th (except Sunday 7:00 and 8:00 A.M.). $CRIP – Don’t go shopping or dining without it! SCRIPTURE READINGSJULY 19-20, 2008 WISDOM 12:13, 16-19 ROMANS 8:26-27 MATTHEW 13:24-43 PLANNED GIVING NOTESJump Into Our
Pool Did you know that you can join the Diocese of San Jose Pooled Income Fund. You can earn a nice income, avoid capital gains taxes and nail down a tax deduction by doing this. When you no longer need the income, your gift can go directly to St. Victor’s Parish. If you want to know more about this, the Diocese can provide free assistance. Call Robert Serventi @ 983-0168, or write to him at: 900 Lafayette St., Suite 301, Santa Clara, CA 95050. Donated Items Needed For Our VBS Hyperspeed Games?
Please check your homes, we need 5 each
of child-sized wading pools, hula hoops, buckets, splash balls, hairdryers,
ping-pong balls, beach balls, long dowels or broomsticks and leaf blowers, 15
spray bottles and 30 pool “noodles.” Items
may be dropped off at the Rectory Office Monday through Friday from 8:00
A.M.-8:00 P.M. If you would like
your item(s) returned to you after VBS, please mark your name on it.
For any questions, call Vickie Reed @ 251-0154.
THANKS to the parishioners who have already brought in some items.
OUR LADY OF ANTIPOLO(Our Lady of
Peace and Good Voyage) July 17th 7:00 P.M. St. Elizabeth July 18th 7:00 P.M. St. Cyprian July 19th 7:00 P.M. St. John the Baptist July 20th 12:30 P.M. Most Holy Trinity July
21st 7:00 P.M.
St. Victor’s July 22nd 7:00 P.M. Christ the King July 23rd 6:30 P.M. St. Maria Goretti July 24th 7:00 P.M. Santa Teresa July 26th 7:00 P.M. St. Julie On July 26th, a Fiesta Mass will be celebrated at St. Lawrence the Martyr at 5:00 P.M. A reception will follow the Mass. For more information, please call 729-7228. (Please also see the flyer on the bulletin board in the vestibule.) SOCIAL JUSTICE NOTES... EASTSIDE F.I.S.H. food
collection is next weekend. Please
bring your non-perishable food
donations (peanut butter, tuna,
canned fruits & vegetables, macaroni & cheese, etc.) and place them in
the box in the vestibule of the Church. No
clothing, please! Rest
in Peace
St. Victor’s Parish Community would like to extend their sympathy and
prayers to the families and friends of Marge Cutler, Agustin Estupin and James
Freeman, who recently passed away. Anniversary
Celebration
This week’s Sanctuary flowers were offered with
love and thanksgiving for the blessings received by Tan V. Nguyen & Tien T.
Pho, who are celebrating their 25th Wedding Anniversary.
Congratulations!
Mass
Intentions for the Week Monday
July 14
8:00 A.M.
Joao & Rosa Freitas & Jose Escobar
Tuesday July 15 8:00 A.M. Tom Peinhro Wednesday July 16 8:00 A.M. Adolfo Cabebe Thursday July 17 8:00 A.M. Donald & Eleanor Aveni Friday July 18 8:00 A.M. Theresa Goulart Saturday July 19 8:00 A.M. Jesus Hernandez Lepe 5:00 P.M. Katherine Benassi Sunday July 20 9:15 A.M. Juanito Maglabe 10:45 A.M. Carl Beharka 12:15 P.M. Frank O’BrienBanns of Marriage
Gerald Pfeiffer
& Laura Burket III Antonio Paniagua
& Jeanine Gonzalez III Juddson Rivera & Veronica Balanga I St. victor’s fiesta(October
4th& 5th) – Needs your help! The Silent Auction is looking for new chairpersons for next
year. The current chair ladies
would like to work with them this year in preparation for 2009.
Please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055, if you are able to help with
this very important part of the yearly FIESTA! The FIESTA Silent Auction is in need of LARGE
BASKETS. Please drop them off at
the Rectory Office. NEED A TAX DEDUCTION?
HAVE A USED CAR IN GOOD WORKING ORDER?
Why not donate it to this year’s FIESTA!!!
Please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055.
If we do get a car, we will have a LIVE auction for it prior to the
drawing for the RAFFLE prizes. Fiesta Entertainment – Are you a talented individual or group who would like to be included in
this year’s entertainment at St. Victor’s FIESTA?
If so, please call Alice @ 928-1630 (days).
Also, if you know a professional entertainment group, who would be
interested in donating their talent to this year’s FIESTA, please call
Alice. Would you like to see your NAME or BUSINESS on display? Why not sponsor a booth at this year’s FIESTA? For a donation of $120.00 your name/business will be displayed for all to see, while you are helping to defray the cost of booth rentals. For all the details, please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055. NEWS
FROM CATECHETICAL MINISTRY
CM TEACHERS NEEDED. If you have a love for children and a desire to share your faith, Catechetical Ministry is in need of teachers for our fall session. Currently, we are looking for a 3rd grade teacher for Wednesday classes and a 5th grade co-teacher for Saturday classes, as well as aides for both Wednesdays and Saturdays. We are also in need of a 6th grade teacher (facilitator) and High School Confirmation I facilitators (the facilitators are members of a core team that present to a smaller group). This is a big commitment and we ask you to please give it prayerful consideration. CM will train you. Please keep in mind, all volunteers now need to meet the following criteria in addition to being trained by CM: all must be fingerprinted, a Diocesan application completed to be kept on file, and an online Safe Environment Workshop, mandated by the Diocese must be completed. If you are interested, please call 251-0154 and leave a message. Although the CM Office is closed until August 15th, we will be checking for messages through the summer and will contact you for an interview when we return. All fingerprint appointments must be set up through the CM Office and the Safe Environment Workshop information will be given when you come in to set up your appointment. The entire process may sound complicated, but is really very simple and well worth the effort. We look forward to hearing from you. RETREAT – U.n.I.
Lord Teen Group (high school) presents a 13-hour overnight retreat from
Friday evening, July 25th, at 8:00 P.M. until Saturday morning,
July 26th, at 9:00 A.M. Cost
is $10.00. Reserve your space now
by calling Sharron Hollenbeck @ 251-0154.
Come join us on a journey of discovery!
{Please see today’s bulletin insert for all the details.} DEADLINE
for registration is July 16th.
CATECHETICAL MINISTRY REGISTRATION
INFORMATION. Catechetical
Ministry (CM) registration will be held Thursday & Friday, September 4th
& 5th, from 4:00-8:00 P.M., Saturday, September 6th,
from 9:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. and Sunday, September 7th, from 8:00
A.M.-2:00 P.M. in the parish center. All
those who will be signing-up their student(s) to receive the Sacraments of
Reconciliation (Confession), First Communion or Confirmation must bring an
original or a copy for their child’s BAPTISMAL certificate (it will be
returned to you at the time you register).
No child will be registered for a sacrament class without their
Baptismal certificate. Please see
the following for information needed to register your student(s) for CM
classes on the dates given above. THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN REGISTERING YOUR STUDENT(S) FOR CATECHETICAL MINISTRY CLASSES IN SEPTEMBER 2008: For those who will be registering young people for our CM program, you will need to complete Emergency/Family Agreement Form(s) for each student attending our program. This form must be completed every year and handed in at the time of registration in August. For your convenience, you may print the form from our Website: http://www.parish.stvictor.org/catechism.html . Please
scroll down to CM Handbook and open it. The
“Emergency Form” and “Family Agreement Form” are near the end of the
handbook. Print as many as needed for the amount of students you have.
PLEASE be sure you have the following on your “Emergency
Form:” complete names, addresses and telephone numbers for
your student’s dentist, doctor, two Emergency Contacts as well as complete
name, address telephone number and working hours for each parent’s employer.
This includes “step-parents.”
These forms will also be available at the time you register if you do
not have access to a computer. It
is important to note that these forms must
be kept current at all times. As with any
school, new emergency forms must
be filled out each year and kept
current throughout the year. It
is no different for our program. We
have found that indeed we needed information from a few of them this past
school year and unfortunately found that they were NOT
kept current. This delays the
emergency process. We realize that
this form is time consuming, but we ask your cooperation in filling in this
information properly and completely, and then presenting it to us at the time
you register your student(s) for CM classes.
If you are registering your
returning 2nd year student(s) for sacraments (student must have
already completed their first basic year of Catechism), please
remember to bring their BAPTISMAL
certificates, as NO
student(s) will be registered without it.
No exceptions will be made. If you are registering someone else’s student(s) for CM classes (i.e.,
niece, nephew, grandchild, friend), please remember that you MUST
have written permission from the parent to do so.
We cannot register the student without this permission.
This also means, you must make sure that you have the completed
Emergency/Family Agreement Forms for these student(s).
Please bring your completed forms with you when you register your
student(s) for CM Classes the first
weekend in September 2008. There will be a second collection next weekend for the Mission
Co-Op. Venancio Amidan will be speaking at all Masses.
Extra envelopes will be available in the pews. “The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.” {Matthew 13:1-23}
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