Stained Glass

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time - August 2-3,2008

SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND FOR ST. VICTOR’S DEVELOPMENT FUND

This week’s second collection is for St. Victor’s Development Fund.  This fund assists with the never-ending repairs and projects on the parish grounds.  Thank you for your generosity.

 

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!

 

PLANNED GIVING NOTES

Your Will Or The States?

If you don’t have a will or living trust, the State has one for you!  The State will tell you where your savings, home and possessions (your estate) will go. 

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.

 

ATTENTION: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We are in need of a dozen or so volunteers this Wednesday, August 6th, to stuff envelopes and prepare a parish-wide mailing in preparation for our annual Festival/Fiesta.  We will meet in the Parish Center from 10:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.  Snacks and luncheon will be provided.  To offer your services, simply call the Parish Office (251-7055) and give your name and phone number.  Thanks for your help.

 

SCRIPTURE READINGS

AUGUST 9-10, 2008

1 KINGS 19:9, 11-13

ROMANS 9:1-5

MATTHEW 14:22-33

 

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.

Game Builder/Repair Person(s) Needed.  If you are handy with wood and tools, we need your help with building a couple of new games and/or repairing some of last year’s games.  Please call the Parish Office @ 251-7055 ASAP.

 

Filipiniana Dinner Dance

St. Victor’s Fil-Am Association is sponsoring their Filipiniana Dinner Dance on Saturday, August 16th, from 6:00 P.M. to midnight, right here in the Parish Hall. [A catered buffet dinner, music by Joe Alvarez and dancing – all for the low price of $30.00 per person.]  For tickets or more information, please call Dan & Thelma Boac @ 258-6276 or Andy & Lori Palmero @ 926-6758.  {Please see the flyers on the tables next to the bulletins.}

 

Flowers for the Altar

Peter and Blesila Achacoso donated this week’s Sanctuary flowers in celebration of and in thanksgiving for the many blessings received during their 15 years of marriage.

Congratulations and blessings also to Vince and Teresa Ledesma on the celebration of their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

 

OLIVEWOOD HANDCRAFTED ITEMS FROM THE HOLY LAND will be available to purchase after all Masses the weekend of August 16th & 17th. The olivewood carving industries has evolved as a cultural tradition of Christians over many centuries.  Many Holy Land Christians in the Bethlehem area alone rely upon income generated from this art form, carved by the local craftsmen.  Less than 2% of the population in that area is now Christian, many families leaving the area to find relief from the difficult conditions of their homeland. Please help protect this very important culture and industry.

Mass Intentions for the Week  

Monday             August  04         8:00 A.M.          Deceased Members of the Huu Tran Family

Tuesday            August  05         8:00 A.M.          Deceased Members of the Latendresse Family

Wednesday       August  06         8:00 A.M.          Margaret A. Perrin

Thursday           August  07         8:00 A.M.          Thanksgiving

Friday               August  08         8:00 A.M.          Gracy Luppens

Saturday           August  09         8:00 A.M.          Joseph Jeremy Guerrero

                                                5:00 P.M.          Emin & Adelina Capullari

Sunday             August  10         9:15 A.M.          Steve Perata

                                               10:45 A.M.         Ricardo Jose

                                               12:15 P.M.         Reynaldo D. Nabong

 

Banns of Marriage

Juddson Rivera & Veronica Balanga III

Daniel Tran & Kelly Dinh II

Hung Quach & Jessica Nguyen II

Jim Dang & Tho Nguyen I

Hai Dang Tran & Tung Ton I

 

Pray for Our Sick

Please keep the sick, seriously ill and hospitalized members of our Parish Community in your prayers, including those preparing for surgical procedures and tests, especially, Cesar Sousa.

 

Rest in Peace

St. Victor’s Parish Community would like to extend their sympathy and prayers to the families and friends of Thomas Caparas, Fidel Chagoya, Marjorie Loraine Garrity and Ruth Mercado, who recently passed away.

 

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 251-0165 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.

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 September.  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.

 

SOCIAL JUSTICE NOTES...NEEDY FAMILIES.  The Knights of Columbus are working with a family in need of a set of bunk beds. Our St. Vincent de Paul Society is in need of a dining room set (table and chairs) for another family.  If you are able to help, please call the Rectory Office @ 251-7055.  Thank you. 

 

$CRIP GIFT CERTIFICATES WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER MASSES NEXT WEEKEND

(EXCEPT SUNDAY 7:00 AND 8:00 A.M.).

 

 “All you who are thirsty come to the water!” {Isaiah 55:1-3} 

 
BULLETIN ARCHIVE

July 26-27, 2008

July 19-20, 2008

July 12-13, 2008

July 5-6, 2008

June 28-29, 2008

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May 31-June 1, 2008

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April 12-13, 2008

April 5-6, 2008

March 29-30, 2008

March 22-23, 2008

March 15-16, 2008

March 8-9, 2008

March 1-2, 2008

February 23-24, 2008

February 16-17, 2008

February 9-10, 2008

February 2-3, 2008 

January 26-27, 2008 

January 19-20, 2008 

January 12-13, 2008 

January 5-6, 2008 

December 29-30, 2007 

December 22-23, 2007 

December 15-16, 2007 

December 8-9, 2007 

December 1-2, 2007 

November 24-25, 2007 

November 17-18, 2007 

November 10-11, 2007 

November 3-4, 2007

October 27-28, 2007

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October 13-14, 2007

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