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Sunday
Monday Grief Support Group will meet on Monday Octo-ber 6 , in the parish office conference room.
Tuesday Ladies Guild will meet October 8, at 1:00 pm in the Community Center
Wednes-day
RCIA Rectory Conference 7:00—8:30 pm.
Social Jus ce Ministry mee ng will be Wednesday, October 2 with Fr. Jeff at 7:00 in the parish office. All our welcome.
Thursday Adora on a er 9:30am Mass un l 11:45 am
Friday
Saturday Reconcilia on 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm
Sunday
September 22, 2019 - September 29,
Sunday 9/22
7:30am 9:00am 11:00am 5:00pm
Dr. William Buggy † Deborah Hill Anthony C. Macias † Kelly Choi (bd)
Monday 9/23
6:30 am 9:30 am
Roth Family Estelita Que
Tuesday 9/24
6:30 am 9:30 am
Perno Family Supriya
Wednesday 9/25
6:30 am 9:30 am
Slaherty Family Ainsworth Family
Thursday 9/26
6:30 am 9:30 am
Thomas Family Special Inten on
Friday 9/27
6:30 am 9:30 am
Donna and Family Tomas Arguello †
Saturday 9/28
8:00 am 5:00 pm
Perna Family Maria Nguyen
Sunday 9/29
7:30 am 9:00 am 11:00a 5:00pm
Fr. Jim Misfud † Parishioners of Queen of Apostles Frances Fitzsimons † Mary Fadely †
September 22, 2019 - September 29, 2019
Shirley Ruzzo is available for one on one grief counseling sessions by ap-pointment. Call her at 408-241-1209. All sessions will be held at the Parish Office conference room.
Weekly Stewardship Report
To help keep the parish within its budget please prayer-fully consider making a one me tax deduc ble gi . Contact the parish office for details. Thank you for your con nued support!
Collec ons for 9/8/19 $ 11,832 Year to date collec ons 7/1/19 - 9/8/19 $ 96,923 Budgeted 7/1/19 – 9/8/19 $ 107,334
$ (10,411) Variance
One me gi s this fiscal year Gi s for unrestricted use: $ 3,400.00 Gi s for specific projects: $ 4,800.00 Total: $ 8,200.00. Thank you for your generosity.
SAVE THE DATE
The Annual Mul -Cultural Mass and Dinner will take place Saturday, No-vember 9! Bring your family and friends for an evening of food, fun and friendship. If you have an idea for entertainment please let us
know. We are par cularly looking for music and dancing from within the Queen of Apostles community. Get prac cing now! Call Margie at 408-203-7747
SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE Come join our Queen of Apostles’ We are a fun group who are currently planning our annual Mul -Cultural Dinner (Sat. Nov. 9th) We promote Social Jus ce issues and outreach opportuni es to our parishioners. Next mee ng: Wed. Oct. 2. Fr. Jeff will join us!
SAVE THE DATE!!!
Wednesday, October 30th 7pm-9pm
Once again Queen of Apos-tles will be hos ng the 177 Project, a night of adora on and music. The evening begins with an hour of pray-er, praise and worship in front of the Blessed Sacra-ment. Priests will be available for confession during that me as well. Adora on is followed by a FREE con-cert by Catholic ar st Lee Roessler. Come, bring your family, and invite your friends for an incredibly powerful prayer experience that will refresh your spirit and renew your soul! O Come Let us Adore Him!!!
Twenty-Fi h Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflec ng on the Sacred Scriptures:
Both the First Reading from the Prophet Amos and the Gospel deal with the right use of material resources. The Prophet Amos comes down hard on the rich who reduced the poor to objects and undermined God’s holy days. The Prophet Amos challenges the well-to-do of his day to treat the poor with dignity, jus ce and equality. They must amend their behavior. How do we treat our own poor today? How do we view them?
The Gospel likewise presents us with the story of the steward who misappropriates and squanders his mas-ter’s property. He is portrayed as dishonest because he serves his own interests, not of his master. Knowing that he is to be dismissed, he acts prudently by reducing the interests the debtors owed on the loans of his master and the fees to be levied to benefit his own pockets. He is neither a child of light nor exemplary. How-ever, he is prudent.
My sisters and brothers in Christ, the Readings present us with a challenge. We must use wisely the material resources God has given to us. Both the material goods and our own lives are transitory. We must use them to prepare ourselves for eternal life.
Secondly, Jesus is clear. If we are faithful is small ma ers, we will most likely be faithful in great ones and vice versa. We must be trustworthy.
Lastly and most importantly, we must align our priori es. God must be given the first priority in our lives. Everything else should be secondary. Where do we set our hearts? Is God always the first priority of our lives?
We cannot evade these ques ons, because they are at the heart of discipleship.
Fr Athanasius
September 22, 2019
Family Faith Forma on
Faith forma on is more than just “Sunday School.” It is a life-long process. At Queen of Apostles,
our Family Faith Forma on ministry presents opportuni es for both children and
adults to grow in knowledge and understanding of their faith. In addi on to our weekly classes, we offer prepara on for the sacraments, encourage ac-
ve par cipa on in Sunday liturgies, and provide resources to promote strong Catholic families. For more informa on, contact Kris e Manning at 408-255-9950, or email kris [email protected]
Dear Parishioners, Scrip
What is the Scrip table that you see in the hall a er mass? It holds gi cards and cer ficates that are available for sale to anyone. There are
grocery, gasoline, restaurant, and store cards offered. A por on of the proceeds from the sales goes back to our school to benefit student programs such as our iPad program. The administra on de-termines the best use for these funds at the beginning of the school year. You are invited to stop at the Scrip table all year to support our school.
Queen of Apostles School is also offering an online scrip program called Scripsense. This program allows you to buy a wide range of gi cards online and a por on of the proceeds goes to benefit our school. If you would like to sign up for Scripsense please email [email protected] and provide your first and last name. The coordinators will register you and send you a welcome email with direc ons.
Thank you in advance for your dona ons and support for the school throughout this school year. The students benefit from it and the school community appreciates it! For Grades K – 8th
On the Calendar:
Registra on is now open for all grade levels. You can register on line at www.qofa.org and click on the link for Faith For-ma on or a paper form is available at the office.. Sunday, Sept. 22nd: First Day of Faith Forma on Classes. Sunday, Sept. 29th: All classes meet at their usual mes. Sunday, Oct. 6th: Blessing of FHC students at 9am mass,
followed by a family potluck in the com-munity center. All other classes meet at their usual me.
Sunday, Oct. 13th: All classes meet at their usual me
We want to live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ through our rela onships with our Lord, our families, our friends, and our community. Our goal is to create deliberate disciples through ac vi es that are spiritual, social and service oriented. All mid-dle school students are welcome!!
Sunday, Sept. 22nd: MSM kickoff! Parents are invited to join us for a quick general session, then we’ll fol-low up in the church with a short breakout session for the students
Sunday, Sept. 29th: Forma on Night—Breakout sessions
Sunday, Oct. 6th: Forma on Night—Breakout sessions
Sunday, Oct. 13th: Fr. Jeff’s installa on as Pastor. Families of MSM students are encouraged to a end 5pm mass. Our General Session will occur in conjunc on with the recep on which follows in the gym.
HIGH SCHOOL Youth Ministry and Confirma on
Tes monies A few teens and chaperones who went to the Steuben-ville Conference over the summer spoke at the 7:30am and 11am Masses last Sunday. Excerpt from Christopher Espi a, 14, Cuper no high school. “When we arrived at the event, I was blown away by the turnout. Parishes had giant groups, and they were all incredibly passionate about God…the speakers were amazing as well, powerful, and knew what they were talking about. They gave me a new perspec ve on a lot of things. It definitely was a good reminder that, hey God’s in your life. This was important since before that, He was just in the back of my mind. I’m a lot closer with God now.” Calendar 9/22 & 9/29: Confirma on Interviews Upcoming Retreat Oct. 18-20, 2019 in Aptos, CA with St. Francis of Assisi, St. Lawrence, St. Maria Gore , St. Anthony’s, and St. Joseph of Cuper no. Open to all! Cost: $125.00. Register at h ps:// nyurl.com/oct19student Like us on Facebook: Queen of Apostles Youth *Follow us on Instagram: QofAYM *Contact us: [email protected] | 408-213-6509 | www.qofa.org
We lovingly pray for those in our Parish and families who cannot join us at Mass especially Maria D’Avolio, Ana Garcka, Deacon Brian McKenna, Loraine Rauchle, Joel Rivera, Barbara Mertzlufft, Antonia Luna, Janet Decker, Barbara Carrillo. Please let us also pray for all our ser-vicemen and women who serve in the Armed Forces throughout the world and remember them in our hearts today and everyday. We remember those dearly departed in our Queen of Apostles family and in our own families:
We like to thank all of you who have donated to our small maintenance projects. In the near future we are planning to install new ligh ng in our church, upgrade and replace our hea ng and air condi oner system and replace roof and gu ers. Thanks to your dona ons we were able to fix the le side of the hea ng and air condi on unit, at no cost to the church. If you would like to donate for any of our upcoming projects feel free to contribute by mail, or drop it off at the rectory, please remember to write in the memo area Maintenance and/or Construc-
on projects. Remember this is all tax deduc ble. Thank you and Blessings.
60th Anniversary Directory Update Thank you to everyone who par ci-pated in the photography sessions for our 60th Anniversary Photo Directory. Over 220 families were photographed and we qualified for the upgraded directory from Lifetouch! If you or-dered photos, they will be mailed to your home. If not, your free 8x10 will be available for pick up at the Rectory Office. Photos taken in June and July are ready for pick up in the office
now. September photos will be available in 4-6 weeks. If you were not able to have your photo taken and are s ll interest-ed in doing so, please contact our coordinator Karen McCay at [email protected] or call Carmen in the office and we will keep an interest list. If there is sufficient interest, we may be able to schedule another photo day with Lifetouch or we may be able to schedule your photo at another Parish. Please let us know by Sunday, 9/22.
We are also looking for content for our “Then and Now” pag-es. We are par cularly short pictures from the six es, seven-
es and eigh es. We want to have a few pages in the Direc-tory dedicated to each decade of our parish history, but we need your help. If you would please take the me to go through old albums (and your parents’ albums) and share some pictures of events at the church that would be most appreciated. Think about bap sms, first communions, wed-dings, picnics, Easter egg hunts, community dinners, service projects, etc. Also, pictures of various ministry ac vi es both “then” – any me in the last 59 years – and “now” as well as pictures of the various priests who served here (we have plenty of Father Jim, but could use more of everyone else). We really want this book to celebrate who we are today and our fabulous history, but can only do so with your help. We can scan all submissions and return originals to you or you can take your own picture of the pieces and email them to Karen. The sooner we collect the content the sooner we can send the book to publica on.
Save the Date
St. Vincent de Paul will be celebra ng our 10th year anniversary Saturday the 19th of October at Queen of
Apostles church with a dinner fundraiser, ckets on sale Sep. 28th a er mass.
St. Vincent de Paul needs your help
If you have any gi cards you would like to donate for the raffle please drop them off at the rectory, ask for Carmen.
What is Our Choice?
When Jesus presents the parable of the rich man who hesitates to modify his money making habits, he is asking him to find balance in giving to himself with giving to those less well off. The rich man hesi-tates, but goes ahead and chooses to relent, to modify the debts owed to him.
We have choices to make in life. They o en have to do with moral issues. We need to ask the ques on, “What would Jesus do?” When confronted with the choice between heavenly wealth and worldly wealth, what do we do? Do we remember the words of Amos in his exhorta on, “Hear this,” he yells, “those who trample on the needy and destroy the poor of the land!” He warns of retribu on in the end, that God will remember what they have done.
We hear that there is a way through this difficulty. Our devo on to worldly wealth must be placed in the service of our striving for heav-enly wealth. The “needy and the poor of the land” must be the focal point in our striving for heaven. What have we done for the “least of these?”
Social Jus ce Commi ee
Queen of Apostles Church PASTORAL STAFF: Rev. Fr. Jeff J. Fernandez, Pastor Rev. Fr. Athanasius Kikoba, Parochial Vicar, Kristie Manning, Faith Formation/RCIA Director Gregory Elsner, Accountant Carmen Macías, Administrative Assistant Klarissa Chichioco, Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Anthony Talaich, Maintenance Supervisor Teri Silvestri, Music Coordinator Carmen Macías, Wedding Coordinator Dirk Maasen, Technology Coordinator Family Faith Formation: 408-255-9950 Parish Office 408-253-7560 Open 9-4 Monday - Friday Closed for lunch: 12-1 4911 Moorpark Ave. San Jose, Ca.. 95129 Fax: 408-253-9530 Web Site: www.qofa.org Elizabeth Trela, interim School Principal School Address: 4950 Mitty Way 408-252-3659 San Jose, CA 95129
MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday (Vigil Mass): 5:00 p.m. Sundays: 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. Weekdays: 6:30 and 9:30 a.m. Saturdays: 8:00 a.m. Holy Days: (Vigil Mass) 5:00 p.m., 6:30, 9:30 a.m., 7:00 p.m. Marian Devotions: After the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Saturday SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Seminar required. Please contact Rectory for information. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays - 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Contact Rectory at least SIX MONTHS prior to any proposed wedding date. INQUIRY SESSION ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: Contact number: 408-255-9950 or [email protected]
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