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Mon-Fri: 6:30 & 8:00 a.m. Saturdays: 8:00 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. Sundays: 6:30, 8, 9:30 & 11 a.m., 12:30 & 6 p.m. 1st Friday of the Month: Adoration & Noon Mass Confessions: Saturdays 9:30-10:30am & by appt.

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ST. CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL: 408-723-7223; www.stchris.us

Principal: Mrs. Sally Douthit Vice Principals: Sr. Kieran O’Connor, P.B.V.M; Mrs. Jutta Brassill and Mrs. Kathy Carter Business Manager: Mrs. Stephanie Houlihan Finance Manager: Divina Orogo Development Director: Teresa Behan

Parish Office Msgr . Allen Center 2278 Booksin Ave., San Jose, CA. 95125

Office Hours: Mon-Thurs, 8:30am—noon, 1:00-4:00pm Fridays 8:30am to Noon

Main Office: 408-269-2226, (fax) 408-269-2784 Pastor: Rev. Chr istopher Bennett Ext. 202

Parochial Vicars: Rev. Anthony Uytingco Ext. 203 And Rev. Lieu Vu Ext. 211

Deacon: Deacon Bruce Zorio, Ext. 212

Parish Secretaries: Adrienne DiVittorio, Sharon Tavolara & Karonne Carlsen

Business & Facility Manager Elaine Blocher, Ext. 204

Safe Environment: Nancy Jolliff Ext. 213

RCIA To become Catholic: 269-2226 Ext. 212

Parish Records: Gayle Blackford Ext. 208

Pastoral Associate: Loretta Pfaff, 408-264-5114 Ext. 206

Youth/Young Adult Ministry: Chris Miller - 408-395-7949

Catechetical Ministry: 264-8764 Director: Sr. Felicia Gross, O.S.F. Ext. 217 Rel. Ed. Assistant: Diane Forst Ext. 215 Elementary Sacrament Coordinator: Gina Park Ext. 214

Outreach Office: 269-2226 Ext. 210 Nancy Melander Pantry Hours: 4:00-5:30pm Wednesday & Thursday Call for Saturday Hours

December 11, 2016 Third Sunday of Advent

If you left a picture of your loved one in the church during the month of November for All Souls, you can pick it up in the parish office, during office hours. Mon—Thursday, 8:30am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 4:00pm.

Communion to the Sick

If you or someone close to you is unable to attend church due to age or infirmity, please call Loretta in the Pastoral Care office at 408-264-5114 or email , loretta.pfaff@stchrissj.org. We have ministers to the sick and homebound who are available to come once a week to pray and bring Communion to those indi-viduals who are unable to come to Church anymore.

Third Sunday of Advent - December 11, 2016

The Outreach Pantry is collecting food, grocery store scrip, monitory donations, hams for our Christmas baskets. Many of our families depend on this food for their Christmas dinner. All dona-tions can be brought to Msgr. Allen Center. Bas-kets will be given out on Saturday, December 17th, so please bring in donations before Friday, December 16th. For more information, please email Nancy Melander at nmelander@dsj.org

ADVENT RECONCILIATION SERVICE

Please bring your families to our St. Christopher Advent Reconciliation service on Tuesday, December 13TH at 7pm in the Church. It is a wonderful opportunity to join our sisters and brothers in Christ in ask-ing for forgiveness and healing in preparation for Christmas.

Saint Christopher Reconciliation Service

Tuesday, December 13th-7:00 p.m. Individual confessions to follow

Christmas Eve Mass In the Church

4:00, 6:00, 9:00 and Midnight 4:00pm Children’s Mass in

Presentation High School Gym 4:00pm in the Healy Hall

Christmas Day

7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 and 12:30pm

Second Collection for Religious Retirement Aging religious need your help. Senior Catholic sis-ters, brothers, and religious order priests have offered their lives in service to others educating the young, comforting the sick, seeking justice for the op-pressed. Today, many are frail, elderly, and in need of assistance. Your gift to the Retirement Fund for Religious helps to furnish medications, nursing care, and other necessities. Please give generously to day’s second collection.

In order to prepare ourselves spiritually for Christmas, our Parish will have a Holy Hour of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament during the

Season of Advent. It will be held every Wednesday during Advent from 7 to 8 p.m.

in the Church. Dates include: Dec. 14th.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10

4:30 Yvonne Pine, Lorraine Igoe, Marilyn Berg, John Lavelle, Pat Miner

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11

6:30 Yvonne Pine, Helen Boshell, Giorgio Trace

8:00 Yvonne Pine, Michael Giammona, Gary Filice, Eugenio Fortino, Agata Bozzo Gina & Ralph Fortino

9:30 Yvonne Pine, Paul Russo, Jeanice Owens, Angela “Gigi” Gemma-Taft, Chuck, Jeff & Dick Stone, Alice Brown

11:00 Yvonne Pine, Tony & Sarina Ferro, Frank Vallelunga, Genevieve Beardsley, Elvira Reyna, Dominic Rapisarda

12:30 Yvonne Pine, Phoebe Perry, Joseph Iantosca, Gerry Thompson (sp int)

6:00 Yvonne Pine

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS (408) 264-8764

Religious Education Office Hours: Office hours- Mon.–Thurs.

8:30-a.m.-Noon and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

RC IA Inquiring About Becoming Catholic

The RCIA, Rite of Christian Intimation for Adults, is beginning its period of Inquiry. During this time Non–Catholic adults are invited look at their own faith journey and how the Catholic Church can help meet their spiritual needs. If you are interested in looking at the Catholic Faith and how the RCIA process can assist you in this endeavor please contact Deacon Bruce Zorio at brucezorio@gmail.com or call the parish office at Ext. 137

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Christian Meditation As taught by Father John Main O.S.B.

Friday, December 16th, at 7pm

Come and experience the light and the love and the peace of Christ that shines within our hearts. Come and join us in Church at 7pm on Friday, December 16th to participate in the tradition and practice of si-lent Christian meditation which brings us to that place of inner silence where “we are simply being with God who is in us in the Holy Spirit whom Jesus has given us” (John Main). Let us deepen our spir-itual life by joining together to contemplate the beauty that is Advent and to anticipate the joy and wonder of the Nativity. The format for our meetings is very simple and will consist of gathering together, followed by a poem, a reading and a prayer. We will listen to a recording of John Main for about 10 minutes then a couple of minutes of gentle music, before meditating together for 20 minutes. We will conclude with some more gentle music and candlelight prayers. This invitation is extended with much love to all who have come to previous meditations and also to anyone who has never meditated before. All are welcome – no experience required.

Over 50's news

There will be no Bingo in December.

Just a reminder of our upcoming Day of Recollec-tion on Monday Jan. 16th. We will meet in Walsh Hall (the small hall) at 9:00am and end our day at 2:30pm. There is no school that day, so there will be plenty of parking. The day begins at 9:00am and ends at 2:30pm. Bring your own lunch and the club will provide coffee, tea and snacks. Our speaker will be Father Christopher Bennett. Please come and join us for a faith-filled day and Mass before we adjourn. Open to all parishioners and their guests. Please call Jo Bertaccini at 408 266-7364 to secure a place.

Save the Date! Fr. Chris will do an evening

of reflection on Grief and the Holidays on Monday, December 12th

at 7pm in Walsh Hall.

Religious Education Programs: The Sunday pro-gram will have their Christmas Prayer Service in Healy Hall at 8:45 a.m. Parents are welcome to at-tend. December 11th will be our last class for 2016; class will resume on January 15, 2017. The Tuesday program will have their Christmas Prayer Service in church at 4:15 p.m. Parents are welcome to attend. December 13th will be our last class for 2016; class will resume on January 10, 2017. Liturgy of the Word: Liturgy of the Word will be held on Dec. 11th. Junior High Program: Junior High program will be held on Dec. 11th; Christmas break for this pro-gram will be from Dec. 18 through Jan. 15, 2017. This program will resume on Jan. 22nd.

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Social Justice

Confirmation: The next Confirmation sessions will be on Thursday, January 12th at 7-8:30 pm in Walsh Hall. Contact Chris Miller at cmiller@dsj.org or 408-395-7949 for addi-tional information. Youth Group: All high school aged students and their friends are welcome to attend Sunday even-ing youth group sessions in Walsh Hall from 7:00- 8:30pm. As always, dinner is provided, and topics relevant to teenagers will be pre-sented/discussed. The full youth ministry schedule can be found on the parish website. Sessions in December, and January include: December 11, January 8 and January 22nd. Young Adults: Christmas Food basket Assembly: Come join us on Monday, December 12th at 7pm in the St. Joseph Room in the Parish Center. It’s the season for giving, but some have nothing! Come help package food/pantry items for those less fortunate.

CHRISTMAS ALTAR & FLOWER FUND To share in decorating the altar for Christmas, you may donate to the Christmas Altar and Flower Fund in memory of a loved one or as a sign of raise and worship. Special envelopes are available in the ves-tibule of the Church or you may use a plain enve-lope. Enclose the names of those you would like re-membered with your donation and either drop in the collection basket or at the Parish Office.

Adopt a family If you would like to help with our adopt family program, we are collecting store gifts cards (ie. Target, Starbucks, Movies Theaters, fast food, Walmart etc.) All are appreciated.

On this Third Sunday of Advent we are called upon to be patient in anticipation of the coming of the Lord, who, as noted in Psalm 146, "secures justice for the oppressed, gives food for the hungry. - - sets captives free. - ,- gives sight to the blind; - - loves the just; - - protects strangers. The faithful and widows he sustains, but the way of the wicked he thwarts." What relevance does this have for us in the 21st Cen-tury? As Christians we are called upon to be present in the world, specifically in our community and na-tionally; to demand that our representatives put forth policies which serve the common good. From Vati-can II, in "decree of the Apostolate of the Lai-ty" (14): "In loyalty to their country and in fulfill-ment of their civic obligations, Catholics should feel themselves obliged to promote the true common good. Thus they should make the weight of their opinion felt in order that the civil authority may act with justice and that legislation may conform to mor-al precepts and the common good." In the 29 November 2016 issue of the Valley Catho-lic, Tony Magliano, in his article "Making a Differ-ence: The World Needs Saints", quotes from Saint Teresa of Avila: "Christ has no body but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks (with) compassion on this world. Yours are feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours." One might reflect: do I leave Christ in the tabernacle or bring him with my eyes, hands and feet into the modern world? Comments or input please contact: Doug Harper socialjustice@stchissj.org

All women and men of the parish are welcome to join the St. Christopher Parish Ladies'

Guild and Holy Name Society.

The primary purpose of our organizations is to build and strengthen the St. Christopher community by hosting fundrais- ers and community events throughout the year. Our joint efforts fund St. Christopher’s school sports programs, parish and school technology and building upgrades, tuition as-sistance and numerous other local charities. Events such as the St. Christopher Festival, Benefit Auction, Antique Show and Western Welcome provide many opportunities to get involved. For more information about Ladies’ Guild, please visit www.stchrisladiesguild.org or email member-ship@stchrisladiesguild.org or call Kelly Miller at (310) 739-6248. For more information about Holy Name Society, please email Paul Borelli at

Volunteers Needed: Gleaners needed to pick up food for Martha’s Kitch-en. Helpful to have a Van or Pickup. Contact Jack McDonnell at 408-269-1679. Approximately 1 day a week for 2 hours

Applicationsareavailableonlineorintheschoolof ice.Submitapplicationsby–January10,2017www.StChris.usSchoolof ice408-723-7223

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St. Christopher Parish Children’s Christmas

Eve Mass ThestudentsofSt.ChristopherReligiousEduca-tionProgram,studentsofSt.ChristopherSchool,andchildreninourParish,Grades1-8,areinvitedtoparticipateintheChildren’sChristmasEveMassthatwillbecelebratedonDecember24that4:00pminthePresentationHighSchoolGym.Ifyourchild(ren)isinterestedinparticipatinginthisliturgyitis“MANDATORY” thathe/she/theyattendbothpractices.Pleasenotethatwearepracticingintwodifferentlocations.

*Prac ce in St. Christopher Church Monday, 12/19 @ 3:30-4:30 (choir only /music dis-tributed) 4:30-6:00 (readers/non-readers/roles as-signed) *Prac ce in Presenta on Gym Friday, 12/23 @ 3:30-4:30 (choir only) 4:30-6:00 (readers/non-readers) Please indicate if your child(ren) would like to par cipate in the choir or have a reading or non-reading role by December 5th Religious Ed students please email Sr. Felicia srfelicia.gross@stchrissj.org

Announcing the 2017 St. Christopher Antique Show

Planning is now in full swing for the 2017 St. Chris-topher Antique Show, which will be held January 27 – 29, 2017. This popular parish tradition - which benefits the parish and school, as well as many local charities - would not be made possible without your generous support, including sponsorships. For more information on how you can help sponsor the event, please visit the show web site at www.stchrisladiesguild.org/antique-show. No amount is too small! On behalf of the Ladies Guild, thank you in advance for your contributions.

Please join the St Christopher ROSARY GROUP after 8 AM Mass Weekdays (Mon through Sat)

By the grace of Our Blessed Mother, Mary, we are blessed to have one active visible Rosary Group in our parish. Please join us after the daily 8 AM Mass, where the Rosary Group remains after the final hymn, and joins in the prayer to Our Lady. This Ro-sary Group has a long history at St Christopher.

Everyone is welcome to join us after the 8 AM weekday Mass.

Be Well and Be Blessed

Attention Online Giving Donors: If you have donations posted to your credit card and you have been issued a new credit card by your bank for what ever reason, please be sure and log on to your Online Giving Profile and update your account information. You can access the Online Giving Site by using the link on our Parish Website, www.SaintChris.com. If you have any questions please call Gayle Blackford X124

Thank you for your continued support of our Parish.

IN REMEMBRANCE Let us pray for all who have died,

that they may rejoice with the Risen Lord, especially:

Aziz Zarou, Andrew Trapani and Adriana Fowler

Gerri Thompson Irma Reilly Chuck Hart Bill Percy

Roz LeFevre Christine Silva Janet DeMattei Jerry Brickley

Robert D. Holman Margaret Server

Marcus Espinoza, Cornell Wade, Marty Rattay, Roy LeFevre,

Martha & Charles Gregersen,

Dave Oliverio, Margret Gaffaney,

Al & Jean Trznadel, Lena Iaconis

Pray for the ill in our Parish

We continue to pray for all the men and

women serving our country in this time of war:

Alex Ngo, Tim McCullough, Joey Bellomo, Nick Badagliacco, Matthew Ward, Angelo

Totanes, Ciro LoBono, Tyler Hammerness, Branden Alwine, Greg Cook, Connor McDonald, Christian Dietz, Connor Quinn, Adam Christo-

pher Madewell, Richard Stayskal, Larry Chartier, Andrew Morgan, Derek Carroll, Allen Ellerbee, Obadihah Petteway, Eric Gentrup, Michael Arnone, David Wells, Ryan Trapani,

Rafi Miranda, Spencer Fishman, Ryan A. Johnson, David Ryan, Benjamin Owens-Filice,

Christopher Healy, and Christine Doudell

Please Pray for us!!!

The Christopher Ministry provides meals to parish-ioners during times of temporary crisis or hardship. If you or a fellow parishioner needs the help of the Christophers’, please contact the Ministry Chairper-sons. Also, please consider becoming a Christopher and helping provide this important and comforting service to members within the community. Thank you in advance for your support.

Caroline Begg Jennifer Webb (408) 267-7820 (408) 476-9006 fcgardhouse@yahoo.com jenywebb@yahoo.com

Interested in connecting with moms in the St. Chris community? The St. Christopher’s Moms Group (SCMG) provides parents of children from birth through age five with support, friendship, and com-munity. The SCMG offers a variety of activities and playdates for all types of moms and interests. For more information, or to become a member, email Aubrey Amatelli at stchristophermomgroup@gmail.com.

The SCMG is excited to host fun holiday parties this season! For details on the party or to join the SCMG, email us at stchristophermomgroup@gmail.com.

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