S A I N T M A RY P A R I S H 11 FIRST STREET GILROY, CA 95020 WWW.STMARYPARISHGILROY.ORG April 5, 2015 PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Robert Brocato, Pastor ~ [email protected] Rev. Jose Rubio, Parochial Vicar ~ [email protected] Rev. Vincent Pineda, Parochial Vicar ~ [email protected] Rev. Mr. Pat Allen, Deacon ~ [email protected] Rose Barry, Pastoral Associate ~ [email protected] Hilda Porcella, Pastoral Associate ~ [email protected] Barbara Zarka, Director of Catechetical Ministry ~ [email protected] Carlos Barba, Coordinator of Youth & Young Adults ~ [email protected] Kim Shields, School Principal ~ [email protected] David Cox, Social Concerns ~ [email protected] Debbie Pelliccione, Office Manager ~ [email protected] Rebeca Aldaz, Administrative Assistant ~ [email protected] Emerita Murillo, Religious Education Secretary ~ [email protected] PARISH OFFICE HOURS * HORAS DE OFICINA Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM Saturday – 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sunday – Office CLOSED on Sundays. TELEPHONES 408-847-5151 Fax:408-847-4851 11 First St. * Parish School: 408-842-2827 Fax:408-847-7679 7900 Church St. * Catechetical Ministry Office: 408-847-2652 7950 Church St. * St. Joseph’s Family Center: 408-842-6662 7950 Church St. * Parish Office: DAILY MASSES Monday—Friday: (Lunes a Viernes) 7:15 AM English Lunes a Viernes: (Monday—Friday) 12:10 PM (Español) WEEKEND MASSES * MISAS DE FIN DE SEMANA Saturday: 8:30 AM (English) 5:00 PM (Vigil, English) 7:00 PM (Vigil, Español) Sunday: 6:30 AM & 8:00 AM (English) 10:00 AM (Español) 12:00 Noon (English) 5:00 PM (English) 7:00 PM (Español) INFANT BAPTISM * BAUTISMOS Contact the office before or after the child’s birth. Preparation should begin at least one month prior to the desired date. Preparation can begin before the birth of the child. Instructions are held every 1st & 2nd Wednesday in English at 7:00 PM. Baptisms are scheduled by appointment only. Venga a la Oficina Parroquial por un folleto de información bautismal y un cuestionario. Haga una cita con el Padre para llenar la solicitud de Bautismo. Las clases son el jueves y viernes da la primera y cuarta semana de cada mes a las 7:00 PM. MARRIAGE * MATRIMONIO Bride & Groom must begin preparation with the priest a minimum of six months prior to intended date of marriage. Los novios deben comunicarse con el padre con seis meses de anticipación a la fecha de su celebración. RECONCILIATION * CONFESIONES Saturday 4:00-4:45 PM or by appointment. Sábados de 4:00 a 4:45 PM ó entre semana con previa cita. A WARM WELCOME TO ALL WHO WORSHIP WITH US Thank you for joining us in prayer and sacrament. Whether you are long-time residents or newly arrived in the Parish, if you are not registered, please complete the information below and place it in the offertory basket or mail it to the Parish Office. Name: ___________________________________________________________Phone: ( ) _________________________ Last Name Husband Wife Address _____________________________ City _________________ Zip ________ Email: ______________________________ New Parishioner Moving (please remove from parish directory) No Sunday Offertory Envelopes at this time New Phone Number New Address Please send Sunday Offertory envelopes Easter Sunday SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, August 15th St. Mary will celebrate our 150th Birthday Party!! Dear Members of St. Mary, Jesus’ rising from the dead is the bedrock of everything else we proclaim to be true about God and about us. It is the exclamation point (!) of the Good News that in Jesus, God has entered a broken world and redeemed it. Given its centrality to our faith, with what confidence can we proclaim that the Resurrection is true? How do we “know” that it happened? The various Resurrection accounts do not agree in detail. What is common to them is the person of Mary Magdalene. Jesus appeared first to her. She is the one chosen to be the teller of the good news—the evangelizer—to the apostles. Interestingly, the Scriptures never again mention her by name. There is much popular confusion about her background. There is in fact no basis for her being the woman caught in adultery, nor the woman who bathed Jesus’ feet with her tears. We are told that Jesus had “freed her from seven demons.” Over the centuries male celibate writers would associate the demons with her sexuality, which, as someone wrote, “may have been a comment about their own demons, not Mary's.” Contemporary biblical scholarship regards the demons as symptoms of some kind of mental or emotional affliction. As seven is the perfect number in the Bible, we can imagine that prior to knowing Jesus she was perfectly overwhelmed and utterly helpless. The Gospel for this morning is John’s account of Mary’s going to the tomb, finding it empty, and racing to inform the disciples. They in turn run to the tomb and find it as she said. The Lectionary ends the story there. What we should read at home, if we haven’t already, is the rest of the story. The disciples have left Mary alone at the tomb, weeping. She is asked first by two angels, then by Jesus himself (she doesn’t recognize him), why the tears? Jesus also asks, “Whom are you looking for?” She recognizes Jesus only when he says a very special word in a very special way: her name. She knows the Lord is risen only when she hears him say her name. What are we crying for? What is that loss, that wound, or that fear, that keeps us from being whole? What keeps us from recognizing the Lord through our tears? In lives that are so busy and so full of stress, lives that demand hundreds of decisions every day about how to spend our time and energy, who are we looking for through it all? Who is that mysterious presence that promises the fullness of peace? The story of Mary Magdalene is our story as well. Today is the day we listen very closely for a single word, spoken in love, spoken by the Lord himself. We recognize the word as our very own name, and we believe. Have a blessed Easter! Fr. Robert Samuel Brocato THE FIVE 1’S FOR FOLLOWING JESUS One hour a week in prayer One hour a week with Scripture One hour a week studying some aspect of faith or spirituality One hour a week in service to the less fortunate in our community And, in gratitude for all God has given us, One hour of pay in the Sunday Offertory ADA – WEEK 9 Goal: 1,000 families to reach $215,000.00 Totals to Date: 557 Families for $166,030.00 Left to Go: 443 families for $48,970.00 Thanks be to God for leading the 557; may the Spirit move the other 443 leaders! EASTER HOLIDAY The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, April 6th so that the Staff can enjoy a day at home with their families. Regular business will resume on Tuesday, April 7th. Daily Mass on Monday is at 9:00 a.m. The entire Pastoral Staff joins together in extending to you our best wishes and all of the joy of Easter. Since Easter is fifty days long, we will have many opportunities to greet you personally and to thank you for the life you bring to Saint Mary Parish. Special thanks go to all who made donations of, or offerings toward, our Easter flowers and plants, to members of the Liturgy Community, Choir and friends for the preparations of our liturgies and church for this Feast, to all of our office volunteers who spend one day preparing the yearly Easter mailing, and to all others who scarified to make our Holy Week as prayerful, enjoyable and inviting as it has been. Happy Easter!! Domingo de Pascua ~ 5 de Abril, 2015 Estimados miembros de Santa. María, La resurrección del Señor de entre los muertos es el fundamento de todo lo demás que proclamamos como la verdad sobre Dios y sobre nosotros. Es el punto de exclamación (¡!) de la Buena Nueva de que en Jesús de Nazaréth Dios ha entrado nuestro mundo roto y lo ha redimido. Dado su carácter central de nuestra fe, ¿con qué confianza podemos proclamar que la Resurrección es verdad? ¿Cómo "saber" que pasó? Los varios relatos de la resurrección no están de acuerdo en los detalles. Lo que tienen en común es la persona de María Magdalena. Jesús se apareció primero a ella. Ella es la elegida para ser la fuente de la buena nueva — la evangelizadora — a los apóstoles. Curiosamente, a continuación las escrituras nunca más la mencionan por nombre. Hay mucha confusión popular acerca de sus antecedentes. De hecho no hay ninguna base para que fuera la mujer sorprendida en adulterio, ni la mujer que bañó los pies de Jesús con sus lágrimas. Se nos dice que Jesús "la liberó de siete demonios." A lo largo de los siglos algunos escritores — hombres célibes — han asociado los demonios con la sexualidad de ella, cosa que, como alguien escribió, "puede haber sido un comentario sobre sus propios demonios, no los de María." Hoy día los más respetados biblistas entienden a los “demonios” como síntomas de algún tipo de aflicción mental o emocional. Siete es el número perfecto en la Biblia, así que podemos imaginar que, antes de conocer a Jesús, estaba perfectamente abrumada y totalmente impotente. El Evangelio para esta mañana es el relato de Juan sobre como María va a la tumba, la encuentra vacía, y va disparada para informar a los demás discípulos. Ellos a su vez corren al sepulcro y lo encuentran tal como ella dijo. El Leccionario termina la historia ahí. Lo que debemos hacer en casa, si no lo hayamos hecho, es leer el resto de la historia. Los discípulos han dejado sólo María junto al sepulcro, llorando. Ella es preguntada, primero por dos ángeles, y después por el mismo Jesús (ella no lo reconoce), ¿por qué las lágrimas? Jesús también le pregunta: "¿A quién buscas?" Ella reconoce a Jesús sólo cuando dice una palabra muy especial de una manera muy especial: su nombre. Ella sabe que el Señor ha resucitado solo cuando le oye decir su nombre. ¿Qué estamos llorando? ¿Qué es esa pérdida, esa herida, o ese miedo, que no nos deja alcanzar la integridad? ¿Qué nos impide reconocer al Señor a través de nuestras lágrimas? En vidas que están tan ocupadas y tan llenas de estrés, vidas que exigen sientas de decisiones cada día acerca de cómo gastar nuestro tiempo y energías, al fin y al cabo ¿a quién estamos buscando? ¿Quién es esa misteriosa presencia que promete la plenitud de la paz? La historia de María Magdalena es la nuestra también. Hoy es el día en que escuchamos muy de cerca una sola palabra, hablada en el amor, hablada por el Señor mismo. Reconocemos esa palabra como nuestro propio nombre, y creemos. ¡Tengan todos la Pascua más bendecida! Padre Robert Samuel Brocato FELICITACIONES EN LA PASCUA! Con alegría felicitamos a los nuevos bautizados e iniciados plenamente a la vida de la fe: Kayla Guzmán Jesús González También felicitamos a: Alicia González Pérez Jaime Lizárraga Alma Rosa Martínez Martha Velázquez que completaron lo sacramentos los sacramentos de Iniciación Cristiana con Confirmación y Eucaristía en la Vigilia Pascual y a Javier Colin que celebró su Primera Comunión en este Domingo de Pascua. Que la luz y la resurrección de Cristo sea la nueva vida para estos nuevos iniciados y que Dios los bendiga inmensamente a lo largo de sus vidas. Fraternalmente, Hilda y el Equipo de RICA LECTURAS PARA LA PRÓXIMA SEMANA Domingo de la Divina Misericordia Abril 12, 2015 Hechos de los Apóstoles 4:32-35 1 Juan 5:1-6 Juan 20:19-31 LOS CINCO UNOS PARA SEGUIR A JESÚS Todos los miembros de Santa María son alentados para que se comprometan con una disciplina básica llamada los "Cinco Unos." * Una hora a la semana en la oración. * Una hora a la semana con la Escritura * Una hora a la semana estudiar algún aspecto de la fe o la espiritualidad * Una hora a la semana en el servicio a los menos afortunados en nuestra comunidad, y en agradecimiento por todo lo que Dios nos ha dado, * Una hora de pago en el Ofertorio cada fin de semana Tomemos el compromiso de caminar juntos, a partir de lo básico. Para muchos de nosotros será una decisión en tomar en serio el discipulado por primera vez. Será abrirnos a la gracia de poner nuestras historias únicas, nuestro tiempo, energías y recursos al servicio de lo que Dios está soñando aquí en Santa María! Easter Sunday - April 5, 2015 LITURGY 408-847-5151 [email protected] Happy Easter! Many thanks to all who worked so hard to transform our Lent environment into the explosion of color and joy that says “Happy Easter.” All the symbols of Easter have to do with new life. Light: the days are growing longer and lighter; Jesus is the light of the world; our lives are illuminated by our belief in the Resurrection. Water: necessary for life itself; cleansing; pure. White and gold: colors of purity and light. Easter is the core of our beliefs as Catholic Christians. That’s why our celebration lasts 50 days. May God bless you and yours in your joyful celebration of Easter. Rose Barry, Pastoral Associate He is Risen! Middle School Easter Celebration an evening for praise, song, and… An Easter Egg Hunt at Night! Tuesday, April 21, 2015 7:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m. St. Mary Parish Please RSVP to 408-847-5151 WOMEN IN BLACK Every Friday a small group gathers at the corner of our front lawn. They hold signs urging us to pray for and work for peace. The Women in Black is an international, non-religious group who stand in silent witness to the horror of war. It was begun by a group of Israeli mothers who wanted to do something to stop the violence that surrounds them and affects every family in the Holy Land. Their peaceful, quiet, prayerful witness appealed to folks around the world who hope and pray that one day, we will live in a peaceful world. Next time you drive by when they are there, we hope you will honk or wave in support. FRIENDSHIP SUNDAY/NAMETAG WEEKEND This favorite event will return April 19th. Please join in by wearing a nametag from home or creating one here. Then, join your fellow parishioners in the gym for coffee and donuts. Many thanks to the people who have signed up to help. 20 more donut ministers would truly secure this monthly event. Contact Rose to sign up or to learn more. ANNUAL WOMEN’S RETREAT Annual Women’s Retreat May 2nd-3rd at St. Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista hosted by Christians in Commerce for all women—with jobs, retired, or home raising children. Over the years nearly 100 women from St. Mary Parish have benefited from this wonderful retreat. See brochures on the church bulletin boards. For details & registration information call Diane McGinty at 408-847-0607. MARCH 15, 2015 MARRIED SINGLES LIFESTYLE Weekly Goal $ 20,000 Actual $ 16,306 Cath Relief Serv $ 4,345 The Married Singles Lifestyle describes couples that may have lost a sense of closeness they once had as married partners and are living more like roommates. Retrouvaille teaches couples how to survive times like these in their marriages. This program has helped 10’s of 1000’s of couples experiencing difficulty at all levels of marital distress from disillusionment to deep misery. For confidential information about, or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on May1st-3rd call 831-479-1260 or email: [email protected] or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com. MARCH 22, 2015 Weekly Goal $ 20,000 Actual $ 18,759 Thank you for sharing God’s gifts, just as God has shared them with You! Easter Sunday - April 5, 2015 ST. MARY SCHOOL OFFICE: (408) 842-2827 The Administration, Faculty, Staff and Students of St. Mary School extend sincere wishes for a blessed Easter to our friends at Saint Mary Parish. The School Office will be closed for the Easter Holiday week. Classes will resume on Monday, April 13th. SMS BLUE & WHITE AUCTION A HUGE SUCCESS! Thank you to everyone who attended our 28th Annual Blue & White Jubilee Auction “Murder on the Happy Trail” on March 21st. What an incredible evening! Thank you to our auction chair Shelly Paiva and her amazing team! Thank you to the Gilroy Lodge on the Hill for hosting us! Thank you also to everyone who purchased our incredible auction items! Although the final figures are not in yet, the proceeds will pay for furniture for the junior high classrooms and laptop computers. OPEN HOUSE St. Mary School is hosting an Open House for Kindergarten Year One (4 years old by Sept. 1st) on Wednesday, April 15th. We invite prospective parents and their children to tour the campus and the Kindergarten One classroom from 10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Applications for next school year are available at the office and online at www.stmarygilroy.org. For more information, contact Emily Morris, St. Mary School Admissions Director, at 408-842-2827. SV GIVES For the second year, the Gilroy Foundation is teaming up with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation for Silicon Valley Gives, a 24-hour online Day of Giving. On May 5th, families and friends of St. Mary School will be able to give to SMS by visiting www.gilroyfoundation.org. Last year, St. Mary School raised $1,015 during SV Gives. Thank you for your generous gifts last year. We respectfully ask that you consider giving again this year. Every gift helps us carry out our mission of providing a quality Catholic education for our students and helping them to become caring and responsible citizens, active learners and persons of faith. Thank you for your support! More information will be coming soon! WEEKEND LITURGY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS 1. In the early morning Mary of Magdala goes to the tomb where the body of Jesus has been laid. When she arrives, the stone has been rolled back; the tomb is empty! She runs to tell the Apostles that someone has taken the body of the Lord. 2. John and Peter come running to the tomb. They think someone has stolen the body. When John sees the cloth that has covered Jesus’s head neatly rolled up and set aside they knew the body had not been stolen. Thieves would certainly not be so tidy! The cloth helped John come to know that Jesus is risen. 3. What serves as a sign to us of the Lord’s Resurrection? RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (408) 847-2652 The Religious Education office would like to wish all of the families in our program a very happy Easter!! May the joy of our Risen Christ fill your hearts and may you continue to experience the love our Lord in these 50 days of Easter. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION There will be NO Religious Education Classes for our children this weekend April 5th and 6th because of Easter Sunday. Classes will resume April 12th and 13th. Our Religious Education Sessions will end on April 26th and 27th. SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION A reminder to all parents who have children celebrating First Eucharist this Easter Season, the children must celebrate reconciliation BEFORE celebrating First Eucharist. Please call the Religious Education Office if your child has not celebrated their first reconciliation. The reconciliation preparation book MUST be completed in order to be able to celebrate the Sacrament. Please call the Religious Education Office if you have questions or if you are not able to attend. NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS Divine Mercy Sunday April 12, 2015 Acts of the Apostles 4:32-35 1 John 5:1-6 John 20:19-31 Easter Sunday - April 5, 2015 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 408-847-2652 PRAYERS FOR THE SICK OREMOS POR LOS ENFERMOS CONFIRMATION YR. I & II We offer our prayers for the ill from our community. Please keep them in your prayers. O Heavenly Father, healer of all, source of all goodness. We thank you for the good health these people enjoyed before. We thank you for bringing comfort and solace to these who now suffer and who desire our prayers: Ofrecemos nuestras oraciones por los enfermos de nuestra comunidad. Por favor mantengan a estas personas en sus oraciones diarias. Señor concede a tus hijos tu protección y gracia. Concédeles la salud de cuerpo y mente y un perfecto amor por Ti y por los demás. Y concédeles estar confiados a tu misericordia. Richard Watts, Camillo Scotti, Ruben Narvaes, Jr., Esperanza Peralez, Dean Peterson, Alex Herrera, Cheryl Juarez, Anna Brinkman, Arturo Arellano, Sandy Giles, Christine Cameron, Lidia Chavez, Maria Teresa Ruiz ,Maria Rosales, Arlene Castañeda, James Santos, Roger Castañeda, Rhonda Nelson, Jovita Chavarria & Evette Chavarria Year II Candidates are reminded that they must turn in all forms for the Retreat Weekend on April 17th-19th. It is VERY important to have these forms ASAP. Please call Barbara in the Religious Education Office if you have questions or concerns. RCIA=RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS/CHILDREN At the Easter Vigil celebration we experienced the initiation of 12 adults who went through the RCIA Process. During this past year we have prayed, shared the Word, and walked this path of faith with our adults. It is always an honor and joy for the RCIA team to share in this experience of faith. Today, we congratulate the following NEOPHYTES: We welcome our Candidates for Full Communion: Olesya Zhuravel Lisa Soriano To our Candidates completing their initiation with the celebration of First Eucharist and Confirmation we send wishes of welcome and blessings to: Ricardo Fuentes, Alfred Garcia Kristina Grijalva Lau Tinshing Adriana Robles Vanessa Salinas Jakub Kalinowski May you always know the love and support from our community. May God bless you all, always in your path of faith!! An offering to the work of the Parish has been made in memory of, or on behalf of, these persons who are hereby included in the special prayers of our community at our daily Masses this week. A P R I L 2 0 1 5 (A) Anniversary of Death (MM) Months Mind (B) Birthday Barbara Bradley, Janelle Ratcliff Anne Yong MASSES FOR THE WEEK Mon 06 9:00am Edward James Thorne † Catalina Rodriguez Barocio † Tues 07 7:15am Michaela Higuera (A) † Bill Blaettler (A) † Gino Rosa † Olivia Perry † 12:10pm Wed 08 7:15am 12:10pm Thu 09 7:15am 12:10pm Fri 10 7:15am 12:10pm Sat 11 8:30am Manuel Leonardo † In Thanksgiving San Sebastian Marti Mary Mercuri † Gerardo Viray (A) † Douglas William† Mitch Milias (B) † Mark Simas † Federico Zavala Perez † Joaquin Pasao (A) † Francisco Galapin (A) † The Priests of the Parish celebrate Sunday Eucharist for the intentions of all the Parish. Please pray for the ill of the Parish and for the recently deceased. St. Mary Parish Gilroy #523320 Bulletin Editors: Rebeca Aldaz, Debbie Pelliccione & Rose Barry 408-847-5151 Bulletin: April 5, 2015