S A I N T M A RY P A R I S H 11 FIRST STREET GILROY, CA 95020 ~ WWW.SMPGILROY.ORG

Week at a Glance Monday / Lunes (3)

7:00pm-Sp. Escuela Parroquial-Church

Tuesday / Martes (4) 2:45pm-Eng. Blessing of the Animals-School Grounds 7:00pm-Eng. Confirmation Safe Environment Training

-Church 7:00pm-Bilingual Perpetual Help Rosary-Chapel

Wednesday / Miércoles (5) 6:30pm-Sp. Weekly Rosary-Chapel

Thursday / Jueves (6) 12:00pm- St. Mary Catholic Ladies Meeting

-Serra Cottage 7:00pm-Eng Catechist Informational Meeting

-Common Room

Friday / Viernes (7) 9:00am-5:00pm-First Friday Adoration-Chapel

Saturday / Sábado (8) All Masses-Tootsie Roll Drive

7:00pm-Sp Soldados-SC

Sunday / Domingo (9) All Masses-Tootsie Roll Drive

2:30pm-Confirmation Year 2 Large Group -Common Room

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

Daily Masses/Misas Diarias

Saturday/Sábado: 8:30 AM (English) 5:00 PM (Vigil, English) 7:00 PM (Vigil, Español) Sunday/Domingo: 7:00 AM (English) 9:00 AM (Español) 11:00 AM (English) 1:00 PM (Español) 5:00 PM (English) 7:00 PM (Español)

Infant Baptism * Bautismos

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 por lo menos 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.

October 2, 2016

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time ARISE…Has Started… Please call Barbara to get more information at 408.847.2652 First Session: “Encountering Christ”…

September 25, 2016 Goal $ 22,500 Actual $ 17,556

Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 9, 2016 2 Kings 5:14-17 2 Timothy 2:8-13

Luke 17:11-19

Dear Parishioners, All three of our readings this week explore

major questions of faith. Habakkuk wonders why God allows violence, ruin, and misery. Saint Paul reminds Timothy that God gives us a spirit “of power and love and self-control.” Luke has Jesus explaining to the disciples that even the tiniest faith should inspire us to fulfill not just the letter of the law, do all we have been commanded, but the spirit; do not the least expected but to go way beyond our requirements. These questions: why God allows bad things to happen; how God calls us to love; if God delights in our humble excess in living the commandments can trouble our faith. Yet, if we prayerfully struggle for answers, our faith is deepened and strengthened. Many thinkers with deep faith have struggled over the pain and suffering in our world and ask, like Habakkuk, why does God allow this? The concept of free will and our human responsibility for suffering is challenging and troubling. We see answers in Paul and Jesus: if we obey the commandment of love and humbly obey it to excess, we will comfort, not injure. As the wag said: “It’s not that Christianity has failed; no one has tried it!” If more of the world, especially those with lots of power, practiced Christian living, we’d have the Kingdom of God on earth. We can each do our part to build a little corner of that kingdom by living our faith. May God bless you in your efforts to live your baptismal promises in this year of mercy.

Peace, Rose Barry

PASTORAL TEAM/EQUIPO PASTORAL Rev. Robert Brocato, Pastor ~ rbrocato@dsj.org Rev. Jose Rubio, Parochial Vicar ~ rubio@dsj.org Rev. Generoso Geronimo ~ ggeronimo@dsj.org Rev. Mr. Pat Allen, Deacon ~ pallen1@dsj.org Rose Barry, Pastoral Associate ~ dbarry@dsj.org

Pamela Greteman, School Principal ~ pgreteman@dsj.org David Cox, Social Concerns Debbie Pelliccione, Office Manager Rebeca Aldaz, Administrative Assistant ~ raldaz@dsj.org

PARISH OFFICE HOURS * HORAS DE OFICINA Closed Sundays & Mondays

Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM Saturday, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

OFFICE ADDRESSES & TELEPHONES * Parish Office: 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.

♦ Give at least the first hour of your weekly salary to God in the offertory.

♦ Ask for God’s guidance in deciding on whatever amount. Stick to it.

♦ Set up automatic checking directly from your bank to St. Mary (it’s free).

♦ Come to Mass with your offering already prepared in an envelope (or use a symbolic, empty envelope with automatic checking).

Vigésimo-Séptimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario ~ 2 de Octubre, 2016

Vigésimo Octavo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario

Octubre 9, 2016

LEVANTATE … Ya comenzó, llama a Hilda para mas información al 408.847.2652

Primera Sesión: “Encontrarse con Cristo”...

Coro De Jóvenes

Queridos Feligreses, Las tres lecturas de esta semana, se plantean grandes

preguntas con respecto a la fe. Habakkuk se pregunta porque Dios permite la violencia, las ruinas y la miseria. San Pablo le recuerda a Timoteo que Dios nos da el espíritu “de poder, amor y el autocontrol”. Lucas tiene a Jesús explicando a los discípulos que hasta la fe más pequeña nos debería inspirar a cumplir no solo con la letra de los mandamientos, y hacer todo lo que hemos sido comandados, sino con el espíritu; a no hacer lo que se espera de nosotros, sino que ir más allá de lo requerido. Estas preguntas: ¿porque Dios permite que pasen cosas malas?; como Dios nos llama al amor; si Dios se deleita en nuestra excesiva humildad de vivir los mandamientos puede perturbar nuestra fe. Pero, si rezamos luchando por obtener respuestas, nuestra fe se vuelve más profunda y es fortalecida. Muchos pensadores con fe profunda se han debatido y han sufrido sobre por el dolor y angustia del mundo y se han preguntado, como Habakkuk, ¿porque Dios permite esto? El concepto de libre albedrío y nuestra responsabilidad humana en cuanto al sufrimiento es desafiante y problemático. Encontramos repuestas en Pablo y Jesús: si obedecen al mandamiento de amor y humildemente lo obedecemos en exceso, daremos consuelo, no injuria.

Como dicen: “No es la Cristiandad la que ha fallado, es que nadie la ha probado”. Si más personas en el mundo, especialmente aquellos con mucho poder, practicaran vivir cristianamente, tendríamos un reino de Dios en la tierra. Cada uno de nosotros puede poner de su parte para construir un pedacito del reino al vivir nuestra fe.

Que Dios los bendiga en sus esfuerzos de vivir sus promesas bautismales en este año de la Misericordia.

Paz, Rose Barry

Levántate

Vacunas para la Flu Gratis

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - October 2, 2016

Liturgy 408.847.5151 or dbarry@dsj.org

Confirmation Year 1/ Primer Año de Confirmación

Confirmation Year 2/ Segundo Año de Confirmación

Next Middle School Night

Próxima Noche de Estudiantes de la Middle School

Next High School Night

Próxima Noche de Jóvenes de la Prepa

Young Adults

(6940 Chestnut St.) You are invited to our monthly

First Friday series. Join us every first Friday of the month at Dutchman's Pizza for faith

discussion, fellowship, and good food.

Next Gathering: Friday, October 7th at 6:30pm

Free Flu Shots

Year 1 and Year 2 Safe Environment Presentation

Presentación de Safe Environment Follow us @smpyouth

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - October 2, 2016 St. Mary School Office: 408.842.2827 Religious Education:

408.847.2652

Our catechetical year has begun!! You are still able to pick up registration forms in the Religious Education

Office and also the Parish Office. Beginning November 1st, we cannot count the year as being first year for sacramental preparation. Please call our office for further information. Our number is 408-847-2652.

Weekend Liturgy Questions/Comments 10/2/16 1. Jesus responds to the Apostles’ request by pointing out that a tiny

mustard seed grows to greatness, even though the magnificent mulberry tree has vast deep roots. It only takes a small amount of faith, then, to accomplish great things.

2. Jesus holds up the servant for admiration because the servant did all that was asked of him. Do people sometimes ask you to do too many things? Does it seem unfair?

3. Jesus says today that a tiny amount of faith counts. Can you share a story of your mustard-seed faith?

Tickets for the St. Mary School Men’s Club Bi-Annual Spaghetti Dinner are available now. The Spaghetti Dinner will be held on Friday, October 7th, celebrating 55 continuous years of serving dinners to raise money for St. Mary School and after school sports programs. Dinner will be served in the school gym. Take out service begins at 4:30pm and the sit down dinner is served from 5:00pm-8:00pm. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $8.00 for seniors and children. Tickets are available from a St. Mary School student, at the school office and at the dinner on October 7th.

We will begin our Children's Liturgy of the Word this weekend at the 5:00pm Mass and on Sunday at the 11:00am Mass. This ministry is in need of ministers!!! This ministry is the easiest of all ministries because the time involved is short and so is the preparation. If you would like to share the Word with the young members of our community, please call Barbara in the Religious Education Office at 408-847-2652.

Bible Mass Fifth grade students at St. Mary School received Bibles at a special school-wide Mass on September 20th. The students’ bibles were blessed and they were encouraged to read them frequently with great love and faith. Bibles are an important part of our Catholic identity at St. Mary School. Students learn to locate Bible references in the Bible, and then read and interpret the passages. Fifth graders may create storyboards or perform skits based on Bible passages. In sixth grade, students use Bibles frequently as they study the Old Testament and work on a Jesse Tree project. Seventh and eighth grade students work on Scripture of the Week projects.

There will be a meeting for all religious education catechists on Thursday, October 6th at 7pm in the Common Room of St. Francis Center. All catechists are encouraged to attend so that they may receive all information about the activities for the month of October.

Parking Lot Safety As you have probably noticed if you are at the parish for weekday morning masses, the parking lot is jam packed with families dropping their students off and everyone’s safety is always our first priority! Please do not park in the first row, closest to the fields prior to 8:15am on school days, as this is our “drop off” lane. If you are in the parking lot during the morning or afternoon rush, please be extra careful of our students and families and always use the crosswalks, as it is difficult to see people walking between cars. Also, please be mindful of the two reserved parking spaces for our families that were the highest bidders at our annual Blue & White Auction last year. They paid to use those parking spaces during any school events, including pick up and drop off. Thank you for your attention to this very important matter.

The first preparation session for First Reconciliation will be held on Tuesday, October 11th at 7:00pm in the Church. Fr. Robert will facilitate this first session as a "Teaching Mass." This Mass is for BOTH children and Parents.

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - October 2, 2016

Prayers for the Sick Oremos por los Enfermos

Masses for the Week 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.

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Arise ARISE.....Please pray for the success of our Arise program here at St. Mary Parish. In our English speaking community we established 11 groups. In our Hispanic community we established 9 groups!!! Our prayers are for you as begin this wonderful journey.

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