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Welcome to
St. Nicholas & St. William Catholic Parish
For Sunday Mass, Register on our website: https://stnicholasandstwilliam.org ♦ For the Daily Mass Schedule and Spiritual Resources, visit our website ♦ Drive up Confessions - Saturdays at 3:30pm in the St. William parking lot ♦ If you are in need of Sacramental Care, such as Anointing of the Sick, Last Rites, Confession, or
Holy Communion, please call the Parish Office to set up an appointment (650) 948-2158 ♦ For further updates from the Diocese of San Jose about the COVID-19 response,
visit: https://www.dsj.org
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - August 9, 2020
“ Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid ”
Matthew 14:27
“Challenges to our Spiritual Life
During the Pandemic” On July 25, and again on August 1, Father Andrew Rodriguez, S.J. shared a Zoom presenta on on
this mely topic from the Jesuit Retreat Center. The session gave me (and others) perspec ve,
comfort, and hope. My intent is to share some of the treasure!
Father Andrew broke his comments into 3 segments:
• Challenges - Many people report experiencing physical symptoms of anxiety, stress and trauma.
Folks feel cut off from regular human contact and are sad with the restric on on familiar things
such as hugging one another. It is hard not to be able to a end Mass in person and receive
Eucharist. For some this has led to difficulty in their prayer, uncertainty about the present and future,
feeling out of control, and fear of the unknown.
• Adjus ng to the “New Normal” - First and foremost, Father urged an acceptance of whatever
your experience is. It is OK to…feel lost and insecure…feel that things are fine…feel uncomfortable.
He advised that we name what we are feeling and go from there; if it’s posi ve – exercise gra tude,
if it is nega ve – exercise self-compassion. Try to hear what God is saying to you; be open to a see
a new direc on from the Holy Spirit ; consider how Jesus coped with difficult and unexpected circumstances.
• Some Things to Try 1. Pray from where you find yourself; wherever you are – when it’s hard or easy, when you are sad or
happy, anxious or calm. Acknowledge where you find yourself and pray from there.
2. Bring to prayer your needs and concerns and those of other. Encourage and reassure others and let
them do the same for you.
3. Be forgiving of yourself. Be forgiving of others. Avoid rehearsing nega ve thoughts over and over
again. Let go of grudges.
4. Read Scripture and no ce what speaks to you as you read.
5. Reach out to others with a phone call, le er, or email. Find ways to volunteer and help.
6. Journal and write down your feelings. Catch up on spiritual readings.
7. Do something you enjoy; exercise crea vity!
8. Choose to be hopeful.
And a few more ideas from a endees:
Lore a Fennell
∗ Taper back or turn off TV news and open up the GOOD NEWS (i.e., Scripture)
∗ Reframe “Social” Distancing and think of it as “Safe” Distancing – Lore a told me how she is
regularly connec ng with friends and family via Zoom session which are very “social” – there may
be physical distance for safety’s sake, but the conversa ons and friendly faces bridge the distance
with joy and camaraderie.
Lynn Has ngs
∗ Shared that the one overarching change has been: a simplified life. In fact, simplified to extremes.
She muses, “And I think this may well be a gi in disguise to discover our real values, real purpose,
and what we should actually be spending our me on even post-pandemic. It can be a real ‘who is
the real me’ opportunity.”
My offering
∗ Make room for inten onal silence in your day; start with just 5 minutes and increase a few
minutes each me. Find the peace of res ng in God. “Be s ll and know I am God”, Psalm 46:10.
Reflec on by Carol Thornton
St. Clare of Assisi (1193-1253)
We celebrate the Feast Day of St. Clare, for whom our county is named, on
August 11. Clare of Assisi is an Italian saint and one of the first followers of
St. Francis; she was drawn to his radical message of serving God in abject poverty.
She founded the Order of Poor Ladies (known worldwide as the Poor Clares), a
monas c religious order for women in the Franciscan tradi on, and wrote their Rule
of Life, the first set of monas c guidelines known to have been wri en by a woman.
In art, Clare is o en shown carrying a monstrance or pyx, in commemora on of the occasion when she warded
away the invading soldiers of Frederick II at the gates of her convent by displaying the Blessed Sacrament and
kneeling in prayer.
5th
Annual Mental Health Conference August 21 & 22 from 9 am – 4 pm
Pathways to Hope 2020, the 5th
Annual NAMI Conference
will be a VIRTUAL event this year.
The theme is – Moving Towards Mental Wellness: Body, Mind,
Spirit, Community – and features over 18 sessions on assorted
topics and aspects of Mental Health. If you are affected by this
disease in any way – as a vic m, family member, faith leader,
friend or advocate – go to h ps://www.pathwaystohope.net/ to
review the Conference Focus Statement and Agenda and register
for sessions that address your interest. This FREE event brings
together Mental Health Leaders from across the country. For
NAMI-Santa Clara local support go to www.namisantaclara.org
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED
VIRGIN MARY
Saturday, August 15
(NOT a Holyday of Obliga on this year)
The Catholic Church teaches that when
Mary ended her earthly life she was
assumed body and soul into heaven.
What is notable about the dogma, is
that it emphasizes that Mary did not ascend into heaven on her
own power, as Christ did, but was raised into heaven by God’s
grace. While the feast day is a rela vely new one (1950), the
history of the holiday – and the mystery behind it – has its roots
in the earliest centuries of Chris an belief.
“By contempla ng Mary in heavenly glory, we understand that
the earth is not the defini ve homeland for us either, and that if
we live with our gaze fixed on eternal goods we will one day
share in this same glory.” Pope Benedict XVI
Catholic Social Teaching (CST) defines
how human beings are meant to live in
society. While many Catholics can come up
with the Ten Commandments, the Seven
Sacraments, and the Eight Bea tudes, few if
any, have a ready reply to the cateche cal
ques on: What are the Seven CST that are an
essen al part of the faith? Join us each week
as we build upon the informa on shared on all
Seven CST in the June 21st
Bulle n – we’ll
break open one at a me. To find all of the CST
go to www.usccb.org and search CST Themes.
CST #5 – The Dignity of Work and
the Rights of Workers
The economy must serve people, not the
other way around. Work is more than a way
to make a living; it is a form of con nuing
par cipa on in God’s crea on. If the dignity
of work is to be protected, then the basic
rights of workers must be respected – the
right to produc ve work, to decent and fair
wages, to the organiza on and joining of
unions, to private property, and to economic
ini a ve.
“Work is a good thing for man – a good
thing for his humanity – because through
work man not only transforms nature,
adap ng it to his own needs, but he
also achieves fulfillment as a human being
and indeed, in a sense, becomes ‘more a
human being’.”
St. John Paul II, Laborem Exercens: On Human Work # 9
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All programs will start at
home this September!
Fall Faith Forma on, Edge and
Intersec on registra on is
now open on our website!
Sign up for our fall programs now and let us know what is
best for your family this year as we move forward.
While we will start all of our programs online, we will
con nue to see if in-person becomes possible. We are here
to help your children and teens con nue their rela onship
with Christ and make it even stronger during this
pandemic and for the rest of their lives!
Registra on is now open on our website and we ask you
sign up now to help us plan for this unique year. We will be
following all of the requirements set forth by our county
and diocese. We know our youth are excited to be back
together and we cannot wait to have everyone back!
We had a wonderful week with our VBS Rocky Railway campers
learning how God pulls us through, Jesus’ power gives us
hope, helps us be bold, lets us live forever and helps us be
good friends! Our thanks to all of our volunteers, especially
Cat Lammersen (director), Francie Keller, John Lynch, and
Kendall Adams (as St. Thérèse of Lisieux) who transformed our
program into an online train experience that will stay with our
children long a er the train pulls into the last stop! A big thank
you to all our VBS families and children as well!
We are in much need
of catechists who can
meet with our children
online or maybe in
person. Please
contact Catherine at
if you can help our
young children
or our teens.
Thank you!
Needed: Referral Volunteers
Referral Volunteers are needed to staff a phone hotline where community
members can call and access quick references for help. This posi on can take
place in person or virtually and is supported by full me staff and a tech pla orm
that makes connec ng people to services easy and fast.
This posi on requires 2 - 3 hours of availability per week. All volunteers must
complete a 2-hour training, do Livescan (Fingerprint), and pass a TB test.
We need volunteers who can speak English, Spanish, or Vietnamese.
If you are available to be one of our Referral Volunteers, please email
Lynda DeMan at ldeman @catholicchari esscc.org.
Shelter-in-Place Project Knit/Crochet for Others Can you knit or crochet a scarf – 5 feet long and 7 inches wide –
for someone in need? Or perhaps slippers? Hats? Baby boo es?
Bridges to Community seeks to support a local program called
One Warm Scarf, h p://onewarmscarf.com. If you can help,
contact Kirsi at [email protected] or leave a message at
650-559-0864 to arrange to pick up FREE, individually-prepared
packets of yarn of various types and colors. If you prefer you may supply
your own yarn. We’d like the completed items by the first week of
October. Drop-off instruc ons will be announced in September.
St. Nicholas & St. William Parish Office
473 Lincoln Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
650-948-2158 or 650-559-2080
Office Hours Mon - Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM
Website stnicholasandstwilliam.org Email [email protected] Facebook www.facebook.com/stnickcc/
Parish Staff Pastor Rev. John L. Poncini x2086 [email protected]
Parochial Vicar Rev. Anthony Uytingco x2088 [email protected]
Transitional Deacon Deacon Robain Lamba x2215 [email protected]
Pastoral Associate Deacon Charles Corbalis x2210 [email protected]
Director, Liturgy & Pastoral Care Carol Thornton x2204 [email protected]
Faith Formation Catherine Campbell x2209 [email protected]
Teen Ministry Anton Quynh Pham x2213 [email protected]
Director, Music Gary Soals [email protected]
Business Manager Lidia Fiandeiro x2202 [email protected]
Administrative Lupe Butterbrodt x2201 [email protected]
Katya Lohngoen x2020 [email protected]
Pat Cremer x2206 [email protected]
Facilities Tim Butterbrodt x2203 [email protected]
St. Nicholas Catholic School 12816 S. El Monte Ave
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 650-941-4056
Principal Jan Popolizio [email protected]
House Mee ng Info Session August 13 from 12 noon to 1:30 pm
The Diocesan Office of Life, Peace and Jus ce and the CCHD is sponsoring a House
Mee ng Informa on Session via Zoom on Thursday, August 13 at noon.
What is a House Mee ng?
• Gathering people for the purpose of sharing stories and experiences, developing
rela onships, and iden fying poten al issues that may lead to future ac on.
• Develop a strategy to strengthen and build the community.
Why Par cipate in the Session?
• To facilitate living out Catholic Social Teaching.
• To be part of a solu on to enable people to have fullness of life.
Register: h ps://bit.ly/32zw6KZ (registra on is required)
More Info: Email Rose Lue ([email protected]) or Tim O’Rorke (tj@ mororke.com)
The members of Bridges to Community Thank YOU, our
parishioners for your generous dona ons of Target and
Walmart Gi Cards for needy families in our community.
We delivered 59 gi cards worth $1515 to Palo Alto
Housing to be distributed to their low income
families. We appreciate your flexibility and
generosity in dona ng gi cards to help these families and children,
instead of our usual school backpack collec on. Thank you!
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SICK RELATIVES AND FRIENDS Let us pray for Erin A., Nelly Altamirano, Tuovi Aalto, Bertha Alarcon, Baby Willa, Steve Bednar, Ryan Bodine, Ben Bongers, Bill Brown, Hortence Burke, Jose Cabaccan, Marta & Jim Carr, Shirley Chiu, Irmgard Chu, Pete Ciardella, Dominic Corcoran, Mary Jo Corcoran, Sean Corcoran, Joanna Cross, Alta Cuevas, DeBell Family, Angela DiBattista, Pat Dixon, Dan Eber, Douglas Eustice, Kaitlyn Farley, Jeanine Ford, Shirley Frier, Tia Garner, Kay Gemello, Diane Geschke, Emil Girczyc, Michael Gray, Iris Hahne, Jack Heidmiller, Sheila Heidmiller, Francisco Hernandez & Family, Gerrod Herndon, Betty Hope, Ramon Ibarra, Emmitt Jenvey & Family, Judie Johnson, Michael Kaiser, John Keyes, Josephine Lipinski, Audrey Tischler Livermore, Pete Mazza, Rose McCloud, Teresa McDowell, Pam Medlennoff, Katie Montalvo, David & Anna Morrison, Alex Munroe, Corrine Murray, Don Murray, Patricia Novack, Monica Ochoa, Kathy Palmer, John Pecoraro, Irene Piontek, Tina Prudencio, Jaime, Eduardo, & Eva Ramirez, Caden James Reinhart, Aidee Reyes, Maria Roja, Star Rodriguez, Mike Roman, Doug Sarver, Manuel R. Santiago, Kathy Schlosser, Kathryn Schmittzeh, Geri Schultz, Carmel Smith, Tom Smith, Margie Strasser, Maynard & Shirley Stevenson, Nathaniel Stoll, Anne Sturm, Mary Lou Swain, Kathleen Toney, Marie Torrise, Lisa Tucker, Kathleen Urbaniak, Eduardo Uytingco, Katie Vanoli, Gema Velasquez Watson, Tracy Weiss, Ruby Welch, Terry Wills, Mercedes Yañez, and Rafael Zamora that Jesus will be a source of strength & comfort.
Sun. Francesco Caleca †
Laurance Jorgensen † Loving Family
Rosemary Catton † Biggs Family
Roseo & Sandra Panontin † Loving Family
Carmella Carrie Kulle - Health Loving Family Mon. William West † Loving Family
Tue. Eduardo Uytingco - Health Parish Staff
Wed. Cesare & Rita Fraguglia † Jaime Ramirez - Health Loving Family
Thur.
Fri. Victor & Dawn Jeworski † Loving Family
Sat.
Mass Intentions for the week of August 9
FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT If you suspect financial mismanagement or misconduct in your parish, school or in the Diocese of San Jose, please contact Ethics Point: dsj.ethicspoint.com or the hotline telephone number 1-888-325-7863.
Join Our Parish Prayer Team! We invite registered parishioners to join our Parish Prayer Team! Prayer Team members make a commitment to opening prayer request emails in a timely manner and to pray for the intentions received. The Prayer Team coordinator receives and reviews the requests and sends one consolidated prayer request email each evening. Sometimes prayer requests may be sent more frequently than daily when time-sensitive requests are received. You can be assured that the Prayer Team email list is used only for prayer requests. The Prayer Team is asked to maintain confidentiality and all prayer request information provided is considered private and must not be discussed nor shared. To sign up to join the Parish Prayer Team go to our Parish Website https://stnicholasandstwilliam.org
HELP US CONTINUE OUR MISSION - WAYS TO GIVE Please consider becoming an Online Giver. Click on the link below for ONE-TIME gifts or to setup a RECURRING donation: https://giving.parishsoft.com/app/giving/stnicholasandstwilliam
TEXT-TO-GIVE Text GIVE to (650) 200-2585 and follow the instructions.
BY CHECK Drop off or mail to: St. Nicholas & St. William Parish 473 Lincoln. Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
ADA 2020 - Report (as of 8/2)
ADA & Parish Goal: $380,000
Pledged to date $524,074
% of registered families 24.2%
# of donors 390
We give praise to God for inspiring so many parishioners to generously pledge to the 2020 “FAITH IN ACTION” ADA campaign. Currently, 24.2% of registered families have pledged, and our goal is to have as close to 100% participation as possible. Every dollar above our goal this year will come back to the parish to be applied to projects making our facilities more friendly and accessible, particularly for young families. No gift is too small or too large – all gifts are valued. Contact [email protected] for a pledge card. Donations can also be made online: https://www.dsj.org/ways-to-give/annual-diocesan-appeal/
Actuals
Mailed-In & Online Giving: July 20-26 $25,433.00
YTD (as of July 26) $85,320.33
Stewardship Report: July 20-26, 2020
Thank you for your continued generosity!
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Mon: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26 Tue: Ez 2:8 — 3:4; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Wed: Ez 9:1-7; 10:18-22; Ps 113:1-6; Mt 18:15-20 Thu: Ez 12:1-12; Ps 78:56-59, 61-62: Mt 18:21 — 19:1 Fri: Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 [59-63]; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Mt 19:3-12 Sat: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b-57; Lk 11:27-28 Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 Sun: Is 56:1, 6-7; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Rom 11:13-15, 29-32; Mt 15:21-28
Today’s Second Collection: Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa This week, we take up the collection for the Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa. The people of Africa are joyous and faith-filled, but they also face challenges due to poverty, high
rates of disease, food shortages, and migration. This collection is an opportunity to stand with the people of Africa and support pastoral projects that this continent so needs. Please be generous today. To learn more, visit www.usccb.org/africa.
