Thanks to all donation site volunteers and parishioners who contributed a total of $1,438 toward the purchase of new books as well as the donation of several new books as well. New books will be purchased and given to each child according to their reading ability, and will be presented at the end of the school year. The children always respond very enthusiastically and are grateful for your gifts. Thank you for your continued generosity.

All teens and families are invited to join us for our second eXaLT family event of the 2016-2017 year! This Sunday, 6pm, @ St. William Church. Click on newsletter for details. Plan to arrive early. See you there!

Hosted by Fr. George Aranha 12 Days: September 11-22, 2017 Visit Palermo, Agrigento, Siracusa, Taormina, Sorrento, Pompeii and Pope Francis in Rome

The California Catholic Conference (CCC) is closely monitoring and eager to follow Assembly Bill 1520, the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act, by Assemblywoman Autumn Burke. AB 1520, which is sponsored by GRACE (Gather, Respect, Advocate Change, Engage), commits the Legislature to a goal of reducing childhood poverty by 50 percent over the next 20 years and provides a comprehensive framework of research-backed solutions to achieve it. 

Daily Prayer Vigils – March 1st – April 9th -1691 The Alameda, San Jose Sign up for an hour a week during hours of 7am to 7pm at missmaryann7@yahoo.com Or call Glen at 408-771-8763 or go to www.40daysforlife.com/sanjose

Effective with the new academic year, St. Elizabeth Seton School will be joining the Drexel School System that was established with 7 schools in the Diocese of San Jose four years ago.   Drexel Schools are a network of schools that share a rigorous academic curriculum and incorporate Blending Learning.

Are you looking for a satisfying but flexible volunteer opportunity?  Peninsula Food Runners is a volunteer organization dedicated to alleviate hunger and reduce food waste and we are looking for volunteers to assist us.

Daily Prayer Vigils – March 1st – April 9th -1691 The Alameda, San Jose Sign up for an hour a week during hours of 7am to 7pm at missmaryann7@yahoo.com Or call Glen at 408-771-8763 or go to www.40daysforlife.com/sanjose

DSJ will host two meetings for the purpose of developing a Catholic response to this crisis: Monday, March 6 from 8:30 am and concluding with mass at noon at the Chancery Office. We will invite various service agencies to help us work on a support plan. The following night, Tuesday, March 7 at 7 pm, I will host a similar meeting with parish leaders from throughout the diocese. This meeting will be co-sponsored and co-led by PACT.  The location is yet to be confirmed. Please check the Office of Social Ministry Facebook Page for details.

Have you ever thought about becoming a Sister? Single Catholic women ages 18 - 40 are invited to a Religious Vocation Discernment Retreat with the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul March 10-12, 2017 in Los Altos Hills.

The Lenten Season is a time when Christian people devote ourselves more intentionally to the spiritual and corporal works of mercy in an earnest effort to reform our lives in the image of Jesus Christ. We use this occasion to call upon Catholics and all people of good will in California and throughout the United States to stand in solidarity with the vulnerable and excluded in our society. Urgent attention needs to be given to our neighbors who are migrants and refugees, especially those immigrants who are undocumented.

Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Christians are asked to return to God “with all their hearts” (Joel 2:12), to refuse to settle for mediocrity and to grow in friendship with the Lord. Jesus is the faithful friend who never abandons us. Even when we sin, he patiently awaits our return; by that patient expectation, he shows us his readiness to forgive (cf. Homily, 8 January 2016).