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Week at a Glance Monday / Lunes (05)

4:00pm-Eng. Rel Ed Christmas Play Practice-Church 6:00pm-Sp. Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena-Church

6:00pm-Sp. Children’s Choir Practice-Chapel 7:00pm-Sp. Escuela Parroquial-Church

Tuesday / Martes (06) 5:00pm-Eng. Young Adults Choir Practice-Church

6:00pm-Sp. Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena-Chapel 7:00pm-Bilingual Perpetual Help Rosary/Adoration-Chapel

7:00pm-Sp. Our Lady of Guadalupe Aparitions-Church

Wednesday / Miércoles (07) 9:00am-Sp. Morning Prayer-Chapel

6:00pm-Sp. Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena-Church 7:00pm-Bilingual Christmas Choir Practice-Church

Thursday / Jueves (08) 9:00am-Eng. SMS Immaculate Conception Mass-Church

6:00pm-Sp. Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena-Chapel 7:00pm-Bilingual Immaculate Conception Mass-Church

(Day of Obligation)

Friday / Viernes (09) 6:00pm-Sp. Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena-Church

7:00pm-Sp. Maranatha Choir Practice-Chapel 8:00pm-Sp. Evening Prayer-Church

Saturday / Sábado (10) 6:00pm-Sp. Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena-Chapel

Sunday / Domingo (11)

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.

December 04, 2016

Second Sunday of Advent

November 20, 2016 Goal $ 22,500 Actual $ 19,770 Human Dev. $ 4,184

November 27, 2016 Goal $ 22,500 Actual $ 19,448 Thanksgiving $ 3,905

Third Sunday of Advent December 11, 2016 Isaiah 35:1-6A, 10

James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11

PASTORAL TEAM/EQUIPO PASTORAL

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.

Flowers for Christmas

Simbang Gabi

Segundo Domingo de Adviento

Tercer Domingo de Adviento Diciembre 11, 2016

Virgen del Tepeyac

La Virgen del Tepeyac Martes 6 de diciembre 7:00pm en la iglesia

¿Que tan limpia debe de estar nuestra Iglesia?

Flores para Navidad

Second Sunday of Advent - December 4, 2016

Liturgy 408.847.5151 or dbarry@dsj.org

Confirmation Year 1/ Primer Año de Confirmación

Confirmation Year 2/ Segundo Año de Confirmación

Middle School Ministry Next Middle School Session: Wednesday, December 14th

Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month Grupo de Jóvenes de la Middle School

Next High School Night

Próxima Noche de Jóvenes de la Prepa

Young Adults

(6940 Chestnut St.)

Next Gathering:

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Rose Barry,

St. Mary School Office: 408.842.2827 Religious Education: 408.847.2652

The service projects have begun for the children in our program. We are hoping to

have sock donations for the needy. We are very grateful to all of our families that support our service projects. We will begin our Christmas Break for our program beginning December 18th and 19th. Classes will resume on January 8th and 9th.

Weekend Liturgy Questions/Comments 12/04/16 1. Advent preparations include taking inventory of the areas in our lives in need of change and

forgiveness. What relationships need healing? What priorities need to shift? What habits need to change?

2. Now is the time to make room for Christ by making adjustments and cleaning our “spiritual house.” Consider participating in the Sacrament of Reconciliation during Advent.

3. By your example, you are showing those you love that a change of heart is necessary to welcome Christ into the world.

Toy Drive Underway St. Mary School students are collecting toys for St. Joseph Family Center (SJFC) as part of the annual Advent Project. Our St. Mary School community has always been generous, and we look forward to another successful year! Toys will be collected at school from December 1st through December 16th. Cash or other financial donations are also accepted and all funds will be used to purchase toys for the drive under the guidance of SJFC. Please designate checks to St. Joseph’s Family Center (memo: Toy Drive). A GoFundMe site is also available at the following link: https://www.gofundme.com/st-josephs-family-toy-drive. Thank you for supporting the St. Mary School Toy Drive benefitting St. Joseph Center.

Second Sunday of Advent - December 4, 2016

The children's Christmas Program on Christmas Eve will be at 4:30pm in the

Church. Preparation time is here!!!! There will be practice for the play on Sunday, December 11th at 2:30pm in the Gym of St. Mary School. All Children between the ages of 5 and up are invited and encouraged to participate. Please call the Religious Education office for more information at 408.847.2652.

Annual Appeal Our Annual Appeal is in full swing, and letters have been mailed to our alumni donors, sponsors and school community. This is an important event we do each year, and we ask you to prayerfully consider contributing to St. Mary School. The gifts we receive each year help to close the gap between tuition dollars and the cost of providing a Catholic education. To date, we have received $8,300, a little more than a third of the way toward our $21,000 goal!! If you did not receive a letter but would like to make a contribution, please contact the school at 408.842.2827 or visit www.stmarygilroy.org and click on the donate button. Thank you to those who have already generously given!

Thanksgiving Food Drive St. Mary School held a Thanksgiving food drive from November 1st through November 18th for St. Joseph Family Center’s holiday collection. Students collected 716 pounds of goods, including packaged dessert mixes, non-perishable single-serve food items, stuffing mix, canned yams, canned cranberry sauce, microwaveable food, 5-pound bags of potatoes, canned fruit, salt, fresh fruit and new adult socks. Additionally, students, faculty and staff collected over $1,300 to go toward the purchase of a ham or turkey. Our student body did an amazing job and continues to outdo themselves each year! Because of the student leaders, the entire student body and all the families’ contributions, St. Joseph Family Center was able to feed almost 900 families this Thanksgiving. Thank you to everyone for your support of this great cause.

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.

Fernando Razo (A) † Simona Guerrero (B) †

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Rafael J. Paredes, Sr. (A) †

Jesus Castañeda (B) †

Prudencio C. Castillo, Jr † Anna Barberi †

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Iluminador Velazquez (B) † Joe DeMaria †

Maria C. Rosas (B) †

Mary H. Redd (A) † Camila Rodriguez †

David & Louis Codiga † Oliva Raya Rosas †

Carmen & Hijinia Carranza † Gary & Ernie Filice †

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Second Sunday of Advent - December 4, 2016

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