First Sunday in Lent February 22, 2015

2800 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054 Conducted by the Fathers of the Institute of the Incarnate Word

Website: www.olop-shrine.org

RECTORY Rev. Gustavo Nieto, IVE, Pastor (408) 988-4585 Rev. Samuel Leonard, IVE, Associate Pastor Rev. Joseph LoJacono, IVE, Associate Pastor Rev. Thomas Steinke, IVE, Associate Pastor

CONVENT Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara (408) 988-4160 Mother Maria Regina Pacis, SSVM, Superior

OFFICE HOURS Rectory: Mon. 9am-4:30pm (closed 12-1); Tue. - Fri. 9am-7pm (closed 12-1pm); (408) 988-4585 Sat. 9am-1pm; Closed Sunday Catechism: Tues. & Thu. 9-11:30am & 5:30-8pm; Wed. 9-11:30am & 3-6pm; (408) 988-7543 Sat. 9am-1pm Adult Religious Ed: Tue. - Fri. 2 to 7pm; Sat. 9am-1pm (408) 988-7543 Library: Sun.-Tue. 9am-5pm, Wed. 1pm-3pm, Fri 9am-5pm (408) 988-4585x1214 (Located in the Family Learning Center Room 1214) Music Ministry: Contact Bernadette Arnold @ barnold@dsj.org

MASSES Sunday Vigil: Sat. 5pm & 7:30pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am,10:30am, 12noon, 2pm & 5pm, 6:30pm (Spanish) & 8pm Holy Days: Please see our website or call the Rectory Office Weekdays: 8am, 12noon, 5:15pm; also 7:30pm Wed. & 8am Sat. First Friday: 8am, 12noon, 5:15pm, 7:30pm

CONFESSIONS Saturdays: 3:30pm - 5pm Other times: During all Sat & Sun Masses Mon. during the 12noon & 5:15pm Masse Tue - Fri. During the 8am, 12noon; 5:15pm Masses

GIFT SHOP (408) 980-9825

St. Vincent de Paul 1-(800) 557-1961

BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES & FUNERALS: Please contact the Rectory Office for more information. (For Marriages please contact the office before setting the date.)

Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine Mission Statement

Our Lady of Peace is a church and shrine dedicated to the greater glory of God and the salvation of souls. It is a place of prayer & pilgrimage with: • Perpetual adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

• Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary • Frequent celebration of the Sacraments, particularly the Eucharist and Reconciliation • Integrated formation of the person (spiritual, moral, intellectual and emotional)

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Announcements We joyfully welcome all

visitors to the Shrine! —————————————

Knights of Columbus Invite you to enjoy coffee and

donuts, for sale after all morning Masses.

————————————— Next Week’s Second

Collection: Facilities Maintenance Fund —————————————

Annual Diocesan Appeal As of Week 4 of the ADA, a total of 359 pledges have been turned in

to the amount of $190,510 towards our $251,000 goal. Thank you for your con nued support of

the ADA and of our parish. ————————————— Liturgical Adapta ons during

the Flu Season are s ll in effect.

————————————— Why Must I Suffer?

Talk by Fr. Michael Pinatacura Monday, February 23 7-9pm

Family Learning Center $10/person

————————————— Slight Schedule Changes:

Ash Wednesday/Lent/Easter Schedule

See page 5 for full details. —————————————

Last Chance! Don’t forget about the

Annual Crab Dinner Hosted by the Knights of Columbus

Saturday, February 28 at 6pm See page 10 for details.

————————————— Save the Date!

Mngr. Sweeny’s Death Anniversary is coming up on

Saturday, March 7. We are asking people to a end

the 5pm Mass that day and join in on a potluck. More

details on the event to come. —————————————

Confessions are moving, but don’t panic!

Details will follow in the coming weeks.

FROM OUR PASTOR Dear Parishioners,

For this Lent, our Holy Father Pope Francis is invi ng all of us to open our hearts to God and to overcome a “globaliza on of indifference” that is threatening to spread a feeling of distress and powerlessness and causing us and our communi es to withdraw into themselves, closing “the door through which God comes into the world and the world comes to Him.”

Pope Francis defines Lent as “a me of renewal” and as a “ me of grace.” Indifference –he says- to our neighbor and to God “represents a real tempta on for us Chris ans.” “Usually, when we are healthy and comfortable, we forget about others (something God the Father never does): we are unconcerned with their problems, their sufferings and the injus ces they endure. Our heart grows cold. As long as I am rela vely healthy and comfortable,” he says, “I do not think about those less well off.”

Now, to further this renewal, the Holy Father suggests:

1. If one member suffers, all suffer together – The Church

“Chris ans are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of God and others.”

“Lent is a favorable me for le ng Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like Him. This happens whenever we hear the word of God and receive the sacraments, especially the Eucharist.” (…) “In this body there is no room for the indifference which so o en seems to possess our hearts. For whoever is of Christ, belongs to one body, and in Him we cannot be indifferent to one another. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy.”

2. Where is your brother? – Parishes and Communi es

“In order to receive what God gives us and to make it bear abundant fruit, we need to press beyond the boundaries of the visible Church in two ways. In the first place, by uni ng ourselves in prayer with the Church in heaven.” (…) “In the second place, every Chris an community is called to go out of itself and to be engaged in the life of the greater society of which it is a part, especially with the poor and those who are far away. The Church is missionary by her very nature; she is not self-enclosed but sent out to every na on and people.”

Then, our Holy Father expressed his ardent desire that “our parishes and our communi es, may become islands of mercy in the midst of the sea of indifference!”

3. Make your hearts firm! – Individual Chris ans

In order to make our hearts firm, (cf. Js 5:8), the Pope firstly underlines the importance of prayer and highlights the “24 Hours for the Lord” ini a ve of the Pon fical Council for the New Evangeliza on, to take place on March 13-14. Secondly, he appeals for acts of charity, and third, he says “the suffering of others is a call to conversion.”

He concluded invi ng everyone to engage in what is called the forma on of the heart. “Anyone who wishes to be merciful must have a strong and steadfast heart, closed to the tempter but open to God.”

Thus, during this Lent, in union with the Vicar of Christ, we ask our Lord: Make our hearts like yours. It is my prayerful hope that this Lent will prove spiritually frui ul for each one of us.

May God bless you all! Fr. Gustavo Nieto, IVE

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Children and Youth Religious Education Program News

“The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” John 1:14 The Family as First School of Human Virtues

# 15 Let us now continue discussing the virtue of obedience, in which children need to be trained since their early years. Obedience up to the age of thirteen “Up to age of thirteen, approximately, lack of obedience does not give rise to serious problems: it is more a nuisance and source of exasperation to the parents. Often diso-bedience results in physical danger rather than moral danger. For example, a child who disobeys an instruc-tion not to play in a particular place because it is dan-gerous, and then disobeys and breaks an arm. Yet this is the best time for teaching children to obey for high motives, the aim being to have them acquire the habit of obedience before they reach adolescence. So, it is not a matter of just getting children to obey: they have to obey well. It is easy for parents to rest content with a more or less blind obedience on the grounds that this produc-es the desired results—peace and order. But we fail to realize that ‘there is danger of mere involuntary col-laboration whenever demands are made without ap-pealing to the individual’s conscience.’ It is not enough for the child to do what we order him to do; and certainly it does not produce the virtue of obedi-ence.” To be continued... (from Character Building, by David Isaacs, p. 181)

Catechism Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00 am to 11:30 am and 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm Wednesday: 9:00 am to 11:30 am and 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Office phone number: (408) 988-7543 olopccdoffice@servidoras.org

Website: www.olop-shrine.org

IMPORTANT DATES February 24, 25, 26, 28 and March 3, 4, 5, and 7: First Confessions March 7: First Holy Communion Catechist Meeting

Our Lady’s Juggler, Chapter 5 By Anatole France “The monk was touched by the

juggler’s simplicity, and as he was not lacking in discernment, he at once re-cognized in Barnaby one of those men of whom it is said in the Scriptures: Peace on earth to men of good will. And for this reason he replied- “Friend Barnaby, come with me, and I will ha-ve you admitted into the monastery of which I am prior. He who guided St. Mary of Egypt in the desert set me upon your path to lead you into the way of salvation.” It was in this manner, then, that Barnaby became a monk. In the mo-nastery into which he was received the religious vied with one another in the praise of the Blessed Virgin, and in her honor each employed all the kno-wledge and all the skill which God had given him. The prior on his part wrote books dealing according to the rules of scho-larship with the virtues of the Mother of God." To be continued… (from The Book of Virtues for Young People, by William Bennet, p. 355)

If you are willing to follow God’s call to be a Catechist or an assistant, this is what you do: 1) Contact Sr. Angeles via e-mail at olopccd@servidoras.org for an

interview during office hours. 2) Then Sr. Angeles will assist you with the Safe Environment proce-

dure required by the Diocese of San Jose.

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Join Bishop Thomas Daly for a Mass for the Sanctity of Human Life & Eucha-

ristic Procession on Saturday, March 14th at 11 am at St. Leo Church 88 Race Street, San Jose, CA.

Candlelight Procession on March 27th at 7:30 pm, St. Leo Church, 88 Race Street, San Jose

Our goal is to change hearts, to end abortion and to help

pregnant moms choose life through motherhood or adoption. Daily prayer vigils to end abortion from 8am

to 7pm each day from March 5th to April 13th at 1691 the Alameda, San Jose.

www.40daysforlife.com/sanjose 408-497-7270

The Light is On for You! On Wednesdays from 6-8PM, the doors of

[PARISH NAME] are open and the Light is on For You! Bring a family member or friend,

come in, and rediscover God’s heart of mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Jesus Christ desires to lift your burdens off your

heart which you may have been carrying for a short time or years. To find guides to confes-sion and testimonials of people from around

our diocese visit www.dsj.org/light

Fasting and Abstinence During Lent: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligato-ry days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. The norms on fasting are

obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fast-ing, a person is permitted to eat one full meal. Two smaller meals may also be taken, but not

to equal a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon mem-bers age 14 onwards. More information on fast

and abstinence can be found at http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/

liturgical-year/lent/

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21

8:00 AM Grace Laxamana

5:00 PM +Paula Causi 7:30 PM Xuyen Dang & Family, Special Intentions SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22

7:30 AM For the People

9:00 AM Jorge Doctolero, Birthday & His Siblings, Thanksgiving

10:30 AM Fr. Thomas Steinke, Birthday

12 NOON +All Souls in Purgatory

2:00 PM Fr. Thomas Steinke, IVE & Grace Laxamana

5:00 PM Donald & Patricia Orlowski

6:30 PM Deepak & Seema Mehra, Wedding Anniv. 8:00 PM +Benedict Cinco Aguas MONDAY FEBRUARY 23

8:00 AM +Souls in Purgatory 12 NOON Kameron Soper 5:15 PM Alphonso Lukhang Nguyen, Birthday TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24

8:00 AM +Joe Baumann, Death anniversary

12 NOON Raul & Clorie Lopez, Special Intentions

5:15 PM +Maria & +Dominador Manabat WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

8:00 AM +Theresa Le Thi Thanh-Ha & Corazon Santos, Health

12 NOON Our Lady of Peace Parishioners, Spec. Int. & IVE Priests, Thanksgiving

5:15 PM +Urbana Gonzales, Death Anniversary

7:30 PM +Italo "Bob" Botti, Birthday THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 8:00 AM +Fr. Edward Warren &

St. Michael, Thanksgiving

12 NOON +Evelyn Stewart & +Robert Quang Le

5:00 PM Thomas Pham Family, Special Intentions FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27

8:00 AM Our Lady of Peace Priests & Sisters, Special Intentions

12 NOON Barrera Family, Thanksgiving

5:15 PM All Souls SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 8:00 AM +Maximiana P. Bismar, Death Anniversary 5:00 PM +Antony Cuong Vu, Death Anniversary

7:30 PM Alda, Special Intentions

Thank you! May God reward you a hundredfold!

Weekend totals for February 15, 2015 were not available at the time of pulishing.

“Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but

rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment. Tell them to do good, to be rich in

good works, to be generous, ready to share, thus accumulating as treasure a good foundation for the

future, so as to win the life that is true life.” 1 Timothy 6:17-19

Pilgrimage to Poland with Fr. Noel Sanvicente

Father Noel Sanvicente invites you to join him in:

“Pilgrimage to Poland: Tracing the footsteps of Saint John Paul II and Saint Faus na”

It also includes a visit to Prague, the magnifi-cent capital of Central Europe, and the home of the Shrine of the Infant Jesus, from Sep-

tember 7-18, 2015. For details and bookings please call Patricia of Top Notch Gateways 408-571-9087 or Father Noel at nsanvicen-

te@stsimon.org.

Thank you so much! Warm regards to everyone.

A blessed Lent!

Father Noel

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Pledge Update (Goal: $251,000)

Week 1: Received $26,785.00 in Pledges Week 2: Received $83,580.00 iin Pledges Week 3: Received $27,889.00 in Pledges Week 4: Received $29,750.00 in Pledges Total Received to Date: 359 Pledges $190,510

“We have gifts that differ according to the favor bestowed on each of us. One’s gift may be prophecy...it may be ministry...a teacher...the power of exhor-tation. He who gives alms should do so generously...he who performs works of

merch should do so cheerfully.” — Romans 12:6-8

Please pick up a pledge form today (in pew folders) and return your pledge of gifts and/or prayer.

May God bless you for your participation in the ADA to help others and for giving Him

thanks for the gifts and blessings you have received.

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Do you know your faith?

Lenten Quiz

Directions: Match the items from Column 1 to Column 2:

Column 1 _____ On what day does Lent start? _____ Does drinking liquids between meals break the fast? _____ What do we do during Lent? _____ Does eating between meals break the fast? _____ When does Lent end? _____ What is the liturgical color for Lent?

Column 1 A Yes B Fasting, Almsgiving, Praying C Violet D Holy Thursday E No F Ash Wednesday

Upcoming Feast Days & Events

Feast Days

Feb 23 St. Polycarp

Mar 3 St. Katharien Drexel

Mar 4 St. Casimir

Mar 7 SS. Perpetua & Felicity

Mar 9 St. Frances of Rome

Events

Feb 23 Why Must I Suffer? Talk by Fr. Michael Pintacura See page 8

Feb 28 Knights of Columbus’ Annual Crab Dinner

SCHEDULE OF CHURCH DEVOTIONS

Full 15-Decade

Rosary

Weds-Mon 6-7 PM

Santo Niño Novena

Mondays 7:00PM

Rosario en Español

Mondays 8:00 PM

Holy Hour Tuesdays 11AM

St. Anthony Novena with

Mass

Tuesdays 6 PM

Rosary in Vietnamese

Tuesdays 8 PM

Mother of Perpetual

Help Novena & Mass

Wednesdays 7 PM

St Joseph the Worker’s -

Hour

Thursdays 7PM

Men of the Sacred Heart

Tuesdays 12AM-1AM

On-Going Parish Ac vi es

Thursday Mornings @ 10:45 A.M. Pray the Rosary for the protec on of the unborn and born babies at star ng at 10:45 a.m. at the Mountain View Planned Parenthood (intersec on of California & San Antonio).

Saturday Morning Roster for Altar Workers (March 7): Rosalina Romuar, Cora Camat, Zenaida Labre, Maria Tran, Arsenia Nicolas

Saturdays @ 9:30 A.M. Rosary Making Classes held in the Old Hall, 9:30 to 11 a.m. for adults & children (materials provided).

Every 2nd Saturday Rosary at the Shrine a er 8am Mass for the bea fica on of Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC Lay Carmelite mee ngs in Room 1214 in the Family Learning Center from 1pm-4:30pm. Please contact Frank Cirimele for further informa on: 408-613-0466.

Last Saturday of the Month: @ 9:15 AM Come pray the rosary in front of the Planned Parenthood abortuary at 1691 The Alameda (Taylor & Naglee), San Jose. Other pro-life ac vists have been picke ng and providing help to future mothers at this site for several decades. Call Clark Beck at 408-354-7381

Every 3rd Sunday Altar Society Bake Sale a er all morning masses. Cenacle Holy Hour to pray for Priests, Seminarians & Voca ons at 3PM

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Extraordinary Eucharis c Ministers to the Sick and Homebound

If you’re interested in this ministry for your family or to help others receive Our Eucharis c Lord,

please contact Grace Laxamana via email at glaxamana@dsj.org

Bulletin #: 913090 Our Lady of Peace Santa Clara, CA 95054 (408) 988-4585 or Contact: Grace Laxamana 408-988-4585 ext. 2104 Back-up Contact: Karen Ruiz 408-569-2457