Sunday

Continental Breakfast after 9am Mass .

Monday Next Grief Group Meeting TBD at 7pm in the Parish Office conference room.

Tuesday The next Ladies Guild Meeting is today at 1 pm in the Fr. Jim Community Center.

Wednesday Prayer for healing, Exposition and Benedic-tion at 7pm.

Thursday Adoration after 9:30 am Mass until 11:45 am

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Continental Breakfast after 9am Mass.

Oct. 7, 2018 -Oct. 14, 2018

Sunday

7:30am 9:00am 11:00am 5:00pm

For Our Parishioners Special Intention Frances Fitzsimons † Janice Hongsothavij

Monday 6:30 am 9:30 am

Hermogenes Aguilar † Souls in Purgatory †

Tuesday 6:30 am 9:30 am

Mary Jean Sack † Unknown Souls †

Wednesday 6:30 am

9:30 am Special Intention Joseph Quan Vu †

Thursday

6:30am 9:30am

Ashah Alamin & Family Carolin Ransom – Scott (bd.)

Friday 6:30am 9:30 am

Special Intention Minh Nguyen

Saturday 8:00am 5:00pm

Fr. Thuc (bd.) † Rita & Rudy Siri †

Sunday

7:30 am 9:00 am 11:00 am 5:00pm

Connie Corrales † For Our Parishioners Ladies Guild Fr. Thuc ( Bd.)

Weekly Stewardship Report

Collections for 9/30/18 $ 10,615

Year to date collections 7/1/18–9/30/18 $ 136,414 Budgeted 7/1/18 – 9/30/18 $ 151,990 Variance (15,756 ) Please note the budgetary shortfall. To help keep the parish within its budget please prayerfully con-sider making a one time tax deductible gift. Contact the parish office for details. Thank you for your continued support!

Oct. 7, 2018 - Oct. 14, 2018

One time gifts this fiscal year Gifts for unrestricted use: $4,475 Gifts for specific projects: $ 800 Total: $5,275 Thank you for your generosity.

SOCIAL JUSTICE CORNER

Marriage and family – the subject of today’s Gospel – speaks to us even in this modern day. Jesus says the couple are “two in one flesh.” They are one, they are equals. When Jesus speaks at the same time of children, he makes it clear that children are a gift from God.

Tertullian in the second century (160-225) spoke of the “happiness of marriage” and “two believers who share one hope, one desire.” What more could a couple ask for than happiness and sharing one desire?

Here in the modern day the Bishops have written “Follow the Way of Love” about families. The message was written jointly with lay people and stated “when people talk about life in a family, they speak of love with its abiding peace, its searing pain, its moments of joy and disap-pointment, its heroic struggle and ordinary routines.” Sometimes it is hard to love when we are feeling upset or angry, but the love we feel for our family runs deep.

When Jesus spoke of love in the family he meant that the family re-flects the love of God – “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another.” (I John 4:9-11) And again in Ephesians, “Therefore, be imitations of God and live in love, as Christ loved us.” (Eph 5:2)

How can we be imitators of God’s love in our families? In this world?

Social Justice Committee

Answer the Call to Music Ministry! Our 11 a.m. choir is looking for people who are interested in learning more about music, singing, and enlivening the beautiful prayer of the mass! Come join our minis-try! Male singers are especially needed, and ladies are welcome as well. Contact Gina at beem47@sonic.net or phone the rectory and leave a message.

Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear Parishioners, Families and Friends, Below is the Parish’s financial statement. It consists of two columns: fiscal year 2017-2018 report and 2018-2019 budget. The fiscal year is July 1 – June 30. I want to thank all of you for your generous support. Your weekly presence and active generosity make our parish alive. Should you have any questions and donations, please contact the parish office at 408-253-7560.

Gratefully, Fr. Thuc

Fiscal Year 17 – 18 Budget 18 - 19

INCOME

Collections $ 588,533 $ 594,800

Stipends 20,059 20,000

Earnings/Rent 8,168 3,653

Bequests/Grants 45,515 56,000

Parish Fundraiser 4,916 15,000

Faith Formation & Youth 34,482 29,500

Total Parish Income $ 701,673 $ 718,593

EXPENSES

Pastoral Staff $ (141,168) $ (169,619)

Admin Parish Office (119,529) (127,830)

Liturgy ( 50,896) ( 47,229)

Catechetical Ministry ( 78,792) ( 78,712)

Youth Ministry ( 64,056) ( 61,417)

Parish and Diocese Programs ( 68,833) ( 70,541)

Facilities (172,288) (156,851)

Fundraising ( 1,174) ( 3,000)

Total Parish Disbursements $ (696,736) $ (715,199)

Net Income $ 4,937 $ 3,394

ADA for Building Fund $ 42,813

ADA for 60th Anniversary $ 10,000

ADA for 2018 – 19 $ 50,000

Oct. 7, 2018

Family Faith Formation 408-255-9950

Office is staffed on Tuesday and Thursday 8:00 am -3:00 pm and on weekends by ap-pointment. Please call before stopping by.

Book drive for a middle school in Tonga. This school year, Queen of Apostles students are having a book drive for students at the Talafo’ou Middle School on

the small Island of Tonga, one of the schools affected by Cyclone Gita. One of our staff members took 13 high school students to Tonga in June with a company called Global Leaders. There, they painted the school, built desks, chairs and more! Last school year, we collected school supplies that were distributed to the students in Tonga. The middle school teachers at Talafo’ou would like to start a library so their students can learn English a little better. You are invited to contribute to the book drive which will be ongoing until April. Book donations can be dropped off in the school office. If you are interested in attending our school, then you are invited to our Mini Open House this Sunday, October 7, 2018 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm.

On the Calendar: It’s not too late to get your registration in for the 2018-2019 catechetical year! You can register online at www.qofa.org. Paper registration forms are available in the parish office. Classes have started. Oct. 7th: All classes meet at their usual times Oct. 13th: Parent Session for FHC families (option 1) Oct. 14th: All classes meet at their usual times Oct. 20th: Parent Session for FHC families (option 2) Oct. 21st: All classes meet at their usual times; Blessing of FHC students at 9am Mass followed by a family potluck and prayer partner activity in the community center Oct. 28th: Safe Environment Training for all classes

We want to live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ through our rela-tionships with our Lord, our families, our friends, and our com-munity. Our goal is to create deliberate disciples through activi-ties that are spiritual, social and service oriented. All middle school students are welcome!!

Oct. 7th: Formation Night-Breakout sessions Oct. 14th: Formation Night-Breakout sessions Oct. 21st: Formation Night-Breakout sessions Oct. 28th: General Session-Safe Environment Training

Thanks to everyone who drove/chaperoned/participated in our Redwood Ops Laser Tag adventure! We had a blast!!!!

Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults Diocese of San Jose - Anthony Gonzalez Phone: 408-983- 0113 Fax:408-983-0147 Emergency line: 408-983-0141

HIGH SCHOOL Youth Ministry and Confirmation

Confirmation High school confirmation registration is open! Please go to qofaym.weebly.org for more details. *Like us on Facebook: Queen of Apostles Youth *Follow us on Instagram: QofAYM *Contact us: youth@qofa.org | 213-6509 | www.qofa.org

MULTICULTURAL MASS AND DINNER

Our parish is very blessed to have so many vibrant cultures repre-sented. We would like to invite you to participate in the entertainment for the Multi-Cultural Dinner in November. Talk with your friends. Encourage them to start practicing – now! We need dancers, singers, poets, musicians of every type. We are hoping that our new Co-Adjutor Bishop Oscar Cantu will be able to come. Let us show him what it means to be Queen of Apostles! Call Margie if you have talent to offer (408) 203-7747

Imagine if no one ever told you about Jesus. How would your life be different? What would it take for YOU to say yes, to sharing your faith with the children of our parish? We are in critical need of catechists in our children’s cate-chumenate (RCIA).The future of the Church depends on each of us fulfilling our call to evangelization. For more information, please call 408.255.9950 or email kman-ning@dsj.org.

FORMED: The Catholic Faith-On Demand. If you haven’t registered yet for FORMED, you’re missing out on some of the best Catholic content available on the web. Go to wwwformed.org and register using our parish code: RKQKKG to access movies, podcasts, children’s pro-gramming, e-books and more! Now on FORMED: The Three Secrets to Shar-ing the Faith-Trent Horn

W e l c o m e s Bishop Oscar Cantu

Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose

SAVE THE DATE!!! This fall, the 177 Project is partnering with 22 different artists to bring an evening of Eucharistic Adora-tion and music to every single diocese in the US! On Friday, November 2nd, we’ll be at Queen of Apostles in San Jose and we want you to join us. Tickets to the evening are com-pletely free and can be picked up in the church office or by visit-

We lovingly pray for those in our Parish and families who can-not join us at Mass especially: Joan Grotzinger, Joel Rivera, Barbara Mertzlufft, Antonia Luna, Janet Decker, Barbara Carrillo.. Please let us also pray for all our servicemen and women who serve in the Armed Forces throughout the world and remember them in our hearts today and everyday. We re-member those dearly departed in our Queen of Apostles family and in our own families: especially: Pete Huttlinger, Terrence Barry McKenna.

Peacemakers

St. John XXIII Feast Day October 11 Even though he was 77 when he was elected Pope, John XXIII exuded an enthusiasm for life, as would a younger man. Within a short time upon his election he called the Second Vatican Council into being, hoping to “open the windows” of the Church and let in some fresh air. The Council was a sign of extraordinary renewal in the Church – a positive dialogue between the Church and the modern world.

Pope John came to represent peace as he authored Pacem in Terris, the encyclical on peace as well as living his life as an example of how to be a peaceful person. He hoped for peace in every heart – “every be-liever must be a spark of light and a center of love.” In the arms race, “true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms but in mutual trust alone.”

How can we bring a “spark of light and a center of love” to this world?

Social Justice Committee

Grief Support Group

1st and 3rd Mondays 7 pm – 8:30 pm in the Parish Office

Are you, a family member or friend, grieving the loss of a loved one? Whether it’s a current loss or one in the past, we will reassure you that there is hope for those whose loved one has died. Join others in sup-port, friendship, and prayer in a confidential setting. We meet every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month except July, in the Rectory. If you have any questions or need to talk, please call Shirley at 408-241-1209

MARRIED COUPLES: Getting ready for school means spending lots of time on your children. After school begins, why not spend some time to-gether. Make a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend! The next Marriage Encounter weekend is Nov.9-11 in San Jose. For more information visit our website at sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Claranne at applica-tions@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413.

Queen of Apostle Parish in cooperation with

The Catholic Community Foundation of Santa Clara County invites all Liturgical Ministers: Sacristans, Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and to the Sick, Music ministers, Altar Servers, Ushers & Greeters, Adorers of the Blessed Sacra-ment to “Liturgical Ministry: A Road to Intentional Discipleship”

A Day of Recollection & Fellowship October 13th 2018, 9:00am – 12:30pm

Speaker: Fr. Christopher Bennett Queen of Apostles Church This community has been especially blessed by the gift of your ministry. As you continue in your commitment to answer the call of God to discipleship, we ask that you consider this invita-tion thoughtfully and with prayer. Please contact your respective Ministry Coordinator to confirm your attendance: Sacristan JC Mercier j_mercier@att.net, EMHC Bob Wedig-bob@wedig.com, EMHC Sick, Fr. Rey revrey@qofa.org. Music, Teri Silvestri,terisil@gmail.com., Lector, Carolyn McDonald,

cjmcdonald@usana.com. Altar Server, Haidee Baluta / Car-men Macias haidee9402@yahoo.com. haidee1222@sbcglobal.net., HUG, Carmen Macias, Hernan-dezmc@yahoo.com., Eucharistic Adoration, Elaine Lahey , Elaine @the laheys.com

Join us for

AN EVENING OF PRAYER FOR HEALING

WITH EUCHARISTIC ADORATION & BENEDICTION

Throughout history God has manifested his love and care

for those who have suffered from violence, hatred, and oppression. We commend all those who have been abused, their families, and

their friends to the healing mercy of God who binds up all our wounds and

enfolds us in his gentle care. Wednesdays of October 2018

October 10, 17 & 24 7:00 – 8:00 in the evening Queen of Apostles Church

4911 Moorpark Ave. San Jose, Ca 95129 . T : (408) 253 -7560 . www.@qofa.org

Children’s choir , needs you.. The choir sings at the 9 o’clock Mass once a month on the first Sunday of the month. All chil-dren in grades 3-8 are welcome. Please contact Gina at beem47@sonic.net or Becky at nanosmom@hotmail.com.

Queen of Apostles Church

4911 Moorpark Avenue

San Jose, Ca 95129

Never Give Up! PASTORAL STAFF: Rev. Thuc Si Ho, Pastor Rev. Reynaldo Sarmiento, Parochial Vicar, Dir. Of Liturgy Deacon Brian McKenna, Coordinator of Social Justice Kristie Manning, Faith Formation/RCIA Director Gregory Elsner, Accountant Mary Ann Oddo, Administrative Assistant II Marie McCarthy, Administrative Assistant I Klarissa Chichioco, Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Anthony Talaich, Maintenance Supervisor Teri Silvestri, Music Coordinator Carmen Macias, Wedding Coordinator Dirk Maasen, Technology Coordinator Family Faith Formation: 408-255-9950 Parish Office 408-253-7560 Open 9-5 Monday - Friday Closed for lunch: 12-1 4911 Moorpark Ave. San Jose, Ca.. 95129 Fax: 408-253-9530 Web Site: www.qofa.org Marty Chargin, School Principal School Address: 4950 Mitty Way 408-252-3659 San Jose, CA 95129

MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday (Vigil Mass): 5:00 p.m. Sundays: 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. Weekdays: 6:30 and 9:30 a.m. Saturdays: 8:00 a.m. Holy Days: (Vigil Mass) 5:00 p.m., 6:30, 9:30 a.m., 7:00 p.m. Marian Devotions: After the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Saturday SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Seminar required. Please contact Rectory for information. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays - 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Contact Rectory at least SIX MONTHS prior to any proposed wedding date. INQUIRY SESSION ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: Contact number: 408-255-9950 or kmanning@dsj.org