We, at St. Catherine Parish, are a grow-

ing, diverse, and welcoming Catholic Community, called to live and proclaim the

good news of Jesus Christ through Worship, Discipleship and Service.

La Parroquia de Santa Catalina de Alejan-

dría, es una comunidad en crecimiento, acogedora y diversa, llamada a vivir y

proclamar la Buena Nueva de Jesucristo por medio de la Oración, el Discipulado y

el Servicio.

MASSES / MISAS

Monday-Saturday: 8:15am Saturday: 5:30pm Sábado: 7:30pm Sunday: 7:15, 8:45, 10:30am 5:30pm Domingo: 12:15pm

CONFESSION / CONFESIÓN Saturday / Sábado: 4:00 -

5:00pm (Or by appointment / O hacer una cita.)

ADORACIÓN /ADORATION Wednesday / Miércoles 6:30pm

1st Friday 9:00-12:00pm

17400 Peak Avenue

Morgan Hill, CA 95037

(408) 779-3959

Fax: (408) 779-0289

www.stca.org

Email: Office@stca.org

Catechetical Ministry

(408) 779-9604

St. Catherine School

(408) 779-9950

www.stcatherinemh.org

SAINT CATHERINE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY COMUNIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTA CATALINA

EASTER SUNDAY / DOMINGO DE PASCUA

From the Desk of Fr. Mark Arnzen, Pastor…

The parish staff of St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish and I wish you a blessed and holy Easter Sunday. During this day of great joy we come together to sing glory to our God who is Risen and who through his pas-sion and death has saved us. Your presence at our Easter liturgies is a sign of your desire to know the Risen Lord and to grow in the wonderful and generous grace that God sends upon his children.

Jesus’ invitation to you today is to walk with him in your journey of faith. It is a wonderful and blessed journey that brings true joy to the soul. It is also a difficult journey where we confront the things that destroy the unity of love we share with God and our families.

(Continued on Page 3 …)

Desde el Escritorio de Padre Mark Arnzen, Párroco… El personal de la Parroquia de Santa Catalina de Alejandría y yo les deseamos un Domingo de Pascua bendita y santa. Durante este día de gran alegría nos reunimos para cantar la gloria a nuestro Dios que ha resucitado y que a través de su pasión y muerte nos ha salvado. Su presencia en nuestras liturgias de Pascua es un signo de su deseo de conocer al Señor Resucitado y crecer en la maravillosa y generosa gracia que Dios envía a sus hijos. La invitación de Jesús a ustedes hoy es caminar con él en su camino de fe. Es un maravilloso y bendito viaje que trae la verdadera alegría para el alma. También es un viaje difícil, donde nos enfrentamos a las cosas que destruyen la unidad del amor que compartimos con Dios y nuestras familias. (Continuado en Pagina 5...)

MC = Milani Center CR1-4= Parish Center Conference Rooms CH = Church Sci = Science Room LR = Living Room DC = Daycare PR = Presentation Center Nur. = Nursery

Rectory Office Hours / Horarios de la Rectoría Monday - Friday (Lunes - Viernes) 8:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00 - 7:00pm

Saturday (Sábado) Closed/Cerrado

Sunday (Domingo) 8:30am - 12:00pm

Pastoral Staff / Equipo Pastoral Fr. Mark Arnzen, Pastor - marnzen@dsj.org

Fr. Lieu Vu, Parochial Vicar- lvu@dsj.org Fr. Andrey Garcia, Parochial Vicar– agarcia@dsj.org Deacon Rick Haeckel, Deacon - rhaeckel@dsj.org Deacon Phil Flowers, Deacon - pflowers@dsj.org

Sr. Silvia Frías, MESST Asociada Pastoral - sfrias@dsj.org Rose Pucan-Meagor, Director of Family Faith Formation and

Evangelization- rosepm@dsj.org Deepu Kochuparambil, Youth & Young Adult Ministry -

deepuk@dsj.org Anna Quiñones, Director of Stewardship & Development -

aquinones@dsj.org Fabienne Esparza, Principal - fesparza@stcatherinemh.org

IGLESIA DE SANTA CATALINA April 4/5 2015 SAINT CATHERINE CHURCH Abril 4/5, 2015

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2ab, 5-9; Lk 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27a; Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-15ab, 16-21; Mk 16:9-15 Sunday: Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31

READINGS FOR THE COMING WEEK First Reading — With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus (Acts 4:32-35). Psalm — Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting (Psalm 118). Second Reading — The victory that conquers the world is our faith (1 John 5:1-6). Gospel — Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed (John 20:19-31). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

FAITH SHARING QUESTION OF THE WEEK Adult: Why do you believe that you will live with Christ for all eternity? Child: Who has helped you believe that you will live with Jesus forever?

THE WEEK AHEAD/LA SEMANA PRÓXIMA Sunday/Domingo, April 5

Easter Sunday 8:30-10:30am LR RCIA Dismissal

Monday/Lunes, April 6 Easter Monday

Office Closed/Oficina Cerrada Tuesday/Martes, April 7

5:30-6:30pm CH Divine Mercy novena 6:00-7:30pm NUR RICA 6:30-8:30pm Rm.12 Knights of Columbus mtg 7:00-9:00pm Rm. ICF Board meeting 7:00-9:00pm MC Spanish Bible Study

Wednesday/Miércoles, April 8 12:00-8:00pm NUR Rose Choir 6:00-10:00pm CR1-4,Kit Italian American Club 6:00-9:30pm GYM Youth Min. Safe Env Training 6:30-8:00pm Rm.12 Jesus to Mankind 6:30-7:30pm CH Spanish Holy Hour 7:30-9:30pm CH Spanish Charismatic Group

Thursday/Jueves, April 9 6:00-9:00pm CH Spanish Choir rehearsal 6:00-9:30pm GYM Youth Min. Safe Env Training 6:15-8:30pm Rm.10 Stephen Ministry 6:30-8:30pm Rm.12 RICA 7:00-9:30pm MC Spanish Faith Ongoing Catechsis 7:30-9:00pm NUR Schola Cantorum

Friday/Viernes, April 10 9:00am-11:59pm 24hr Adoration 9:30-10:30am CR1-2 Bible Study 6:00-10:00pm CR1-4,Kit Kellett Band Concert 7:00-10:00pm MC Grupo Amigos 6:30-10:00pm Rm.10 Jovenes Para Cristo

Saturday/Sabado, April 11 All Day GYM,CR1-4,Kit Spanish AA Celebration 7:00-7:45am CH Comité Guadalupano Rosario 9:00-10:30am Rm.12 RICA 9:00-10:00pm CH Cat Min. Catechetical session 10:45-5:00pm MC Knights of Columbus retreat

8:15AM MASS INTENTIONS Monday, April 6 Cayla Riesenauer † Margaret McGinnis Tuesday, April 7 † William P Doyle † Angelina Lepera Wednesday, April 8 † Ziana Fairchild † Dorothy Hillfinger Thursday, April 9 † Larry Hillfinger † John Wojcik Friday, April 10 † Ezequiel Salinas † Katherine Wojcik Saturday, April 11 † Lee Morawski † Joseph Wojcik

The Parish Office is closed Sunday, April 5 and Monday, April 6, in observance of

Easter. Blessed Easter to all!

EASTER SUNDAY

FROM THE DESK OF FR. MARK CONTINUED......

We are invited to spend time with our Lord daily through prayer and in service of our brothers and sisters. In this, as Catholic Christians, we are called to join together in worship and praise in the celebration of the Mass again and again throughout the year. Please come and join us. Like the first disciples and the millions that have followed the way of Jesus, the way of the cross that leads to true life, we hear the gentle voice of our Savior whisper “peace” in our encounter with the Risen Lord. It is an invitation into the holy moment of blessing where our hearts are filled with the very presence of God’s Holy Spirit. In this invitation we must be present and choose to live our Christian faith in the fullness of life. My invitation to you is to renew your life in Christ in the celebration of the Sacraments. Our doors are open for you as God invites you into his holy presence. If you have any questions or we can help you in any way, please do not be afraid to call or stop by the parish office. As St. Paul writes in our second reading this Easter morning, “When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.” (Col 3:4) Happy Easter, Fr. Mark

Welcome! Our warmest welcome to all who celebrate with us, whether long-time residents or newly arrived in the parish. We thank God for you. If you are not registered, please fill out this form and place it in the collection basket or mail it to the parish office.

Name: _________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________ City: _____________________________ Zip:__________________ Phone: _______________ Email: __________________________

HAVE YOU MOVED? Have you moved recently and need to update your mailing information with the parish? Email us at office@stca.org, drop us a note in the Sunday collection or call us at (408) 779-3959. We need your complete name, old & new ad-dress and your new telephone number if that has changed. Don’t miss out on all the great news we mail/email to our parishioners!

STEWARDSHIP IN SCRIPTURE by Deacon Rick

Today’s readings are filled with the incredible joy of Jesus’ resurrection. With the benefit of hindsight we assume that the disciples would have known what that empty tomb meant. But it would take until the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost for them to fully take in what Jesus’ resurrection meant… salvation for the world. We hear that the disciple with Peter (probably John) went into the tomb and “saw and believed.” It’s not explicit what that belief actually entailed but the next verse explains that “they did not understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.” It’s usual to give the disciples the benefit of the doubt as we know they were living the experience as it happened. In the midst of our Easter joy might we reflect on our belief? Our experience of Jesus is enriched by our knowledge of scripture and the teachings of the Church. But all the same, if those present as the events unfolded could not fully take in the entirety of Jesus saving act, then how can we? Ultimately our belief depends upon our faith, which is a gift from God. Lacking the surety of physical witness, we take heart in seeing Jesus’ earliest disciple as they come slowly to understand the enormity of God’s gift in Jesus. We may not have the words to express our belief as well as we’d like but we have the love in our hearts to express belief by living our faith in our actions. Easter gives us the opportunity to recharge our sometimes lagging spirits… so we can be current day apostles who know that “He is truly risen!” and share that certainty with others.

GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK Spring has sprung :-) it’s a good time to check the closets and give clothing to charity. Not just clothes we don’t wear, try giving away a favor-ite.

EASTER PEOPLE We are Easter people and Alleluia is our song!

—St. Augustine

EASTER SUNDAY

Lent and Easter are wonderful times of Celebration and Welcoming!

In addition to the very special meaning of the

liturgical celebrations, we are always happy to

see so many parishioners whose schedules

may not allow them to attend Mass at our par-

ish on a regular basis. If you are one of those

who cannot visit our parish as much as you

would like, you might check out our website at

www.stca.org There you will find Holy Week

liturgical schedule, mass times, weekly bul-

letin and our calendar with all our parish

activities. We have exciting faith formation for

adults and family events being planned and

would love to have you in attendance. Check

back often for more great information.

You will also find an Online Giving link. Par-

ish Pay is located on our websites front page.

Our online giving program allows parishioners

to continue to support the parish even when

out-of-town, too busy to remember their enve-

lope, working weekends, or attending Mass at

another parish. If you would like to learn more

about this easy, safe and secure way of giving,

please contact Anna Quinones at aqui-

nones@dsj.org or follow the simple instruc-

tions found on the website.

LITURGY WORSHIP EASTER : Easter Sun-day is the first of the great fifty days of the Easter Season lasting until Pentecost. Easter is in particular the “day which the Lord has made” (Ps. 118:24) we wish every day would be such a day. At least eve-ry Sunday is Easter in miniature. Christ is risen and appeared to his own, enkindling in them and through them in us the belief in his resurrection (Acts 10:34, 37-43; Jn. 20:1-9). Consequently we rejoice and are glad. Christ, risen and glorified, is in our midst, calling us to share his new life, the resurrection life (Col. 3:1-4) .

HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE! We, both Parish and School Staff, wish you and your families all the joy, peace and grace of the Risen Christ. What a won-derful grace we have from our Lord Jesus Christ, who gives us the Easter gift of Eternal Life. Let us thank him by giving our

lives to him and the Church as we involve our-selves in different ministries or activities at St. Catherine parish. We are grateful for your presence and participation in the celebration here at St. Catherine parish, whether you attend weekly or ‘now and then’ or just at the major feasts of Christmas and Easter. We hope you know you are always unconditionally wel-come at St. Catherine. If you have any questions or if you have been estranged from the Church for whatever reason, please let the parish staff be of assistance to you. We pray that the Easter Season may continue to be a source of grace and blessing for all your con-tinued support, prayers and sacrifices for St. Cath-erine Parish where the Risen Christ embraces all!

ESTUDIO DE BIBLIA Los invitamos al estudio de Biblia con el Padre Andrey los Martes a las 7:00pm en el centro Milani.

DOMINGO DE PASCUA

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Pedro es un testigo: el Señor ha resucitado (Hechos 10:34a, 37-43). Salmo — Este es el día del triunfo del Señor. Alelu-ya (Salmo 118 (117)). (1) Segunda lectura — To-dos los bautizados, eleven su corazón al cielo (Colosenses 3:1-4). (2) Segunda lectura — Cristo, nuestra Pascua, fue sacrificado; por tanto celebre-mos (1 Corintios 5:6b-8). Evangelio — Tres testigos, María, Pedro y Juan; cada uno responde a la tumba vacía (Juan 20:1-9) o Mc 16:1-7 o (en misas de la tarde o la noche) Lc 24:13-35

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Hch 2:14, 22-33; Sal 16 (15):1-2a, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15 Martes: Hch 2:36-41; Sal 33 (32):4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18 Miércoles:Hch 3:1-10; Sal 105 (104):1-4, 6-9; Lc 24:13-35 Jueves: Hch 3:11-26; Sal 8:2ab, 5-9; Lc 24:35-48 Viernes: Hch 4:1-12; Sal 118 (117):1-2, 4, 22-27a; Jn 21:1-14 Sábado: Hch 4:13-21; Sal 118 (117):1, 14-15ab, 16-21; Mc 16:9-15 Domingo: Hch 4:32-35; Sal 118 (117):2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31

ADORACIÓN DEL SANTISIMO Los invitamos a la Adoración del santísimo y a un tiempo para reflexión personal, todos los Miércoles a las 6:30pm en la Iglesia.

DESDE EL ESCRITORIO DE PADRE MARK CONTINUADO…

Se nos invita a pasar tiempo con nuestro Señor diariamente a través de la oración y el servicio a nuestros hermanos y hermanas. En esto, como cristianos católicos, estamos llamados a unirnos en adoración y alabanza en la celebración de la Misa y otra vez durante todo el año. Por favor, ven y únete a nosotros. Como los primeros discípulos y los millones que han seguido el camino de Jesús, el camino de la cruz que lleva a la vida verdadera, que escu-chan la suave voz de nuestro Salvador diciendo "paz" en el encuentro con el Señor resucitado. Es una invitación al santa momento de bendi-ción donde nuestros corazones están llenos de la presencia del Espíritu Santo de Dios. En esta invitación debemos estar presentes y elegir vivir nuestra fe cristiana en la plenitud de la vida. Mi invitación es a renovar su vida en Cristo en la celebración de los Sacramentos. Nuestras puertas están abiertas para usted como Dios le invita a su santa presencia. Si usted tiene algu-na pregunta o nos puedes ayudar de cualquier manera, por favor no tenga miedo de llamar o pasar por la oficina de la parroquia. Como St. Paul escribe en nuestra segunda lec-tura esta mañana de Pascua “Cuando se ma-nifieste Cristo, vida de ustedes, entonces también ustedes se manifestarán gloriosos, juntamente con él.” (Col 3:4) Feliz Pascua, Fr. Mark

PREBAUTISMALES Esta platica es diseñada para preparar a los padres y padrinos del niño/a que recibirá el sacramento del Bautismo. El programa es requerido antes del Bautismo y se llevaran acabo en la iglesia a las 6:30pm durante esta fecha: Abril 14, 2015 *Necesitan registrarse antes de la fecha a la oficina Parroquial al 1-408-779-3959.

LA FE EN CRISTO La fe en Cristo y el compromiso con él llevan consigo la garantía de una vida para siempre y..., el estímulo de la esperanza para luchar constantemente contra todo aquello que amenaza la existencia humana.

—Anónimo

DIVINO PROTOCOLO ES BUENO: Saludar al entrar y al salir de la iglesia con una genuflexión piadosa dirigida hacia el Sagra-rio. Podemos acompañar interiormente la genufle-xión con una jaculatoria. NO ES BUENO: Entrar en la iglesia con el teléfono móvil encendido. Si empieza a sonar ”la cucaracha, la cucara ha ya no puede caminar” durante la Con-sagración oración, la gente se despista (¡Los pobres!)

DOMINGO DE PASCUA

Para más información, por favor llame al (408) 779-9604 o por correo electrónico:

Roselynn Pucan-Meagor rosepm@dsj.org.

OFICINA DE CATECISMO

JÓVENES PARA CRISTO Se les invita a las personas mayores de 18 años a reunirse todos los Viernes en el salón 10 en la es-cuela a las 7:00pm. ¡Los esperamos!

PREPARACIÓN A LOS SACRAMENTOS PARA ADULTOS

A las personas de 18 años en adelante que les falte alguno de los Sacramentos de Bautismo, Comunión o Confirmación, pueden pasar a la Rectoría a regis-trarse, las clases inician en el Salón 12 todos los Jueves a las 7:00pm. Les pedimos traer Biblia y Cuaderno.

LA DIVINA MISERICORDIA La comunidad de Santa Catalina les da la más cor-dial bienvenida a unirse en oración a la novena de la Divina Misericordia según lo declarado por el Padre Santísimo, Juan Pablo II a la fiesta de celebración de la Divina Misericordia. La oración se llevará a cabo en nuestra Iglesia y también será ofrecida en español para todos aquellos que estén interesados.

HORARIO: Domingo: 4/5 2:00 a 2:45p Lunes: 4/6 5:30 a 6:15p Martes: 4/7 5:30 a 6:15p Miércoles: 4/8 5:00 a 5:45p Jueves: 4/9 4:30 a 5:15p Viernes: 4/10 5:30 a 6:15p Sábado: 4/11 4:30 a. 5:15p Domingo: 2:00-4:30p Adoración, Bendición, y la recita-ción de la Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia.

Todos Son Bienvenidos

ROSARIO 2DO. SABADO DEL MES Apartir del mes de Abril el Comité Guada-lupano hace la atenta invitación a rezar el Santo Rosario en la Iglesia a las 7:00 de la mañana. Los esperamos.

EN EL DÍA MÁS LUMINOSO DE LA HISTORIA

“Él sale como el esposo de su alcoba, contento, como un héroe, a recorrer su camino” (Sal 19, 6).Envuelto en la noche, y sobre el tálamo nupcial de una Cruz, Cristo, el Esposo, entregó su Cuerpo a la Iglesia y se hizo con Ella una sola carne, la misma Carne que nos alimenta en la Eucaristía. Tras fecundar amorosamen-te a la Esposa con su Espíritu, y habiéndola dejado encinta de Dios, se durmió el Viernes a la hora de no-na. Llegó el Sábado, y el Esposo permanecía dormi-do. “Por las gacelas, por las ciervas del campo, no desvelen, no despierten al Amor, hasta que le plaz-ca” (Ct 3, 5). María me miró mientras llevaba a sus labios el dedo índice... Déjale dormir. Amaneció el Do-mingo, y la alcoba estaba vacía. El lecho arreglado, el sudario recogido y plegada la sábana, abierta la puer-ta de par en par y el aire lleno de Cielo. El muro terri-ble de la muerte amaneció quebrado, y ya se derrama eternidad sobre la Tierra: ángeles que suben y bajan, pájaros que desgranan sus notas hacia Dios, árboles y montes que en su ascenso buscan, tras las nubes, la Gloria que los hizo nacer... Y alegría, mucha ale-gría, torrentes de una alegría serena y desbordante que todo lo llena. Hoy todo es distinto. Cristo está vivo, eternamente vivo, y ya no muere más. Hoy, los llamados a la muer-te somos convocados a la Vida. Hoy todo es nuevo. Hoy todo empieza. Hoy todo ha sido creado, y noso-tros hemos vuelto a nacer, no de la carne ni de la san-gre, sino de Dios. Hoy somos santos. Cristo... Ya nada importa, sino Él. Su Cuerpo, ese mismo cuerpo que se durmió en el tálamo de la Cruz y reposó en las entrañas de la Tierra, sale gozoso al encuentro del hombre en cada altar, en cada sagrario, en cada misa. Parte el Pan para nosotros en cada sa-cerdote, y nos invita a comer y a beber con Él hasta llenarnos de Dios, hasta estallar de gozo, hasta llorar de alegría. Sus manos están llagadas, y su costado está abierto. No son llagas de muerte; son ventanas abiertas a la Vida. Tras ellas, en las que se agrupan todos nuestros dolores consagrados y transfigurados, está el Cielo. Y en ese costado abierto, el Corazón de Cristo se ofrece como fuente de Amor Eterno a todo hombre que confía en Él. Hoy he sido bautizado; hoy he vuelto a nacer. Hoy, hecho niño, y niño muy pequeño, puedo, por fin, esconderme en la Llaga del Costado del Señor como el ermitaño en su cueva, y vivir allí, y de allí jamás salir, porque allí, sólo allí, no tengo miedo a la muerte. Allí respiro y respiraré siem-pre eternidad.

Fr. José-Fernando Rey Ballesteros

Domingo de Pascua 5 de Abril de 2015

No moriré, continuaré viviendo para contar lo que el Señor ha hecho. — Salmo 118 (117):17

DOMINGO DE PASCUA

CENA GRATIS Ahora en la Iglesia de Santa Catalina hay una cena para la Comunidad cada lunes de 6:00-7:00pm en el Centro Parroquial. Comida caliente gratuita también está disponible en cada martes en la Iglesia Lutera-na de 5-6 pm, todos los miércoles en la Iglesia Me-todista Unida de 6-7pm y los jueves en la Iglesia Comunidad Cristiana de 6-7pm. Los esperamos!

GRUPO AMIGOS Se les invita a todos los muchachos y muchachas que estén en la high school para asistir al Grupo Amigos. Es un lugar para hacer buenas amista-des y para aprender nuevas cosas que ayudaran en sus vidas y crecer en su fe. Los viernes a las 7:00pm.

MINISTERIO DE ENFERMOS Las personas que tengan un familiar enfermo que no pueda asistir a la misa, puede dar sus datos en la Rectoría al Tele. 408-779-3959 para que miem-bros de este ministerio pasen a visitarlos a sus casas y llevarles la comunión.

Ofrenda Semanal de la Corresponsabilidad

Notas de Corresponsabilidad: La Corresponsabilidad se define como la recaudación total de las misas de fin de semana, Navidad y Pascua. La “Meta Semanal” es el número que re-fleja la cantidad que tendría que ser recogidos cada semana para cumplir con nuestro presupuesto anual.

22 de Feb 1 de Mar 8 de Mar 15 de Mar

Ofrenda Total $18,922 $24,120 $24,944 $18,618

Meta Semanal $21,800 $24,306 $24,306 $24,306

Exceso (Faltante) del Presupuesto ($2,878) ($186) $638 ($5,688)

Colectas del año hasta la fecha $732,548 $756,668 $781,612 $865,597

Gracias por sus ofrendas

cuaresmales.

DIRECTORIOS PARROQUIALES Están aquí!

Las familias que tuverion su fotografia tomada para nuestro directorio este verano pasado pueden

recoger su directorio gratuito en la Oficina Parroqui-al de Lunes a Viernes de 8am - mediodía y de 1 -

7pm, y el Domingo de 8 a 12pm. Un número limita-do están disponibles para la venta en $5 cada uno.

Gracias!

Gracias a todos los que hicieron una promesa de fondos o de oraciones a la Campaña Anual

Diocesana de este año.

BÚSQUEDA El Domingo de Pascua es un día para la búsqueda. Las primeras comunidades cristianas se reunían alrededor de los apóstoles para conocer más sobre la vida y el ministerio del Señor Jesús. San Pablo les dijo a los colosenses bautizados que buscaran “las cosas de arriba”. María Magdalena fue a la tum-ba para encontrar el cuerpo del Señor y ungirlo. No-sotros vamos a la iglesia el Domingo de Pascua buscando muchas cosas. Para algunos de nosotros, este es un trayecto anual cuando buscamos conec-tarnos con el fundamento de la fe cristiana. Para otros, este día es la culminación de una larga tra-yectoria para el arrepentimiento de la Cuaresma. Para los nuevos bautizados es el primer día de una nueva vida llena de promesas y expectativas. No importa lo que sea que busquemos, inspirémonos con la acción del discípulo amado de Jesús quien al ver el sudario dentro de la tumba “vio y creyó”.

UN PUEBLO PASCUAL ¡Somos un pueblo pascual y el aleluya es nuestra canción!—San Agustín

La oficina de la parroquia estara cerrado el Domingo, 5 de Abril y el lunes, 6 de Abril en con-memoración de Pascua. Bendita Pascua a todos!

EASTER SUNDAY

Adult Baptism, Confirmation, and first Holy Communion

at St Catherine Church

You may want to check out some information in the privacy of your home. Take a look at the website: http://www.catholicscomehome.org/.

If you were baptized a Catholic but are not regularly attend-ing Mass, or maybe you left the practice of your Catholic faith for a particular reason, then this website has information to help you consider a journey home to the Church. There is also information on Church teachings.

“Christ is calling you home, but the choice is ultimately yours. We’ve missed you and we’re glad you are here. “

Do you want to come back to the life of the Church? Welcome home. Alleluia!

This familiar word celebrates especially Jesus Christ — risen from the dead. Are you a Catholic who has been away from the sacraments? Consequently, do you feel dead to the Church? We are your family and would like to welcome you home. We want to bring you back into the life of the Church. Perhaps there is some obstacle that has stopped you from a regular practice of your Catholic faith. Here are a couple of possible obstacles. My Marriage. "I remarried after a divorce. So I can’t be Catholic any longer." You remain a Catholic in the Church’s eyes. And I would like to help you come back to the sacraments. Your di-vorced marriage may have lacked some essential ele-ment and therefore can have a Church annulment — with-out judging the morality of your former marriage or making any children illegitimate. The Bible "I think the Judeo-Christian Scriptures are full of myths and are not reasonable.” Reading ancient texts requires skill. Anything written re-quires interpretation. We think that the Bible should be read in the context of its original language, culture, etc.

We don't consider the Bible to be flawless in matters of science and history. We believe that the Bi-ble's purpose is to reveal the truth that God cares for us and wants to save us from sin and ever-lasting death. If you would like to talk about marriage, the Bible, or any other topic related to the Catholic faith, please contact me. I promise not to be blind to any hurt the Church caused. Deacon Phil Flowers pflowers@dsj.org 408-529-2721

EASTER SUNDAY

Y O U N G

A D U L T

Y O U T H

SPRING BREAK I know, I know. I was the same way once (and by once I mean most of my life). I was less con-cerned about Easter Sunday (much less the Triduum), and way more concerned with Spring Break. More importantly, that there was no school. If that’s not a reason to celebrate, I don’t know what is. And I’m not just talking about the students—teachers are just as excit-ed about having some time off, if not more so (seriously kids, it’s true). And why shouldn’t they be? Yes, they love to teach. And yes, they love their students (probably at least half of them). But it is work, and almost all of us look forward to a little break from work. Blah blah blah Deepu, what’re we doing for Spring Break? Oh, right, that. Sorry. Well, Marvel’s AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON is coming out in May. What better way to pre-pare for that than to watch ALL the Marvel mov-ies that lead up to it?! That means Iron Man 1-3, Thor 1-2, Captain America 1-2, and The Avengers (of course in chronological order, and no, no Hulk). That’s 8 2+ hour movies… SO, Tuesday, starting at 4pm, we’ll pretty much run through all of them one after the other. Which means we’ll be done around 10am. You don’t have to stay through the night, and you can fall asleep if you want. But it is happening. And if that’s not enough, we will most likely do a day at the Boardwalk (it’s 3 weeks out from when I write this, so I need to figure out de-tails...but rest assured it will be online and on our social media (facebook.com/stcatherineym and @stcatherineym on Twitter).

deepuk@dsj.org

There are millions of ways to write those words. It is said in many of the languages around the world. It is spoken in all kinds of different ways and settings. But we need to remember what it means—because it means one thing and one thing only: That Jesus Christ has risen from the dead, and in doing so conquered death and brought us to eternal life with Him. So when you’re out today and you say to peo-ple, “Happy Easter,” don’t let it mean, “Hope you have a nice day on this holiday.” Don’t let it mean, “Enjoy the egg hunt,” or “enjoy the choco-late and candies.” Don’t even let it mean, “That’s a nice pastel colored outfit.” Let it mean, “Thank You Lord, for saving me from my sin. Thank You, for dying and rising so that we may have eternal life in You.” Happy Easter.

EASTER SUNDAY

Companions In Faith

Family Faith Formation at St. Catherine’s Church

Imagine how it was to wake up on the first Easter morning, go down to Jesus’ tomb, only to find that the stone had been rolled away. If you had been one of the first disciples to ar-

rive at Jesus' tomb and find that his body was no longer there, what would you think?

What did Mary Magdalene, Simon Peter, and the disciple whom Jesus loved think had hap-pened?

All of them thought that someone had taken Jesus’ body. It didn’t even dawn on them nor did they understand that Jesus had been raised from the dead. During the 40 days of Lent we prepared ourselves to remember Jesus' life, death and Resurrection. We celebrate the Easter Season not only this Sun-day but for 50 days! We celebrate that Jesus’ res-urrection has made it possible for us to share eter-nal life with him. Jesus overcame sin and death. The Resurrection teaches us that our death, like Jesus’ death, will not be the end. There is hope for the future, as nothing can separate us from the greatest gift of all—the love of God in Christ Jesus. That is the good news we celebrate as disciples of Jesus! FAMILY PRAYER: Pray together using today's psalm, Psalm 118: “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.” Adapted from “The Easter Season”, Pflaum Publishing Group, http://pflaum.com/pdfs_3_15/feasts_easter.pdf, March 19, 2015.

JEWELRY FUNDRAISER APRIL 11-12 (LAST WEEKEND)

If you have not had a chance to pick up gifts for Sacrament celebrations or Mother’s Day, stop by the Faith Formation jewelry fundraiser after Mass-es next weekend to see a great selection of gifts!

ST. CATHERINE SUMMER

CHALLENGE 2015(SC)²

June 22-26, 2015

June 21-26, 2015 Registration for Vacation Bible School and St. Catherine Summer Challenge (SC)² is NOW OPEN. Vacation Bible School is a half day camp for children who will be entering the 1st—6th grade in Fall 2015. SC² is a full day camp for youth entering the 6th-8th grade in Fall 2015. Further information and registration forms can be found on the St. Catherine website and in the Family Faith Formation office at (408) 779-9604.

Join us for Faith and Family Day with the Oakland A’s on Saturday, June 27th! This popular post-game event will be highlighted by A's players sharing their faith stories. St. Catherine’s has a limited number of tickets available for $15.00 each. It will be an exciting afternoon for the whole family! To reserve your tickets or for additional information, please call the Family Faith Formation office at (408) 779-9604.

Faith and Family Day with the

Oakland A’s!

Saturday, June 27th vs. Kansas City Royals

1:05 pm Game Time

EASTER SUNDAY

DIVINE MERCY SCHEDULE April 30, 2000 St. Pope John Paul II declared the 2nd Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. Through St. Faustina, Jesus asked us to prepare for the Feast of Divine Mercy with a Novena of inten-tions and prayers said together with the Divine Mer-cy Chaplet especially on the nine days before Di-vine Mercy Sunday. Please join us at St Cathe-rine’s Church. The Novena starts Good Friday 4/3 and continues through Saturday April 11. We will celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday with Adoration, recitation of the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Benediction. Please see schedule below: Sunday 4/5 2:00-2:45 pm Monday 4/6 5:30 - 6:15 pm Tuesday 4/7 5:30 - 6:15 pm Wednesday 4/ 8 5:00-5:45pm Thursday 4/ 9 4: 30 to 5:15 p.m. Friday 4/ 10 5:30 to 6:15p.m. Saturday 4/11 4:30-5:15 p.m. Sunday 4/12 2:00 -4:30 p.m. Adoration, Benediction, and recitation of rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet

ALL ARE WELCOME!

"A TASTE OF GHANA” You are WELCOME to buy tickets for our Gha-na Mission Project Dinner Fundraiser! June 13th at 6pm at St. Catherine's O'Donnell Center, 17400 Peak Avenue in Morgan Hill. Please contact me 408-836-9843 or email me: bookladylibro@yahoo.com For tickets: $30 per Adult & $10 children under 10 years of age.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS The Knights of Columbus will have their 3rd an-nual Bowling Knight April 21st at 7pm at Mor-gan Hill Bowl. We would like to invite any Cath-olic men 18 and older to a night of complimen-tary bowling, pizza, and drinks. Learn more about the Order and what we do at St. Cathe-rine's through fun and fellowship.

THANK YOU ST. PATRICK’S DAY DINNER COMMITTEE

The St . Patrick’s Day dinner was won-derful. Thank you to the cooking crew, our volunteers, and our guests.

BUY GROCERIES & HELP OUR PARISH If each family purchased $200 of Safeway or Nob Hill gift cards every month we would receive $8 a month per family. Since 1000 families attend church we could earn $8,000 a month from Safeway, Nob Hill and Target gift cards purchased each week. Stop by the SCRIP table after weekend masses or contact the St. Catherine School Office (408-779-9950).

EASTER SUNDAY

MEN’S FAITH SHARING GROUP Open Invitation to all men.

Come and join us as we discuss, share and grow our faith. We meet Monday mornings in the O’Don-nell Parish Center from 6:30 to 7:30am to discuss our faith and relationship with God through discus-sions of Catholic books. Coffee and refreshments are provided.

COMMUNITY SUPPERS If any parish groups, families, or individuals would be interested in occasionally providing small treats or gift bags for the guests who gath-er for our weekly Community Suppers, it would be much appreciated. Contact Joe or Carol Lillig lillig@garlic.com for more info.

ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA EUCHARISTIC ADORATION SCHEDULE

2015 Monthly 24 hour Eucharistic Adoration in the church begins Friday after the 8:15am mass and concludes Saturday morning.

*Apr. 10-11, May 1-2, *June 12-13 *Note that April and June Adoration are on the second Friday of the month due to other events in the church. You can sign up for hours in the vestibule of the church. Contact: Nikky Fardig-nmag@charter.net or 776-6698; Sandra Grise-dale-ziasandra@sbcglobal.net or 310-0410; Crystal Dietrich-crystaldietrich@gmail.com or 512-897-6712

STEPHEN MINISTERS NEEDED Do you enjoy being with people? Are you caring and compassionate, a good listener? Perhaps you are being called to share your gifts as a Stephen Minister. SM is a one to one Christian caregiving ministry in which you journey with others who are going through a difficult time in their lives. All ministers receive intensive train-ing and on-going support. For more information on becoming a Stephen Minister please call Claranne at 408-782-1413 or e-mail ke-nandclaranne@yahoo.com.

MASS TIMES Are you traveling and don’t know the mass times for the local church? Go to www.masstimes.org, search by zip code or by address and locate any church’s mass times an-ywhere.

NEW PARISH GROUP FORMING! Are you a passionate needle crafter and desire to be community with others here at St Cathe-rine's? Well, bring your knitting, crochet, quilt or embroider projects and join us! First gathering is on Monday, March 30th in the nursery room in the Parish Center. Drop in anytime from 6:30- 8:30. All are wel-come? Contact Diane at 408-839-3553 for any questions or if you would like to learn to knit or crochet.

Auction Date: Saturday, April 18th. Event Venue: Guglielmo Winery

Event Time: 5pm-930pm Event Food: Gunther’s Catering, WG

For more information or donations please contact:

Jeff Layne ~ jlayne@stcatherinemh.org Direct Line: 408-612-4213

or Audrey Hager ~ ahager@stcatherinemh.org

“SWING INTO SPRING” ST. CATHERINE SCHOOL

ANNUAL AUCTION

EASTER SUNDAY

ELECTRONIC GIVING Please consider making your parish offertory donation electronically. In place of your weekly envelop, submit contributions from your check-ing, savings, or credit card account electronical-ly to St. Catherine Church in either of two ways: A) Your bank’s bill pay option; use your enve-

lope number as the account number. B) Sign up to use the secure on-line ParishPay.

Go to www.stca.org and click on “Give Via Parish Pay”.

Either way you can: - Easily adjust the amount of your automated contribution. - Avoid writing a check every week. We appreciate your generosity whether you contribute by check or cash, using the enve-lopes or electronically. Thank you.

PARISH DIRECTORIES ARE HERE!

Families who had their picture taken for our directory last summer may pick up their free directory at

the Parish Office. Monday - Friday 8 to noon, 1 to 7, and Sunday 8 to noon. A limited number are available for sale at $5 each.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS PANCAKE BREAKFAST - APRIL 12

All are welcome to come for pancakes after all the morning masses. The breakfast if free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.

Thank you to everyone who made a pledge of funds or prayers to this year’s Annual Diocesan Appeal.

Thank you for your Lenten Offerings.

WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP OFFERINGS

Stewardship Notes: Stewardship is de-fined as the total collections from the reg-ular weekend Masses, Christmas and Easter. The “Weekly Goal” number re-flects the amount that would need to be collected each Week to meet our yearly budget.

NEW BORN For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born.

—Alice Freeman Palmer

A CHEERFUL GIVER A cheerful giver does not count the cost of what he gives. His heart is set on pleasing and cheering the one to whom the gift is given.

—St. Julian

EASTER SUNDAY

St. Catherine School News

Fifth graders hosted face painting for Mission Carnival. The event is primarily student driven as one of the many ways the school combines giving

service and having fun.

Mission Carnival activities included games, food and mini-raffles. Above students enjoyed the sack

races. There were lots of smiles while students raised money for Fr. Paul’s Awaso School and the

Learning and Loving Center.

The school office will be closed for Easter Break April 3-10.

Classes resume Mon., April 13.

Congratulations to all those

parishioners who were baptized or fully

welcomed in the Church on Holy Saturday!

May the blessings of our Risen Savior fill your lives each day. You are in our

prayers.

LENDING LIBRARY FOR PARENTS AND PARISHIONERS

A small lending library of faith based and spiritu-al books is now available in the school lobby. If you are looking for special information about our Catholic faith or a book to inspire you to seek a closer relationship with Jesus, stop by and check out the selection.

Just take the book with you and return it when you finish. After you finish a book, you are en-couraged (certainly not required) to jot a few notes about its impact on the sheet in the front cover. If you have books about our faith and developing a relationship with Christ that you would like to share with others, you can drop them off at the school office. We’ll put them on our list, include a note sheets and get them on the shelf.

Happy Reading!

HAPPY EASTER!

Three fifth graders, just before leaving for Science Camp at the Marin Headlands. The students enjoy

three days and two nights at camp. They learn about various animal habitats, sea life, the water

cycle and astronomy. The students are accompanied by their teacher, Mrs. Hannon, and parent chaperones. They always return happy

and tired.