Spiritual Seminar and Safe Environment Training/James Hua

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Two things to update you.

(1) This is to inform you the spiritual seminar sponsored by Fremont Chinese Community:
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   Title 爾旨承行於我
   Speaker: Sister Ng 吳瑞環修女
   Date: Sunday 12/2 1:50 PM
   Fremont St. Joseph Church classroom #7
   43148 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539
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(2) As I reported to you in Sunday Mass announcement, we, as church volunteer, are required to take one training to raise our awareness of abuse and neglect to help protect the most vulnerable members of our communities.  Please see following information.  NOTE: we have to attend this class, on-line or live.  Please see this as one of the opportunities of Social Justice action we can practice as Catholic.

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   Safe Environment Training - Sr. Pat advised us that ALL volunteers need to
   participate in the on-line safe environment training (www.shieldthevulnerable.org).
   A “live” training is also available on January 14, 2008 from 4:00-6:00PM at the
   Chancery in room 303 (in Diocese office building across the street at
   900 Lafayette Street, Santa Clara, CA) as an alternative to the on-line training.
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May God bless you with the spirit of joy!

James

Past & Future/Ecumenical Councils - Chinese Catholic Friends Message/Judy Sun

親愛的朋友，

天主教會在過去二千年中，幾乎每一百年，就大規模地回顧教會的過去，並對未來確立發展的新方向，迎向時代的挑戰。這種大規模的回顧，稱為「大公會議」， 由天主教的教宗及主教們組成。

聖誕節，是慶祝小耶穌誕生的節日。12月16日週日下午，我們的團體將有聖誕晚會，備有晚餐和表演節目，邀請你與我們同樂。 耶穌的誕生是為你、我帶來豐富的新生命。

歡迎你來參加我們的聖誕晚餐和晚會，與我們一起經驗聖誕的喜樂吧。

時間：12月16日週日 下午5：30
地點：Parish Hall
941 Lexington Street ( at Lafayette Street.),Santa Clara, Ca. 95050
聯絡電話：(408)702-2280
聯絡電郵：friends@sjccc.org

天主樂意叫整個的圓滿居在他內，並藉著他使萬有，無論是地上的，是天上的，都與自己重歸於好，因著他十字架的血立定了和平。 （哥1：19,20）

聖荷西華人天主教會 敬啟
2007年11月27日

Retreat - 8-day spiritual exercise/Li-Peng & Ivy Chu

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ:

Please refer to the attached message for a rare opportunity of an eight day spiritual exercise retreat with Fr. Kan. The program is sponsored by CCCSJ (Fremont), please contact Ivy Chu for more information.

In Christ,

Li-peng

Note: forwarded message attached.

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Subject: 聖依納爵神操避靜 and 日常生活神操(甘國棟神父帶領)

From: Ivy Chu

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:18:01 -0800 (PST)

Hi All,

麻煩您再一次發email 及在貴堂本週彌撒中宣佈下面訊息, (目前每個 Session 都只剩一到兩個名額)

甘國棟神父帶領的神操時間表:

1/4-13/2008: 八天聖依納爵神操避靜 地點: Los Altos 耶穌會避靜中心

2/16-23/2008: 日常生活神操 地點: Fremont 某教友家,每天與神父談話45分鐘

4/11-20/2008: 八天聖依納爵神操避靜 地點: Los Altos 耶穌會避靜中心

每一個神操單元只有六個名額 有興趣者請盡早與Fremont教友饒瑞美報名(510)651-6577 謝謝

Ivy Chu

Happy Thanksgiving - Chinese Catholic Friends Message/Judy Sun

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親愛的朋友， 11月22日，是感恩節，祝福你和你的家人、朋友，有一個溫馨愉快的感恩節假期。願天父的慈愛與恩寵，藉著你四周的人傳送給你。 聖誕節，是慶祝小耶穌誕生的節日。12月16日週日下午，我們的團體將有聖誕晚會，備有晚餐和表演節目，邀請你與我們同樂。 耶穌的誕生是為你、我帶來豐富的新生命。 請保留12月16日，與我們一起經驗聖誕的喜樂吧。 聖荷西華人天主教會 敬啟 2007年11月20日 聯絡電話：(408)702-2280 聯絡電郵：friends@sjccc.org ﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏ 歌名：野地的花 吳文棟曲 野地的花 穿著美麗的衣裳 天空的鳥兒 從來不為生活忙 慈愛的天父 天天都看顧 祂更愛世上人 為他們預備永生的路 一切需要 天父已經都知道 若心中煩惱 讓祂為你除掉 慈愛的天父 天天都看顧 祂是全能的主 信靠祂的人真是有福 MP3下載(天人) - 歌譜(天人) - WMA下載(芥子) ﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏ 天主教於兩千年前由耶穌基督創立。基督親自揀選的宗徒（Apostle，門徒、弟子），代代相傳，形成了一種「道統」。天主教因此自稱為「從宗徒傳下來的教會」。 ﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏ 灣區天主教網頁: [聖荷西] [中半島] [費利蒙] [聯合市] 其他天主教網頁: [天主教資訊小集] [天主教亞洲真理電台] [香港天主教教友總會] 舊金山灣區綜合聯絡電話: (408)983-0211 ﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏

Re: Status update of Fr. Wang - James Hua

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Thanks for your effective prayer!  Fr. Wang is getting better.  Very good news!

Our dear sister Ana Tsai visited Fr. Wang yesterday.  She had a chance talking to Fr. John, who is the superior of Jesuit Community in Las Gatos.

Fr. John said that Fr. Wang is much better now, and it would be good if we from Chinese Community can visit him in a regular basis.  Fr. John thinks that seeing Chinese friends is a good thing to Fr. Wang's recovery.  It will be good too if visitors can bring some Chinese news paper or magazines for him to read during recovery time.

Now that Fr. Wang has stabilized, therefore it is not a problem to take him out to garden for a short walk (10-15 minutes limit).  Fr. John ask visitors to let nurse know that we (visitors) are responsible to bring Fr. Wang back within 10-15 minute.  The number of visitor is still limited to 2-3 people each time, definitely not a big group.  Nurse phone line is (408)884-1800.

Let's continue our prayer for Fr. Wang's speedy recovery.  May God bless Fr. Wang abundantly.

James Hua

SJCCC Advent Preparation - James Hua

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

To be well prepared for Advent, Ana and 'Faith is our foundation team" provide you with the following spiritual seminars:

1. Today 11/14 (Wed) 7:00 PM
           St. Clare's Lower Church
           Fr. Lin (林思川神父)
           我們是基督的奧體
2. Sunday 11/18 1:50 PM
           Fremont St. Joseph Church classroom #7
           Fr. Lin (林思川神父)
           Exodus 伴你閱讀出谷記
3. Sunday 12/2 1:50 PM
           Fremont St. Joseph Church classroom #7
           Sister Ng 吳瑞環修女
           爾旨承行於我

   Fremont church location is at: 43148 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539

You're welcome to join any of all of the sessions if you think it will benefit you the most.

Here we also pray for all of this weekend's retreat (11/16-18) attendees that they will be nourished by our big Brother Jesus Christ and our heavenly Father!

May God bless you with the spirit of joy!

James


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Status update of Fr. Wang - James Hua

 Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Thank you so much for your love and warm action to our dear Fr. Wang!  Fr. Wang appreciates your kind heart!

Due to the overwhelming numbers of visitors, I was told twice through visitors note from head nurse that whoever would like to visit Fr. Wang needs to call the nurse station first.

One reason is that Fr. Wang may be sleeping and visitors are then sent back (happened yesterday).

The other is to prevent too many visitors or frequent visits in one day so that Fr. Wang can have plenty of rest to recover faster.  It is better for nurse to control the flow.  Hope you understand this.

Here is the nurse phone line: (408)884-1800.  Please ask for Fr. Wang's visiting schedule before you go.

May God bless Fr. Wang and grant him good health.

James Hua

Parenting EQ Seminar with Dr. ShuLing Chen, 11/16 7:30 pm - James Hua

Dear brothers and sisters with son(s) and/or daughter(s),

Have you ever wished that you could totally understand your cub's mind and involved in his/her world?  Are you frustrated with loosing grip of what they are thinking and behaving... wondering if there are some magic tricks to make you kids-friendly?

Here is a chance that may open your door to their space.  Come if you may to a seminar hosted by Cornerstone Group that would make your parenting life easier.  Please find details below.

Happy parenting!

James Hua

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Dear Friends and Parents,

How are you? Do you know….
- What is Emotional Intelligence? Were or when we see it?
- How to talk, so our kids will think?
- Why is it important to build emotional health in our children
- How can parents understand our emotions and help raise our children’s EQ?
- What is the connection between spiritual health and emotional health?

Dr. Sue-Ling Chen (陳姝伶) is going to give us a speech about Emotional
Intelligence Quotient (EQ) - how it actually impacts our daily parenting
life and how we can wisely understand it and help our kids.... It is on
11/16 Friday night at Cupertino. Please see following information and
attached PDF for more details and feel free to forward it to your
friends who might be interested.

Thanks,
Vincent

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陳姝伶 博士 - 中文親子講座
講座主題: 談孩子與父母的情緒智商 Emotional Intelligence Quotient(EQ)
講座講師: 陳姝伶 博士
日期時間: 2007-11-16 (Friday) at 7:30 – 9:30 PM
講座地點: Art Classroom at St Joseph of Cupertino School
10120 N De Anza Blvd., Cupertino , CA 95014
參加講座: Free and please R.S.V.P. through following link:
http://cornerstone.eventbrite.com or
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/80983223
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Please RSVP:
[1] Go to (or click on this link): http://www.eventbrite.com/event/80983223
[2] Select "Quantity" in "Register Now" box and click on "Register Now"
button.
[3] Fill in your name and email address (option), and select a childcare
option if you need it.
[4] Click on "Register Now" button to finish the RSVP.
You will receive an email confirmation if you fill in your email address

Location info:
- Address: 10120 N. De Anza Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014

- Map(Y):
http://maps.yahoo.com/index.php#lat=37.3241804795&lon=-122.030222528&mag=2

- Map(G): http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.3241804795N,122.030222528W

Dr. ShuLing Chen 陳姝伶博士 簡介:
陳 姝伶畢業於台大社會系，社會研究所。畢業後曾任職內政部及台北護專。赴美
後，於University of Oregon的幼兒教育系進修，專攻幼兒認知發展及親職教育，
取得幼教碩士及博士學位。陳姝伶女士在取得博士學位後，於1991年11月成立親子
樂園，至今已十多餘年，藉著定期聚會，讓住在大聖荷西地區的父母們有一個共同
學習成長以及分享經驗的機會。陳博士不但在親子樂園中與父母們分享幼教專業，
也經常在彎區的中文學校和社團中演講。最近和毅寧和肇育基金會合作在親子書坊
成立父母成長班，希望能服務更多的家長。

Dr Chen's Blog:
Please visit her blog for more information at:
http://sueling-siliconvalley.blogspot.com

Cornerstone:
Please visit Cornerstone blog at:
http://cornerstone-bible-study.blogspot.com

Life Journey - Chinese Catholic Friends/Judy Sun

親愛的朋友，
李白說：「夫天地者，萬物之逆旅；光陰者，百代之過客。而浮生若夢，為歡幾何？」

我們都是旅客。我們的世界是個大旅社。總有一天，我們要離開，離開了這大旅社，我們往哪裡去呢？

耶穌說：「我是道路、真理、生命。」

願天父的慈愛、基督的聖寵、聖神的恩賜與我們大家同在。

聖荷西華人天主教會 敬啟
2007年11月6日

﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏

暢快心神的樂章，安慰鼓勵的聖言、同心合意的祈禱
牽引你向平安喜樂之源

請來參加 聖神同禱會
時間：每個月第二、三、四的星期六晚上8：00-10：00。
地點：Saint Clare Parish樓下教堂
941 Lexington Street ( at Lafayette Street.),Santa Clara, Ca. 95050
內容：詩歌讚美、聖言分享、祈禱

代禱意向
請放下心中的重擔，說說你的困擾或心中的渴望，讓聖神同禱會的代禱同工們為你祈禱。

Workshop announcements/Li-Peng

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ:

As you all know, Fr. Bona Lin, a renowned Biblical scholar, will lead the Advent retreat for us. We are grateful that he can squeeze precious time with us. In order to benefit most people, both SJCCC (in San Jose) and CCCSJ (in Fremont) will jointly host two workshops to enhance community spirituality, one for community building, and the other for the study of the book Exodus. In addition, 吳瑞環修女 will lead a workshop for CCCSJ. Here are the schedules:

1. 林思川神父: Nov. 4, Wednesday, 7:00 PM to 9:45 PM, at St. Clare, Lower Church,
   Subject: 我們是基督的奧體 (基督徒生命共融的奧秘)
2. 林思川神父: Nov. 18, Sunday, 1:50 PM to 3:50 PM at St. Joseph, Fremont
   Subject: 伴你閱讀出谷記
3. 吳瑞環修女: Dec. 2, Sunday, 1:50 PM to 3:50 PM at St. Joseph, Fremont
   Subject: 爾旨承行於我

Please refer to the attached fliers for more detail.

In Christ,

Li-peng

Town Hall Meeting at St. Clare's Parish/Joseph Ku

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Please voice your suggestions, opinions and concerns to St. Clare's Town Hall Meeting if you will.

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   Parish   Town Hall Meeting
   Place:   St. Clare Parish Hall
   Date:    Tuesday, November 6, 2007
   Time:    6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

The St. Clare Pastoral Council invites all parishioners to the St. Clare Town Hall Meeting to assist in creating a Pastoral Strategic Plan for St. Clare Parish. This is your chance to have a voice and shape the future of the Parish. WE are the church and we need you to help us create a plan to build a strong and vibrant church community to do God's work. Bring your ideas about what you think God's work should be and how we can accomplish it together!

The evening will start with a Parish Social and continue with the meeting.
Child Care, for children 4 through 12 years of age, will be provided during the meeting at no cost. Children will be able to share a dinner meal of pizza, fruit and vegetables while adults are at the meeting.
Please make sure that you sign up after any of the masses so that we can plan for your attendance. You may also contact the rectory to respond. Contact information is on this page.

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Here is what Joseph Ku had sent to Fr. Rick regarding some feedback about the future that relates to SJCCC:

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   Fr. Rick,

   A few feedback about Town Hall meeting from our community after Mass.

   1. need to find a way to reduce the noise of rest room in/out during Mass. (stuff some cushion on the door edge)
   2. Need to have more “meeting rooms” available in St. Clare
   3. Can we access meeting rooms in Rectory more conveniently?
   4. need to have more accessible rest rooms in the church premises
   5. need to have pest control coming to clean up rats in the room 6
   6. Our Youth faith sharing/fellowship on Saturday Evening is outgrown the class room size, Could they use social hall?

   Could be more in next Tuesday meeting.

   Joseph Ku
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Please join us in this event for the benefit of all.  May God bless you!

James Hua

SJCCC: November Council Meeting Agenda/James Hua

Dear Members,

Here are the November Council Meeting agenda. Please let me know if I miss anything.

1. Liturgy and Choir budget proposal for LA Religious Educational Congress from 2/29/08 to 3/2/2008 (Angie/Vivian)
2. Sister Pat's request for wider communication of SJCCC structure change (Li-Peng)
3. New SJCCC priest recommendation to Dioceses of San Jose (Ken)
4. Different voice about Fr. Koo's retirement by Po-Choo and etc. (Po-Choo)
5. 'Church is our home team' - community infrastructure change (Cris)
6. Christmas Mass and Party Planning (Joseph)
7. St. Clare's Town Hall Meeting update (Joseph)
8. Young Adult Perspective of SJCCC (Isabel?)
9. Center report and Fr. Wang's status (Center and James)
10. Finance report

Place: St. Clare's Parish, Room 5
Time: 11/8/2007 7:30PM

May God bless this meeting with abundant fruits!

Special Prayer for SJCCC Chairman Board:
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Dear Lord, bless your flock for we are puzzling who is called to lead. Could you, if we may ask, make your call louder so someone among us confirms it's from you, my Lord? Grant us your wisdom so one of us dares to respond to your call to this chair. We ask this in Jesus name.
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James

Status of Fr. Wang/James Hua

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

This is to provide you the latest update of our beloved Fr. Wang.

Fr. Wang had a fire accident last Friday.  Fr. Wang was not injured but his room is not suitable for living so his superior moved him to the first floor.  Unfortunately, it was determined that the fire was originated in Father Wang's room.

Due to the shocking experience, Jesuit Retirement House superior believes it's better for Fr. Wang to take good rest and not to go out for any activity.

My wife and I went to visit Fr. Wang today at 11:00.  Walking down the hallway, we can see drywall torn open and equipment was inserted into walls to dry out water from sprinkling system due to the fire.

He was lying on his bed awake when nurse lead us to his room.  He looked fragile but was very happy to see us.  He has no problem with mobility and can walk around by himself.  He had some cough due to inhaling smoke.  We chatted about what happened but he did not have a clue about the fire.  As requested, we had only about 5 to 10 minutes staying so as not to disturb him too much.

Please pray for Fr. Wang for his speedy recovery from the traumatic experience.

At the mean time, Fr. Koo announced (in All Saints Day Mass) that he will try his best to find a priest for reconciliation before 3 PM Sunday Mass.  If we can't find any, Fr. Koo or priest for the 3 PM Mass will hear confession from 2:30 to 2:55.  There will be no reconciliation during Mass and it's not an approved practice anyway.

For all brothers and sisters who are scheduled to escorting Fr. Wang to Sunday Mass, please DO NOT pick up Fr. Wang as requested by his superior.  Fr. Wang needs rest.  Please stay tune for further information.

We all love Fr. Wang and I know many of you want to see him to comfort him.  Please note that it is still not very convenient for him to see visitor.

To me it's very crude not allowing you to see our beloved Fr. Wang.  I believe once per day, 5 to 10 minutes visit, during day time should be OK.  Could you please drop me an email if you want to see him?  I can monitor how frequent he is visited and prevent too many in a day.

May God bless Fr. Wang and protect him!

James Hua