12/26/10: Christmas Party pictures, Holy City Online, Silver/Golden Anniversary Celebration Mass

Dear brothers and sisters,
Celebrating Jesus' birthday, our SJCCC community presented an exciting Christmas party last night. Many thanks to the hard work of all volunteers, performers, and participants for working together making it happened:

• Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Feast: 1/1/2011 - 8:00AM at Ascension Church.
• Holy Hour: 1/1/2011 - 7:30PM at St. Clare's Church.
• Silver/Golden Anniversary Mass: Congratulations to all the God-blessed couples on 2/12/2011.
• Pictures: Christmas Party.
• Holy City Magazine: Nov/Dec Issue with 5 Chinese and 2 English articles. Please email articles to your friends and share them on Facebook!

Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website for other news including:

• RCIA: no classes until 1/9. See the RCIA program schedule. Please continue pray for evangelization.
• Updated: This week's Gospel Reflections and Prayer Intentions.
• Feedback: Please send us your Suggestions or Feedback.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help, please send email to webteam @ sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a peaceful week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

Prayer Request for Wen-Tao Chen

Dear Friends:

Although with significant improvements, thanks to all your prayers, my father will still need a spin surgery on 12/24 in Taiwan University Hospital . I am flying home tomorrow to be with my family. Would you please ask the community to continue praying for him, especially for the success of the surgery?

We put everything in God hands and hope He will keep blessing us with His grace.

I would also like to thank the friends of SJCCC. Thank you all for your prayers and warm regards.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

God bless,
Maria Chen

12/19/10: Christmas schedule, Holy City Magazine

Dear brothers and sisters,
A special Christmas present to Jesus and to our community, the current issue of Holy City Magazine is available on our website (http://www.sjccc.org)! (Many thanks to the hard work of the Holy City team, and, Theresa Hu, a new member of the Web Team!) Here are some highlights this week:

• Christmas Schedule: Christmas Eve Mass, Christmas Day Mass, Holy Family Mass, and the SJCCC Christmas Party.
• Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Feast: January 1: 8AM Ascension Church.
• Pictures: Thanksgiving Kareoke Event, and Advent Retreat.
• Holy City Magazine: Nov/Dec Issue with 5 Chinese and 2 English articles. Please email articles to your friends and share them on Facebook!

Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website for other news including:

• Enneagram workshops: Two session of Enneagram Workshops lead by Sister Shiao. Space is very LIMITED. Register online to reserve your spot.
• RCIA: no classes until 1/9. See the RCIA program schedule. Please continue pray for evangelization.
• Updated: This week's Gospel Reflections and Prayer Intentions.
• Feedback: Please send us your Suggestions or Feedback.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help, please send email to webteam @ sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a peaceful week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

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Funeral Announcement - 陳棠華弟兄

親愛的主內兄弟姊妹:

我們的好友陳棠華弟兄（衷秀鸞的先生）在12月12日蒙主恩召。享年66歲。我們祈求天主早日接納他的靈魂，永享天國的榮福。也安慰他的家人，平安的渡過哀傷的時期。
 
他的告別式將在12月20日舉行.
 
時間:  Monday, Dec 20th
       9:45am  恭唸玫瑰經（聖母軍+教友）
       10:00am 告別式 / 顧光中神父主禮 / 劉明毅姊妹協輔
       11:15am 移靈天堂之門
 
地點:  殯儀館 Lima-Campagna, 
       1315 Hollenbeck Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
       408-736-1315
 

主內，
SJCCC 主席團

December Council Meeting Agenda

Dear SJCCC Team Leaders and Members,
You are cordially invited to attend the December council meeting. 

Date: Thursday, December 9th, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Place: St. Clare’s Classroom #5 

The agenda is as follows: 

1. Prayer/Faith Sharing
2. Faith Formation Retreat ( Anna Tsai )
3. St. Clare’s Parish Fr. George Aranha Installation Mass ( Kam Chow )
4. Mass intention registration update ( Jeanet Lee )
5. Song Book update.
6. Financial Report ( Therese Merrill )

In Christ,
Kam Chow
SJCCC Board

PS, For those who did not receive a printed hardcopy of "十二月八日 -- 恩寵聖時" (12/8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception & Hour of Grace), here is the PDF in Chinese & English:
http://sjccc.org/download/2010-12-08-Grace-ImmaculateConception.pdf

12/5/10: Faith Seminar, Advent events and Thanksgiving Pictures

Dear brothers and sisters,
Please say thanks to Professor George Cheng for handing out the 2011 calendar today! The calendar has all Catholic holidays and feast days, Chinese Lunar calendar, Pope's intentions, and a list of all Bay area Chinese Catholic churches and Mass times. What a wonderful resource! Also thank George for all his excellent work providing spiritual resources (bookstand and library) every week, rain or shine! If you did not get a calendar, stop by the bookstand next week and see if Prof. George still has one for you.

Here are some highlights from the SJCCC Website (http://www.sjccc.org), weekly news can be viewed/downloaded by clicking on:每週通訊 on the left. Thanks for saving a tree.

• Advent Special Events: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass on Wednesday 12/8, Group Reconciliation on Friday 12/17/2010.
• Faith Seminar: Come and join the seminar with Joseph Shu on Friday 12/10/2010.
• Installation Mass: Bishop will be here to install Fr. George Aranha as Pastor of St Clare on Saturday 12/11/2010.
• Advent Alms Service Opportunity: Supporting our high school kids for their community service by donating affordable alms to make big difference to the poor.
• SJCCC Christmas Party: You can purchase tickets after mass, see more information.
• Urgent Prayer Request: for Maria Chen's father.
• Pictures: Thanksgiving Kareoke Event (New), and Advent Retreat.

Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website for other news including:

• Bible resources: check out Chinese Catholic Bible downloadable to iPad/iPhone at our Bible Reading Resources Page (NEW).
• Enneagram workshops: Two session of Enneagram Workshops lead by Sister Shiao. Space is very LIMITED. Register online to reserve your spot.
• RCIA: 12/12 Chrisian Values. See the RCIA program schedule. Please don't forget to invite friends and continue pray for evangelization.
• Prayer Group: Saturday 12/18 Praising, healing, and sharing - 2nd & 4th Saturdays at 8pm.
• Updated: This week's Gospel Reflections and Prayer Intentions.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a loving week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

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Urgent prayer request

Dear brothers and sisters,
Please pray for father of Maria Chen (Choir, Lighthouse 1 leader), Wen-Tao Chen, he was in an accident and now in ICU in Cardinal Tien Hospital (天主教耕莘醫院) in Taiwan. He will have a spin surgery on Monday 12/6, and Maria hopes the community can pray for his successful surgery and recovery.

More information: http://www.sjccc.org/index.php/prayer/special-intentions/331-urgent-prayer-request-for-wen-tao-chen?src=em

May God bless Maria's father and family.
SJCCC

11/28/10: Fr. Jiang's Retreat pictures, upcoming Faith Seminar and Christmas Party

Dear brothers and sisters,
Have you noticed the colors in the church changed? It's the beginning of a new year with the Advent Season. Check out the new color at our SJCCC website! Our website is now viewed by about 300 people each week, the bulletin in pdf format can be viewed/printed from the SJCCC Website (http://www.sjccc.org), by clicking on:每週通訊 on the left. Thanks for saving a tree.

• Adoration: Saturday 12/4 Adoration & Holy Hour - first Saturdays at 7:30pm.
• Faith Sharing Seminar: Come and join the seminar with Joseph Shu on 12/10/2010.
• Advent Alms Service Opportunity: Supporting our high school kids for their community service by donating affordable alms to make big difference to the poor.
• Pictures: beautiful memories from Advent Retreat (NEW) and CM3's Family Session.
• Christmas Party: You can purchase tickets after mass, see more information.

Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website for other news including:

• Catholicism Study: Meet monthly to talk about our Catholic faith. Check 12/18: Following St. Paul's steps (pictures and sharing).
• Enneagram workshops: Two session of Enneagram Workshops lead by Sister Shiao. Space is very LIMITED. Register online to reserve your spot.
• RCIA: 12/5 Signs in the Mass. See the RCIA program schedule. Please don't forget to invite friends and continue pray for evangelization.
• Bible Reading Resources: GOOD NEWS: We can downnload class notes online shared by our class mates. And it's never too late to join us.
• Updated: This week's Gospel Reflections and Prayers.
• Prayer Team: Send your intentions to: prayer-intentions @ sjccc.org or use the Prayer Intentions Web Page. Everything is kept confidential. (contact same email if you would like to be part of the prayer team.)

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam @ sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a peaceful week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

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11/21/10: Faith Sharing Seminar, Thanksgiving Event

Dear brothers and sisters,
While praying, praising and enjoying the holiday season, let's support our Watermark high school students and bring our love, care, and GOD's faith to the homeless and poor people. Here are some new/updated articles on the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community website:

• Faith Sharing Seminar: Fr, Jiang's Talk on 11/26/2010.
• Thanksgiving Event: Invite all the ones you want to say "Thank you" to enjoy the once a year Thanksgiving event on 11/27 with Potluck and Karaoke.
• Advent Alms ¡V Service Opportunity(NEW): Supporting our high school kids for their community service by donating affordable alms to make big difference to the poor.
• Christmas Party (NEW): You can purchase tickets after mass, see more information.
• Faith Sharing Seminar (NEW): Come and join the seminar with Joseph Shu on 12/10/2010.
• Financial Statement (NEW): October Statement and announcement from Finance Team.
• Pictures (NEW): Parent's participate fulfills each kid's memory while learning and growing. Let's see what CM 3 did during their Family Session on 11/14, A touching sharing from the teacher is included.
• Bible Reading Resources (NEW): GOOD NEWS: We can downnload class notes online shared by our class mates. And it's never too late to join us.

Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website for other news including:

• Catholicism Study: Meet monthly to talk about our Catholic faith. Check Nov. & Dec. agenda and schedule.
• Enneagram workshops: Two session of Enneagram Workshops on 1/8/2011-1/9/2011 and 1/15/2011-1/16/2011, lead by Sister Shiao. Register online to reserve your spot.
• RCIA: Due to Thanksgiving holidy, no meeting next Week (11/29). See the program schedule. Please don't forget to invite friends after Thanksgiveing and continue pray for evangelization.
• Reminders: this week's Gospel Reflections.
• Do you need the SJCCC Prayer team to pray for your intentions? Send an email to: prayer-intentions@sjccc.org or use the Prayer Intentions Web Page. Everything is kept confidential. (contact same email if you would like to be part of the prayer team.)

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a joyful week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

Fr. Jiang's Talk, Catholicism Study, Union Mass booklet online

Dear brothers and sisters,
Thanksgiving holiday is coming on the way. While approaching our liturgical new year, let's join and enjoy each community activities with relaxing and thankful heart. Here are some new/updated articles on the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community website:

• Urgent Prayer Requests: Please continue pray hard for John Yip's recovery and see what John said.
• Advent Retreat: Hurry up to register online to experience silent Retreat and prepare for Advent 11/19-11/21, lead by Fr. Jiang.
• Faith Sharing Seminar: Fr, Jiang's Talk on 11/26/2010.
• Thanksgiving Event: Invite all the ones you want to say "Thank you" to enjoy the once a year Thanksgiving event on 11/27 with Potluck and Karaoke.
• Catholicism Study: Meet monthly to talk about our Catholic faith. Check Nov. & Dec. agenda and schedule.
• Bilingual Mass book for Union Mass (NEW): Can be download online for you to keep.
• Pictures (NEW): A successful activity always followed with many unforgetable memories. Let's refresh Family Communication Seminar on 11/6.
• Pictures (NEW): A beautiful day full of GOD's blessing at San Francisco. Look those moments during Ricci Field Trip organized by Sacred Heart School CM program on 11/13.

Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website for other news including:

• Enneagram workshops: Two session of Enneagram Workshops on 1/8/2011-1/9/2011 and 1/15/2011-1/16/2011, lead by Sister Shiao. Register online to reserve your spot.
• RCIA: Next topic is Meaning to Join Mass. See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Reminders: this week's Gospel Reflections
• Do you need the SJCCC Prayer team to pray for your intentions? Send an email to: prayer-intentions @ sjccc.org or use the Prayer Intentions Web Page. Everything is kept confidential. (contact same email if you would like to be part of the prayer team.)

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam @ sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a joyful week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

李家同教授講座: 11-13

Dear Members of SJCCC:

There will be a seminar by 李家同教授 tomorrow morning from 10am-12noon.  If you are interested, check out the link below.  Feel free to pass the info to others.

http://www.theriverflows.org/web/community/holiday-plaza

親愛的主內兄弟姊妹:

李家同教授明天在灣區有一個講座(see link above). 請有興趣的朋友攜朋帶友, 踴躍參加.

主內平安

Chair board of SJCCC
SJCCC主席團

November Council Meeting agenda

Dear SJCCC Team Leaders and Members,

You are cordially invited to attend the November council meeting.
 
Date: Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Place: St. Clare’s Classroom #5
 
The agenda is as follows: 

1. Prayer/Faith Sharing
2. Sharing of Following St. Paul’s Footstep Pilgrimage experience ( Frank Yu )
3. Sharing of the China trip experience ( George Cheng )
4. Report of the Community Food Service for Catholic Charities on 10/28 ( An-Pung )
5. St. Clare’s Parish Facility security and cleanliness issue ( An-Pung )
6. Discussion of sale of a CD composed by Jesuits ( Yvonne Chow )
7. Song Book/Use of Projector update.
8. Financial Report ( Therese Merrill )
 
In Christ,

Kam Chow
SJCCC Board

Fr. O Birthday Pictures, Advent Retreat, Thanksgiving Event, Prayer Group

Dear brothers and sisters,
Tuesday is Fr. Olivera's Birthday, please remember to pray for him. Here are some new/updated articles on the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community website:

• Advent Retreat: Register now to experience silent Retreat and prepare for Advent 11/19-11/21, lead by Fr. Jiang.
• Thanksgiving Event: Say thanks and invite all who have helped us to the Thanksgiving event on 11/27 with Potluck and Karaoke.
• Urgent Prayer Requests: Please pray for John Yip's recovery and Uncle Chen's Soul. Please see time and location of Uncle Chen's memorial service.
• Do you need the SJCCC Prayer team to pray for your intentions? Send an email to: prayer-intentions@sjccc.org or use the Prayer Intentions Web Page (NEW). Everything is kept confidential. (contact same email if you would like to be part of the prayer team.)
• Pictures : Fr. Olivera Birthday Celebration on 11/7/2010.

Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website for other news including:

• Bay Area Catholics Event: Prism Group Evangelization Concert Dinner on 11/13.
• RCIA: Next topic is Liturgical year and feast dates. See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Prayer Group: Saturday 11/13 Praising, healing, and sharing - 2nd & 4th Saturdays at 8pm.
• Reminders: this week's Gospel Reflections and Prayers of the Faithfuls.
• Calendars: Please see the community calendar (or click "Calendar" on the left of sjccc.org webpage) and the Sacred Heart School calendar. For updates, please contact group leaders or send email to webteam @ sjccc.org).

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam @ sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a joyful week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

首週六明供聖體 Holy Hour

主內的兄弟姊妹們:

每月首周六的明供聖體活動將於本周六晚上7:30PM在樓上教堂舉行！ 懇請大家踴躍來聖堂, 守聖詩, 供聖體. 靜享與天主共處的時光.

主佑平安

SJCCC 主席團敬邀

How to Subscribe to SJCCC eNews?

It's very easy to subscribe to SJCCC eNew!

• At SJCCC main page (www.sjccc.org), click on "eNews Subscription" on the lower left hand side. 
• Just enter an email and click Subscribe. :)

There are two ways to unsubscribe:
1. same as above, but click on Unsubscribe.
2. in the eNew we send out, there is always an unsubscribe link at the bottom, it will take you to the same web page.

Monday Mass, Family Harmony Seminar, and Burning Bush

Dear brothers and sisters,
Please remember to come to All Saints Day Mass on Monday. Here are some new/updated articles on the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community website:

• Seminar 11/6: Please join us at the Family Harmony and Effective Communication seminar on Saturday.
• Advent Retreat: Register now to experience silent Retreat and prepare for Advent 11/19-11/21.
• Urgent Prayer Requests: Please pray for John Yip and Uncle Chen. Do you need the Prayer team to pray for your intentions? Send an email to: prayer-intentions @ sjccc.org Everything is kept confidential.

Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website for other news including:

• RCIA: Next topic is Works of the Trinity. See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Spiritual: Burning Bush group 11/1 and Special 1-Year Bible Reading group 11/5.
• Thanksgiving Event: Say thanks and invite all who have helped us to the Thanksgiving event on 11/27.
• Bay Area Catholics Event: Prism Group Evangelization Concert Dinner on 11/13.
• Reminders: Adoration & Holy Hour on Saturday 11/6 , and this week's Gospel Reflections and Prayers of the Faithfuls.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam @ sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a Godly week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

[Watermark] Special Halloween Boom Sizzle B.A.R.F Day!

Hi Watermark!

Get your costumes ready and invite all your friends because this coming Saturday (10/30) we'll be having a special Boom Sizzle B.A.R.F. Day!  For those that don't know, B.A.R.F stands for Bring A Random Friend.  This will be an opportunity to invite your friends to experience the awesomeness of Boom Sizzle all while wearing ridiculous costumes.  We will be having a normal Boom Sizzle (with a slightly modified schedule), but we will also have a costume contest, Halloween themed games and snacks.  You don't want to miss this!

Recap:

WHO: ALL OF YOU + Your Friends!

WHERE: LOWER CHURCH

WHEN: OCTOBER 30, 2010 @ 7:30pm

WHAT: WM HALLOWEEN PARTY

*Wear your costumes and be prepared to EAT and PLAY

*Costume Contest

*Halloween Themed Games

*Yummy Snacks

God Bless!

--
Watermark Youth Group (est 1993)
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community
Website: http://www.watermarkministry.com

Security - facilities

Attention Everyone,

I checked the Hall/Gym yesterday afternoon & found 3 of the 5 exterior doors unlocked/open. We need to remind ALL users
of the Hall/Gym (staff, faculty, parishioners/communities/societies/groups) to remember to make sure all the doors are locked after they finish using the venue. They also need to be reminded to check that the windows are closed & locked. I won't single out any specific user(s), but this issue transcends interest or ethnicity. All groups have, at one time or another, been guilty of being lax in following Hall security procedures. We have been fortunate that there have not been any 'break-ins'  that could have caused major damage to the Hall.

Again, ALL groups must be more diligent in following the security closing procedures when they finish using the Hall. The laxity is not limited to the Hall building. Numerous other times I have found doors left open & unlocked in the Church, both Elementary & Middle school buildings, the Rectory & the storage/garage areas.

Please post, email, announce, include in bulletins, or by any other means, distribute this important reminder to ALL.

Thanks for your time & attention on this important matter.


Peace,

Ed Almazol
Facilities Manager
St. Clare Parish/School

Reminder for Ricci Field Trip

Dear Parents and teachers of SHS:

Peace in Lord!

This is a friendly reminder for all the families who likes to go to the field trip at USF on 11/13/2010.  To make your registration process easier,please refer to the following link (http://sjccc.org/index.php/sacred-heart-school/shs-activities/254-shs-family-field-trip-2010-11-13.html) and register online.  The contact information is for the follow up announcement purpose only.  We need the total head-count by this coming Sunday.  So, please go online and register now.  Even though you have reported to your kids' room parents, please register again online.  Your participation is gratefully appreciated.  If you have any question, please email shs @ sjccc.org immediately.  We will contact you as soon as possible.

May God bless you and your family always.

親愛的家長以及老師們:

主內平安!

由聖心學校組織的11/13/

2010的利瑪竇中心參觀旅報名將於本周日截止. 請有興趣參加的家長以及老師們儘快報名. 為了方便大家報名和統計, 請上網: http://sjccc.org/index.php/sacred-heart-school/shs-activities/254-shs-family-field-trip-2010-11-13.html 登記. 您的聯絡資料只是用來後續的通知, 不做任何其他儲存和使用. 即使您已經向您子女的班代表報名, 還是請您在網上登記. 非常感謝您的參與和支持. 如果有任何問題, 請email shs @ sjccc.org. 我們會儘快與您連絡.

God bless you and your family always.

--
Sacred Heart School
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community
http://www.sjccc.org/

10/24: Family Workshop, Advent Silent Retreat, Thanksgiving Event

Dear brothers and sisters,
We are so blessed to celebrate the World Youth Day togehter as a family in our Union Mass. Many thanks to Xiuli and team to create the Chinese Mass book for the children! Here are some new/updated articles on the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community website:

• Family Harmony: Family Harmony and Effective Communication Workshop on 11/6.
• Chinese Catholic Historic Field Trip: Family tour of Ricci Institute at USF to celebrate 400th anniversary of the death of Matteo Ricci on 11/13.
• Advent Retreat: Register now to experience silent Retreat and prepare for Advent 11/19-11/21.
• Thanksgiving Event: Say thanks and invite all who have helped us to the Thanksgiving event on 11/27.
• RCIA: 10/24 topic is Time with Father O. See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Pictures: Watermark Parents Potluck and Panel Discussion on 10/23/2010.
• Reflection: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
• Prayer: Please pray for intentions in the Prayers of the Faithfuls for week of 10/24/2010. Next Sunday is Priesthood Sunday, please pray for priests and for Vocations of the Priesthood and Religious life.
• Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website for other news including Bible Reading group, Community Service opportunity, and Prism Group Evangelization Concert Dinner.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you! Congratulations and thanks to the Liturgy Group Ministers commissioned today. May God bless your services for God and for the community!

May God bless you and your family with a joyful week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

10/23 Saturday Watermark Potluck and Parent Group Workshop

Dear Watermark Parents,

Please be reminded that this Saturday, 10/23, the Watermark parents will have a potluck with the Watermark teens and young adults from 6 PM to 7:15PM at the lower church. 

Afterwards, the parents will regroup in room 2 for the workshop from 7:30 PM to 10 PM.  The topic will be "Understand our kids and the popular culture they live in", our panel speakers include 潘齊家, 陳莉娜, 張永錦, Patrick Ku, and Helena Geefay.  Facilitator will be 谷偉業.  Some discussion questions include:

• What are the characteristics of the popular culture?
• When our kids addict to computer games or internet, what/how shall we react?
• When our kids have different views with us (dating, moral value), what should we do?
• When our kids do not agree with Church teaching or drift away from faith, what shall we do?
• How can we create a right atmosphere so that our kids are willing to communicate with us?

Thank you very much for your participation and support.  Look forward to seeing all of you Saturday.

Blessings,
Amy, JunFen, and Wendar

10/17: Ricci Field Trip, Family Seminar, Advent Retreat

Dear brothers and sisters,
Such a blessed weekend with three weddings and many anniversaries in our community! Please contact us if you want to share pictures and videos from community events. Here are some new/updated articles on the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community website:

• Family Seminar: 11/6 Principles for Family Harmony and Effective Communication.
• Fun Field Trip: 11/13 Ricci Institute at USF to celebrate 400th anniversary of the death of Matteo Ricci.
• Bible Reading Group: Read entire Bible together in one-year together! New session started on 10/15 with over 50 people! Meetings on first and third Fridays of the months in Classroom two, next meeting is 11/5. See more information
• RCIA: 10/24 topic is "Nicene Creed". See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Videos: Fr. Koo with the Pope and Cindy Yeuh's wedding.
• Retreat: Register now for the Advent Retreat (see details and flyer).
• Reflection: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
• Prayer: Prayers of the Faithfuls for week of 10/17/2010.
• Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website including Burning Bush group, Altar Server Ministry and Ministry of Consolation workshop.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a joyful week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

Save A Tree! The bulletin in pdf format can be viewed/printed at the SJCCC Website (http://www.sjccc.org), by clicking on:每週通訊 on the left. 

生活講座: 漫談家庭和諧與有效溝通的原則

不論是在工作場合或家庭中，多數人都會同意:「做事容易，做人難!」，人與人之間的相處真是不容易!這是因為「做事」有固定程序，而「做人」是多樣化的。天主創造每一個人都具有獨特性質，且給予「人」有自由意志;每個人不僅身體結構精密複雜且心智內涵更是豐富又多變化，所以人與人之間的溝通互動真是件不容易的事，然而「家和萬事興」，「與人有好的人際關係是事業成功及身心愉快的關鍵」。慶幸的是自古至今一直不斷的有很多學派的心理學家，家族治療工作者等等專家著書立言，提供研究心得及指導我們:如何更認識了解人的心智� o展及如何與人建立良好的人際關係等等。希望經由我們彼此互相學習分享心理學家的研究知識，加上靈修，將耶穌的教導內化並實踐在生活中，可以幫助我們更了解自己，且讓我們的家庭及教會大家庭更和諧圓滿。歡迎闔家與會!

內容包括:

一、溝通的定義
二、溝通的重要核心準則
三、如何先自我省察及適時適宜的溝通
四、原生家庭的影響及夫妻婚姻關係的因應
五、邁向親密伴侶道路的一些觀念及原則
六、造成小孩良好發展的親職關係及家庭環境狀態
七、造成小孩發展失敗可能的不良親職教育關係
八、有關家庭中三角關係(隔代結盟、與in-laws緊張關係)的形成原因與因應之道
九、發問與回饋

講員:鄭玲惠

時間:2010年11月06日 星期六上午:9點到12點
地點: Parish Hall
http://sjccc.org/index.php/activities/activities-news/263-siminar-2010-11-06.html

October Council Meeting

Dear SJCCC Team Leaders and Members,
 
You are cordially invited to attend the October council meeting.


Date: Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Place: St. Clare’s Classroom #5

The agenda is as follows:

1. Prayer/Faith Sharing
2. Sharing of Catholic Faith in Shaanxi Province in China by Rose Cheng 
3. Support and budget request for Community Lunch and Dinner Service
4. Watermark group diner support ( Jeanet Lee )
5. Mass intention registration ( Jeanet Lee )
6. Other items update: 
    Mike Pan Bible Reading Survey result, Song book/Use of Project in Mass,
7. Financial Report ( Therese Merrill )

In Christ,

Kam Chow
SJCCC Board

10/10 Fr Koo+Pope Video, Read Bible in 1-Year, Angel Island Trip

Dear brothers and sisters,
Thank you for your support of the web ministry. Someone came to RCIA today by finding about our church from the web. Praise and thank God! Please pass this email and our web address to others. Please 'like' us and become our fan on Facebook, this will help our church continue to grow. Here are some new/updated articles on the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community website:

• Bible Reading Group: Let's read entire Bible in one-year together! New session starts on 10/15, meetings on first and third Fridays of the months in Classroom two. See more information
• RCIA: 10/17 topic is "Bible and Prayers." See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Video: MUST SEE ---Fr. Koo with the Pope.
• Reflection: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
• Prayer: Prayers of the Faithfuls for week of 10/10/2010.
• Field Trip: One day Angel Island on 10/23/2010, sponsored by the Chinese Class.
• Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website including Altar Server Ministry, Ministry of Consolation workshop, and parish picture directory.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a loving week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

PS, The bulletin in pdf format can be viewed/printed at the SJCCC Website (http://www.sjccc.org), by clicking on:每週通訊 on the left.

Parish Picture Directory

為慶祝St. Clare’s Parish 成立85 週年。本堂神父 Fr. George Aranha 誠懇的邀請大家參與教友照片專刊 ( Parish Picture Directory )活動。10年前，本堂有部份團體成員參加過相同的活動。這次將有華人團體專欄 ( Chinese Community Session ) 以便更有團體感與方便尋找。大家可依自己方便的時間，安排由專業攝影師在rectory為大家拍照，凡參與者均可免費收到一張 8x10的照片及專刊。也可以自由選購更多的照片做為家庭或個人留念。10/10本主日彌撒後請與李志慈或秘書組登記。從10/12至10/16也可以在www.stclareparish.org網站上登記，請注明為SJCCC成員。最後一天攝影為10/16. 謝謝大家的支持.

To celebrate the 85 anniversary of St. Clare’s Parish, our pastor, Fr. George Aranha would like to request your support of the parish picture directory. There will be a Chinese Community Session in the directory. That will make it easier to locate our members. All who get their picture taken will receive a complimentary 8x10 picture and a directory. Please sign up for appointments with Jeanet Lee or our secretary team after this Sunday mass. Family may also register online from 10/12 through 12/16 by accessing the parish website www.stclareparish.org and follow the link, please specify you are a SJCCC member. The last date of picture taking is Saturday 10/16. Thank you very much for your attention and support.

10/3: Respect Life, Prayer/Book Club, Pictures - SHS & Legion of Mary

Dear brothers and sisters,
Here are some new/updated articles on the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community website:

• Prayer Group: Saturday 10/9 Praising, healing, and sharing - 2nd & 4th Saturdays at 8pm.
• Prayer/Book Club: Starting 10/4 for people interested in evangelization, especially if your spouse is not yet a Catholic.
• Bible Reading: new session starts on 10/15, meetings on first and third Fridays of the months in Classroom two.
• Respect Life: articles and flyers distributed on 10/3/2010.
• RCIA: 10/3 topic is "Elements of a Mass." See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Pictures: Commissioning of Sacred Heart School Teachers.
• Pictures: Legion of Mary on 9/18/2010.
• Reflection: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
• Prayer: Prayers of the Faithfuls for week of 10/3/2010.
• Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website including Ministry of Consolation workshop and prayer requests.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a peaceful week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

Facility booking at St. Clare's Parish

Dear all,

I have been advised by Mary Parks, the office manager of St. Clare’s Parish that she has received facility booking from various SJCCC members. In order to eliminate confusion, from now on, Mary will only accept SJCCC facility reservation from our secretary team. Irene Tang (湯明昭) is the primary contact person, with Hui-Chun Lin (陳惠群), and Theresa Hu (胡慧) as backups.

The following are their contact information:

Irene Tang (湯明昭), Tangmc06 @ gmail.com

Hui-Chun Lin (陳惠群),  hui_chun_lin @ yahoo.com,

Theresa Hu (胡慧),  theresahhui @ hotmail.com,

For non SJCCC directly sponsored activities, please let Fr. Olivera know ahead of time. Your attention and cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.

In Christ,

Kam Chow

[Watermark] Rec Day!

Hi Watermark!

Our first Rec Day is coming up soon!  As we've been announcing for the last two weeks, the Dioceses of Northern California are sponsoring the ONFIRE NorCal Jam 2010 featuring Matt Maher.  It will be all day on Saturday, October 16 and will be our Rec Day event (that means no Boom Sizzle).  

The details can be found on our blog: http://sjccc.org/groups/watermark/rec-day-onfire-norcal-jam-2010/

Because we will be traveling and buying tickets together, the deadline to register for this event will be Sunday, October 3.  Please turn in permission slips (which are attached) to Pat.  Beyond this deadline, you will be responsible for your own rides and your own tickets.  If you have any questions, please email Pat at patrick.ku @ alumni.usc.edu.

God Bless!

9/26: Consolation Ministry, Adoration, Pictures from Rite of Acceptance

Dear brothers and sisters,
Here are some new/updated articles on the San Jose Chinese Catholic Community website:

• Ministry of Consolation: Friday Workshops on 10/1, 10/8, 10/15 & 10/22.
• Adoration: Saturday 10/2 Adoration & Holy Hour - first Saturday at 7:30pm.
• 9-day Novena for Evangelization: 9/22-9/30 to St. Teresa of Lisieux, 10/1 is the feast day for St. Teresa of Lisieux and the canonized date for the Martyr Saints of China.
• Urgent Prayer Requests: Teresa Lai's Mom
• RCIA: 10/3 topic is "What is Church." See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Prayer/Book Club: Starting 10/4 for people interested in evangelization, especially if your spouse is not yet a Catholic.
• Pictures: Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechuments on 9/26/2010.
• Spiritual: Sister Li sharing China Mission after Mass on 10/5.
• Reflection: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
• Other Announcements: See SJCCC.org website including Hospitality location move and 2011 Calendar sale.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a joyful week,
San Jose Chinese Catholic Community

9/19: Prayer Request, Book club, pictures from Watermark Parents meeting

Dear brothers and sisters,
Here are some new/updated articles on the SJCCC website:

• Prayer Request for Evangelization: 9-day Novena 9/22-9/30 to St. Teresa of Lisieux.
• Prayer Group: Saturday 9/25 Praising, healing, and sharing - 2nd & 4th Saturdays at 8pm.
• RCIA: 9/26 topic is "Meaning of Resurrection of Jesus." See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Prayer/Book Club: Starting 10/4 for people interested in evangelization, especially if your spouse is not yet a Catholic.
• Ministry of Consolation: Workshops on 10/1, 10/8, 10/15 & 10/22.
• Pictures: Watermark Parents met during the first Watermark gathering. Find out more about Watermark Ministry at Watermarkministry.com.
• Sacred Heart School: Chinese & CM classes started on 9/19. See details!
• Prayer: Prayers of the Faithfuls for week of 9/19/2010.
• Reflection: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a loving week,
SJCCC Web Team

PS, The bulletin in pdf format can be viewed/printed at the SJCCC Website (http://www.sjccc.org), by clicking on:每週通訊 on the left.

9/19 同工派遣禮 makeup

Dear all,

There will be commissioning of the Sacred Heart School teachers during the Union Sunday Mass on 9/19.

We shall also take this opportunity to perform commissioning of the following group members who did not get commissioned on 8/15.

(1)     New group or new group members since 8/15. Such as new members of Choir group, new Faith Sharing group etc.

(2)     Members in your group that were missed last time.

(3)     Members who were absent on 8/15 and they prefer to be present when they are commissioned.

Please send me their names so that they can participate in this important process.

Thank you very much.

God bless,

Kam Chow

[Watermark] First Boom Sizzle and a Volunteer Opportunity

Hi Watermark!

Though summer is over, Boom Sizzle(TM) is back and in full force!  As usual, for the first one of the year, we go big and do it potluck style.  This year, however, the main dish will be provided.  All high schoolers are invited to come and join in on the fun.  Parents are invited as well.  We will be having a separate Parents Meeting during the course of the festivities.

To essentials:

Who: High Schoolers and Parents

What: First Watermark Boom Sizzle of 2010-2011

When: Saturday, 9/18 from 6:30PM - 10:00PM

Where: St. Clare's Lower Church

 

Food Assignments:

Seniors - Desserts

Juniors - Appetizers

Sophomores - Desserts

Freshmen - Drinks

and here's a volunteer opportunity for anyone who's interested:

Place: M.T. Liang Senior Center, Self-Help for the Elderly, 1050 St. Elizabeth Drive, San Jose CA 95126
Time: 8am-1pm, Oct. 9, 2010

Schedule:
         All Groups: 8-9am: Set up tents, tables and chairs.

         Group 1: 9~10am Traffic Patrol, 10~11am Leading Walk, 11am~12pm Serve Lunch

         Group 2: 9~11am Registration Table, 11am~12pm Serve Lunch

         Group 3: 9am~12pm Restroom Patrol

         Group 4: 9am~12pm Lunch Preparation

         All Groups: 12-1pm: Lunch & Clean up

Community Service: 5 hour Certificate

Anyone who is interested please email Lina Pan (linap @ selfhelpelderly.org) to sign up by Sep.17 noon.

9/12: School & Watermark starting, Bible Reading Survey

Dear brothers and sisters,
Here are some new/updated articles on the SJCCC website:

• Reflection: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
• Sacred Heart School: Welcome back! CM classes start on 9/19 with 118 registered students. See details!
• Watermark/High School: 9/18 Long Awaited first Watermark Session with a 6:30 Potluck for students & parents, more info to come.
• Bible Reading Group Survey: a new class is being planned, please provide your feedback and send to your group leaders.
• RCIA: 9/19 topic is "Meaning of Death and Coming of Jesus." See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Liturgy: Union Mass on 9/19, we celebrate Mass as a big family in both Chinese and English.
• Prayer: Prayers of the Faithfuls for week of 9/12/2010.
• Calendars: Please see the community calendar (or click "Calendar" on the left of sjccc.org webpage) and the Sacred Heart School calendar. For updates, please contact group leaders or send email to webteam@sjccc.org).
• Spiritual: Saturday 9/17 Taize prayer in Fremont at Dominican Sisters.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a loving week,
SJCCC Web Team

Bible reading proposals Survey

Dear group leaders,

In order to enhance our faith and our Biblical knowledge, the Board has invited Mike Pan (潘齊家) to hold a Bible Reading Group. I would like to express appreciation for his willingness to contribute his effort.  

The followings are three proposals from Mike:

(1)     Read 6 pages of the Bible per day. The Bible can be read through in one year.  

(2)     Read the Sunday Mass Gospel and Readings.

(3)     Discussion of some important topics such as 救恩 復活 聖母etc.

Although we would like Mike to help in all three of above proposals for the most benefit of our community, due to time and resource limitation Mike is able to do one at a time.

We would like to know which of the above three is most appealing to everyone. Please help us by asking your team members to complete the survey form. The time shown on the form is tentative, feel free to make suggestion if there is a conflict of schedule.

Turn in the survey in hard copy or by email before 9/25 to An-Pung Yueh (ap3088 @ hotmail.com) , or to our secretary, Irene Tang (Tangmc06 @ gmail.com) , Hui-Chun Chen, or Theresa Hu.

Thank you very much for your attention and cooperation.

God bless,

Kam Chow

SJCCC Board

Survey Form: http://sjccc.org/download/2010-09-Bible-Reading-Survey.doc

September Council Meeting

Dear SJCCC Team Leaders and Members, 

You are cordially invited to attend the September council meeting. 

Date: Thursday, September 9th
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Place: St. Clare's Classroom #5 

The agenda is as follows: 

1. Prayer/Faith Sharing
2. Review of August Meeting minutes
3. Practicing how to pray - 播種祈禱的種子,五週日常生活祈禱練習 ( Ana Tsai )
4. Enneagram Workshop ( Anna Tsai )
5. Faith Sharing Group ( Joseph Chiang )
6. Mike Pan's Bible Reading Format Survey
7. Ministry of Consolation Workshop ( Rosa Wang )
8. LA Congress committee update ( Joseph Ku )
9. Christmas Party Planning ( Chin-Wen Chen )
10. Financial Report ( Therese Merrill )

In Christ,
Kam Chow
SJCCC Board

Configure Dada Mail to send Chinese Emails

To Configure Dada Mail to send Emails in Chinese (Big5) by default:

1. add the Chinese char set in: ~/www/cgi-bin/dada/DADA: change Config.pm

• Change:
$HTML_CHARSET ||= 'iso-8859-1';
• To:
$HTML_CHARSET ||= 'big5';  

# $HTML_CHARSET ||= 'iso-8859-1';

• Add:

'Chinese Traditional (Big5) big5',

• Change:
charset => 'English (en) iso-8859-1',
• To:
# charset => 'English (en) iso-8859-1',

charset => 'Traditional Chinese (Big 5) big5',

2. Configure Dada Mail front end to use Chinese as default

• Select "Sending Options" on the left panel
• Select "Advanced" on the bottom
• Change "Default Character Set of Mailings " to 'Traditional Chinese (Big 5) big5'

3. It's also recommended that before you send an email, on your browser, change the  Character Encoding to Chinese Traditional (Big5), in Firefox, this is under "View->Character Encoding"

9/5: Prayer Group Meeting & Teachers' Retreat pictures

Dear brothers and sisters,
Here are some new/updated articles on the SJCCC website:

• Reflection: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
• Prayer Group: Saturday 9/11 Praising, healing, and sharing - 2nd & 4th Saturdays at 8pm.
• Sacred Heart School: 9/12 Parent Meeting, 9/19 classes start. See details!
• RCIA: 9/12 topic is "God's Plan of Salvation." See the program schedule. Please invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Bible Study Groups: Contacts and Schedule (updated).
• Pictures: Teachers' Retreat with Fr. Kenan - 8/28/2010.
• Prayer: Prayers of the Faithfuls for week of 9/5/2010.
• Calendars: Please see the community calendar (or click "Calendar" on the left of sjccc.org webpage) and the Sacred Heart School calendar. For updates, please contact group leaders or send email to webteam@sjccc.org).
• Spiritual: Saturday 9/17 Taize prayer in Fremont at Dominican Sisters.

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a loving week,
SJCCC Web Team

PS, The bulletin in pdf format can be viewed/printed at the SJCCC Website (http://www.sjccc.org), by clicking on:每週通訊 on the left. 

SJCCC Choir Conductor and Leader

Dear Maria and Geoff,

On my behalf and that of our Chaplain Fr. Olivera, Chair Board, and all Council members of SJCCC, please allow me to convey my congratulation to Maria Shao and Geoff Teng for their resumption of the role of Music Director and Choir Leader respectively within our community. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Vivian Chu for her leadership and contribution with which she has blessed the Choir Group while Maria was away.

May joy and peace be with you all always.

In Christ,

Kam Chow

SJCCC Board

---

From:Vivian Chu 

Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 6:14 PM
Subject: SJCCC Choir Conductor and Leader

Dear Council chair and members,

It is my privilege and pleasure to introduce the returning Conductor/Music Director, Maria Shao, and Choir  Leader, Geoff Teng.  They will take over my position as 9/1/2010, to serve the people and church of SJCCC for the next term.  Please welcome and introduce them to all council members.  Please add them both onto your council meeting distribution list.  Thank you.

Vivian Chu

SJCCC 8/29: Adoration & Sister Yueh retreat pictures

Dear brothers and sisters,
Here are some new/updated articles on the SJCCC website:

• Reflection: 22th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
• Adoration: Saturday 9/4 Adoration & Holy Hour - first Saturday at 7:30pm.
• Sacred Heart School: CM and Chinese classes are starting soon, 9/12 Parent Meeting, see details!
• Pictures: Check out slideshow from Sister Yueh's Retreat.
• RCIA: RCIA Program has started, please continue to invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Prayer: Please pray for the flood victums in Gan Su.
• Calendar: Please see the community calendar (or click "Calendar" on the left of sjccc.org webpage. For updates, please contact group leaders or send email to webteam@sjccc.org).

If you have community pictures to share, or you would like to help us, please send email to webteam@sjccc.org, thank you!

May God bless you and your family with a joyful week,
SJCCC Web Team

SJCCC 8/22: RCIA and Famous Paintings Seminar Pictures

Dear brothers and sisters,
Here are some new/updated articles on the SJCCC website:

• Reflection: 21th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
• Pictures: Check out pictures slideshow from Fr. Kim's Famous Painting Seminar.
• RCIA: RCIA Program has started, please continue to invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Sacred Heart School: CM and Chinese classes are starting soon, see the schedule here!
• Prayer: Please pray for the flood victums in Gan Su.
• Spritual: Please see the notes and pictures from Fr. Hu's seminars in July

May God bless you and your family with a peaceful week,
SJCCC Web Team

SJCCC 8/15: Weekend retreat, school update, and prayer request

Dear brothers and sisters,
Here are some new/updated articles on the SJCCC website:

• Reflection: Assumption of teh Blessed Virgin Mary.
• Retreat: Sister Yueh Weekend Retreat 8/20-8/21.
• Sacred Heart School: CM and Chinese classes are starting soon, see the schedule here!
• Prayer: Please pray for the flood victums in Gan Su.
• Spritual: Please see the notes and pictures from Fr. Hu's seminars in July
• RCIA: RCIA Program has started, please continue to invite friends and pray for evangelization.
• Pictures (updated): Check out more pictures from the Carmel and San Antonio de Padua Mission Pilgrimage.
• Community: there are special activities for Children from 10-4 on 8/28 at Cupertino Library.

May God bless you and your family with a peaceful week,
SJCCC Web Team

8/15 同工派遣禮

Dear all,

This is to inform you all that there will be a rite of commissioning (同工派遣禮) for the Advisory Board members, Bible Study Group leaders,  Regional Group leaders, and Functional Group leaders and team members in the Sunday Mass on 8/15.

Let us pray to God to empower them for the work of ministry.

In Christ,

Kam Chow

[Watermark] Clean up and Camping Aftermath

Hi Watermark!

A few announcements:

1.  The date of our Lower Church Clean Up Day has been moved up!  It will now be happening this Thursday, 8/12 from 7PM - 10PM.  We will be setting up our new chairs, getting rid of the old ones, re-organizing the back room and classroom, among other things.  Then, at the end of the night, we will be enjoying our reinvigorated worship space with a time of Adoration with Fr. O!

2.  Camping 2010 was a blast!  However, the items left at St. Clare's was a mess!  There were pots/pans, clothes, a camping chair, a burner, etc.  If you have things you left behind, please plan on picking it up on Thursday at our clean up day or on Sunday after mass.  If neither of these times work, please e-mail Pat at patrick.ku @ alumni.usc.edu to schedule a time.

See you on Thursday!