Dear brothers and sisters in Christ:
It is deeply sad to inform you that Father Bona Lin's father just passed away on Jun. 16. The Funeral Mass will be held on Jun. 27 in Taiwan. Please pray for his soul be rested peacefully in God, and the family be guarded with love through this difficult time !
In Christ,
Li-peng Chou
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ:
Just a kind reminder that Fr. Barry Martinson will visit the Community in this weekend (6/21 and 6/22). Please take time to join two faith sharing sessions with him for many interesting stories. He will introduce his stained glass art works and four books.
6/21/08 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
St. Clare Church Parish Hall, (North Hall).
Sponsored by the Light House Bible Study Group
This session will be conducted in English. All high school youths, young adults and parents are welcome.
6/22/08 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
St. Clare Church Parish Hall (North Hall)
This session will be conducted in Chinese.
Blessings,
Li-peng Chou
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ:
Fr. Barry Martinson will visit the Community on 6/21, 6/22. He is an artist, dedicating his whole life to evangelize on mountains for native people in Taiwan for more than 30 years. Let us show the highest respects to a true missionary, and join two faith sharing sessions with him for many interesting stories. He will also introduce his stained glass art works and his four books.
6/21/08 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
St. Clare Church Parish Hall, (North Hall).
Sponsored by the Light House Bible Study Group
This session will be conducted in English. All high school youths, young adults and parents are welcome.
6/22/08 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
St. Clare Church Parish Hall (North Hall)
This session will be conducted in Chinese.
Should you need further information, people call 408-348-3397 (Hai Hsia Chen).
Here are links to two web sites about the works of Fr. Barry:
http://mag.udn.com/mag/people/itempage.jsp?f_MAIN_ID=158&f_SUB_ID=2689
http://web.mac.com/taubooks/www.taubooks.net/Welcome.html
God bless.
Lipeng Chou on behalf of Hai Hsia Chen
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Recently (5/31) Eddie and Taier went to visit Fr. Francis Wang at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos. I asked them to take some most recent photos of Fr. Wang to share with all of you. You can click this link to see Fr. Wang. May God bless him and grant him a joyful retirement life.
http://picasaweb.google.com/SJCCC1/0805FrWang/photo#s5210126882695162754
Or you can get it from SJCCC page: http://www.sjccc.org/ -> Photo Album -> 2008
James Hua
2008年6月29日週日 歡送與迎新
親愛的兄弟姊妹，
我們的顧神父要退休了，新來照顧我們的牧者Fr. Olivera即將接任。
在這新舊交接之際，我們藉慶祝活動表達我們的感謝。
──感謝天主為我們安排顧神父，他在各種惡劣環境中，以堅定的信德守住自己對天主的盟約；他在走投無路時，以赤子之情向天主求助。
──謝謝顧神父十五年來對聖荷西華人團體的服務；謝謝他與我們同在的種種情景。
──感謝天主對我們時時的照顧，安排Fr. Olivera 的到來，與我們共創新的前景。
請來，讓我們一起向顧神父說謝謝，同時也向我們的新神父Fr. Olivera 問好。
時間：2008年月29日週日
3：00 彌撒
4：30 Parish Hall 點心招待
顧神父為新書簽名
6：30 晚餐，餐券發售中，每人＄15。
策劃小組敬邀
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ:
The June council meeting will be held on Thursday June 12th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Here is the agenda:
1. Status report for the preparation of Fr. Koo retirement party (Ken Wang, Judy Hsu, Florence Pan and An Pung Yuah);
2. Status report for the TJ mission of this year (Pat Ku and John Moore);
3. Status report for the new Chair Board election (Alex Wang);
4. Status report for the transition team current developments (Li-peng Chou, Ken Wang).
In Christ,
Li-peng Chou
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ:
Ed Almazol, a maintenance staff of St. Clare, requests our helps with the start of the kitchen remodel on Saturday, June 7th. He needs helpers to pack up all the dishes in the cabinets & remove the cabinets & paneling. They'll start Saturday & continue during the week of June 9th. It would be appreciated if we can get some volunteers together for a few hours on Saturday. Anyone can help & all help will be appreciated. He doesn't need names right now, but need to know by email or phone if anyone can come.
Thanks for your help,
Li-peng
