Our loan balance on July 1, 2021 was $1,667,452.11.  During the first 6 months of this fiscal year (Jul – Dec 2021), we made both principal and interest payments: $1,000,224.89 (principal) and $33,916.52 (interest).

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is seeing a steep decline in the number of volunteers helping them sort and distribute food. Volunteers are critical to their operations — they need your muscles to ensure much-needed food reaches our community!

The approaching 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade comes at a historic moment. The nation stands on the precipice of potentially overturning Roe v. Wade. At the same time, the Governor and state legislators have issued calls to make California a “sanctuary” destination for women seeking abortions from in and out of state.

Thank you to everyone who continues during this pandemic to support the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of December (excluding Christmas), our average weekly collection was $20,568 (8% increase vs. November 2021).

Our parish family is currently in need of more ministers to the sick and the homebound. As you know when people fall sick or are unable to attend Mass, they still greatly desire to receive Holy Communion. Pastoral care ministers to the sick become the channel through which our parish family reaches out to our sick sisters and brothers.

Wedding Coordinators needed If you are interested and want more information in assisting in this important ministry, please contact Gillian Griffis at the parish office. ggriffis@dsj.org or 408-223-1770 x324. Training would be provided.

If you missed the Bethlehem Artworks Organization selling Holy Land merchandise, you can now get them at the gift shop year-round. We will be carrying an assortment of their products

Beginning on the first Sunday of Advent (Nov 28), we will renew the desire of the Church to have members of the faithful bring bread and wine to the altar. We will also begin a new tradition, which we have done previously (All Souls Day, Thanksgiving), of inviting the faithful to bring their monetary gifts to be placed in baskets in the sanctuary.

The Social Justice Team is urgently looking for volunteers to help with this year’s holiday projects.

Has the pandemic put extra stress on your marriage? The Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is designed to help you restore intimacy.

The Faith Formation Ministry is looking for Catechists to upstart our Children's Liturgy of the Word program at the 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM Masses.

Fr. Matthew D. Stanley is the third pastor at St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Parish in the Evergreen Community in the Diocese of San José (appointed July 1, 2018). He was also the pastor at Holy Family Parish (San José) and St. Thomas Aquinas Parish (Palo Alto). He has been a priest for over thirty-one ye

St. Francis of Assisi Parish extends an invitation to all who wish to become members of the Catholic faith. If you know someone who is seven years or older and not yet baptized, we have a process called the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

There’s an adage that says you should work from your rest, not rest from your work. Like most adages, this is easy to say but hard to do. God commands us to keep holy the Lord’s day because he knows how easily humanity can slip into the undue self-reliance of constantly working. Sunday is not the culmination of the week, but the starting point.

Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry at each other? Do you argue? Have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse?

Our Red Zinfandel is a red wine grape, grown extensively in California since the mid-1800s, is grown in few other places in the world.

On behalf of Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, we want to thank your parishioners for their incredible support. Our final accounting for donations during 2020 by the members of St. Francis of Assisi Parish was $95,782. We are truly grateful to have this faithful level of support.

Read the full statement: www.usccb.org/news/2021/situation-us-mexico-border

The program offers the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse, and a loving relationship in your marriage. 10's of 1000's headed for divorce have successfully saved their marriages by attending.

Our loan balance on July 1, 2020, was $2,029,798.  During the first six months of this fiscal year (Jul – Dec 2020), we made both principal and interest payments: $144,246 (principal) and $49,924 (interest). These payments were funded from both the Sunday Offertory ($144,346) and ($49,824) from our first of the month 2nd collection.  Our loan balance as of Dec. 31, 2020, was $1,885,552.