We thank all those who came and supported the two Parish sponsored concerts: Always Believe Christmas Concert and the Exultate Deo Easter Concert.  If it were not for your support, these two concerts would not have been an astounding success!   Music hand bells were purchased from the proceeds of the Christmas concert; while a complete set of chasubles and dalmatics for all liturgical seasons were purchased from the Easter Concert. (Fr. Michael)

On the occasion of Bishop Oscar Cantú’s Mass of Thanksgiving on the 25th Anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, he proposed several initiatives as we move forward as a diocesan family. Among those initiatives was an effort the Bishop called, “Creating a Culture of Vocations.” We will begin this new tradition on the first Sunday of July and continue, we pray, for years to come. If you wish to join in this valuable effort of “Creating a Culture of Vocations” and schedule your week to of prayer with our Vocation Crucifix, please contact Gillian Griffis either by phone (408) 223-1562 or email (ggriffis@dsj.org).

Ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 15, 1957, Father DuMaine served as assistant pastor at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Belmont before he was assigned to graduate studies at the Catholic University of America, from 1958-1961. After receiving a doctoral degree in Education, he served on the faculty of Catholic University and Serra High School in San Mateo, was Archdiocesan Assistant Superintendent of Schools and Superintendent from 1965 until 1978, having been named a Prelate of Honor of his Holiness (Monsignor) in 1972.

Think for a moment about all the things we know something about through reason, observation, and experience. For example, we know all sorts of things about the human body: how it works, and what it’s made of, and even what goes on inside our cells. We know about our planet: its age, its composition, even about the furnace that’s raging far below our feet. We know about our universe; technology; science, business—the list is long.

Thank you to everyone who supported the mission and ministries of our parish during the month of May. Our average weekly collection was $19,762 (lowest of the year). You also generously donated to various important causes in our May Second Collections in the amount of $20,093 (not including Catholic Charities – TBD). Our parish needs $20,000 a week for us to meet many of our financial responsibilities. We budgeted our Sunday Offertory income for the first 11 months (46 weeks) at $920,000 and received $978,000. This additional income helps us to pay-down our $2.5 million debt. As you know, we are totally dependent upon you all our parishioners for our livelihood. We are so grateful for the sacrifices you make so that the work of St. Francis of Assisi Parish may continue to impact the lives of so many.

Our Solar Project is scheduled to begin on Monday, June 17. This will effect the south roof area of the Gathering Hall and a portion of the parking area behind the Mission Center/Parish Office. Fencing will be put up to block these areas. Please be careful and mindful of the work going on at our facility.

Please vote NO on SB 360 unless it is amended to ensure that all Californians are able to confess their sins to their priests to receive the grace of the Sacrament. 27th Assembly District: Including downtown San Jose, East San Jose, Evergreen and parts of South San Jose including Silver Creek. State Assemblymember Ash Kalra Capitol Office: State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0027 Tel: (916) 319-2027. District Office: 100 Paseo De San Antonio, Suite 319, San Jose, CA 95113 Tel: (408) 277-1220

Our Lady of Peace Church will be hosting our annual outdoor exhibit of Eucharistic miracles around the world. With an extensive assortment of photographs and historical descriptions, the exhibition presents some of the principal Eucharistic Miracles that took place throughout the ages in various countries of the world and have been officially recognized by the Church.

He presented some sobering statistics: for every one person joining the Church today, 6.45 are leaving. Almost eight in ten leave by the age of 23, and the median age for leaving the Church is just 13 years old. Where are they going? While roughly one quarter are becoming Evangelical, and another 25 percent are joining another religion or denomination of Christianity, half are simply atheist, agnostic, or without any religious affiliation, Barron said. “Most are ambivalent about religion rather than hostile to it,” he noted.

Twin brothers Giacomo and Davide Crespi have always been together, and May 25, 2019, was no different: side by side, along with three other seminary classmates, they received the sacrament of holy orders from their bishop, Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, in the diocese of Treviso, northern Italy.

As part of remembering and celebrating Bishop McGrath's twenty years of service the Catholic Community Foundation of SCC has introduced this new endowment in three areas: Lay Leadership; Family LIfe & Clergy Leadership. We invite you to consider supporting this endowment. For more information, visit: cfoscc.org/bishop-mcgrath-endowment

Thank you to everyone who supported the mission and ministries of our parish during the month of March. Our average weekly collection was $21,711. You also generously donated to various important causes in our March Second Collections in the amount of $34,712! As you know, we are totally dependent upon you all our parishioners for our livelihood. We are so grateful for the sacrifices you make so that the work of St. Francis of Assisi Parish may continue to impact the lives of so many.

And so, there is just one question that I would like all of us to ponder. It is a question that was first asked by three women, a very, very long time ago: Who will roll away the stone?   For us, here tonight, we speak not of the stone that stood guard over the entrance to the tomb, whose sole purpose was to hold back the lifeless body of the Lord Jesus.   No, for us, the stone, we speak of is that stone which holds us back; the stone which prevents those from coming forth from darkness, despair, and discouragement— into the light of a new day.

In the name of Love, we know, Jesus embraced the Cross. And yet, the Cross is not the point – it is His love. The Cross only makes it even more evident how much Jesus loves us. And it is the Cross that frees us to love.

Oh, yes, how could we forget? In the listing of the apostles whose feet Jesus washed, we left off one name. Oh, yes, how could we forget that Jesus also washed the feet of Judas? He could have skipped over him to prove a point. He could have embarrassed him by passing him over. He could have unveiled before the eyes of the Eleven that this was the one who would betray him.  

Thank you to everyone who supported the mission and ministries of our parish during the month of March. Our average weekly collection was $21,711. You also generously donated to various important causes in our March Second Collections in the amount of $34,712!

Today we celebrate Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The beginning of his journey to the hill of the three crosses, where, obedient unto death, he would accept death, even death on a cross, for the salvation of the world-- for you and for me.   For Christians, Holy Week is not just another seven days. There is no "business as usual." The celebrations of this week form the heart of our Christian life, and their timing should cause us to pause, and perhaps, even rearrange our normal schedules to make time to celebrate with one another the liturgies of the Easter Triduum.  

Dear Father Matt, Thank you so very much for your support in promoting the yearly Retirement Collection for Religious. We sent a check for $223,949.36 to the National Religious Retirement Office from our Diocese. St. Francis of Assisi Parish donated $11,358. Please extend my gratitude to your parishioners, for this generous contribution, and for their ongoing support of senior religious and their communities.

Tuesday, April 9 was the annual Chrism Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral Basilica. Bishop McGrath blesseds the oils that each parish will use in the celebration of the sacraments over the next year. We are very proud of those who will be representing our parish: Thorben von Hacht - Oil of the Catechumens; Pete Casanova - Oil of the Sick; Mary Trinh - Oil of Chrism

Our Gospel on this 5th Sunday of Lent, turns to the 11th chapter of John. For John, this is the moment, the miracle, the final sign that Jesus would work— because those whose very existence he threatened would be tolerant no more.