Join us in praying the Divine Mercy Novena beginning this Good Friday or Pray it any time you'd like! The Divine Mercy novena prayers were given to St. Faustina through an apparition of our Lord Jesus. The Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday and goes until Divine Mercy Saturday. You can join thousands of people in praying the novena this year! Will you join us for the Divine Mercy Novena?

This week we watched with sadness as fire tore through historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, causing severe damage to the centuries-old structure. The Cathedral's place in history is unsurpassed as a symbol of medieval Christian Europe and a pilgrimage site for Christians all over the world.

Because there are no morning Masses on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, we will celebrate Morning Prayer, the official prayer of the Church as found in the Divine Office at 8:30 am in the Chapel on each of these three days.

Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence. On this day, one meatless meal may be eaten. Two other meatless meals may also be taken sufficient to maintain strength, but together they should not equal a full meal. Fasting is required for all those between the ages of 18 and 59. If health or ability to work is affected, the law of fasting does not apply.

Parish Office Closed during Easter Triduum (April 18 - 22) We will re-open on Easter Tuesday, April 23

Begins at 7:45 a.m. 8 Mile Walk from St. Martin Church (200 O’Conner Drive, San Jose) to Our Lady of Peace Church (2800 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara). Bring signs of you have them.  There will be one rest stop along the way and a vehicle for assistance. Contact: Rich 510-468-1446

Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the Church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. When you contribute to this collection, you become and instrument of peace and join Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land.

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.

Join us SAT APR 27 in the Fireside Room from 10 a.m.-12 noon for a free, interactive presentation on what it is like to live with Mental Illness. Using their personal stories, NAMI presenters will walk you through their daily experiences with mental illness.  They will take you from the early onset of symptoms, to how they are today, and everything in-between.

We have just started the season of Lent. A time for personal renewal. The word “Lent” means springtime! The 3 themes of Lent are Fasting, Prayer, and Almsgiving (Charity). As our JOY families continue their journey through the topic of Prayer, we focused last month on the prayer that Jesus gave us.