This week, we welcome back John Angotti. He will continue to visit for one week every month and will be working with our music ministries, school students and parishioners. He will be playing at all Masses next weekend and is offering one-on-one sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, August 17 and 18 – you can sign…
DetailsIt is hard to believe but school is starting this week for many schools including our own SaintSimon Parish School. Summers seem to be getting shorter! I remember when school started after Labor Day weekend but alas that is years ago. Nevertheless, it is exciting to have the school back and see all the students…
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Diocese of San Jose, CA: Aug 8, 2022 October 6, 1930 – August 5, 2022 Monsignor Ludwig Andre, a retired priest of the Diocese of San José, passed away the morning of Friday August 5, 2022 in Alamo, California. He was 91 years old. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1957.…
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August 6 – 31, 2022 The members of St. Vincent de Paul will be collecting school supplies and distributing them to schools in our local area for needy children. We will also be donating $25 Target gift cards that the School Principals will hand out for new shoes or clothes as they see the need.…
DetailsAs most of you know I just returned from vacation, and I am delighted to be home at Saint Simon again. I know I am not meant to have goals for vacation but that is the way I am wired. My goals were quite reasonable though: rest, read and hike. I am happy to say…
DetailsDuring the week of July 17th, 25 travelers joined the Tijuana Ministry mission trip sponsored and organized by BASICS, Brothers and Sisters in Community Service. This is the 11th year that St. Simon Parish has been an integral part of this mission trip. We had not been to Tijuana on Mission since 2019 and, out…
DetailsA few weeks ago, after one of the Sunday Masses, a parishioner came to me expressing her desire to be a greeter at Mass. She shared with me that for a while she had discerned that God really wanted her to help others. In the process of discernment, she realized that she had been blessed…
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DetailsWe are All called to Evangelize… The Church exists purely for the mission of evangelizing. In other words, to evangelize is the nature and character of the Church. This mission belongs not only to the ordained Ministers but to all baptized. At the beginning of Christ’s Ministry, He appointed twelve apostles to assist him in…
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