Our Hope & Wellness Circle is starting! Our first meeting will be on Monday, May 16th, 7pm-8:15pm, via Zoom. RSVP here to get zoom link. Come join us, in the comfort of your home, and be in community with others who are facing mental health challenges or are caring for loved ones who are. Our desire and goal is to provide…
DetailsLast week, we prayed for peace at a Taizé Prayer Service by John Angotti.
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Casa de Clara Looking for service opportunities or looking to do service as a family? Saint Simon Parish, along with other Parishes in the Diocese is supporting the renovation of Casa de Clara. Casa de Clara houses the Catholic Day Workers and is a woman’s shelter in downtown San Jose. We are in need of…
DetailsLast Tuesday, we continued our Lenten retreat called From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well. During this second session, I emphasized that death is more a birth into eternal life than the end of our earthly life. As such, then our role as disciples of Christ is to help those dying to…
DetailsThe Prayer Shawl Ministry (PSM) continues to make new shawls and lap blankets monthly. The mission of the Prayer Shawl Ministry is to provide hope, comfort, and healing. It is a unique way of reaching out to the community in a very special way. A prayer shawl can be seen as a symbolic “hug” from God. It is made with…
DetailsThe popular, always sold out event was a wave of lively green. Parishioners came from church across to the Parish Center to the sounds of a traditionally dressed bagpipe musician! Lee Panec and his crew had been cooking all day. Tina Lipscomb’s crew decorated, set tables and greeted the guests! We enjoyed talented young Irish…
DetailsLast Tuesday, we started the Lenten retreat called From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well. During this first session, I covered our Catholic belief in the resurrection and the communion of saints and how those affect our approach to death itself. If we know we are destined for eternity life, then the…
DetailsSt. Vincent de Paul volunteers assembled 48 Easter Baskets this week and will deliver them on Saturday, April 16th. Many thanks and sincere appreciation for the generosity of this community. The baskets were loaded to the brim with candy, toys and cuddly animals. We stuck a toothbrush and toothpaste in there too! There will be…
DetailsHow can I help the Ukraine relief efforts? Are we going to take up a special collection for Ukraine?: The most recent collection on Ash Wednesday, promoted by the USCCB, was for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. This region covers 28 countries, including Ukraine.. The next special collection will be on March 27 for Catholic…
DetailsI just arrived back from St. Monica’s Parish in Santa Monica, CA where I presented to them the Cairns on the Second Mountain of Life retreat that I gave at St. Simon’s last year. It was very well received and lots of people came to the sessions each night. It was a particularly healing trip…
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