Registration for next year’s classes (including preparation for reception of the sacraments) begins now. Registration forms are available in the vestibule at all churches and on-line. And please consider helping us out as a catechist for these classes. There is always a need for people willing to share their faith with our children. Questions? Contact Susan in the Pastoral Center (650-494-2496, ext. 25).

Meet Daniel in Babylon! A summer camp for children ages 5 through13 will be offered July 30 - August 3 and August 6 - August 10 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon in the Hall at Our Lady of the Rosary.

QUO VADIS RETREAT is a camp for young Catholic teen men to deepen their faith and seek God’s call in their lives. Sponsored by the Diocese of San Jose. Click here to find out more!

Some exciting events, volunteer opportunities, and leadership experiences are heading your way! Check it out.

Recent STAY Event Photos, Palm Sunday Passion Drama, Seder Meal Help, Outcry Tour Signups, and DYR Promo Video!

Check out the latest newsletter filled with 6pm Youth Mass Dates, XLT Event details, volunteer opportunities, Retreats, and more!

From the day we are born until the day we leave this life, we are on a journey. It is a journey of learning, growing, and developing into the person our loving God created us to be. It is a journey growing in relationship with God and developing all the gifts God has given us. God sent Jesus into the world to walk with us and teach us how to live our lives, and Jesus gave us two laws to live by: love God, and love our neighbors as ourselves. 

The Sacrament of Confirmation marks the completion of baptismal grace. Are you an adult who has not yet received this important sacrament? It’s time to step forward and complete your initiation into the Catholic Church. We will begin a series of preparation sessions for this sacrament on Wednesdays in October. If you are interested in participating or have questions, contact Susan in the Faith Formation Office (suolsen@dsj.org).

SANTA CLARA FAITH FORMATION CONFERENCE- Nov 3-4 God is Always With Us The Santa Clara Faith Formation Conference (SCFFC) will be held this year on November 3 & 4 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The conference is sponsored by the Dioceses of Monterey and San Jose in collaboration with the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Dioceses of Oakland and Stockton.

Get ready for another exciting year in our Life Teen (High School), EDGE (Middle School) and Confirmation prep ministries! Online Registrations are now live!

As your Pastor, I want to encourage all parents and guardians to make plans for your children’s *ongoing faith formation, as our own programs commence. Your parish stands ready to help you. Over the summer, both Susan Olsen (Director of Catechetical Ministry) and Chris Mardesich (Director of Youth Ministry) have been hard at work preparing for this new year of learning and living our Catholic faith. We have programs for children in pre-school through high school. Our vision of faith formation is structured to engage children and youth in a process that is engaging, challenging, and fun.

“Faith is born of an encounter with the living God, who calls us and reveals his love, a love which precedes us and upon which we can lean for security and for building our lives.” Lumen Fidei 4 These words of Pope Francis are a reminder of the importance of the gift of faith in guiding our lives on a path of love and fulfillment as the people God created each of us to be. We do so much to help our children develop their gifts and talents so that they will be successful in life. Do we invest the same time and energy in their faith? And what of our own faith? Have we stopped learning and growing in our relationship with God just because the sacraments are behind us?

Walk with Paul in Ancient Rome! - A summer camp for children ages 5 through 13 will be offered July 31 through August 4th and August 7th through 11 from 9 a.m. to Noon in the Hall at Our Lady of the Rosary. Participants will learn about St. Paul and the early Christian Church in Rome through music, dance and drama. Children may attend one or both weeks.

Check out News and Events happening for the St. Thomas Aquinas Youth Community!

From the Diocesan Youth Retreat, Life Teen Summer Camp, and Steubenville Nor Cal Youth Conference--There are plenty of opportunities for your teen to have the most incredible summer experience yet! Space is limited for each event. Sign up before space fills up!

Walk with Paul in Ancient Rome! - A summer camp for children ages 5 through 13 will be offered July 31 through August 4th and August 7th through 11 from 9 a.m. to Noon in the Hall at Our Lady of the Rosary. Participants will learn about St. Paul and the early Christian Church in Rome through music, dance and drama. Children may attend one or both weeks.

All teens and families are invited to join us for our second eXaLT family event of the 2016-2017 year! This Sunday, 6pm, @ St. William Church. Click on newsletter for details. Plan to arrive early. See you there!

I invite all children who would like to help tell the story of Jesus’ birth during the Gospel at the 5:00 p.m. Masses on Christmas Eve at both Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Albert the Great to sign up.

Have you completed your initiation into the Church with all three Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation & Eucharist)? Did you complete your Baptism and 1st Communion but miss the Sacrament of Confirmation? WE WANT YOU!! NOW IS THE TIME!! 7pm at the Dermody Center.

Catechetical Sunday is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the role that each person plays, by virtue of his or her Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. It is a chance for all to rededicate themselves to this mission as a community of faith.