Prayer Corner
We pray for these people in our community:
The Bea Neal Family
The Mikaila Lucido Family
The Karl Dietzel Family
The Abel Garcia Family-
Lucina and Andrea
Gina Rubin-
mother of alumni
Jessica and Amanda
Fr. Jordan Bradshaw
Israel Salazar-
Father of Samuel and Anthony
St. Dominic pray for us.
If you or someone you know are in need of prayers, let us know and we will add them to our prayer list.
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Holy Rosary School
Dear Parents,
Welcome back to school and a happy 2017 to everyone. I pray your Christmas and New Year's celebration were happy and safe. It was wonderful to see all of the children back at school this week.
Tomorrow we celebrate the Epiphany, the day we honor the arrival of the three kings to baby Jesus. We will be celebrating with a school wide celebration. Look for an additional email today with information.
Here is a prayer for you to say with your family. There are parts for the Father, the Mother and children. You can also find it at this link:
Epiphany Prayer
Father:
Christ
has appeared among us.
All: Come, let us adore Him.
Mother: The precious
gifts
which the
Magi
brought to the
Lord this day are threefold,
and they are signs of divine mysteries.
By gold the power of the King is signified,
by frankincense His great priesthood,
by myrrh the burial of the Lord.
All: The
Magi
worshipped the Author of our
salvation
in
the crib,
and of their treasures they brought to Him
gifts
of
mystic nature.
Youngest Child:
Glory
be to the Father and to the Son and
to the Holy Ghost.
All: As it was in the beginning,
is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
Father: Let us pray. O God,
by the leading of a star Thou didst manifest Thine
only begotten Son
to the
Gentiles
on this day;
mercifully grant that we who know Thee by faith,
may be brought to contemplate the beauty of Thy
majesty.
Through the same
Jesus
Christ
Thy Son.
All: Alleluia.
The following
hymn
serves well as a conclusion.
Additional verses may be composed by members of the
family.
The Wise Men tune
Jesu Dulcis Memoria
Now there appeared a brilliant Star
Which led the wise Men from afar.
They came and,
kneeling
down, adored
And offered
gifts
to Christ, the Lord.
[From The Story of the
Redemption
for Children.]
[Source:
Christmas
to
Candlemas
in a
Catholic
Home by
Helen McLoughlin, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville,
Minnesota.]
Blessings,
Mr. Hooke
Registration of current students and applications for new students for the 2017-2018 school year has begun!
Registration forms for current students were sent home TODAY, Thursday, January 5th - all the forms for a family will be sent home via the YOUNGEST CHILD in the family.
If you are interested in enrollment of a new student (sibling) for 2017-2018, information and application forms are available for download on the school website or you may pick up an application packet at the school office.
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8A Courthouse Field Trip
WASC Team Pre-visit
Pizza Sales (lunch)
8B Courthouse Field Trip
Grade 2 Retreat
Student Holiday - No School/Serendipity - Office Closed -
Teacher InService
Monday, January 16
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday - No School/Serendipity -
Office Closed
Looking Ahead ...
Tuesday, January 17 - P.T.G. Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 18 - Faith Families
Thursday, January 19 - Grade 6 Walk-Through
Tuesday, January 24 - Science Fair
Wednesday, January 25 - Grade 7 Retreat; Grade 8 Graduation Pictures
Friday, January 27 - Minimum Day Dismissal; Family Pajama/Game Night
Sunday, January 29 to Saturday, February 4 - Catholic Schools Week
Sunday, January 29 to Friday, February 3 - Book Fair
Sunday, January 29 - 8:00 Holy Hotcakes & Uniform Sale; 8:45 Mass; 10:00 Open House
Monday, January 30 - Grandparents' Tea
Tuesday, January 31 to Thursday, February 2 - PreK Parent/Teacher
Conferences (by appointment)
Thursday, February 2 - Spelling Bee
Friday, February 3 - Minimum Day Dismissal; 9:00 Prayer Service; Family
Lunch Day
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Book Fair Coordinator Needed!
We are in need of a book fair coordinator to run the fair during Catholic Schools Week. It is a fun time to interact with the students and promote reading. If you and a friend would like to come together and chair this event, that would be great too! Contact the office for more information or to apply.
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Serendipity News
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K of C FREE THROW CONTEST!
Friday Jan 13th at 6:00 pm
Parish Gymnasium.
Open to boys and girls ages 8 to 14
Awards in each age category
No entry fee
For more information call Bob Liles at 925-754-4247.
Following the Free Throw Contest,
come enjoy the fun when the coaches of the girls' teams play a game against the coaches from the boys' teams.
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Disney's The Lion King, JR.
Musical Theater with Phyllis Gurnett
after school enrichment class
with students from
Holy Rosary School.
El Campanil Theatre
602 West 2nd Street
Antioch, CA 94509
Friday & Saturday, January 6th & 7th 7:00 pm
Monday & Tuesday, January 9th & 10th 7:00 pm
Tickets $15.00 at the door
$5.00 for Holy Rosary Students who wear their uniform sweatshirt.
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We need pictures uploaded! Urgent!
There are a couple of ways to share your photos for the yearbook:
Use the Smartphone App:
Herff Jones Eshare
log in: HRSAntioch
Upload your photos on the Herff Jones Website:
You can bring a disk to the school, know that these disks can not be returned.
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Fr. Roberto's Corner
Christmas Thanks
We are truly blessed at Holy Rosary to have so many people who help around the parish throughout the year. It is especially moving to see your generosity during November and December when we have numerous special events and extra work to do. I particularly want to thank those of you who have reached out to the needy during this time. We are proud of and grateful for the work that our parishioners do in serving those in need in our community, some of whom have been doing this for many years.
Thank you all for being part of our celebrations and for your joy and faithfulness in spite of the economy and other difficulties in your lives and in our world. We have enjoyed some beautiful liturgies and traditions these last weeks thanks to lots of hard work by many people.
Special thanks to our competent, energetic and generous parish staff for your leadership and for handling so well the many extra stresses and pastoral needs which surface during the Christmas season. Thanks as well to my Dominican Brothers for your dedication to the ministry and for your support.
We Dominicans want to thank all of you for your prayers, cards, flowers, delicious food, drink and sweets, clothing, money and other gifts. Your tremendous outpouring of affection fills us with gratitude and inspires us to give more of ourselves in serving you. May God reward you for your kindness and bless you all in this coming year. Happy New Year to all of you!
--Frs. Vicente, Daniel, Ed, Bart and Roberto
Update on Fr. Jordan and Fr. Joseph
Both Fr. Jordan Bradshaw and Fr. Joseph Sergott (who were assigned to Holy Rosary in recent years) have had serious health issues recently. Fr. Jordan has been diagnosed with b-cell Indolent Lymphoma. This type of lymphoma is usually not curable because the cancer grows too slowly to be targeted accurately by most modern treatments. Nonetheless, it responds well to treatment, and patients live a long life. Fr. Jordan has begun his treatment.
Fr. Joseph had a stroke in December. Here is a recent update he sent to us Dominicans: "
I'm now in the middle of outpatient therapy here in Chicago. Every day I go to a rehab center to do three different kinds of therapy: speech therapy, general physical therapy and occupational therapy. I've come a long way in speaking, but still cannot celebrate Mass on my own. My sister takes me to Mass every day. Physical therapy now focuses on getting my eyes to work together (You could say that they don't see eye to eye!). I'm usually dizzy all the time, but I have made great strides in this area. My hardest therapy is occupational where I work on getting back the use of my right hand -- it is slow and exhausting, but they tell me that I have a good chance of getting it back almost 100%. My faith is strong and I rely totally upon God. My daily prayer is Job 1:21. Thanks for your support and prayers. I feel blessed in that so many people have carried me with their prayers."
Please keep both Frs. Jordan and Joseph in your prayers. If you would like to contact them, here is their contact information:
Fr. Joseph will be at this address until January 15th: 22945 W. Lochanora Dr., Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047. After January 15 he will be at St. Dominic Priory, 2390 Bush St., San Francisco, CA 94115. Fr. Jordan is at Blessed Sacrament Priory, 5041 Ninth Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98105.
Finances and Changes at Holy Rosary
Once again, I want to thank all of you for helping us achieve our goal of raising $100,000.00 the last two months to reduce our debt. I am grateful to all of you for your sacrifices in this effort, and I am especially grateful to Fr. Daniel for his tireless energy and to all those of you who are helping behind the scenes. I have no doubt that we will accomplish our goal to pay off our debt by Easter.
Our parish Finance Council is looking at our budget for 2017. They are working very hard to help us have a balanced budget, and, for the first time since I have been here, we are actually going to include in our balanced budget the cost of depreciation as well which is approximately $180,000.00. In order to achieve that balanced budget, the parish staff is going to have to make some changes that will affect our salaries and the hours we are available in the parish offices. One of our secretaries is retiring, and, instead of finding a replacement for her, we are going to try to cover her job with existing staff that we have. In addition, the staff is not receiving Christmas bonuses this year and we are not adding a cost of living increase to salaries for 2017. Finally, we will be closing the parish offices at 6 p.m. Monday through Friday (instead of staying open until 8 p.m.) and we will close the offices on Saturday and Sunday. I apologize for any inconvenience this will cause you parishioners, but all these changes will save us many thousands of dollars in our expenses for this year. Please continue to pray for this process as we go through changes in our parish.
Future Dates to Remember:
- Called and Gifted Workshop given by the Catherine of Siena Institute. Find out what spiritual gifts God has given you to achieve your own fulfillment and to serve others. It is a two-day workshop which will take place on Friday, February 10, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. I am asking all of you who are part of any of our ministries, committees or groups to attend this workshop if you have not already done so. It is important for us to know what our gifts are so we can continue to develop them and use them more fully in our ministries and in our lives.
- XLT - Wednesday, February 15, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 in the church. "XLT" stands for "EXALT" and it is a night we exalt God through worship, praise, testimony, preaching, adoration and confession. Come join us and give your faith a shot in the arm!
- Parish Retreat - March 3, 4 and 5. This is a powerful experience of allowing the Holy Spirit to transform our lives. Hear moving testimonies of fellow parishioners, and experience great music, fellowship, prayer and fun. It can change your life!
- Lenten Mission with Tom Booth - Well-known singer, songwriter and speaker, Tom Booth will be at Holy Rosary for Lent. Tom has written beautiful songs such as "I Will Choose Christ," "Can We Love?" "Here I Am," and "Sacred Silence." He will join us for our Masses the weekend of March 11-12 and then conduct a parish mission Monday-Wednesday, March 13-15. See Tom's website atwww.tomboothmusic.com for more information about him.
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