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,
I want to share with you that our Barnes & Noble night in December raised $2031.62 for
the
school. This is used to support the library, our laminating supplies for all classrooms and other classroom needs. Thank you to all who came out and supported Holy Rosary School.
On Wednesday, we had our WCEA/WASC Accreditation team on campus for the pre-visit. They met our staff, took a tour of the school and received our Self-Study. They will read the Self-Study and come back February 13, 14, and 15th to visit and affirm all that we do at Holy Rosary School. We look forward to them coming back and helping us as we look at the best ways to help our students be successful.
Catholic Schools Week is coming soon. We will have additional information next week for our special events, including Grandparents/Special Persons Day, Spelling Bee, Family Lunch and end of the week prayer service. Please make sure to look for that special email next week.
Tomorrow, the teachers and staff will be in-servicing during the day. We are always grateful when we can take time out of the busy schedule to continue to better ourselves as educators. Tomorrow we will be spending time reviewing our Self-Study and the goals we have set for our selves. We will also be looking towards Catholic Schools Week.
Please have a safe holiday weekend.
Blessings,
Mr. Hooke
Registration of current students and applications for new students for the 2017-2018 school year has begun! The Registration form and fee are due by Friday, February 17, 2017 to hold your child's enrollment for next school year.
If you are interested in enrollment for 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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Student Holiday - No School/Serendipity - Office Closed -
Teacher Work Day
Monday, January 16
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday - No School/Serendipity -
Office Closed
Grade 2 Retreat
Pizza Sales (lunch)
6:30pm P.T.G. Board Meeting
Grade 6 Walk Through Ancient Worlds
Sunday, January 22
Looking Ahead ...
Tuesday, January 24 - Science Fair
Wednesday, January 25 - Grade 7 Retreat; Grade 8 Graduation Pictures
Friday, January 27 - Minimum Day Dismissal; Family Game/Pajama 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 - 8:15 Town Hall; PreK Parent/Teacher
Conferences (by appointment)
Thursday, February 2 - Spelling Bee Grades 1-8; Kindergarten Spell-a-thon
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 coordinator to run the Book 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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HOLY ROSARY TIMES
produced by members of
HRS National Junior Honor Society!
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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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We have a chance to win $5,000!
Thanks to General Mills and Walmart, every Walmart-exclusive Box Tops Certificate that we clipand collect until 3/1/2017 earns our school a chance to be one of 20 winners of 50,000 Bonus Box Tops - that's $5,000 for our school!
Click here for the product list.
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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
Save the Dates:
- 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 at www.tomboothmusic.com for more information about him.
Eating Together as a Family
I am always amazed to hear and see how busy families are these days, especially with those of you parents who commute a distance to work. Still, a good New Year's resolution for a lot of our families would be to eat together more regularly. The following is from a pamphlet entitled: "Mealtime Matters," written by Tom McGrath and published by Loyola Press, 2007.
"A 2006 national survey of teens ages 12 to 18 conducted by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University found that the more often children eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs. Compared with teens who dine frequently with their families, (five to seven dinners per week), teens who have fewer than two family dinners per week are
- more than twice as likely to have tried cigarettes;
- one-and-a-half times more likely to have tried alcohol;
- twice as likely to have tried marijuana; and
- more than twice as likely to say future drug use is very or somewhat likely."
I encourage all our families to pray together and eat together on a regular basis.
Santo Niño de Cebú
The Santo Niño de Cebú
is a representation of the Child Jesus somewhat related to the Infant of Prague. Santo Niño de Cebú literally means "Holy Child of Cebú." Since the 16th century the Santo Niño has served as the patron of Cebu, a Province of the Philippine Islands, and continues to be celebrated at the Sinulog - the primary festival of Cebu - as well as throughout the world by many Filipinos.
In April, 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan,in the service of King Charles V of Spain, arrived in Cebu in the Philippine Islands during his voyage to find a westward route around the world. He persuaded the Cebuano chief Rajah Humabon and his wife to pledge their allegiance to Spain. They were later baptized into the Catholic faith, taking the Christian names Carlos and Juana. Magellan gave Juana the Santo Niño as a symbol of the alliance.
The Spanish returned to the Philippines in 1565. Cebu was the first stop of Basque explorer Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, who would later found Manila. He defeated the new Cebuano chieftain Rajah Tupas (nephew to Humabon) on April 27, destroying the village in the process. The Santo Niño was found relatively unscathed in a burnt-out dwelling. This event was quickly acknowledged as miraculous, and a church was later constructed on the site of the discovery. Today, the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño, which houses the image, is an important historical and religious landmark in Cebu. To date, the Santo Niño is still considered miraculous by many Cebuanos and Filipinos. A Santo Niño statue can be found in many Filipino households, no matter where they might live in the world.
At this time each year in our parish we celebrate with the Filipino Community the great feast of the Santo Niño. Congratulations to our Filipino brothers and sisters!
The Image of the Santo Niño
given to Queen Juana of Cebú.
Un Mensaje de P. Roberto
Lema parroquial para este año: Sean Discípulos. Hagan Discípulos.
Comer Juntos en Familia
Siempre estoy sorprendido al oír y ver cuán ocupados están las familias hoy en día, sobre todo para ustedes que manejan una distancia al trabajo o que tienen dos trabajos. De todos modos, es importante que nuestras familias coman juntos regularmente. Una de las grandes aportaciones que nuestra comunidad Latinoamericana puede ofrecer a la cultura de los Estados Unidos es apreciar la importancia de la familia. En la cultura Hispana la familia es sumamente importante. Lo que sigue recalca la importancia de comer juntos
"Una encuesta de 2006 de jóvenes de 12 a 18 años conducida por El Centro Nacional de Adicción y Abuso de Substancias en la Universidad de Columbia encontró que para los jóvenes que cenan más seguido con sus familias es menos probable que fumen, tomen o usen drogas. Comparados con los jóvenes que cenan frecuentemente con sus familias (entre cinco y siete veces a la semana), para los que cenan menos de dos veces a la semana con sus familias es
- mayor que dos veces más probable que han intentado fumar;
- 1.5 veces más probable que han tomado
- 2 veces más probable que han fumado marihuana
- mayor que dos veces más probable que digan que probablemente usarán drogas en un futuro."
Les recomiendo que todas nuestras familias oren y coman juntos regularmente.
El Santo Niño de Cebú
El Santo Niño de Cebú es una imagen del Niño Jesús relacionado con el Infante de Praga. Desde el Siglo XVI ha sido el santo patrono de Cebú, una isla en las Filipinas. Se celebra su fiesta llamada el "Sinulog" en enero de cada año y es el festival principal de Cebú.
En abril de 1521, el navegante portugués, Fernando de Magallanes, al servicio del Rey Carlos V de España, llegó en Cebú en las Islas Filipinas durante su viaje a encontrar una ruta occidental para circunnavegar la tierra. Persuadió a los jefes cebuanos Raja Humabón y su esposa a forjar una alianza con España. Después fueron bautizados católicos, tomando los nombres cristianos de Carlos y Juana. Magallanes le dio a Juana la imagen del Santo Niño como un símbolo de la alianza.
Los españoles regresaron a las Filipinas en 1565. Cebú fue el primer lugar donde se paró el explorador vasco Miguel López d Legazpi, quien más tarde fundaría a la ciudad de Manila. Derrotó al nuevo jefe cebuano Raja Tupas (sobrino de Humabón) en una batalla, destruyendo al pueblo en el proceso. La imagen del Santo Niño fue encontrada en una vivienda quemada sin haber sufrido mucho daño. Este acontecimiento fue inmediatamente reconocido como milagroso, y más tarde se construyó un templo en ese sitio. Actualmente, la Basílica Minore del Santo Niño,
que alberga la imagen, es un lugar de referencia histórico y religioso en Cebú.
Hasta la fecha, el Santo Niño es considerado milagroso por muchos cebuanos y filipinos. Una imagen del Santo Niño se puede encontrar en muchos hogares filipinos por dondequiera que viven.
En estas fechas cada año en nuestra parroquia celebramos con la Comunidad Filipina la gran fiesta del Santo Niño. ¡Felicidades, hermanos filipinos!
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