Soup kitchen service and holiday food packing

Lighthouse and Cornerstone members participated in two more community service events on December 15th.

Some helped sort and serve food at the St Anthony's Padua Dining Room. Others helped pack food at Sacred Heart Community Service.

Lighthouse 1 community Services in December 07

Date: Sunday 12/9/2007
Time: 9AM-1PM
Location: 1st floor social room of the Senior Apartment85 South 5th Street, San Jose
Itinerary:9-10AM Group Mass presided by Fr. Koo
10-10:20AM Anointment, followed by Confession at the side room
10:20AM-12PM Lighthouse Activities: music & games12-1PM

18 Lighthouse members participated in this event. We sang during the mass. We also had a little Christmas carol 'concert' for the elderly after mass. We played Bingo and served lunch to about 50 seniors.

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Date: Sunday 12/15/2007 Holiday Food Packing
Time: 8:30AM-11:30AM
Location: Sacred Heart Community ServiceCenter - 1381 South First Stree, San Jose, CA 95110

Packing food for Sacred Heart annual holiday event.

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Date: Sunday 12/15/2007 Soup Kitchen Service
Time: 8:30AM-1:00PM
Location: Padua's Dining Room, behind St. Anthony Church3500 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025

Between 8:30-11am, Lighthouse will help out in the kitchen and cleaning/setting up the tables.Between 11:30am-1pm, Lighthouse will serve lunch. We won't be doing any actual cooking. The facility has 2-3 chef who will do the work. We are there to assist, like washing and chopping vegetables.

SJCCC Activity Update/James Hua + Monchi

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Here are something we would like you to know...

12/8 (Sat)
   7:30 Mass - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
                     (Solemnity & mandatory) at St. Clare's upper Church.
   晚上7:30 - St. Clare's 樓上教堂, 聖母無染原罪瞻禮中文彌撒。
   Charismatic Prayer Meeting canceled due to the time conflict.
   聖神同禱會暫停一次。

12/9 (Sun)
   Evergreen Group Activity 松柏組活動
   at 85 South 5th Street, San Jose, CA
   09:00 - 10:00 am Mass 彌撒
   10:00 - 12:00 pm Reconciliation and Anointing of Elderly 告解，傅油
   12:00 - 01:00 pm Lunch 午餐

12/16 (Sun)  SJCCC 2007 聖誕晚會
   5:00 pm - Christmas dinner party starts right after 3 pm Mass
   時間: 12/16 (週日) ，5:00pm
   地點: Parish Hall
   門票: 大人和10 歲以上青年 預先購票: $7 當日購票: $8
           4-10 歲小孩預先購票: $4 當日購票: $5
           4歲以下小孩免费
   請於彌撒後在川廊購賣晚餐券, 12/9 最後預購機會。
*** 目前聖誕老人從缺,急徵義工,僅需出場30分鐘,拜託,拜託! ***

   SJCCC 2007 Christmas Celebration
   Time: 12/16 at 5:00pm
   Place: Parish Hall
   Tickets: Adults and youth 10 yrs & up - $7, at the door: $8
               4-10 years old child - $4, at the door $5
               kids below 4 are free.
   Tickets are now on sale at the hall across the church.
   The last chance pre-sale day is 12/9.
*** So far no Santa Claus candidate, urgent request for volunteer,
    only 30-minute show up time.  Please help. ***

I hope you enjoy the season of joy and may God bless you!  Thanks!

James

Host, lead and snack persons are needed for Lighthouse bible study 2008 schedule. Please sign up./Joanne Ho

Hi Lighthouse friends,

Happy Holidays!!

Year 2008 is just around the corner. I would like to start planning for our 08 bible study schedule and asking for volunteer hosts, bible study leads and snack persons, especially for January to March 2008.

Please see the attached spreadsheet for draft schedule.

- Yellow dates are bible study in the Fremont area. However, all are welcome to join and support!!

- 3/22 is the day before Easter. Just like last year, we can have potluck together and attend vigil mass afterward.

I also provide Jan 08 to Jun 08 Sunday mass readings for your reference. Dean and I will update our Lighthouse calendar website later this month.

Please sign up with me as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance for your generosity, talent and time. I am looking forward to grow spiritually and be enriched by God's words with you in 2008.

Toietries Drive for the homeless/Jenny & Jade

Dear Lighthouse,

For the next two weeks, Leland's school is doing a 'Toiletries Drive" for the homeless.

I need travel-size toiletries likes shampoo, lotion, toothpaste, soap, disposable razor, deodorant. Things you would bring home from vacations and business trips.

By the end of the drive, students will pack them into individual bags and pass out to the homeless in the community. This is a great way to clean up your bathroom cabinets and help others at the same time.

If you have any, please bring them to Jade at Saturday's potluck. Thank you.

-Jenny

Lighthouse's new group leaders are..../Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

The results are in. Our new group leaders in 2008 will be Joanne & Dean.

-Jenny

Thank you so much!/Chris Lee

Dear Jenny and friends of the Bible Study Groups,

Thank you all very much for your support and encouragement in the last few weeks! Without your support, I would not have gotten elected. But most importantly, thank you for all of your prayers - it's really God's blessing more than anything else.

I never thought I could win the election against the many highly qualified and renowned members of the community, and would have been equally content with the learning I received from participating in the election. But I’m so honored to receive the support from many, including all of you and at the same time, I’m humbled by the trust and responsibility placed in me by the residents of the Cupertino Sanitary District (CSD).

I will go and do the best I can to help improve the services and operations of the CSD and address the concerns by the residents. Hopefully I can do a good job and be a good example as a Christian servant. Please continue to keep me in your prayers.

I’d very much like to hear from all of you because I can learn from all of you; and any suggestions or feedbacks you provide will only help me to better serve the community.

Please keep in touch! Once again, thank you so much for your support!

Best regards and God bless,

Chris Lee

Cornerstone's gathering/Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

Cornerstone, a Bible study group in Cupertino, is having Fr. Deustch as a guest speaker tomorrow night. He will talk about Catholic Catechism, specificially on Jesus' prayer. All lighthouse members are invited.

The talk starts at 8:00pm. There is a dinner gathering at 7pm, a potluck style.

Location: St. Joseph in Cupertion (corner of Stevens Creek and De Anza Boulevard.)

If you have any questions, email Maria Maria Wong.

-Jenny

It's time to vote !!/Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

It's the time of the year, 'election time' at Lighthouse.

Please nominate TWO persons and email me your choices by 11/10. You can nominate anyone. The two persons with the highest nominations (and agree to take up the responsiblities) will be next year's group leaders. Marcus and Wenlan will announce the result around 11/17.

-Jenny

Two Advent workshops/Jenny

Dear Lighhtouse,

Our sibling church, CCCSJ in Fremont, has arranged two workshops to prepare us for the upcoming Advent period. Please make yourself available on Nov. 18 and Dec.2.

1) Nov.18, Workshop: Lead By Fr. Bona Lin (林思川神父)
St. Joseph School in Fremont, Class Room #7, 1:50PM~3:50PM

2) Dec. 2, Workshop Lead by Sr. Ng (吳瑞環­蚺k)
St. Joseph School in Fremont, Class Room #7, 1:50PM~3:50PM

Please see the attached file for more details.

In Christ,
SJCCC Chair Board

Eucharistic Miracles Exhibition/Darien+Henry

Dear Lighthouse,

Darien wants me to pass the following information (from Watermark Bible Study Group):

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Hey Everyone!

I think this will be a neat and fun "field trip!"

There's an exhibition of all the official Vatican
approved Eucharistic miracles, like with pictures and information and
stuff about them, and we can just go and look. I was told that in
total, there's only like about 130 of them more or less, and there's
supposedly one poster for each of them. But they will be split up to
be shown at two different churches this weekend, half at one and about
half at the other. This is happening THIS coming weekend (10/27-28).

1. Sacred Heart Parish in Saratoga.
They will be on display in the church vestibule and the church is open
for people to look at them AFTER their Masses for about an hour. Their
Mass times are Saturday 5pm, Sunday 9am, 11am, 5pm.

2. St. John Vianney Parish and School in San Jose
(4600 Hyland Avenue). They will be on display in the "garage," it's
supposed to be like a hall. And we're free to go and look at them
anytime they're open. The hall will be open on Saturday 11am-5pm, and
Sunday 8am-2pm. There's also a talk about the Eucharist as the
Church's treasure at 2pm there.

If anyone is interested in going, just email henry
(don't just hit reply please!!) and we can go together and carpool!
Henry's planning to go see the exhibition at St. John Vianney and also hear
the talk at 2pm on Saturday.

Hope to hear from some of you!
henry

Volunteer Services on 12/15 - Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

We have organized TWO volunteer opportunties in December. One is a soup kitchen in Menlo Park. The other is food-packing at Sacred Heart Community Service in downtown San Jose. Both events are on 12/15, and both starts at 8:30am (and last between 4-6 hours). Soon you will receive two evites from me, one for each location.

We encourage all of you to take up this opportunity and do something wonderful. Remember, sign up for ONE event only.

Need your decision by 12/1.

-Jenny

Bible Study this Saturday/Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

There is a Bible study this Saturday. Although this gathering was set up primarily for the East Bay residents, all are welcome. See Lighthouse calendar for the details, at http://tinyurl.com/3yqv2b

-Jenny

Sister Yueh on 10/6 - Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

For all of you who showed up last Saturday, I hope you had a wonderful, wonderful evening with Sister Yeuh. Well, I certainly did. Because of her 40 years of experience in counseling, especially with young adults, she knows how to 'talk' to people. She shared many funny and heatwarming stories with us. I believe all of us went home with a new meaning of what is like to be a Catholic and ready to share again.

During the talk, she encourage each one of to spend 5 minutes a day reading the Bible, using this particular website(s). This website offers daily gospel reading and reflection.:

http://www.amdgchinese.org/big5/spirit/b/spirit_b03c.htm (in Chinese) or

http://www.sacredspace.ie/en (in English)

If you missed Saturday's talk or want to hear her again, this Saturday's retreat is her last appearance in the US. She most likely won't be back until another 3 years. Ken has already signed up to go.

Date: October 6, 2007

Time: 9AM to 5PM

Place: St. Claire's Lower Church

Subject:Saying YES to God with Hope and Love!!!

Please RSVP with Yueh An Pung (her brother) .

If you haven't met Sister Yueh or hear her talk, I strongly encourage you going. You won't regret it -Jenny

Need your support/Jade

Dear Friends,

Here are two funds raising related activities that I sincerely hope you can consider some amounts of participation:

(1) 2008 Holy Land Calendar, see http://epaper.ccreadbible.org/epaper/Activity/070719/2008calenderDM2.htm

It costs $20 per set including one large wall calendar and one desk calendar. Both can be great Xmas gifts to family and friends. All the sales of calendars will support the daily operations of John Duns Scotus Bible Reading Promotion Center ( http://www.ccreadbible.org/).

The Center's primary mission is to promote reading bible among Greater Chinese community. It has also invested quite amount of effort in introducing/promoting other ways of experience to deepen our Christian faith, such as retreats, pilgrimages, small group sharing, bible camps and many other more. I personally benefit A LOT from reading its weekly newsletter and I encourage each you to sign up via its website. Here I am also enclosing a touchy article, posted in this week's newsletter, about the signs of Faith, the signs of Heaven, and the signs of true Life http://epaper.ccreadbible.org/epaper/page_200/175/horarum19.htm

(2) Funds raising for Inter Friendship House Association (IFHA) at Berkeley: the campaign goal is $75K to respond the need for the next three fiscal years.

IFHA is a non-profit organization aims to serve scholars and students from China who study/research at UC Berkeley, UCLA and USC. Its the IFHA's hope that through the received care, support and friendship while study abroad, the individual will eventually become the source of support to his/her own community back in China. The IFHA allocates resources to assist its members' living in US campus, such as affordable housing and occasional transportation. Please see http://www.fuyoucenter.org/Berkeley.htm and the attached pledge card for more information. I will also bring you copies of DVD made for the funds raising and the IFHA brochures to our regular gathering on Saturday. All donations are tax deductible. If you are willing to make any amount of donation, please fill in the form and give it back to me for records.

Thank you for considering any kind of support. I'd be very happy to answer questions or to address concerns you may have.

Peace & Joy.
Jade

Half of a Cookie/Agnes & John Yip

I think this is worth reading....



分享好文章~~半塊餅乾

記得大四那一年，我滿腦子想的都是怎麼樣進入大公司、領高月薪；

如何在短期內還清家中債務、出人頭地等。
很幸運的，我後來進入了國內某知名集團工作，擔任外籍主管的翻譯兼特助。
由於職務的關係，我得以參加很多高階主管聚集的決策性會議，
讓我這個念應用外語出身的社會新鮮人，
得以比其他同輩更快學到很多關於零售採購、談判技巧、利潤分配、業績追蹤、行銷企劃等專業知識。

那時候，我以為這就是我要的人生。

隨著工作時間增長、工作量增多，我變得早出晚歸，
常常大清早還就進入地下道內搭捷運，步出公司時已是晚上，一整天都沒看到陽光。
因為加班，我常挨餓到晚上九點多，
滿腦子想的都是毛利與業績，邊吃泡麵邊打隔天要用的報告。

我忘了要打電話回家關心家人，錯過了和朋友們的聚餐，
割捨了我最愛的籃球和閱讀，忽略了四季的更迭，
更嚴重的是，我漸漸忘了曾有的夢想，也越來越不認識鏡子裡面的那一個人是誰。

於是我毅然決然遞出辭呈，並在一週內訂好機票和簽證，一個人獨自飛往印度，
展開了我人生目前以來最有意義的旅程。

在這趟旅程中，我沒有事先訂任何飯店或做任何行程規劃，
甚至，我連旅遊導覽都沒帶就出門了。

我體驗了「流浪」的滋味，
更重要的是，我透過與當地人民的接觸，了解了生命真正的意義。

在窮苦的印度，連喝一杯乾淨的水都是祝福，我不再汲汲營營，
每天清晨，我划著一艘小船，在恆河上慢慢的渡著，
當時間空間都被抽離後，人就會很自然地回想自己的過去，遙想自己的未來。

當我開始領悟到生命的價值並不是取決於薪水、位階、財產等等這些物化的東西後，
我整人豁然開朗，開始想要多接觸當地人民的生活。

於是我在恆河畔召集那些向觀光客兜售香菸、蠟燭與紀念品的小孩，
他們年紀都很小，有的才三四歲就出來做生意。

每天黃昏我們相約在一個階梯式廣場，由我免費教他們英文，在夕照下，
我們圍成一個圈圈，然後我們在夕陽餘暉中各自漫步回家。

有時唱歌，有時這些印度小孩會拉著我的手寫印度文給我看，
離開印度的前夕，我買了包餅乾，目的是要分給我的「學生」們。

只見他們自然形成一列，一個個乖巧的排隊等著領餅乾，我心中感到非常欣慰。
就在這時候，我發現我的餅乾發光了，卻還剩下最後一個小女孩沒有領到。

我想起身再去買一包，卻看到她失望地流下了眼淚，
心急的我想辦法用簡單的英文告訴她我沒有忘記她，
但因為語言上的障礙使得她難過的放聲大哭。

就在我不知所措的時候，一個大約七八歲的小男孩走了過來，
將他手中的餅乾剝一半遞給了小女孩，接著其他小朋友跟著重複同樣的動作，
一眨眼，原本淚汪汪的小女孩手中已有三四片餅乾，一群小朋友碰碰跳跳的笑著跑開了。

親眼目擊這一幕的我不禁紅了眼框。

原來，幸福就是這麼簡單；
原來，分享是那麼樣的快樂。

而且最令我動容的，是這位小男孩發自內心的舉動，
並沒有來自任何人的指令或後天的教導，全是他發自內心的行為舉止。

那一晚在恆河畔，我想了很多，
為何物質生活享受遠超過印度人的我們，

在精神層面上卻不一定能像他們一樣快樂？
人民所得提高後，是否生活就能夠變得更幸福？

沸沸騰騰的教改，究竟改了些什麼？又教會了我們的孩子些什麼？
現代的小孩子不需要排隊領餅乾，究竟是禍是福？
他們如果不知道挨餓為何物，將來樣怎麼懂得惜福感恩？

如果我們的教育、社會的價值觀乃至評斷人的標準，
都不斷的強調名次、位階與年收入，扣掉有幸能夠符合這些標準的人，

剩下的芸芸眾生如何平衡人生本來就會有的不完美？
如何接受餅乾發到你時剛好沒了？
有幸拿到餅乾的人如何回過頭來幫助沒拿到餅乾的人？

回國後，我一直記得這一幕，並與週遭親朋好友分享這個難得的經驗。
希望這半餅乾能夠激發更多人的愛心與善心，
讓這樣的善行一直傳下去，

讓我們的社會更加溫馨；

也藉由這半塊餅乾，激發更多人去思考更多與我們切身相關的問題，
包括教育、社會價值觀、團體與個人的平衡、貧富差距等。

身處人們越來越趨向於私己的時代洪流，
我想我們所需要的，應是跨越種族紛爭、黨派色彩與階級差別的一種互助精神。

或許，目前台灣社會最欠缺的，是這半塊餅乾吧！

A Silent Retreat/Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

Here is a retreat information:

Speaker: Sister Yueh

Date: October 6, 2007

Time: 9AM to 5PM

Place: St. Claire's Lower Church

Subject:Saying YES to God with Hope and Love!!!

Please RSVP with Yueh An Pung

-Jenny

*Sister Yueh is the one coming to Lighthouse this Saturday. If you cannt make this Saturday, consider this retreat as another opportunity.

Special Speaker this Saturday/Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

Don't forget Saturday's special event:

Speaker: Sister Yueh (from Taiwan)

Location: Palo Alto, CA 94306

Time: 7:30pm

Topics: our individual calling as a Catholic, social injustice, single/marriage life.

*Sister Yueh will start the night with a short film. Please, please be on time.

*Snack Person-Phili

-Jenny

Evening workshops on 9/24 and 9/25/Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

Are you looking for the living water?

Fr. Sun, an expert in Bible, is going to give a two evening workshops related to this theme. See the attached flyer for details.

-Jenny

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在基督信仰團體中服務的迷思和出路

在服務中體驗福音、堅定跟隨基督的腳步

時間 ：Sept. 24 & 25 (Monday & Tuesday)

地點 ：St Claire, Parish Hall (Main Hall)

教練 ： 孫柔遠神父

7:00-7:30 PM Arrival

7:30-8:30 PM Subject (Talk)

8:30-9:00 PM Q&A

9:00-9:30 PM Prayer

Suggest Readings:

耶1：4—10，耶1：17—19；依6：1—13；路5：1—11；

瑪16：13—28；路22：24—34，路22：54—62；若21：1—19；

Lighthouse: Can you help ? St. Matthew's Church Carnival/Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

St. Matthew's Church in San Mateo is having its annual Carnival this
weekend to raise funds for its school. The Chinese community at St.
Matthews (MPCCC - Mid Peninsula Chinese Catholic Community) will have a
booth selling hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, nachos, watermelon juice, and
coffee, and they are looking for volunteers to help staff the booth for
2 hour shifts. The booth will be open from noon to 6pm on Saturday and
from 10am to 6pm on Sunday.

Last year, Amy, Wenlan, Simon, Eugene & Martina worked in the booth and
had a great time there, so please help if you can by contacting
Martina:

Thanks.

Advent Weekend Retreat Information/Jenny

Dear Lighthouse,

Advent is still a few months away. But it is not too early to think about attending a retreat during this special season in Catholic Church. This retreat is specially designed to prepare us the coming of Advent season.

You will find everything you need to know about this retreat in the attached files. -Jenny

Subject: Advent Weekend Retreat Information

From: Cris Chen

Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:12:18 -0700 (PDT)

Dear All:

Peace...

Attached, please find the Advent Weekend Retreat information files for your group's reference. The information includes:

1. Retreat Flyer;

2. Retreat Registration Form;

3. Retreat Fee & Donation

Please let me know if you do have any concern or question regarding Retreat issue, you can send me e-mail.

In Crist,

Cris

Wen Lan's Press Flower Artwork booth at San Jose Tapestry Art Festival

07-09-WenLan

Check out the pictures from Wen Lan's Press Flower Artwork booth at San Jose's Tapestry Art Festival during the 2007 Labor Day weekend. It was a beautiful booth with great products and designs, wonderful display of the elegant work. Many friends from Lighthouse helped out.

More about her work and schedule of her displays are available at www.wenland.com

Good job!

Article on Mother Teresa (Martina Niou)

Dear Friends,

I came across this article and found it really, really good and thought-provoking. You may already know this, but I never knew of the spiritual challengens that Mother Teresa encountered in her journey of faith. I must say that I now respect her even more. This article is a bit long but it's a worthwhile read.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1655415-1,00.html

God Bless,

Martina

Wenlan's Art Shows (Jenna Pama)

Hello Lighthouse,

Our dear friend Wenlan Lu is doing 3 art shows in the upcoming months. If you are available on any of those weekends, do stop by and say "Hi" (and show your support).

In case you haven't heard, Wenlan is an excellent, excellent artist. She does pressed flower artwork and jewelry making. To see samples of her work, go to www.wenland.com -Jenny

Show Schedule 2007

Sep

Tapestry Arts Festival 2007 Booth A108

9/1-9/3 San Jose CA

Park Avenue and Almaden Boulevard

Mountain View Art ¡® Wine Festival

9/8-9/9 Mountain View CA

Downtown Mountain View

Oct

15^th annual Los Altos Fall Festival

10/6-10/7 Los Altos CA

Downtown Los Altos parking plazas

Do you want to help spreading the "good news?" (Jenny Pama)

Dear Lighthouse,

SJCCC has an evangelization committee. The purpose of this committee is promote our faith and SJCCC in our local areas.

On this Sunday, this committee will meet and share ideas on "how to". I know many of us have expressed interested in this area. Elisa and Dean have already joined this committee and helped out in various activities.

If you too are interested 'spreading the good news with others," please attend this short meeting. Go and find out what you can offer.

Time: 8/19, from 1pm - 2:45pm (before the 3pm Chinese mass).

Location: St. Claire at 941 Lexington St, Santa Clara, CA 95050.

-Jenny

Workshop-Find God In Your Life (Jenny Pama)

Dear Lighthouse,

A wonderful workshop is coming next week.

When : 8/25/07 ( 9 AM to 9 PM)

What : How to experience God's touch in your Daily Life- St. Ignatius Spirituality.

Where : North Hall of St. Clare Church --> 941 Lexington Street, Santa Clara, 95050.

Who : Sr. Helen Fu

Please do not miss this opportunity. Sister Helen Fu has over 25 years experience in this area. She will show you that God is with you all the time. You might not konw it, but He is here.

Come and Taste by yourself. Get first hand experience on the "Good News" within your own life, then tell the others about it.

*Lunch will be provided for $6/person (vegetarian, fish & BBQ beef or pork & fish).

*Please RSVP by next Monday.

Guest Speaker on 9/1 (Jenny Pama)

Dear Lighthouse,

There will not be a Bible study on 9/1. Instead, we will have a guest speaker, Sister Yueh.

Sister Yueh is a very experienced "counselor' in many areas. She can talk about anything and/or answer any of your questions. Below is a little bio of Sister Yueh.

Sister Yueh wants us to decide the topic(s) of 9/1's talk. She is open to anything.

So email me you ideas by the end of this week.

*This event is organized by Agnes. Thank you Agnes.-Jenny

岳偉利­是岳安邦叔叔的姐姐

(岳安邦叔叔=Legion of Mary's Leader in SJCCC)

民國53年加入仁慈聖母會

目前在耕莘擔任牧職­

也是青少年輔導及家庭婚姻諮商專家

也擔任東吳,輔仁, 等大學天主教大專同學會的輔導­

Help with the Chinese Moon Festival (Dean Chen)

Hello lighthouse,
The San Jose Chinese Catholic Community (SJCCC) is given a booth at this year's Moon Festival at Cupertino's memorial park 9/29 and 9/30 for the purpose of evangelization, in exchange, they are looking for folks who can help out with one of the programs at the event.

The program is to showcase Chinese wedding traditions. The exact content of which is to be determined. There will be an introductory write-up of the participating group in the festival program book. I was told that this would be an avenue for spreading the visibility of the Chinese Catholic community and lighthouse. If you are interested in helping out with the planning of or the event itself, please contact Dean Chen. before Friday this week.

The Time and place of the event: September 29th and/or 30th (depending on staffing).
Time slot: 3pm-5pm. Content: A demonstration of Chinese wedding tradition.
Exact content to be determined.
Location: Cupertino Memorial Park, Quinlan center (indoors)
Contact: Dean Chen

Two Events this Saturday (Jenny Pama)

Dear Lighthouse,

There are two events this Saturday: Fr. Aldrich's talk in the morning and Bible Study in the evening. For more details, go to http://tinyurl.com/3yqv2b

-Jenny

New Vatican Website (Jenny Pama)

Dear Lighthouse,

On July 19 the Vatican launched www.vaticanstate.va, a new website in
Italian, English, French, German and Spanish. The Vatican's main
website is still www.vatican.va, but the new website, with live pictures from
five webcams, provides more info about the offices that help run the
State of Vatican, as opposed to the Church.

Internet users can join pilgrims praying at Pope John Paul II's tomb in the grotto

of St. Peter's Basilica. A camera high on the Vatican hill points toward the
dome of St. Peter's Basilica. Three webcams have been set up on the
dome itself: one looking at St. Peter's Square, another at the Vatican
Gardens and the third at the home of the new Web site, the Vatican
governor's office.

For more details, see news on CNS:
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0704134.htm.

Lighthouse-Fremont Bible Study Group (Jenny Pama)

Dear Lighthouse,

Due to the growing numbers of Lighthouse, we have decided to start a new Bible study group in the Fremont area.

This Saturday is the first gathering for the Fremont group. Everyone is welcome. In fact, we need everyone's support, especially in the beginning stage. If you can also help out with lead, host or bring snacks, please contact me.

The Bible study schedule are posted on our calendar at http://tinyurl.com/3yqv2b

-Jenny

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Time: 7/28, at 7:30pm (ends no later than 11pm).

Place: Joyce and Stephen's house at 44317 Arapaho Ave, Fremont

Lead: Jade

Snack Person: Joanne & Leo