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

4/15/06 Congratulations Tina and Darien!

Congratulations to Tina and Darien for their Baptism/Confirmation! (Click the thumbnail to see all pictures)

4/8/06 Passover Dinner Event

AMAZING event by Martina and all the Lighthouse members! WOW! Write your own comments about this memorable event!

It's an informative and delicious fund raising event!


A tone of hard work behind the scene:


Thank you everyone!

4/1/06 Testimony of the Samaritan Woman (John 4)

With most of the members going to the two excellent retreats, a small group met at Shih-Chi and Liu Lei's warm and beautiful home. Jenny prepared maps of key geographic locations referenced in the scripture, and lead us in the study of John 4.

After the sharings, the wonderful hosts provided a delicious and abundant "Love Feast", Liue Lei even played her Accordion for us. Check out the pictures and emails to see what you've missed!

Here are some emails after the meeting:

#1 of 2

Thank YOU, Shih-Chi and Lei, For your wonderful hospitality! It was one of the most enjoyable bible study meetings ever! Thank you, too, Jenny, for the nice visual aides :) And Tony and Wendar for enhacing my leaning experience, as always. See you at the Passover Meal, Tina

#2 of 2

Dear Shih-Chi and Lei, You two are wonderful hosts, we enjoyed your warm and loving home very much. Thank you very much for hosting and providing the healthy and delicious love feast with strawberries, porridge, and my favorite egg tart. It was delightful to hear Lei playing the Accordion. Like Tina's thumb indicated in the picture, you guys are the best. :) Sometimes, it is only in a small group like what we had last time, we are able to have close interactions with each other. Thank you Jenny for the wonderful preparation and lead, it was also very touching to hear Tina's story and Lei's story about the conversion of her roommates. In deed, it is not at this mountain or at that mountain, it is the worship in Spirit and in Truth that is the most precious. Praise and thank the Lord for giving us this opportunity to share our 'life' together. May God bless and lead us always, +Tony & Wendar

3/5/06 Pictures from Rite of Election

Congratulations to Tina for her Rite of Election! (Click the thumbnail to see all pictures)

12/18/05 SJCCC Christmas Party

The Lighthouse group put up a memorable show at the SJCCC Christmas Party. Check out the pictures and short clips!

11/19/05 Jesus loves me

We hosted a touching seminar from Mr. Joseph Shu with the "Jesus loves me" topic at SJCCC. His "Jesus loves me, I love Jesus" stories about his father's healing was particularly memorable.

11/5/05 Love

Praise God for a large and active sharing on the theme of Love with 1 Corithian 13. we divided into 4 groups based on the favorite animal we would like to be:


The Lion group:




The Horse group:




The Sheep group:




Guess which group this is? (hint, eating their favorite food)