Heart Beat Weekly Online Newsletter

REFLECTION
It's become a tradition in my sister's family that all Christmas wrappings are saved and then used to make party hats on New Year's Eve. Each person at the party gets 45 minutes to choose materials, privately construct a hat, and present the final product. There are funny prizes of course. The hats are always a hoot, but what I like most is something else: I like the way the activity helps to recycle (ok, 'extend') the joyful feeling of Christmas, wrappings, trappings, and all, into the New Year. If the thought crossed your mind that this activity may be a good metaphor for how the joy of Christ's birth is meant to be "recycled" in our hearts throughout the New Year, you'd be in good company. Happy New Year!

CATHOLIC SCHOOL'S WEEK
The national theme this year is "Catholic Schools - Dividends for Life." We will be celebrating the first week of February. Our Open House is scheduled for Sunday, January 31st. Everyone is welcome... bring a friend who might be interested in our school!

GRANDPARENT'S/SPECIAL PERSON'S DAY
We're looking forward to a fine event for our students' grandparents and friends. This year, Grandparent's day is scheduled for a Thursday, February 4th. In addition to the other activities planned, we will have our regular Thursday liturgy at 11 AM instead of 8 AM. Thank you!

GIFTS OF THE HEART
Our annual Gifts of the Heart campaign is still going on. This year, we are "Preparing students for a technology-rich world." . A NEW BROCHURE WILL BE INCLUDED IN NEXT WEEK'S ENVELOPE. The campaign is short this year! Thank you very much for your generosity.

H1N1 VACCINES AVAILABLE TO GENERAL PUBLIC
The County Health Officer has notified us that that administration of the H1N1 vaccine to the general public began yesterday. Retail providers and pharmacies have already begun with their vaccination programs, and the Health Officer still recommends the vaccine for all, especially those in high risk groups.

BUILDING AN ORGANIZED MIND
Just to let you know, this is a lecture presented by Dr. Damon Korb, Center for Developing Minds on Wednesday, January 13, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, at St Leo the Great School, 1051 West San Fernando Street, San Jose. It is a free event with complimentary on-site babysitting available with RSVP. I think this is a great opportunity for parents.

IN THE CLASSROOMS...

In December, our 8th graders helped out the Campbell Community Toy Program and helped provide 868 children with gifts this Christmas. Thanks to Mrs. Giammona, the parents, and the whole class for participating in this important local charity program.

God bless, Tom Pulchny

Financial Aid For 2010-11
PSAS Forms

If your family is interested in applying for Diocesan Financial Aid, please stop by the office to pick up an application.

Message from the Bookkeeper
by Diane Grosso

As a reminder Bi-Annual Tuition invoices are now in your Tuesday Envelope. Payments are due January 15, 2010.

Wrap With Love
Christian Living

Thank you to all that participated in the Giving Tree this past Christmas season. We delivered two minivans and two sedans filled with presents, toys and gift cards to Sacred Heart Community Services and O'Connor Hospital.

Christian Living is conducting a collection of clean and gently used warm clothing, blankets, sleeping bags, coats, sweat shirts, shoes, socks, boots etc... These gently used and clean items will help keep recipients warm at local shelters and EHC Lifebuilders.

We will be collecting Wrap with Love donations before Thursday morning Mass January 14 and the weekend Masses of January 16 and 17, 2010. Thank you for your continued support of our stewardship efforts within the greater community.

The Center for Developing Minds Presents

"Building an Organized Mind"

Presented by Dr. Damon Korb, Center for Developing Minds

Wednesday, January 13
7:00pm-8:30pm

St. Leo the Great School
1051 West San Fernando Street, San Jose

Free event for the community

- invite your friends to attend this great presentation!

hosted by St. Leo the Great School and PTG

Complimentary on-site babysitting available, with RSVP below.

The Center for Developing Minds, created by Damon Korb, M.D., is a specialty clinic in the Silicon Valley devoted to developmental and behavioral pediatrics. The Center for Developing Minds provides care for children and young adults who struggle at home and school due to behavior issues, learning difficulties, attention problems, social skill deficits, autism spectrum disorders, developmental delays and psychological disorders.

Dr. Korb has been a featured speaker at many events and conferences, and lectures to parents and professionals on a wide range of neurodevelopmental topics. Previous presentations have included: Oppositional Behavior in Children and Adolescents, Attention Constraints on Friendships and Learning, Helping Your Child to Navigate Their Social Worlds, Developing the Attention System, Stopping Meltdowns and Tantrums, What Pediatricians Should Know About Attention Deficits.

Please RSVP by January 10th to attend this Speaker Night. RSVP to Rhonda Del Valle at rdelvalle@stleosj.org

If attending this presentation, free babysitting available onsite.

Specialty Wine Pour Table

What's your favorite bottle of wine (valued at $80 or more)? Donate a bottle to the Specialty Wine Pour Table. Donations can be dropped off at the Parish Office or call Helen at 408-781-2321 for pick up.

Photographer Mary Fisher will be taking pictures on Sunday January 10^th for the "Under the Sea" Sacred Heart Dinner Auction Event Program. She will be at the Church before and after the 9:00am Mass. If you'd like to have a picture taken for Event Program then please look for Mary Fisher at the 9:00am Mass on Sunday, January 10^th.

Hot Dog Orders Hot Dog 2

The New Year brings forth a new order for hotdog lunch. To insure that we have adequate food please send order forms in tomorrow if your child desires hotdog lunch on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. You will find order forms on the school website under Quick links. The order form covers hot dog lunch through the end of the school year.

Thanks for your continuing support of this Christian Living fundraiser.

New Hot Dog Order Form!

Pizza Order Forms Pizza 3

The new pizza order form begins Friday January 8, 2010! Please send in your order form and a check made out to Sacred Heart School for the amount of your order no later then 3pm dismissal on Wednesday January 7. Pizzas are ordered Thursday mornings so submit your order to ensure your child receives their lunch. Don't forget to write in your check memo line "Pizza Lunch".

New Pizza Lunch Order Form

Impromptu Lunch Orders

You may still order lunch for the month of January. Please contact us impromptulg@aol.com or 408-605-1777 immediately.

The dates and entree options are:

01/11, 01/25 -

Breakfast sandwich (bacon, egg, cheese on a whole wheat muffin)

Chicken breast tenders, chicken Caesar salad, bagel

01/05, 01/12, 01/19, 01/26 -

Chicken breast nuggets, bean and cheese burrito,

Chicken Caesar salad, bagel

01/07, 01/14, 01/21, 01/18 -

Hamburger, cheeseburger, corn dog, chicken Caesar salad, bagel

You may log onto your account and submit your credit card information once we have placed the order. We can set up an account for those of you who have not done so...

Impromptu Catering Website

Movement Lab
Debbi Salom

Movement lab resumes this week. Please note the upcoming dates and scheduled families. If there are any questions or concerns please contact debbi_salom@yahoo.com or by phone at 408-375-7117.

January 12^th

K Inserra

K Vlahopouliotis

1 Sweeney

1 McDaniel (W)

2 Lopez (S)

3 Burch

3 Mailhot

January 19th

K Pesce

K Sykes

1 Grubinskas

1 Kipp

2 Icasiano

3 Wang (W)

3 Fritch (S)

Sports News

We are off and running with the 2010 Basketball season!!!

This Week:

1/6 8G is at SFC at 3:45

1/7 7B hosts Clare at 3:45 & 8B play Clare at 5pm

1/7-9 Both 5B teams will be at the Lucy Tournament

Next Week:

1/12 5G go to Holy Spirit 1 at 3:45, 5R boys go to Lucy 1 at 3:45 &

5W boys go to Lucy 2 at 4:45

1/13 7G are at Andrews at 5:00 & 8B are at Andrews at 6:15, 6G play

Andrews 1 at 3:45. 6B play Holy Spirit at 4:45 & 8G play Mary at 6:00

1/14-17 7 & 8 boys play in the Bengal Classic

1/15-17 6B are at the Lucy Tournament

Sandy Foehr Mustang Classic---look for the volunteer sheets to help us with our 26th tournament!!!!! It will be held Feb 3-7!

SPECIAL NOTE: This year I joined the modern world and sent out e-mail thank you notes for the wonderful goodies I received---HOWEVER---a bunch came back as wrong and for others I have no address listing in my book. PLEASE KNOW I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL YOUR KINDNESSES!

GROUP THANKS to the entire 7th grade parents who contributed to the generous scrip gift-it was put to very good use and I'll be enjoying treats for months!

Happy New Year and have an awesome week,

Sandy

Faith Formation

DSJ Logo

The church that I attended as a child in Seattle had a holy water font with a pelican on it. It always fascinated me. Years later when our church was rebuilt, many items in the old church were sold and I bought it! I often wondered why there was a pelican on it. I asked a bishop friend of mine and he told me the story. In the middle ages, it was thought that when a pelican could not find food for her offspring, it would pluck from her breast and feed them her flesh. Well, today we know this is not true but it looks like it. (She is actually regurgitating food onto her breast.) I have the holy water font in my room and every time I look at it I am reminded of the story.

This Sunday is the baptism of Jesus. Each time we enter church we bless ourselves with water and say "in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit." This is to remind ourselves of our own baptism. The pelican did not feed her offspring from her chest, but Jesus feeds us every time we are open to His presence. The pelican did not suffer, but Jesus suffered to the point of death to give us life and life more abundantly. The pelican fed her offspring and Jesus said, I AM the bread of life come to me all who find life burdensome and I will give you rest. Jesus was baptized to go forth to show us the way, the truth and the life. We are baptized to go forth and live the gospel. This Sunday as we are reminded of Jesus' baptism, may we also be reminded what baptism calls us to do--to go forth and live our lives according to the gospel.

Patrick DeLorenzo
Pastoral Associate Faith Formation

Saint of the Week: Tuesday January 5
St. John Neumann

Perhaps because the United States got a later start in the history of the world, it has relatively few canonized saints, but their number is increasing.

John Neumann was born in what is now the Czech Republic. After studying in Prague, he came to New York at 25 and was ordained a priest. He did missionary work in New York until he was 29, when he joined the Redemptorists and became its first member to profess vows in the United States. He continued missionary work in Maryland, Virginia and Ohio, where he became popular with the Germans.

At 41, as bishop of Philadelphia, he organized the parochial school system into a diocesan one, increasing the number of pupils almost twentyfold within a short time.

Gifted with outstanding organizing ability, he drew into the city many teaching communities of sisters and the Christian Brothers. During his brief assignment as vice provincial for the Redemptorists, he placed them in the forefront of the parochial movement.

Well-known for his holiness and learning, spiritual writing and preaching, on October 13, 1963, John Neumann became the first American bishop to be beatified. Canonized in 1977, he is buried in St. Peter the Apostle Church in Philadelphia.

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