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October 10, 2017 | The Valley Catholic
October 26 – Closing Mass for V Encuentro
By Lupita Vital
Director
Hispanic Apostolate
[email protected]
It has been a pleasure working with
the parishes that decided to be a part
of V Encuentro. We have experienced
the presence of our Lord Jesus just like
the disciples of Emmaus did when
they saw the Lord resurrected (Lucas
24:13-35).
Currently, we are preparing for
the closing Mass for the Diocesan V
Encuentro where we invite everyone
to attend. Remembering when we
started the objectives for V Encuentro,
each participating parish in one way or
another has done so by going through
this process. Those objectives are the
following:
• Calling Catholic individuals of
the Diocese of San Jose to become
authentic missionary disciples by
giving witness to God’s love with
a prophetic voice and embracing
cultural diversity. Bishop Patrick
McGrath, in the diocesan pastoral
plan, always invites us to become
one Church – joyful and commit-
ted with those in need;
• Encouraging the mission of the
local Church that develops eff ec-
tive ways to invite, accompany
and encourage young Hispanic
individuals and other cultures
and their families to live their
baptismal vocation;
• Invite all Catholic Leaders of the
Diocese of San Jose to engage and
accompany Hispanic Catholics,
particularly the most vulnerable
and those who fi nd themselves
in the periphery of the church
and society;
• Identify and promote opportuni-
ties for the pastoral leaders of the
parishes to serve in leadership
positions in the Church and in
the larger society, and increase
the number of lay and ordained
ministers directly engaged in the
New Evangelization, especially
in the areas of word, worship
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and witness. This requires a
common effort and a process
through which the parishes re-
ceive new leaders and those who
desire the formation of becoming
leaders; Refuge from 6 to 9:30 p.m.
t here will be a session for
the delegates of all parishes
that participated. Monsignor
Francisco Rios will be leading
this session.
• Stimulate a new wave of faith
formation and leadership initia-
tives of development that prepare
Catholics of our local church
to share and celebrate the good
news of Jesus Christ and to be-
come leaven for the reign of God
in society. (Some ideas have been
used from the Guide of V Encuen-
tro National Ministry of Hispanic/
Latino, an initiative of USCCB) I am especially grateful to the
pastors, parochial vicars, deacons,
leaders, and parishioners. To all the
teams that worked in the process of V
Encuentro, your help is very important.
Let us remember that the church was
made with one common eff ort. Don’t
forget to mark your calendar: October
26 at 7 p.m. is the closing mass for V
Encuentro. We hope you can participate,
as this is important for the growth of
our local Church. We are the Church,
as Pope Francis tells us!
Two other important dates are:
• O c t obe r 1 2 , O u r L ady of
Refuge from 6 to 9:30 p.m. This
event is for Teens and Young
Adults of our Diocese who have
not taken the opportunity to go
to their parishes’ V Encuentro,
Fat her Hugo Rojas will be
guiding this session.
• O c t obe r 19, O u r L