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COMMUNITY
September 10, 2019 | The Valley Catholic
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Visit Diocese
On August 30, the Chancery was
visited by about a dozen members from
the Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth move-
ment. The group joined Bishop Oscar
Cantu, Vicar General Father Hao Dinh
and Father Truyen Nguyen for Mass
in Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel and
lunch with staff. The Vietnamese Eucha-
ristic Youth movement is a non-profit
organization, under the leadership of
the Catholic Church. Its aim is to teach
youths to be virtuous people and good
Christians. It also offers apostolate ser-
vices for the youth. Throughout its years
of service, the Movement has kept pace
with social and cultural changes of the
day in an attempt to reach out to the
youth of all times.
Saint Vincent de Paul Fundraiser
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
at Queen of Apostles Church, San José,
is hosting its 10 year anniversary of
service and first fundraiser! Complete
pasta dinner, gift basket drawings,
silent auction.
Tickets are $20 for adults, children
are free. All proceeds are for the pur-
chase of turkeys and related foods to
be given to the poor of our community.
For more information, please visit
www.qofa.org.
For a complete list of events in the Diocese of San José,
please visit www.dsj.org/events.
The Young Adults on the SMYA camping trip gather for a group photo after Mass in the
woods on Saturday.
Fourth Annual Saint Martin of Tours Young Adult
Camping Trip- Growing Community
July 26-28 marked the 4th Annual
Young Adult Camping Trip hosted by
the Saint Martin of Tours Young Adult
(SMYA) ministry.
The group was blessed to receive a
grant from the Catholic Community
Foundation of Santa Clara County
to help make this trip possible. This
year, SMYA had 40 young adults
come together to share a weekend of
fellowship and fun in the woods at
Uvas Canyon County Park in Morgan
Hill. Most of the young adults arrive
Friday after work and stay through
Sunday check-out, but the SMYA
also offers a Saturday-only option
for those who can’t commit to a full
weekend or who prefer not to sleep
in a tent.
Although they have chosen a new
location each year (Mt. Madonna-2016,
Sanborn-2017, Huddart- 2018), the
schedule remains pretty much the
same with Praise and Worship, games
and s’mores in the evenings, and a
hike and Mass in the woods on Sat-
urday. The group was blessed again
this year to have Saint Martin of Tours’
pastor, Father Saju Joseph, join them
on Saturday to say the Mass.
It was another great camping trip,
full of meeting new people, deepening
friendships, relaxing in God’s beauti-
ful nature and eating lots of food.
Saint Martin of Tours Young Adults
welcomes all young adults across the
Diocese to join them next year on their
camping trip in July of 2020!