We will begin livestreaming our Palm Sunday mass starting
at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 5, 2020.
Please go to our Facebook page and join with others from our church community:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Church-of-the-Transfiguration/110723412335079
Online Giving
If you would like assistance in creating a new account or have questions regarding
Online Giving, please contact Paula Ramos at 408-823-3522 or paula.ramos@dsj.org
The Parish Office will be closed until further notice in compliance with the Santa Clara County Public Health Dept. mandate to shelter in place.
Please see the Letter to the Parish dated March 19, 2020.
Thank you for your patience during this difficult time.
March 13, 2020
To Our Community in the Diocese of San José:
Santa Clara County, together with the greater Seattle area,
has been at the epicenter of the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the United States. Over the past few weeks, our Diocese of San José has followed the guidance of Santa Clara County health officials in responding to the presence of the
virus. The Governor of California has weighed in recently requesting that no gatherings assemble with more than 250 persons. In my recent discussions with county health officials, I have been told that we have reached the exponential phase of the epidemic,
with the number of those testing positive for the virus expected to rise dramatically.
As a Diocese, our top priority remains the health and safety of
our families, children, and the vulnerable of our community. Out of an abundance of caution, we have closed all Diocesan school facilities from today, Friday, March 13, through Friday, March 27. In addition, I am requesting that
all parishes, missions, and chapels in the Diocese of San José suspend all public Masses beginning Saturday, March 14, until further notice. Baptisms, weddings, and funerals may be celebrated but should be limited to immediate family.
Faith Formation classes also should be suspended until further notice. All parish gatherings are being suspended until further notice.
With the preceding in mind, I have issued a dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass during this time for all Catholics in the Diocese of San José.
Though public Masses are being suspended, I encourage parishioners to remain connected to their parish community and to pray for each other. The Diocese and several parishes will continue to livestream
Sunday Masses in various languages. Information on these Masses and other spiritual resources are provided on our Diocesan Response to Coronavirus webpage at dsj.org/coronavirus.
During this difficult time, I ask that our priests, deacons, religious, and parish staffs remain attentive to the needs of shut-ins, the elderly, the sick, and the vulnerable through
creative outreach. Priests will remain available for individual confessions and urgent pastoral needs, including the anointing of the sick (Last Rites). I also encourage our parishes to reach out to parishioners through
phone campaigns, social media, and other methods.
We are profoundly saddened that we are not able to celebrate the Eucharist as a community, but
we are reminded that Christ always remains with us, especially in times of uncertainty such as these. Be assured of my continued prayers for you and your families.
Yours in Christ,
Bishop Oscar Cantú
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Closed until further notice
Parish Office Phone: (408) 264-3600
After Hours Emergency:
1-408-264-3600 or call the Diocese of San Jose Answering Service Hotline: 408-345-2445 for a priest
The 2020 theme for the Annual Diocesan Appeal is, ‘Encountering Christ – Faith in Action.’ One of the constant themes of Pope Francis in his preaching and exhortations is our call to become ‘missionary disciples.’ That term has two distinct, but complementary, elements to it: following Christ as his disciples and being sent to witness to God’s love, truth, and beauty. So, too, does our 2020 theme bear these two important elements: encountering Christ and putting faith into action.
Your ADA gift enables us in our Evangelization work and outreach, particularly in the areas of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Catechesis and Faith Formation, the Hispanic Apostolate, Social Justice Ministry, the Institute for Leadership in Ministry, the Formation and Training of Seminarians and Deacon Candidates, who are our future priests and deacons, and the Ongoing Formation of those already ordained. Only your gift, combined with the gifts of others throughout our Diocese, can make all of this possible.
Please consider a gift to the ADA to help support the day-to-day services that our parishes rely on for support. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Donate Now: https://www.givecentral.org/dsj2020 and remember to choose Church of the Transfiguration as your parish.
Liturgy and Mass Schedule
Mass Times (Weekend)
Saturday Vigil - 5:00 p.m.
Sundays - 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Sundays - 5:00 p.m. (Mass in English/Arabic)
Weekday Masses (In the Chapel):
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday - 8:45 a.m.
First Fridays - 8:45 a.m. (with Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction
Holy Day Masses: TBA
Every Friday during the Season of Lent
The Stations of the Cross is recited along with the Rosary on Fridays in the Church at 7:00 p.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturdays 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m
or by appointment
Parish Lenten Reconciliation Service
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
Liturgical gathering for prayer with the opportunity for private, individual confession.
Resources for examinations of conscience:
OUR WARMEST WELCOME TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE WITH US!
We invite you to register as a member! Registration forms can be found in the Vestibule.
Place your completed form in the collection basket, mail it, or bring it to Parish Office.
Interested in signing up for Online Giving?
You can sign up here: https://www.myowngiving.com/Default.aspx?cid=198
You can now make your Easter Donations online as well.
If you would like assistance in creating a new account or have questions regarding Online Giving, please contact Paula Ramos at 408-823-3522 or at paula.ramos@dsj.org
How to Reserve the Church, Tabor Hall, Meeting Rooms
A FACILITY REQUEST FORM must be filled out and returned to the Office Manager, Donna Pfaff, to reserve a date for use of parish facilities.
After the requested date and location is checked for availability, the Office Manager will contact the requestor to confirm availability. The requestor will be notified if an alternative date or location is required.
Note: Submission of the form does not guarantee the date/location availability. You will be notified by Donna Pfaff with the reservation confirmation.
Forms are located in the Parish Office and should be submitted 2 weeks in advance of the requested date. The forms will be reviewed Tuesday thru Thursday by the Office Manager. If you have a recurring event, meeting, etc., the form can be filled out stating that it is for a specific date range. Request for these must be done yearly. The church calendar year is July 1st through June 30th.
Ways to Report Misconduct
Safe Environment
If you suspect abuse in your parish, school or in the Diocese of San Jose, please contact:
Child Protective Services 408.299.2071
Call Police 911
The
Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults
Oficina para la Protección de Menores y Adultos Vulnerables
Anthony Gonzalez 408.983.0141 or email protection@dsj.org
Financial Mismanagement
If you suspect financial mismanagement or misconduct in your parish, school or in the Diocese of San Jose, please contact: Ethics Point: dsj.ethicspoint.com or the hotline telephone number 1-888-325-7863
The Finance Office
Julio Bermudez, Director of Audit Services
408.983.0241 or email at julio.bermudez@dsj.org
Those responsible for the spiritual and material goods of the Church are entrusted with
the stewardship of others’ gifts, and are ultimately responsible to the Lord. As a faithful
steward, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose is committed to maintaining the highest
standards of conduct and ethics. The mission of the Church requires no less.
To this end, the Diocese of San Jose has partnered with EthicsPoint to provide a
confidential method to hear suggestions, concerns or reports of financial misconduct.
The EthicsPoint Hotline (1-888-325-7863) allows parishioners, volunteers, employees,
vendors and others to make confidential reports regarding the mismanagement of parish
or school property, cash and all other assets. Reportable are also issues of apparent
disregard of policies pertaining to the proper management of these assets. Suspected
unethical behavior by employees, volunteers, staff, trustees, officers, directors, agents or
contractors of the Diocese should also be made to EthicsPoint. All reports may be made
anonymously.
It is the hope of the Diocese that EthicsPoint will assist in the protection of all who
interact with the parishes, schools, chancery and other diocesan agencies.
EthicsPoint accepts reports of financial misconduct through its website
or its Hotline: 1-888-325-7863.
A complete report will be made to diocesan leadership, so that leadership
may review and provide feedback and resolution for the issues that are reported.
Please direct any questions that you may have about EthicsPoint or reporting concerns
by calling 408-983-0241