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Community Outreach and Support Groups


Autoimmune Diseases Support Group

A new suport group for those who have autoimmune diseases, especially lupus, fibromyalgia, Sjogren's syndrome and others, will meet the second Thursday of each month in Room B at St, Elizabeth Seton, beginning July 14th. We'll share experiences and some of the latest information available.

Contact: Sheila Thompson, (925) 846-5767



C.Y.O. - Catholic Youth Organization

CYO TRACK & FIELD TEAM

The CYO Track and Field Team is accepting sign-ups for boys and girls, grades 1-8. No prior experience is necessary to join the team and any one who lives in Pleasanton, Sunol and Dublin may join. The season is scheduled to begin March 30th.

You may sign up via the directions on our website at www.eTeamz.com/ccopcyo.

Contact: Mark Worrell (925) 426-5375 or Tom Vincent (925) 417-5989




Employment Connections

Looking for work? Our parish Employment Connections group can help! Come network with other job seekers, discover new resources, and support one another.

New day and location: We meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 3:30 - 5:00 PM in Room A at St. Elizabeth Seton. Our next meeting will be November 21.

Contact:
Jim Silva, Director of Adult Formation, 474-2783, jsilvausa@aol.com



Knights of Columbus

A National Catholic Men's Organization serving the needs of the church and community. Enrollment is open to men 18 years of age and older.

Visit the Knights of Columbus Web site.

Contact:
Mark Kotch, markkotch@comcast
Anthony Ferlazzo, anthony@lightning-mortgage.com



Newcomers

Newcomers are invited on a Friday evening to a Wine and Cheese Social at the Rectory every other month. Child care is provided.

Contact: Rectory, 846-4489



Ombudsman

A person who knows how to get things done, how to access the right persons, how to express suggestions and complaints. This person may be called when you have a suggestion or a complaint, when you want to know who to talk to about some issue you are concerned with. He/she will see that your note (ideas) are given to the right person and that you get some response to your words within a month. This will help facilitate your sense of ownership in this parish, giving you another point of access, when you might find it too difficult to directly approach one of the parish staff or the head of the Parish Council.

Contact:
Dick Wirtenson, 462-3798,
4071 Moselle Court, Pleasanton, CA 94566


Pax Christi

Pax Christi is the international Catholic peace and justice movement.

The group from the Pleasanton area meets at St. Augustine Church once a month from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. Currently, the meetings are on the third Tuesday of the month. The meetings involve prayer, study, and action. The group is currently studying non-violence as a way of life. All are welcome to the meetings.

Contact: Gustav Nystrom, 551-8064,
or e-mail ganystrom@sigmaxi.net



Retrouvaille

The Retrouvaille Program consists of a weekend experience with six follow-up sessions. It is designed to provide the tools to help put your marriage in order again. The main emphasis of the program is on communication between husband and wife. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and to examine your lives together in a new and positive way. It is for couples with troubled marriages including separated or divorced couples who want their marriages to work.

Contact:
Jeff and Donna Heusler, (510) 276-5722 oakretro@aol.com
Dave and Maria Elena Byron, (510) 489-5799 (h) or (510) 792-9297 (w)
DByron1339@aol.com


Social Justice and Outreach Committee

JOHN DUDDY - Social Justice-Outreach Committee Chair
(925) 485-1565 Home
j.duddy@comcast.net

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The committee meets the 1st Thursday of every month at SES Conference Room B, at 7:30 pm. The threefold purpose of the Social Justice and Community Outreach Committee is:

  • To educate the members of this parish and others, on social justice issues in the light of Catholic social teaching;

  • To identify, formulate, and implement Catholic social principles in areas of public policy and conflict involving the poor and the powerless and;

  • To cooperate with and lend support, both personally and financially, to the efforts of other persons or groups of goodwill, who work for the achievement of a more just and compassionate society. The Social Justice/Outreach Committee of the Parish Council is responsible for recommending distribution of our 5% tithe to worthy causes and institutions.

  • Volunteer Oppotrunities - Click on the links below to participate directly with these charities:


St. Vincent de Paul Society

The function of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in the parish is to fulfill the purpose of the corporal works of mercy in an organized way -- not to relieve the parishioners of this obligation, but to act as an extension of the pastor in fulfilling a need within the parish. Visiting the sick, the needy, senior citizens and providing in some way for their needs until their problems are resolved. Calls for many different demands and solutions.

Contact: Rectory, 846-4489




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