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Our Mission and goals
Members of The Thomas Merton Center strive to develop a spirituality based on Jesus Christ's message of love, compassion and forgiveness and to live his message in today's world. The TMC community seeks to attract those who are on a quest for a deeper spiritual life and invite them to share in this vision.
- To foster a variety of ways by which Catholics and others may develop a deeper spiritual relationship with Jesus Christ and, through him, with God.
- To augment, support and lead the development of ecumenical spirituality, bringing together Christians and non-Christians in areas of common interest and values.
- To build a lay community based on inclusivity and consensus.
- To develop and enhance the faith life of families.
Model of Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk of the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani near Bardstown, Kentucky. Merton was internationally known for his religious profundity and insightful reflection, his interest in interfaith and social action work on the problems and possibilities of the world. Merton's courageous spirituality was the model for what we intend to do and be at The Thomas Merton Center.
Legal Organization
The Thomas Merton Center is organized as a private, tax-exempt, non-profit, independent religious education organization, incorporated under the laws of the State of California. A Board of Directors has legal and fiduciary responsibility for the organization, accountable to the applicable state and federal laws, to its Bylaws, its Mission Statement and its registered members. Though Catholic in its origins, intent, and liturgies, The Thomas Merton Center is an independent religious educational organization, not legally affiliated with any church.
Membership
Membership in The Thomas Merton Center is open to everyone without restriction, as are all liturgies, retreats, and spiritual education programs. Nominal membership dues are paid annually. -
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What''s New
- Posted 2020 USCCB Liturgical Calendar 1/13/20 (Resources Page)
- Updated Board Minutes Section 8/11/19 see: (Home > Board)
- Updated Board Membership 12/22/19
- Latest TMC Bulletin was posted on 01/12/20
- Added latest Steeple Talk in Bulletin section 1/5/20
- Updated celebrant schedule thru April 12, 2020 (Easter Sunday)
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Save the date
Local Martin Luther King Day events:
1) Sunday January 19 from 3-4:30 pm, the First Methodist Church on Hamilton Avenue has invited everyone to join their annual community and interfaith celebration commemorating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2). Monday, January 20 at 8:30am, the 3rd annual multi -church prayer walk will begin at Crossroads Community Church, 2490 Middlefield Rd, The walk will end at University AME Zion church for a time of celebratory worship. We invite all to join in these meaningful celebrations. --
"The moral arc of the universe my be long, but it bends toward justice"
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
STA Human Concerns Committee
Upcoming Lecture in February: Psychologist Rosemary EllmerSaturday, February 8, 3:00 p.m., at OLR Hall :
The Future of the Church in the Light of the Clergy Abuse Scandals, with Dr. Rosemary Ellmer. A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Ellmer has worked for over 15 years at Santa Clara University both as an adjunct professor and a clinical psychologist and training director at the university’s counseling center. She will share her frank reflections from the fields of psychology and theology on the current crisis facing the church. At the request of Bishop P.J. McGrath, in the fall of 2018 she moderated the four diocese-wide listening sessions held to seek input from people in the pews on the pathway to reform and to listen to those victimized by clerical sexual abuse.
Pilgrimages with Fr. George Aranha:
Fr. George Aranha, former St Thomas Aquinas Parish pastor and TMC celebrant, will be hosting three upcoming Pilgrimages::
-October 5-15, 2020: the Marian Shrines & Barcelona including Fatima, Avila, Loyola & Lourdes. - •
-February 1-12, 2021: Holy Land & Rome including a Papal audience. • Sept. 13-24, 2021:.Europe, including Krakow, Prague, Vienna and Budapest.
Info: https://nativitypilgrimage.com , info@nativitypilgrim age.com. For brochures and registration forms, please visit: www.SantaTeresaChurch.com/pilgrimage. For more information and to register, please contact: Jen Vazquez: Jen@SantaTeresaChurch.com or call Jen at: 1-408-629-7777
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Of Interest
From Thomas Merton
The certainty of Christian hope lies beyond passion and beyond knowledge. Therefore, we must sometimes expect our hope to come in conflict with darkness, desperation and ignorance. Therefore, too, we must remember that Christian optimism is not a perpetual sense of euphoria, an indefectible comfort in whose experience neither anguish nor tragedy can possibly exist. We must not strive to maintain a clime of optimism by the mere suppression of tragic realities. Christian optimism lies in a hope of victory that transcends all tragedy: a victory in which we pass beyond tragedy to glory with Christ crucified and risen.
Seasons of Celebration
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Calendar
January 2020Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 298:45 Mass30Month View December 30, 201931Month View December 31, 20191Month View January 1, 20202Month View January 2, 20203Month View January 3, 20204Month View January 4, 20205Month View January 5, 20206Month View January 6, 20207Month View January 7, 20208Month View January 8, 202097:30p Monthly Board MeetingMonth View January 9, 2020-
Read MoreThursday, January 9, 7:30 PM
10Month View January 10, 202011Month View January 11, 2020128:45 Mass137:00p Liturgy MeetingMonth View January 13, 2020-
Monday, January 13, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMLiturgy PlanningRead More
14Month View January 14, 202015Month View January 15, 202016Month View January 16, 202017Month View January 17, 202018Month View January 18, 2020198:45 Mass207:00p Spiritual Education MeetingMonth View January 20, 2020-
Monday, January 20, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMMonthly Planning MeetingRead More
21Month View January 21, 202022Month View January 22, 202023Month View January 23, 202024Month View January 24, 202025Month View January 25, 2020268:45 Mass27Month View January 27, 202028Month View January 28, 202029Month View January 29, 202030Month View January 30, 202031Month View January 31, 20201Month View February 1, 2020 -
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 1 Sm 15:16-23Responsorial Psalm 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23Gospel Mk 2:18-22
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA By FRANKFURT, Germany (CNS) -- Catholic leaders in Germany have compiled responses from lay Catholics in areas related to who holds power in the church, sexual...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Every Christian should be grateful for the gift of his or her baptism, and that gratitude should draw them together to recognize that they are...
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IMAGE: CNS By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholics across the country are invited to take part in the 9 Days for Life is a novena for the protection of human life. Each day's intention is accompanied by a...
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Catholic Women Preach
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Global Catholic Climate movement (Gccm)
GLOBAL CATHOLIC
CLIMATE MOVEMENT
This site has featured information on the Global Catholic Climate Movement (CCCM). See below left. The San Jose Mercury news printed in its December 5 edition that carbon emissions, directly related to the greenhouse effect, have started to rise again after abating for the last few years. We have provided a link to read the article. We hope that all people of faith do what they can to take care of and protect our common home.
Link to the article ( here)
“On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act.”
— Pope Francis
The science is irrefutable. There are many ways to act. Please vis[t the GCCM Website to find out what you can do. (Here)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME,
