If you are home bound and wish to be visited by a Eucharistic Minister to the Sick,
or if you would like to volunteer to become a minister, please contact:

Jane Najour
Director of Pastoral Care
(408) 354-3726 ext 121

---

Overview
St. Mary's Pastoral Care- Communion to the Infirmed and Hospitalized-Our Share in Parish and Diocesan Ministry.
Each Parish in the Diocese is responsible for the pastoral care of those within its parish "boundries". Hospitals within the Diocese fall under the direct ministry of the parish in which they are located. Communion for the infirmed is a ministry shared by ministers from the local parishes surrounding St. Mary.

Admission practices at most hospitals give you the option to identify yourself as a Roman Catholic.  Parish staff members or volunteers often learn about the hospitalization of St. Mary Parishioners because they identify themselves as Roman Catholic.  When you or a loved one are hospitalized, you and as the nursing staff to arrange for a Communion visit and one of the local volunteer Eucharistic Ministers will respond.

In the case of urgent pastoral care 24/7, call the Diocese of San Jose Ministry to the Sick (408) 247-6901, for the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.  Only a priest may celebrate the Sacraments of the Anointing of the Sick and Confession.  As a St. Mary's parishioner, please call our Parish Office dureing the week at (408) 354-3726 or after hours in the case of urgent pastoral care; please call the priest on-duty at St. Marys (408) 482-8021.

Care of the sick and dying, and sharing the Eucharist, is an extension of the sacramental life ouf our parish.  Currently St. Mary's hospital volunteers are Marilyn Dueweke, Adrienne Caselli, Larrie Courtney, Mary Schlink and Donna Lenahan.

Would you like to be a part of this hospital ministry?  (A commitment of about 2 hours a week, every other week) please contact Jane Najour (408) 354-3726 x121 or jnajour@stmaryslg.org.

            ST. MARY PARISH EUCHARISTIC MINISTRY TO THE SICK MINISTRY

Where and when does the ministry take place?
Established times at nursing homes and assisted living facilities once a week.  More flexible times at residential facilities and private homes.

What is the time commitment and for how long?
Once a week for from one to two hours.

Training provided
St. Mary’s Director of Pastoral Care provides training and the volunteer is also mentored by an experienced Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick.

Qualifications necessary:

• The volunteer needs to be a fully initiated Catholic (one who has received the three Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist), and a member of St. Mary’s Parish who participates in weekly mass and personal prayer.
• We practice the art of listening and understanding with the attitude of love and respect when we visit.
• We accept people where they are, listen to their story, and do not try not to “fix” them.
• The Diocese of San Jose requires that all volunteers and staff who work with children and vulnerable adults be fingerprinted and complete the Shield the Vulnerable on-line training as a prerequisite to this ministry.  St. Mary’s Pastoral Ministry Office will assist you with these tasks.

Where do St. Mary’s Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick Serve?
We visit people in resident homes, assisted living facilities, residential care homes, and private homes in Los Gatos within the parish boundaries designated by the Diocese of San Jose.

Cedar Creek Alzheimer’s + Dementia Care Center, 15245 National Avenue Activity Room
Sunday Morning - 10:30 am
Heather Quint-Stallions, Leader
Marcia Green
Donna Lenahan
Valerie Lozowicki

Garden Hill Care Home, 112 Garden Hill
Wednesday - 9:30 am
Dorothy Courtney 
   

Good Samaritan Hospital 2425 Samaritan Drive, San Jose, CA 95124
Monday Morning - 10:00 am
Marilyn Dueweke - Leader
Mary Schlink (substitute)
Donna Lenahan
Larrie Courtney
Adrienne Casselli

Los Gatos Commons  (Contact Marietta Riney 395-6197)
445 Albeerto Way, Los Gatos, CA 95032
Mass-2nd Tuesday of Month at 10:30 am


The Meadows, 110 Wood Road, Chapel on 3rd floor
Mass - 3rd Wednesday of the month at 10:30 a.m.
Communion + Scripture - All other Wednesdays at 10:30 am
Linda Robles, Leader
Michael Finelli
Joe Fischer
Marcia Miller

 
R&L Residential Care Home, 324 Los Gatos Boulevard
Thursday Morning
Andy Byrne

The Terraces of Los Gatos, 800 Blossom Hill Road
Mass - 4th Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m. (1st floor Assembly Room)
Eucharist + Scripture - Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. (2nd floor Lodge)
Tuesday Services
Michael Finelli, Leader
Ita Lonergan
Doris Sanford
John Roccio
Jim Zender

Each Sunday Eucharist is brought bedside to residents in the Health Center
Sunday Communion
Steve Fertitta, Leader
Donna Doran
Terrie Silvestre

Vasona Creek, 16412 Los Gatos Blvd. 1st Floor Meeting Room
Mass - 3rd Thursday of Month, 10:30 a.m.
Communion, Rosary +  Bedside Visits - Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
Al Chavez, Leader
Andy + Helen Byrnes
David Dinno
Vincent Seid
Micheal Finelli
Terry Daley
Suzie McCaul

Home Visits
As needed - please call Jane Najour

 

 

To volunteer or for more information email Jane Najour or call (408) 354-3726 x121