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President's Message December 2025
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The St. Joseph Men’s Ministry enters December fresh out of a successful retreat at the St. Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Baptista. We enjoyed great weather, great food, and a full day and a half of prayer, instruction, discussion and reflection. A good time and place to get away and recenter ahead of the frenetic holiday season. We were even able to connect to members who could not physically attend via Zoom to let them know we were thinking about them.
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If one doesn’t think the holiday season is busy enough, all one has to do is look to the parish activity calendar to see that that the events are nonstop. The St. Joseph Men’s Ministry will be playing its part in setting up the Christmas Nativity Scene (Creche) inside the main church and Christmas trees as needed. The SJMM will also be involved in the wonderful celebration that is Los Posadas the week preceding Christmas.
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Lastly the SJMM will be having its traditional Christmas party in the St. Joseph Workshop on Saturday, December 6th. Men interested in the SJMM are welcome.
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Men’s Ministry Fellowship meeting December 2nd. 2025
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The SJMM will host its next Fellowship event on December 2nd 2025. at 7:00PM in the Saint Joseph Workshop.
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We will discuss upcoming events in our Parish and Ministry business
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All men in the Parish are welcome to attend, see you then.
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Light refreshments will be provided .
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Parish Creche Set-Up: Call for Volunteers!
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Christmas is almost here, and the journey of the Magi is underway! It’s time for our favorite holiday tradition: setting up the Parish Creche! We need a great team of volunteers to help assemble the display on Monday, December 18th, from 3:00 to 6:00 PM. Let's get this done quickly so we can all enjoy the finished scene! and Jesus , Mary and Joseph have a place to stay.
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Join the festive set-up crew! Text Lou Zenzen at 510-206-7425 with your enthusiastic pledge: "I will Help"!
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Los Posadas December 2025
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The Men’s Ministry is again supporting Las Posadas this year with food and drink on the last evening of December 23rd. Contact Gary Dorighi at  if you want to help. On this final night, everyone processes from the Mission Museum porch into the Old Mission Church to enjoy a program of Christmas carols performed live on our Rosales organ, followed by a piñata on the Museum porch for the children. If you’ve never attended an evening of Las Posadas, consider joining us. For 42 years, Las Posadas has been a Christmas-time tradition at Mission San Jose. It reminds us of the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem and provides the local community music and geniality each night from December 15th though December 23rd. See more info at https://www.saintjosephmsj.org/mission-las-posadas/
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Save the Date of December 6th for the Annual Men's Ministry Christmas Party
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Save the Date of December 6th for the Annual Men’s Ministry Christmas Party
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This year’s event will be in the Carriage House (aka St. Joesph’s Workshop) on December 6th at 6pm. If you haven’t been there for an event yet, you will love this intimate venue. Please respond to your Evite Invitation, and remember to add what you plan to bring
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Here is a link to our current Calendar for 2025
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https://saintjosephmen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SJMM-Calendar-2025-Year-at-a-glance01082025.pdf
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