I was away last week at the ACC Tournament of Champions in Reno, NV. The results are not worth mentioning. The Diocese of San Jose sponsored a basketball game on Feb. 6th between the Priests and Seminarians. It was the third annual. This year it was at the Leavey Center of the U. of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA. The first two years it was held at Mitty High School which has a capacity of 1500 and was standing room only. It was moved this year and about 3000 attended. The Priests won for the second year in a row: Priests 37, Seminarians 32. It was very competitive and enjoyed by all. Serra is please to support the event and sold many of the tickets.

The year is drawing to a close. I hope you all have made your New Year’s resolutions. I am always hoping and praying for the success of our Serra activities. On January 9 to 11th the USA Council of Serra International will be meeting in Chicago at what we call Superweekend. The Board of USAC will meet plus our committees will be meeting to design and develop programs for the promotion of Serra Objectives. We have four major committees (Vocations, Membership, Programs, and Communications) plus other committees.
National Vocation Awareness Week is from Jan. 11 to 17th. It is a week in which we conduct activities in our parishes and dioceses to increase the awareness amongst our fellow Catholics of the need for vocations. In my parish we will be having a pancake breakfast for the benefit of our seminarians. The Knights of Columbus will be co-sponsoring the breakfast.
Also on Sunday January 11 we will be selling tickets throughout the San Jose Diocese for the 3rd Annual Priests/Seminarian basketball challenge which will be held on Feb 6 at the University of Santa Clara.
Please thank your priests for being there for us.

Merry Christmas

Hi! My name is Greg Lynch. I am a member of the USA Council of Serra International. I will talking about information related to Serra which is an international organization devoted to the promotion of vocations to the Catholic Priesthood and religious life plus the affirmation of our current priests and religious order members. Serra also programs which will increase the spirituality of our members. We operate many programs throughout the year which I will be discussing on this blog. Please contact via e-mail. I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year.