Our mission is to educate all parishioners on the Catholic Social Justice doctrine (life, dignity and rights of each human person, and care of creation), to bring those principles into action in our community by organizing and coordinating activities based on those principles, and to involve our whole parish in Social Justice.

Our vision is to promote unity, cooperation and participation in our parish community at large by supporting, coordinating and informing everyone about all Social Justice activities. We are all called to serve others.

May

Bone marrow donor registration drive. Sat. May 5, 4:30 to 8:30PM. Volunteers from the Asian Donor Alliance will be stationed outside the church front doors to sign up potential donors before and after masses. Please consider becoming a potential donor and help save lives.

Breakfast for Day Workers. Sat. May 19, 6:30 to 9:30AM. The Hispanic group is sponsoring this event. Volunteers are needed at 6:30AM in the church kitchen to help prepare sandwiches and bag the breakfast food. Drivers are needed to distribute the food. Please join us.

Catholic Charities May Appeal. Sat. May19 and Sun. May 20. At all Masses there will be a second collection to support the different programs Catholic Charities carries out in our dioceses. An information table will be set up at the entrance of the church. Please be generous and help Catholic Charities help others.

Children’s reading program. Sun. May 20 is the last day of classes for this school year. Classes will resume on Sept. 9. Teen volunteers are needed to help children read. Please contact Andrew at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to sign up.

Rebuilding together. Sat. May 26 and Sat. June 30. Our parish St. Vincent de Paul Society is sponsoring this event. Two needy parishioner’s houses will have some repairs (gutters cleaning, yard trimming, room painting). Volunteers are welcomed. No previous experience needed, just the willingness to help. Please contact Bill at 408 – 254 -1175 to sign up.

June

Women’s Health/Smoking cessation Seminars. Sun. June 3. Representatives from Santa Clara County Public Health Department, one from the Cancer Detention Program and the other from Tobacco Prevention & Education Program, will come to talk about breast and cervical cancers in women, and smoking cessation and prevention. The two hour long seminars will be given simultaneously in different rooms. There will be three sessions in three different languages:

10:30 – 11:30 AM – English

1:30 – 2:30 PM – Spanish

2:30-3:30 PM – Vietnamese

Rooms for the seminars will be posted in the church bulletin and bulletin board.

"Fr. Jon Pedigo's Social Justice Seminar summary. Given at St. Elizabeth Church on November 31st, 2011".

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Free counseling

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County will provide free counseling services in Milpitas. Eligibility requirements are for uninsured and under insured youths. Adults and older adults can qualify for individual and group or family counseling. They also assist families and individuals needing djelp connecting with community resources and services. For more information, contact Lilian Alfaro This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County Donation Station

Located at 2625 Zanker Rd, San Jose, 408.325.5278. It operates Tuesday to Saturday from 10AM to 2PM year round. It collects and provides clothing, furniture, and household items for needy people for free. It offers a limited donation based pick-up service. Donors must call us for details on scheduling. Donation items not accepted are: Large Appliances, Building Materials, Encyclopedia Sets, Large Furniture (couches bigger than 6ft/72in, home entertainment systems, executive desks), Mattresses & Box Springs, Auto Parts, Car Seats, and Perishable Food Items.

Milpitas Family Literacy Project

It’s a reading readiness program for families and their children who are 3-5 yrs. old and not in Kindergarten. The instructor reads to children and parents learn different ways to read to their children at home. The children take books home each week to practice with their families. The program is only for Milpitas residents whose home school is Burnett, Randall, Rose or Weller. Classes are held in those schools. To verify your home school, call the Milpitas Unified School District Office at 635-2600 and tell them your address. For more information email Linda Lambert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

New Catholic Charities office in Milpitas

Free counseling and referral services will be offered at this new location on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9AM to 5PM. English and Korean are spoken. Contact person is Younghoon Kwon. Office address and telephone: Catholic Charities, Milpitas Sobrato Center, 600 Valley Way, Milpitas, CA 95035 / (408) 946-0500

Here is a list of the services provided:

1.       1. Outreach development program. Calf fresh is a new program equivalent to food stamps. Contact the office for eligibility. They also offer an immigration legal program for low income people. Contact person: Janet

2.       2. House Search and Stabilization program. Rental assistance for Milpitas qualified residents. Contact person: Alma @ 408- 325-5257

3.       3. Shared Housing program. This program helps finding a house to share with others. Contact person: Elena @ 408- 325-5243