St Bede Catholic Church

I have never attended mass here. We have only come here during my nephew’s basketball games. The games are held at St. Bede’s gymnasium.
We have gone inside the church though. It is a beautiful church. The parishioners do a wonderful job of keeping it clean and well decorated.
As for their gymnasium. It is a cool place to watch the basketball games. Plenty of seating in the bleachers.

Accompanied my mom to church for palm sunday and boy… this church is either very popular or everyone is just like me, only goes to church on major holy days because it was packed!
The church is still the same as I remember it… except new colors here and there but it is ample enough to fit a good 1000 believers. Since it got crowded on Sunday it did get a little warm towards the end but nothing you couldn’t endure. They did have the fans going and the doors open so the air would circulate. They also asked those who were seated to move over and leave no gap in between so that the people standing up could sit down.
Why did I give three stars to a church I hardly go to? Well, I was reminded why I hardly go to church… Because I don’t understand WTH the priest is saying! I mean, if you are going to schedule a Spanish mass, then have a Spanish Speaking priest! Not a priest that can hardly speak it. There I am looking for the book that has all the sermons so that I could figure out what he is saying and not start laughing when I think he said one thing and he actually meant something else! Well, I guess I won’t be coming back until there’s another major event, and then maybe by then they’ll have a real Spanish speaking priest.

i was baptized here. i never persued a catholic upbringing until now. i have not attended mass in a very long time and hope to go soon.
sunday spanish mass 1230−130p. get there early for good parking.

I started coming to this church because it’s the church my wife’s family attends. From the moment I started attending Mass here, I loved it very much. It has everything you need out of a faithful church: A Pastor (Father Seamus) that’s orthodox, obedient, unafraid to speak on hard hitting topics and gives meaningful homilies that have good flow and delivery; a humble laity; reverent and sane liturgical practices; multiple occasions to receive the Sacrament of Penance; and daily Eucharistic Adoration.
While my wife and I were still dating, I would attend the RCIA Confirmation classes with her. They taught solid catechesis.
Eventually, my wife and I got married here (7÷23÷2011). Great place for that too. While Fr. Seamus may seem intimidating during any other liturgy, for Nuptial Masses, he’s quite the jokester. If you don’t know him outside of Mass, you definitely should. He’s a funny guy.
I only minus one star because I’m a huge sucker for sung liturgies (in Latin if possible), Gregorian Chant and pipe organs, all of which St. Bede does not posses. Also, there is only one daily Mass per day :(
May the LORD continue to abundantly bless this wonderful parish!

This is the home church where I grew up. It’s the place where we’ve had our weddings, funerals, baptisms, and weekly celebrations. We also attended religious classes, bingo nights, and rented the hall for dances and social gatherings. One thing I always liked about St. Bedes was that it’s so unassuming in appearance, with no ridiculous expense to make a gaudy exterior. It was always very middle class for the middle class people it served.
This is also where my parents had their 25^th and 50^th wedding anniversary. On their 50^th, we went all out. The parents restated their vows. We had a limo take us from the house to the church, and from the church to the Embassy Suites ballroom in Milpitas 20 miles away for a full sit down dinner for 400 people. Those attending said they will never forget that day.
This is also the church where my father’s funeral was held. The priest was special to my parents because he is Filipino — something that my parents’ generation appreciate more than we, the kids do. The priest also said he lost his father many years ago, so we felt the compassion in his words, and the wisdom he spoke at the service. He said to me and my sibling, «Hey kids — remember that your mother is the only parent left. She needs all of your support. Be united, stop your family differences, and get along. When you fight, her heart is saddened and weakened.» It was an awesome bit of advice. And I think it’s really helped out family dynamics,
The funeral service itself was awesome and near perfect. The priest keep things on topic, it was a Catholic mass and celebration of life, as he put it. My older brother was humorous and emotional giving the eulogy. Everything was just right except for one overly enthusiastic uncle who was part of the choir. He insisted on playing his trumpet instead of just singing. He doesn’t practice his horn much though he was once very accomplished and a member of the Navy band. As a result, the audience and priest’s ears were blown out by bad notes. It was so awful it was funny, though seemed disrespectful by some. My dad was so cool about everything, he would’ve just said, «Leave him alone». But the priest after the service told my uncle, «You gave me a headache» and that his playing was inappropriate. Hooray for this priest because in our family culture, we respect our elders and don’t diss them. However, I had plotted to steal his trumpet while my uncle went up for communion.
It was a tough job being a pall bearer, and help lifting my father to and from the church. There were over 300 people attending on a Thursday morning service. Through the tears and some laughter, I was more than pleased with the service. We were thankful that we spent many times here with our dad, as well as his last time in this church.

From the outside, this church didn’t seem that big, but when you walk in, you’re definitely surprised at the size of it. I went here for my god daughter’s baptism and was really expecting a small church, but I was wrong. The baptism didn’t take long and the priest was very humorous, maybe that’s why it didn’t seem long. There were two other families there at the same time and the ceremony went smooth and quick.

I’ve heard great things about this church. It’s pretty huge and is so bright and God-​like on the inside. The pews are a decadent, dark wood that gently cradle your bottom as you listen or pray to God. The choir’s voices are heard loud and clear through the great audio system and on a hot day the white ceiling fans cool your blessed face.
HAHAHAHA. St. Bede rocks!
I went here from K-​12, I guess CCD counts, but since this is only the church I’m reviewing, I’ll say one thing I remember. I’m allergic to something in there because every time I go I’d get sniffles. Maybe because I’m allergic to awesome, big churches.
I forgot to add, the choir here are pretty awesome with their saxophones and thingamajingers.

Yes, I’d say it’s a little old fashioned, too. But the interior gets the job done. It smells like «church.» It is large but if you see all of the people who attend masses, you’d understand why. I think my favorite thing about it is Father Seamus. He’s been there for as long as I can remember and even speaks spanish. He’s so sweet and kind and personable. I think I was about 10 when I started CCD and he even made it a point to talk to us kids so that we wouldn’t be afraid to talk to our preist, you know how kids can get intimidated. He’s a down to earth kind of guy and makes you feel like we are all family, like God’s children.
I love the extravagent festivites put on for «el dia de la Virgin the Guadelupe» (Mexican Patron Saint, Dec. 12^th) every year. I wil be going tonight. *always for la virgen*
Here’s a link with more pics and a newsarticle when St. Bede’s celebrated their 50^th Anniversary:

St Bedes is a great church a little old fasioned but All I have are positive things to say, 8 10:30 masses are one of the most crowded, Fr, Shamus is a great person to talk to, he is really down to earth and he really loves his community.