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Guiding Grief Podcast hosted by Nicholas J Welzenbach with Guest Father Gary Thomas Listen now: Episode Description... Father Gary Thomas is an alumnus of St. Patrick Seminary through ordination to the priesthood on December 3, 1983 for the Diocese of San Jose. Interesting background: Father was appointed exorcist of the Diocese of San Jose in May, 2005 and trained in Rome under the direction of Fr. Carmine de Filippis, OFM Cap during his sabbatical year, 2005-06. Father has mentored a number of American and foreign priest exorcists and gives conferences and has presentations on the ministry throughout the United States and Canada. Father is a native of San Francisco and grew up in So. San Francisco where he and his family were parishioners at All Souls Parish. Father Gary graduated from the parish school in 1967, Serra High School in 1971, and received a B.S. in business management from the University of San Francisco in 1975. Father Gary enjoyed a career in the mortuary profession before his entrance into St. Patrick’s in 1979 Father served as parochial vicar at St. Thomas of Canterbury, San Jose; St. Joseph of Cupertino, Cupertino; and St. Nicholas Church, Los Altos. He served as pastor of St. Nicholas Church 1993-2005 and was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Saratoga on May 1, 2006.

Listen Now: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cfH4ArcvbeDzjCpVwM2lv Guiding Grief Interview with Nick Sanchez. Episode Description Our Guest today is Nick Sanchez. Nick is a Silicon Valley native who has been curious about human interaction and how we connect since a young age. As a lover of the arts and philosophy, Nick spends many hours gathering as much information as possible about how meaning, purpose, death, and existence impact our daily lives on an individual and comm...unal level. After becoming a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Nick began honing in his therapeutic skills within the Existential Humanistic Community, and is currently seeing clients in his Private Practice while continuing to study under the leading minds within the Existential Humanistic Community.

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Guiding Grief Episode 2: Guiding Grief Podcast hosted by Nicholas J Welzenbach with Guest Jack Longley. Episode Description... Jack Longley is proud to be a Hoosier, born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. He could view the gold dome of Notre Dame from his home. He graduated from John Adams High School in 1955, from Bethel College in 1959 and from Southern California School of Theology in 1976. He began youth ministry on March 1, 1959 with an organization called Youth for Christ in St. Petersburg, Florida. And continued that ministry in Portland, Oregon in 1965. In 1969 he was called to be Minister of Youth in the large Arcadia Presbyterian Church in Arcadia, California where he served for 9 years. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. in May, 1976. In 1978 became pastor of the Trinity Presbyterian Church in San Jose where he served for nearly 31 years. He celebrated 60 years of ministry on March 1st of this year. Since "retirement" in 2009 he has served three congregations as interim pastor--Westminster Presbyterian Church for 2 1/2 years; Onnuri (Korean) Presbyterian Church as English Pastor for 2 3/4 years; and the Taiwanese-American Presbyterian Church as English Pastor since October 2016. This will end on March 31st of this year. He was married to Irma Washmuth in South Bend, Indiana on June 7, 1959 and were to be married nearly 59 years until her unexpected and sudden death last March. They have two daughters, Christine and Robin; three grandchildren, Tara, Jacqueline, and Kristopher; and four great-grandchildren, Roman, Margot, Jayla, and Athena. He have one sister who resides in Union, Kentucky. Currently resides at El Sombrero Oaks Retirement Community in Los Gatos which originally was designed for retired Presbyterian Clergy until purchased by the Episcopal Church in 2005.

Guiding Grief Podcast Episode 3: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3uQdPNM8B6udZ9lsUMTH22 Guiding Grief Podcast hosted by Nicholas J Welzenbach with Guest Father Gary Thomas

We have created multiple safe spaces for the families we are honored to serve. Stories and memories are so important when we have experienced loss. Thank you to the teams at @losgatosmemorialpark @darlingfischerlosgatos @darlingfischercampbell for creating these safe options for our families.

Reach out to those in need early and often and approach one another with love and kindness. Listen to the Guiding Grief Podcast covering suicide here: https://anchor.fm//Guiding-Grief-Podcast-Suicide-Edition-e

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To our cherished families and friends that visit Los Gatos Memorial Park- The scheduled cemetery clean-up for August 5th, 2020, has officially been cancelled. In light of COVID-19, we thought it would be best to keep everyone as safe as possible, so we will not have another clean-up until January 2021. Please give us a call if you have any questions. Thank you. Stay safe and stay healthy!

At Los Gatos Memorial Park, the health and safety of the families we serve are a top priority to us during this pandemic. In doing so, we are following the recommended guidelines provided to us by Santa Clara county for the Phase II reopening. This will now mean that we can accommodate, with the appropriate social distancing, 25 individuals for a graveside or life celebration services. We understand that there may be attendees that are considered high risk and unable to physically attend a service. To make sure that everyone is able to feel involved with the service of a loved one, we have partnered with Darling & Fischer Chapel of the Hills and Darling & Fischer Campbell Memorial Chapel and installed a camera in our Legacy Garden of Life that can livestream services for those that are unable to be present.

Join us for our Memorial Day Service Livestream Stream Link: https://www.losgatosmemorialpark.com/memorial-day-livestream

Thank you Mark Cuban for your words of support and encouragement during the Covid-19 pandemic. Truly grateful for your message! #lastresponder

NEW Guiding Grief Podcast - Covid-19 Edition. Have you ever watched the movie Groundhog Day? Darling & Fischer Campbell Memorial Chapel Darling & Fischer Chapel of the Hills Los Gatos Memorial Park #feedtheneed

To all our community and families, Los Gatos Memorial Park is available and at your service especially through these difficult and confusing times. Though our services will seem different, rest assure we will still serve you with our very best. At this time we ask all families call 408-356-4151 to go over arrangements and questions before coming into the office. One of our dedicated staff members will be ready to assist you and gently go over planning and our current guideli...nes for services at the the cemetery. If you are assisting a family member through the funeral arrangements, please make sure the legal next of kin is close by. Once contact is established we will proceed with making arrangements over the phone and utilizing DocuSign and our portal and if necessary an in person appointment. At the appointment we ask that only the legal next of kin or heath care power of attorney be present for signing. If you feel sick we ask you remain at home and a Family Service Counselor will guide you through other options to complete the arrangements. These measures are to abide by the current order requested by Santa Clara County and to protect yourselves, your family, our staff and their families. We appreciate the trust our families and community put into us to honor and serve them. We wish everyone good health and comfort during these times. Stay home and stay safe! Thank you, Nicholas J. Welzenbach Managing Partner

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@losgatosmemorialpark cleanup will be on Wednesday, January 8, 2020.