Santo NiñoTri-Valley Prayer Group

By-Laws 2025

Tri-Valley Santo Niño Prayer Group · Revised January 18, 2025

Mission statement

Our goal is to evangelize and unite the Filipino community by upholding our culture and heritage, and to sustain and deepen the faith and devotion to the Santo Niño (Holy Infant Jesus) of every family we serve throughout the Tri-Valley area and neighboring cities.

By-Laws

  1. To uphold the teachings of the Catholic Church.
  2. To honor Mary, the holy mother of the Child Jesus (Santo Niño).
  3. To encourage spiritual growth, commitment and an increasing number of devotees to our beloved Santo Niño.
  4. To practice our Catholic faith through our weekly Friday rosary and novena, and by supporting one another spiritually, physically and emotionally.

Specific guidelines of the prayer group

  • NameThe prayer group shall be known as the Tri-Valley Santo Niño Prayer Group.
  • TimeThe prayer group meets every Friday at 7:00 PM. The novena and rosary begin at 7:30 PM, or earlier if the host family requests it (no earlier than 7:00 PM).
  • VenueThe host family's residence. The novena on the 2nd Friday of the month is reserved for St. Raymond Church (Chapel) in Dublin, CA.
  • AnnouncementsMade after the prayer service.

Administrative arm

  1. Lead coordinator. Responsible for the day-to-day activities and weekly scheduling of the prayer group; presides over meetings; coordinates the ministries the prayer group has been invited to take part in; and ensures good communication between the members and any outside group.
  2. Coordinators. Designated members assist and support the lead coordinator in the group's activities and decision-making.
  3. Coordinator / Treasurer. All annual monetary donations to the prayer group are validated and accounted for by the designated treasurer, with the approval of all coordinators. The funds are used for the annual Santo Niño feast celebration every January, which is funded primarily by the members' voluntary annual donation in December. The treasurer keeps all donated funds in a bank account in the name of the prayer group, with two coordinators as signatories. A detailed statement of all expenses and balances is shared with all members for review and transparency.
  4. No weekly collection. The group ensures that no weekly monetary collection is ever taken from or received from members.

General guidelines

  1. Registration through trivalleystonino.org is open to anyone who wishes to join the prayer group to worship and serve the Lord. There is no registration fee.
  2. Membership includes regular attendance, as time allows, with active participation in the scheduled Friday rosary and novena.
  3. Weekly reminders of the next host family scheduled to receive the Santo Niño are sent by email and published on the website.
  4. Coordinators' meetings are announced on the website and by email when needed.
  5. Annual fiesta coordinators' meetings are mandatory, to prepare for the Santo Niño feast and assign duties. A follow-up coordinators' meeting is held after the event to discuss recommendations and improvements.
  6. The annual fiesta takes place on the 2nd Saturday of January and consists of the novena, Mass and a celebration afterwards.
  7. No buying, selling or solicitation of any kind at prayer meetings.
  8. The Spiritual Director, who shall be a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, acts in an advisory and counseling capacity.
  9. Invitations to other religious and social events are on an individual basis, but events may be announced at the end of the prayer meeting or on our website.
  10. The scheduled novena on the 2nd Friday of the month is held at 7:30 PM at St. Raymond Catholic Chapel in Dublin, CA, where the statue of the Holy Infant Jesus is enthroned.

These by-laws may be reviewed and amended, in part or as a whole, subject to the approval of the coordinators of the Tri-Valley Santo Niño Prayer Group, when the need arises.

Contact

For further information, please call any of our coordinators or email [email protected].

Noli & Jonalyn Visenio, Senior Advisors
The Very Rev. Fr. John Erick Villa, Spiritual Advisor, Rector of the Cathedral of Christ the Light