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PARISH OFFICE CLOSED
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Monday, January 16th
The Parish Office will reopen on Tuesday, January 17th at 8:30am. We wish you a safe and relaxing holiday.
CHRISTMAS OFFERING RESULTS
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Christmas collection. Our Christmas Offering for 2022 totaled $24,601 with a budget of $28,000. We are most grateful for this response given all that was going on with the ongoing concern of inflation and financial uncertainty. As always we thank you for the generosity of your gift and ask God to bless your continuing generosity.
2022 PLATE COLLECTION RESULTS
Total Sunday Plate Offering 2022: $466,099
Total Sunday Plate Budget 2022: $500,000
Total Sunday Plate Shortfall 2022: $33,901
We are most grateful to those who have consistently supported our Parish and have maintained their level of giving. We recognize those who responded so generously and personally committed to make a difference in our outcome for the year. For those in the Parish who are not using the offering envelopes or Online Giving, we ask you to prayerfully consider committing your support to our ministries, liturgies, outreach and all the members of the larger community in which we reside. May we continue to be good stewards of so great a gift and remember that God will not be outdone in generosity.
WEEKLY BULLETIN
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An Invitation to the Women's Lenten Bible Study
Lent is an important season in the Church’s liturgical year, the time when we take stock of where we are in our faith and prepare for the death and Resurrection of our Savior. Often we lose sight of the point of this season because we get caught up in ourselves—how hard it is to fast, how bad we are at fasting—and we end up just waiting for the season to be over at Easter. Because of this, we sometimes arrive at Easter with our lives no different than they were on Ash Wednesday.
Women of the parish, please consider joining us as we prepare using a new program from Ascension –The Ascension Lenten Companion. This resource explores the Gospel readings for each Sunday of this Lent to help us prepare better for Mass and grow closer to Jesus each day. The program includes videos by Fr. Mark Toups and an inspirational journal with daily meditations, prayer prompts, space for journaling, original sacred artwork, and weekly videos that keep us on track. We will meet on Tuesdays from 7:00-8:00pm in Stack Center beginning February 21st and ending March 28th. If you are unable to join in person, this study can also be done independently. Cost is $10. If you are interested, please sign-up and pay Jay in the Parish Office by Tuesday, February 7th. Questions? Call Heidi Denzler-Halsey at 510-881-7850.
CHRISTMAS DECORATING
We want to thank all our wonderful volunteers who worked hard on Christmas Eve morning to spruce up the sanctuary and decorate it beautifully for Christmas: the adults, the students from OLG School and the teens from our Confirmation program. May God bless you all for your time and talents!
FR. JAMES BLESSING OF
OLG STUDENTS & TEACHERS
CYO GIRLS BASKETBALL REGISTRATION
Last Chance! Registration closes on January 14th.
Girls Basketball is open to grades 2nd-8th. Fee for the 2023 program year is $195. For more information, questions or if you would like to coach, please email: olgcyocv@gmail.com.
Go Lions!
Last Chance! There is only
one 8-person table left!
YEARLY CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS
For your convenience in preparing your tax return, a contribution statement for 2022 will be prepared at your request. Please call Jay at 510-537-0806, with your name and envelope number. Your statement will be available for you to pick up once it has been signed.
BEWARE OF EMAIL SCAMS
Fraudulent emails have circulated throughout our parish, using Fr. Ray's name and a fake email address seeking gift card donations. Be assured that our priests at OLG would NEVER solicit funds through any electronic means! If you do receive one of these emails and are unsure, do not open it and call the Parish Office or the School to make sure it's genuine. Also, report these to the police. God Bless and be safe!