THANK YOU to ALL the parishioners who have made donations for our Christmas decorations/flowers.  A SPECIAL THANK YOU to the Domingo family, who donated 24 poinsettias in loving memory of Delia Domingo.                 St. Victor’s Altar Society 

 

Please Pray For Our Sick

Please pray for the sick, seriously ill and hospitalized members of our parish family, including those preparing for surgical procedures and tests, especially Diem Quan and Richard Yamada.

Our Sympathy And Prayers

St. Victor’s Parish Community extends its sympathy and prayers to the family and friends of Carl Flandez,

who recently passed away.

 

The next Friday Night BINGO will be held in the parish hall on January 8, 2010.  More details next weekend.

 

U.n.I. TEENS WINTER SERVICE PROJECT

THANKS to all who continue to bring in hygiene supplies new socks and jackets.  They are still needed.  We will be collecting clean used coats and jackets ONLY in November and December.  Please check your closets.  Again, we will be collecting coats and jackets only – no other clothing will be accepted.  Please give those other items to another charity. [The jackets, hygiene supplies and new socks may be dropped off at the Catechetical Ministry Office.]

 

FOR SAFETY SAKE.  For your safety as well as the safety of others, we ask your cooperation with St. Victor’s, the Police Department and the Fire Department by parking in designated areas only.   We especially need the fire lanes to be left open and clear. (You may be ticketed!)  As a courtesy to others, we ask you to follow traffic signs in and out of the parish grounds.  Please also obey the posted signs – Speed Limit of 5 miles per hour - when driving on the parish grounds.  We hope those few traffic rules will help keep everyone safe, and smooth any traffic flow problems we may have.

 

THE GOOD ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF GOD: Our ushers provide a very welcome service at our celebrations of the Eucharist.  Please assist them if they ask for your help and cooperation. Please help to keep the Church and the surrounding area neat and clean.  At the end of Mass you can help by replacing your Music books and Missalettes in the pew racks and by taking your bulletin home with you for handy reference. Please do not chew gum in or around the Church.  Dispose of chewing gum in a trash receptacle not on the ground or under the pews. There is a CRYING ROOM available for young children with room for one parent.  Out of respect for the priest and courtesy to others, please arrive at Mass on time and remain in your pews until the priest has left the Church.  Thank you for your cooperation.

 

SOCIAL JUSTICE NOTES...

EASTSIDE F.I.S.H. food collection is this weekend.  Please place your non-perishable food donations (peanut butter, macaroni & cheese, canned fruits & vegetables, etc.) in the box in the vestibule of the Church.  Thank you.

EASTSIDE F.I.S.H. HOLIDAY NEEDS.  With the Christmas holiday fast approaching, EASTSIDE F.I.S.H. could use donations of turkeys, chickens, or hams.  Please keep us in mind when the grocery stores are having their promotions.  If you can help, please call the Rectory Office @ 251-7055.  To those who have supported us during the year - MANY THANKS AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU!     

NEEDY FAMILY. There is a family in need of a refrigerator.  If you are able to help, please call the Rectory Office @ 251-7055. 

St. Victor’s St. Vincent de Paul Society would like to THANK our parishioners for their generous response to the GIVING TREE this year.  They were able to assist 70 families during the holiday season with gifts and food.  THANKS to our sacristans and ushers for helping to collect the gifts and placing them in safekeeping before distribution.  Our volunteers send a HEARTFELT THANKS to our parishioners for their generosity throughout the year of 2009.  May you have a blessed Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year!

 

My apology to the Knights of Columbus for the incorrect council number posted in last week’s bulletin.  It was St. Victor’s Knights of Columbus Council #4112 who sponsored our 2010 calendars.

 

THERE WILL BE A SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND FOR ST. VICTOR’S ST. VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY.

 

St. John Vianney Parish presents Thomas Jack Willbanks II, Pianist, in concert on Sunday, December 27^th, at 3:00 P.M. in their Church. Ticket prices are: adults -  $25.00 and children - $10.00.  Deadline for reservations is December 22^nd.  For tickets or more information, please call 258-7832.

25^TH AND 50^TH+ WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - Bishop Patrick J. McGrath would like to invite all couples celebrating their 25^th and 50^th+ Wedding Anniversaries in 2010 to participate in the Annual Wedding Anniversary Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph ( 80 S. Market St. ) on January 30^th @ 2:00 P.M.  A short reception will follow the Mass.   To register, please call Sylvia Blanch @ 983-0128 or [email protected]   .  Registration forms to mail are also available at the Rectory Office. Deadline to register is January 20^th.

 

Pope John XXIII once said, “Christmas is like a kiss.”  How true!  It is the night that justice and peace kissed, mercy and kindness embraced.  God and man became one.  There is a love at Christmas, a love that embraces the real world of disease and despair, destruction and death, sin and sorrow.  Christmas wants to gather us all together as one treat human family to give us the greeting of God and the kiss of His Christ.