ANNOUNCEMENTS, DEC. 27TH-28TH

Thank you to all who helped make our Christmas Dinner such a wonderful experience. May you be blessed a thousand fold!!

 

We are having a raffle in conjunction with our Pastor's Awards dinner. Raffle books are available to take after Mass this week-end. You can give credit for your book to one of the candidates and help them to become the King or Queen of the evening. Please support this fundraiser if you can.

 

Dinner Tickets for the Pastor's Awards dinner are now on sale at the table at the back of church today.

 

Masses for New Year's will be: Wed. evening at 6:30pm and Thursday at 8am. Both will be bi-lingual celebrations.

If you want to bring in the New Year with prayer, don't forget Fr. Joe's mass at Holy Name of Jesus on Wed. evening beginning at 7pm.

 

On behalf of the staff, Fr. Bill, Deacon Ricardo and Sr. Karen, may you all have a wonderful New Year's and a blessed 2009.

ANNOUNCEMENTS DEC. 20TH-21ST

There are still many needs for the Christmas Dinner. Please stop by the Hall after Mass today to see what is still in need.

 

We still have items made from Olive wood from Bethlehem for sale. They will be on the tables outside of church after all Masses today.

 

The raffle tickets for the Pastor's Award Dinner are available at the table at the back of Church. We only have around 600 books to sell. Each of the candidates for queen and king will be selling also. If you would like to give credit to one of the candidates for books you sell, please do so when you turn in your stubs and money. Please come to the table and we can answer any of your questions.

 

We have tickets available for the Martin Luther King, Jr. breakfast on January 19^th at Verbum Dei High School. They will be at the tables at the back of church and in the parish office during the week.

 

Our last day for taking photos for the Directory is Sat. Dec. 27^th. You can check to see if there are any openings at the table at the back of church.

 

Coffee and donuts are in the Placita this morning. See you there to warm up with a hot cup.

St Agatha's Directory: Celebrating our 85th Anniversary

Dear Fellow Parishioners,

 

At St Agatha we hope you are doing well along with your family and friends.

 

This email has been sent to let our community know that we have opened one more day to take pictures for our Parish Directory, Celebrating our 85^th Anniversary: December 27^th, 2008.

 

If you have already taken your picture, please pass on this information to other people that would like to have their pictures taken, along with family and friends.

If you canceled for any reason, please consider making another appointment for December 27^th, 2008.

 

If December 27^th is not a good day for you, reply to this message and we will add you to our waiting list.

 

Remember, you have several ways to schedule your appointment: You may call to register; you may reply to this email, and you may register online with Life Touch, at the following link:

http://www.appointment-plus3.com/ap/stagathala/index.php?page=10.

 

Thank you for your time, and may you be blessed with the birth of Jesus,

 

Enrique Reyes

Receptionist/Webmaster

ereyes@stagathas.org

www.stagathas.org

ANNOUNCEMENTS, DEC. 13TH-14TH

Our second collection today is for the Retirement Fund for Religious in the United States. (someone will give a little speech)

 

There will be a sale of the items from the Boutique on Sunday at the side of the church at the SHARE table. Please sign up for the dinner needs. The lists of needs are posted at the entrances of the Church. If you know of people who need a place to have Christmas dinner, please take some flyers and give them out. Bring your clothing donations beginning on Thursday Dec. 14^th to the 23^rd.

 

We have some new items from Bethlehem for sale in the Parish Hall after Masses today.

 

Because of the Penance Service on Monday at 7pm, our daily Mass will be at 8am on Monday.

 

Please join us for a wonderful concert today, Sunday, in the hall from 2-4pm

ANNOUNCEMENTS, December 7th, 2008

Please check out the list of needs for the Christmas Dinner as you exit church today at the S.H.A.R.E. table.

  Next Sunday items that were left from the Holiday Boutique will be for sale at the SHARE table. Please stop by and do some Christmas shopping. You can also purchase an apple ornament for the Christmas Dinner tree and place the name of a loved one on it. Many other ideas at the SHARE table next week.

 

There will be a free concert also next Sunday from 2-4pm in the Hall. Hope you can plan on staying after Mass or coming for it.

 

We received a new shipment of Bethlehem wood items for sale. We will have these out in the hall today and for the next couple of weeks. Proceeds will go to the Church ministries.

 

Tickets for the Pastor's Award dinner are available for sale. We will distribute the raffle tickets next week and give you a list of those running for King & Queen.

 

Please check the bulletin for the schedule for the Vigil for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Some of the presentations will be in English as well as Spanish. I plan on being there for the presentation at 11pm. I hope to see some of you then.

 

There is a wonderful breakfast in the Hall this morning hosted by the youth and young adults.