Hello Business,

This week we hear the story of Jesus rebuking his followers for the hypocrisy of honoring human traditions over God's commands, while lacking a sincere heart. We are told that our thoughts and actions are important and the tainting of our hearts comes from within us and not from the outside.

We are reminded that our discipleship is not complicated. We need to do what God is asking us to do with a pure heart, as this is a part of our self surrender to our Lord and Savior.

Watch or listen to Fr. Bill's homily from last week.

Livestream the Mass on Sunday at 11:00am on our Facebook page.

MASS INTENTIONS:

+ Darvin Barnes

+ John Brockley

+ Shirley Barrett

+ Kathleen Bernert

+ Virginia Gallo

+ Mary Mitchell

+ Ed Mosey

+ Gene Taube

Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.

We celebrated Fr. Bill's birthday this week. Please keep him in your prayers.

This past Tuesday, the staff of the school and office had our annual retreat! We had a successful, educational, thoughtful, and joy filled retreat.

Upcoming Events and Opportunities:

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Please consider donating your community rewards to Resurrection Catholic Parish.

Selecting the organization that you wish to support is as simple as updating the Community Rewards selection on your digital account. 

Sign in to your digital account. Enter the name or NPO number of the organization that you wish to support. Select the appropriate organization from the list and click “Save.”

We appreciate all support.

A Message from The Archbishop

I have been your archbishop here in Western Oregon for 11 years now, and I want you to know that through much consultation, a lot of listening, but more importantly, a lot of prayer, I believe the Lord has put on my heart a clear vision and mission forward for us here as the church in Western Oregon.

And it centers around three things:

1.      a strong and united brotherhood of priests,

2.      mission-passionate Catholic education, and

3.      parishes and a people formed to evangelize.

The Archbishop's Catholic appeal helps make this Vision a reality.

By giving to the ACA you have a direct impact on our priests, schools, parishes, and all the vital programs and ministries that we all depend upon to sustain the Catholic Church in Western Oregon for today and for future generations.

-Archbishop Alexander K. Sample

***We would like to thank the 91 donors from Resurrection, who have contributed to the Archbishops Catholic Appeal. Your support is appreciated.***

We are grateful for all the projects that took place, and are still going on here in the parish:

• Our camera system has been upgraded to have more cameras on campus, and cover the gym.
• We were blessed to be able to get the office parking lot resurfaced, and fixed.
• Thank you for your generosity, it allowed us to clean the windows on the church building.
• The new handrails were installed by the Hall back deck, to enhance safety.

For us to do all the mentioned projects, and be able to keep our campus safe and welcoming is a team effort. 

Thank you for being a huge part of that team.

We have two exciting new options for donating to the parish and a new opportunity for helping with credit card transaction fees.

WeShare has enabled people to make payments using PayPal for their scheduled donations.

Apple Pay is an option for the one-time payment donations.

WeShare is now providing the donor with the option to increase the donation amount to cover the credit card costs for any charges that are incurred through the transaction process. We already have 8% of participants opting in to help cover these costs. We thank you for all the help!

Budget Year 2024- 2025

Envelopes/Checks

Budgeted: $27,948

Actual: $32,095

Over/Under: +$4,147

Loose Cash

Budgeted: $3,381

Actual: $2,846

Over/Under: -$535

Online Donations

Budgeted: $28,776

Actual: $25,369

Over/Under: -$3,407

Total Budget

Budgeted: $60,105

Actual: $60,310

Over/Under: +205

Saint Vincent de Paul Mission Statement:

A network of friends, inspired by Gospel values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with, and service to, people in need.

If this seems like something you would like to be part of, join us.



Our next meeting will be September 8th. More information in future Connection issues.

In July we made deliveries to 10 families, 55 people. We paid $2,700 toward rent and utilities for 126 households, and 42 people.

Resurrection Catholic Parish School News

Volleyball Sign Up

Basketball Sign Up

School Updates:

Welcome! RCPS is ENROLLING NOW for Preschool 3s through 6th Grade! Learn more about our school here.

As enrollment grows, our mission is to offer the benefits of a Catholic Education to any family who would like their children to receive one, regardless of financial circumstances. When you make a gift to our parish school, it enables us to open our arms even wider and offer tuition assistance to more families in need. Make a financial gift to our school here by selecting "School Support."

Community Resources

Although we trust in our Heavenly Father to help us through hard times, we still struggle along the way. Sometimes we need outside support. Below you will find local resources:

• Domestic violence hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or website
• Resource number for Clackamas county: 211
• Suicide Prevention hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or website
• St. Vincent de Paul (food and rent/utilities assistance): website or 503-235-8431

Your parish community cares for you

and we would like to say

THANK YOU

for being a part of our parish!

QCD

A qualified charitable distribution (QCD) allows individuals who are 70½ years old or older to donate up to $105,000 total to one or more charities directly from a taxable IRA instead of taking their required minimum distributions.

RMD

Required minimum distributions (RMDs) are the minimum amounts you must withdraw from your retirement accounts each year. You generally must start taking withdrawals from your traditional IRA, SEP IRA, SIMPLE IRA, and retirement plan accounts when you reach age 72.

If you are over 72 years of age you qualify to take annual distributions from your retirement account to make tax free donations to charities of your choice.

Resurrection Church is a qualified public charity 501(c)(3) and can receive your QCD.

We thank you in advance for considering Resurrection Catholic Church and School as recipients of your donations.

Will, Living Trust & Estate Planning

Include Resurrection Catholic Parish or School in your will, trust or estate planning. Your gift – no matter how big or small – ensures our church and school can continue all of the incredible work we do, and you will be making an impact in the lives of others for many years to come.