Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

Merry Christmas! In the Christmas feast, we find the Savior, here and now, amidst the joys and challenges of life. In this difficult age of ours, I invite you to join us at Christmas Mass, a sign of our unity and our hope for peace in Christ.

I also ask you to join in supporting our parish’s Annual Christmas Appeal. The appeal allows our community to extend Christ’s love, compassion, and hope in the present day.

Each year, through your extraordinary generosity, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Community is able to sustain vital ministries that serve our parish family and the wider community. Your gifts directly support:

• Pastoral care and sacramental life
• Outreach to the poor, the homebound, and the marginalized
• Programs for faith formation and spiritual growth
• Maintenance and stewardship of our newly renovated Church.

No gift is too small. Every offering is a meaningful expression of gratitude and faith, enabling us to continue the mission entrusted to us: to welcome all wherever they are on their faith journey.

You may make your gift online at www.sp-apostle.org. We are deeply grateful we are for your kindness and commitment to our parish community.

Merry Christmas! On behalf of Father Mark and all the Paulist Fathers and the Staff of Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Community, may God bless you, your family, friends, and our community with hope, peace, and love! 

Father Gilbert Martinez, CSP

Pastor

For our immigrant sisters and brothers living in fear of deportation, may the Lord accompany them through the ministry of the Christian community:

For the healing, comfort, and peace of the sick, for Shirley Ruess, Sister Irene Wright, Melinda Nadres, Greg Tinsley, Jack & Vicki Phillips, Tel Ramon, Mary Pat Cooper, Todd Wiench, Bernadette Tee, Estrella and John Monzon, Charles Candel, Joan Doyle, Marisa Kavanau, Carol King Wolcott, John Wolcott, Angel Appleton, Clark Gassan, Lohriena Lohrie Counts, Nora McCormick Heinen, Weldon Tilley, Paul Lannan, Eileen Gaffney.

For the eternal rest of our beloved departed, Alfred Ruess, Christohper Hudlin, Alan Culver, Laura James, Anne Marie Hannick, Father Greg Goethals, SJ, Ron Schuster, Bobby Burks, Father Jack Lynch, CSP, Arlene Havel, Phil Duncan, Michele Kearin, Father Brad Schoeberle, CSP, Mary Tokuza, Haruko Hiromura, Donny Kie, Cesar Robeniol, Nellie Scholar, may they rest in peace.

For peace in every nation: may the light of the Holy Spirit transform hearts so that all may seek the way of peace together and comfort the wounded and grieving, let us pray to the Lord: