This week, all of our parishioners who are registered should be receiving their annual Christmas letter and Christmas schedule. Please plan accordingly and pass this information on to other folks who may be estranged from the Church or friends that might be visiting our mountain community.
The Christmas Schedule is:
Advent Penance Service,
Tuesday, December 15th at 6pm at Our Lady of the Sierra Church in Oakhurst
Christmas Eve Children's Mass
Thursday, December 24 at 4pm at Our Lady of the Sierra Church in Oakhurst
Christmas Solemn Midnight Mass
Friday, December 25 at 12:00am at Our Lady of the Sierra Church in Oakhurst
Christmas Morning Mass
Friday, December 25 at 8:30am at St. Joseph the Worker Mission in North Fork
Christmas Mass
Friday, December 25 at 11am at Our Lady of the Sierra Church in Oakhurst
NO CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON MASS IN BASS LAKE
New Year's Day is no longer a holyday of obligation . There will be a Communion Service at 8am in Oakhurst.
The parish office will be closed from Christmas Eve Noon, December 24th until Tuesday, December 29th to allow the staff that is working over time before the holydays to take a well deserved break. The parish office will again close on New Year's Eve, December 31st until Monday, January 4th, 2010.
A special second collection for the Parish Improvement Fund will be taken on Christmas Day to help with repairs that are seriously needed around the three facilities. Winter months are difficult for our properties. We do ask that you remember your parish in your end of the year financial planning. Better to give to your parish then to the IRS.
The financial report that I submitted to you some time ago was only the Budget for 2008-2009. What I left out was the amount the Parish has in savings in the Diocesan Deposit and Loan Fund, our Fresno Diocese Savings.
We have several accounts. All together Our Lady of the Sierra Parish holds $215,161 in savings. The main savings account has been used for the following purpose since my arrival in July 1, 2008.
Deposit from checking account to savings Sept 2009 +$100,000.00
Purchase of house in Oakhurst, November 4, 2008 -$ 221,093.14
Painting and setting house for occupancy Feb. 13, 2009 -$ 9,000.00
Construction Project to Architect/Derivi Construction, April 2009 - $ 11,715.00
(These funds used on the anticipated new building on OLS prop.)
Painting and repairs on exterior of Oakhurst house (summer 2009) - $ 7,000.00
I am publishing this information to let all our parishioners know of what funds we have transferred to the savings, and what funds have been used for large expenses, all done with the permission of the Bishop.
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