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Thanks
for subscribing to our parish newsletter. The Catholic Community of
Pleasanton has an ongoing commitment to keep everyone informed
about what is going on within the parish. Now we would like to hear
from you! Specifically, we would like to get your feedback on what
you'd like to see in this newsletter. We welcome your thoughts on
how we can make CCOP a great place to worship and a place to hang
out and share quality time with family and friends! Just email your
comments and suggestions to:
newsletter@catholicsofpleasanton.org
Have a wonderful summer!
The Communications Committee
Robert Comito
Allan Espiritu
David Grubbs
Denise Howe
Alice Morrison
Sharon Murphy
David Psutka
Arnette Rafael
Frank Spindler
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Vince Nims, Faith Formation's
new youth minister
Fr. Padraig recently appointed
Vince Nims as Youth Ministry and Confirmation Coordinator.
Vince, who has been involved with a great variety of youth programs
over the years, joined right in - providing the music for Vacation Bible School.
Vince brings extensive experience, great enthusiasm, and
exceptional talent to his new role. He is very excited about
leading the youth ministry at CCOP.
Vince holds a Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from St.
Mary's College and a Master's in Theological Studies from the
Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley. He has 17 years of
full-time ministry experience; has been a parish youth minister,
confirmation director, Diocesan Director of Youth and Young Adult
Ministry, and is a nationally recognized musician and
speaker.
Vince was an official World Youth Day Musician at Toronto,
Canada in 2002
and at Cologne,
Germany
in 2005. He has traveled widely in the United
States and Canada doing parish
concerts, youth rallies, regional and national conferences, young
adult gatherings, faith formation events, etc. He uses his music to
help people learn about their faith and has also produced three
CDs. Vince is known as "The Roamin' Catholic Banana Guy"
because of a song he does called "I Like Bananas."
Vince lives in Livermore
and is the proud father of a nine year old daughter, Veronica.
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Don't miss 1st
Wednesday Street Party in July
Come visit and bring your friends to our CCOP booth at the 1st
Wednesday Street Party from 6-9 p.m. on July 1. Downtown Pleasanton
will be lively. The booth can be seen from quite a distance with
its big white letters on an eye-catching blue canopy. Our booth is
in a great location on Main
Street across from the little gas
station.
The volunteers greet people stopping by, including CCOP folks,
casual visitors, and those interested in learning more about the
Catholic Church and Faith.
This month Joe Hebert and the adult and children choirs will bless
downtown with music. Teens and high-schoolers will do colorful,
free face painting for children.
For visitors who have questions about the Church, there will be a
clergy member, along with people from the Bereavement ministry and
Faith Formation. Anyone from CCOP is invited to help at the booth,
greet visitors and answer questions. Just show up and you
will be more than welcome. It provides a great sense of community.
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Farewell reception for Anna,
Bernardo, Howard, and Linda set for July 12
Our farewell reception for Anna Horen, Bernardo Reyes, Howard
Powelson, and Linda Kliment will follow the noon Mass on Sunday,
July 12, at the Parish Hall. This farewell reception will be an
opportunity for all of us to express our gratitude for their ministry
in our parish. Please mark your calendar.
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Take along the bulletin on your vacation
Going on vacation and want to bring a bit of home along? Remember
to take a copy of the CCOP Bulletin with you and include it in a
vacation picture with you and your loved ones. Then when you get
back home, send us the electronic photograph in jpg or png format
along with a short caption for publication in an upcoming bulletin
edition to:
newsletter@catholicsofpleasanton.org
Have a great vacation!
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Summertime
reminders
As you prepare to plan for your vacation, please remember your
ministry of stewardship. Your weekly stewardship of treasure is
very important as we continue to pay our weekly bills in these
economic times.
Please also ensure that you find a substitute for your ministry
responsibilities. We want our visitors to experience our community
as a "ministering community and a community of
ministers."
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Workshop
on job loss - its impact on marriage and family scheduled on July 21
We are seeing more issues with family and loved ones coping with
the loss of employment. This workshop is for all who are touched by
a job loss and the struggles of finding new employment. Fr. Padraig
along with the Employment Ministry team will be addressing those
issues in a workshop on Tuesday, July 21 from 7:30-9 p.m. in the
St. Elizabeth Seton chapel. The address is 4001 Stoneridge Drive, Pleasanton.
Join us, and if possible, bring your spouse and loved ones.
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Electronic giving
Traditional giving
All registered members will continue to receive envelopes,
including envelopes for special collections for a variety of needs.
Collections will be taken each week as usual. If you do not currently
use envelopes, please consider participating in either our envelope
program or the electronic giving program. Our church needs your
consistent support.
A new way to give
Our church has embraced a giving option that may be more convenient
for many of our members - electronic giving. This giving
option works in the same manner as mortgages, loan payments, or
insurance premiums that are automatically withdrawn from your
checking or savings account. To sign up for this giving option and
have your donations transferred electronically to the church
account on a regular basis, please fill out an authorization form
and return it to the church office. You choose the donation
frequency (weekly or monthly) and the donation amount for each fund
you wish to support.
Important benefits of electronic giving
Electronic giving makes life easier for you and yields significant
benefits for our church.
Benefits for you:
- The satisfaction
of giving to God first
- Easier to fulfill
stewardship commitments
- Strengthens
participation and support in the church
- Allows you to
contribute even when you are away
- Easier personal
budgeting - more secure than bringing cash or checks to church
Benefits for our Church:
- Cultivates
consistent giving
- More predictable cash
flow for better planning
- Less work for
office staff and volunteers
- Secure and easy
cash maintenance
Contributions made easy
Save time, simplify your life, and support our parish. We are
keeping up with the times by offering our parishioners a new way to
help our ministry. Our new electronic giving program is an
automated program that will allow you to make contributions without
having to lift a pen to write a check or reach into your wallet for
cash.
How it works
You authorize a specified amount of money to be electronically
transferred directly from your checking or savings account to the
parish account. You also specify the frequency of the transfer.
It is fast, safe, and easy. In fact, it is less risky than checks,
as it cannot be lost, stolen, or destroyed, and the rate of
accuracy is high. The electronic transfer will cost you NOTHING and
you save the cost of the check. The parish will issue you a
donation statement for your tax records, and your bank statements
will provide you with a record of transfer as additional proof of
your contributions. Donations via electronic transfer can be made
to our general fund or our building fund.
You can cancel your authorization of transfer at any time by
notifying us in writing. But we believe that once you have enjoyed
the convenience and savings of this new program, you won't want to
go back to the "old-fashioned" way of contributing to
your church.
If you would like more information or would like an authorization
form, call Bob Robichaud at (925) 989-3691 or email him at:
brobichaud@comcast.net
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Faith
Formation seeking catechists
Faith Formation is recruiting catechists for the new Faith
Formation year that will begin in September. We need both men and
women to fill the needed spots. Afternoon sessions are from 3:45
p.m. to 4:45 p.m. and evening sessions are 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. The
current needs are as follows:
· 4th Monday afternoon
· 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Tuesday afternoon
· 3rd, 4th, and 5th Wednesday evening
· 5th Wednesday evening
· 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Thursday afternoon
· 2nd, 4th, and 5th Friday afternoon
If you have any questions or
wish to volunteer, please call Martha Zeyen at (925) 846-3531 or
email her at:
mzeyen@catholicsofpleasanton.org
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Parish picnic slated for
September 20
Mark your calendars now for Sunday, September 20. Our family picnic
this year will have an international theme! The picnic will be held
at our St. Augustine
grounds. It starts with a special Mass at the Grotto at noon
followed by an entire afternoon of fun, fellowship, food, music,
games and some surprises for the entire family.
More updates will follow. Those interested in being part of the
Picnic Core Planning Committee, please call Marian Espiritu at
(925) 484-2428 or email her at:
m.esprit@yahoo.com
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Missed
a Sunday bulletin?
Ever experienced a time when you left Sunday Mass and forgot to get
a copy of the bulletin, or attended Mass at another Parish and
wondered what happened that week at CCOP? Well, you could still
stay informed by obtaining an electronic format of the bulletin by
visiting our website or clicking this link:
http://www.catholicsofpleasanton.org/thisweeknew.html
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