Fitbit Charge 3 Raffle Fundraiser

Help a student in need receive sacramental preparation! Funds will go to assist families who are unable to pay CCD registration for their children. Thank you for your generosity!

We received a donation of a new rose-gold Fitbit Charge 3 fitness tracker watch that we are offering as the prize of our fundraiser raffle!

Suggested Donation: Ticket $5 (not required to participate)

Please print out the above form and mail it out to us (Attn: Raffle Team) with your check donation or drop it off at the rectory office.  The deadline is Tuesday, September 1, 2020 and the raffle will take place on Tuesday, September 8th, 2020

The winner must come to the parish office with ID to redeem the prize.

ADA 2019 – English from Diocese of San Jose on Vimeo.

Annual Diocesan Appeal 2019
Our invitation from Bishop McGrath and Bishop Cantú to participate in the 2019 Annual Diocesan Appeal will soon arrive at our homes. Please keep in mind as you receive your personal invitation that this Appeal not only assists our parish in fulfilling their assessment obligation, but at the same time supports the common services and programs that assist all 53 parishes an missions in the Diocese of San Jose.

“Hand In Hand In Ministry” is the theme for our 2019 Annual Diocesan Appeal. This reminds us that, as Catholics, each of us has received the invitation to join as members of one community of faith for the works of justice, mercy, outreach and formation in our Parishes, our Diocese and the global Church.

A gift/pledge to the Annual Diocesan Appeal with help the work of our local Church to grow and to flourish throughout our Santa Clara County diocesan faith community.

Also, when our parish reaches its goal of $319,521 in cash, 100% of the additional funds received will be returned to us for use in our parish.  Please prayerfully consider pledging your support.

Pledge cards are available in the pews, in the parish office, and in the literature holders in the old hall. Please return your completed pledge cards and/or donation by placing them in the collection baskets, mailing them to Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine, or turning them into the parish office.

May God reward you for your generosity!

For more info: https://www.dsj.org/ways-to-give/annual-diocesan-appeal/

Dear Parishioners, Pilgrims and Friends of Our Lady of Peace,

I greet you all wishing you the peace and joy that the Incarnate Word brought to this world.

The Holy Father has recently written:

“A people who are holy, however, who have Jesus as their King, are called to follow his way of tangible love. They are called to ask themselves, each one each day: “What does love ask of me, where is it urging me to go? What answer am I giving Jesus with my life?” (Pope Francis, Homily at Close of the Year of Mercy, 11-20-2016)

As you know Our Lady of Peace Parish and Shrine has a long-standing tradition of proclaiming God’s love in
tangible ways, extending God’s mercy not only for our brothers and sisters in need but for the many needs of
our Parish as well. I am, indeed, deeply grateful for your edifying Christian witness to fraternal charity.

Once again we are given this year the opportunity to experience God’s mercy by contributing to the Annual
Diocesan Appeal. The works of the Diocese supported by the Annual Diocesan Appeal –whose theme is:
Proclaiming God’s Love, Together in Christ – are an effective and tangible means of bearing testimony and
extending God’s love through: quality services and help for youth and adults, seminarians, parishes, religious
education and ministerial formation programs, as well as initiatives to foster respect for life and programs for
the Hispanic community. Thus, your contribution to ADA helps to make visible the preaching of our Lord by
your response of faith in making a generous sacrificial gift according to your possibilities and conditions.

Our goal for this year is $279,901.00.

In order to reach this goal, I encourage each and every family in Our Lady of Peace Parish to take part in this
effort and prayerfully consider pledging slightly more than you pledged last year. If you did not pledge last year,
we ask you to help with your share of our community obligation. Of the thousands of adults who attend Mass
at Our Lady of Peace Church, we are asking for at least 725 of you to pledge $40/month for 10 months. If you
can sacrifice more than the tax-deductible $40/month, we will surely surpass our goal and that surplus will
return to Our Lady of Peace Church ensuring the well-functioning of all of our own programs and more.
Remember that no gift made out of love and inspired by faith is too small.

Let us then contribute to the ADA, as generous instruments of mercy because it was we who first received
mercy from God. Thank you for your generous, sacrificial commitment to our work together in the service of
our Lord. Every dollar counts and is greatly appreciated.

With gratitude, I remain yours in Christ the Incarnate Word,

Fr. Brian Dinkel, IVE
Pastor of Our Lady of Peace Shrine

Additional information on the ADA