Dear Friends,
     St. Alexander Parish is a loving, caring, faith-filled community. We think we have something very special - a warm, close, active and friendly group of parishioners who have accepted the Lord into their life, and in loving God, have come to serve Him.
     The Gospel of John tells us He is the true vine, and we are the branches. Jesus says if we are connected to Him, we will bear much fruit. We are proud of our parish because we are connected to Jesus, not only through our Eucharistic celebrations, but also in our service to one another.
     If you are in our geographical area, please come worship with us. 

                                                 Love and prayers,

                                                Rev. Tuan Van Nguyen, Pastor

St. Alexander's annual Wedding Celebration will be Sunday afternoon, June 28th.  Fr. Tuan wants to honor all the marriages of ALL St. A's couples, whether they have been married one year or 75!  He will say a Mass at 2pm that day, and will conduct a renewal of vows ceremony.   Family members are also invited.  After the Mass the Council of Catholic Women has arranged for a wedding reception of wedding cake and punch.    Please check the bulletin for reservations and further information.

St. Alexander's Annual Parish Picnic will take place on Sunday, August 16, after the 11am Mass; please check the bulletin in the weeks preceding the event for details.

On Sunday,August 23rd at the 11am Mass, parishioner Julio Jiminez will assist at his first Mass as a Deacon.  There will be a Reception following in the Gathering Space. 

Then a few weeks later, on Saturday, September 19, St. Alexander's will celebrate its annual Mass of the Anointing, for all those who are ill in body, mind or spirit.
Confessions will begin at 10am; the Mass is at 11am, and a Luncheon has been arranged by the Council of Catholic Women in the Gathering Space following the Mass.  Please see the bulletin for further details.





PARISH MAY CROWNING!
      Mothers' Day, May 10, after the 9am Mass, Dolores Luka, our 2009 Woman of the Year crowned our Blessed Mother, accompanied by a group of this year's 1st Communicants.  The ceremony took place at the Our Lady of Ardvilla statue on the lawn just north of the main entrance to the church.  Choir members and parishioners sang the traditional "May Crowning" hymns. 




 Fr. Tuan, Dolores Luka, Deacon Chris Cochran, and a few of the first graders pose for a picture at the 2009 May Crowning.







We thank our generous parishioners who continue to support our "Pay of the Loan" campaign using with the envelope in their monthly envelope packets, as well as continuing to use our Memorial Gift program to honor a  living  friend or relative or remember deceased family members or friends with full or partial Memorial Gifts.  There are many such remaining gifts: center aisle pews and side pews, a number of doors and windows, even one of the Stained Glass Light boxes in the Gathering Space.  Do consider such a Memorial for one of your loved ones. Such gifts will help us pay off our loan as quickly as possible, and reduce the amount of our parish loan.
      The Memorial Book and its initial pages of contributors to the Church Capital improvement campaigns of 1993, 1999 and 2003 (through June 1, 2007) is permanently displayed at the Main/east entrance to the Church/Gathering Space/Parish Center.  Memorial Gift donors and those who give a new general contribution after June 1, 2007, will have their names engraved on pages to be added later; in the meantime names of donors and their gifts are printed on these pages.  
  

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