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NO OCIA CLASS THIS WEEK 

OCIA will not meet this Thursday! If you attend this class, please attend the Vigil Mass @ 6:30 pm at SJA instead.

IN SYMPATHY 

Theresa Hluza, longtime SJA parishioner, Altar Guild and Catholic Daughter member and mother of parishioner Matthew Hluza passed away recently. May God grant repose to her soul and comfort to her loved ones!

SJA NEW CLASSROOM PROJECT 

Our goal is to reach $225,000. We need your spiritual and financial help. YOU can help our youth become better Catholics!  Please see Ron Smith or Trish Speers for more information.

Registration for the 25-26 Faith Formation year is OPEN!!! 

We are excited for the amazing year ahead of us and to welcome your students back on September 3! You can find all the details and link to register on our website under the “Youth” tab — https://olphsja.org/youth Registration will close on Tuesday, August 26 @ 9:00 am!!! We will have a few opportunities to answer questions and help with registration during the next few weeks, as well as after Mass, so keep watching for those available days and times. Please contact our Youth Ministry Coordinators, Bianca Heinroth or Ellaina Madera, with any questions. See our website or registration form for contact information!

THE TURKEY BOARDS ARE OUT! 

The Turkey Boards have been put out at the back of both churches! This is another way for you to help both parishes offset the cost of the Turkey Dinner Bazaar. Please take stickers off of the board and place them into a turkey envelope, with the donation amount listed on the front of each sticker and put that envelope into the Regular Collection slot of the collection box. Please know that you are NOT ACTUALLY going out to buy the item on the sticker you pulled — instead, you are giving a monetary donation to cover the cost of that item which is provided by the caterer!

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL LOCAL SOCIETY NEWS 

Lend a hand, provide a meal, or make a small donation. Your time, food, or funds can change the lives of those we help! Items in need at our local pantry: Bathroom Tissue, Detergent, Canned Chicken, Cereal, Jelly, and Corn Bread Mix. Simply drop off items in the SVdP baskets at the back of either OLPH or SJA. Thank you for your support!

TURKEY DINNER/BAZAAR 2025

Mark your calendar! We’re officially 3.5 months out from the 2025 Turkey Dinner/Bazaar. This year, the TDB is scheduled for Sunday, October 26, and will be held at the Heritage Hall in West Columbia! If you are volunteering in any way, please know you MUST be Safe Environment trained. If you’ve not completed this training, you will NOT be able to help! Please call the office for more information on how to complete this training at home or in the office. 

2025 Turkey Dinner Bazaar Raffle Tickets are here!!! 

Your packet is at the parish you are registered at. Please take the envelope with your name. Each envelope contains $60.00 worth of tickets. All families are asked to sell $60.00 worth of tickets to friends and family.  If you don’t see your name, please take an envelope marked blank behind the z’s.  Return all money, sold and unsold tickets in an envelope into the collection plate or bring by the office. Please write your name on your envelope if you take one marked blank.  If you sell all your tickets and need more, you may take an envelope marked blank or come by the office.    

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SEW? The SJA Altar Guild is looking for volunteers who like to sew! At times, they need help making prayer blankets. If you’re interested, please call Linda Miska at 979-236-3978

TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY 

The meeting on Tuesday mornings is shifting from a bible study, to what will now be called Adult Faith Formation! Currently, the group who meets is watching a series on FORMED called Symbolon: The Catholic Faith Explained. They are learning and discussing the Sacraments, and ways in which we can live out our faith in our lives! If you are available @ 9:00 am on Tuesday mornings, come join them!! 

THE CHURCH DIRECTORIES ARE HERE! 

If you were not at Mass last weekend and did not get the chance to pick up your directory if your family’s picture was taken, or purchase one if your family’s picture was not taken, please come by the Parish Office to do so! If you are not able to make it to the office during our business hours, please call us at 979-548-2020 to let us know, and we can leave one in the sacristy for you to pick up when you attend Mass!  

HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Monday, August 11

8:15 am Legion of Mary (English) — SJA hall 

6:00 pm Legion of Mary (Spanish) — OLPH hall

Tuesday, August 12

6:30 pm St. Vincent de Paul Meeting — SJA hall

Thursday, August 14

11:00 am SOAR Group Meeting — OLPH hall 

6:00 pm The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Vigil Mass — SJA

Friday, August 15

Parish Office Closed in honor of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sunday, August 17 

1:30 pm Social Sunday — OLPH hall