Welcome to Holy Name of Mary Parish

“Gathered with Mary as one family in the Eucharist,

we are called to live the love of Jesus.”

                                                                                                                                                -Mission Statement

Happy Catholic Schools Week

Dear Parish Family,

Catholic Schools Week is one of the highlights of the year at Holy Name of Mary School. We’ve planned a variety of activities for students, families and community members, and we hope you’ll join us as we celebrate what makes Catholic education unique.

This year’s theme is “Catholic Schools: Faith. Academics. Service.” In just three words, this theme expresses what our school is all about. We teach our students faith, not just the basics of Christianity, but how to have a relationship with God. We hold them to high academic standards and do everything we can to help students reach their full potential. We also teach them how to serve, both as a way to express their faith and to become good citizens. The focus on faith, academics and service prepares our students for meaningful lives in their families, communities and the Catholic Church.

We are proud to offer an education that is distinctive among educational institutions in our community. We are excited to have the opportunity during Catholic Schools Week to share what our students are learning and what they have accomplished. I hope to see you and your family at some of our events. Please bring your friends and neighbors, particularly those who may be considering Catholic education for their own children, to our Open House on Tuesday.

Also, please join me in saying thank you to all those who help make Holy Name of Mary School a success: Fr. Rich and Fr. Peadar, our extraordinary faculty and staff, the parish staff, our school board members, parents and volunteers. Through their dedication and commitment, our students are learning in a culture of faith, academics and service that is preparing them for a full life in their families, communities and the Catholic Church.

Devotedly yours in Christ,
Candice Kuzmickas

For more information regarding Holy Name of Mary School please visit their website at holynamemaryschool.org

THANK YOU TO THE HNM FAMILY

FROM ST. VINCENT de PAUL

Thank you for all you do and enable us to do. Thank you especially for:
*helping us provide the homeless with food; and other persons with food and some financial help, shelter, paying bills, etc.
*helping us to feed 92 families at Thanksgiving and 156 families at Christmas with food baskets – that’s 1154 needy people, 569 of whom were children, with food, toys and/or clothes.
*helping to box food at Thanksgiving, and to box food and toys -- and deliver them -- for Christmas.
*your generous donations to defray the rental cost of our new space with no stairs. It allows us to have room to store more food and some winter clothes. Our new address is in the San Dimas Center on Arrow Highway (570-A Arrow).

Thank you most heartily to the family who decided to have an alternate Christmas this year by giving Saint Vincent de Paul a check each month instead of giving gifts to each other.

Because of all you do, you enable us to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe those in need of clothes, and shelter the homeless. We love doing it in your name.

— Roberta Fleming (on behalf of St. Vincent de Paul)