Our grief group is for those who seek consolation after the death of a loved one, whether the death is recent or long ago. We give voice to our unique journeys of grief and find healing and spiritual growth. A 6-week series on Saturday mornings, 10:30 to 12:30 a.m. February 21 – March 28.
St. Nicholas Parish Hall.
For more information and to sign up, please call or email: Carin Powers (415) 990-9577 [email protected] Lynn Hastings (408) 470-8934 [email protected]
We have ended the first half of the fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Thank you for your support of our parish's mission and ministries. In December, our average weekly collection was $34,510. You also generously donated to various important causes through our December special collections, totaling $11,844 ($2,961 per week). This brings our weekly December total to $37,471. We budgeted our Sunday Offertory income (less special collections) for JUL-DEC (25 weeks x $25,000) at $650,000, and we received $647,600 (-$2,400). Our 2025 Christmas collection stands at $120,000.
From the very beginning of my ministry here at St. Nicholas and St. William Parish, I have purposely placed the liturgical life of our parish at the very top of my agenda. Not in any way to diminish or devalue the other ministries, but because of my firm belief in these words: “… the liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed [and] the font from which all her power flows.” SC n. 10
We have begun the second quarter of the fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Thank you for your support of our parish's mission and ministries. In November, our average weekly collection was $26,206. You also generously donated to various important causes through our November special collections, totaling $14,613 ($3,653 per week). This brings our weekly November total $29,859.
We welcome Fr. Randy Valenton to our parish. He will be taking up residence at St. William Rectory as he begins his new assignment as chaplain at Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Fr. Randy is a priest of the Diocese of San Jose, and Fr. Matt’s former Parochial Vicar when he served as Pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Palo Alto. Fr. Randy will be available to celebrate Sunday Mass with us.
It was a great pleasure to welcome you all on Friday evening for our shared gathering. While it was cold outside, the atmosphere inside was warm and joyful as our parish communities came together to share fellowship over wine, bread, and cheese.
Thank you for the abundance of Christmas blessings, prayers, good wishes, cards, gifts, and words of affirmation. This was the first Christmas Mass I missed with my parishioners in 35 years as a priest. However, by the grace of God, I have fully recovered through the compassionate, healing work of many nurses and doctors. I will return to public ministry on January 1, 2026, by praying the Holy Rosary on the World Day of Peace at 7:30 am, followed by the Holy Mass for Mary, Mother of God, at St. Nicholas Church. I offer to God an abundance of thanksgiving for all of you as we begin this New Year.
You are invited to the 5th season of Spiritual Companions. Please join us on Saturdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in St Nicholas Hall, from January 10th through April 4th, 2026. We will be reading and reflecting on The Confessions of Saint Augustine, the spiritual autobiography of Augustine of Hippo (354-430 A.D.), who is widely considered the greatest Christian philosopher of Antiquity.
The Garden Ministry keeps the St. Nicholas grounds beautiful and welcoming. Their work includes mowing, blowing, raking, and sweeping in addition to fine gardening work. We are grateful to the many hours the volunteers have dedicated to making the grounds at St Nicholas so beautiful. They meet weekly on a Friday morning. Do you have a couple of hours to join them? If so, contact Lidia at [email protected] to connect you with the team.