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.
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.
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.
Thank you for your overwhelming support of Bishop Cantu’s ministry to the people of our Diocese. Thus far, 377 families have paid $629,051 toward our parish goal of $440,000. We are projecting a $189,000 rebate. Please continue to make your monthly payments ($5,759 outstanding). Our refund will help fund our restroom and Reconciliation chapel project at St. William Church. Any gift or pledge, regardless of size, helps our Diocese and our Parish reveal Christ's presence in our community. Thank you for making a difference.
Over the last fiscal year, the St. Vincent de Paul Society – St. Athanasius Conference distributed your financial gifts ($24,037) as follows: Housing Assistance ($18,466); Utilities ($8,736); Transportation ($5,813); Other ($6,425).
We have begun the second quarter of the fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Thank you for your support of the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of October, our average weekly collection was $24,127. You also generously donated to various important causes through our October special collections, totaling $6,728 ($1,570 per week). This brings our weekly October total $25,697.
Thank you for your overwhelming support of Bishop Cantu's ministry to the people of our
Diocese. Thus far, 375 families have paid $614,488 toward our parish goal of $440,000. We
are projecting a rebate of $128,000. Please continue to make your monthly payments
($14,113 outstanding). Our refund will help fund our restroom and Reconciliation chapel
project at St. William Church. Any gift or pledge, regardless of size, helps our Diocese and
our Parish reveal Christ's presence in our community. Thank you for making a difference.
We have completed the first quarter of the fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Thank you for your support of our parish's mission and ministries. During September, our average weekly collection was $24,514. You also generously donated to various important causes through our September special collections, totaling $6,586 ($1,647 per week). This brings our weekly September total $26,161.
We have begun a new fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Thank you for your support of the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of AUGUST, our average weekly collection was $22,447. You also generously donated to various important causes in our AUGUST/special collections at $17,688 ($4,422 weekly). This brings our weekly AUGUST total $26,869.
Thank you for your overwhelming support of Bishop Cantu’s ministry to the people of our Diocese. Thus far, 358 families have paid $600,491 toward our parish goal of $440,000. We are projecting a rebate of $160,000. There are still over 75 families who made gifts for the 2024 ADA campaign, but not this year. Our rebate will help fund our restroom and Reconciliation chapel project at St. William Church.
I first met Charlie Kirk about four years ago when I was in Phoenix for a speaking engagement. He reached out and invited me to breakfast. I was deeply impressed by him that day. He was a man of great intelligence, considerable charm, and real goodness of heart.
WASHINGTON – Pope Leo XIV has appointed Reverend Andres (“Andy”) C. Ligot as Auxiliary Bishop of San José. Father Ligot is a priest of the Diocese of San José, currently serving as vicar general and chancellor of the diocese, as well as pastor of St. Elizabeth of Portugal Parish in Milpitas, California.
Dear Catholic School Families,
We, across the Diocese of San José, are heartbroken by the tragic events that took place today at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, where a school Mass was targeted by violence. Lives were lost, and many were injured. We hold the students, families, and parish community there in our deepest prayers, asking the Lord to bring comfort and healing.
We have begun a new fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Thank you for your support of the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of JULY, our average weekly collection was $23,618. You also generously donated to various important causes in our JULY/special collections at $19,184 ($4,796 week). This brings our weekly total for July to $28,414.
On March 27, Father David Michael Moses presented a talk, “How the Sacraments Make us Saints,” at Saint William Church in Los Altos. A popular social media figure with millions of followers, he spoke about his ministries of evangelization with The Valley Catholic.
We have concluded FY 24/25. Thank you for your continued support of the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of JUNE our average weekly collection was $21,069. You also generously donated to various important causes in our JUNE/special collections at $11,184 ($2,237 week). This brings our weekly JUNE to $23,306. We budgeted our Sunday Offertory income (less special collections) for the entire fiscal year (52 weeks x $24,000) at $1,203,000 and received $1,300,000 (-$97,000).
The penultimate month of our fiscal year is upon us. Thank you for your continued support of the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of MAY our average weekly collection was $23,273. You also generously donated to various important causes in our MAY/special collections at $13,363 ($3,341 per week). This brings our weekly MAY to $26,614.
Saint Nicholas and Saint William Parish operates on a program year that begins on July 1 and ends on June 30. Our annual budget also runs from July to June. We are so very grateful to all who supported the work of our Parish over the past 12 months. Each year, however, the expenses associated with all our parish operations and programs increase, and as always, we depend on our parishioners to help cover these expenses. We will provide a financial report in the fall.