Pastor's Message for 1/5/2020
Happy New Year to all!
I have so enjoyed journeying through Advent and now Christmas with you all, and now I find myself looking forward to the year ahead and offering you all my prayers that you may persevere in fulfilling your New Year’s resolutions…whatever they may be. (I’m promising myself to try to shed the pounds I’ve accumulated since Thanksgiving!) You may have noticed some activity around the rectory these past weeks. Soon after arriving in Ojai, I discovered that when the rectory was constructed in the early sixties it included a privacy wall enclosing the area outside the kitchen and dining room. At some point, I’m given to understand that one of my fellow Augustinians decided to remove it for reasons unknown. In conversation with my brothers in community I decided to replace it in order to give us some private outdoor space to enjoy. This project has been paid for by the
Augustinian Community. Another discovery I made was that the rectory garage was long overdue for a roof replacement. Not only our vehicles but also parish records are stored in the garage, and I discovered that water was pouring in through the roof every time it rained. I’ve authorized the roof replacement to be paid for out of the Parish Building Fund.
Wishing you all a blessed week.
- Fr. Kirk
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George Zahab
Dear Friends,
Our dear friend George Zahab was recently on the prayer line for a surgical procedure. Well, that procedure was postponed and stil has not been done. I spoke with him before Mass this morning and he will have it on Friday, October 25th. Please keep him in your prayers.Read more
Grace Toth-Fejel
Dear Friends,
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Grace Toth-Fejel, who passed away early this morning. Please pray for strength for her husband, George and their sons Francis and Bryce.
Services will be held at St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday, October 18th. The Holy Rosary will begin at 10:30am followed by the Mass of Resurrection. A light luncheon will be served in Aquinas Center following the services.
Pray that Grace rest in the loving arms of God our Father.Read more
Natalie Savaso
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The outlook for people with chronic progressive dysautonomia have a generally poor long-term prognosis.
Thank you for keeping Natalie in your prayers.Read more
Eileen Atkinson
Our dear Eileen has been put on Hospice and is beginning her final steps of her journey to heaven. Please pray for her, her husband Drew, her kids Hannah and Cameron, and all her siblings and family. Our hearts are so heavy with sorrow at this time. Please also be respectful of her large family and their need to share these days with her. Visits need to be prearranged and very short. Eileen has been constantly aware of and so thankful for the prayers and love of her parish family. May we all continue to storm the heavens with prayer...Read more
