St. Gerard's 

WELCOME to St. Gerard Roman Catholic faith community.

We welcome all – young families to the most senior of seniors! Singles, married, divorced, widowed! All are welcome in this place!

And to love one another as Jesus loved is to take care of one another, especially those most disadvantaged....the sick, the suffering, the poor, the excluded.

St. Gerard’s has been described as a contemporary faith community; a hospitable faith community; a very pastoral faith community.

If this is the kind of parish in which your faith would flourish and grow, come and join us.

Our Children’s Catechesis Team thanks the CWL for the gift of $660.00 (from the Cookie Walk) towards the cost of the T-shirts that our children have been given and are encouraged to wear when they come to church. 

The Children preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation have constructed posters telling us a bit about themselves.  As a community of faith, we are all required to support the children and their families as they journey in their faith development.

Please take the time to look at each of the personal posters; pray for each of these children, and for their families. When you spot a child wearing the sacrament prep T-shirt, take the time to introduce yourself, and let the child know that you are supporting them in prayer. Introduce yourself to the parents.  These children are so precious in God’s eyes, and we all have the privilege of showing the face of God to the children.

Costco has their beautiful Poinsettia's on sale for $20. If you would like to buy one and donate it to the parish for Christmas, please do so and bring it to the parish office by Friday, December 21. It would help to incur the cost for the parish. The plants will be used in the church and in the hall to add to the festive look of our parish home.

  The 2019 Sunday Missals are here. The cost is $3 each, or two for $5.  They are available at the Hospitality Table.

St. Gerard has traditionally been a very generous parish…rising to meet whatever needs are placed before us.

During this beautiful Advent season, and during the season of Christmas, let us continue to generously care for our parish, and for the needs of those around us:

• St. Vincent de Paul
• Mission Mexico
• Together in Action
• Sandwiches for the Street people
• serving in our many ministries
• donating to the financial needs of our parish             
• gifting in our wills

The more we give to our parish, the more the parish is able to give back to all parishioners and to our outreach ministries.

  Each Lent and Advent, our parish provides booklets as aids for your personal prayer and reflection time. We invite our parishioners to take a copy(s) home and to use the daily reflection as part of your prayer time, in preparation for the feast of Christmas. Available titles:

• The Word Among Us – Advent 2018
• Celebrate with Gladness the 12 Days of Christmas
• Follow the Star – Advent Devotions for Catholic Seniors
• Light for the World – Fr. Ron Rolheiser
• Advent calendars for families

Please consider singing with the Family Choir at the 5 pm Christmas Eve Mass. Practices will be on Sundays in December at 10:00 - 11:00 am. You can use the online sign-up form on our website.

Christmas Hampers drivers and helpers are needed. Please mark the morning of Saturday, December 22 in your calendar to help deliver Christmas hampers. We meet in the church hall at 9:00 am and coffee and treats will be available.

We need two people for each delivery and will happily pair up single volunteers together. Last year we delivered over 100 hampers, so the more the merrier. Thank you so much for your assistance, without you we could not do this ministry at Christmas.

Our St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Angel Tree is located in the back of the church decorated with angel tags. Every year when we deliver Christmas hampers to the poor we try to include a small gift for each member of the family. We ask that the gift be no more than $25.00. 

Our hampers this year will be delivered on December 22.  Please consider taking an angel tag off the tree and return the wrapped gift with the angel tag attached to the Christmas Angel Tree by December 16. Thank you for helping make Christmas a little brighter for those less fortunate.