The State of St Columbkille Parish

Our annual report was mailed to all parishioners and Fr Damian spoke at every Mass this about the state of the parish in this last year. Before he spoke he pulled his annual report out from ten years ago.

When Fr. Damian looked it over, he said, "Just in the financial part of it, in 2004 the debt for this building and the school building was $4,000,000. We're under two million now, so the debt has been cut more than half.

"Our parish budget is now $1,000,000 more which speaks, I think, about you; about this parish; about this community; about its generosity and about its discipleship.

"Each year it is not only a reflection for me on the financial part, it is also a reflection on how we are doing as disciples of Jesus. I think there is here a great dynamism and an engagement that those in the church are really striving to live your faith well.

"You teach me many things in your prayer; your generosity. Just watching this morning as people brought in food for the Tri-City Pantry, the amount of food coming in to feed those who are hungry. It is an expression of your commitment to giving for others.

"As always, I truly want to say thank you. You're a great group of disciples. You make my job as pastor very easy. I am very proud of you."

Reporting on Our Year of Faith

Our 2012-13 Annual Report has been published and mailed. Fr. Damian will speak at all of the Masses this weekend to review our year as we move forward as a community.

Annual Report for 2011-2012

Our Fiscal year goes from July 1st to June 30th. The Annual Report for our last fiscal year is complete and you can see it here. While it includes the financial statements, it takes a look at how our parish has changed in the last year, most notably with the change in the words during Mass and the construction that is still taking place. It truly is A Year of Change.

2010-11 Annual Report

The Annual Report was mailed earlier this week. If you don't have your's yet, you can see it online here.

This weekend Fr. Damian will speak at all the Masses as we celbrate the past fiscal year and look forward to the future.

Annual Report & Seminarians

Our Annual Report was mailed and Fr. Damian spoke about it at all of the Masses last weekend. Due to bulk mail rules, the arrival date can vary. If you haven't gotten yours yet, you should expect it by the weekend.

In preparing the Annual Report, Fr. Wee interviewed the five men from St. Columbkille who were in Seminary in 2009-10. While a few quotes from that discussion were included in the Annual Report, the full conversations can be read here.

Annual Report

This weekend Fr. Damian thanked everyone for their support this past year. He also referred to the Annual Report which has been mailed to everyone.
We discovered that the mailing was initially delayed because the layout did not meet a new postal regulation. Fortunately the postmaster was kind enough to grant us an exemption and you should have your Annual Report soon.