]]> http://www.dellastradaparish.com/announcements-for-february-4-5-2012/feed/ http://www.dellastradaparish.com/balik-alay-progress-report-for-december-2011/ http://www.dellastradaparish.com/balik-alay-progress-report-for-december-2011/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:48:31 +0000 admin http://www.dellastradaparish.com/?p=690 Today, being our Parish Stewardship Sunday, the following is the update on the Balik-Alay Program:

The parish always welcomes generous response of new offerors to its Balik-Alay Stewardship Program. We hope that you will respond to the invitation to live the spirituality  of stewardship through the active participation in this program. Please see the parish office for inquiries. ]]> http://www.dellastradaparish.com/balik-alay-progress-report-for-december-2011/feed/ http://www.dellastradaparish.com/balik-alay-stewardship-prayer-4/ http://www.dellastradaparish.com/balik-alay-stewardship-prayer-4/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:00:02 +0000 admin http://www.dellastradaparish.com/?p=446

Lord, every time I open my hands,

I look heavenward to receive Your blessings.

I believe everything is a gift from Your overflowing love.

Undeserving as I may be, You have built my identity.

You have fashioned me as Your child

And given me dignity of sharing in Your life.

Help me to open my hands to let go and trust

For You run my affairs more than I do.

You admonish me to cast away my doubts and anxieties

And to live in harmony and peace.

Like a good steward, help me to be thankful in gratitude

To count more my blessings and less of my adversities.

Let me open my hands so that I can love and share my gifts.

Help me to understand that in a Christian love

I have the need to give more than giving to a need.

As I realize that I live on borrowed time and life

I wish to return the best portions of these blessings received

For the good of my Church to glorify Your name.

May I be blessed as a good servant, now that I offer

and return my gifts to You.

AMEN.

A. Summary of pledges and commitment by type of pledges   as of  month end.

B. Number of response  offerors  by area as of month end.

Total 1,038

C. Total amount of Balik-alay offerings for Stewardship of Treasure

We praise and thank the Good Lord for your generosity.
“God loves a cheerful giver”    2 Corinthians 9:7

The parish always welcomes generous response of new offerors to its Balik-Alay Stewardship Program. We hope that you will respond to the invitation to live the spirituality  of stewardship through the active participation in this program. Please see the parish office for inquiries. ]]> http://www.dellastradaparish.com/balik-alay-progress-report-for-the-month-november-2011/feed/ http://www.dellastradaparish.com/announcement-for-december-18-2011/ http://www.dellastradaparish.com/announcement-for-december-18-2011/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:41:24 +0000 admin http://www.dellastradaparish.com/?p=686

**Please take note of the schedule of masses in our parish for the Christmas Season:

Ongoing SIMBANG GABI at 8:00 PM until December 23 and at 4:30 AM until December 24.  The 4:30 AM simbang gabi replaces the 6:00 am mass.

Our CHRISTMAS EVE MASS on December 24  and our NEW YEAR’s EVE Mass on December 31  are both at 9:00 PM.

On December 25 and January 01, we will follow our Sunday schedule of masses  except  that we will have NO 6:00 AM mass on these dates.

Finally, kindly be informed that on Saturday, December 24 and December 31,  there will be NO 6:00 PM anticipated mass in our parish.

**Alay Pamisa Para sa Simbang Gabi (Our Christmas Offering to Baby Jesus) envelopes are made available in order to give you the opportunity to offer masses (thanksgiving, special intentions or for the souls of our departed loved ones) during the Simbang Gabi.  Kindly write your mass intentions on the envelope and drop in drop boxes located at the entrances of the church or bring to the Parish Office.

THANK YOU!

**Everyone is encouraged to be best prepared for the birth of our Lord by seeking the Sacrament of Reconciliation during this time of Advent.  To this end, we will be having a Kumpisalang Bayan today, December 10, after the 6:00 PM mass.  We hope that you would take advantage of this opportunity to be reconciled with the Lord.  Thank you very much.

**Please take note of the schedule of masses in our parish for the Christmas Season:

For the Simbang Gabi, we will have an evening mass from December 15 to 23 at 8:00 PM and a dawn mass from December 16-24 at 4:30 AM.

Our CHRISTMAS EVE MASS on December 24 and our NEW YEAR’s EVE MASS on December 31 are both at 9:00 PM.

On December 25 and January 01, we will follow our Sunday schedule of masses except that we will have NO 6:00 AM mass on these dates.

Finally, kindly be informed that on December 24, Saturday, there will be NO 6:00 PM mass in our parish.

**Alay Pamisa Para sa Simbang Gabi (Our Christmas Offering to Baby Jesus) envelopes are made available in order to give you the opportunity to offer your mass intentions (thanksgiving, special intentions or for the souls of your departed loved ones) during the entire Simbang Gabi.  Kindly write your mass intentions on the envelope and drop in drop boxes located at the entrances of the church or bring to the Parish Office before December 16.

December 08 is the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Principal Patroness of the Philippines.  It is a Holy Day of obligation. On this day, there will be masses at 6:00 am, 12:00 noon, 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm.

December 08 is the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Principal Patroness of the Philippines.  It is a Holy Day of obligation. On this day, there will be masses at 6:00 am, 12:00 noon, 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm.

**As part of our celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King, our parish will be having a procession this afternoon after the 5:30 mass that will go around Pansol and Ibanag St. in La Vista.

Everyone is enjoined to participate in the procession.

Thank you!

• The Parish Formation Ministry invites everyone to our Parish’s Advent Recollection with the theme “Advent: Sustaining the Best of Our Hope in the World Today.”  Our speaker will be Fr. Mike Lambino of the Society of Jesus.  It will be held at the St. Paul Hall of the Fr. Pat H. Lim Landas Center of the Parish at 7:30 PM.

Please come and let this be part of your spiritual preparation in time for the Christmas season.

• There will be a Rummage Sale at the Parish Lingkod Center from 8 AM to 1 PM.

Said Rummage Sale is being sponsored by the Solo Parents of Sta. Maria della Strada Parish for the benefit of the Landas ng Karunungan (LNK) Scholarship Program of the parish.  The LNK Scholarship Program supports high school scholars with free school fees, tuition and school uniforms as well as financial support to Vocational and College scholars.  To date, the Program has helped about 6,600 scholars.

Any donation of clothing, household items and office items will be much appreciated.  Kindly send your donation to the parish office. Thank you for your support and may God bless you a hundredfold.

• The DIVINE MERCY APOSTOLATE of the DIOCESE OF CUBAO, cordially invites everyone to the incoming 1st CUBAO DIOCESAN APOSTOLIC CONGRESS ON MERCY which will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2011, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm at the Bulwagang Claret of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Mahinhin St., UP Village, Diliman, Quezon City.

AM/PM snacks will be provided but please bring your own lunch.

**Caritas Manila invites you to buy products made by urban poor partners and inmates of the National Bilibid Prison.  These products are available at the parish grounds today and next Sunday.

Buying their products will enable you to help the inmates and their families, as well as their urban poor partners, and be able to send youths to school.

**As part of our celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King, our parish will be participating in a procession on Saturday, Nov. 19, organized by the Vicariate of St. Joseph. The procession will begin from the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice in UP and will end in our parish,  Sta. Maria della Strada.

Likewise, on Sunday (Nov. 20), our parish will also have its own procession that will go around Pansol and Ibanag St. in La Vista after the 5:30 PM mass.

Hoping you could participate in these two processions.  Thank you!

**There will be a Rummage Sale to be held on Saturday, November 26, 2011, at the Parish Lingkod Center from 8 AM to 1 PM.

Said Rummage Sale is being sponsored by the Solo Parents of Sta. Maria della Strada Parish for the benefit of the Landas ng Karunungan (LNK) Scholarship Program of the parish.  The LNK Scholarship Program supports high school scholars with free school fees, tuition and school uniforms as well as financial support to Vocational and College scholars.  To date, the Program has helped about 6,600 scholars.

Any donation of clothing, household items and office items will be much appreciated.  Kindly send your donation to the parish office. Thank you for your support and may God bless you a hundredfold.