My dear Sisters and Brothers,
       May the Peace of Christ be with you.  I am keeping you in my prayers and fervently hope that you are all well.  We, as a Parish family, have never faced these unprecedented challenges.  I urge us all to respond with care, love, prayer and courage.
As Christians we always strive to be the very best version of ourselves, and I encourage you to reach out to one another and practice Christian charity.  Call your neighbors and Church friends and inquire about their wellbeing.  See if they have any special needs.  Seniors especially need our support. Any seniors needing help getting groceries, medications or other essential errands please call the office, we have fellow parishioners ready to assist you. So, let this moment of great challenge bring out the best of our humanity so that grace may endure.
Our spiritual needs are heightened during stressful times, and unfortunately Mass is not available.  We are offering Adoration from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, Monday through Thursday, Saturday 3:00PM to 5:30 PM and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to Noon, Confession Saturday 3:00 PM to 4:15 PM. Many of you have taken this opportunity to spend time with Jesus. The size of our building allows for more than adequate social distancing during this time.  We can use this opportunity to increase our personal commitments to prayer, scripture reading and other devotionals. Please stay at home if you are ill, and if you would like to be added to the prayer chain, please call the office. I urge you all to follow the health guidelines that are being issued, to protect and support one another.   Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit; we must take care of them. 
The financial implications are many and varied.  We will certainly have many families impacted on a personal level by lost or reduced employment. As your Pastor, I am gravely concerned about the financial consequences to our Parish.  While Masses are cancelled, offertory donations are not flowing into the parish, but our bills continue to come in and while we are looking at ways to reduce expenses, we were already operating on a very tight budget.  We rely most heavily on our summer visitors to support us and we cannot predict the impact on visitors to our community and Church this summer. 
            Please continue to support the Parish financially.  In place of the offertory basket, please mail your offertory envelopes to the Church. There is also a box at the entrance to the Church in which you could deposit your envelopes.  Even better, give online by going to olmestes.org, then in the top menu, click on Donate, or scroll about halfway down the page to find the blue “Give Online” button. Online giving is simple and helps provide consistent offertory donations.  Please we need your help.
Stay well, stay close to God during this time, and pray for a quick conclusion to these struggles. 
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Faustinus Anyamele

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Our Gift Shop has Safeway Giving Cards available after Mass.  This is a debit card that you use at Safeway or Albertsons that credits 3 to 4% to OLM every time you use it!
Cost is $5, and is credited to the card balance when activated.

• Use them just like a debit/credit card at checkout 
• Simply go to the Safeway customer service counter or a checker to add money to the debit card balance 
• OLM will get between 3 to 5% on purchases made by these cards at any Safeway/Albertsons stores or Safeway Gas Stations!
• You can get points/miles/cash back when you purchase with any rewards credit card 
• This is a rolling monthly program… If the parish loads $2,500 it receives $100; Just $5,000 it receives $250 EACH MONTH
• This is free money for the parish that anyone who shops at Safeway contributes.

OUR CALL

• One Faith. We are unified by our common faith in Christ
• One Family. We are united as brothers and sisters in the family of God.
• One Future. Together, we are invited to build a future for the family of Christ at Our Lady of the Mountains.

OUR PLAN

The Capital Campaign for Our Lady of the Mountains seeks pledges of five years or less to replace the roof, create the new kitchen, do exterior repairs and build a new rectory. Gifts can be accepted in a variety of forms, with an emphasis on those that can be used immediately. 

 

OUR NUMBERS

The Archdiocese of Denver has approved a $1.8 million campaign to fund these essential updates and repairs.

WHAT WE HAVE (33%): 
BLUE: $500,000 Planned Sale of Rectory
ORANGE: $100,000 Parish Funds 

WHAT WE NEED (67%)
GREEN: $1.2 million Balance                             
Construction can begin when we have collected an additional $600,000 in cash contributions.

OUR PRAYER

O God, our Father, all that I have and all that I am is yours. It is by your divine privilege that I serve You in others and Your Church. Make me a true instrument of servanthood without reservation, so that Your grace may constantly reside in me. 

Father, give me the courage to find You in every act of human service to my family, to my neighbors and to my parish family, especially in this moment of need. Give me the spirit of selflessness in sharing what You have bestowed upon me; my prayers, my talent and my treasure, so that I may become more and more like You. Amen.

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