By Mary Quilici Aumack The strongest emotion that accompanies faith is that of gratitude. We are grateful for the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. We are grateful for our personal relationship with God, and the joy with which that fills our lives. We want to...
By Mary Quilici Aumack Executive Director GRATITUDE: The virtue by which a person acknowledges, interiorly and exteriorly, gifts received and seeks to make at least some return for the gift conferred. When we were all in grammar school we learned that after...
By Mary Quilici Aumack This is an accounting of two weeks in my life; finding God in everything. Doug and I live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, just outside Los Gatos. It’s a 20-minute drive to church, and yet worlds away. This “telling” starts with the first big rain...
STEWARDSHIP: Tending, taking care, preserving. We often speak of stewardship in three areas: Time, Talent and Treasure. I would like to add TRADITION. What is tradition? Simply, it’s something that is so enjoyable or meaningful that we want to do it over and over....
By Mary Quilici Aumack I grew up in Saint Justin Parish. That community provided a spiritual, educational and social “center” for my family. My parents were involved in everything, and deeply grateful for this “village” that they viewed as helping them raise their...
The motto of the Catholic Community Foundation of Santa Clara County is “Building Forever Value for Catholic Ministry.” The foundation, based in San Jose, seeks to build financial security for parishes and other Catholic organizations in the form of...
