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December 2023, Merry Christmas!

December 2023 Newsletter

As a reminder, you are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in St. Thomas Aquinas Society.

Merry Christmas!

Dear Friends,

Wishing you and your loved ones many blessings for Christmas, the New Year and all of 2024!

At this time of celebrating Christmas, we start a new beginning with the birth of Jesus. In the fullness of time, He was born of the Virgin Mary.

We know the story and celebrate it every year, however, for many it has become a commercialized holiday. With the busyness of these times, Jesus can get left out of the equation. Remember to say Merry Christmas and God bless you! These words provide a blessing.

During these days of Christmas, we are reminded of God's great love for us, that the Father sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem us. Thinking about His humility and that of Mary and Joseph, we are reminded that we find Him in the stillness. Our hope is that you will be able to find Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the whole wonderful and amazing story of Christmas at this time of year. Hopefully, you will be able to take some quiet moments to reflect on this incredible gift, on being Catholic, and on the sacraments of our Catholic faith which keep us alive spiritually. We are so blest and so enriched every day.

We are also grateful to the Holy Spirit whose overshadowing of Mary and her Fiat resulted in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. How rich we are to live in these times!

As worldly events become more challenging, let us carry our faith in our hearts so that we can be beacons of God's love wherever He leads us. Remember that "out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks", Matthew 12:34. Let's keep our hearts filled with the love of God.

We ask the Holy Spirit to lead us, guide us and walk beside us.

Once again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thank you and God bless you - Therese

Have you said your Hail Mary today for the St. Thomas Aquinas Society?

Soldier On!

St. Thomas Aquinas Society New Website

We have a new website. You will find it user friendly and mobile friendly. We encourage you to take a look and find your way around: stthomasaquinassociety.org

Tim Hardesty, our new webmaster, has been able to transfer much of the content of the original website to our current site such as conferences, speakers, prayers and newsletters.

We thank Jim Arlien who was our original webmaster, from our first website until some months back. Having moved out of state, Jim encouraged us to find a webmaster here in Colorado Springs.

Thank you Tim, for coming on board with St. Thomas Aquinas Society!

Exciting News: Say Hello to Pro-life Payments

While we still have the PayPal option available for donations, our additional option is to donate with Pro-life Payments.

We think you will be pleased with this new credit card processing platform. It gives us the opportunity to donate by credit or debit card, or by donating directly into our bank account with a direct bank transfer. With a direct bank transfer, we do not have to pay a 3% processing fee, so all of your donation comes directly to us.

Pro-life Payments offers Christian credit card processing services and banking solutions tailored for faith-based communities, and they dedicate 15% of their revenue to support organizations committed to protecting the unborn, thereby promoting the common good.

Secure Online Donations

Donations online are secure. We gratefully welcome donations online, by phone and by mail.

We are thankful to those who have continued to remember us with donations. Everything helps! No donation is too small because God looks at your heart and blesses you with the blessing of almsgiving.

Your gift will be a blessing to us, especially as we look forward to future events. It is a way to evangelize and your help is most appreciated!

Thank you!