Parish Financial Report

As we look back on 2024, our hearts are filled with gratitude for the many blessings we received as a parish community. With your support, we have celebrated accomplishments that enrich our spiritual home:
● The renewal and reopening of the Mission Museum, preserving and sharing the rich heritage of our faith.
● The designation of Mission San José as the Diocesan Shrine of Saint Joseph, a recognition of its sacred and historical significance and a new opportunity for evangelization.
● Renovation of the Carriage House into Saint Joseph’s Workshop, providing more parish meeting spaces and a home for Family of Faith and other parish ministries.
● Continued growth in our ministries and liturgical life, strengthening our parish’s commitment to worship, faith formation, and service.

These achievements remind us that when we work together in faith, great things are possible!

2024 Financial Overview
As your Parish Finance Council, we are deeply concerned that for the second year our offertory collection fell short of our budget. We can not sustain our parish staff and ministries if this continues. Through careful financial stewardship, we spent less on parish operating expenses than budgeted, resulting in a smaller net operating deficit for the year than would otherwise have occurred.

A Call to Stewardship
Giving generously is an act of thanksgiving for the abundant blessings God has bestowed upon us. Every gift, whether great or small, strengthens our parish, supports our ministries, and allows us to carry out the work of Christ in our community. The parish experiences the same inflationary cost increases as our personal and family budgets. Please increase your giving every year to help us keep up. And if you are not contributing at least $20 each week to the collection basket, please make this minimum commitment.

Yours in Christ,
St. Joseph Parish Finance Council: Elenita Agbayani, Bill Eagan, Debbie Rossetto, Bill Utic, Father Anthony Huong Le, Pastor, and Gina Mehta, Parish Business Manager