“Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.” This is a perfect prelude to where we need to be in our stewardship journey as we […]
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Stewardship and the Annual Catholic Appeal
Most dioceses in the United States and many in Canada conduct a diocesan appeal each year. The purpose of the appeals differs diocese to diocese. Some use the appeal money to support ministries and services at the diocesan level. Other dioceses have appeals for charities only. Our diocese combines both these elements in its appeal. […]
Continue ReadingEnd-of-Year Stewardship
Dear Parishioners, As we approach the end of the year and many of us are making plans to make large donations from a variety of our resources, I am asking you to consider gifting the parish with as much as you are able. As a matter of review, let’s all remember that we are coming […]
Continue ReadingStewardship…A Way of Life
To live as a steward, we must try to understand that God wants all of us to collaborate in His work of creation and the making holy of everything that exists. Our co-operation with God begins with a profound reverence for the gifts He has bestowed, continues in a joyful appreciation of nature and includes […]
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Back-to-School Drive
Education is the way out of poverty. The Outreach/Social Justice Committee invites you to help with our annual “Back to School Drive.” The charities which we assist every year have again asked for our help in providing needed back to school items for the school aged children they care in their care. The drive will […]
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