I thank God that we are able to worship together again, in person. These last several months have been difficult on all of us and on our communities. I thank each of you for remaining steadfast to our faith and to each other, and I thank you especially for your words of encouragement, phone calls, letters and cards, and continued financial support. I thank you for the very generous financial response to the call of our Knights of Columbus to help those who were more impacted by the pandemic.
I understand that some of you may think we should not be held to the Diocesan Annual Campaign (DAC) goal that was established by the Diocese. Please stop and think what will happen if our parish and parishes throughout the Diocese do not meet their goals. How many single mothers will send their children to bed hungry because they have no food? How many families will be sleeping in their cars because they have no home? How many of our young people will lack the faith formation they desperately need because we have no formation resources? In our parish, there are a significant number of parishioners who have already supported the DAC, and for those gifts, I am grateful for your generous support. There are also a number of parishioners who have never made a gift to the DAC. The Diocese’s support of our parish has never been more important as it is this year, as we had to transition to new ways of staying in touch with you, and procuring the needed supplies recommended for the reopening of our Churches. We would not have been able to do it on our own.
The 2020 DAC will run until January 31, 2021.
| Our Lady Help of Christians | Sacred Heart of Jesus | |
| Parish Goal | $18,481.00 | $8,800.00 |
| Total Paid | $13,554.50 | $3,635.00 |
| Balance | $4,926.50 | $5,165.00 |
God is Good!!! All the Time!!! All the Time!!! God is Good!!!