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My Dear Parish Family,
As a parish community we journey together growing in our own
relationship with Christ.
Every year we are given the opportunity to bring others along with us on
our journey through our prayerful and financial support of the Pastoral
Services Appeal. Diocesan
programs funded through the Pastoral Services Appeal help programs in
the areas of faith and clergy formation and outreach ministries.
The Bishop recognizes the economic
challenges that face us and has decreased this year's PSA allocation by
4% from last year's campaign. The
2010 PSA allocation is $5,596,000, raised through the parishes. Further,
the Bishop has rolled back all parish goals to the 2008 level. Our fair
share goal for this year is $156,000.
I highly encourage you to join me in
making a pledge of financial support to this very worthy campaign.
This month at Mass you will have the opportunity to fill out a
pledge envelope stating how much you would like to pledge and how you
are going to pay the pledge.
We have enclosed a pledge envelope in this mailing and encourage
you to bring it to Mass with you this weekend.
If you are going to be away this weekend, please take the time to
fill it out and return it to us as soon as possible.
Our annual Pastoral Service Appeal pledge
is part of our response to the blessings and gifts God has given us.
We must ask ourselves, “What
return shall we make to the Lord?” While
we receive many requests for gifts, our Church should be a priority
consideration for our charitable support.
I pray that many of our parish households will take advantage of
this opportunity and make a financial pledge to the Pastoral Services
Appeal. Any amount we raise
more than the $156,000 will be given back to us and deposited in our
building fund. Thanks to your generosity during last year's PSA we
received over $54,000 in our building fund.
Our building fund will pay for the
facility changes to meet our current and future needs to serve our
ministries and our community. I am anxious to share my vision of what we
might need, work with my advisory committees to articulate this to you
and get your reaction.
Thank you in advance for your generous
response. May we resolve to draw closer to the Lord daily through our
prayers, actions and support of campaigns like the Diocesan Pastoral
Services Appeal.
Sincerely Yours in Christ,
Fr. Patrick Moses
Pastor |