Saint Mary 

Every year in the month of October we launch our GRAND ANNUAL APPEAL.  This appeal supplements our weekly offertory and enables us to keep up with ongoing maintenance of our buildings, which are all 50 to 100+ years old.  This past fiscal year we managed to keep spending in line with expenses and ended the year with income being about $1,600 more than expenses.  While our Offertory was down last year, your generosity to the Grand Annual Appeal offset the deficit.  Our parish goal is the same as last year, $80,000.      
 

Our parish Grand Annual Appeal is off to a good start!  Thank you to those who have already made a donation.  We have received $66,797.00 which is 83% of our goal of $80,000.  The Grand Annual supplements our weekly Offertory and is vital in keeping the parish financially stable.  We cannot meet expenses based on just the weekly Offertory.  We are asking each parish family for a donation of $350 if possible.   We realize every family’s financial circumstances are different and we are most grateful for any and every contribution, regardless the amount.   Envelopes are available on the book rack in the upper church.  You may also donate online by clicking on the "online giving" icon below and choosing "Grand Annual" as the Fund.  Thank you for your support and generosity.

COVID PRECAUTIONS
NEW MANDATE RE MASK WEARING

In the light of spiking numbers of new COVID cases and the likely increase in those numbers in the upcoming holiday season, Cardinal Seán is mandating that throughout the archdiocese all people attending public Masses, including weddings and funerals, wear masks. This mandate takes effect the weekend of December 18/19, 2021.