Stewardship in Time

Remember how our bell tower looked in 2019?
 
We know that the last few years have been especially trying times for our parish finances from a major capital repair perspective.  We were faced with the sudden and unexpected need to replace the basilica ceiling during 2017/2018, and then to make more extensive than expected repairs to the bell tower during 2019/2020.
 
We were blessed with the foresight of those who came before us and established long-term savings to act as a cushion against which we could borrow from ourselves to pay for these types of major emergency expenses.
 
Now it is our turn to replenish those endowments and restore our financial position so that we will be ready for the future.
 
We know this is an especially difficult task at a time like this when our regular weekend collections have been impacted due to attendance hesitancy by some of our more vulnerable parishioners, and despite the great number who have found ways to continue their support, including those who have now joined Give Central for electronic giving.
 
We have all just received a fresh bi-monthly set of collection envelopes.  Please consider using the blue envelope to make direct contributions to our parish endowments in addition to your continued generosity to our regular weekend collections.
 
Thank you for all you do for our parish!