Mr. Rich Rosati of the Finance Council gave an excellent speech explaining why it is important to support the CSA. To listen to a recording of the talk, click the title below: 

Time refers to spending time with God in prayer. Join with fellow parishioners at one of our opportunites for communal prayer ( /prayer-life ), or commit to a daily/weekly time of personal prayer. The Catholic Church has many beautiful prayers to help you connect with God, this link will take you to an excellent selection.

Talent refers to using your God-given gifts to build up your community; in other words, sharing the gift of yourself. Can you commit to using your talent weekly, by serving in one of our Mass-related ministries? (/ministries ) Other opportunities to share your talents can be found in parish groups (/parish-groups ), and special skills are always needed, such as musical talent or technical skills. We would love your help with our parish picnic, rummage sale, decorating the church, sorting gifts for the Giving Tree project, the Warming Center, monthly Hospitality Sundays, gardening, and social occasions. 

Treasure refers to supporting your parish and fellow Catholics materially. Some opportunites for donations of money and goods are detailed below.

Contributions to the Parish - Our parish operations are supported directly by the weekly offertory collection and two yearly fundraisers (a raffle held during our parish picnic, and our yearly rummage sale). Your financial contributions will be honored and put to work for the building up of the Kingdom of God with transparency and accountability. To find out about tax-advantaged ways to support our parish, click here.

Catholic Services Appeal - The Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) is a diocesan-wide fund drive, with a new appeal beginning each May. Funds raised by our parishioners over and above our parish goal are returned to the parish for our use.
For detailed information, visit http://www.aod.org/being-catholic/ways-to-give/catholic-services-appeal/
To go directly to the CSA pledge page, visit https://give.aod.org/

Food Donations - A wicker chest for non-perishable food donations is located inside the church, before the first row of pews inside the main entrance. Food is collected and distributed by our parish chapter of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. We have a constant need for canned tuna, canned chicken, macaroni & cheese, cereal, soup, jam,  peanut butter, canned vegetables, and canned fruit; however all non-perishable donations are welcome and appreciated!

Clothing Donations - While cleaning out your closets, please consider St. Vincent de Paul.  All of your unwanted clothes can benefit others in need. Just drop off your clothes into the St. Vincent de Paul bins located on the church parking lot. Every time they are emptied, our conference gets credit, thus enabling us to send clients to the thrift stores to purchase clothes, furniture or household items. The bins are not emptied every day and your valuable donations can be damaged by exposure to unpredictable weather. Therefore, if your items do not fit in the bins please DO NOT leave anything outside of the bins.  Thank you for your cooperation and your donations!

Paper Recycling - Bring newspapers, magazines, etc to the green recyling bins in the south parking lot. Our parish receives a monthly check based on the amount of paper collected for recycling.