FATHER JIM'S JOTS - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - February 11, 2024

 St. Elizabeth Catholic Church

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 11, 2024

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!!

This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday.  We start Lent.  Masses will be at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.  Please plan on attending Mass.  Lent is 40 days of prayer, fasting and alms giving.  We are Blessed as a Roman Catholic community to live out to embrace this special holy Lenten season.  Please click here for our full Lenten Calendar or visit our online calendar ar www.stelizcc.org/events/.

Recently, many of you received a letter from Bishop Knestout asking for your support of the 2024 Annual Diocesan Appeal.  We hope you will prayerfully consider this request.  For those of you who did not receive a mailing or have not had time to respond to it, we will conduct our In-Pew Process at all Masses during the weekends of February 18th and February 25th.

An important aspect of the Appeal is that all parishes receive back a portion of their funds collected to be used for important local priorities.  This year our Annual Appeal goal is $14,910.00.

Every year we get back more money from the Diocese than we give for the Annual Appeal.  Below is a list of grants that we received from the Diocese in 2023:

Food and Hunger Fund  $20,000

Respect for Life  $12,500

Home Mission  $8,500

Total  $41,000

Blessings,

Fr. Jim

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