FATHER JIM'S JOTS - St. Elizabeth Church - First Sunday of Lent - March 9, 2025

St. Elizabeth Church

First Sunday of Lent

March 9, 2025

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

This week's jot is about almsgiving.  This Sunday, we are going to have a letter read at Mass about the wonderful success of our Capital Campaign - Our Campaign for Tomorrow.  We will be building a new parish center to meet our needs of a safe space for classrooms, parish offices and meeting spaces.  The building will be handicap accessible with an elevator.  We will continue to need your faithful payments on your pledge.  To help with this effort we will be providing special "Capital Campaign Envelopes".  They will be available soon and the ushers will have them in the back of church.  Please take them home and return with your check towards your pledge.  Please make sure you indicate in the Memo line of your check, "Capital Campaign" in order for your payment to be recorded correctly.  The letter read at today's Mass is included here and is also on the kiosk and website with our most current building renderings!

Soon we will also start once a month Envelopes for our Haiti Ministry and partner, Beyond Borders.  As a parish community we have chosen to help Beyond Borders and have been making a donation of $750 per month for this effort.  The funds that are being used come from our designated Haiti checking account.  Currently we have a balance of $3,557.81 and this amount will cover about four more months.  We will have a second collection for Haiti once a month starting after Easter. The Haiti Beyond Borders envelopes will also be available in the back of church.

Lastly, we are challenged again to participate in the Catholic Diocese of Richmond Annual Appeal.  Many of you have already received a mailing and we will be handing our Annual Appeal envelopes this Sunday and next Sunday.  As your priest, I don't like talking about money but I wanted to thank you and bring you up to date.  Thank you for your prayers and generosity.

Lenten Blessings,

Fr. Jim, Pastor

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