UPDATE
November 15, 2024
Last weekend, our parish took up the special Deo Gratias collection to support our Priests’ monthly benefit through the Clergy Aid Society.
We are happy to report that your gifts already total $1,375.
The St. Catharines Clergy Aid Society pays a monthly benefit and health insurance for retired priests at age 75.
Many of our Diocesan priests live independently during their retirement years, and they use their benefit for basic needs, such as food, housing, and transportation.
If you have already made a gift to the Deo Gratias special collection, please know how much we truly appreciate your support.
If you have not completed and returned your envelope, you may still do so at mass or by returning it to the parish office.
Thank you for your prayerful generosity.
November 10, 2024
This weekend, our parish is taking up a special collection for our priests’ retirement, Deo Gratias. This collection will support the Clergy Aid Society, which provides a monthly benefit as well as health insurance to priests at age 75. As you may know, the retirement years can be difficult for our retired priests. No longer supported by their parish communities, they rely on minimal CPP benefits and Old Age Security, along with their benefit from the Clergy Aid Society to pay for basic needs including food, rent, and car expenses. Please show your gratitude to those priests who have cared for and ministered to our community by prayerfully reflecting on how you can best help support our priests’ retirement with a gift to the Deo Gratias special collection. You may return your special collection envelope at mass or to the parish office.
November 1, 2024
The Diocese of St. Catharines is blessed to have retired priests who dedicated, in some cases, almost 65 years of their lives to caring for and ministering to others. Even in retirement, many continue to give of themselves in countless ways of service for which we are most grateful. At age 75, priests in the Diocese of St. Catharines begin receiving a monthly benefit and health insurance coverage from the Clergy Aid Society. Next weekend, November 9 & 10, our parish will take up the annual Deo Gratias to show our appreciation for those priests who have cared for us and ministered to us throughout the years. Envelopes can be found at the back of the church and our welcome desk. Please prayerfully reflect on how you can best contribute to the Deo Gratias collection this year. You may return your special Deo Gratias envelope at Mass next weekend or the next. Thank you in advance for your prayerful generosity.
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