Fr. Mike Cronin

The end of June marks the end of the parish fiscal year. I am very grateful for your support of the parish in terms of time, talent, and treasure. This fiscal year we have been especially blessed with large gifts which have helped our bottom line and enabled us to meet our financial obligations. Staff salaries and benefits, school subsidy, utilities, maintenance, and other administrative expenses each month are quite substantial. What you give to the offertory plate, envelopes, and electronic giving is what we use to meet these obligations, and we never know what each weekend collection will accomplish. As you travel and enjoy these summer months, please don’t forget about your home parish as the bills seem never to take a break. If you are a regular giver, please keep doing it. If you have an ability to offer even more, please consider it. If you haven’t given in the past but have the ability do so, now is the time. If circumstances are particularly challenging, please consider offering your time and talent and prayer.
 
As we end the fiscal year, now is also a good time to consider your contribution to the Catholic Ministry Appeal. When we meet our goal, all additional funds will be returned to the parish without the usual 6% assessment and will be earmarked for the sanctuary updates. Thank you for your sacrifice and generosity. You are an inspiration.
 
Remember that next Saturday, June 10, there will be no confessions at 3:30pm nor Mass at 4:30pm because of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester Eucharistic Congress with well over 4,000 attendees for this historic and what promises to be a memorable and spiritual event, with over 90% participation from people in our diocese, and the remainder coming from 30 other states and also folks coming from India.
 
Fr. Mike