STM/OLR Music Director, Michael Collins would like to invite all children,         Grades 2 & up, to sing at the Christmas Eve Mass on Friday, December 24,  

4:00 pm at St. Matthias. See the forms below for more information.

Giving trees will be up this weekend, November 20 & 21 at both entrances of St. Matthias.  The trees will hold tags for children in the care of Hamilton County's Children's Services and for St. Vincent de Paul. All wrapped gifts with tags are to be returned to St. Matthias by December 12.

The giving tree will be up this weekend, November 20 & 21.   This year, Valley Interfaith is asking us to provide $20 gift cards to Target. All gift cards will be collected the weekend of December 4 & 5. 

This online giving day, created to celebrate our unique Catholic heritage, the GIVECatholicAOC Giving Day inspires faithful stewards to "Give Catholic" on #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving. The goal of the Giving Day is to rally our Catholic communities across the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in support of the organizations that shape our souls: our parishes, schools, and nonprofit ministries.   Your gift to any of our parishes, if made online on Giving Tuesday (November 30), will be assessment free for the parish!  

               Encountering Christ through the Poor: Songs and stories from                                    the mission field in Mexico City

               Encountering Christ through Our Lady of Guadalupe: How Mary leads us                    to Jesus

 Dec. 2 -  6-7 pm Adoration, 6-7 pm reception**, 7 pm Presentation

               Encountering Christ in the Eucharist: Miraculous stories, praise/worship &                  Adoration

**There will be a reception in Español with Hope of the Poor founders/directors,   Craig Joring and Danny Leger, in Lonsway Hall

Donors age 70½ or older may qualify to make a  charitable gift directly from an IRA to your parish. A Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) is a direct transfer of funds from your IRA custodian, payable to a qualified charity, such as your parish. As long as certain requirements are met, QCDs can fulfill your required minimum distribution (RMD), avoid paying income tax on the distribution, and provide  a significant gift to support the work and mission of your parish.
 
 A few points when considering an IRA QCD:
 ·    the donor must be 70½ years old or older
 ·    the distribution must transfer directly from your IRA to a qualified charitable organization
 ·    each individual in a married couple can donate up to $100,000 from individual IRA accounts
 ·    Note: the gift would not be eligible for a charitable income tax deduction

In addition, Congress included a provision in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act intended to provide some relief for  charitable organizations. Section 2104 of the CARES Act permits eligible individuals who do not itemize deductions to deduct $300 of qualified charitable contributions as an "above-the-line" deduction, i.e., as an adjustment in determining adjusted gross      income (AGI), for tax years beginning in 2020.

When you make a charitable contribution of cash to a qualifying public charity, in 2020, under the CARES Act, you can deduct up to 100% of your adjusted gross income.  The temporarily increases the individual AGI limits for cash contributions made to qualified public charities in 2020. The CARES Act provisions do not apply to contributions to supporting organizations nor public charities that sponsor 

donor-advised funds, like Fidelity Charitable.

**This is not intended to represent or substitute for tax advice; individuals should consult their tax advisor if they have questions about their specific situations and these charitable giving strategies.**