Hello Everyone,

I hope you are well.  Each morning hearing about the effects of the virus is a scary experience.  Like you, I am putting my trust in the Lord and wishing the best for everyone.  Do you mind if I bring up a subject that is very important?  As you can see from the bulletin online, our weekly offerings have sunk to such low levels.  Of course it is understandable because this is not the first thing anyone would ever think of in this horrible crisis.  Yet the reality is that bills, salaries, and expenses have to be paid.  These past two weeks for instance would have brought in $24,000-$28,000!  Needless to say, we are nowhere near that with offerings in the single digits.

May I ask you prayerfully to consider your weekly donation as well as your Easter gift to the parish?  You have to admit, if I didn’t ask, I would not be a good pastor. You can go to our website and contribute online using WeShare: ihm-parish.org/contribute.  It seems to be the best way to give, especially when it repeats itself the way you would like weekly or monthly, for instance.  The best part is that you don’t have to do anything more after you set it up.  I myself use WeShare and I get an email every time my offering is taken out of my account.  We currently have 90 active WeShare contributors, 20 parishioners started using it this month !  

In any event, thank you for your continued support of the parish.  Please know of your priests’ regular prayers for you and in all of our Masses.  Thank you for your consideration of the above.  I am very grateful indeed.  

 

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Rev. Thomas A. Lynch

Pastor