Weekly Bulletin
This Week At Saint Michael Parish
June 25 - July 3, 2011
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25 Saturday 4:00pm Eucharist - Grace M. Hurley 26 Sunday 7:00am Eucharist - Mae Lannan 9:00am Eucharist - Robert Hudzik 11:15am Eucharist - Jack and Dolly Langan 27 Monday 7:00am Eucharist - Friends of St. Michael 28 Tuesday 7:00am Eucharist - Mildred Greenwood 29 Wednesday 7:00am Eucharist - Priests of the Archdiocese of Boston |
30 Thursday 7:00am Eucharist - Mary King 1 Friday 7:00am Eucharist - Paul Clark, Sr. 2 Saturday 7:00am Eucharist - Father Joseph Fusoni 4:00pm Eucharist - Constance Weissbach 3 Sunday 7:00am Eucharist - Manuel Alves 9:00am Eucharist - Thomas and Rita McGrail 11:15am Eucharist - For the men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States of America 12:30pm Eucharist - Kenyan Community and Friends |
OFFERTORY COLLECTION IN SPIRAL
Again, for the third time this month the offertory last weekend was less than $6,000.00. We can only assume that between the great weather, graduations, weddings and Father's Day, many of our parishioners have been away. However, in order for Saint Michael Parish to meet weekly expenses it is vital that the Offertory Collection be consistently over $7,000.00 each Sunday. It can easily be seen that with collections that amount to $5,638.00, $5,670.00 and $5,811.00 we are not balancing our income with our expenses!
Each year I study the Offertory Collection more closely and I share the results here in the bulletin. This year, more than ever, we all must strive to increase our giving so that our financial strength may continue in a healthy direction.
Last weekend there were 173 envelopes passed into the basket. Of those, 85 contained $20.00 or more with a total of $2,915.00; 61 contained $10.00 to $19.00, amounting to $695.00; and 27 envelopes held less than $10.00 totaling $115.00. Thus, the total given through the envelope system was $3,725.00; with $2,086.00 in loose money for a total collection of $5,811.00.
The following list is the tally of amounts from the envelopes given in last Sunday's Offertory Collection:
# of Envelopes - Amount # of Envelopes - Amount1 $200.00 32 $ 20.00
2 100.00 17 15.00
1 80.00 44 10.00
2 75.00 1 8.00
1 70.00 1 6.00
2 60.00 18 5.00
7 50.00 4 2.00
4 40.00 3 1.00
7 35.00 173 $ 3,725.00
10 30.00 loose 2,086.00
16 25.00 Total $ 5,811.00
I certainly thank all our parishioners who have and continue to give so generously to our Offertory Collection. Yet, we will be in very dangerous waters if our weekly collection continues to be in a spiral below $6,000.00. Therefore, I ask you and all our parishioners to please be a generous as possible, if you can give more to please do so; maybe you could even go up to the next level on the envelope list. We need to increase our Offertory Collection, we need to remember our Parish during the summer, even when we are away. We need to be attentive to our financial strength....or lack of strength.
Saint Michael Parishioners are always responsive to the pleas I make whenever we are in need; I trust that you will be as equally responsive this summer as you have been in the past.
May God bless you for your kindness!,Father Albert L. Capone
SACRIFICIAL OFFERING
Sacrificial offerings gathered at all the Masses last weekend amounted to $5,811.00. The second collection for our parish school amounted to $1,495.00. As our 7% to charity this week, $397.00 was donated to the Saint Michael School Tuition Assistance Program. We thank you for your generosity.
GIFT OF BREAD AND WINE
We invite parishioners to donate the bread and wine for use at all the Sunday Masses on a given weekend in memory of a loved one. The person remembered will be listed in the bulletin that weekend and prayed for at all the Masses. The suggested offering for this gift is $75.00.
PRAYERS FOR PEACE
We encourage all parishioners to pray for peace throughout the world and in our nation. Please remember in your prayers the men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States and of the Allied Forces that they may be kept safe wherever they are stationed or deployed. Let us especially remember our own parishioners, relatives and friends whose names are posted at the main entrance of the church. Let us continue to pray for the innocent people of the Middle East that they be protected. Lord Jesus, Grant us Peace!
SAINT VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY
Please, remember the needs of our local poor as you leave church today by depositing an offering in the St. Vincent de Paul boxes, your kindness is truly appreciated.
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