Dear Parishioners,
What a nice surprise I had this morning. Joe DelSignore, the Grand Knight of our local council of the Knights of Columbus, met with me and presented a $5,000.00 check to pay for an upgrade to our live streaming video service. The sound and picture quality is vastly improved over what we had at the beginning of the pandemic. It should benefit St. Jane Frances for many years to come. Thank you Knights so much.
This past week, you should have received a
letter from me with a summary of our annual report.
Thanks ever so much for your financial contributions
during the past year. So many of you mailed your
envelopes in, and many others signed up for the online
giving. Both helped us to do better than expected. Still
our income was down 8%, and we had an
extraordinary expense when we spent $338,618 to
replace our 60-year old Church roof. We are
recouping some of that thanks to donations to our
monthly roof collection.
This Fall, the Church needed some masonry
work. Some of the mortar around the bricks required
replacement, and the limestone around the windows,
doors, and railings had to be power washed because it
was so filthy. Just see the before and after pictures on
our website at stjane.org. Furthermore, the rectory
roof was leaking and needed to be replaced. These
additional costs are in the vicinity of $130,000.
Fortunately, your past generosity provided the
necessary funds for these expenses, but our bank
balance is a matter for concern, especially with the
pandemic still unsettled.
This weekend’s gospel (Mt 25:31-46) describes the final judgement where Jesus separates the sheep (those going to heaven) from the goats (those going elsewhere). The determining factor is generosity to those in need. Our parish is in need of more financial support. If you are able, I ask you to prayerfully consider increasing your support to the parish.
May God bless you and keep you safe.
Fr. Carl
