Kick off weekend is planned for NEXT WEEKEND, October 5-6. Our goal is $2,600,000 to help keep our diocesan Catholic schools affordable, accessible and ‘on mission.’
I made my campaign pledge to Queens and St Catherine Laboure in Concord some months ago. Our parish leaders are being asked to make their commitment. Next month, we will begin approaching more and more of you until everyone has had their chance to be part of this effort.
Thanks to the hard work of Bishop Boyea and our campaign staff, more than $8,000,000 in leadership gifts have already been pledged toward the success of the Stewardship for Saints and Scholars Campaign! The overall campaign goal is $70,000,000. The Witness to Hope Campaign raised more than $75,000,000 some years ago.
There is a 20% parish share that remains at Queens. Our Finance Council has agreed to use that to sustain the operations of the Jackson Catholic Schools Administration. Anything over 100% stays completely at the parish.
The Diocese is footing the entire bill for this campaign, but they are keeping none of the money raised. It either remains in the parishes or comes directly back to the schools, faculty and families.
Our Catholic schools stand as a beacon of hope and truth during a confusing time in our country and in the culture. Please pray for the success of this effort.
CAMPAIGN PRAYER
Lord, everything we have is a gift from you.
You call us to receive your gifts with thanks,
to develop these gifts fully,
and to share them generously.
Through the Stewardship for Saints and Scholars campaign
help every young person in the Diocese of Lansing
see your truth, beauty, and goodness;
help families to raise their children in the Faith;
and help parishes make a truly Catholic education
available to all.
May the work of this campaign bear abundant fruit
in the Saints and Scholars you are raising up for the future.
We ask these blessings through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, pray for us
