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Thank you to those who donated toward the efforts of our Catholic Church (through Catholic Relief Services) to reach out to the individuals and families in Haiti devastated by the hurricane last month.  They were struggling prior to this natural disaster and now seeking some semblance of hope in their daily lives.  If you still desire to offer help through a donation please drop it off at our office or place it in the collection.  Nearly sixty percent of Haiti’s population is Catholic.  Interestingly, the majority of the countries in South America have a greater percentage of Catholics than that of our own, with Paraguay nearly ninety percent Catholic.  Other countries who like Haiti have a majority of Catholics to no one’s surprise: Poland, Italy, Croatia, Ireland, Portugal, Philippines, Mexico, France, Cuba, and little Timor-Leste (nearly 95 percent so).

We will be placing an order for a county-wide t-shirt.  Shirts are available in youth and adult sizes.   Click on this news story to place your order before Sept. 20th.  

Register now for the diocesan Rekindle Youth Conference. Open to all 7th-12th graders. Theme: "I Fly Unto Thee"

Thank for your generosity towards the people of Haiti, supporting the ongoing outreach of Catholic Relief Service in that country.  Our donations, alongside that of other parishes in our diocese, will eventually go directly towards the efforts of CRS workers who are attempting to bring some light of hope to so many individuals and families whose conditions are so meager.  You may bring any donation to the office after the weekend to be included in the collection.  With the raging fires in the western states, the devastation to the gulf states, extreme flooding in Tennessee, we may forget our blessings of security we enjoy in the rural land of the Midwest.  Again, thank you.

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In the past two weeks it seems our news coverage has been fixated on the human drama and tragedy surrounding the refugees at the Kabul airport and the fate of Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Closer to home we certainly have our concerns domestically, but more so in the impoverished island of Haiti, our neighbor...