St Francis of Assisi Roman catholic church

Page 6 _ January 20, 2013
Second Collection this week to benefit the Church of Central Europe and Latin America
My Dear Parishioners,
On the weekend of January 20, the diocese will take up a second collection to benefit the Church of Central Europe and
Latin America.
The Church in Latin America boasts the world’s largest Catholic population. However, a study commissioned in the
late 1990s by the federation of Latin American Catholic Bishops’ Conference found that Latin Americans were leaving
the Church at the alarming rate due to a very low priest-to-parishioner ratio and the local churches’ inability to support
the substantial number of parishioners. This collection supplies support for various pastoral projects throughout Latin
America and the Caribbean such as the work of evangelization, formation of laity, religious and seminarians, as well as
youth ministry and catechesis.
This special collection channels aid through the Bishops’ Conferences of Central and Eastern Europe to meet the needs
of rebuilding the Church; training seminarians and lay leaders, supporting social service programs youth ministry,
pastor and catechetical centers, schools, church construction and renovation, and evangelization through Catholic mass
media. Many parishes struggle in places where Catholics are in the minority with lack of proper places of worship and
the ability to provide pastoral care, and most importantly, cannot support themselves.
I am most grateful for your generosity in assisting our Church in Central Europe and Latin America.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Reverend Joseph A. Pepe, D.D., J.C.D.
Bishop of Las Vegas
A New Year, A New Beginning, A New Goal!
Let’s donate 80,000 lbs. of food in 2013!
The wounds of hunger are not always easy to see.
Nearly 1 in 4 children in America experience
hunger...that’s 17 million children! Start the new year by
donating to the Feed the Hungry Campaign.
Feed the Hungry is THIS weekend, January 19 & 20 .
Bring a donation of non-perishable food items to Mass
(and the third weekend of every month). The food that we
collect will be shared with St. Therese Center.
Thank you for your generosity!
Pounds of food donated
Dec.:
8,500 lbs.
Nov.:
9,500 lbs.
Oct.:
5,580 lbs.
Sept.:
5,000 lbs.
Aug.:
5,000 lbs.
July:
7,510 lbs.
June:
5,000 lbs.
May:
4,170 lbs.
Apr.:
4,551 lbs.
Mar.:
6,410 lbs.
Feb.:
6,100 lbs.
Jan.:
9,535 lbs.
76,856!!
Pounds of food donated: New Goal is 80,000 lbs.!