This week we would like to introduce the charity for the 2025 Lenten Giving Tree committee has chosen to help.
We will continue to sponsor Cross Catholic Outreach and 3 of their charities. This years charities are:
- Building a Future of Hope Bless Families with Safe Homes and Opportunity – Guatemala
- Providing Opportunity and Hope for Impoverished Families – Dominican Republic
- Water for Life. Pray. Fast. Share a Glass – Africa
Cross Catholic Outreach:
- VISION: All Catholics around the world united in overcoming material and spiritual poverty.
- MISSION: Our mission is to mobilize the global Catholic Church to transform the poor and their communities materially and spiritually for the glory of Jesus Christ. Your gift empowers us to serve the poorest of the poor by channeling life-changing aid through an international network of dioceses, parishes and Catholic missionaries. This cost-effective approach helps break the cycle of poverty and advance Catholic evangelization.*
- CORE VALUES:
Obedience to God
Christian Identity
Empowering
Joyful service
Love of Others
Preference for the Poor
Excellence in Stewardship
Thus says the Lord: “Share our bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them.” – Isaiah, 58:7
Respectfully in God’s Love,
Jenny L. Racette
LGT – Chairperson