In the near future, as a parishioner, you should be receiving a letter from me requesting that you join with us in offering your financial support for our 2021 Catholic Services Appeal. As you know, this annual Archdiocesan Appeal is one of the major lifelines for the ongoing services that the Church of Detroit provides for all of our parishes in the six county region of Southeastern Michigan throughout the year. This is the 39th CSA appeal and this year’s CSA theme is “Fuel the Mission”.

We are asking the same minimal gift from every registered family as we have done for the past five years-mindful certainly of the present economy that affects us all. So, here’s our suggestion! How about this? An annual pledge of $250, i.e., less than $1 a day for a year!

If this suggested amount is not your personal choice, we certainly would appreciate whatever you are able to offer to help us reach our assigned goal. We are depending on this “do-it yourself kit” to reach our goal as we have successfully done in the past years. It is important for all of us to do our part! When you receive the invitation, please take a few moments to fill out the enclosed pledge card and return it to us in the envelope that you will find enclosed.
If you would like additional information, this is readily available on the archdiocesan CSA website at www.aodcsa.org.

Just a reminder, if our parish should fall short of our fair share of the archdiocesan set goal, this will have to be supplied through next year’s annual parish operational budget.

I want to express my own personal note of deep appreciation, as pastor, of all of you who offered your support last year for the 2020 CSA campaign. Thanks to so many of you helping us, we met our target! I hope and pray that we can count on you once again for your continuing positive and generous Christian stewardship this year.

Please join with me in prayer that we will have a successful 2021 Catholic Services Appeal campaign so that we, as the St. Patrick Parish faith family, can help Archbishop Vigneron to continue to provide the necessary services that are required for the daily operations of the Archdiocese of Detroit this year.

May the Lord bless you abundantly for your willingness to share some of your God-given blessings with our local church-the Archdiocese of Detroit-as we together help to “Fuel the Mission”!

Peace and Joy in the Lord Jesus Always,

Fr. Tom