Grant Ministry 2004

FEBRUARY Little Sisters of the Poor
(St. Paul’s Archbishop Liebold Home for the Aged)
APRIL St. Benedict Church
MAY Madonna House
JULY Prince of Peace School
SEPTEMBER Diocesan Catholic Children’s Home
NOVEMBER HealthPoint Family Care Women’s Health Services

Awarding grants is a first for St. Timothy Church and 25 applications were submitted.  A tremendous response!  The review process was enlightening and informative but very difficult.  The grant amount awarded to each recipient is approximately 3.5% of the parish tithe for the designated month.  For example: February, the grant amount awarded to LSP is approximately 3.5% of the total parish tithe collected in February.

For the other six months our tithe supports Diocesan collections.  The same percentage (approx. 3.5%) applies to these collections.  Diocesan collections and months are:

JANUARY Collection for Opportunities for Life
MARCH Collection for International Needs
  · Church in Latin America
  · Catholic Relief Services
  · Holy Land Collection
  · Pontifical Mission Aid Societies
  · Church in Eastern Europe
JUNE Collection for the Holy Father’s Charities (Peter’s Pence)
AUGUST Collection for Domestic Needs
  · Black and Indian Missions Appeal
  · Catholic Communications Campaign
  · Thomas More College
  · The Catholic University of America
  · Catholic Campaign for Human Development
  · Catholic Home Missions Appeal
OCTOBER Collection for the Education of our Seminarians
DECEMBER Collection for the Support of Retired Religious