Lenten Almsgiving Partnership Update

We are excited to welcome back Fr. Victor Ingalls and Fr. Pat Arensberg from Mobile, Alabama. They will be present at all the Masses this weekend, February 7-8, for the Lenten Almsgiving Appeal. As you may recall from last year, Fr. Victor is the pastor of seven parishes (that’s right–seven parishes), six of which are predominantly African American and one that is Native American. These parishes are in a very poor part of Alabama and are in need of a lot of support, so our partnership is a major deal for them. Last year we were able to raise over $150,000 (our largest Lenten Almsgiving ever) so that Mother of Mercy Parish could build a parish hall to meet and hold activities (they had nowhere to meet before). Thank you for your warm welcome and support.