Fr. Tom’s Letters

Each week Fr. Tom writes a letter to parishioners in our bulletin. Every letter is comprehensive, including current information about the Parish, an explanation of Scripture for that Sunday, and an invitation to become more engaged in the life of the parish.

August 2, 2026

Dear Parishioners,

We are midway through the summer and so far, it’s been a very good summer at the parish.

As you may have seen in last week’s bulletin, we have been hosting two parish programs for the children of the parish. Parish Summer Camp will conclude August 7. Over the six week summer camp about 100 different young people have been fully engaged in games, sports, puzzles, Bible stories, music, arts and crafts. This summer camp is very helpful to young parents. We are very grateful to Mr. Bill Leone, our youth group minister for his leadership of the summer camp. His team of teachers and student counselors have done a great job on a daily basis. Thank you all.

At the same time, the parish has sponsored St. Anne’s Summer Literacy Program. This six week program has been described as “A Triumphant Success.” about 80 students have been enrolled in the various sessions. Literacy skills addressed include Literacy Support, Read and Reflect, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking. Most of the instructors for this Orton-Gillingham based program are faculty from our school. This summer program was made possible through the generosity of a parish family that wanted to support the educational ministry of our parish. We are very grateful for their generosity, for Dr. Fasano’s leadership for the program and our school faculty who staffed the program.

I am very happy with our outreach and opportunities for young people of the parish. There are many ways to be involved. We look forward to the new academic year and even more opportunities for our young people and opportunities for parishioners to support all that we do for our young people.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY

We are close to our final numbers for our roof and air conditioning project. The total cost is $858,000.00. This includes the cost of painting the ceiling that will hopefully be completed in August.

I want to thank the parish for your very generous support. When we began this project we established a goal of raising $500,000.00 which we estimated to be half the cost of the entire project. Other parish funds would be used to cover the overall cost. As of today, we have raised $761,000.00, more than 50% over goal, or $261,000.00 over goal. This was accomplished in two months, without engaging a professional fundraiser, and only one letter being sent to all parishioners asking for your support. Parishioners responded with great generosity. Thank you very much. Some parishioners, enjoying the new, improved, and quieter air conditioning continue to send contributions. That’s great. Thank you.

May we all enjoy these remaining weeks of summer and be safe!

Peace be to you.

Fr. Tom

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