At this time, we are in the midst of the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal for 2025. The theme of the Appeal is “We Are One Body in Christ.” Archbishop Hartmayer noted that “we, as members of the Church, are called to work together for the common good, each of us playing a vital role in the mission of Christ.”
The Archdiocese has recently sent reminder notices urging parishioners to support the Appeal. Catholics are invited to make a significant pledge so that we can meet the spiritual, educational, and temporal needs of our parishes and our people.
Archbishop Hartmayer also stated, “The Annual Appeal provides an opportunity for us to put our faith into action by putting the gifts with which the Lord has blessed us in the service of others. As the main source of funding for all the ministerial, outreach, education, formation and discipleship work of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, your sacrificial gift giving allows us to continue the work of Christ throughout our Archdiocese.”
Specifically, a substantial portion of our contributions to the Appeal provide funds that go to the training and support of future happy, holy, and healthy priests needed to serve the Church of tomorrow. We are blessed to have a recently ordained priest who benefited directly from the Appeal, Fr. Colin Patrick, serving in our parish. Our contributions are also used for the training and formation of permanent deacons and others in religious life. Through your generosity and your prayers, vocations are being embraced as we go forth in service of the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church.
In addition, the Appeal supports Catholic Charities which continues to make a focused effort to assist homeless military veterans in the Atlanta area and in other local areas, and to help to stabilize their lives with housing and employment assistance. The Appeal also supports priest retirement programs as well as other Archdiocesan pastoral outreach, education, and formation programs that serve our Parish as well as our larger Church community.
We invite you to make a pledge to the 2025 Appeal, and we thank all who have already given via the mail or online. For those who have not yet contributed, we ask you to prayerfully consider doing so. Additional information about the Appeal can be obtained from the parish office or from the parish website at https://lifeofthechurch.com/appeal/.
Archbishop Hartmayer has asked us to generously and sacrificially support the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. We ask you to assist to the extent possible. Thank you for all you do to enhance the spiritual vitality of our faith community.