Dear Parishioners,
This weekend, we formally begin the Diocesan Ministries Appeal again. We have specified all funds over our goals to go toward ongoing improvements. Your generous support is appreciated.
That being said I want to take a chance to thank you for your generous support of our parishes. I am especially grateful that so many take advantage of donating grain to the parishes, Capital Campaign, or DMA. I am aware that because you give it directly, you do not claim it as income, and the tax benefits come in that form versus a receipt from the parish. There are other means of supporting our parishes, and Wayne Pelzel at the Pastoral Center (507 359-2966) is willing to help you make any arrangements of transfer of property, stocks, bonds, or annuities. He has also mentioned ways that you can 'give' your land to the Church but assure that it stays in the family.
Last, of course Tuesday is Election Day. Please remember to vote consistent with our faith. Our selection will set the course of our country for much more than the next 4 years. Most important areas of concern for us as Catholics: The protection of life from conception to natural death and against funding or support of abortion, euthanasia, or research destructive to human embryos (aka embryonic stem cell or cloning research), the protection of religious freedom, the protection of the traditional definition of marriage. But I also remind all of us that our civic responsibility does not end at the polls, nor does it end no matter who wins the elections.
In Christ,
Fr. Todd
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