Annual Easter Collection Supports our Retired Priests
The annual Archbishop’s Collection for Retired Priests is traditionally held on Easter Sunday. This is a beautiful opportunity for to honor the vibrant legacy of priests who have dedicated their lives to serve us and who continue to inspire our current and future priests.
Your support helps assure our priests receive the essential care they need, including physician services, hospitalization, nursing home care, vision care and disability, now and for years to come.
You can make your gift through the designated envelope, or any envelope marked Retired Priests, on or after Easter weekend. You can also text-to-give through April 20 by texting “4PRIESTS” to 314-648-8456. Online gifts are welcome year-round at archstl.org/retiredpriests
Weekly Contribution Statement
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Offertory, including loose $ 8,007.00
Online Giving (end of month) $
Holy Days $
Special Collections $ 1,945.00
Total $ 9,952.00
YTD Offertory-Budget $ 597,763.00
YTD Offertory-Actual $ 674,782.00
YTD Offertory $ 77,019.00
Thank you for your continued support!
Making an offering of our financial resources is an integral part of what it means to be a Catholic Christian. Everything we have is a gift from God. God calls us to be grateful and generous with all of our gifts, including our treasure. Our faith teaches us this through the Scriptures:
“Honor the Lord with your wealth, with first fruits…” Proverbs 3:9
“How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good He has done for me?” Psalm 116:12
In gratitude, we are called to give to God from our first fruits. That means creating a plan for giving to His Church. Throwing a last-minute donation into the collection basket time and again only leaves us frustrated. Having a plan, we can better do our part to share the gifts that God has given us.
“From the very beginning, Christians have brought, along with the bread and wine for the Eucharist, gifts to share with those in need” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1351). Our gifts of treasure express not only our desire to help those in need but also our generosity to God.
Donors to the Archdiocese of St. Louis may electronically transfer gifts of stock from their brokerage accounts through the Depository Trust Company (DTC) directly to the Archdiocese of St Louis’s brokerage services account at Smith, Moore. Please include the following information with the transfer order.
Contact at Smith Moore
Debbie Manley
7777 Bonhomme
St. Louis, MO 63105
Tel: 314.446.1673
[email protected]
Archdiocesan Finance Office Information
Attn: Pat Griffaw
20 Archbishop May Drive
Saint Louis, MO 63119
Tel: 314.792.7123
[email protected]
To assure that a donor’s gift is credited to Our Lady of Lourdes, the donor is requested to send notice of the donation to the Archdiocesan Finance Office, Attn. Patricia Griffaw. Notice of a gift may be emailed to [email protected], or faxed to 314.792.7867. Further information may be obtained by contacting Patricia Griffaw at 314.792.7123, or Carrol Biddle at 314.792.7104.
If you want to designate OLOL's St. Vincent de Paul society as the recipient of your Schnucks rewards, please use 314-882-7597 as the rewards phone number. This will channel your rewards points to the Lourdes' SVDP food fund.