Weekly Contribution Statement
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Offertory, including loose $ 10,747.00
Online Giving (end of month) $ .00
Holy Days $ 51.00
Special Collections $ 980.00
Total $ 11,778.00
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.