Tithing the Tithe

‘TITHING THE TITHE’ REPORT TO PARISH
GRANTS AWARDED TO LOCAL GROUPS

Each week as you prayerfully make your contribution to our offertory collection, know that two percent is set aside for distribution to charitable organizations selected by our Tithing Committee to assist them in their Works of Mercy. As these monies accumulated last year (the 2010-11 fiscal year), we were able to send some of these funds to overseas outreach efforts and have reported to you previously about donations made to the Philippines and Nigeria. We also have identified a Haitian organization to be our next international recipient and will report on that to you soon.

Half of the ‘Tithing the Tithe’ fund will go to local non-profits engaged in a variety of practical outreach efforts. In your name at Christmas, the committee sent out letters and grants to five groups. These were recognized for feeding the hungry (Our Lady’s Kitchen in Orange), for housing vulnerable women (Magnificat House in Jersey City), for being a leader in ambitious outreach projects over many years (Morrow Memorial Methodist Church in Maplewood as they celebrate their 200th anniversary), for giving people the language skills and knowledge they need to find work (the South Orange ESL/GED program) and for offering counseling and emergency aid to those in crisis (the St. Vincent de Paul Society chapter at Our Lady of Sorrows in South Orange.)

Through your donations, these grants will help “minister to needs” as Jesus, in Matthew 25, verse 44, has asked us all to do. Thank you for your support and generosity