A Season of Giving HOPE through the Catholic Foundation

By Elizabeth Bollinger, Executive Director of the Catholic Foundation

We’re all trying to figure out what the holidays look like this year.  Whether that’s keeping old traditions alive, finding new ways to celebrate or taking time to rest and reflect. For the Catholic Foundation we are focusing on making sure that every parish in our Diocese has access to Emergency grants and funding through our HOPE (Helping Our Parishes Endure) Campaign.   To date $154,486 has been disbursed to our parishes however, the need is so much greater.
 
As you reflect on your year end giving we encourage you to make a gift today to the HOPE Campaign by visiting  www.cathfdn.org/hope and help sustain our parishes during this pandemic. Immaculate Heart of Mary in Somerton has been one of the recipients of the Hope Campaign .
 

"Our HOPE in this time of pandemic has been YOU! Your support and great understanding of our parish’s financial situation has been vitally important. Our collection fell 66%, fundraising activities were cancelled, and we had to lay off four employees. Since March of 2020, we have been continually receiving from you fundamental economic and hopeful support, which has been a blessing to our parish community of approximately 600 families." - Rev. Bartolome Vazquez J., Pastor

 
Image: Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Somerton, established in 1954 in the Yuma/La Paz Vicariate. Somerton has a population of approximately 16,000.


Elizabeth Bollinger, Executive Director
Catholic Foundation
192 South Stone Avenue
Building 2
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 955-2109
[email protected]