Catholic Ministries Appeal

 Building the Faith

The Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA) is the annual diocesan appeal inviting Catholics in the Diocese of Rochester to join in a partnership to advance the mission of our Church.

As a basic principle of our Catholic faith, we acknowledge God as the source of all we have and all we are. Stewardship challenges each of us to recognize our gifts of time, talent and treasure, to use them wisely and to share them generously.

The Catholic Diocesan Ministries Appeal is a good example of the stewardship of treasure. It challenges us to look beyond our own needs and offer a share of our personal blessings with our sisters and brothers. Through the Catholic Diocesan Ministries Appeal, we can show our thanks and joy for the gifts we have received and show our love for God and one another. Simply, we give as an act of thanksgiving and worship. And by doing so, we strengthen our diocesan church and provide assistance to those who need it most. 

Where does my gift go?

Your gift is pooled with thousands of other generous gifts and dispersed to many different ministries for specific needs – all with the mission of building the Kingdom of God.  Your gift helps people in many kinds of spiritual and physical need, young people and seniors, families and faith communities, people serving the Church throughout the diocese.
 

The CMA has begun in the Diocese and you are encouraged to use the following campaign prayer in support of the success of this important campaign. By now you should have received a letter from Bishop Clark, a brochure, a pledge card and a return envelope. Please return your completed pledge card promptly so we can arrive at our goal before the Advent season, THANKS!

Prayer for the CMA

O God, our loving Creator and Giver of all good gifts, bless our parish, strengthen our faith and grant us the spirit of Christian Stewardship so that we may give generously of our time, talent and treasure to the spreading of Your kingdom here in our church and throughout the world. This we ask through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Sprit, One God, now and forever. AMEN.

View the 2011 - 2012 CMA video "Stonger As One" and make your pledge at:
http://www.dor.org/index.cfm/stewardship/annual-appeal

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2011-2012 Catholic Ministries Appeal Progress
	Goal	$151,736
	Amount Pledged	$196,585 (as of January 13)
	% Pledged	130%
	Number of Pledges	543 (34% of parishioners)

It is my hope that if you have not pledged yet you will consider doing so. Yes, we are in economic hard times, but we are blessed here at Transfiguration . We have not felt the pinch as much as many other parishes in the Diocese. Making up the shortfall of other parishes would be a wonderful sign of our commitment to the “community” of the Diocesan Church.

Pledge cards and return envelopes are available in the Gathering Area; the CMA video viewed and pledges by going to: http://www.dor.org/index.cfm/stewardship/annual-appeal.
Our parish number is 336.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND GENEROUSITY!  

"Lord, how good it is for us to be here..."  Matthew 17