Collection for Retirement Fund for Religious Is Coming Up

Collection for Retirement Fund
for Religious Is Coming Up

by Fr. Dennis Donovan, SDB

Province Treasurer

The New Rochelle SDB Province is one of the beneficiaries of the annual Retirement Fund for Religious (RFR) collection [an annual appeal organized by the U.S. bishops].  Since 1988, the province has received $2,056,174.29 from monies collected through this annual appeal.  And last month, we received a grant of $118,000 to engage the services of a consultant for the design phase of our renovations to the St. Philip the Apostle Residence in Tampa. [The assisted living facility for retired SDBs.]

 

Bro. Mike Brinkman, 85, is one of the

Salesians at St. Philip Residence.

Fr. Mike Chubirko, 94, is one of the

Salesians at St. Philip Residence.

Please support the 2017 collection which will take place in parishes around the country on Dec. 9-10.  In some parishes, the collection occurs this weekend (Dec. 2-3).  The proceeds from this collection offer financial assistance and educational resources that help religious institutes, like the Salesians, to care for their older members while continuing to serve the People of God.

To learn more about the fund, visit www.retiredreligious.org.  Please promote the collection among those you work with or the people you know in your local parish.  Promote the collection on your social media, like Facebook.  Pre-written posts that you can use are available at http://retiredreligious.org/materials/

Most of all, please PRAY for the success of the appeal and the intentions of donors whose sacrifices make the RFR possible.

Read more at https://cruxnow.com/interviews/2017/11/29/collection-chips-away-enormous-tab-care-elderly-religious/