St. Basil Social Concerns December 2025 Newsletter


St. Basil Social Concerns December 2025 Newsletter

Recaps

Veterans Collection

This year's veterans collection was a resounding success. Donations this year were much higher than last year. Thank you to everyone who donated to the collection.

Fair Trade Fair

Our vendors are always happy to come to St. Basil’s FTF sale. They are pleased to donate beautiful items to our raffle. They asked about the condition of Holy Family Church during the ceasefire and requested an update on the amount collected from this year’s raffle.

Our FTF event drew a large crowd, including enthusiastic parishioners, guests from nearby churches, and many friends.

St. Basil is sending a check for $1,850 to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem who will forward the funds directly to Father Romanelli at Holy Family Church in Gaza. This will help to support the school, summer camp, and parish.

Raffle Winners

  • Quilt winner: Jim Moore
  • Fair Trade basket winner: Patty Scheff
  • Laudato Si basket winner: Mary Cutter

Holy Family Parish Photos

The following pictures are of the people we have helped with our donations!

Upcoming Events

Giving Tree Donation Sorting

We will be sorting the Advent Giving Tree donations on Sunday December 7 in the Gathering Area after the 11 AM Mass. We can use all the help we can get.

Next Meeting

Thursday January 8 at 6:30 PM in the parish office.

Note that there is no meeting in December.

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