Our Lady Of Fatima Church NEWSLETTER May 2024

Church Collections

2024 Donations First Collections Mother of Lu Priory (STB)

March $ 10,405 $ 1,069

February $ 12,916

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957 594

$ 962.23

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Average Sunday attendance for March was 243 Thank you for your support & generosity!

Follow Your Money The weekly 1st collection is earmarked for OLF expenses to do business, like

utilities, operating expenses, general upkeep, etc… 2nd collections are earmarked for the following:

● 1st Sunday: Mothers of Lu, for our own pursuing a religious vocations ● 2nd Sunday: HNS collection for the building fund. (this is our buffer) ● 3rd Sunday: SSPX quarterly collections (explained in detail below) ● 4th Sunday: St. Thomas Becket Priory collection. ● 5th Sunday: As needed for special needs. Can you tell me more about SSPX quarterly collections? The Society’s USA District has quarterly collections it asks of all its chapels. The dates are not fixed, but generally they are tied to these Feast Days and the funds collected are explained below: Spring: Good Shepherd Sunday. To help support those who need financial assistance to pursue Traditional religious or priestly vocations. Summer : Feast of the Precious Blood. For the ongoing development of SSPX schools in the US and the training of those who teach in our schools. Autumn : Feast of St. Michael the Archangel . Supporting SSPX’s work to provide training for priests who want to come to Tradition from the Novus Ordo, and the training of Society Priests through various priestly meetings. Winter : Feast of St. Francis Xavier . Helping the S ociety’s work in missionary countries where poverty makes it impossible for the faithful to support the Priests, Brothers, and Sisters who bring the Mass & Sacraments