04.12.2020
Put Your Parish on Your Christmas Present List – Give HOPE for the Future
The United Dioceses of Dublin & Glendalough is urging parishioners to support their local parishes this Christmas. The dioceses have launched the HOPE initiative – Helping Our Parishes Endure – to appeal directly to parishioners to contribute towards the work of their parishes during and after this difficult period.
Covid–19 has had a huge impact on parishes over the last nine months. During that time parishes have continued to work for their parishioners and their communities, albeit in a very different way. With the loosening of restrictions, most of the traditional style of worship can take place and in many cases worship will also continue to be offered online. Check with your own parish for details.
“The challenges that we have all faced and will continue to face are not just liturgical or logistical, but financial too,” explained Archbishop Michael Jackson. “You have all heard the clarion call from businesses to shop local this Christmas. As you prepare to open your purses to support businesses in your area we urge you to support your parish too. Traditional methods of fundraising could not take place this year, so please put your parish on your 2020 Christmas present list.”
You can make a financial contribution to your parish through a one–off gift this Christmas, through the parish envelope scheme or by completing a standing order. Your parish will have more information on this.
Parishes are hugely grateful to all those who provide support in so many ways and are eager to begin the process of a return to being a visible, vibrant and living part of the community.
“We cannot yet know just how 2021 will look, but your parish will be there for you, providing everything that is possible to provide. We hope for a return to the traditional, but also to have learned from the past nine months and move forward into a newer and renewed faith and hope for the future,” the Archbishop said.