Year End Message 2023

Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. Gertrude, 
 
I wish all of you a blessed Christmas season and New Year. I hope and pray that you and your families will enjoy a Christmas season filled with joy and good health.  Now that our lives have returned to a bit of pre-Covid life, I hope and pray that many of our parishioners who have not been able to be with us may come back and share in our Christmas Masses.   
 
I am writing to ask you to please remember St. Gertrude’s Parish as you make your plans for year-end giving.  Our revenue is down this year.  Even though it was great to be able to celebrate our Parish Feast this summer, the Parish is still financially in need, and I hope St. Gertrude’s can count on your support.   
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​This past year we have almost finished our Church Restoration and our Restoration Campaign continues with a few projects yet to be completed.  Since last Christmas, the handicap parking at the west parking lot was completed and the east driveway was expanded and newly paved.  I hope you have seen all the work that has been done to beatify our Church and make it more accessible to people. 
 
Thus I ask, that you please consider making an end-of-year donation to help us offset the costs of future projects and our overall deficit in operating expenses.  You can make your donation online by clicking here. 
 
Thank you for your kind consideration in this matter.  As the year ends, I thank God for the call to serve as your pastor in this wonderful parish and village.   May God bless you and your families with peace, joy, and health during 2023. 

Sincerely yours in Christ, 
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Rev. Msgr. Robert O. Morrissey 
Pastor