Grateful and Generous

SFA Annual Stewardship Report 2019

Dear Parishioners,

As I was reflecting over this past year, the theme for our stewardship renewal season – Grateful & Generous – surely was ringing in my heart. There were so many blessings to report that it made me reflect on how blessed I am to be your Pastor. As I begin my seventh year of ministry at our Parish, I am grateful that the Lord chose me to shepherd this community. I have seen how generous each and every one of you are through the way you share your time, talent and treasure with our Parish. I hope that you enjoy reading this stewardship report and give thanks to God for all that He has done for us.

As we enter into this renewal season, let us remember that stewardship is about recognizing that everything we have and are is a gift from God. Our Lord calls us to be stewards of His gifts and to share them joyfully. Living a stewardship lifestyle means placing our complete trust in God and keeping Him first in everything and not placing other “gods” before God.

Prayer is the foundation. This is where we listen for God’s response, which is best done in silence. Take time most of all for prayer and open your heart in gratitude so that it will overflow with generosity.

Thank you for all you do to make our Parish so vibrant and Alive in Christ.

Sincerely,

Fr. Anthony Yates

21 Bap sms

56 First Communions

43 Confirma ons

9 Weddings 40

New Parishioners

 

We are grateful for faith and fellowship

Grateful and Generous

Through Time

Rev. Anthony Yates, Rev. George Staley,

Rev. Kent Pollman, Rev. Andrew Auer,

Seminarian Mitchell Baer, lay ministers

Linda Pudlowski and Maureen Ederle, and

all the ministry leaders who energize and

organize our parish

func ons.

We are grateful for our clergy and parish leaders:

We are grateful for all the opportuni es we have had as

a parish this past year to grow together in faith. From

our middle school retreat days to our

Family Fun Nights for Advent and

Lent and the many hours of

devo on and prayer in-between,

we have all come together, over

and over again, to build our

rela onship with Christ.

We are grateful for our generous community

We are grateful for the community projects that

bring us together, including the parish work day,

our fish fry, trunk-or-treat, the

parish picnic, and all the school

events that bring us closer as

one faith community.

Grateful and Generous

Through Talent

Over the 2018-2019 year, our campus has been blessed with

numerous improvements. We are grateful for our new choir lo

flooring, our new organ, new parish center bathrooms, a renovated

indoor concession stand, new and safer doors for our

parish center, renova ons to the storage shed, and

a wonderful new A/C system for the Parish

Center.

No ma er what your skills or

resources, we know we can’t do

this without you. Thank you for all your prayers, all

your gi s, and all your enthusiasm for the community

that we’ve built together at St. Francis of Assisi.

We are grateful for our parish family We are grateful for all the parishioners

who make everything possible. Through

me, talent, treasure, and willing hearts, it

takes every one of us to make SFA the place

we know and love. Parishioners make all our

projects, physical and spiritual, a reality.

Thank you for the gi s you bring daily.

We are grateful for our campus repairs and replacements:

We are grateful for you!

Grateful and Generous

Through Treasure

“How shall I make a

return to the Lord for

all the good he has

done for me?”

— Psalm 116:12

Parish Picnic

$11,440

Organ $75,942

For a complete financial statement, please

visit sfastl.org

Parish $1,366,236

School $1,159,959

PSR $16,265

Pre-K $242,512

Parish Orgs. $146,158

Total $2,931,100

FISCAL YEAR REVENUE*

Annual Catholic Appeal

$106,517

Parish $840,446

School $1,363,852

PSR $19,956

Pre-K $254,118

Parish Orgs. $126,100

Capital & Other

Expenditures

$359,023

Total $2,963,495

FISCAL YEAR EXPENSES*

School Trivia Night

$23,314

Giving Tree

2001 Gifts

Fish Fry

$25,582

St. Vincent DePaul

$8,664

Francis Fund

$57,560

Air Conditioner

$34,324

*Unaudited financial statement; varia ons to final numbers may occur

See how your generosity has supported our parish community

Leaving a Legacy — St. Francis of Assisi Endowment Fund

One gi to an endowment fund keeps giving year a er year. That’s powerful. You can provide permanent annual income to our

Parish by inves ng in our endowment fund at the Roman Catholic Founda on. Our endowment fund is invested for the long-term,

offering perpetual annual distribu ons to our Parish and giving us the security to carry out our mission for genera ons.

Value of St Francis Endowment Fund as of June 2019 - $ 56,488

To learn more about leaving a legacy to St Francis, contact the Parish Office or the Roman Catholic Founda on at rcfstl.org