Fundraising

Are you missing the excitement and deliciousness of the Holly Harvest Fair? Don't despair! The Guild of Saint Francis will be selling their AMAZING pies for Thanksgiving! Lisa and her pie-making crew are getting ready for baking season with Apple, Apple Crunch, and Pecan pies. The cost is $15 per pie, with "curb-side" pickup at the MacKenzie Center-kitchen entrance from the parking lot. 

Order your pies here: PIE ORDER FORM

Or use this handy QR code:


The last day to place your pie order is
Wednesday, November 18th at 11:59 PM.

We hope this fund-raiser will help our Treasury and the contributions we make to Sacred Heart Church
and many other charities throughout the year. 
Thanks in advance for your support."
- Pat Acton, Guild of St. Francis President

Given the pandemic, we've had to rethink the entire process of provding holiday meals and gifts, carefully balancing our desire to help families with the need to follow proper guidelines for safety and in-person contact. Instead of providing boxes and baskets stuffed with turkeys, hams, and all the fixings that would be picked up all in one busy afternoon, we will be providing Stop & Shop food cards only and distributing them via a safe drive-through model, both at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

We are focusing on Thanksgiving for now and will have Christmas information in a few weeks. Please consider helping us support approximately 80 families in need by donating food cards. We expect to help families ranging in size from 1 to 11 people. The average family size is 5 people, and we would like to provide $140 for a family that size.

Donors are asked to purchase Stop & Shop food cards, depending on how large a family they'd like to support, and return them to Our Lady's Parish Office no later than Sunday, November 15th.

If you are willing to assist, please visit our Sign-Up Genius page here:

Thanksgiving Sign-Up Page

or contact Kate at Kneal@sholnewton.org or 617-527-7560 ext. 219. If you email, please include your contact information (name, cell phone, and email) and the approximate family size for whom you are willing to provide.Kate will send all the details in writing.

It's going to be a difficult holiday season for a lot of families in Newton, and we will be grateful for your help to make it a bit easier. Thank you for your willingness to share your resources with our neighbors in need!

This outreach is being coordinated and provided by the parish,
in conjunction with the Saint Vincent de Paul Society.

 

 

Our long-standing Gift Giving drive at Advent will happen this year in spite of COVID!
The Gift Drive begins the weekend of November 7-8th.
Index cards will be available in the pews at each Mass this weekend requesting gift cards in different denominations that will be given to a number of shelters that serve homeless families, low-income women and their children, and several agencies serving the Deaf.  
Please choose any amount and number of index cards and return them at any Sacred Heart Mass. Gift cards including the index card should be enclosed in an envelope and dropped off in designated touch-free baskets in the back of the church from now until December 6th.  
Index cards will be replaced at all Masses each week until they are gone. 
For those who cannot attend Mass, please send in your donation or gift cards in the amount of $25 and up to Target, Walmart, CVS, Stop and Shop or Walgreens to Sacred Heart Rectory office by Dec 6.  All gift cards will be distributed among the agencies. 

Thank you for your kindness in these challenging times. 
 

PLEASE VISIT OUR 2020 Online Giving Tree: Christmas Meals and Gifts 

It’s going to be a difficult Christmas for a lot of families in Newton, and we will be grateful for your help to make it a bit easier. Thank you for your willingness to share your resources with our neighbors in need!

For Christmas Meals:

Donors are asked to purchase Stop & Shop food cards, depending on how large a family they’d like to support, and to return them to Our Lady’s Parish Office no later than Friday December 11th. As the office is currently closed please leave card in the AFTER HOURS mailbox, located by the staff entrance door (this door is to the left of the parish office door down a short alley) you can leave cards in this dropbox anytime, it will be emptied every morning.

For Christmas Gifts:

Please note that gifts for Mass Coalition for the Homeless and the Residents of Genesis II must be returned no later than SUNDAY DECEMBER 6th. These cards can be Amazon, Target or Walmart cards. Please write on envelope which organization your card is intended for.

Gifts for the "Families we Know"  which are listed with gender and age of child. should be placed in an envelope and clearly marked with the FAMILY # on the outside of the envelope. The family number is listed in the comments. Feel free to include a Christmas Card or decorate the envelope. These can be Amazon, Target, Walmart, Visa or Mastercard cards. If a child stated a preference of type of card it is stated in the listing otherwise just choose any you prefer. If you choose to sponsor a family you should be purchasing one $25 dollar card per child. These cards are due by FRIDAY DECEMBER 11th.  Family gift envelopes should also be left in the After Hours Drop Box -see location listed above under meals.

This outreach is being coordinated and provided by the parish, in conjunction with the Saint Vincent de Paul Society and Our Lady's Christian Service Committee.

We'll be selling our delicious Honduras coffee from our sister parish, San Marcos, the weekend of December 5-6, after the 4pm, 10am, and 6pm Masses. We'll be out front by the Blessed Mother statue at 4:45, 10:45, and 6:45. Be sure to order ahead; the coffee makes great Christmas gifts! You can order here, and your coffee bags will be ready for you when you come. Or you can order by contacting barbara.allaire@gmail.com, with your name, email, number of bags of whole or ground, cell phone number, and when you expect to pick up your order. Thanks for supporting the coffee farmers!
[Sioux: the link for the coffee order form is this: 

Buy Honduras Coffee