Letters of Thanks

Dear Co-Worker in the Lord:
Many thanks for your recent check for the sum of $12,397.28. I am especially grateful to you for your kind reception. Please tell your generous people how much we appreciate what they have done for the Missions. I was truly amazed at the result of my appeal at Holy Trinity. I am most grateful.

With every good wish, I remain
Rev. Robert C. Bradler

“To love another person is to see the face of God!” Les Miserables

Your people have seen the face of God in the love and lives of their brothers and sisters in Brazil and Chile.

You and your faith community have responded generous- ly to the cry of the poor by your gift in the amount of $1,027.00.

In the name of the Sisters of St. Joseph and Sisters of Mercy, we thank you a hundred-fold for your generous partnership in building God’s kingdom.

The Sisters in giving testimony to their work said, “If it were not for the generosity of the good people of this dio- cese, we could not accomplish our work.”

May the Lord bless you and smile upon you always for all that you do for God’s people in the Missions.

Rev. Robert C. Bradler
Diocesan Director

Dear parishioners of Holy Trinity Church,
On behalf of The Margaret Home, Inc. Board of Directors, thank you for your generous donation of $2,405 for funds generously donated through your Penny Sunday Collection for the Ministry of The Margaret Home.

Your gift will help to meet the needs of pregnant mothers who are experiencing homelessness and to find the time and support they need as they seek to provide for themselves and their children. Your generosity sets a wonderful example for others.

Again, thank you for helping us to extend God’s love to these women and their children. Please keep them and us in your prayers, as we will keep you in ours.

Greg Belemjian,
Treasurer, The Margaret Home, Inc.

Dear Holy Trinity,
thank you so very much to HOPE Ministry and all the parishioners at Holy Trinity Church for your most generous donation to our Joseph’s Place Ministry.

Your tremendous support from the very beginning in helping establish our ministry at Joseph’s Place, in addition to your recent gift from your Penny Sunday Collection has helped not only to meet people’s needs for food in our community, but meet their deeper spiritual needs as well. A donation like yours, as you know, goes a long way in helping serve the hundred plus families that we encounter every month. We aim to become a beacon of hope for our neighborhood by empowering those who come to us with needs as a way to strengthen our community.

As Pope Francis said in his Apostolic Exhortation EvangelII Gaudium, “Our faith in Christ, who became poor, and was always close to the poor and the outcast, is the basis of our concern for the integral development of society’s most neglected members.”

Thank you for what you have for us through your generous gift in our effort to prayerfully imitate the ultimate servant, Christ, in what we strive to do each and every day.

Gratefully,
Very Rev. Kevin McKenna, Rector

Hello, my name is Meghan McAliney, and this past November I spoke with you regarding my initiative to bring solar lights to the Haitian community of Gros Morne. I asked for your help and you exceeded my expectations. I was met with an overflow of support and generosity from the parishioners of Holy Trinity. Both on the week- end of my announcement and through mailed donations in the weeks following, we have collectively managed to raise $4,319.72 towards this worthy cause. I am in the process of purchasing 300+ solar lanterns (well over my original goal of 80!) which I will personally be transporting to Haiti at the end of March. The lanterns will be distributed to women and children in the village of Gros Morne during my visit.

On behalf of the recipients of these lanterns, I want to extend my deepest gratitude to the compassionate people of Holy Trinity. As a result of your charity, we are able to provide solar lights to well over 300 households in the northern mountains of Haiti, which will improve the standard of living in this impoverished area for years to come. This project would not have been successful if not for your involvement. You have made a direct impact on a community of our brothers and sisters in need. Thank you once again for your generosity. I will share another update on my project, complete with pictures/ video and personal stories, after I have visited Gros Morne. Have a wonderful week!

Dear Holy Trinity Church,

Mother Teresa once said to “do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.” You are someone who has chosen to support the mission of Catholic Family Center, and we could not be more appreciative. Thank You!

For 100 years, Catholic Family Center’s mission has been to partner with those most vulnerable and those facing poverty to help them achieve their full human potential. Your gifts are crucial for our efforts to help people change their lives, and in so doing, change our community for the better. With your help, Catholic Family Center is able to keep families together, provide shelter for those without it, give an addict a second chance, and welcome our refugee families with open arms.

We could never do this work without you; and we are so grateful for your exemplary compassion for those in Rochester who need it most. Your gift helps us to create hope where it may not have existed and transform the Rochester Community. Your gift to CFC makes a difference for all who call Rochester home.

Sincerely,
Marlene Bessette,
President and CEO of CFC.

Dear Holy Trinity Folks,

Thank you so much for choosing Birthright of Ontario for your Penny Sunday donation. The amount was very generous. I suspect that it included quite a few paper bills along with the pennies!

We continue to help moms and babies as best we can. Sometimes the problems they face bring us to tears, but we know they appreciate whatever we can do.

Sincerely,
Ann Welker, Birthright Volunteer

Dear Friends of Holy Trinity,

On this feast of the Sacred Heart, please know of our heart felt gratitude for your amazing generosity from your Penny Sunday. That is a lot of pennies collected and counted!

We are so grateful that you thought of us at St. Andrew’s Food Cupboard for your gift of sharing. We go forward in our ministry to the hungry with your goodness and support. Many thanks for your efforts to partner in this mission with us.

Blessings,
Margaret Oberst
St. Andrew’s Food Cupboard

We met the matching grant challenge offered for the 2017 calendar year; and we exceeded the goal with the amount of $63,870.49, which will ease the suffering of thousands of Haitian children.

We thank St. Louis Parish and their 20+ Haiti Team, along with Sacred Heart Cathedral, Holy Trinity, St. Rita, St. Paul and the Teen Group of St. Joseph’s, plus churches in the Wilkes Barre, PA area.

Parish friend Priest and Physician, Fr. Rick Frechette at the St. Damien Pediatric Hospital in Port-Au-Prince, is grateful to all who worked hard to achieve this goal.
We are grateful to the 26 Greater Rochester area merchants who sold the ornaments and St. Michael’s Woodshop and Holy Childhood who handcraft the ornaments and gift package them. This year 37 Save Around Coupon Books were also sold. Thank you to all the parish staff who helped sell them.

To learn about the monumental efforts of Fr. Rick Frechette, Google: New York Times – Rick Frechette.

Thank you again!!

With the help of the generous parishioners of Holy Trinity Church, Meg’s Gift awarded $55,000 in support of mental health awareness, education, and intervention for our most valuable assets, our children.

The major portion of the 2017 proceeds were donated to sup- port the work of the local chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), as well as Monroe County’s Consortium on Trauma, Illness, and Grief (TIG). Both organizations focus on the emotional health of children.

News of the 2017 awards as well as pictures of the event can be found on our website at: http://www.megsgift.org. Meg’s Gift also supported events at East House, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and the Veterans Outreach Center, all of whom support our mission of mental health advocacy and wellness.

Shadow Lake will again be hosting the golf outing, silent auction and dinner to be held August 11, 2018. It has been almost four years since our Megan went home to the Lord. We know that she is now with the angels guiding our organization to demonstrate through word and deed, the compassionate and giving spirit shown throughout her life. As always, to borrow Meg’s words: “(We) love you from the top, middle, and bottom of (our) heart!”

— Deacon Ray & Kathy Garbach

Dear Center Friends:

The Center for Youth’s Crisis Nursery would not be possible without community members like you. Thank you for your contribution of $2,454 to support babies and children we serve.

During some of the most difficult times, the Crisis Nursery keeps children safe. When Laquanda needed respite care for her young son and assistance finding permanent daycare, the Nursery stepped in. When Jason was homeless and working two shifts, the Nursery cared for his two children while he looked for a place to live. And when Ashley needed to be with her baby boy at the hospital during his final hours, the nursery was there in the middle of the night for her 1 year-old son.

Each year we rely on fundraisers, foundations, corporations, the United Way and individuals like you to give families this safe haven they have nowhere else to turn. Thank you for believing in them and our work.

Elaine Spaull, Executive Director

Dear Fr. Tim and Holy Trinity Parishioners,

We want to thank you for your generous donation in the amount of $6,000 made to Mary’s Place. We are overwhelmed and incredibly grateful to receive this gift, which will allow us to continue our outreach services and programs for refugees including food and clothing distribution, English language classes, job skills classes, and casework services.

Fr. Tim, in your letter, you noted that Holy Trinity “has been much blessed with a material well-being that can only mean God’s will for us to share it with others.” We often hear these sentiments, and it is truly humbling to witness everyday the incredible faith, kindness and generosity in our community. We are privileged not only to serve refugees, but to witness God’s love in the boundless compassion of our supporters.

By any measure, Holy Trinity’s gift is extraordinary. And we are keenly aware that without the support of people like you, Mary’s Place would be unable to continue our ministry. Again, thank you so much for helping us to continue to be a safe, inclusive places where all are welcomed with open arms.

Warm Regards,

Charlsey Bickett, Ececutive Director

Mark Hare, Board Chair

Dear Father Horan and the People of Holy Trinity Parish:

I was overwhelmed with great joy when I received such a generous check in the amount of $4,855.51 from your parish com- munity for the Missionary Childhood Association. In their name, I wish to extend my deepest gratitude for the warm hospitality afforded me during my visit with you.

You are a beautiful faith-filled community. It was a pleasure being with you.

May God reward you a hundredfold for reaching out to children in the third world.

With best wishes, I am

Sincerely Yours,
Rev. Robert C. Bradler, Diocesan Director

Dear Fr. Horan,
On behalf of the Board of A Meal & More, Inc., I write to express our gratitude to Holy Trinity Church for their very generous April Penny Sunday donation of $1,824.68 in support of our mission to relieve hunger in Rochester. We so much appreciate this support.

As in the past, we continue to provide a hot nutritious meal each Sunday and Wednesday for those in need. Our guests are people of all ages, including the homeless, the disabled, the unemployed and the elderly. We see an up- swing in the number of children when school is out during the summer months. Many of our guests regularly express their thanks for all that we provide.

Thank you again for this support of our mission.
Sincerely,
L. Janet Morse, Board Member

Dear Fr. Tim and Parishioners of Holy Trinity.
We have not yet properly acknowledged your generous donation of $1,734.53 collected during your parish Penny Sunday Collection in April and so, on behalf of the local Project Rachel Team, a ministry of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester, we wish to extend our sincere gratitude for this donation and the remembrance of our ministry in your prayers, especially during that timeframe.

As you may be aware, Project Rachel was founded in 1984 by Vicki Thorn in Milwaukee and is widely recognized as the post-abortion healing ministry of the Catholic Church. The ministry’s seeds were planted in the Roch- ester Diocese just over 20 years ago by Father Jim Hewes and several men who suffer from the negative emotional, physical, and spiritual effects of abortion. Numerous individuals have been helped in our diocese since that start, but many more remain to be reached.

The Catholic Church celebrated the magnificent Jubilee Year of Mercy last year, and we have been reminded by Pope Francis that we are all sinners and need God’s mercy. Your substantial donation will greatly help us to be more effective in our efforts.

Thank you again.
Deacon David Snyder and Ms. Suzanne Stack

Dear Friends at Holy Trinity Church:
My name is Charlsey Bickett and I am the new Executive Director of Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach. I would like to thank you for the generous donation in the amount of $2,000. I am overwhelmed and incredibly grateful to receive this gift of support which is essential in helping our organization to continue to thrive. Your thoughtful dona- tion allows us to continue our outreach services and pro- grams for refugees including food and clothing distribution, English language classes, job skills classes, and casework services.

Without the support of community members like you, Mary’s Place would be unable to continue providing ser- vices. Again, thank you so much for helping us sustain our ministry to serve the refugee population in our community.

Warm regards,
Charlsey Bickett,
Executive Director
Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach

Dear Father Horan,

We are always so heartened when someone encourages the success of another. We could not be more appreciative of your recent gift helping us provide services to those in need of just that. Thanks to the support of parishes like Holy Trinity, Catholic Family Center has reached an extraordinary milestone—a Century of Service! For 100 years, Catholic Family Center’s mission has been to partner with people, particularly those most vulnerable and those facing poverty.

We are so grateful for your generous donation of $1,967.24 on April 6. Thank you also for your compassion and commitment to make a difference in the lives of your neighbors whom we serve.

Most Sincerely,
Marlene Bessette, President and CEO of Catholic Family Center

Dear Fr. Tim and Parishioners of Holy Trinity,

Thank you for your very kind contribution, in the amount of $2,600.00. As you are aware, we invited all parishes to submit a list of their most urgent needs to be prioritized and addressed by this fund. The five parishes selected by the Building Fund Committee were Saint Stanislaus, Holy Apostles, Holy Cross, Saint Katherine Drexel and Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini.

Kindly express my sincere gratitude to the parishioners for their generosity, which is most appreciated.

Please be assured of my prayers and I ask a continued remembrance in your good prayers.

With cordial regards,
The Most Reverend Salvatore R. Matano

I’d like to thank you for allowing us to utilize your facility for our blood drive last week. I’m so happy to let you know we collected 47 units of blood which will impact and save up to 141 lives! Your church family and the Webster community should be so proud!

Sincerely, Meredith Gallinaro/American Red Cross

Dear Co-Worker in the Lord:

“Today, we need to see the Light of Hope, and to be men and
women who bring hope to others.” Pope Francis

Your people have truly brought hope to the mission church by their prayers and generous financial gift on World Mission Sunday. I am most grateful for your offering of $1,894.00 for the support of the Church’s missionary work.

World Mission Sunday is celebrated once a year. I hope that in the months ahead you will continue to remember the missionary work of the church through prayer and generous support.

May we walk in newness of life leading those in darkness to follow the Light. May you and your loved ones experience His faithfulness and love during this Christmas season and the com- ing new year.

Devotedly in Christ,
Robert C. Bradler