Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
For more than a year, we have been working together to rebuild our lives. God has provided us with the courage and resilience to meet our challenges, especially those we encountered because of Hurricane Ike. During this time, Southeast Texans’ generosity and trust in God’s Providence has humbled me. Because of your generosity and hard work, we have accomplished much. And, now the time has come to look to the future.
After much consultation, reflection, and prayer, I have made the decision to resume our Together for God’s Good Work capital campaign. I now am asking you to join me in moving forward on meeting the needs we defined more than a year ago. Undertaking this campaign is a sign of our trust in God who gives us hope.
At the time that Hurricane Ike forced us to suspend the campaign, we had raised $11.2 million in pledges. The leadership gifts effort was successfully nearing completion, and we had just started the initial parish receptions.
This campaign is vital to the long term fiscal stability of our diocese, parishes, and ministries. We as a people bear responsibility to steward well all that God has given us and to show our gratitude by coming together to carry out the Gospel mission.
The success of our Together for God’s Good Work campaign calls for each of us to give of our time, talent and treasure in proportion to the way we have been blessed. I ask that you listen with your heart, consider prayerfully your resources and ask for God’s guidance in making a gift to these efforts in order to assure their success. Our goal will be measured in our ability to provide for the future. I have every confidence that we will achieve our goal. Together as a diocesan family, we can accomplish God’s good work.
May the Holy Spirit bless you, your family and your parish.
Sincerely in Christ,
Most Rev. Curtis J. Guillory, S.V.D., D.D.
Bishop of Beaumont
For more information on how your gift will help
To see more on the ministries that will be supported by the campaign click here (pdf)
Bishop Guillory invites each of you, as a member of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Beaumont, to bring your gifts and add them to what others will offer to raise $25,000,000.
As a good steward, you are called to reflect on the abundant gifts of God, to consider all the ways that your life has been blessed, and to return to God in the same measure that God has given to you. Together we can provide for the good work.
For these reasons, everyone is asked to give, but not everyone is asked to give the same amount. There is a gift plan in this brochure that can be used as a guideline in making your decision. Please consider it carefully and select the gift that best expresses your gift of gratitude. Your gift can be made as a pledge payable over a 5-year period on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. Reminders will be mailed to your home based on the pledge plan you select.
Your contribution should relate to how generous God has been to you. If you are financially able to pledge $10,000, $25,000, $50,000 or even $100,000, we ask you to be leaders in our campaign with these substantial gifts. Not everyone can make the same size gift, but everyone can make the same size sacrifice.
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