December closes out the second quarter of the fiscal year. Thank you for your continued support of the mission and ministries of our parish. During the month of December, our average weekly collection was $20,101 (11% decrease vs. Nov. 22). You also generously donated to various important causes in our December second collections at $32,141 ($8,035 a week.) This brings our December weekly average to $28,136. We budgeted our Sunday Offertory income for the current fiscal year (25 weeks x $16,000) at $400,000 and received $485,565 (+$85,565).Our 2022 Christmas collection stands at $67,274.We will use the extra income for the continuing maintenance and improvements to our parish campus buildings and ground. As you know, we are dependent upon your practice of good stewardship to fulfill our parish mission. The love that these gifts represent will enable us to continue the work that we must undertake here at St. Francis of Assisi Parish. Your generosity helps us more than you can imagine.