For the
CHRISTMAS GIFT OUTREACH, in Bloomfield, families will be able to register through the school district and Blessing Room. In Canandaigua, SVDP will conduct the sign-up from Oct 1–Nov 2. Gift tags will be assembled November 14 at 6pm in Dougherty Hall and available in both churches starting November 17. Gifts will need to be returned by Sunday, December 8. Sorting of mittens, hats and scarves will be after the 9am Mass on December 8. Sorting of gifts will be in Bloomfield, on Sunday, December 15 at 10:30am and in Canandaigua on Thursday, December 12 at 6pm. Distribution of gifts will be December 17 in Bloomfield and Saturday, December 14 in Canandaigua.
Christmas Food Outreach 2019
CHRISTMAS FOOD OUTREACH begins in both churches October 5-6 with a distribution of empty shopping bags and envelopes for monetary contributions. Distribution will be on December 14 in Canandaigua and December 16 in Bloomfield.
Additional Information
New, packaged
WINTER SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR will be collected in the bins at the Dougherty Hall entrance of St. Mary’s and the back of St. Bridget’s Church. Distribution will be through the Blessing Room, 120 North Main Street, and Migrant Ministry.
HYGIENE SUPPLIES will be collected in the bins at the Dougherty Hall entrance of St. Mary’s and the back of St. Bridget’s Church. Distribution will be through the Blessing Room, 120 North Main Street, and Migrant Ministry.
A collection of new or gently used
WINTER COATS is beginning now through mid-November. This year we are focusing especially on children’s sized coats. (Adult sized coats will also be accepted.) Coats can be left at the entry of St. Bridget’s Hall or Dougherty Hall at St. Mary’s. All coats collected at St. Mary’s will be sorted on Saturday, November 16 in Dougherty Hall beginning at 8:30am. All are invited to help with this project. Delivery of coats to Marion will be made Sunday, November 17; the remaining inventory in Canandaigua will be distributed from the SVDP Clothing Room. Coats in Bloomfield will be distributed through the Blessing Room.
We are in need of
MITTENS, HATS, AND SCARVES for infants and children for this year’s Christmas Food Basket program. If you would like to make a donation of mittens, etc., please bring them to PAC or call Marcia Webster at (585) 394-6836 to arrange for a pick up. If you are in need of yarn, Marcia has some available. Please call her to arrange to pick some up or she will bring some to you.
We will need the mittens and all knitted items no later than Wednesday, December 4th. The knitted items will be distributed with the Christmas baskets to many families in the Canandaigua and Farmington area. Last year, we gave mittens to over 200 children.
Our support of
MIGRANT MINISTRY through our giving of CHRISTMAS GIFTS will continue. Each year we provide gifts for children of the migrant families. Those tags are integrated in the overall parish initiative. Since in the Hispanic culture the day of gift-giving is celebrated on the Feast of Three Kings — Epiphany —, we present the gifts in early January.