Each year, St. Jude collaborates with Catholic Charities to provide Christmas gifts for families who otherwise would have none. In the past, we have included other parish outreach programs, helping children from St. Cecilia’s Catholic School, Santa Clara Catholic School, the Title One schools in Allen, the Veterans Home in Bonham and refugee families through the Refugee Resettlement Programs. Join us as we gather in the Reception Area to bless the Giving Tree and our angels.  The tree will be decorated with tags detailing the needs of those less fortunate.
 

The St. Jude Giving Tree will be put up in the Reception Hall on Saturday, November 16, 2019.  The parish is invited to visit the tree in the Reception Hall and to take a tag from the tree.  Helpful hint:  Take a picture of the tag(s) you take in case your tag(s) gets misplaced.

Each tag on the tree contains the items that someone has told us they need this year - including clothing sizes, etc.  The tags represent some of the poorest of the poor in our area, and these people would not be able to have any Christmas without our help. We are given their names by Catholic Charities, and by parishioners who know of a family that is struggling.

Buy the item or items on the tag, then put them in a Christmas Gift Bag and attach the tag to bag (s) for identification, then return the unwrapped gifts to the tree before noon on December 8, 2019.  We will sort the gifts on December 8th after the 12:00 pm Mass.