Dear Parishioners and Friends:

The following is a letter from Sister Tesa, who helped found Hour Children over 30 years ago.  They support women and families impacted by a mother’s incarceration.  Thank you to all who donated to this great cause and thank you to James and Dorinda who helped organize it.

Dear Father David Nolan, James Palazza & Dorinda Medley,

Hour Christmas celebrations are very different this year, yet just as meaningful.  Your gifts and gift cards were appreciated, especially this year as they allowed Hour families to celebrate Christmas despite the crises they were experiencing.

You touched the lives of families in all Hour homes, where small, intimate gatherings replaced large Christmas parties.

You brought smiles – and tears – to the faces of mothers inside state prisons at Taconic and Bedford Hills, who were unable to meet with their children in person as often as they had in the past and were still able to “shop” for their children because of your generosity.

And, you eased the stress of the additional 400 to 600 weekly people who came to Hour Community Food Pantry this year because of job loss or personal hardship due to Covid and the economic crisis.

Yours was the gift that kept giving – your love, your kindness, your bigheartedness.

You truly live out the deeper meaning of Christmas for our families.  Please know we are genuinely grateful for your thoughtfulness that has allowed Christmas to happen for all of Hour Families.

May the undimmable light of the Christmas Season shine brightly for you in the darkness and lead you to a year filled with hope and love, because we know that changes take time and love makes the difference.

With gratitude and love,

Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, CSJ and All at Hour Children

Numerous parishioners have expressed reluctance towards returning back to mass.  Because the numbers of attendance are slowly increasing and our priority is the well being of our parishioners  we will be holding a second 12:30pm mass in Taylor Hall starting on March 7th, 2021.

Father David Nolan