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Local and World Missions
For many years St. Barbara Parish has been committed to mission activity. Many
parishioners actively assist in local community food banks, senior centers,
scouting, AA and other similar programs. Rather than duplicate on the parish
level efforts that are already taking place in the community, parish members
bring the special St. Barbara experience to endeavors that are already “out
there”. But the mission activity does not stop with active involvement. The
parish pocket book is fully invested in mission effort as well. Each month a
given portion of the Sunday offering is used to make grants to Catholic
Community Services in Kent, Washington, King County Habitat for Humanity,
the Maple Valley Food Bank and Friends of The Orphans in Cuernavaca,
Mexico. Parishioners always know what Sunday
part of our offering will go to these three concerns. On a national and
international level, St. Barbara Parish joins thousands of Catholic parishes
throughout the United States in supporting mission activity both in the United
States and in lands around the world. The American Bishops’ Campaign for Human
Development and the American Bishops’ Overseas Appeal, along with Mission Sunday
are all cherished endeavors at St. Barbara Parish. The Sunday Bulletin even
publishes stories of how our donations, linked to those of the other parishes,
have helped change lives around the world where people do not have the benefits
so many of us enjoy. The money gifts of many parishioners become a way that love
gets extended beyond our parish borders.
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