ABCD Again Tops Goal Parish Collections...Pg
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THE COUNTIES OF BROWARD, COLLIER, DADE, GLADES, HENDRY, MARTIN, MONROE AND PALM BEACH Volume XXI Number 5 April 6, 1979 Price 25c ABCD Again Tops Goal Parish collections...Pg. 16 For the second year in suc- cession the Archbishop's Charities Drive has gone over the top. The goal was $3,000,000, and as of March 31, almost $3,400,000 had been pledged. This represents a 12 percent gain over the goal. Last year there was an 18 percent increase over the goal of 82,700,000. ARCHBISHOP MCCARTHY said exceeding the goal of the Charities Drive "fills me with a profound sense of gratitude and deep pride in the priests, religious and faithful of the Archdiocese. Our success reveals that we are growing as a community of love committed to living the Gospel. As your Archbishop, I marvel at the continuing generosity of our people and their dedicated spirit of service. It is with a feeling of exhilaration that I experience how the priests, religious and laity are ever-willing, in their various ministries, to respond to the call for help of those who are in need of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. "In these days of economic and spiritual crisis, the demands are Smiles greeted the final figure of the ABCD campaign ment director, Don Livingstone, lay chairman and Msgr. ever-increasing. Your magnificent this year as Msgr. Jude O'Doherty writes the numbers John O'Dowd, coordinator of the Development office. support will help us to respond to real for Archbishop McCarthy, center, Frank Nolan, develop- needs in a tangible way.
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