CIA Web Page Update--3Q2018
 
Our Mission:
Believing that we cannot proclaim a gospel we do not live, we dedicate our activities to promoting the welfare of those in need of comfort, shelter and food and, through education and action, to working for justice and peace.
 
CIA Prayer:
Dear Lord, you are the light that brings us together. We thank you for the gifts that you have given each of us to do your work. Help us to remember our blessings and to recognize the needs of your people. Grant that our minds and hearts are open to your will and give us the wisdom to know how we can serve you. In the spirit of St. Clare, may we respond with charity and love. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
 
Meetings:
CIA members (below) invite you to join us as we meet the second Tuesday of each month, from 7:30-9 p.m. Contact Marla at 281-480-1231 or Roberta at 281-486-9673 for information.
 

 
Projects/Events through October:

The annual School Supplies Drive, which helps children of low-income families, will begin in July. CIA members will hand out lists of needed items after all masses the weekend of July 21-22. Donations may be dropped off in specially marked bins in the hallway to the Conference Center, through Aug. 12. Your gifts help ensure that needy children who attend Queen of Peace and St. Pius V Catholic schools have a good start to their education year. For information, call Marla at 281-480-1231. Thanks for your participation.

 

The local CWS/CROP Hunger Walk will be held Oct. 21. St. Clare parishioners typically have a strong presence at the walk, which raises funds to fight hunger locally and globally. You can help by walking or donating. A few weeks before the walk, sign-up volunteers will be in the narthex after masses and the weekend Bulletin will have directions on how to give online. For more information, contact Gordon at 281-461-6982. See you there!

 

Ongoing Support:
Did you know your contributions to CIA’s monthly envelope (Aid to the Poor and Needy) pay for nearly all of CIA’s financial outreach assistance to the needy?  CIA receives donations from two grocery store programs (see below) and St. Clare’s Knights of Columbus, but no additional funding comes from the church for outreach aid.  The amount that you decide to include in your envelope the fourth weekend of each month is what helps the local needy who come to us with immediate, critical, short-term needs--like assistance with rent or utility bills. Typically, CIA spends about $3,500-$4,500 each month, to help 20-30 families. We appreciate your generosity. After all, donations from St. Clare parishioners keep Christians in Action “in action.”
 
Enroll in these community programs to benefit CIA assistance efforts each time you shop.
In the Kroger Community Rewards program, link your Kroger card to CIA's number, 82156. Log on at Kroger.com to register. Link your Randalls Remarkable Card to CIA's number, 8313. Apply at any Randalls Customer Service Desk. For both programs, your enrollment remains unless you change it. If you need help, please call Yvette at 281-480-1330.
 

Spring Accomplishments:

Thanks for making the Hospitalized Veterans Project such a success. Through your generosity, we were able to donate plenty of boxes of toiletries, socks, underwear, books, puzzles and games for the use of hospitalized veterans and the family members who accompany them at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.

 

During the Lenten Box Project, you donated about 175 boxes filled with toiletries, clothing and other essential items. These donations are helping grateful clients served by Casa Juan Diego, a local Catholic shelter. Thanks again.