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Show Income Tr.x D,lY is only c. few months awClY. Will you be wish-ing, on or about M2"rch 14th, thc~ t you had given more of your 1945 income to Godls glory? It is pretty sure th2t we shall be, unless you snatch the opportunity right now, and send a check to our Treccsurer, Mr Edward Elwell, III John st., New York City . Checks should be mc:de to Southwest Indi ~~ n Mi ssion, Inc., which is [, corpor,.: tion under the ll::.ws of the st: .t c of Nevv Yorl~, rmd exi sts solely for tho suppor t of our Mission; 2nd they should be dz· t ed in 1945 for deduc-tion from this Y82r 1 s income . Every penny given goes diroctly to Misston work; no suvivelchuir s[~ l;:1. ri e s or offlce ovcrhe['.d divert your offtjrings from the m[~ in chLmnel. Pler.so r emember th2. t J whil,;.; thtJ N, . tion[~ l Council gives us its ble ssing , it is you,our ben e f c,ctors, who mr.ke possible the continur.tion of our wor k . Our TreCl surer wrote us 0. f ew months r. go thl.,t funds W8J;'e depleted • . Tha t was the first time ,my thing like th"t had htlppened. Since then r f ew offl;rings h; ve come in. If everyone of our fri ends would s end us C'.n r.lms, ,:1Ccording c.s God he,s ble ssed him, our f lnt. nci<.~ l h'orries would be steved off for the present. We cl sl~ no more tl1t:'.n the. t. Spea king of The RQ tiorif.l Cotincil we don't nQed to r ~mind members of our Church tha t their first r osponsibility is to see that the proportion,:'. t o sh<.~ r e s of the:ir QIi,{n pt.risl10s ;',re met. st Christopher 's is (:n extra, , .nd 2.S such expL:cts only the crumbs that f all from th2 ch ~ ldr (;n 's t ~ bl e . But those who help us in our w or l~ have at l east t wo V (;l':/ sp,)cinl j oys: 1. They ktlOVI thr.t the wor k they ;:- r c support ing is in every W<ly true to the 'ivays of the Church, thL: C<:.,.tholic Church of God; 2 They s hc.re in the beneri ts of our Ben e L '.ctars ' 1'.1; SS, offer ed n t l ec,st once c~ week (us u , .lly on Tucsd; ys) :! tour ChLpcl altar. It should not be n eceSS[.ry to [.dd thc: t those who h ,:ve recently sent us or ~Ir Elwell, em e lms, r r e r e c eivcing this page only'with the idea tm: t they will s e~ how much their help is n ppr ~ ci ~ ted. They c ~n sit b ~ ck ~nd purr with sntisfa ctiol11, t.nd s ay "Well, r:nywny I · did something to keep t~os e des ert-rats from stnrvingl" And for the::;. t we S['Y. "The.Ilk You" 2.~<.in! .. |
