St. Mary Catholic Church

Holy Sews would love to help you turn your piles of sewing scraps and leftovers into beautiful bereavement clothing for micro-preemie infants. They can make use of just about anything, including: fabrics of all kind, including cotton, fleece, flannel, satin, lace and just about anything else; Thread & yarn; Buttons; Lace, Rick-rack and other trims; Ribbons and bows; scissors & rotary cutters. If it’s in your sewing room – they can use it – no need to sort! If you would like to help but don’t have a sewing room – gift cards to Hobby Lobby, Michael’s, JoAnn Fabrics and Amazon can be donated so we can purchase supplies as needed. You may drop off gifts/donations at the Pastoral Center or have them shipped to the address on the registry. View their wish list at: www.myregistry.com and search for “Holy Sews DFW”. Your support will be honoring the tiny babies carried to Heaven before we could know them! Holy Sews provides handmade infant burial clothing for families who experience the loss of their baby during gestational weeks 16-25. These micro-preemie babies are much too tiny and fragile for any other clothing that is readily available. They accomplish this by supplying hospitals and funeral homes with a stock of layettes from which families can choose. All of this is provided at absolutely no charge to the hospitals, funeral homes or the families they serve. The program is funded by donations, and all garments are made by volunteers. This program in our region is based at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Carrollton. They have a monthly meeting where volunteers prepare the layettes for distribution. No sewing skills are necessary. The organization wants St. Mary’s to be a feeder group to the home base. There are many jobs like cutting ribbon, packing the layettes, organizing materials, making bows, and folding and punching cards. If you can sew, you can take the items home and return them at the next meeting. They also make knitted hats for the infants. Holy Sews provide layettes to 54 hospitals in the North Texas area including our local hospital, and the number is growing. So, if this sounds like a ministry you would like to join, the next gathering will be Tuesday, April 24th in the Activity Center. If you are interested or have questions, call Debbie Fleitman 940-768-8707 or email arfleitman@sbcglobal.net. Additional info. can be found on www.holysews.org.

Have you noticed the only checks you are writing is for your contributions to St. Mary's Church? If so, did you know you could have your contributions withdrawn from your checking account OR your credit card for points? If you would like to use the ACH option, give Sherri a call and she will send you the form to complete. We will also need a voided check. If you would like to use your credit card for points - there is an option on our website, www.stmarygainesvillecc.org, tab to Giving and there you will find 2 options - One Time or Automatic Withdrawals (you would set this up yourself).

Contact Jane Hervey at 940-665-5395, ext 6 or email her at jane.hervey@stmaryscatholic.com. All contacts and information is confidential.

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