2018 Festival Re-cap from Fr. Sean

If you missed the announcement last weekend I’m happy to report that our recent CtR Spring Festival was our second biggest ever in our 33 years and netted more than $247,000 for the parish. Thank you one and all who made it possible.

Leading the way was once again the live and silent auctions which brought in a whopping $120,266. Thank you to Tony and Beckie Croes, our auction chairs, and Dan Block and Briz Garcia, our auctioneering team, and especially all of our bidders and buyers. The raffle ticket sales for the new vehicle, along with the tickets and the great looking T-shirts, netted a $39,335, and the flea market also brought in just under $14,000 items sold, the second highest total in our history. Thank you Claire Westlake, Cecila Gomez and team. I’m delighted as well that the wine pull from my cellar brought in $14,500 (and I think we’ll eventually get more than $15,000 sold as I still have some bottles remaining – if you’d like one, come see me in the office). I hope everyone who bought a bottle has made plans to enjoy it soon!

As Mike Havelka said last weekend, we enjoyed picture perfect weather and smooth operations all Festival weekend long. Every booth, ride and game did well, but beyond that I think that everyone who attended had a great time. All of that was made possible to you, the parishioners of CtR, who gave of your time. Thank you again to everyone who volunteered in a booth, bought a ticket, or lent a hand in any way. We couldn’t have done it without you. As for what the parish does with the funds generated by the Spring Festival, it always goes to a variety of areas and ministries. We certainly will use it to help pay down our debt obligations on our construction loans, but we’ll also use some of it on capital improvements and updates to our physical plant.  

Let me again express my sincere thanks to our dedicated core committee, led by Camille and Mike Havelka, our general chairpersons. My sincere thanks to them and all of their great team. What a blessing they all are to our parish. And remember they are parishioners just like you and me. They give of their time and talent to make this possible, so be sure and thank them when you see them at church, and better yet, join them next year by getting involved and doing your part. It’s a community event and when we all participate as joyful stewards we are blessed beyond measure. We’re already looking forward to Spring Festival 2019!