Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving holiday is tomorrow and as I write this blog on "Thanksgiving-eve" I am thankful for all of you who have made the St....
The Thanksgiving holiday is tomorrow and as I write this blog on "Thanksgiving-eve" I am thankful for all of you who have made the St....
"Fundraising is a very concrete way to help the Kingdom of God come about. The Kingdom is where God provides for all that we need. Jesus...
In Vermont at this time of year, the foliage is beautiful and although I have lived here all my life, I am stunned every fall by the...
True confessions: I like to be thanked for things I do, especially when I go out of my way. True confessions: It bugs me when people...
Making donor contacts is all about being in the right place at the right time. This summer I decided it was time to take the St. Nicholas...
"Miss Eliza Sessions who is teaching in Westminster at the Kurn Hattin Home...gave a short talk at the Sunday school session at the...
There is an idea in life that one day you will reach the age where your own children will grow up, your grandchildren will visit and then...
Do you remember the Sears and Roebuck Christmas Catalog that used to come out before Christmas time? I know some of you do. Long before...
Teaching kids the "facts of life" can be fun. Everybody should know how to do it. I'm not talking about the "facts" of where babies come...
Thank God for our senior citizens when it comes to fundraising for the St. Nicholas Project! Just this week, I was visiting two elderly...
Have you ever heard somebody say "things slow down in the summer"? If you work in a parish, you'll know that that's not true! The work...
At the 2019 graduation ceremony this year at Kurn Hattin, I was asked to help present a brand new trombone to one of the 8th grade...
On June 8, 2019, twenty-one of your kids graduated from the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children. I am calling them "your" kids. They were...
Why should you donate money to Kurn Hattin Homes for Children? Let me give you eight good reasons! #1 Academic Excellence. Students are...
I'm sure you are familiar with that very famous and inspirational phrase from Martin Luther King, Jr. But, I'm claiming it as my own for...
Catholic Fundraising is about enabling people to become saints through their donations to charity.
Knights of Columbus receiving 2018 Faith in Action Family Award for Kurn Hattin Homes for Children.
We have a very fancy title--New England Kurn Hattin Homes for Children. The key word in our mission, however, is "home." Since 1894, the...
Around Christmas I received some thank you notes from the boys and girls at Kurn Hattin thanking the St. Nicholas Project donors for the...
Did you know that middle school students have some great ideas for fundraising for the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children? In December 2018,...