Parish directory effort remembers those in need

Submitted on September 06, 2011

By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@stlouisreview.com

Rita Holt, left, and Jean Bollinger help pack food donated to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul conference at Most Sacred Heart Parish in Eureka. The conference helps people in the community with food, rent, utilities and other needs. A recent project involving a new parish pictorial directory benefited the Society’s work with people in need.

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Most Sacred Heart Parish in Eureka seized an opportunity to help people in need and the result was better than expected, thanks to the cooperation and generosity of parishioners. The opportunity involved donation incentives benefiting the Society of St. Vincent de Paul conference during the parish's pictorial directory campaign. The result was a contribution of $1,300 to the Society along with a large supply of canned goods. "People in the parish have a soft place in their heart for the work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society," said Father Rick Schilli, pastor of Most Sacred Heart.