The Spencer County Catholic parishes of St. Boniface in Fulda and St. Meinrad in St. Meinrad each have received a $3,000 grant to assist local residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Rapid Response grants were distributed by the Spencer County Community Foundation.
Fr. Anthony Vinson, OSB, pastor of the two parishes, said the grants will be used to help local people who may be most vulnerable during the coronavirus outbreak. “The virus may be keeping us from gathering physically as a parish family, but we can still look out for each other and our neighbor as members of the Body of Christ,” he said.
Several individuals and groups have been getting the programs started, said Fr. Anthony. Parishioners and volunteers from as far as Iowa, Kansas and Kentucky have been making face covers to distribute with the deliveries. “Individuals learned of this need while watching Mass livestream from our homepage,” he said.
Members of both parishes have been assisting, as well as members of the St. Meinrad Volunteer Fire Department and its Ladies Auxiliary. Local grocers and meat processors are assisting programs, and Prairie Farms and Feeding America are providing dairy items.
If you know of someone who might benefit from assistance or who would like to make a contribution to the programs, email info@myparishfamily.church.
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