Lenten Collections

St. Charles Social Concerns Committee

Lenten Collection Details

One of the many important activities of the St. Charles Social Concerns Committee (SCC) is to sponsor the Lenten Collections starting on Ash Wednesday and continuing through Holy Thursday. Parishioners can donate much-needed funding to the organizations supported by the SCC. 100% of your donation will support these agencies and directly benefit people most in need.

Receiving your support in 2025 through the Lenten Collections are:

• March 5
  Ash Wednesday

  St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at St. Michaels Parish, Livermore, CA                                      https://stmichaellivermore.com/svdp
  Cash donations are needed. Additional needs are family-size food items, dry beans, rice, canned chili, and other canned goods, bread, peanut butter, jam, canned tuna, spam, canned chicken, and toiletries.
  

•  March 8-9

  1st Sunday of Lent

  Culinary Angels, Livermore
  https://culinaryangels.org/about/
  CASH is needed to support Culinary Angels, a new agency for Lenten Collections in 2023. They are a volunteer, donation-based organization that provides and delivers nutrient-rich meals free of charge and nutrition education to people going through a cancer challenge, as well as to their caregivers throughout the Tri-Valley area.

   

• March 15-16
  2nd Sunday of Lent
  Tri-Valley Haven
  https://trivalleyhaven.org

  CASH or Gift Cards (food stores/Target/Wal-Mart/Ross); BART/Bus tickets. Especially needed are diapers size 3-6, women’s feminine products, flour & sugar 2-5Lb; cooking oil 32oz; juice 32oz; family-size peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti sauce, canned corn, seasonings, and coffee.
  

• March 22-23

  3rd Sunday of Lent
  One Nation Dream Makers, Livermore
  https://onenationdreammakers.org/

  CASH to purchase the supplies most needed by the organization.
  

•  March 29-30

  4th Sunday of Lent
  Elizabeth House, Oakland
  www.oakehouse.org

  CASH donations are most appreciated.  The money will go to the most urgent needs.
  

•  April 5-6
  5th Sunday of Lent
  Interfaith Sharing Food Pantry, Livermore 
  www.saintbartslivermore.com
  Family-size non-perishables: Peanut butter, honey, oatmeal, cereal, powdered milk, cereal bars, canned fruit, canned tuna, lunch box juices, rice, plastic jars of jam & jelly, mayonnaise, pasta sauce,1-lb. packages of spaghetti, macaroni, dry pinto/black beans, cooking oil, coffee, Hamburger/Tuna Helper.
  

• April 12-13
  Palm Sunday
  Oakland Catholic Worker, Oakland
  www.oaklandcatholicworker.org
  CASH is the most urgent need to help where most needed. Other items that could be used are diapers, family-sized cleaning supplies, canned goods, rice, dry beans, and Clipper Cards for transportation.
  

• April 17
  Holy Thursday
  Goodness Village, Livermore
  https://gvlivermore.org

  CASH to support the most urgent needs. Gift cards to Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, and any food store.  If you look at their website, you will see a link to “other needed items” and that takes you to a lengthy list of items on their registry through Amazon.  

●     Drop off requested items, cash, or checks before or after Masses

●     Make checks payable to St. Charles and memo Lenten Collections or agency name. (If an agency is not specified, cash and checks designated for “Lenten Collections” will be divided equally among the eight agencies.)

Dates

Ash Wednesday, March 5 - Holy Thursday, April 17,
2025

how to donate

Online
You can donate to any of the organizations by clicking the link and choosing from the drop-down.

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