Name                                2009 Amount International National Local M.E.N.D. 10,000     10,000 New Orleans-Catholic Charities 5,000   5,000   Campus for Human Development-Nashville 5,000   5,000   St Joseph  Center 1,500     1,500 Guadalupe Center Food Bank 1,500     1,500 FISH - Chatsworth Food Bank 5,000     5,000 Loving Choices 5,000   5000   Servants of Mary 5,000   5000   St. Paul's Benevolent Institute - Haiti 5,000 5,000     Sisters of St. Louis - Ghana School 7,500 7,500     Project Belize 7,500 7,500     Sisters of St Louis 7,500 7,500     Tutweiller Clinic 5,000   5,000   Home Boys Industries 5,000     5,000 Mission Haiti 5,000 5,000     Prison Ministry 10,000     10000 New Hope Catholic Worker Farm/School 1,000   1,000   Good Shepherd Shelter 5,000     5,000 Womens' Care Cottage 1,500     1,500 Casa Juan Diego 2,000   2000   Columbus Catholic Worker 1,000   1000   Las Vegas Catholic Worker 1,000   1000             TOTAL 102,000 32500 30000 39,500

Many letters of thanks and tears were received from the recipients. You who have supported St. Bernardine's financially share the thanks and promised prayers. "When you did it for the least of my brothers, you did it for me". May the Lord continue to bless us and give us the hearts to share.

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The History of Tithing at St Bernardine

 At the beginning of the fiscal year 2004/2005 with the unanimous support of both the Parish Council and the Parish Financial Council, Father McNamara decided to make St. Bernardine's a Tithing Parish. This meant that we as a parish, well aware of the tremendous financial blessings God has given us, would in the coming year give away ten percent of our income.
 
A tithing committee was formed with a single directive from the pastor  "our tithe is not to benefit our parish in any way". Frank Loffa was chair, the other members being Priscilla Brehm, Jim Clark, Sonia Gioriani-Johnston, Gregoria Leoni, Glenn Sataloff and Father Robert McNamara, Pastor.
 
The committee went to work and after much discussion decided that the $100,000.00 tithe (it was raised slightly by the finance committee to facilitate ease of division) would be divided as follows: fifty percent would go to international needs, the other fifty percent would be divided equally between national needs and local needs.