Christmas Giving Tree
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Please return all gifts by Sunday, December 8
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Christmas Giving Tree
Begins Sunday, November 16
Ends Sunday, December 8
This year, our Giving Tree supports our brothers and sisters in need through
Mira Via
Hope of Life (Esperanza de Vida)
Missionaries of Charities
Catholic Charities
Prayer Walk Homeless Ministry
Our Lady of Assumption Catholic School
Safe Alliance
Our outreach to hurricane-devastated sister parishes of St. Margaret Mary in Swannanoa, NC and St. Elizabeth in Boone, NC
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STUFF A STOCKING FOR A CHILD IN NEED
Look for the rose pink bows on the tree.
Fill a provided “stocking” bag with candy and age- appropriate stocking stuffers.
Our goal is to fill 135 stockings
for children at
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Schooland Missionaries of Charity
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BUY AND BRING BACK GIFTS FOR
HURRICANE RELIEFLook for dark blue tags on the tree.
Provide gifts to support children and families who are rebuilding their lives and homes in hard-hit Swannanoa and St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church.
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Beneficiaries of our Giving Tree
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Missionaries of Charity
The Missionaries of Charity (founded by St. Teresa of Calcutta) offer services and care to the "poorest of the poor" in our community.
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Mira Via
Mira Via provides residential and social services for pregnant mothers and their children as they move toward independent and healthy living. Learn more here.
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Hope of Life
Hope of Life (Esperanza de Vida) provides guidance for an improved quality of life for Hispanic children in our parish and community who struggle with mental or physical disabilities, illness or disorders and have little to no resources.
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Hurricane Relief
in Western NCOur parish efforts are focused on helping those in hard-hit Swannanoa, NC (St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church) and Boone, NC (St. Elizabeth Catholic Church) with cleanup and rebuilding, including a mobile home community where 30+ homes were flooded. Learn more here.
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Our Lady of Assumption Catholic School
OLA is the most diverse parish in Charlotte, welcoming Catholics of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Some of its school families experience food insecurity. Learn more here.
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Prayer Walk Homeless Ministry
Two weekends each month, seminarian and St. Gabriel parishioner Matthew Hennessy leads volunteers in visiting and praying with our homeless neighbors in uptown Charlotte, providing small essentials. Learn more here.
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Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement
Catholic Charities welcomes newly arrived refugee families - victims of war, political upheaval, religious, economic or ethnic persecution - to Charlotte, providing comprehensives to help them adapt and becoming self-sustaining and productive members of the community. Learn more here.
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Catholic Charities Social Services and Safe Alliance
Parishioners and community members in crisis who contact us for help are referred to Catholic Charities Social Services or Safe Alliance (for victims of domestic violence) to receive the comprehensive services they need. Our parish's financial support helps provide these critical services. Learn more about Catholic Charities here. Learn more about Safe Alliance here.
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