Third Sunday in September

Plans are under way for our annual Fall Picnic set for the third Sunday in September.  Please consider becoming a sponsor.  If you have been a picnic sponsor in the past, thank you for your generous support of this annual event.  We hope to count on your support again this year.  If you have yet to attend this picnic day, please mark your calendar to join the festivities in-person on the parish grounds and livestream, Sunday, September 19, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Central Time.

The annual fall picnic will be held on church grounds.  Our picnic allows parishioners, friends, and neighbors to share time together in the outdoor dining pavilion with live music throughout the day, weather permitting.  Featured food items include BBQ Chicken Dinners and BBQ Pork Ribs.  Food is available for dine-in, carry out and drive-thru with a pre-sale order option www.smcatholic.church/st-meinrad-fall-picnic.  The day’s celebration will conclude with a quilt raffle, featuring two handmade quilts followed by an all-cash raffle with $5,500 in prizes.

Your partnership and financial support are requested to make sure this year’s picnic will be enjoyed by all who join us for a spirit-filled day.  Each year the funds raised at the fall picnic support the parish’s mission of nurturing an intentional faith-filled Catholic community and providing programs for evangelization, faith formation and youth ministry.

In recent years picnic sponsorship provided the needed resources to offer the best hospitality and amenities.  This included rental of a large festival tent for our outdoor dining space for 200+ people, live entertainment, festival signage with event schedule and maps, and activities for all ages.

Parishioners, friends and neighbors, along with local businesses, are receiving an invitation to partner with us once again.  Please consider supporting this annual celebration by becoming a sponsor.  All “In Memory / In Honor” designees will be recognized in the picnic day honor roll listing featured on the parish website and in local media sources.

SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES

A sponsorship level of $250 and above will be recognized for their support in local and archdiocesan print and social media promotion along with the name of your family or business.

A sponsor at the Friend & Investor Levels ($1 - $249) will be featured throughout the day via livestream and on the parish website.

Please return the enclosed registration, identifying your sponsorship level, and listing the name of your business or family name as you wish to have it appear in advertising and sponsorship and “In Memory / In Honor” designees.  Please return the form by July 26, 2021.

On behalf of the parish family of St. Meinrad Catholic Church in Spencer County, and our friends, neighbors and benefactors, thank you for your time, generosity, continued support and consideration of this request.

Please feel free to visit us in our parish church throughout the year open daily from dawn to dusk.  Mass available in-person and livestream at www.smcatholic.church/live.
 
For more information about our annual parish picnic, visit www.smcatholic.church/fall-picnic.

FALL PICNIC LEADERSHIP FOR 2021
Nancy Graman, chair                
Karen Mangum, marketing 
Jerry Sitzman, logistics
Jeff Mohr, food stands
Carol Schwoeppe, vendors