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Fair Trade Sale to Benefit Community

Fair Trade
Sale to Benefit the Community

Saint Catherine of Siena Church in West Dundee will hold its sixth annual  Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Fair Trade Sale offering unique Christmas Gift items from third world countries. Proceeds will benefit local individuals and families in the community who are in most need.

The Fair Trade Sale will be located in the Church’s Narthex, or entrance, on Friday, November 25 from noon to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday, November 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; and Sunday, November 27, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend the event.

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“We are pleased to offer a wide variety of unique gift items, including chocolates, chocolate Advent calendars, jewelry, Christmas décor, handmade baskets, children’s toys and musical instruments, and religious articles available for purchase from over 20 different countries,” said Deacon Hank Schmalen, coordinator of the event.

"Purchasing a gift during our sale is a chain reaction that
benefits the recipient, a Third World country individual, and ultimately a local person or family in need. It is a gift that gives three times.”

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Catholic Relief Services (CRS), in conjunction with SERVV
International, provides Fair Trade items from third world countries. The product makers and/or growers receive a fair price for the sale of their products. 100% of the proceeds made by the sale at St. Catherine of Siena
Church will support people in the local community who are in need.

Members of “St. Catherine's Spirit”, the social justice ministry at St. Catherine of Siena Church, have
organized the Fair Trade Sale. It coincides with this year’s focus of charitable outreach for the parish. 

According to Father Michael Lavan, Parochial Administrator of Saint Catherine of Siena Church, “the individual ministries throughout the parish will focus on a year of events for parish growth, including: liturgical, personal faith formation, charitable outreach and parish community as the parish reaches its Centennial in 2012.” The Jubilee will conclude with a Jubilee Mass and the Centennial Siena Ball on Sunday, July 8, 2012.

St. Catherine of Siena Church is located at 845 West Main Street in West Dundee. The Church was founded at 426 Highland Avenue in West Dundee on July 8, 1912. The site is now the home of the Dundee Township Historical
Society.

St. Catherine of Siena Church is located at 845 West Main Street in West Dundee. For more information, contact Debbie Schmalen at 847-426-7326.

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