St. Gerald is now celebrating public Masses...

...following our normal Mass schedule with very strict guidelines set forth by the Archdiocese of Detroit. However, dispensation from Sunday obligation to attend Mass has been granted to all the faithful through Sunday, September 6, 2020. If you are not feeling well, it is okay to stay home.

If you attend Mass, we ask that you please wear a mask.

2020 CSA Campaign

Great news, we will be able to continue to support the Archdiocese through the annual Catholic Services Appeal. Thanks to Covid, the Archdiocese decided to delay the campaign until the Fall. It is however possible to make your contribution to the 2020 campaign at any time. The best way is to visit stgerald.aodcsa.org and make a one-time gift or spread your pledge out. This eliminates both the work in the CSA office and in the St. Gerald Office, plus the Archdiocese pays any credit card processing fees.

Because of Covid, there is an effort to move more parishioners to this online platform. The Archdiocese embraces technology to reduce the work of processing. Instead, those workers can get to the mission of the Catholic Church. If you have not tried the online support yet, consider it this year. If not, in the fall we launch the mailer campaign with the pledge processing card to anyone who has not already made an online pledge.

~ Thank you for your generosity to the CSA ~

Who we are?
We are a 501c3 nonprofit taxable organization. We are operated 100% by volunteers; most of them foster families themselves. We have local branches throughout the state of Michigan.

What We Do?
Our organization provides clothing, underclothing, toys, shoes, baby equipment, and gear and in some cases furniture to children placed in the foster care system in State of Michigan. These items are new and like new items that have been donated to us. Children are often placed into foster care with no personal items and in many cases they come into care with only the clothes on their back. Our organization provides these kids with stylish new or like new clothing and personal items helping to begin the process of rebuilding their self-esteem and providing them with belongings they can call their own.

How can the Foster Closet help?
Our organization helps reduce the financial strain a new placement can place on a foster family by freeing up funds that would otherwise be used to fulfill these immediate needs. These needs are not always met immediately or in full by the State and that is where we step in. Meeting these needs allow foster parents to be able to use the funds saved to help the children adapt to their new home life in other ways. The Foster Closet is not a “One Stop” shop; it may be used as many times as the need arises.