The stage has been set. Next Sunday is D-Day. The Archdiocesan Charities and Development Fund Drive takes place on Sunday, March 9. The goal for the entire archdiocese is $225,000.

Brochures explaining the programs and projects of this one day cash drive have now been placed in the hands of every family in every parish. The programs include assistance to education, social service, dependent children, inner city and rural missions.

Each wage earner in the archdiocese is requested to donate a minimum gift of $25 to help support these programs. Each parish chairman has organized the men, and calls will be made all day on Sunday next. More workers, of course, are always needed. Pastors are requesting that families stay at home so that contact can be made on Sunday afternoon.

Unlike other drives sponsored in the archdiocese, this drive is a one-day cash request from each wage earner. No pledges or promises are being sought. Archbishop Donnellan commenting on this program stated, “Working together we can accomplish our goal and fulfill our commitment.” Mr. Rawson Haverty, archdiocesan drive chairman, stated, “The cooperation of all is needed, the generosity of all is assured, and the net result will be a thoroughly successful campaign.”

This one-day drive has been widely publicized, and the stage is now set. The success of this drive will be a milestone in the history of this young archdiocese.