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Tax Free Distributions To Charities From IRA’s Extended Through 2011

12/18/2010 8:00:00 AM

' The extension of the Bush Tax Cuts enacted in "The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010" has not only preserved the 2010 tax rates but it has also retroactively extended an important provision that expired at the end of 2009. This provision allows distributions made directly out of IRA plans to qualified 501c3's like Sacred Heart Seminary to be excluded from the donor's taxable income.

Recognizing that there is little time to take advantage o'

Msgr. Matthew in Minnesota

8/27/2010 8:00:00 AM

' Monsignor Matthew will be arriving in Minnesota on Sept. 15th for about 3 weeks. His weekend schedule is as follows:

Weekend of Sept 18-19 St George-Long Lake
Masses Sat 4:30pm Sun 8:00am, 10:00am Reception 11:00am-5:00pm

Weekend of Sept 25-26 St. Anne-Hamel
Masses Sat 5:00pm Sun 8:00am, 10:00am

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Update from Msgr. Matthew

4/22/2010 8:00:00 AM

' The work on the additional classrooms began several weeks ago and is proceeding well. The science laboratory is about to be completed. It is the long building with a green roof near the classrooms. Dr. Gary Ivins laid the foundation of this building. We received 20 used computers from Computers for Africa for the school. The computers will be installed in the one of the new classrooms when they are completed.

President Museveni visits AFSS

4/14/2010 8:00:00 AM

' On April 14th President Yoweri Museveni visited Pader District. His helicopter landed in the soccer field at the school late in the afternoon. Msgr. Matthew, Sr. Viola Akullo (Headmistress), the staff and students warmly greeted him with singing and clapping. Some staff and students had the opportunity to shake hands with President Museveni. He admired the school, enjoyed the singing by the students and encouraged them to study hard. He presented an envelope containing 220,000 Ugandan shilli'

St. Mary's Edife School Receives Generator
by Sr. Grace Aciro

4/9/2010 8:00:00 AM

' THE SCHOOL: St. Mary’s Ediofe Girl’s Secondary School is one of the three boarding schools for girls in Arua District in northwestern Uganda. It is located three kilometers west of Arua town. Arua is approximately 150 miles west of Gulu. The school was founded in 1983 with the aim of increasing opportunities for the girl child to attain formal education and to prepare her to be a self-reliant citizen. The school started after a period of turmoil of the Liberation War of 1979. The peop'