Keep the Heat On

PROVIDENCE - Bishop Thomas J. Tobin thanked the hundreds who donated more than $110,000 to the ‘Keep the Heat On’ Challenge in a statement March 27. The bishop established ‘Keep the Heat On’ last October as part of the Interfaith Community Dire Emergency Fund that provides assistance to Rhode Islanders who have exhausted all other […]

PROVIDENCE - Activities at area Catholic schools as part of Catholic Schools Week boosted Bishop Tobin’s ‘Keep the Heat On’ Challenge to almost $105,000. The students at Bishop Keough Regional High School, Pawtucket, raised $500.
Campus Minister Ann Gauthier said, “The Keough girls are known for their charity. They are always finding ways they can […]

PROVIDENCE - When Bishop Thomas J. Tobin initiated his ‘Keep The Heat On’ Challenge in October, the rising costs of heating a home and the large number of people whose utilities were already turned off were important factors. Today, heating prices continue to rise and some still are without utility service. Bishop Tobin remains concerned […]

PROVIDENCE - As the first sustained period of cold weather and snow descended upon the state the phone calls to the Interfaith Community Dire Emergency Fund were increasing.
Pauline Cardin, one of a trio of retired diocesan intake workers who return each Thanksgiving and Christmas season to help with the increased case load, said she was […]

PROVIDENCE - On a dreary, rainy Friday morning a week before Christmas, the contrast could not have been more vivid. Outside, the pouring rain and high winds soaked and chilled; inside La Salle Academy, the energy of the students preparing Christmas presents for the needy could have warmed 1,000 homes.
Challenged by the faculty and […]

PROVIDENCE - Bishop Thomas J. Tobin’s ‘Keep The Heat On’ Challenge, fueled by a significant contribution from the proceeds of a benefit concert by Father Anthony Mancini and the Gregorian Concert Choir, reached the $37,500 half-way point.
The concert, which raised more than $8,000 for the Interfaith Community Dire Emergency Fund, was praised by Bishop Tobin. […]

PROVIDENCE - The students and faculty of St. Matthew School in Cranston joined Bishop Thomas J. Tobin assisting the less fortunate citizens of Rhode Island in paying their fuel bills this winter. Having read about the bishop¹s outreach to one local family, a teacher in the school suggested that the students have a ‘Dress […]

PROVIDENCE - The response to Bishop Thomas J. Tobin’s ‘Keep The Heat On’ Challenge has been “overwhelming,” said Richard Andrade, coordinator of Interfaith Community Dire Emergency Fund.
“It has been overwhelming, both the need and the incredible generosity of so many people.” said Andrade.
To date, Bishop Tobin’s Fund has received $15,763. During the last three weeks, […]

By Brian J. Lowney
Visitor Staff
PROVIDENCE - The Gregorian Choir, directed by Father Anthony Mancini, will perform a benefit concert in memory of the late Dr. C. Alexander Peloquin, Nov. 20, 3 p.m., at the Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, One Cathedral Square. The choir will be accompanied by the Festival Orchestra.
“People should come […]

PROVIDENCE - Bishop Thomas J. Tobin’s ‘Keep the Heat On’ Challenge raised more than $10,000 in the first week, suggesting that many people realize how difficult it will be for many to heart their homes this winter.
A $5,000 donation was received from the Mother Teresa Society of St. Augustine Parish, Providence. Father Barry R. L. […]