Pierre Mignard, The Virgin of the Grapes, c.1655-1657.
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As the Guild joyfully begins a new year, we remind ourselves of our mission:
to share the life, spirituality, and ministry of Father John Francis Harvey,
Oblate of St. Francis de Sales, with the world and with the Church,
and especially to pray for the opening of Father’s cause for beatification and canonization,
while inviting others to join us in this effort.
The Guild is striving to reach the following goals in 2026 and
we ask your kind assistance and support in these endeavours:
- to have many more people sign up as Guild members. We currently have 564 members; we're aiming to have at least 1000 members
- to have enough consistent and steady financial support to help us cover our regular operating expenses, the funding of our new documentary, as well as those additional practical expenses that will come up once Father Harvey's cause is opened.
- to put together a hard-copy and electronic archive of all of Father Harvey's articles and publications; we currently have a list of titles of Father's publications on the Guild website but we need to have the actual articles and publications available for examination and review at a later stage.
- to build our collection of testimonies about Father Harvey including reflections about Father as well as accounts of prayers answered/favours received through his intercession
In this start-of-the-year special edition newsletter, we'll explain
how you can help us reach each of the goals above
and we'll also list the next steps we'll be taking
to keep advancing our mission!
God bless you all, and thank you
for your prayerful, enthusiastic support
of the Guild's mission!
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- Membership Goal
- Financial Goal
- Building Our Archive
- Favours Granted
- Important Next Step: Appointing a Postulator
- Prayer App Now Available! 🎉
- Quick Access Links: Submit a Testimony • Prayer Cards • Donations
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As of this moment, the Guild has 564 members. Our members hail from around the world, including the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Kenya, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Uganda, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela.
How to help us reach our '1000 Members' goal:
Consider asking your friends and relatives to join the Guild. You may sign them up yourself, but please only do so with their consent.
Promote the Guild at your parish, with your pastor's permission. We can provide you with prayer cards, sign-up sheets, posters, brochures, etc. Just contact us and let us know what you need.
Distribute prayer cards. The most important thing is that people are keeping our intentions in their prayers. We can provide you with free prayer cards to share with others.
Forward this newsletter to those who you think may be interested in joining us. Let them know what the Guild is about and ask them to click the button below if they wish to join us, or to visit the Fr. Harvey website to learn more.
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Why does the Guild need regular financial support?
While the Guild's outreach is carried out by a small group of volunteers, there are necessary operational expenses incurred in our efforts.
Here are links to our budget summaries for 2023, 2024, and 2025 to help you know how your donations are used. We also have a detailed budget (Statement of Activities) for each year, in which we meticulously record every donation received and every penny spent each month on moving the Guild's mission forward. Electronic invoices for all expenses are safely stored in a secure drive.
Thanks to your generosity, we've been receiving enough donations to cover our annual expenses so far; however, the Guild's expenses will increase considerably once, God-willing, Father Harvey's cause is opened, as the Guild will be acting as petitioner of the cause.
These future expenses will include:
- printing and photocopying of all Father Harvey's articles and publications (electronic copies alone aren't sufficient for the official examination/review process)
- stipends and other expenses for officials/professionals involved in the review process including, at a later stage, the investigation of miracles
- celebrations held for events such as the opening and closing of the diocesan phase, and eventually the beatification and canonization
In the meantime, the Guild wants to make an updated documentary on Father Harvey as soon as possible, and is also raising funds specifically for this project.
How much money does the Guild need to raise?
We've been advised to raise at least $60,000 to help cover the expenses described above. That amount doesn't include the cost of producing a new documentary which we're currently estimating at $30,000.
How can I help financially?
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You can make an online donation (either one-time or recurring) here. If your means allow, please consider becoming a monthly supporter of the Guild.
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You can write a check payable to The Father John Harvey Guild, Inc. and mail it to:
The Father John Harvey Guild, Inc.
3050 Gap Knob Road
New Hope, KY 40052-6297
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You can remember the Guild in your estate planning and legacy giving
- You can specifically support our new documentary project here.
The Father John Harvey Guild is recognized within the United States as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, which means that gifts received from American residents are tax-deductible.
| | A list of the names and dates of Father Harvey's books, pamphlets, articles, reviews, and presentations can be found on our website, on this page: Publications and Presentations.
The next stage will be to link as many items on that page as possible to corresponding electronic files containing the actual content of what is listed. You can help us in this process by sending us links to any articles or presentations by Fr. Harvey, or any interviews of him you happen to come across online. We will hyperlink them to the corresponding item on our list and we'll also download these files to keep them on hand for the future process of examination/review.
At present, hard copies of several listed items are already stored safely with the Courage office and/or the Father John Harvey Guild. Please write to us if you would like to donate any books or articles by Father Harvey already in your possession to the Guild. We will keep them available for the eventual review process.
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Please continue to send us your testimonials about Father Harvey, including experiences of prayers answered/favours granted through his intercession. These accounts are an encouragement to others and they help to show why Father's cause should be opened.
Here's one that was recently added to our website:
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Important Next Step: Appointing a Postulator
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As petitioner of the cause, the Guild is responsible for nominating a postulator who must meet with the approval of the Bishop of the diocese in which the cause is launched. Once our postulator has been confirmed, we will announce it in a future newsletter. Naturally, we hope this will happen sooner rather than later, but we wait on God's timing. It's very important for the right person to be in this role, and we ask your prayers and your patience as we trust that everything is being worked out in accord with God's providence.
Learn more about the roles of petitioner and postulator here:
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Prayer App Now Available! 🎉
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The free Fr. Harvey Prayer app is now available on Google Play Store and the Apple App Store!
App features include:
- optional daily notifications/reminders to say one Hail Mary for the opening of Fr. Harvey's cause
- a prayer streak counter to track your daily Hail Marys
- option to share the daily prayer with others
- devotional prayer
- testimonials
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opportunity to join the Father John Harvey Guild, for those who haven't already done so!
Download the App:
Google Play Store | Apple App Store
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