An item of particular interest every year at the Sacred Heart parish Fall Festival is the quilt prepared by the ladies of the parish sewing circle. The 2024 quilt is shown above with Kay Theer talking to Betty Himmelberg during the fund raiser event held this year at the American Legion Hall in Lawrence due to the fire at the church building.
The ladies of Sacred Heart parish in Lawrence hold a long and honorable history of church support, one of which is an annual fund raising event held in autumn of each year. Over the years, the name has changed from being a "Hunter's Dinner," to the "Smorgasbord" and now to the Fall Festival.
Whatever the name, the event brings parish members together for fellowship, for fun and for a chance to supply funds to help pay for the many charitable events the ladies support and to support the parish with many needed expenses.
Even with a fire that damaged the church building itself, the Sacred Heart...
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