Parish Donations
Financial Support of your Parish Community
There is a common expectation among Catholics that the parish will always be there when you need it whether that is every Sunday or merely the significant moments of life - including the following:
- when you want a child baptized or a son or daughter married or when a funeral is required, the parish will be there.
- there is also the expectation that requests for service will be met by parish staff. Letters of reference will be prepared, mass intentions will be issued as well as income tax receipts and baptismal certificates when needed.
- there will be opportunities made to provide sacramental preparation for the children when it is their turn to receive reconciliation, communion or confirmation.
- all of this is over and above the fact that people expect that the parish buildings, along with the grounds, to be kept in good condition and that the heat and lights will be on when they show up.
These are all fair expectations! However, what some Catholics do not seem to understand is that all these expectations take money and that it is the parish community that is responsible for seeing that the financial resources required are made available. Otherwise, all of those things outlined above and so much more become impossible.
Some people, because they are financially able to do so, contribute generously to the parish. Their generosity is both essential and much appreciated. But the few cannot carry the many. It takes everyone in the community doing what they can financially to ensure that the parish has the resources to meet the financial commitments that providing service requires.
If you participate in the community by attending mass, whether regularly or only occasionally, you should be contributing financially to the parish! Granted, there may be times in an individual's life, or that of their family, when this is simply not possible. That is understandable and no one expects anyone to do more than what they can. But outside these extraordinary moments in life, those participating in the life of the parish should also be helping to support the parish.
You will find on this web site more information about the various ways in which you can contribute to the parish financially on a weekly or monthly basis as well as ways to make special financial gifts to the parish. We ask everyone to please do your part to ensure that the resources and services of the parish are here and available for all when they need them.
Methods of making Regular Donations
(a) Pre-Authorized Giving (PAG) Program(b) Weekly Sunday Envelopes
For other methods of Planned Giving to the parish, click here