Finances
Financial Support of your Parish
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. The parish will be there:
- when you want a child baptized, a son or daughter married or the burial of a loved one.
- to provide sacramental preparation for the children when it is their turn to receive reconciliation, communion or confirmation.
- to fulfill 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.
- 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/AC and lights will be on when they show up.
These are all fair expectations! However, what some might not 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 contributing, based on what their individual means allow, to ensure that the parish has the resources to meet the financial commitments that providing service requires.
Remember the financial burdens of the parish are the responsibilities of all parishioners.
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.
Methods of making Offertory Donations
See Planned Giving for other ways to donate to the parish.
These are all fair expectations! However, what some might not 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 contributing, based on what their individual means allow, to ensure that the parish has the resources to meet the financial commitments that providing service requires.
Remember the financial burdens of the parish are the responsibilities of all parishioners.
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.
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