FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION

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FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS

A capital campaign is an effort to raise money in a fairly brief period of time to pay for a significant project or to build up a large fund for future use. For a Catholic diocese or parish, this refers to gifts and pledges over and above parishioners’ regular giving to the Sunday collection. Parishioners will be invited to pledge their faithful generosity over a five-year period.

Under the dynamic leadership of Bishop Boyea, the diocese is now on firm footing and the stability of our parishes is a blessing. However, extensive investment is needed to continue to build our schools, support our teachers and increase faith formation programs to form saints and scholars. After years of listening, planning and the positive results of a study, Bishop Boyea determined that now is the time to inspire greater generosity from God’s people, to move our local Church from maintenance to mission.

Each pastor will appoint key volunteers who will work with the diocese and the Steier Group to form a campaign team. The parish team will help with campaign events and make personal visits to other parishioners to follow up on requests for gifts. Every parish will determine the “local initiatives” to which the parish share of funds raised will be directed.

Preparations for the campaign began in May 2023, and the active campaign will take place in three waves, the last of which will conclude in late 2025.

The diocese is covering all campaign expenses. That means 100% of all gifts and pledges will directly support the campaign priorities. Parishes, schools and families are the sole beneficiaries of funds raised through this campaign. No campaign funds will be used to support diocesan offices or programs.

No. The DSA is an annual appeal that supports the ongoing, day-to-day work of the Church. That funding remains a critical need even as the campaign provides funding for extraordinary priorities. Both types of gifts are necessary and responsible uses of the financial gifts we are given by God.

Thank you to all those who gave to the Witness to Hope campaign! It was hugely successful in helping parishes with their projects and setting up endowments at The Catholic Foundation that support education, seminarians, charities and other purposes of the wider Church. However, the need for support of Catholic education has grown rapidly and is an incredibly urgent priority. The Stewardship for Saints and Scholars campaign is our effort to address that growing need.

“This campaign planted a beautiful seed in our parish. Now we get to watch it grow, touching the lives of children, families and educators.”

CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEER NICOLE KUKLEWSKI, ST. PATRICK CHURCH