Fundraising Policy
The parishes, school and faith formation operating groups each host numerous ministry activities, events, and fundraisers that are critical to supporting our collective community mission. Because of the sheer number of events there have been conflicts in scheduling and the feeling from parishioners of being over‐solicited. This policy is being formulated to define the procedure and acceptable boundaries of fundraising within our parish communities. It is important that the church leadership be aware of when, how often, and for what purposes our members are being asked for donations. Therefore it is essential that the community maintains a calendar of all fundraising activity from all operating groups; and that all activity be approved before being conducted.
The Sunday collection and tuition payments are the primary source of income for the operating groups. From time to time it may be necessary to fund programs or projects that are not in the scope of the annual budget. This is where fundraising events come into play.
At other times, especially in the case of natural disasters or Archdiocese mandated causes, we will be asked to conduct a special collection at Masses. All special collections must be approved by the Pastor.