Purpose
The Parish Finance Council assists the pastor, who is accountable to the Diocesan Bishop and parish for the administration and stewardship of the temporal goods of the parish. An active, well-formed Parish Finance Council is a key element in promoting the financial health of a parish, assuring accountability and assisting the pastor with his temporal responsibilities.
What does the Finance Council do?
Your financial contribution to Saint Anne requires careful stewardship. The Finance Council reviews and analyzes balance sheets, income and expense statements, and other reports each month. The Finance Council also reviews, approves, and monitors the annual budgets for the parish (church and school).
Chairperson: Ralph Domenick
Collections Explanation
It may seem that the Church is always asking for donations. Many people are confused as to what collection is for what and how are they different from each other. Our hope is that this brief explanation will help you.
Weekly Offering
The weekly offering is the first or only collection on a Sunday with the exception of Easter and Christmas. This offering is how we pay all of our bills. It stays here at Saint Anne Church.
Facilities Improvement
This second collection is exclusively for improvements at the Parish. It is the money that is put away into our savings accounts. For the past few years in order to make the budget we factor that into the budget and set funds aside for maintenance.
Catholic Communications (Diocesan)
In 1979, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) established the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) to respond to the domestic communications needs of the Catholic Church in the United States. For more than 25 years, the CCC has been serving dioceses and parishioners by spreading faith-filled messages locally and nationally on radio, television, in print and on the Internet.
(Source: http://www.usccb.org/ccc and http://www.atlanticvideo.com/clients/ccom)
Home Missions
The bishops’ Committee on the Home Missions (CHM) evangelizes by giving financial support to missionary activities that strengthen and extend the presence of the Church in the United States and its dependencies. Through its annual fundraising campaign, the Catholic Home Missions Appeal, the CHM educates U.S. Catholics regarding mission needs and invites them to assist fellow Catholics in the practice of their faith.
(Source: Home Missions)
Easter Flowers (Parish)
This collection is used toward the cost of Easter Altar Flowers.
Catholic Relief Services (Diocesan)
The Catholic Relief Services Collection supports emergency relief, human development, and peace initiatives in 99 countries around the world. The collection supports the ministries of five Catholic Church organizations: Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), Migration and Refugee Services (MRS), Social Development and World Peace (SDWP), and The Holy Father’s Relief Fund.
(Source: http://www.usccb.org/crscollection)
Operation Rice Bowl (Diocesan)
Operation Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten solidarity program. This year, over 15,000 parishes, schools and other faith communities put their faith into action by participating in Operation Rice Bowl. Through Operation Rice Bowl, millions of Catholics in all 50 states reach out to assist our brothers and sisters around the world through traditional Lenten practices, by offering our prayers, by fasting, by learning, and by giving.
(Source: http://orb.crs.org)
Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe (Diocesan)
Provides a focal point for Catholics of the United States to express our compassion and solidarity with our brothers and sisters whose faith has endured such great suffering. (Source: http://www.usccb.org/aee/about.shtml)
Retired Priests and Religious (Diocesan)
This collection goes to the diocese to assist in the overall expenses of supporting our retired priests.
Diocesan Seminary (Diocesan)
This is the collection which assists the Bishop in the education of future priests. The collection, therefore, helps support seminarians as they prepare for priestly service to God’s people.
Church in Latin America (Diocesan)
The Collection for the Church in Latin America promotes solidarity throughout the hemisphere by providing support for pastoral projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through its grants and partnerships, CLA supports catechetical and lay leadership programs, youth ministry, evangelization programs, and formation programs for religious, priests, and directly by the Holy Father to individuals who are suffering from immediate emergencies as a result of war, oppression, and natural disasters.
deacons. CLA is making it possible for the Catholic faithful in the Western hemisphere to help each other. (Source: http://www.usccb.org/nationalcollections/ncdescriptions.shtml#8).
Peter’s Pence/Holy Father (Diocesan)
The Peter’s Pence Collection helps the Holy Father provide emergency assistance to suffering people throughout the world. Contributions to the Peter’s Pence Collection are given directly by the Holy Father to individuals who are suffering from immediate emergencies as a result of war, oppression, and natural disasters.
(Source: http://www.usccb.org/nationalcollections/ncdescriptions.shtml#8).
Mission Sunday (Diocesan)
By Baptism, all Catholics are called to participate in the mission of the Church, called to share their faith as missionaries. World Mission Sunday gathers support for the pastoral and evangelizing programs and needs of more than 1,150 mission dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and remote regions of Latin America. The funds gathered on World Mission Sunday are distributed in the pope’s name by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith—a Pontifical Mission Society.
(Source: http://www.usccb.org/nationalcollections/ncdescriptions.shtml#12).
Holy Days of Obligation (Parish)
Second collections on Holy Days not notated elsewhere allow us to build up our Perpetual Fund so that one day our parish may be out sufficient.
Campaign for Human Development (Diocesan)
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development works to uphold the dignity of human life by breaking the cycle of poverty across the United States through grants to local community-based groups who create jobs, improve education, and strengthen neighborhoods. Twenty-five percent of the CCHD collection stays in the diocese to fund local anti-poverty projects; seventy-five percent supports national grant and education programs.
CCHD helps break the cycle of poverty not just for one day, but for a lifetime.
(Source: http://www.usccb.org/nationalcollections/ncdescriptions.shtml#3)
Christmas Flowers (Parish)
Funds collected are used to offset the costs of Christmas Altar Flowers.
Christmas Collection (Parish)
Your gift to the parish to aid in the good works of our faith community.