Contact the office to request offering envelopes.
Advantages
- NUMBERED.
Envelopes maintain confidentiality and ensure weekly offerings are accurately recorded. - HOLD CASH AND CHEQUES.
A handy way to carry them to church. - CONFIDENTIAL.
Your name or other personal information does not appear on the outside of a sealed envelope. - DATED.
Weekly offering envelopes allow you to give in accordance with your changing circumstances. - SPECIAL OFFERINGS.
Separate envelopes throughout the year for special offerings e.g. “Christmas Offering”, “Together We Serve”, “Build Fund” - INSERT A NOTE OF APPRECIATION
to the staff and volunteers who count, record, sort, roll and deposit your envelope givings. - INNOVATIVE WAY TO GIVE
in the previous century (circa 1960).
Disadvantages
- CASH AND CHEQUES
must be counted, recorded, sorted and/or rolled and deposited every week by staff and volunteers.
Having cash in the office is a security risk.
There are more modern ways to give. See Donations. - YOU HAVE TO BE THERE.
What if you miss Mass, perhaps attend another church? What if masses are cancelled or restricted due to a pandemic?
You can still give to support your parish! See Donations. - IT’S AN EXPENSE FOR THE PARISH.
Would you prefer to see your entire donation used effectively?
There are electronic ways to give.
Save the cost, see Donations. - THE ENVIRONMENT.
Skip the envelopes, save a tree! See Donations.
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