Your generous gifts are what keeps your parish and the Archdiocese of Wellington running. Every Sunday in August, our parishes have been looking at planned gifting – what it is, the spirituality of giving, how it factors into parish pastoral plans, where the money goes, wills/bequests, and more. At parishes this Sunday (17 August), we’ll be looking at where money goes.
Most of the money – 82 cents out of every dollar, including 32 cents of every dollar that goes to the Clergy Trust Fund – that’s collected at Masses and through other means stays in parishes. 18% of the money collected goes to the Archdiocese.
This money sent to the Archdiocese is used for a wide number of programmes and services that help serve the material and spiritual needs of people across Aotearoa New Zealand and in parishes like yours. Some of those things are:
- Catholic Social Services (providing services including meals for the poor, addiction and counselling services, etc.)
- Catholic aid and development
- New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference (NZCBC)
- Diocesan operations, including:
- Pastoral and ministry programmes
- Property development and maintenance
- Catholic education
- Administration and governance
- Property development and maintenance
- Safeguarding and professional standards
- Social justice and outreach
- Communications and media
- The Archbishop’s office
- National Catholic operations, including:
- Catholic tertiary education
- Parish renewal
- Catholic evangelisation and enquiry
- Liturgy
- National communications
It’s important to remember the Archdiocese does not receive any funding from the Holy See in Rome. Funding comes from the 18% of money collected by parishes – this is the main source of income for the Archdiocese.
You can find out more about planned gifting here on our website:
The spirituality of generosity
In the video below, Archbishop Paul Martin discusses what giving can look like, its spiritual importance, and offers encouragement as we think about our giving.
Looking ahead
Next Sunday (24 August) will be looking at the themes of the previous three weeks: the spirituality of generosity, the parish pastoral plan/local community impact, and where money that’s given goes.
Stay tuned!