Good news! We are excited to confirm that the upgrade from Faith Direct to ParishSoft Giving has been completed. Please bookmark the new link so that you have it to log in: https://giving.parishsoft.com/app/giving/FD-635. Your recurring gifts and payment information were securely transferred at your current gifting schedule. Don’t forget, if you originally signed up for weekly giving, your gift will now be processed weekly, no longer a bulk transaction once a month. If you want to change that, please log in to your account and you will be able to make that change. Your login information will be the same that you had in Faith Direct. However, if you have any trouble with it, click ‘forgot password’ and instructions will be sent to your email to reset your password. The following link also has some very helpful information: https://help.ministrybrands.com/hc/en-us/sections/10876162718747-Overview-for-Givers. If you have any questions, you may contact Donor Support at donorsupport@parishsoft.com or 866-507-8757. Thank you for your generosity and support, and your patience as we go through this transition.
The first Sunday in October is the week we traditionally target to share the Fiscal Y ear Report with parishioners. Thank you Elaine, for your work in getting it ready for the bulletin!
If you look at the very bottom line of the income statement, you’ll notice, we spent $2 million more than we brought in. I bet that got your attention! But don’t worry—this is expected. We just dedicated the approximately $6 million expansion of our parish school! W e’ve been saving for years to make this possible. That’s why previous years showed positive net income—as we were intentionally saving in advance so we could build what we can afford.
I also want to highlight the net operating surplus of $560k. This shows that even while construction was underway, we kept our operating expenditures below our regular revenue. Our ability to do this consistently over many years is a big reason why we’ve been confident in our ability to fund projects already completed, currently underway, and in development.
The balance sheet portion of the report shows our assets and liabilities. This section may interest those who love accounting, but fundamentally, it reflects our assets (cash, restricted savings, even buildings!) and liabilities. One unusual number you’ll see is ‘unrestricted net assets’ of -$440k. Sometimes this would reflect loans or debt, but in our case, it means that most of the money for the school expansion is temporarily restricted—it was donated for a specific purpose and can only be used for that purpose. You’ll see the corresponding ‘temporarily restricted assets’ listed at $1.146 million.
Let me also give you a few bonus stats:
• 77 people became Catholic through the OCIA program
• 41 already-Catholic adults were confirmed
• (If you saw the Easter Vigil photos, now you know why the line of folks receiving sacraments stretched
across almost the entire Expo Center—and this year’s class looks even larger!)
• 64 weddings were celebrated
• 54 funerals were held—curiously, the exact same number as the year before
• 368 people were anointed with the Sacrament of the Sick
• (Though I must confess I don’t always record every one when folks grab me after Mass—so the real number
is likely even higher!)
The annual report lists 6,939 families in the parish as of July 1st—and with recent RE registrations, we may have cleared 7,000! Oh my!
Have a blessed October, and thank you for helping make this parish so faith-filled, growing, and vibrant!
