Dear Folks,

There has been a bit of confusion over electronic giving.

Here is what happened, our third-party vendor for electronic giving is Faith Direct. Faith Direct migrated its online service to ParishSoft Giving on September 25th. As I understand it, essentially they sub-contracted a portion of their service, which is not unusual for contractors or businesses.

Yes, it was marketed as an upgrade, but not all of you have experienced the transition as such. Here are a few changes:

— Donors will now be receiving email notices from ParishSoft Giving regarding their donations to the parish, before this was something you had to opt into, but it has been turned on by default. Some folks thought these emails were a scam, but they are not. (However, always be careful to never click on links!)

— Donors who give Weekly Offertory as opposed to Monthly Offertory will now have their weekly donation drawn from their account every week. Pray for our bookkeeper, as this means many more entries for our bookkeeping software as folks choose different days!

— Donors now need to use the the link below to check their accounts and make any changes to their information. (Didn’t I just tell you never click on links? Ooops). And at least one parishioner couldn’t get this link to work. (Maybe because of formatting in the bulletin, it may have removed part of the link)? Here is the link on it’s own line.

— Sorry this has not been a smooth transition. You can contact ParishSoft Donor Support at donorsupport@parishsoft.com or 866-507-8757.

I’ll say a Hail Mary for you in gratitude for your generous support of St. Mary’s!

pax,

Father John Mosimann

P.S. Another reminder to all parishioners, there is a nationwide scam going on that targets parishioners and uses their pastor, in our case, me and sends fake emails, texts etc. asking for you to “do me a favor” which includes buying gifts cards and such. I WILL NEVER ASK A PARISHIONER TO PURCHASE A GIFT CARD OR SEND ME MONEY! Please delete emails and text that come asking – note the email address sending you the request is similar to mine but not correct. If you are ever unsure, please call the office for clarification. Be vigiliant.