Each parish is responsible for its share of the cost of
providing diocesan programs, services and other expenses
associated with the diocese. In our diocese goals are determined
by a formula that calculates the number of households in the
parish and the financial support to their parish.
Refer to How is your parish goal set.
Your CFSA pledge is part of your prayerful decision process.
First consider the many ways God has blessed you and your loved
ones, then make a generous pledge that says how grateful you are
for Gods gifts.
Yes, CFSA 2007 received pledges of $3,504,026 toward its
$3,007,000 goal. Which means almost $500,000 remained in the
parishes. To see the history of CFSA giving check this
History of Giving
section.
The appeal draws
parishioners together towards one common goal, recognizing that
we are part of the larger church. Parishes that exceed their
parish goals keep every dollar over that goal for their own use.
The money received by the diocese continues the ministries which
strive to reach out to the church of eastern South Dakota.
CFSA annually
provides about 1/4 of the seminarian and clergy education
budget. The remaining funding is attained through events such as
The Bishops Fishing Tournaments which take place in Big Stone
City and Gettysburg, endowments within the Catholic Foundation
for Eastern South Dakota and generous individuals in our
diocese. This year we also carried out the Seminarian Education
Appeal to complete this areas funding.
A. Rolling the seminarian education expenses into CFSA
would require a significant increase in the annual appeal along
with the regular increase for existing programs. Carrying out
the appeal allows those most interested to participate in
helping meet the seminarian education need.
Q. Why do we keep the donation made through the diocesan phone
campaign?
A. It is encouraged that each parish will conduct a follow-up
process yet some parishes will only carry out part of a
follow-up process. At the end of the parish phase if the
parish does not contact us we will conclude that the parish has
contacted their members. We will then carry out our own
process of connecting to these households.
This process is important to the overall goal. Each year we will
be able to raise significant funds to help cover the overall
goal.