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Contribute to the CMA Online
Please support Holy Spirit and St. Joseph's parishes in this year's CMA appeal. Envelopes can be found in the pews, you can contribute online, or call to make a pledge to pay in monthly installments through May. If you would like to make a pledge gift with installment payments, please contact the diocesan Gift Office at (585) 328-3228 x1331.
Make your gift with parish code 294 for Holy Spirit or 295 for St. Joseph's.
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Where Does My Gift Go?
When you give to the Catholic Ministries Appeal your gift is joined with thousands of others to enable our diocesan community of faith to:
- Help fund the crucial work of Catholic Charities, which serves more than 250,000 people annuallyFund ministries that nurture children and teenagers in the Catholic faith and teaches values they'll carry into adulthood.
- Support ministries that reach out with the hands and heart of Christ to the aged, the sick, and the imprisoned
- Ensure we can help struggling families find their way through economic crisis and back to stability
- Help pay for the proper education of our seminarians on the road to priestly ordination
- Prepare engaged couples for God-centered marriages rooted in the Catholic Church
- Educate and prepare those who wish to become Catholic for the fullness of life in the Church through RCIA
- Enable us to promote Catholic values about the sanctity of all life and make our voice heard in society
- Fund programs that give young adults on college campuses a connection to the Church.
- Provide important services to your parish that it would find difficult to afford on its own (HR, IT, benefits, etc.)
All funds raised in the CMA are used for programs, services and ministries. No CMA contributions are used for the settlement of legal cases.
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