Giving / Finance
Giving
Enjoy the convenience of electronic giving!
Electronic Giving provides a convenient way to continue your financial commitment to our parish. On our donation page you can create a profile to save your information for convenient future donations, set up recurring offerings, make one-time weekly and special offerings, and make Memorial Donations.
Reasons to sign up for Electronic Giving:
- No need to write checks or bring cash to church
- Peace-of-mind knowing St. Mary’s is receiving your contributions even if you out of town
- All contributions are recorded for you on your bank statement
- It costs nothing to enroll
Thank you for your continued support of St Mary’s Parish
Peggy M. Iancu
Finance Administrator
Phone: 413-567-3124, ext 102
e-mail: miancu@stmarylong.org
Finance Office Reminders
We would like to encourage our parishioners to use your offering envelopes whenever possible. If you are not receiving monthly envelope packets and would like to or if you give online and wish to stop receiving monthly envelope packets email the finance office. Please include name, address & family number in all emails: fassist@stmarylong.org
Check Donations when writing checks:
· Please write clearly and include your family number.
· Check that the written & numerical amounts match.
· All second collection checks should be made payable to, “St. Mary’s Parish”
· Use whole dollar amounts.
· Remember to sign your check.
Tree of Life
A leaf on the Tree of Life is an everlasting way to remember a loved one; to share your pride in our parish; to celebrate an important, joyous, and memorable event such as the birth of a child or grandchild, a marriage, an anniversary, etc.; as well as a unique way to help your parish financially.
Brass Leaf not actual size
Donation Amounts:
$2,500. ~ Leaf
$5,000. ~ Leaf with 1 Cross
$10,000. ~ Leaf with 2 Crosses
In Memory Of
A one-time donation made “In Memory of” can be made by selecting “Memorial Donation” and filling in the optional information section. A notification of your donation will be sent to the family.
Mass Intentions & More
Mass Intentions
Mass Intentions in honor or in memory of someone are traditionally offered as a gift to an individual or a family who is grieving a recent loss or celebrating a milestone in their lives. Masses may also be offered as a gesture of encouragement or as a means of asking for God’s blessings of healing and grace, or good health. Each year the Mass book opens in October for the following year. Suggested donation for each Mass is $15.00.
Mary Chapel Votives
A votive candle, or a prayer candle may be lit as an offering of your prayer intention for another person, living or dead. By creating light, you are petitioning the Lord in prayer, or a saint for intercession, to pray with us and for us, to God.
The electronic votive candles are located in the Mary Chapel located by the front entrance of the church. The votive remains lit for a period of 2 days. Suggested donation for each candle is $1.00.
Sacred Heart Alcove Candle
We invite you to reserve the candle which will burn for 8 days. The cost is $20. A lit candle for centuries has been symbolic of prayers being offered for someone’s need.
To reserve an 8-day candle, call, email or stop by the parish office to give the name and whether it’s in MEMORY OF or HONOR OF a loved one. The name of the person will appear by the candle and in the weekend bulletin prior to the eight day period.
Finance
In the course of your financial planning
consider including St. Mary’s Parish in your Estate Plan. A bequest donation helps to ensure a reliable financial endowment fund for St. Mary’s Parish for the years ahead. Your vision and generosity is a way to share your pride in our parish and leave a lasting legacy in support of our ministries.
Finance Council 2024-2025 Members
Father C.J. Waitekus, Pastor
Margaret Iancu, Finance Administrator
Daniel Sullivan (Chair)
Christine Adams
Eugene Cassidy
Stephen Hefner
Jeremy Lord
Joseph O’Brien
Mary Ann Spencer
St. Mary’s Parish Tuition Assistance
The Parish has a long-standing tradition of financially assisting parishioners with children in St. Mary’s Academy and we hope to be able to continue with this tradition. Parish tuition assistance will vary year to year based upon the number of students applying and the amount of funds available.