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Share pledge 2009.

 “Dear Parishioners, the 2009 Diocesan Parish Share campaign to support our Diocese represents our Parish largest annual expense. We conduct it first during our Masses today, Feb. 21-2.

Our Diocese assesses every parish to contribute 17.6% of its total annual income. So, this year we are assessed $23,195 [sorry, last week I wrote incorrectly $19,914.00] for the Parish Share plus an additional 10% or $9,996.00 for the Bishop’s Catholic Schools Education Funds and $831,00 for the Cathedral renovation pledge.
By December 31, 2009 we will need to send to our Diocese $34,022.00.
Your generous involvement will help us meet our 2009 goal.
The Director of the Diocesan Fund-raising Office & our Parish Councils concur that to cover our 2009 assessment we need each parish family to make firm pledges of $ 40.00 per month (or $400 per year) between March 2009 and February 2010.
Monthly pledges make it possible for us to spread the burden over a 10-12 month period.
You can make now a one-time payment or include your partial payment or be billed later.
Even a $10 or $200 pledge contributes to reach our goal.
If God has blessed you with a good income [salary or pension], see if you can double your $400 pledge to compensate for those who cannot contribute their full amount.
You are the best interpreter of your God-sent resources.
Please, do what you can. This is our only annual appeal for financial 'tithing'.
The Lord reads our hearts & blesses you for your generous contribution of all the previous years.
Thanks to your generous stewardship of ‘treasure’, we have covered 96% of our 2008 assessed amount.
Our Parish Share involvement requires a faith-filled attitude, so before pledging address God with a prayer.
Please be sure to print on the envelope your name, address, e-mail and phone number. 
If you don't make a pledge in church using the provided envelope, your pledge card will have to be mailed to you later.
On the first line, fill in your total pledge for 2009.
Your down payment (if any) should be marked on the 2nd line. Sign your name at the bottom.
After your pledging here in church, insert in the assigned envelope your down payment, if you are making one.  
Make your check payable to St. Christopher at the Lake, not to the Parish Share or to the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
After you complete your pledge envelope, either drop it in the collection basket or mail it to the rectory.
Please, return the pledge envelope provided even if you should have to write that your pledge this year is $0.00.
We are responsible to the Diocese for every card.
Starting, probably, with the month of April, expect to receive by mail your monthly statement reminding you about your next payment.
(Any payment made after 10th of each month may not show up on your reminder card for another month).
This monthly mailing comes at no cost to our parish since it is paid for by the Diocese.
Anything that we should succeed in collecting beyond our annually assessed amount of $34,022.00 stays in our parish.
The annual St. Anthony's Collection & the Christmas 2nd collection also count towards our total Parish Share goal.
With grateful thanks from the rest of our Parishioners and the assurance of our Community's prayer, I remain yours,
Fr. Matthew [& the Financial & Pastoral Council members]."
 
      
     
St Christopher’s 2008 CALENDAR YEAR’s FINANCIAL REPORT: #09801
 
Offertory Collection                                                                                                  126,831
Festival Income                                                                                                             5,884
Interest savings/checking accounts                                                                        20,267
Income from flower donations, votive lights, refunds                                            1,135
Religious Education registration, fund raising, donations                                    4,084
Support for needy (5th Sunday collection, poor box),                                             2,016                                                           
Building Fund Income                                                                                                  5,780
Capital Campaign income                                                                                       22,493
                                TOTAL INCOME                                                                                                           188,490
EXPENSES:
Altar supplies (altar breads, wine, candles)                                                             1,784
Worship Books                                                                                                                  940
Liturgical Furnishings (gold plating of sacred vessels)                                         1,750
Honoraria for Visiting Clergy                                                                                         140
Other Worship/Liturgical Expense [linen, banners, gonfalons, flower pots,…]    691
                                TOTAL LITURGICAL EXPENSE                                                                    5,305
Salary, Pastor                                                                                                              22,560
Salaries, Office Staff                                                                                                    8,844
Benefits, (Pastor/Office Staff)                                                                                  24,235
Other Clergy expenses (auto insurance subsidy)                                                  1,000
Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper                                                                                  1,167
Office materials & supplies                                                                                         1,402
Postage                                                                                                                           3,455
Office furnishings & equipment (computer, server, database, program software) 3,305
Telephone/Telecommunications                                                                               1,675
Other Administrative expense (Diocesan bookkeeping, envelope services,
                                                                subscriptions, petty cash, bank fees,...)       2,911
                                Total ADMINISTRATION EXPENSE                                                           70,554
Maintenance Materials, Supplies, & Equipment                                                     2,296
Church Electric                                                                                                              2,502
Church Natural Gas                                                                                                      3,135
Church buildings/fixtures                                                                                                839
Church grounds/parking lot [gravel-mulch, trees, flowers, VBS, Rosary…]      3,434
Computer equipment contract [IT technician]                                                         1,826
Office Copier contract                                                                                                  2,934
Rubbish collection contract                                                                                            905
Other operation & maintenance expense                                                                   388
                              Total OPERATION & MAINTENANCE EXPENSE                                          18,259
Church, Rectory/Office sewage                                                                                     960
Rectory/Office, [furnishing, appliances, utensils, food, pizza days,
                                bulletin paper, office supplies,…]                                              9,445
Rectory/Office electric                                                                                                  1,859
Rectory/Office natural gas                                                                                           1,870
Rectory/Office network cable                                                                                      1,449
Rectory Real Estate tax                                                                                                1,270
Other Rectory/Office expense (cleaning, repairs for water damage, etc.)         2,391
                        Total RECTORY/OFFICE EXPENSE                                                                  19,244
Insurance (liability, property, fire, boiler, maintenance vehicle)                        12,706
Butler Deanery ($530) and Cathedral ($831) Assessments                                1,361
Diocesan Parochial School subsidy assessment                                                14,445
Religious Education expense (materials/supplies, postage, etc.)                       4,284
Assistance to the needy by checks                                                                            1,994
Purchase maintenance vehicle (snowplow vehicle)                                             2,400
                        Total MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE                                                                        37,190
                                                                                                                      Total EXPENSES                            150,552
Note: We received an insurance settlement of $15,523 in 2008 for rectory water damage
 
      
     
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