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Diocesan Appeal

Diocesan Appeal FY 23-24


As you are probably aware, each of the 126 parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany receive many services free of charge throughout each year. Two important services that you may not know about, but are important in the life of parishes, are provided by the diocese. The first is information from the diocese about the proper liturgical norms for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. Without this information and guidance, each parish would need to do hours of research to determine the correct rules to follow. The other is that we recently received help from the Diocesan Strategic Planning and Evangelization Office. The director, Mr. Tom Cronin, visited the CCNCC to help our Tri-parish Pastoral Council on a number of issues. The main one is how to reach out to parishioners who are no longer coming to church on a regular basis. More about that soon. Again, his services were free of charge.

All of that being said, it is important to understand our Diocesan Appeal Assessment. Many parishes formerly advertised it as a  “goal." It is not a goal, however; it is a requirement to be paid. If parishioners (and visitors) do not donate to the Appeal yearly, it is the responsibility of each parish to pay its fair share. Below are listed our latest results. If you have not yet donated, Lent is a wonderful opportunity to do so.

Lastly, please know that gifts, pledges and donations are restricted to the use you select when donating and CANNOT be used for the settlement of any legal case. If you would like more information or to donate/pledge, please visit: https://thediocesanappeal.org/

As of March 11, 2024 our Diocesan Appeal 2023-2024 stats are:

Giving to date:
St. Joseph: no change since last week – only 26% of our assessment has been paid

St. James: a small increase in donations – still only 46% of this assessment has be paid 

St. John’s: another small increase in payments – now over 52.4% of our assessment has been paid  All donations are very much appreciated!