The funding of the parish takes place through the generosity of parishioners who support the parish through the weekly collection envelope. The income received is used to pay the various costs involved in running the parish – such as insurance, ESB, maintenance, church supplies etc. On rare occasions it may be necessary to use some of this income to support the clergy where the specific collections for the support of the priest have not raised enough funds.
Financial Support of the priest
The Stipend for the priest is raised through the year’s six special collections which take place at Christmas, the Spring and Autumn, Easter, Pentecost, and November.
Parish Accounts
Parish Accounts are published each year and are also available on request for the preceding year from the parish at any time.
Sources of Income
- The Weekly Family Offering
- Offerings for candles at the church Shrines
- Donations and Bequests
- Standing orders
- Special Collections for the support of the Clergy
Revenue Commissioners Charity Rebate Scheme – How I can make my donations more valuable for the Parish, at no cost to me?
Tax Relief on contributions can be an important source of funding for the Parish at no extra cost to you the contributor.
When cumulative donations are made of over €250 in one calendar year, a refund of tax is available directly to the Parish. The contributor is simply asked to complete a form (See Link to form below).
This comes are no extra cost to the contributor. The relief is calculated by grossing up the donation at the specified rate. The specified rate is currently 31%.
Example: on a donation of €260 the parish can receive a rebate of €116.61 (31%) from the Revenue Commissioners.
Those Eligible to partake in the scheme are those who make a Self Assessed return to the revenue and those who are PAYE taxpayers
Completed CHY forms which can be downloaded, and completed and returned to the Parish Office. The Parish Office handles all the paper work from there. You do not need to contact the Revenue Commissioners.
If you have not considered taking part in this scheme please consider doing so. If you have any questions about the scheme please do not hesiate to speak to Fr Donal about it.