Each year, every household of our parish and diocese is asked to participate in the Annual Diocesan Appeal. Bishop Pates notes, “As faithful stewards of our faith and the many gifts that God has generously bestowed on each of us, we are asked to make a sacrificial, proportionate and planned gift.”
 
The Diocesan goal is $3.8 million; SSJP’s portion of the appeal, our parish goal, is $71,874.00. With a similar parish goal last year, we fell just short, but benefitted from a large increase in those participating—more than 350 households made a gift or pledge. With everyone’s participation, our parish can certainly reach or exceed the goal.  100% of funds raised beyond the goal will be returned to our parish for local projects.
 
Our parish uses many ways to reach out to those in need and to practice Christian service. Through the Appeal, all 83 parishes of the Diocese collaborate to meet our obligations and to reach out to those in need: Health care premiums for all active and retired priests, pension fund, seminarian education, “Protecting God’s Children” program, communication via online blogs and radio programming, evangelization and catechesis, adult faith formation, marriage ministries, youth ministries, Catholic schools, Diaconate formation, Hispanic ministries and Catholic Charities (including family and abuse shelters).
 
You can fill out a pledge card and place it in the offerings basket or mail it to the parish office.  You can click here to make a donation to the Diocese. No gift is too large or too small. 
 
You can look for more information in the gathering space and view updates each week. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DONATING ONLINE TO SUPPORT THE ADA:

Online donations are now accepted for the Annual Diocesan Appeal by using your debit or credit card.

Follow the three easy steps to insure our parish is credited for your gift.
 
1.  For Designation:  Choose "Annual Diocesan Appeal" from the dropdown menu.
2.  For Sub Designation:  Choose "Altoona-Ss. John and Paul Parish (926)"
3.  Securely fill out your information
4.  Select whether this is a new gift/pledge or a payment on an existing pledge.
5.  Click Donate.

You do not need to fill out a pledge card at church. In fact, to avoid a duplicate, please DO NOT fill out a pledge card with your online donation.  It is automatically logged in.

Thanks for helping our parish reach it's goal!

Click here to donate online now.