Parish Development
Giving online is safe, secure and convenient. To cancel or to change your recurring gift, contact Amy Burghardt at abishop@saintsaj.org.
Other Ways of Giving
Give a Non-Cash Gift
You can also donate marketable securities such as stocks, bonds, or mutual funds. You can also other non-cash gifts or include St. Agatha-St. James parish in your estate planning. For more information on making such a gift, email Amy Burghardt at abishop@saintsaj.org.
Give in Person
You can also give in person during any weekend Mass. Envelopes are available in pews, but are not required. Simply place your contribution in the basket.
Give through Venmo
Out of cash, and don't write checks? Try the app for transferring money between friends.
Parish Venmo account: @Saints-AJ
Prayer
We couldn't fulfill our mission as a parish without your continual prayer. Thank you for all your prayers and your time, and we ask you to keep on praying for us and our apostolates.
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Would you like to ensure the Newman ministry for future generations?
Estate and Planned Gifts
When you commit to a planned gift to the Newman Center, you:
Continue to support the Church
Preserve the faith for younger generations to worship and grow in a vibrant Catholic Community
Create Your Legacy!
With your planned gift, you will be an important part of ensuring the Newman Center continues to provide a Catholic community, worship, formation and the sacraments to University students in West Philadelphia - fifty, even a hundred years down the road.
Benefit from Giving:
Your planned gift can offer other benefits to you, including tax advantages.
There are many ways to offer a planned gift, listed below. For more information, please contact Patrick Travers at ptravers@saintsaj.org. Please consult your legal or financial advisor before making a gift. If you include the Newman Center in your plans, please use our legal name and EIN:
Penn Newman Center
Federal Tax ID#:
Bequests and Beneficiary Designations
A simple and easy way to support the Newman Center for future generations is to leave a gift to Penn Newman in your will. You can also name Penn Newman as a beneficiary or contingent beneficiary on your IRA, retirement plan, life insurance policy or annuity.
While not required, sharing your intentions with us allows us to express our gratitude to you! Should you choose to not remain anonymous, your gift may inspire other gifts as well.
IRA Distributions
Often, a gift through your IRA distribution can have substantial tax benefits for you. Please review your options with your financial advisor to see how you can get the most out of your gift!
The Newman Center at St. Agatha-St. James may accept gifts made via stock, bonds and/or mutual funds through our partnership with the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia. For more information, please submit this form.
Endowment Gifts
The Newman Center has an established Endowment through the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Gifts to these endowments can be made in any amount, at any time. Pledges and monthly gift options are also welcomed.
To create a new endowment fund, generally gifts must be a minimum of $50,000 with a minimum of $10,000 gift to establish the fund. The purpose must be approved by the pastor, followed by diocesan approval, prior to the creation of the endowment fund. Please consult Patrick Travers for additional information on endowment funds if this giving opportunity is of interest to you.
Donor Advised Funds
St. Agatha-St. James Parish and the Newman Center have a Charitable Fund through the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia. More information can be found here
The information on this website is not intended as legal or tax advice. Facts or figures cited here are examples for general educational purposes only. Please consult an attorney or tax advisor for professional advice.
As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.
— 1 Peter 4:10
When you give to your place of worship as an act of worship, you are becoming more of the person God calls you to be. When you give, you are tangibly making a difference in someone's life starting with your own - lives are touched and people meet Jesus. There's no better investment in the world than the local parish church.