As we approach the 2016 Partners in Charity Appeal, I would like to thank all of you who made a sacrificial gift to the 2015 Appeal. It is with sincere gratitude and appreciation that acknowledge your continued generosity. Partners in Charity, formerly known to our founding donors as the Bishop’s Fund, is the diocesan appeal that sustains the educational, social and charitable ministries of our Catholic faith community...

Parish goals for the 2016 Partners in Charity Appeal have been set using a new goal formula that will increase some goals and lower others. Parish goals for the 2016 appeal are calculated using the individual parish’s ordinary income, using a three-year rolling average. Taking the offertory income into account, the new goal formula places parish goals more in line with each parish’s financial situation.