Supporting Our Parish Financially

The Catechism of the Catholic Church mentions that we have the duty to provide for the material needs of the Church each according to our abilities. (paragraph 2043)

This page allows you to make your offertory online to the parish or to give a Christmas offering (the Christmas and Easter offerings being given to the priest personally)

You can also download a standing order mandate and Gift Aid forms.

Our parish relies entirely on donations and the money we raise. We have no other form of income. The parish income is used to maintain our two churches and the priest’s house. There are many expenses such as heating, lighting, insurance and other costs.

Many people donate to the parish in the weekly collection at Mass. Here you can download a standing order instruction which will allow you to instruct your bank to make a monthly payment to the parish.

If you would like to make a recurring offertory donation, it may be better if you do this by standing order as there is a transaction charge associated with credit card payments. 

Download  Standing Order Mandate

If you are a UK taxpayer it would greatly help us if you were to sign a gift aid declaration. This allows us to receive an additional 25% from the Inland Revenue above the donations you make.

Download   Gift Aid Declaration Form

Please send completed gift aid declarations to Fr Mark Swires, 1 Recreation Way, Brightlingsea, Essex, CO7 0NJ

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