God's Gift Appeal 2024

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While parishes rely on the financial support of parishioners through weekly Sunday offertory collections, the diocese also relies on the faithful people of Eastern North Dakota to make possible the many services it is able to provide. The God's Gift Appeal provides more than 50% of the annual funding for more than 40 different ministries that provide services throughout the diocese. This appeal is an opportunity for each Catholic household to help further the mission of the Church.

Many dioceses operate with both an annual and a parish assessment, also referred to as a cathedraticum - an annual collection and a parish assessment paid by a Catholic parish to the diocese for the support of the bishop and diocesan programs. There is no parish assessment or cathedraticum in the Diocese of Fargo. In 1958, the Fargo diocese leadership moved away from the assessment model of diocesan funding to an annual appeal model we call God's Gift Appeal - gifts freely given by parishioners in support of their bishop and the diocese.