Giving To St. Mary Catholic Church
The Mission of St. Mary Catholic Church is to worship, serve, and build communion in Jesus Christ, with Mary our Mother and guide.
In pursuit of our mission, we recognize the importance of giving back our time, talent, and treasure. Regardless of the method you choose, please know that every contribution makes a difference to our parish family.
Financial Giving
Thank you for donating to St. Mary! If you have questions about your donations, please contact Riley in the parish office: 402-435-2125.
Yearly contribution statements are mailed out each January for tax-deductible donations. For this reason, please be sure to include your name, address, and contact information with your donations.
Venmo
Our Venmo is @StMary-CatholicChurch
Our profile picture shows our logo of the Blessed Mother.
Faith Direct (Online Giving)
To make it easier to support our parish ministries, St. Mary has partnered with Faith Direct, the leading eGiving program for Catholic churches across the country.
- Website Link: You can enroll in our online giving program via their website. Visit St. Mary Catholic Church – Faith Direct
- Text-to-Give: You can also send a one-time gift with your mobile phone through Faith Direct. Text any dollar amount to 402-226-1026
Contribution Envelopes and Offertory Basket
Everyone registered in the parish receives a monthly packet of contribution envelopes, which can be placed in the basket during the offertory or dropped off at the parish office during office hours.
Visitors can place cash or checks in the offertory basket during the weekend Masses. If you would like a contribution report to be sent to you at the end of the year, please be sure to include your name, address, and contact information with your donations.
Visitors can also drop donations off at the parish office during business hours or they can mail checks to
St. Mary Catholic Church
1420 K Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
We also have a secure lock-box next to the pamphlet rack in the church’s narthex. Donations can be delivered there when the parish office is closed.
Securities, Endowments, Estates, and Other Donations
Our parish partners with The Catholic Foundation of Southern Nebraska, which was established in 1999 by the Diocese of Lincoln. Although the Catholic Foundation is entirely independent from the Diocese of Lincoln, the Bishop of Lincoln is a member of the Board of Directors.
To facilitate giving with the Catholic Foundation, please contact 402-488-2142.
To learn more, please visit: https://catholicgift.org/
Nebraska Catholic Day of Giving (May 7, 2025)
The three Catholic Dioceses in Nebraska are uniting on May 7, 2025, to create awareness and support for the many Catholic Ministries throughout the state!
St. Mary will be participating to raise more awareness for our restoration work, debt repayment, and our CCD program.
If you would like to participate in this special day of giving, please visit: https://nebraska.igivecatholictogether.org/organizations/st-mary-catholic-church-lincoln
The donations we receive from this day of giving will help us restore the church exterior, update the church bathrooms and basement according to ADA guidelines, remove asbestos from our office building, and pay off the remaining balance of our school’s debt.
Worship
Our Vision for worshiping Jesus Christ includes praying together as a parish, learning about our Faith, celebrating with wonderful music, and receiving our Sacraments within a beautiful church.
There are many ways to contribute to worship:
- Attend our 6 pm Monday and 11 am Friday Eucharistic Holy Hours
- Join our choir and cantor for our Sunday Masses
- Become a catechist for our CCD program
- Lead the Rosary before Mass
- Become an acolyte (men), reader (men and women), or Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist
- Become an altar server (school aged boys)
- Arrange and care for the altar flowers with our St. Therese Flower Guild
- Clean the Sanctuary
- Pray for our parish priests with the Seven Sisters Apostolate for women
- Pray for our fellow parishioners
- Join our parish’s safety team
- Join the Legion of Mary
Serve
Our Vision for serving Jesus Christ includes many ministries that allow parishioners to serve our Lord and to serve the parish. It also means that we proactively serve one another to support and assist each other with the needs we may have. Finally, serving also entails having a community presence that is unique to the downtown Lincoln area.
There are many ways to contribute to service:
- Prepare a monthly dinner for the priests
- Volunteer at Foodnet on Saturday mornings in the church basement
- Volunteer at our parish events
- Attend our monthly Apostolic Leadership Council Meetings
- Donate to our monthly People In Need fund
Build Communion
Our Vision of building communion with Jesus Christ focuses on our communion with one another as people of faith. We strive to create a welcoming atmosphere and we make an effort to form bonds with one another as adults and among our youth by choosing to spend time with one another via parish events, as well as by creating opportunities to engage with each other outside of church. When we invite the Holy Spirit to be among us as a group of Catholics, we are strengthened in our faith and in our communion with Jesus Christ and with each other.
There are many ways to contribute to community:
- Join the Knights of Columbus (men)
- Join the Women’s Ministry
- Join CCD (youth)
- Attend parish events, which are advertised in the bulletin
- Introduce yourself to others after Mass
- Stop by the parish office to meet the parish staff
With Mary, Our Mother and Guide
We actively seek the assistance and guidance of our Blessed Mother Mary as we endeavor to make her Son, Jesus, the center of our parish and of our lives. And all that we endeavor to do, we do it with the guidance and help of the Holy Spirit—in this way we aspire to holiness.
My Stewardship Commitment
We know from scripture that loving God means obeying Him (John 14:15). It is such a great blessing to know that God has planned for us to be involved in His work and that He wants us to be truly happy.
As stewards, our role is to submit our time, our talent, and our treasure to Him. Our stewardship booklet is designed to help you determine your development in these areas.
Please fill out and drop off the stewardship booklet below at the parish office, place in the collection basket at any of the Masses, or use the form below to submit your completed booklet via email.
Thank you and may God bless you!