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Online Giving using ACH, Direct Debit, and Credit Cards

Our parish offers the convenience of one-time or recurring gifts of stewardship through WeShare, a secure online gift-making platform. When we are generous, great things happen. In addition to making your stewardship gift to the parish, you can make gifts to benefit our West Campus debt repayment and St. Vincent de Paul Society, as well as make payments for faith formation, youth events, and certain parish-wide events.

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Cash and Check Donations

Please enclose your cash donations in an envelope, and write where you want to direct your gift (Stewardship, West Campus debt relief, a specific ministry) along with your name and parishioner ID or address. You may also bring your donation to our Pastoral Office during business hours.

To make a gift by check to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, please make your check payable to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church. Specify in the memo line if this is for Stewardship, West Campus debt relief, or which ministry or priority you wish your gift to support, and please write a separate check for each giving opportunity (e.g., no split checks).

Archdiocesan and Affiliate 501(c)(3) Organization Donations

For donations to the Archbishop's Appeal or one of our affiliate organizations, such as TLF or Wheelchair, please make checks payable directly to those organizations, not to St. Mark, as they are separate 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, and we do not have access to their accounts.

Other Ways To Give

These options are intended to be informational and educational in nature. They are not offering professional tax, legal, or accounting advice. For specific advice about the effect of any planning concept on your tax or financial situation or with your estate, please consult a qualified professional advisor or attorney.

Gifts of Stock

Gifts of appreciated securities and closely held stock can be extremely beneficial - both to you and to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church. You may receive an income tax deduction equal to the fair market value of the securities, as well as reduce or eliminate capital gains taxes. Gifts of stock and mutual funds are coordinated by the Business Manager, Mac McCarthy. Proceeds from the sale of these assets may be directed to any parish program you wish. Call 210-494-1606, ext. 311, or email mmccarthy@stmarkeevangelist.com.

Estate and Gift Planning

St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church can also be remembered in an estate plan. A request can be a set amount or a percentage of the remainder of your estate. In addition, you can name the St. Mark the Evangelist as the beneficiary of your life insurance policy... or of what remains on an IRA or 401K plan after your death... or as the beneficiary on investments such as savings accounts, CDs, and stocks and bonds. We invite you to consider these options and discuss them with your attorney or tax accountant.

Gift planning offers you a unique opportunity to leave a legacy to St. Mark through your estate plans. In some cases, donors can reduce their income tax and even avoid capital gains tax.

Gifts From Your Will

Include a bequest to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in your will. Make your bequest unrestricted or direct it to a specific parish purpose. Indicate a specific amount or percentage of the balance remaining in your estate.

Your assets maintain control during your lifetime.
You can modify your gift to address changing circumstances.
You can direct your gift to a particular purpose.

You may wish to share the following sample language with your attorney:

"I give, devise, and bequeath to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church for the use of St. Mark Church. This gift may be used in support of a capital campaign or however seen fit at the time."

Tax-Free IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution

The IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution allows donors to exclude certain transfers of Individual Retirement Account assets that are made directly to public charities from their taxable income.

To qualify:

You must be age 70 1/2 or older at the time of the gift.
Transfers must be made directly from a traditional IRA account by your IRA administrator to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church. Gifts from 401(k), 402(b), SEP and other plans do not qualify.
The gift must be completed during the applicable tax year.
Your gift may not exceed $100,000.

Gifts of Life Insurance

Making St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church your life insurance beneficiary allows you to transfer ownership of a paid-up life insurance policy to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church.

Beneficiaries of Your Retirement Plans

Designate St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church as a beneficiary of part or all of your retirement plan or your IRA. Normally the assets held in an IRA or retirement plan will be subject to both income tax and estate taxes, but if you name St. Mark the Evangelist as ta beneficiary of your plan, that portion will pass to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church free of income or estate taxes.