The Office of Finance assists the Bishop, diocesan councils, parishes, schools, and committees in running their respective organizations with an administrative ideal, and uses the administrative tools of budgeting, reporting, financial comparisons, and forecasting in line with the parish ministries and parochial projects that they run.
The office helps plan for the future of the diocese, helps parish personnel project for the future of their parish, and helps diocesan and parochial institutions to review and analyze their own operations. The office manages the 30,000 plus pledges and payments made to the Bishop's Annual Appeal and also works with parishes to maintain their parishioner databases.
The Bishop’s Annual Appeal enables us to advance our efforts in evangelization and catechesis, advocacy for the dignity of human life, and effectively ministering to people of varied ethnicities and languages. We have funds dedicated to Catholic Charities which provides basic necessities and counseling services for those struggling with the hardships of life. Among many other critical needs, your gift to the Appeal also helps provide for the spiritual and educational formation of our seminarians. All funds received from the 2023 Bishop's Annual Appeal will be used, without exception, to support the promoted ministries.