Choose a cause and give to it directly, or give to the Appeal and let it be allocated where the need is greatest. Either way your receipt says exactly who received it.
The funds the Archdiocese itself holds: clergy, heritage, education, the running of the Church.
An unrestricted gift to the Archbishop's Appeal is allocated by the Appeal to the greatest need across the Archdiocese of Port of Spain: parish support, clergy formation, Catholic education, social outreach and the upkeep of sacred heritage. Every allocation is reported on the transparency pages.
Pays for the training of men studying for the priesthood at the Seminary of St John Vianney and the Uganda Martyrs: tuition, board, books and the formation staff who teach them. A gift here funds the priests of the next twenty years.
Keeps the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and the historic churches of the Archdiocese standing: roofs, stonework, windows and the specialist conservation that ordinary parish income cannot carry.
The commissions and offices that do the Church's work across the Archdiocese.
Supports the board that manages the Archdiocese's primary and secondary schools: teacher development, school inspections and the administration that keeps denominational schools compliant.
Runs marriage preparation, family counselling and parenting support across the Archdiocese, and trains the parish volunteers who deliver them.
Pays for youth retreats, leadership training and the parish youth groups of the Archdiocese, including transport and camp costs for young people who could not otherwise attend.
Immediate need after a flood, a fire or a family crisis.
Meets immediate need after a flood, a fire or a family emergency: food, shelter, medicine and the rent that stops an eviction. Paid out through parishes, usually within days.
A gift to your own parish, or to one that needs it.
The parish of St Finbar in Diego Martin: its church, its school outreach and its care of the elderly and housebound of the valley.
The mother church of the Archdiocese on Independence Square: its liturgy, its music and its daily open door to the city.
The parish of St Theresa in Barataria, serving Barataria, San Juan and the surrounding communities.
Communities that run on donations rather than on state funding.
Supports the community's shelters, refugee services and street outreach in Port of Spain, which run on donations rather than on state funding.
Specific, time-limited work, reported on when complete.
A named project: the restoration and re-cataloguing of the seminary library, including climate control for the older collection. Reported on the projects pages when complete.