32% supports ministries and services, 30% supports faith formation, 25% supports Catholic schools and 13% supports Charities. You also support the dedicated workers within these ministries who compassionately respond to the material and spiritual needs of individuals and families through emergency aid, prison ministry, counseling, spiritual retreats, lay formation programs, and Catholic education. Gifts to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal are restricted for the use of the above defined ministries. 

The goal for the 2024 Bishop’s Annual Appeal is $2,503,354.00. 

A one-time gift is paid at the time the information is received via credit card, direct debit, cash, or check. 

A pledge is a set amount of money to be paid in full at another date or paid in the form of monthly installments via credit card, direct debit, cash, or check.  

A sustaining gift recurs monthly, automatically renewing each year until the gift is canceled. This can be set up using an automatic credit card or bank draft only, not checks or cash. 

You, too, can be like St. Francis by making the environmentally conscious decision to make your monthly sustaining gift to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal through automatic credit card or bank draft. Electronic giving saves the cost of printing, mailing and postage for reminder statements and check payments and protects the resources given to us by God. By helping to reduce overhead costs, more of your gift directly supports the ministries of the Diocese of Burlington. Your gift in the Saint Francis Circle recurs monthly, automatically renewing each year to the new appeal until the gift is canceled. To become a member of St. Francis Giving Circle visit here. 

Yes, to make a gift of stock please call 802-658-6110 x1102.  

 Checks can be made out to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal and mailed to:

Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington 

55 Joy Drive 

South Burlington, VT 05403