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The financial support of parishioners and friends of Our Lady of Lourdes is crucial both now and as we move into the future. Your support enhances our current programs and supports new initiatives, helping to serve the poor, provide community outreach, and ensure we will continue to welcome new parishioners for years to come.
Cash gifts are the simplest and easiest way to make a gift. This can be done during the offering at mass, via the mail, or by making a digital payment (e.g., online, text). For those considering a planned gift or a targeted gift to make a lasting impact to the future of our parish, please visit the Legacy and Planned Giving page.
By Cash or Check
Please make your check payable to: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. You can drop in the collection basket at mass or mail to the parish office:
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
One Lourdes Place
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Give Online
Giving online to Our Lady of Lourdes is easy to set up: An overview of the online giving categories is below. Click Here to give online.
- EFT Sunday Holy Day – Use this category for ongoing financial support which funds essentials such as heat, lighting, music, the Sacraments, service to those in need, and all church ministries.
- One-time Gift (Christmas, Easter, Justice and Charity Programs, Matthew 25) – Use these categories to special or other one-time gifts to Our Lady of Lourdes. Your heartfelt gifts help enhance our current programs, support new initiatives, and help further our outreach efforts.
- Preserving Our Precious Jewel – This restricted fund is set aside to improve and preserve the parish house and our church. We worship in the oldest standing church building in Minneapolis, and these gifts ensure it will be here for future generations.
Support Lourdes with a Text!Here's how to support our parish operations and ministries, right from your phone:1. Set up a contact for Text to Give, using the number, 612-888-8406.2. Text the amount of your gift, starting with a $.3. The first time you donate, you will receive directions on how to sign up.4. After that, your future gifts can be made simply by sending a text with an amount.5. If you would like to have this donation reoccur, you simply need to text, "repeat". You will receive a reply asking you to set up the frequency.6. You can designate your giving to one of these options:- Preserve our Precious Jewel
- Sunday Weekly Envelope
Just type the amount, a space and your selection. For example, to give to Sunday Weekly Envelope, text $10 Sunday.If you have trouble with Text to Give, please call the Mary Asp in the Parish Office at
612-379-2259.
Tax-Efficient Giving
Appreciated Stock or Securities
Giving appreciated securities or mutual funds is a tax-efficient way to give by allowing you to reduce or even eliminate federal capital gains taxes. You may also be entitled to a federal income tax charitable deduction based on the fair market value of the securities at the time of the transfer.
Tip! Appreciated assets are also a great choice for creating a charitable remainder trust, charitable gift annuities or a beneficiary designation gift. Contact your financial advisor or attorney for more information on this type of giving.
Retirement Plan Assets
Donating part of your retirement assets, such as your IRA, 401(k), 403(b), pension, or other tax-deferred plan, is an excellent and tax-efficient way to make a gift. If you are age 70½ or older, you have the option to make a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from your traditional IRA directly to Our Lady of Lourdes.
A QCD can both further your philanthropic goals and is a powerful tool reduce your tax liability. If you own a traditional IRA or a 401k or 403b retirement plan, you will need to begin withdrawing a Required Minimum Distribution annually from your account once you turn 72, (73 if you turn 72 right after 12/31). These required distributions are included in your taxable income, but a QCD can reduce your tax liability that would otherwise be owed on the income. In 2025, you may use a QCD to donate up to $108,000 to qualified charities directly from your IRA.
Matching Gifts
Often overlooked, your employer may offer a matching gift program. These programs typically match gifts dollar for dollar, immediately doubling your impact to our parish.Thank you for your continued generosity!