God's Gift Appeal

Other Resources

• 2023 God's Gift Leadership Guide (PDF)
• 2023 Brochure
• 2023 Poster
• 2023 Goal Poster
• 2023 GGA Logo options
• 2023 GGA Graphic
• Bulletin Announcements (PDF)
• Sample Petitions
• Sample Pastor Letters
• Sample Lay Witness Talk
• 2023 Parish Goals (PDF)
• Learn more information about the GGA formula (PDF).
• Ministries Supported by GGA
• View the Weekly Status for each parish. Status is updated Fridays throughout the campaign. Further information is available by calling Susan in the Stewardship Office at (701) 356-7925.

While parishes rely on the financial support of parishioners through weekly Sunday offertory collections, the diocese also relies on the faithful people of Eastern North Dakota to make possible the many services it is able to provide. The God's Gift Appeal provides more than 50% of the annual funding for more than 40 different ministries that provide services throughout the diocese. This appeal is an opportunity for each Catholic household to help further the mission of the Church.

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Many dioceses operate with both an annual and a parish assessment, also referred to as a cathedraticum - an annual collection and a parish assessment paid by a Catholic parish to the diocese for the support of the bishop and diocesan programs. There is no parish assessment or cathedraticum in the Diocese of Fargo. In 1958, the Fargo diocese leadership moved away from the assessment model of diocesan funding to an annual appeal model we call God's Gift Appeal - gifts freely given by parishioners in support of their bishop and the diocese.