Call to Share director invites your questions and your prayers

by Lisa McKelvey

Archbishop’s Call to Share’s 50th year is off to an incredible start thanks to your generosity!

More than 10,000 donors have already supported over 40 ministries that serve the community across northeast Kansas with a gift to ACTS.

I want to take a moment to answer a few commonly asked questions the office of stewardship and development has received about ACTS.

Does my gift stay in the archdiocese? YES! All gifts to the Archbishop’s Call to Share stay here in our archdiocese to support over 40 ministries and programs from youth, young adult, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, marriage and family support, education, supporting seniors at Villa St. Francis and so many more programs. Read all about the impact online at: www.archkck.org/call-to-share.

How does ACTS help my parish? Programs and ministries supported through ACTS benefit each parish. There are so many ministries that no one parish alone can provide. From the Blessed Seelos Institute providing continued religious formation to school teachers and parish staff, to campus ministry centers providing young adult formation to the youth from your parish while they are attending college and helping keep them Catholic at a transitional time in their lives, to summer camp at Prairie Star Ranch. The tribunal office helps families from all parishes receive peace and comfort at a difficult time in their life as well as help welcome new Catholics fully into the life of the church.

Why does my ACTS gift support ministries that also fundraise for their programs? ACTS supports Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, the Catholic Education Foundation, Catholic Community Health (Homecare/Villa St. Francis/Hospice), and the campus ministry centers. All these programs are tremendous undertakings and no one fundraising event or appeal could fully fund their vital initiatives. Each one of these programs does incredible work in our community and ACTS is able to provide operational support for programs and staff, so that gifts through their events and appeals can go to work directly in programming.

I can’t write a check today, how can I support ACTS? There are many ways to support ACTS. If you are able to give a little, a small monthly recurring gift has a tremendous impact throughout the year. Your prayers are also very powerful. Please pray for the ministries and those who are served by your gifts.

If you have other questions, please send an email to me at: lmckelvey@archkck.org. I am happy to answer any and all questions.