{"id":1201746,"date":"2023-06-02T11:56:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/?p=1201746"},"modified":"2023-06-12T10:01:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:01:42","slug":"annual-diocesan-appeal-2022-2023-so-faith-may-flourish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/news\/1201746\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Diocesan Appeal 2022-2023: So Faith May Flourish."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 12, 202<\/strong>3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to all of the generous parishioners who have already supported the 2022-2023 Annual Diocesan Appeal (ADA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our goal this year is $136,495.00 and there has been $131,827.00 pledged (96.58% of our goal).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we continue to reach this goal the following offers details on what the ADA supports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What does the Annual Diocesan Appeal (ADA) cover?<\/strong><br>The Annual Diocesan Appeal is the major source of income for the Diocese of<br>Davenport.<br>The Diocese of Davenport is the administrative headquarters for the 74 parishes<br>and 18 Catholic schools in the 22-county area.<br>\u2022 <strong>Priests and Deacons: <\/strong>The ADA covers some of the expense for priestly<br>and deacon formation, the ongoing education opportunities for these<br>men when serving in parishes, as well as assisting priests with other<br>services<br>\u2022 <strong>Confirmations:<\/strong> The ADA makes it possible for Bishop Zinkula to go to<br>parishes for Confirmation and other events.<br>\u2022 <strong>Annulments:<\/strong> The Diocese of Davenport is one of the few dioceses in the<br>U.S. that covers the expense of annulments so that there is no financial<br>barrier to anyone seeking this process.<br>\u2022 <strong>Ministerial Resources for Parishes: <\/strong>The ADA covers the administration<br>costs for many diocesan programs, such as, Catholic schools,<br>Stewardship, Social Action, Catholic Charities, Hispanic Ministry, Youth<br>Ministry and so much more.<br>\u2022 <strong>Parish Financial Reviews:<\/strong> The Finance office assists parishes with<br>financial reviews, human resources and annual parish Corporation<br>meetings. The Development office assist parishes in Capital Campaigns.<br>\u2022 <strong>Archives:<\/strong> The Chancery houses and maintains the sacramental records<br>and other important parish records for each parish.<br>\u2022 Expenses covered by the ADA include salaries for all diocesan employees<br>including the bishop, all directors and their staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why should I give to the Annual Diocesan Appeal?<\/strong><br>The Annual Diocesan Appeal is the major source of funding for diocesan<br>ministries and offices. It is only with the support given to the ADA that these<br>ministries are able to exist and flourish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please prayerfully consider supporting the ADA.  Please make checks payable to the Diocese of Daveport. Your donations are a gift that keeps on giving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/davenportdiocese.org\/annual-diocesan-appeal\">Give to ADA<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 12, 2023 Thank you to all of the generous parishioners who have already supported the 2022-2023 Annual Diocesan Appeal (ADA). Our goal this year is $136,495.00 and there has\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/news\/1201746\/\" class=\"readMoreLink\" title=\"Read More\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1201746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1201746"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1204021,"href":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201746\/revisions\/1204021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1201746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1201746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1201746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}