Catholic Foundation bulletin notes—May

Date: April 20, 2026
To: Bulletin editors, parish office staff
From: Angela O’Donoghue, communications manager, Catholic Foundation of North Georgia

Please consider using these notes (available in English and Spanish) in your parish bulletin or e-newsletters to encourage charitable giving to your parish endowment fund, which will benefit your parish forever. Many of these gift channels may also benefit offertory. 

May focus: Gifts of stock donation 

Use this opportunity to plant the seed for parishioners to make a gift to your parish endowment fund. 

Questions? Visit cfnga.org/resources/parish-resources or call 404-497-9440. 

Juliet Greco VP,
Development and Donor Relations  
jgreco@cfnga.org  
Angela O’Donoghue
Communications Manager
aodonoghue@cfnga.org  
Lisa McLean
Senior Philanthropic Officer
emclean@cfnga.org  

Note: Sunday, May 17, has been approved by Archbishop Hartmayer for all parishes to hold an Endowment Sunday. This is an opportunity to educate your parish community about your endowment fund and secure the financial well-being of your parish now and in the future. Visit cfnga.org/endowment-sunday to learn more and access the toolkit. Here is a bonus note you can use on the 17th to promote giving to your endowment fund. 

It’s Endowment Sunday! Our parish’s endowment fund helps provide for the sustainability of our parish by guaranteeing funds as it grows. You can give to the parish endowment fund now or through a planned gift of cash, part or all of a retirement account or insurance policy or other asset. To learn more or for assistance making a gift, visit cfnga.org or contact Juliet Greco at the Catholic Foundation (jgreco@cfnga.org or 404-497-9440).