Donation Information

Since the parish has four different bank accounts, please follow these guidelines when writing checks.

Please make checks out to: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church for:

  • Sunday Collection (white envelopes)
  • Building Fund (white envelopes)
  • Christmas Flowers
  • Easter Flowers
  • All Holy Day Collections: Circumcision of Our Lord (white envelopes), Ascension Thursday (yellow envelopes), Assumption (light blue envelopes), All Saints’ Day (light green envelopes), and Christmas (blue envelopes)
  • Special Collections for liturgical Items
  • Donations to St. Joseph’s School (except tuition)
  • Collections for the Needy before Thanksgiving and Christmas

Please make checks out to: St. Joseph’s School for:

  • School Tuition (parents)
  • School Fundraisers

Please make checks out to: St. Joseph’s Media for:

  • Payment for St. Joseph’s Media Products
  • Donations for St. Joseph’s Media

Please make checks out to:
Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen
CMRI
Fr. Francisco Radecki, CMRI
Fr. Radecki
for:

  • All Mass Stipends (green envelopes)
  • Offerings for performing Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals
  • Purgatorian League (purple envelopes)
  • All Souls Day Mass Remembrance (purple envelopes)
  • Christmas Mass Intentions (pink envelopes)
  • Easter Mass Intentions (yellow envelopes)
  • Mothers’ Day Mass Intentions (pink envelopes)
  • Fathers’ Day Mass Intentions (blue envelopes)
  • Donations for performing Sick Calls
  • Personal donations for Christmas, Easter, Anniversary, or Birthday

How can I remember St. Joseph's Catholic Church in my will?

You have several options when it comes to remembering St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in your will:

SPECIFIC BEQUEST

You may decide to leave a specific dollar amount to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church or a specific item of property. This can be accomplished using this type of wording in your will:

“I give, devise and bequeath to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church 3521 Fourth St. Wayne, MI 48184, the sum of $_________.”

OR

“I give, devise and bequeath to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 3521 Fourth St. Wayne, MI 48184, shares of __________ Corporation.”

RESIDUAL BEQUEST

You can be sure to provide for your family and friends first, but still leave something to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church by leaving us the balance of your estate after your other beneficiaries have received their gifts. The language for this kind of bequest might read as follows:

“I give, devise and bequeath to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 3521 Fourth St. Wayne, MI 48184, percent (or all) of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate.”

CONTINGENT BEQUEST

You may wish to include St. Joseph’s Catholic Church as beneficiary in your will only under certain circumstances. For instance, you may wish to name St. Joseph’s Catholic Church as beneficiary of your estate if certain named individuals do not survive you. The language for this kind of contingent bequest might be as follows:

“If any of all my beneficiaries do not survive me, I give, devise and bequeath the share that otherwise would be (his/hers/theirs) to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 3521 Fourth St. Wayne, MI 48184.”