Partner with us by making a contribution to support our work in education, health care, parish ministry, and social service programs that serve the poor.
Contact Sr. Charlene Wedelich CDP in the Mission Support Office at (210) 587-1121 for information on current projects.
You can contribute now by donating online.
Or, if you prefer, you may mail your contribution to us:
Your gifts are tax-deductible as provided by law.
Partner with Us
The interest and support of friends and benefactors has always played a meaningful role in the work of the Sisters of Divine Providence. Your gifts assist in furthering the mission of the Sisters to help those in need and show God’s provident love to others.
You Can Help
Gifts can be designated for various areas of need:
Success -- Sharing Sacred Spaces Capital Campaign
The Sisters of Divine Providence are happy to announce that the fund raising efforts over the last two years for our treasured Sacred Spaces of Annunciation Chapel and Moye Retreat Center in Castroville have been successful.
Annunciation Chapel Renovation Project
at Our Lady of the Lake Convent Center in San Antonio
The goal to renovate Annunciation Chapel, where the Sisters gather daily for Community Prayer and Holy Mass, was $1,000,000. We are happy to report that through your generosity we already have $952,000 which is 95.2% of our goal. We are well on our way to reconfiguring Annunciation Chapel to make it more accessible for our Sisters who use wheelchairs, walkers etc.
We pray that through the blessings of our Provident God and your generosity, we will reach our $1,000,000 by the time our Chapel is rededicated in late August or early September, 2011.
Donate Online or Donate by Mail
Moye Retreat Center Preservation Campaign
It is also with deep gratitude and enthusiasm that we announce the successful completion of the Sharing Sacred Spaces Capital Campaign for Moye Retreat Center in Castroville. Our goal for this campaign was $300,000 which we reached in February, 2011.
Four of the five projects are slated for completion this year:
- The dining room central heating/AC units are already installed
- The Lourdes Grotto enhancements will be complete by April 30 in time to honor the Blessed Mother in May
- Work on the roof of the historic First St. Louis Church is expected to start shortly
- The Smoke and Fire Alarm System installation will begin on August 1, 2011 and be completed by September 1
- The painting of the large building at Moye will begin in 2012
The Sisters of Divine Providence thank all of you for your financial and spiritual support. We ask you to continue supporting this vital retreat ministry at Moye Retreat Center on behalf of the 3000 plus men and women who come to Moye each year to find spiritual consolation and refreshment from our Provident God.
Donate Online or Donate by Mail.
Support our ongoing mission and ministries
· Providence Trust
The Providence Trust is a fund designated to ensure the future comfort,
safety and if necessary, nursing care for Sisters in their later years.
Since the Sisters of Divine Providence came to Texas, they have dedicated
their lives to educating the illiterate, feeding the hungry, caring for
the sick, sheltering the homeless and ministering to those in need. They
labored for little or no pay and with no thought of their future security.
Older Sisters return to the Convent in San Antonio when they retire, and
even here they continue to take on responsibilities as long as they are
able.
· Mobile Ministry
Mobile Ministry is an ongoing project of the Sisters of Divine Providence and their
Associates. Its aim is to serve the Church in rural areas or other parishes
that may be underserved.
· Sophia Women's Learning Center
The Sophia Women's Learning Center was created to provide an opportunity
for women whose high school education was interrupted. Admission is open
to all women who have graduated from 8th grade and who are committed to
earning a high school diploma. Courses are computer-based and provide individualized
learning.
Gifts can also be designated for area of greatest need. Please contact Sr. Charlene Wedelich CDP in the Mission Support Office at (210) 587-1121 for information on current projects.
What Kinds of Gifts are Accepted?
You can support the Sisters of Divine Providence in various ways.
· Cash, Checks, or Credit Card
Gifts
Gifts by cash, checks, or credit cards are welcome and vital to sustaining
the on-going work of the order. Visa, Master Card, American Express, Diner's
Club, and JCB are accepted.
· Memorial and Honor Gifts
A memorial gift is an especially thoughtful way to remember and express
your respect for a loved one, friend, acquaintance or CDP Sister who has
passed away. Honor gifts provide a way to give a “gift that keeps
on giving” in celebration of someone’s birthday, an anniversary,
or other special event. Notification of these type of gifts is sent to the
person honored or the family of the deceased. The amount of the gift is
not disclosed.
· Deferred Gifts
Giving can also go on beyond your own lifetime through carefully considered
planned gifts.
The most obvious way to make a planned gift is through a bequest in your Will. Not only does this become a gift that goes on, it is the way most of us can leave a more significant gift than we might have considered possible. Such a bequest can be a set amount or a percentage of the remainder of your estate.
In addition, you can name the Congregation of Divine Providence as the beneficiary of your life insurance policy… or of what remains on an IRA or 401K plan after your death… or as the beneficiary on investments such as savings accounts, CDs, and stocks and bonds. Assets can be put into a charitable Trust that can provide income for you during your lifetime and then revert to the charity.
Please consider these ideas. Discuss them with your attorney or tax accountant. Be assured that it is possible to give well beyond your own lifetime.