Mission Office

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Make an undesignated mission donation

or donate directly to
one of our Diocesan Partnerships or relationships,
a particular missionary, a mission organization,
a particular project, or for mass stipends.

Commonly asked questions regarding donations:

Where do my donations go?
General donations to the Mission Office help pay the cost of sustaining our mission work here in the St. Cloud Diocese and abroad. Make a general donation to support our diocesan "Mission Connections" newsletter, our diocesan mission education efforts in area schools and parishes, missioners from our dioceses overseas (for their general support) and foreign missioners serving here in our diocese, as well as special needs that come up and have no designated funds already for. Your gifts help us address the growing needs of mission.

You may also specify if you intend for your donation to go towards a specific missioner, group, organization, partnership, relationship, or project (local or international) that you've heard about through our office. Please clearly mark the designation of any designated funds sent.

1.5% of all donations that go through the Mission Office is taken out and held to cover the costs of the Office and administration needs of running/supporting so many projects.

What donations do you accept?
We accept financial donations in any amount.

Do you accept Mass Stipends?
Yes, you may make a donation to have a Mass/Masses said for a loved one. Typical mass donations are $5.00 each. Mass intentions are sent to priests in foreign dioceses where we have mission connections.

Although we encourage our mission priests to say these Masses in a timely manner, we cannot guarantee that any Masses will be said on or within certain dates.

How do I Donate?
Once you identify whether you would like to make a general donate to our mission outreach, to a specific partnership (Maracay, Venezuela Partnership or Homa Bay, Kenya Partnership), specific relationship (Zanzibar, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Sudan, Brazil, El Salvador or Tanzania), to the Pontifical Mission Societies (Society for the Propagation of Fatih, Holy Childhood, or St. Peter the Apostle), to a mission organization, to a missioner, to CRS, towards Mass intentions, or a to a designated project, then send or hand deliver a check or money order made out to the Mission Office. Please be sure your donation is clearly marked as to what it is intended for.

Please include your telephone number and mailing address so that we can contact you about your donation if necessary. Again, please specify where you would like to donate. In the event that you do not specify where you would like your donation to be directed, the Mission Office will direct your donation to where the need is greatest at that time.

How do you distribute the funds that you receive?
Most frequently, we wire funds through our bank. We wire money especially in cases where we feel the money is going to a place where sending checks is not safe and secure to send it by normal mail.

If you donate money that will be wired, make sure the Mission Office has the following information:

1. Name and address of the receiving bank
2. Name on the receiving account
3. The receiving account number
4. Any routing information that the receiving bank may supply

Also please note that the bank charges a fee for wiring; approximately $35.00 will be taken out of your donation amount to cover this fee.

Hours of Operation & Location:

The office is open to the public Monday thru Friday, 9:00am- 4:00pm. However, due to limited staff and a busy outreach schedule the door cannot always be left unlocked; please call ahead if you are able.
The Mission Office is located at 11 Eighth Avenue South in Downtown St. Cloud. Driving directions and maps are available.

Can we still donate items to the Mission Shop?
The Mission Shop is closed permanently as of September 1st, 2006, so we are no longer accepting donations of used clothing or household goods; please consider donating these items to other charitable causes - such as Catholic Charities, Good Will, Treasure Chest, Sharing and Caring Hands, etc.

The Mission Office is still collecting Parish or Mission Group donations such as quilts, baby quilts, dishtowels, layettes, school supplies, dental hygiene bags, and World Mission Rosaries. These donations will be sent to our mission partners abroad, local service agencies and sold through the office.

Thank you to everyone who has given so generously of time and goods to the Mission Shop over the many years of its ministry!!