Electronic Giving

Electronic giving offers convenience for you and provides much-needed donation consistency for our parish. By knowing what you are willing to commit financially, we are able to better plan for the future. Please consider setting up a recurring giving plan. Automating your financial commitments means your contributions will be received on a steady, uninterrupted basis.

Electronic Giving Page

Go to the above linked Electronic Giving Page to set up an automatic donation plan, change your donation plan, make a one-time donation or view your online donation history.

Supported Giving Options:

• Direct debit (electronic funds transfer) from your checking or savings account
• Credit & Debit cards, all major providers.
• Text Giving (NEW! added March 2018) Please see the "E-Giving Quick Start Guide" under the Documents section on the right side of the page to get started. NOTE: you cannot set up Text giving with amounts less than $3 due to limitations in the payment system. If you try you will get an error. Use amounts greater than $3 and it will work. 

NOTE: Feel awkward giving online and not putting anything in as the collection basket goes by? You are not alone! Pick up an  online giving card in the Narthex on your way into the church to place in the basket during mass


Figure: Electronic Giving Card

(or use your envelopes check the "EFT" box!)

Giving Guidelines

This table is a guide to weekly giving at various percentages of household income. The bolded row represents the median household income for Hutto.

Giving, Tithing…is a journey. Everyone’s situation is different. Use this opportunity to consider where you are in your journey and what God is calling you to do in all aspects of stewardship – time, talent, treasure. 

*Median annual household income in Hutto = $72,543 (data provided by the Census Bureau’s 2016 American Community Survey and the city of Hutto)

Giving During Mass

And as always, you can give to the ordinary or special collections at mass using cash, check, or your envelopes. 

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

• Giving Accounts
  • All of our payment options are offered through a payment service called VanCo Payment Solutions. This is the same payment provider used by the Diocese and by many of the other parishes in the Diocese.
  • Your text giving account and online giving account are separate accounts.
  • For recurring planned giving, we highly recommend you use electronic fund transfer (EFT) from a checking or savings account. This allows the parish to avoid credit card processing fees which are >2%. 
• Text Giving
  • Text Giving currently only accepts credit cards as the form of payment. VanCo does not have plans to add electronic fund transfer from a checking or savings account to text giving at this time.
  • You must specify a minimum amount of $3 for the text giving service to work. Otherwise, you will get an error when you try to sign up.
• Company Matching
  • If you work at Dell, they will match your contributions to St. Patrick Catholic Church! Please make sure you take advantage of this benefit.
  • Many other large companies do not offer matches to religious, fraternal, or political organizations and so will not match contributions to our parish. However if you are not sure, please check with your HR rep!

Further Information and Help

For help or questions about any of the above giving options, or to inquire about other giving types (investment instruments or planned giving in the form of bequests), please email finance@stpatrickhutto.org or contact the church office.

St. Patrick parish is supported by the generosity of its members. Financial donations allow us to better serve our community, care for the poor and marginalized, and fund the operating expenses of running the church.

To learn more about our parish finances, see the Finance Council page.

A Steward is one who manages the possessions of another. As Catholics we believe that all we have is ours through the Grace of God and that we have a responsibility to use wisely the resources (time, talent, treasure) with which God has blessed us. Catholics have an obligation to be responsible and accountable stewards, but there is no hard and fast stipulation on how to structure our stewardship.

  Tithing, established by God in the Old Testament, is a common way Catholics choose to structure financial stewardship. Tithing is the practice of returning a tenth of your wealth to God. The tithe was not given based on the needs of the priests, of the Church, or of the poor. It was given simply in recognition and gratitude for the blessings that God had bestowed on the individual. These days the recommendation is 4% of your income to support the church, 1% to the Catholic Services Appeal, and the remaining 5% to charitable causes of your choice.

  Stewardship, especially financial stewardship, is a journey. God doesn’t demand a fixed amount of money or time from us. His claim on us is tougher than that. We must determine for ourselves, with the guidance of Jesus’s teachings, considering our own skills and circumstance, and the needs of our faith community, what is the proper and just amount and way to give back; to be good stewards; to use our time, talent, and treasure to the glory of God.