Main offices for St. Mary St. Paul
 And mailing address
 1009 Marion
 Big Rapids, MI 49307

Our Mission: We, the Roman Catholic community of St. Mary- St. Paul support the body of Christ through worship, education, prayer, grade school and college ministries.

Big Rapids, Michigan
St. Paul Campus Parish Location and offices of Campus Ministry and
Faith Formation
ONLINE GIVING
Online Giving - St. Paul is now capable of accepting donations and fees through online giving.  This allows you to make automatic payments or allow you to make donations on your computer or other device capable of accessing the internet.  


New Regustration - ongoing contribution
Follow the link for the church you wish to make a contribution(St. Mary and St. Paul have seperate logins at this time)





St. Paul online giving - www.myowngiving.com/Default.aspx?cid=623






For assistance with creating a new login, please click the "Watch help video"  It explains how to create an account.  

Please note as you create a contribution record  you will have several options to work with and here they are:

1.  Fund options - You can specify which fund to apply the contribution - please read carefully the description of the fund - it may have a restriction on where the funds will be applied.

Funds currently available -
Offertory - this is the normal Sunday collection fund.  It goes to the general operation of St. Paul Campus Parish.

Evening Faith Formation - the fund is for the collection of fees for Evening Faith formation.  
Newman Center General - This fund is for the collection of funds to help support the general functioning of the Newman Center at FSU.  
Newman Center Food - This fund was created to allow for contributions to the food purchased for events and retreats.  
Newman Center Foundation - This fund is to help in the collection of money for our future foundation to the Newman Center.
St. Paul’s Quilters - This fund is used to donate funds to the quilters at St. Paul or to Pay for registration fee to Our October 2011 quilting event.    

 2.  Method of Payment - You will be given the option to pay with a checking or savings account / Visa / Master Card or Discover Card.  This included debit card versions of these cards.  
3.  Frequency of contribution - you may select a one time gift or setup a contribution to automatically be sent at you convenience.  


Frequently asked questions - there is a button on the home screen that has frequently asked questions for you.  Here are just a few:

Q.  Is my information secure?
A.  We have setup this site with Our Sunday Visitor and they insure that the information they collect is secure as any online financial transactions.  Your account is entered and maintained by you and CAN NOT be accessed by St. Paul Staff.  The only information provided to St. Paul Staff is names and contribution amounts to what fund.  


Q.  Can I give only once and be done?  
 A.  On the home screen you will see an option called "Quick Give".  This will use your account information only once as you request and then no further account information will be stored except this individual transaction.

 
Q.  What funds are available to me at this time?
A.  St. Paul funds are: General offertory, Evening Faith formation, Newman Center(see options) and Quilters event.  See St. Mary for online giving options to St. Mary specific events and funds.


Q.  Is there a cost to this online option?  
 A.  For each transaction there is a minimual fee that is charged for the transaction.    This comes out of the actual contribution and is not charged to your personal account.  NOTE:  overdraft fees and over charges are still assessed by the banks involved with the transaction.  This is your personal responsibility to not have these fees applied.  The church may be required to charge you back for overdraft or over charge fees.  


Q.  What about the collection basket?  I can not put anything in when I contribute.
A.  If this is a major concern for you, you may print a note on a empty envelope indicating online giving and the amount and you can place these in the collection basket.  This way you can show your support.  However, This is not required.  Information about who and what contributions made is automatically sent to the church so that we may record your contribution.  You will see these contributions on your year end statements.  

For further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Nancy Spedowski(nls81749@yahoo.com or 231-796-5202) or Patrick Herdegen(patrick@stpauls-fsu.org or 231-796-1949).  They are willing to walk you through this process to make it as easy for you as possible.     
For those who are looking for an easy way to contribute that is online this is a wonderful opportuntity for us.  Please consider using this option.    

But what about St. Mary? We have you setup with the same access but you will need to follow this link instead.  Thank you for your contributions!
St. Mary - www.myowngiving.com/Default.aspx?cid=620
(Please note the cid code is different for St. Paul and St. Mary)

St. Paul - Quick Link

Click here to go directly to St. Paul Online giving page

St. Mary - Quick Link

Click here to go directly to St. Mary Online giving page

A quick way to donate for the end of year! Donations must be received by Dec 31, 2011 to be considered for 2011. Sorry no exceptions