Helpful tips for tithing

Begin your financial stewardship journey with prayerful consideration of the many treasures you enjoy. Strive to recognize those treasures are a gift from God and should be shared to carry on God’s spiritual works.

Make a pledge to give of your first fruits. Rejoice in the many ministries at St. Anthony de Padua which your contributions support. Understand that Stewardship of Sacrificial Giving is a lifetime effort which requires constant attention to be a truly faithful steward.

1. Give intentionally by developing a plan and following through with it.
2. Give regularly by establishing a pattern.
3. Give generously by recognizing God provides for us.
4. Give first by sharing our first fruits and living off of the rest.
5. Give proportionally based on the blessings we have received.
6. Give cheerfully by recognizing the benefits our offerings provide the parish.

Consider the biblical norm of tithing in discerning the amount of your sacrificial gift. A tithe means ten percent of your gross income–ten cents of every dollar earned or received.

That ten percent is usually divided in this way: Half is placed in to the parish’s Sunday collection; the other half is set aside for the world’s poor–a generic term that includes diocesan collections, the missions, local appeals for the needy, private charities, and Catholic school tuition.