Tithing

Tithing is an unabashed act of faith that gratefully acknowledges that all that we have is ultimately a gift from God. It suggests that we designate 5% of our income to the Church of the Immaculate Conception to provide for the operation, maintenance, and ministries of our parish.

The second 5% is dedicated to charitable or humanitarian causes which we deem worthy of our financial support as Christians.

Because our tithing is both an act of our faith and an act of worship, it is not undertaken lightly. Careful discernment, honest reflection, and prayerful consideration on the part of every parishioner must be the basis for our personal or family decision to tithe or not to tithe. The one thing that all parishioners must avoid is being miserly in giving thanks to God or in sharing responsibility with one another to provide for the communal needs of our parish and for the needs of the truly impoverished. The practice of tithing as an act of faith immediately contradicts the spirit of consumerism so prevalent in our culture and so corrosive to our faith.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH
BUDGET
FISCAL YEAR 2010/11

OPERATING INCOME
	Tithes/Loose Collections	$ 683,000.00
	Fuel & Energy Assistance Envelopes	1,450.00
	Catholic Virginian Envelopes	2,100.00
	Religious Ed Collection Envelopes	1,650.00
	ICD Foundation Revenue	13,772.00
	Bank Interest	4,200.00
TOTAL OPERATING INCOME		$ 706,172.00

OPERATING EXPENSES
	Clergy	$ 67,750.00
	(Salary, Substitute Clergy, Medical Insurance, Retirement, Retreats, Continuing Education, Automobile Expenses)
	Rectory	10,870.00
	(Groceries, Maintenance, Utilities)
	Personnel	297,419.00
	(Salaries for ten Employees, FICA, Disability Insurance, Retirement, Hospitalization for one Employee)
	General Expenses	40,082.00
	(Office Expenses, Kitchen Supplies, Bathroom Supplies, Parish Life Expenses, Doughnuts, Funeral Receptions, Lay Formation, monies transferred to Replacement Reserve Account)
	Worship/Liturgy Expenses	21,700.00
	(Music Supplies, Staff Member Continuing Ed, Art & Environment, Hymnals, Ministers of Care Expenses, Palms, Ashes, Hosts)
	Adult Faith Formation	16,280.00
	(Staff Member Continuing Ed and Meetings, Adult Ed Programs, Books and Videos, RCIA)
	Religious Ed Expenses	14,733.00
	(Family of Faith Expenses/Meals, Sacraments Materials, Volunteer Screening)
	Senior Youth Group Expenses	3,355.00
	(Partial Subsidizing of Retreats and Conventions for Youth, Adult’s Expenses, Expenses for meetings)
	Social Ministry Expenses	23,750.00
	(Parish Twinning, Bag Lunch Program, Financial Assistance, A Night’s Welcome, Young At Heart)
	Assessments from Diocese	134,931.00
	(Cathedraticum and Catholic Virginian Tax, Insurance, Subsidy to two area Catholic Schools)
	Church Utilities	43,138.00
	Church Building and Equipment Repairs/Maintenance	32,162.00
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES		$ 706,170.00