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What is St. Mary’s WeShare program?
St. Mary’s WeShare provides parishioners a simple, secure and convenient way to support our parish by enabling you to transfer your donations directly from your checking, savings, credit card, Venmo, or Paypal accounts through automated or one-time giving.

Am I required to create an account to make a donation?
No.  You are not required to create an account.  There are many benefits to both you and our parish if you do create an account, but it is not required in order to use this convenient program.

What is Automated Giving?
In lieu of weekly collections using envelopes, you have the option of scheduling the St. Mary’s WeShare program to automatically collect weekly or monthly contributions from your checking, saving, credit card, Venmo, or Paypal account. There is NO cost to participate in the program.

What are the benefits to me?

• Allows you to plan your giving, in the same way you budget your other financial commitments.
• You no longer have to be concerned about catching-up missed offertory donations when you miss a Mass because you are out of town, on vacation, ill, etc.
• You can easily adjust the amount of your automated contribution (increase or decrease) via secure website access.
• You no longer need to write a check every week.

How does it relate to the use of the weekly envelopes?
If you wish to participate in the St. Mary’s WeShare program, you may opt to no longer use your weekly envelopes.  Sparing St. Mary’s the cost of sending envelopes to you will save the parish money every year.

What about Special Collections?
You can specify your giving preference for Second Collections and special celebration dates (e.g., Christmas, Easter) when you join St. Mary’s WeShare, or anytime thereafter.

Can I give a one time Donation?
Yes, a special one-time gift can be made using this program.

It’s easy to give online, simply visit St. Mary’s WeShare.

Contact saintmarygrand1826@gmail.com if you have any questions not answered above.

A small gift of a few loaves of bread and a few fish was necessary to Jesus’ miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fish. Such miracles have been a consistent legacy of our church. St. Mary’s gave a gift of more than three thousand dollars in 1847 to the victims of the famine. Care for orphans by an Irish Immigrant janitorat St. Mary’s who became a priest led to the purchase of the “Protectorate” (now St. Raymonds cemetery and environs) as well as Mount Loretto on Staten Island. 80% of indigent children in NYC in 1880 were cared for Irish nuns, the aftermath of Fr. Drumgoole’s work. In modern times Msgr. Keogh established the Grand Street Guild in 1962 and turned derelict land around the church into 3 high rise apartment building for low income housing which he meant for people “of all faiths and no faith.”