A message from Cardinal DiNardo: One of the most frequent questions we receive is “why do we have the Diocesan Services Fund?” The answer is simple – because we are Catholic and we are called to serve one another.
The Diocesan Services Fund allows the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to support 64 ministries that no one parish can conduct on its own. Through your support, together we can more fully live out the Gospel message of Jesus Christ by serving the poor, the sick, the homeless, and the forgotten; we can educate future generations of faithful and flourishing Catholics through our schools; we can prepare our seminarians for the priesthood and support our clergy as they ministry to the 1.7 million Catholics in the Archdiocese; and we can help to nurture holy families that bring the love of God into each of our homes and our communities.
God, who is truly the strength of our hearts, calls us through His son Jesus to love and serve joyfully. The Diocesan Services Fund allows us, as Catholic Christians, to joyfully fulfill that call and to show a true love of neighbor through service and prayer.
I invite you to join me in supporting the Diocesan Services Fund and helping our local Church continue to live out our faith in an authentic and inspiring way.
More than 60 programs receive all or part of their funding from the Diocesan Services Fund (DSF) and all funds are spent within Archdiocesan boundaries. The broad areas of ministry that receive DSF support include:
Catholic education of children and adults
Pastoral ministries for the sick, the poor and the incarcerated
The formation and education of church leadership
Social service programs such as San José Clinic, St. Dominic Village and Catholic Charities.
Your gift to DSF strengthens these important works of mercy. To make gifting easier this year, you can now set up a recurring gift in lieu of a pledge or a one-time gift. No gift is ever too small, so please prayerfully consider a sacrificial gift to ensure the vital work of these ministries can continue.
See a list of Ministries Supported by the Annual DSF Campaign.