RECEIPTS INTO THE PRESBYTERY ACCOUNT

The money paid into the Presbytery Account is the property of the Parish and not the personal income of the parish priest. Disbursement may only be made in accordance with guidelines 7, 8 and 9.

The following receipts must be paid into the Presbytery Account:

a) the proceeds of a specific collection (the “Presbytery Collection”) at Saturday Vigil and Sunday Masses and Masses on Holy Days of Obligation

b) Christmas and Easter dues

c) stole fees for baptisms and marriages, as well as funeral offerings

d) parochial chaplaincy fees (for hospitals, convents etc).