The Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) is an annual campaign to empower local ministries to educate in faith, help those in need and enable discipleship and evangelization.
Your CSA donation is used to support various local ministries. Stay tuned for an update soon with an impact summary of where donations go more specifically!
Educate in Faith
Help Those in Need
Discipulado y evangelización
Your CSA donation will go towards the appeal generally and cannot be allocated to a specific ministry that the appeal supports, but please be assured that your donation will be dispersed amongst all ministries that are benefited. If you would like to give to a specific ministry at the archdiocese, please contact us at 612-294-6622 or missionadvancement@archspm.org.
Yes! Each parish is given a goal to reach for CSA donations each calendar year. If your parish exceeds their goal, they will receive 60% of all funds raised over the goal amount.
Yes, if you would like your donation to be attributed to multiple parishes, please indicate so with your mailed donation, or choose to “support another designation” if you give online.
There are several ways you can donate:
Nota: Please make sure your check is addressed to CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL and does not include the word “Foundation.”
Nota: If you make a cash gift, please include a note with your full name, address, and parish.
Nota: Mail processing times can take up to 4-6 weeks.
You can give your CSA donation to your parish, but please make sure your check is clearly addressed to: CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL
You can donate to the CSA at any time! While it is an annual appeal, you do not need to wait to make your gift.
The Office of Mission Advancement at the Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis manages the CSA, effective January 1, 2024.
The Archdiocesan Office of Mission Advancement supports and encourages the faithful to share the resources entrusted to them by God for the good of our Church. This includes:
The Catholic Services Appeal Foundation (CSAF) is the entity that managed the CSA prior to 2024. In 2023, the CSAF Board of Directors voted unanimously to dissolve the Foundation as of the end of the 2023 CSA campaign and to support the annual Appeal’s return to the archdiocese as of January 1, 2024. The Archdiocesan Finance Council Corporate Board (AFCCB) also voted to reintegrate the annual Appeal into the Archdiocesan structure.
Read the letter from Archbishop Hebda aquí.
The annual Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) funds the immediate needs of the many important ministries of the archdiocese, as chosen by Archbishop Hebda. These ministries include K-8 and high school scholarships, campus ministry support, helping those in need, providing prison and hospital chaplains, supporting faith-based programs and right to life initiatives.
The Lord, Renew Your Church (LRYC) campaign is a multi-year capital campaign to support the long-term needs of our parishes and archdiocese. The LRYC campaign is raising funds to strengthen parishes, enhance education, sustain the Cathedral of Saint Paul and the Basilica of Saint Mary, care for clergy and future clergy and provide funds for the Church to respond to crises such as natural disasters, homelessness and other extraordinary requests for assistance. To learn more about LRYC, please visit archspm.org/lordrenewyourchurch.
Please email CSAInformation@archspm.org or call 612-294-6622.
If you did not specify an end date for your recurring gift, yes, your donation will carry forward from one calendar year to the next.
Please email CSAInformation@archspm.org or call 612-294-6622.
Please make sure that your parish has your updated information, and then email CSAInformation@archspm.org or call 612-294-6622.
You may have provided an incorrect mailing address if your check was returned to you in the mail, or, you addressed your check to the Catholic Services Appeal Foundation. Please make sure your check is addressed to Catholic Services Appeal using this mailing address:
PO Box 6488
Saint Paul, MN 55106
If it has been over 6 weeks and you have not received an acknowledgement of your donation or your check has not been cashed, please email CSAInformation@archspm.org or call 612-294-6622.
In January or early February of each calendar year, you will be mailed a tax statement summarizing your donations from the prior calendar year, except for donations from a DAF or IRA. Your DAF or IRA trustee is responsible for issuing tax receipts.
Yes! Please make sure your donation clearly indicates Catholic Services Appeal, and please provide your trustee with the non-profit entity information on our website, taking special note of the EIN and entity name.
Yes! Please reference detailed stock gift instructions on our website for more information.
Your DAF and/or IRA trustee is most likely referencing the Catholic Services Appeal Foundation (CSAF), which dissolved effective December 31, 2023. You can still make a gift to the Catholic Services Appeal through the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis (EIN: 41-0693908). Please indicate with your gift that you wish it to go to the Catholic Services Appeal.
Check with your employer if they will allow you to give to the CSA through your regular paycheck, or if your company will match gifts to the CSA. Reference this section of our website for our non-profit information.
View our non-profit entity information.
View CSA contact information.
