LEGACY GIFTS

At St. Michael’s Catholic Church, stewardship is about more than supporting the needs of today — it is about helping ensure the mission of the Church continues for generations to come. We invite you to prayerfully consider a legacy gift as part of your estate planning.

A legacy gift is a beautiful way to express your faith, gratitude, and love for the parish. Through this kind of planned giving, you can help sustain the life of St. Michael’s and support future generations in worship, faith formation, service, and community.

Opportunities for legacy giving may include:

• Bequests through your will or trust

• Charitable Gift Annuities

• Charitable Remainder Trusts

• Charitable Lead Trusts

• Naming the parish as a beneficiary of an IRA or retirement account

• Naming the parish as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy

These gifts provide lasting support beyond the parish’s regular offertory, which primarily funds current operations and maintenance. Legacy gifts can help strengthen ministries, expand outreach, care for parish facilities, and build long-term financial sustainability through endowments and other future-focused resources.

By remembering St. Michael’s Catholic Church in your estate plans, you become part of a lasting legacy of faith — one that will continue to bless parishioners, families, and the wider community for years to come.

If you are considering a legacy gift, please consult your attorney, financial advisor, or estate planner. If you have already included St. Michael’s in your plans, thank you for your generosity and witness. We would be honored to know of your intentions so that we may express our gratitude personally.

The Catholic Foundation is also a resource for you in the planning process. 
Please contact Kelly C. Wood at (904) 262-3200 ext. 139 to request a free printed copy of our Estate Planning Guide or to request a confidential conversation about ways you can remember our parish in your estate plan and the specific bequest language you will need to include.  The foundation can also help our parishioners who want to establish Donor Advised Funds, Charitable Gift Annuities and permanent endowment funds that benefit our parish or other ministries of the Diocese of St. Augustine, forever.

If you have decided to include our parish as part of your estate plans, thank you!

Please consider letting the parish know of your plans. Father Eric would be grateful for the opportunity to personally thank you.