As you prayerfully consider how you will share from all that you have been bestowed, we offer the following information about various one-time and recurring giving options. See the left column of this page for links to the online options. Please don't hesitate to contact our Business Manager with any questions. Thank you for generously returning to God the first fruits of your labors

• Bank checks are initiated by you from your bank account to be mailed directly to St. Edward Church.

• “Budget” Envelopes are sent to families up to six times per year with either weekly or monthly envelopes and the “special collection” envelopes designated for that mailing. Offering is collected at each weekend Mass, or they be mailed or placed in the mailbox near the parish center driveway. (Families who designate IRA, EFT, or Bank Check will receive one mailing per year with the “special collection” envelopes).

• Charitable funds, trusts or business accounts may also be used. These gifts will be acknowledged on an annual statement to the name and address of the name listed on the check.
  • Vanguard account contributions may be made by logging into your Vanguard account, click on “Grants” at the top, and use the drop-down menu to click on “Recommend a Grant.” You will then search for St. Edward Parish. Scroll down to our listing that includes Waterloo, IA and a picture of our St. Edward stain glass window. 

• Electronic Funds Transfer, also known as EFT, authorizes St. Edward Church to withdraw your offering directly from your bank account. You can authorize a weekly or monthly sacrificial gift, or monthly gifts to Sister Parish-Haiti Adopt-A-Student and Sustaining Our Church Appeal. Complete an authorization form (see link on left column). EFTs are cost effective for the parish.

• Individual Retirement Account (IRA) qualified minimum distributions may be made directly to St. Edward Church, and you will not pay taxes on that distribution amount. You will make this request directly with your financial advisor/institution.  You will receive a letter from St. Edward Church acknowledging the IRA distribution as required by the IRS, and the gift will be listed as “Non Ded” on your annual statement (as the IRS considers this a “transfer of an asset” rather than a “charitable contribution”).

• Legacy gifts are made through estate planning. You may designate a bequest to St. Edward Church in your will or trust plan.  You may also designate St. Edward Church as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401K, life insurance policy, or other investment portfolio. Your attorney and investment advisor will assist you in making these designations.

• Online Giving allows you to generate a single or recurring gifts using your bank account or credit card on our safe and secure website. Sacrificial Giving and Holy Days/Special Collections links are located on the left column.

• PayPal is coming soon and will be available using the link on the left column.

• Property or grain may be accepted as a donation. Please contact the Business Manager to discuss your specific requests.

• Stock Transfers may be made to St. Edward Church and are acknowledged at the closing value on the day the stock leaves your account. Contact, or refer your financial advisor to, the Business Manager to obtain the account information needed to process the stock transfer.​​​​​​​

• Venmo is coming soon and will be available using the link on the left column.

Our Stewardship Prayer
  O Lord, all You have given us - our talents, our possessions, and our very lives - will eventually pass from our hands. 
   Inspire in our hearts an increased desire to return to You the FIRST fruits of all You have first given us. 
   Once we have given a share back to You through acts of compassion for Your beloved people, may we live in the confidence that our generosity to others is but a glimpse of Your everlasting, generous gifts that are our salvation and life.