Offerings to the Parish Thank you for your generous support throughout the lock downs, ensuring that the parish income remains stable in these difficult times.
Gift Aid donations Since the start of the pandemic some may have found that their circumstances have changed and so no longer pay tax. Please check that sufficient tax is paid to cover the amount reclaimed from H M Revenue and Customs, taking into account not just the amount that is given to the Parish scheme but gift-aided donations to other charities. Please inform us of any of the following: If you are no longer a taxpayer, please inform us of the date of this change. If you wish to make any changes to your method of donations from envelopes to bank payments or vice versa. Changes in your address. If you wish to leave the Gift Aid Scheme If you donate by cheque, please note that the account is Prestatyn Catholic Church The current envelopes for this year are still available so if you are using none or those from a previous year then please request them. The new envelopes will be distributed in late March, dates to be published in the Bulletin.
****************
New Gift Aid envelopes 2024/2025
The new Gift Aid envelopes have now been distributed and should be used from 09 April 2024 Most of you will have been allocated a box with a new envelope number and it is important that these are used from the above date. Please discard any other envelopes that you might not have used during the last financial year. There are some boxes awaiting collection so please request them when convenient. If you are a taxpayer not currently gift aiding your offerings and wish to be added to the list please complete and return the Gift Aid declaration form available at the back of the Church. If you are currently on the list and you are no longer a taxpayer please ensure that we are informed of the date that your circumstances changed.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION The Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) in Ss Peter & Frances, Prestatyn is available from 10:30 to 11:00 on Saturday.
********************
PARISH LEVIES- where does your collection go?
We have now paid over our parish’s yearly levies to the Diocese of Wrexham for the services which the Diocese provides for the church in North Wales. The amounts were as follows:
This amounts to 37% of our weekly offertory collection for the financial year ending 05 April 2024.
****************
SAFEGUARDING
If you are concerned about the welfare of a child or adult at risk, do not delay in contacting the police, using 999 if a child or adult is believed to be in immediate danger.
It is the policy of the Catholic Church in England and Wales to report all allegations of abuse to statutory authorities, regardless of whether the abuse occurred recently or in the past, or whether the accused person is living or deceased.
If you are in any role within the Catholic Church in England and Wales, you MUST refer allegations directly to the safeguarding office for your diocese or religious congregation, or directly to the Police.
If you are a member of the public, please refer allegations directly to the police and also to the safeguarding office in your diocese; (the relevant Diocesan safeguarding office can be located using the interactive map on the links page of the CSAS website www.csas.uk.net - contact details will be shown when you click on the relevant area of the map). You can also contact CSAS by telephoning 0207 901 1920 or via email at [email protected]
