CHARLOTTE — Faith joined with action: our call to discipleship and stewardship is highlighted in this year’s Diocesan Support Appeal, which officially kicks off in parishes the weekend of Feb. 5-6.
The 2022 campaign takes its cue from the Diocese of Charlotte’s 50th anniversary celebration going on all year long, with its theme “Faith More Precious Than Gold.”
In his Diocesan Support Appeal letter to the faithful, Bishop Peter Jugis explained that the theme for this year’s DSA is taken from 1 Peter 1:7 and reminds us that our faith in the Lord, and in His love for us, is more important than anything else in our lives.
“The Lord blesses us with His love in so many ways, and we are called to share His love with others – putting our faith into real action,” Bishop Jugis said.
The DSA campaign funds more than 50 programs and ministries that serve thousands of people across the diocese.
Most notably, 31 percent of DSA funding goes toward educating the faithful through Catholic campus ministry, Catholic schools, faith formation, and young adult/youth ministries.
Another 30 percent funds social services through Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte for its counseling, food pantries, pregnancy support, refugee resettlement, elder ministry, and other programs.
The DSA also supports multicultural ministries, seminarian education, the permanent diaconate, the annual Eucharistic Congress, and the diocese’s Office of Family Life that includes marriage preparation, natural family planning, and Respect Life ministry.
Money raised through the DSA campaign changes lives throughout all of western North Carolina, the bishop noted in his letter. The faith formation programs alone serve more than 42,000 children and adults each year.
Last year, parishioners raised over $6.2 million, exceeding the campaign’s goal.
This year’s DSA campaign totals $6,367,200, with each parish and mission having a goal that is determined based on its offertory collection.
As more people return to in-person worship and other activities this year, pastors will be calling on parishioners to help their parish reach its goal.
Parishes that exceed their goal in donations receive a rebate for 100 percent of the additional funds collected. Parishes that fall short of their goal in donations from parishioners make up the shortfall from their operating budgets.
“This year, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Charlotte,” the bishop concluded in his letter, “let us come together as a diocesan family to share God’s love with others through our prayers and financial gifts to the Diocesan Support Appeal, always giving thanks to God for the precious gift of our faith, which truly is more precious than gold.”
— SueAnn Howell, Senior reporter
How to support the DSA
PLEDGE: Make a pledge in response to a mailing you receive or in-pew appeal at your local parish. An individual DSA pledge may be paid in up to 10 installments by EFT, credit card or check. Pledging allows you to make a greater gift over time. You will receive monthly reminder statements in the mail or by email until your pledge is paid, or until Dec. 31, 2022.
DONATE ONLINE: Donate online at www.charlottediocese.org/dsa, either with a one-time gift or set up a pledge with monthly gift payments via credit or debit card. (If you give online, please do not complete a pledge envelope at your local parish. This could result in having two gift records.)
ONE-TIME DONATIONS: Give a one-time contribution in response to a mailing you receive or in-pew appeal at your local parish. Please make checks payable to the “DSA” and note the name of your parish in the memo line of the check. Do not send cash through the mail.
STOCK DONATION: Make a donation of publicly traded securities and receive the tax benefits for giving appreciated stock. Instructions are online at www.charlottediocese.org/ways-to-give.
IRA CONTRIBUTION: For donors over 70 1/2 years of age, contact your financial advisor to request a charitable distribution from your IRA.
FOR INQUIRIES: Contact David Walsh, associate director of development, at 704-370-3302 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Offices and Ministries supported by the DSA
Where does your money go?
The purpose of the Diocesan Support Appeal is to help provide the annual funding necessary to carry out the mission of our diocese – namely to fulfill our call to “grow ever more perfectly into a community of praise, worship and witness, and to become a leaven of service and sign of peace through love in the Piedmont and Western North Carolina.”
Parishioners in all our parishes and missions help fund the annual DSA.
2022 GOAL: $6,367,200
31% EDUCATION
Campus Ministry
Catholic Schools Office
Young Adult Ministry
Youth Ministry
Faith Formation Office:
Catechetical Certification
Diocesan Catechetical Conference
In-Services
RCIA
Special Needs Resource Group
Totus Tuus
30% CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
Burial Assistance
Case Management
Disaster Relief
Elder Ministry
Food Pantries
Housing Permanency Services
Legal Immigration Services
Mental Health Counseling
Pregnancy Support & Adoption
Refugee Services
Social Concerns & Advocacy
Stay the Course
Supportive Services for Veteran Families
Transition Out of Poverty
Wee Care Shoppes
Youth Empowerment Opportunity Program
14% VOCATIONS
Permanent Diaconate
Seminarian Education
13% MULTICULTURAL MINISTRIES
African American Affairs Ministry
Hispanic Ministries
6% OTHER
Eucharistic Congress
Office of Family Life:
Marriage Preparation
Natural Family Planning
Respect Life
6% DSA CAMPAIGN COSTS
PARISH/MISSION DSA GOAL
Christ the King, High Point: $19,123
Christ the King, Kings Mountain: $4,750
Divine Redeemer, Boonville: $26,291
Good Shepherd, King: $15,783
Holy Angels, Mount Airy: $23,334
Holy Cross, Kernersville: $91,801
Holy Family, Clemmons: $183,610
Holy Infant, Reidsville: $20,831
Holy Redeemer, Andrews: $6,171
Holy Spirit, Denver: $69,077
Holy Trinity, Taylorsville: $10,855
Immaculate Conception, Canton: $5,517
Immaculate Conception, Forest City: $47,752
Immaculate Conception, Hendersonville: $133,810
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hayesville: $15,756
Immaculate Heart of Mary, High Point: $144,158
Our Lady of Consolation, Charlotte: $50,241
Our Lady of Fatima, Winston-Salem: $11,223
Our Lady of Grace, Greensboro: $140,053
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Charlotte: $66,320
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Cherokee: $1,436
Our Lady of Lourdes, Monroe: $58,689
Our Lady of Mercy, Winston-Salem: $102,760
Our Lady of the Americas, Biscoe: $42,554
Our Lady of the Angels, Marion: $12,871
Our Lady of the Annunciation, Albemarle: $28,242
Our Lady of the Assumption, Charlotte: $41,607
Our Lady of the Highways, Thomasville: $22,738
Our Lady of the Mountains, Highlands: $20,659
Our Lady of the Rosary, Lexington: $23,710
Prince of Peace, Robbinsville: $2,031
Queen of the Apostles, Belmont: $111,365
Sacred Heart, Brevard: $61,668
Sacred Heart, Burnsville: $9,100
Sacred Heart, Salisbury: $109,468
Sacred Heart, Wadesboro: $2,829
St. Aloysius, Hickory: $106,144
St. Andrew the Apostle, Mars Hill: $10,885
St. Ann, Charlotte: $142,362
St. Barnabas, Arden: $91,566
St. Benedict, Greensboro: $23,063
St. Benedict the Moor, Winston-Salem: $10,039
St. Bernadette, Linville: $36,957
St. Charles Borromeo, Morganton: $51,275
St. Dorothy, Lincolnton: $38,940
St. Elizabeth, Boone: $32,793
St. Eugene, Asheville: $95,845
St. Frances of Rome, Sparta: $8,984
St. Francis of Assisi, Franklin: $30,367
St. Francis of Assisi, Jefferson: $22,681
St. Francis of Assisi, Lenoir: $30,660
St. Francis of Assisi, Mocksville: $26,871
St. Gabriel, Charlotte: $453,181
St. Helen, Spencer Mountain: $5,434
St. James, Concord: $118,327
St. James, Hamlet: $11,487
St. Joan of Arc, Candler: $25,243
St. John Baptist de La Salle, North Wilkesboro: $21,799
St. John Lee Korean, Charlotte: $20,025
St. John Neumann, Charlotte: $84,024
St. John the Baptist, Tryon: $56,678
St. John the Evangelist, Waynesville: $36,355
St. Joseph of the Hills, Eden: $11,163
St. Joseph Vietnamese, Charlotte: $57,341
St. Joseph, Asheboro: $31,619
St. Joseph, Bryson City: $11,367
St. Joseph, Kannapolis: $18,635
St. Joseph, Newton: $31,221
St. Jude, Sapphire: $30,249
St. Lawrence Basilica, Asheville: $68,172
St. Leo, Winston-Salem: $164,793
St. Lucien, Spruce Pine: $13,452
St. Luke, Mint Hill: $113,925
St. Margaret Mary, Swannanoa: $36,045
St. Margaret of Scotland, Maggie Valley: $22,634
St. Mark, Huntersville: $375,826
St. Mary, Greensboro: $46,969
St. Mary Help of Christians, Shelby: $25,649
St. Mary Mother of God, Sylva: $19,146
St. Matthew, Charlotte: $743,553
St. Michael, Gastonia: $82,649
St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte: $96,842
St. Paul the Apostle, Greensboro: $99,965
St. Peter, Charlotte: $206,641
St. Philip the Apostle, Statesville: $40,750
St. Pius X, Greensboro: $216,848
St. Stephen, Elkin: $15,297
St. Therese, Mooresville: $206,543
St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlotte: $116,929
St. Vincent de Paul, Charlotte: $118,107
St. William, Murphy: $14,703
TOTAL: $6,367,200