Ways to Give

Choose what you want to support:

Archbishop's Annual Appeal

In His Presence all things are made new participate in the Annual Appeal.

Second Collections: Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Please consider donating to support our current Second Collection: Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Ministries, Programs, and Projects

Your gifts will be used towards our many ministries, programs, and projects.

OMA General Fund

Your gifts will be used toward the area of greatest need.

Choose how you want to donate:

For gifts to Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, please remember to include the name of your parish on the Memo line. Mail your check or money order (payable to “Archbishop’s Annual Appeal” to:

Archdiocese of Atlanta
P.O. Box 96657
Washington, DC 20090-6657

To gift another Archdiocesan ministryprogram, or project. please remember to include the name of the ministry on the Memo line and mail your check or money order (payable to “Archdiocese of Atlanta“) to:

Office of Mission Advancement
2401 Lake Park Dr. SE
Smyrna, GA 30080

If you have problems with or questions regarding gifts by mail, please contact Tracy Zelczak (404-920-7606) in the Office of Mission Advancement.

To transfer a gift of stock, please click the link below:

Instructions For Making a Stock Gift

If you have questions regarding gifts of stock, please contact Tracy Zelczak at tzelczak@archatl.com or (404-920-7606) in the Office of Mission Advancement.

The Catholic Foundation serves as a catalyst for helping Catholics make a lasting difference by helping individuals and families pass along their faith, heritage, and values to future generations. For more information about including the Archdiocese of Atlanta in your planned giving visit the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia.

Catholic Foundation of North Georgia 

Ask your employer about matching gifts. Your gift can go twice as far.

Your employer may request this information to match your gift:

Archdiocese of Atlanta

2401 Lake Park Drive S.E.

Smyrna, Ga 30080-8862

The Archdiocese of Atlanta is a 501(c)(3)

EIN:83-3566129

For gifts via Donor Advised Fund (DAF), please use the information below.

 

Make checks payable to:

EIN:       83-3566129

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc.

2401 Lake Park Dr SE

Smyrna, GA  30080

In order for us to acknowledge your generous gift, please provide:

  • your name
  • fund name and address
  • specify via a note/comment on the check where you would like your gift directed.

OMA General Fund

The Office of Mission Advancement (OMA) has a general fund to help support projects and ministries in most need beyond what the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal can provide. The Archdiocese of Atlanta’s ministries and programs receive only partial funding each year from the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal.

OMA funding can help offset these gaps and help support the good works of the church like providing for programmatic needs for Seminarians, Laudato Si’, Parenting Services, Campus Ministries or urgent repairs or needs for a parish.

We encourage you to consider making a gift to the OMA General Fund. Every donation counts.

Your support makes a difference and puts your faith into action by supporting the good works of the church right here in the archdiocese of Atlanta.

Second Collections

Discover what donations to our second collections can do.

Jesus reminds us that the two greatest commandments are to love God with our whole heart, our whole mind, and our whole soul; and to love our neighbor as ourselves. The national and local collections offer us an opportunity to help our neighbors in the light of the Gospel. In doing so, we act as faithful stewards of the gifts God has given us.

Consider increasing your annual giving to one of our giving levels:

His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’ (Matthew 25:21)

The Lifetime Award is given in recognition of consistent and substantial support over many years for the many works of the archdiocese through the Archbishop’s Annual appeal, archdiocesan and Office of Mission Advancement projects. The Lifetime awardee is the Lord’s servant who was faithful in small matters and took on increasing responsibilities and thus shares in the master’s joy exemplified through generosity and service to the work of the Church.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. (John 3:16)

Exemplifying the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ, the lamb of God, who gave himself on the cross for the salvation of all people, Caritas Christi (love of Christ) is the highest recognition bestowed by the Archdiocese to annual appeal donors. Through their sacrificial giving, Caritas Christi donors play a crucial role in enabling the Archdiocese to go over and beyond the work they could imagine due to a lack of financial and other necessary resources to continue the work of God in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

And Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my savior.” (Luke 1:46-47)

Imitating the humble and incredible faith of the Blessed Mother Mary, Bonitas Mariae donors are celebrated for reflecting the ‘goodness of Mary’ – the Blessed Mother of God, Morning Star, Comforter of the afflicted, and Help of Christians. Through the generosity of Bonitas Mariae donors and with the intercession of the Blessed Mother, the archdiocesan office, through the leadership of the Archbishop and his auxiliary bishops, continues the work of serving the people of God in the local diocese and beyond.

For who is greater: the one seated at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one seated at table? I am among you as the one who serves. It is you who have stood by me in my trials; and I confer a kingdom on you, just as my Father has conferred one on me. (Luke 22:27-29)

Through their substantial generosity, Archbishop Circle donors affirm their support of the role of the Archbishop as the spiritual leader of the diocese and chief shepherd of the flock. Their generosity is celebrated for supporting the many works of the archdiocese aimed at the salvation of souls now and for the generations to come.

So I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a share in the glory to be revealed. Tend to the flock of God in your midst, overseeing not by constraint but willingly, as God would have it. (1 Peter 5:1-2)

The generosity of donors in the Bishop’s Circle is celebrated for their inspired generosity and discipleship as they support the bishops' work in shepherding the people of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan. 33. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them… The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, “Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’ (Luke 10:29-37)

 

The Bonus Samaritanus (Good Samaritan) award allows the Archdiocese to tackle projects and programs not entirely covered by collections from the Archbishop’s Annual appeal or not included in the collection from the annual appeal. This award encourages parishioners to look beyond their parish borders and help others, particularly from parishes with limited financial means, thus exemplifying St. Paul’s exhortation about the faithful as one body in Christ.

Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you. (Luke 6:39)

God blesses His people with many resources, but that blessing comes with the responsibility of using the resources for God’s glory. The faithful steward returns to God what God has entrusted and stores treasures in heaven.

And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. (Hebrews 13:16)

The patron who gives generously to help build up the Kingdom and serve the poor is pleasing to God.

Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work. (2 Cor. 9:8)

An act of charity is a true expression of benevolence and an imitation of the generosity of God, who provides for the needs of His people.

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. (Romans 5:5)

Hope is a gift from God, and acts of giving provide hope to people and ministries needing assistance.

I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. (John 15:15)

Friends give as a reflection of their friendship with Jesus, who is Lord.