Preparations for the campaign began in spring of 2023. The active campaign is taking place in three parish waves beginning in January of 2024 and concluding in June of 2025.

With 90 churches in the diocese, it will be more effective to break up the campaign into smaller segments over time. This ensures that each parish receives as much support and guidance as possible from the diocese and the parishes’ campaign partner, the Steier Group. It also provides options as parishes are assigned to waves. For some parishes, conducting the campaign in an early wave will allow them to get started on their local projects sooner. Other parishes may need more time to identify their parish projects and prepare for the campaign.  

Transparency is a top priority. Regular updates on the progress of the One Family, Fully Alive in Christ! Campaign will be published on various channels, including the Catholic Advance, the diocesan website, email blasts, and social media. Parishes will also be encouraged to share updates on their websites, in bulletins, from the pulpit, and through their parish email and social media. 

Stewardship of treasure is, and always will be, the primary source of funding for our parishes and schools. This campaign is seeking extraordinary gifts to address the projects and priorities outlined in this case for support. Families will be encouraged to consider a sacrificial gift above and beyond their regular ongoing support of their parish, school and other causes. The campaign seeks to complement and enhance the ongoing work of cultivating stewardship at the parish level while also addressing significant needs and opportunities that go well beyond what one individual or parish could accomplish on their own. 

Our diocese is at a pivotal time in its rich history. Under the leadership of Bishop Carl A. Kemme, the diocese has laid a foundation for the revitalization, renewal, and expansion of our mission and ministries. For several years, Bishop Kemme and diocesan leadership, along with clergy and lay leaders, have been discerning and planning the future of our local Church. This campaign is the fruit of that planning work and an opportunity for us to join together to address immediate needs and extend the impact of our mission while also strengthening all 90 parishes and 38 schools in our diocese, now and for many years to come. 

Over the course of the campaign, every Catholic household in each parish in the diocese will be asked to consider making a gift. Broad participation at every level will serve as a sign of our unity and strength and a witness to our stewardship way of life. Every gift, no matter the amount, will make a difference!  

The campaign will direct 20% of funds collected by each parish to that parish for projects or priorities that they have identified. This Individual Parish Needs funding should aim to bring vitality to the parish, promote participation in parish life, and evangelize and serve the faithful and the surrounding community. Parishes may choose to address building projects, renovations of existing facilities, deferred maintenance, debt reduction, or expanding ministries. Parishes may also choose to direct their 20% of funds to their newly established teacher salary parish-based endowment or provide additional support to a neighboring parish in need. 

For more information about how to support the One Family, Fully Alive in Christ! Campaign, please contact your parish office or contact the Office of Development & Planned Giving at 316-269-3917 or by filling out the form below.