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Parish Thanksgiving with CDFpay
Have you heard the Good News? CDF is supporting parishes to accept cash-free offerings. Anyone physically attending your church, or visiting your website/online services, should be able to give an offering in a way that is easy, secure and safe.
For people gathering at your Church we have electronic Smart Terminals, and for online giving there’s CDFpay for Parishes, an online giving portal. For those of you who might be familiar with CDFpay, the online platform has been updated to provide more options for parishioners, and greater reporting detail for your team.
With these tools in place, you will be able to offer your community new pathways to give towards the valuable work, and many activities of your parish.
Seeking more information?
The team at CDF are here to help and are rolling-out product enhancements on a regular basis. If you have any questions please contact your CDF Relationship Manager or contact us.
Tell your community:
Once your parish is registered online, make it easy for your parishioners to find your page and give an offering. Download resources for your parish below:
You can also link your parish’s CDFpay site directly to your Website, YouTube channel or social media channels.
Frequently Asked Questions
What others are saying:
‘We tried other online payment options, but it meant our parishioners had to visit multiple sites online. CDFpay for Parishes is directly linked from our parish site. Because it’s Catholic Development Fund it’s seen as trusted by our congregation.’
Fr Nicholas Pearce – Holy Family, Mount Waverley
‘Given what’s happening right now (COVID-19) there’s is an immediate pragmatic need to provide new ways for parishioners to make payments. CDFpay for Parishes, facilitates this for our community in a secure and credible way.
However, I believe that there’s also an amazing opportunity for our church longer term if we can have the courage to sensitively start a wider conversation about giving. A conversation that ties to the idea of sacrifice and mission as an expression of faith.’
Fr Daniel Serratore – St Benedict’s, Burwood
CDPF Limited, a company established by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, has indemnified the Catholic Development Fund ABN 15 274 943 760 (the Fund) against any liability arising out of a claim by investors in the Fund. In practice, this means your investment is backed by the assets of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. The Fund is required by law to make the following disclosure. Investment in the Fund is only intended to attract investors whose primary purpose for making their investment is to support the charitable purposes of the Fund. Investors’ funds will be used to generate a return to the Fund that will be applied to further the charitable works of the Archdiocese of Melbourne and the Dioceses of Sale and Bunbury. The Fund is not prudentially supervised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority nor has it been examined or approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). An investor in the Fund will not receive the benefit of the financial claims scheme or the depositor protection provisions in the Banking Act 1959 (Cth). The investments that the Fund offers are not subject to the usual protections for investors under the Corporations Act (Cth) or regulation by ASIC. Investors may be unable to get some or all of their money back when the investor expects or at all and investments in the Fund are not comparable to investments with banks, finance companies or fund managers. The Fund’s identification statement may be viewed here or by contacting the Fund. The Fund does not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence.
