Giving online is safe, secure and convenient. To cancel or to change your recurring gift, contact Amy Burghardt at abishop@saintsaj.org.

Would you like to ensure the Newman ministry for future generations?

Estate and Planned Gifts

When you commit to a planned gift to the Newman Center, you:

Continue to support the Church,

preserving the faith for younger generations to worship and grow in a vibrant Catholic Community

Create Your Legacy!

With your planned gift, you will be an important part of ensuring the Newman Center continues to provide a Catholic community, worship, formation and the sacraments to University students in West Philadelphia - fifty, even a hundred years down the road.

Benefit from Giving:

Your planned gift can offer other benefits to you, including tax advantages.

There are many ways to offer a planned gift, listed below. For more information, please contact Patrick Travers at ptravers@saintsaj.org. Please consult your legal or financial advisor before making a gift. If you include the Newman Center in your plans, please use our legal name and EIN:

Penn Newman Center

Federal Tax ID#:

Bequests and Beneficiary Designations

A simple and easy way to support the Newman Center for future generations is to leave a gift to Penn Newman in your will. You can also name Penn Newman as a beneficiary or contingent beneficiary on your IRA, retirement plan, life insurance policy or annuity. 

While not required, sharing your intentions with us allows us to express our gratitude to you! Should you choose to not remain anonymous, your gift may inspire other gifts as well. 

IRA Distributions

Often, a gift through your IRA distribution can have substantial tax benefits for you. Please review your options with your financial advisor to see how you can get the most out of your gift!

The Newman Center at St. Agatha-St. James may accept gifts made via stock, bonds and/or mutual funds through our partnership with the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia. For more information, please submit this form.

Endowment Gifts

The Newman Center has an established Endowment through the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Gifts to these endowments can be made in any amount, at any time. Pledges and monthly gift options are also welcomed.

To create a new endowment fund, generally gifts must be a minimum of $50,000 with a minimum of $10,000 gift to establish the fund. The purpose must be approved by the pastor, followed by diocesan approval, prior to the creation of the endowment fund. Please consult Patrick Travers for additional information on endowment funds if this giving opportunity is of interest to you.

Donor Advised Funds

St. Agatha-St. James Parish and the Newman Center have a Charitable Fund through the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia. More information can be found here

The information on this website is not intended as legal or tax advice. Facts or figures cited here are examples for general educational purposes only. Please consult an attorney or tax advisor for professional advice.

Other Ways of Giving

Give a non-cash gift

You can also donate marketable securities such as stocks, bonds, or mutual funds. You can also other non-cash gifts or include St. Agatha-St. James parish in your estate planning.  For more information on making such a gift, email Missy Elwell at melwell@saintsaj.org.

Give in person

You can also give in person during any weekend Mass. Envelopes are available in pews, but are not required. Simply place your contribution in the basket.

Give through Venmo

Out of cash, and don't write checks? Try the app for transferring money between friends. 

Parish Venmo account: @Saints-AJ

Prayer

We couldn't fulfill our mission as a parish without your continual prayer. Thank you for all your prayers and your time, and we ask you to keep on praying for us and our apostolates.