I hope you will consider including your parish, school and one or more of these endowments in your estate plans.

“Before she died, she told me, ‘If I give you extra money now, I want to make sure that you return that to the Church as you can,’” 

She made sure that the communities closest to her heart, Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School, would not be neglected after her death.

"Our faith and love are the glue that holds a civilized society together."

“Mary Weerheim is an example of the kind of people who support our Church and make up the Legacy Society,”

The examples of stewardship highlighted in this newsletter are extraordinary.

“The Diocese of Boise paid for half of my education, and this is my way of gifting back to the diocese for the wonderful things they have done for me,” he said.

“I think it is vital for parishioners to contribute to the Church for it to be able 
to fund the important facets involved in education, including its teachers, both 
lay and clerical. 

“So what are your plans for your finances after you die?”

Many years ago, Verne and his wife, Shirley, set aside money in a charitable remainder trust to decrease their taxes. The trust was set up with proceeds to benefit nonprofit organizations.

It is my hope that more individuals and Catholic communities in the Diocese will recognize the value of pooling our investments together in the Foundation.

We created this special publication to help you with your tax planning and to offer some ideas for you to consider if you are thinking about making a gift in support of your Church at this time.

Making a gift in honor of someone else keeps that special person’s memory alive through your generosity to a shared cause.

"God loves me always and that I should love God always."