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Holy
Cross Seminary
Donations
To Holy Cross Seminary
Holy Cross Seminary
is a large complex on the site of a former Catholic agricultural school. The Seminary continues only through the regular support of Catholic
faithful. The buildings are large, rambling and old, and in many
aspects not in a good state of repair. Much work needs to be done,
and the limiting factor is the availability of funds. Your help
is consequently necessary to keep this great work of priestly formation
going.
Holy Cross Seminary
is a missionary Seminary. Most of the seminarians are unable to
pay tuition, both those from Australia and those from overseas mission
countries. Consequently it totally depends upon the donations of
benefactors to keep its doors open. There are several ways that
benefactors can donate to the Seminary:
1)
Mailing a check to the Seminary, payable to Holy Cross Seminary
or to
the Society of Saint Pius X.
This is the
usual way of making a donation. Receipts are not generally sent,
but can of course be sent on request.
2)
Direct Deposit.
The Seminary
can receive direct deposits into its account. The information for making such donations into one of our accounts with Commonwealth Bank in Goulburn is as follows:
| Name |
BSB Number |
Account Number |
| Holy Cross Seminary Building Fund |
062545 | 10028425 |
| Holy Cross Seminary (General Donations) | 062545 | 10028417 |
It is a good option for the person who may desire to
donate anonymously. However, if you want us to know about your donation
and to send some kind of acknowledgment, you will have to mail it
directly to the Seminary.
3)
Tax Deductible Donations.
Donations to
the Seminary can indeed be tax deductible. However this is only
when the donation is for the Holy Cross Seminary Building fund.
When you send us a check for this intention it will be banked in
a special building fund, and you will receive a receipt that you
can use for tax purposes. With all the projects going on at the
seminary, such donations are very helpful.
4)
U.S. Donations.
Donations in
U.S. dollars are gratefully received, and there is no difficulty
in cashing without charge cheques with small amounts. Cheques in U.S.
dollars need to be made out to the "Society of Saint Pius X".
They can be mailed to Holy Cross Seminary itself, or they can be
sent to the U.S. District Office (Regina Coeli House),
11485 N Farley Rd., Platte City, MO 64079-8201 USA, to the attention of Mr.
Tim Eaton and with the special memo that they are for Holy Cross
Seminary. If a tax receipt for the donation is desired, the check must be sent to the Regina Coeli House in the US.
5)
Sponsor a seminarian.
The tuition
and board cost is $450 per month or $4,500 per academic year. This
is very low and only covers a fraction of the cost. Nevertheless,
it would be a great help if a person or chapel would agree to pay
the tuition of a seminarian unable to pay for himself. It would
make it possible for the Seminary to keep up its function of forming
truly Catholic priests for the future. If you would like to adopt
a poor seminarian, the Rector would be happy to chose one.
6)
Sponsor a seminarian’s health insurance.
The question of health
insurance is particularly urgent for those seminarians who are not
Australian citizens or permanent residents. They do not qualify
for any kind of medical assistance, such as Medicare, and consequently
any medical care they might need would be very expensive. It is
for this reason that the Seminary is bound to take out health insurance
for all seminarians who are not Australian residents. The cost is
$126 per month. It would be of great service to the Seminarians
and to the Seminary if a benefactor, chapel or group of persons
would offer to take care of one seminarian’s health care.
The Rector would be happy to nominate the Seminarian.
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