A Plan for Increased Engagement Ah, Summer. Vacations, BBQ, Family, Friends. But what about Mass? Every summer, we see a decline in Mass attendance. It is a fact of life that our parishioners, well, have a life. And that life often takes them outside our walls for some or all of the summer months. While [...]
A Few Things We've Learned Along the Way This April, GIG celebrated 25 Years of Catholic Development! We have learned many valuable lessons in the thousands of campaigns we have conducted across the US and evolved our plan accordingly as times have changed. We have led parishes, schools and dioceses in successful capital campaigns in [...]
🍀 You are in Luck! 🍀GIG has a plan for you! We think the luckiest thing you will do today is make a plan. After all, Luck is nothing without a plan and a purpose. And Guidance In Giving has the plan to help you achieve campaign success.Our proven plan has remained viable for 25 [...]
Fundraising is not a simple math equation. Especially when discussing fundraising within a culturally diverse community. Whereas math is applied universally, language is NOT. So, why is it that parishes and dioceses continue to translate their materials and information word for word? For decades we have seen parishes translate messaging and homilies practically word [...]
Thank you to Mike Sabatino, CFO Diocese of Providence for the wonderful words of praise and recommendation for our team! It was an absolute pleasure to work along side the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Providence to raise over $55 million for their needs.
Some behind the scene action shots from our team working with St. John Neumann, Columbia, SC, shooting a video for their upcoming capital campaign. José DeJesús is shown interviewing some parishioners and the other shots are of the drone flying over the parish property.
Thank you to Bishop Tobin for the wonderful praise for our team who lead the Diocese of Providence's $50 million Diocesan-wide capital campaign, Grateful For God’s Providence. The Campaign’s purpose was to provide greatly needed funding for several causes: the education of seminarians, support for retired priests, tuition assistance for Catholic Schools, support for Catholic [...]
We all say it, New year, new you. Resolutions fail, but plans succeed. So we propose: New Year, New Plan. Are your parishes feeling the lingering effects of COVID, of politics or the economy? The only thing certain in life is change. We have a plan to weather life’s changes; one that will provide stability no [...]
Last week, the Diocese of Worcester held the annual Celebrate Priesthood reception. Mike Cusack, Joe Zamorano and Jose DeJesus attended the celebration with Bishop McManus and a great time was had by all.
What creativity! Fr. John Cahoon, pastor of St. Angela Merici, Missouri City, TX and our GIG directors produced this short video to increase campaign reception attendance, and it was very effective! Love his sense of humor and all the "hats" he wore for the various themes! https://youtu.be/yZoF5TlgpxM
