Collection plate - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 30 Sep 2018 06:59:47 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Collection plate - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Backlash after tap and go collection plate launched https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/10/01/backlash-after-tap-and-go-collection/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 07:20:30 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=112350 St. Mary's Cathedral in Australia is taking heat for implementing a tap and go collection plate. The Roman Catholic cathedral in Sydney announced the moved on its Facebook page, but the outcry was so swift that the post was deleted soon after. Read more

Backlash after tap and go collection plate launched... Read more]]> St. Mary's Cathedral in Australia is taking heat for implementing a tap and go collection plate.

The Roman Catholic cathedral in Sydney announced the moved on its Facebook page, but the outcry was so swift that the post was deleted soon after. Read more

Backlash after tap and go collection plate launched]]> 112350 Pay-wave collection plate in Paris church https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/03/08/pay-wave-collection-plate/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:20:32 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=104173 A Paris diocese says it will introduce a system allowing contactless card payments during Sunday's mass at Saint Francois de Molitor, a church located in an upscale and conservative Paris neighbourhood. Five connected collection baskets with a traditional design will be handed out to mass attenders during the service. They will choose on a screen Read more

Pay-wave collection plate in Paris church... Read more]]> A Paris diocese says it will introduce a system allowing contactless card payments during Sunday's mass at Saint Francois de Molitor, a church located in an upscale and conservative Paris neighbourhood.

Five connected collection baskets with a traditional design will be handed out to mass attenders during the service.

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Pay-wave collection plate in Paris church]]> 104173 Parish asks for lottery tickets to go in collection plate https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/10/23/parish-asks-for-lottery-tickets-to-go-in-collection-plate/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:05:38 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=78166 A cash-strapped parish in Italy has asked parishioners to put scratch and win lottery cards on the offertory plate rather than money. A flyer on a door of San Martino church in Cigola near Brescia announced the move. "We all know we need help," read the flyer. "So with a smile and without making givers Read more

Parish asks for lottery tickets to go in collection plate... Read more]]> A cash-strapped parish in Italy has asked parishioners to put scratch and win lottery cards on the offertory plate rather than money.

A flyer on a door of San Martino church in Cigola near Brescia announced the move.

"We all know we need help," read the flyer.

"So with a smile and without making givers uncomfortable or inviting the moralising of theologians, we're willing to give this a shot."

The church's decision has been motivated by its need to find funds to maintain its nursery while repairing the church's roof and oratory.

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Parish asks for lottery tickets to go in collection plate]]> 78166 New IPhone app creates ‘digital collection plate' https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/05/19/new-iphone-app-creates-digital-collection-plate/ Mon, 18 May 2015 19:07:56 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=71528 Catholics in San Francisco are now able to donate to their local church using a free iPhone app. The "digital collection plate" stems from a partnership between the Archdiocese of San Francisco and Evergive. It is also available on Android. The app also simplifies creating new donation categories for special causes, be they for Nepal Read more

New IPhone app creates ‘digital collection plate'... Read more]]> Catholics in San Francisco are now able to donate to their local church using a free iPhone app.

The "digital collection plate" stems from a partnership between the Archdiocese of San Francisco and Evergive.

It is also available on Android.

The app also simplifies creating new donation categories for special causes, be they for Nepal earthquake relief or for a local youth group.

The app will also serve as something of a digital community for members of the Catholic Church in San Francisco.

Through the app, users will receive updates, can join groups, share messages and prayers, and more.

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