REQUESTING AN ALTAR FLOWER DONATION
Requesting an Altar Flower Donation is a spiritual and supportive way to celebrate, honor, and remember loved ones, both living and deceased. The cost of weekly flowers is $125. The colors and type of flowers will be determined by the Church Liturgical Calendar. In order to have the details of your donation in the bulletin, the online request must be completed a minimum of two weeks before your date of choice. If a request is received after the two-week minimum, donations are still welcomed but will not be listed in the bulletin. Thank you for your donation.
We offer two methods of requesting Altar Flower Donations:
Self-Service and Online or Manually with Office Assistance.
SELF-SERVICE AND ONLINE
OFFICE ASSISTED
OFFERINGS
ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR REQUESTING AN ALTAR FLOWER DONATION ONLINE
Follow the on-screen prompts and complete the fields to reserve your selection.
You will receive an email notification that your request has been received and is awaiting approval. Once a staff member reviews and processes the request, you will get a confirmation and payment receipt.
Complete the credit/debit card information for any offering you wish to make. To help the parish save the bank charge, you may add the processing fee ($0.55 per intention).
Donations made for Altar Flower Donations cannot be refunded. However, any offering can easily be transferred or rescheduled to a different week of your choosing, or we can “credit” you for future use. (Unused donations after one year of initial submission would not carry over to the following fiscal period.) To change the week of a scheduled Altar Flower Donation please email office@stmcary.org.
REQUESTING AN ALTAR FLOWER DONATION WITH OFFICE ASSISTANCE
If you do not wish to use the online portal, you may call or email the office for assistance. Any offerings made by check or cash must also be processed manually through the office. In order to protect your information, we prefer that offerings made via credit/debit card use the online portal; we prefer to not take credit/debit card information be taken over the phone. To help you most efficiently when calling the office for assistance for a request, please follow the guidelines below.
Call the Parish Office at 919-468-6100 to speak with a staff person during office hours. Monday to Thursday from 8am to 4:30pm and Friday from 8am to 12pm.
If leaving a message about a Mass Intention, please leave a call back number, the date you would like and the information cited above. In addition to a voicemail, you may also email the details to office@stmcary.org and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
PLEASE NOTE: In order to protect your information, we prefer that offerings made via credit/debit card use the online portal; we prefer to not take credit/debit card information be taken over the phone.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
CAN I MAKE A PRAYER REQUEST INSTEAD OF AN ALTAR FLOWER DONATION?
Yes, please email the name(s) to pastoralcare@stmcary.org.
HOW DO I MAKE AN OFFERING?
In order to protect your information, we prefer that you use a debit/credit card to donate online rather than call and provide that information on the phone. If you wish to use a check or cash, you will need to call the Parish Office at 919-468-6100 to arrange the Altar Flower Donation.
CAN I GET A REFUND?
Donations made for an Altar Flower Donation cannot be refunded. However, any offering can easily be transferred or rescheduled to a different date of your choosing, or we can “credit” you for future use. (Unused donations after one year of initial submission would not carry over to the following fiscal period.)
HOW DO I INDICATE THAT MY ALTAR FLOWER DONATION IS A 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OR 1ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY?
DO I HAVE TO MAKE A DONATION?
Yes, an offering for $125 is requested for Altar Flower Donations.
DO I HAVE TO LEAVE A NOTE?
No, you may leave it blank.
CAN I MAKE AN ADDITIONAL DONATION IN THE SAME TRANSACTION?
Yes, you may add the processing fee ($0.55 per intention) saving the parish the bank charge.