This process is described in detail in the previous nine articles in this series and in the Diocese of Reno Parish Stewardship Manual distributed to each parish. This is the regular weekly collection taken-up at mass each weekend. These monies provide for the normal operations of the Diocese and allow the diocese to provide a great many needed services to the parishes. Generally, we should aspire to give the biblical tithe, or ten percent of our gross income. Annual Appeal .
Every Catholic diocese conducts an annual appeal.
The catedraticum provided to the Diocese by parishes helps defray the cost of normal diocesan operations and activities. In the Diocese of Reno the annual appeal is the CSA, and it is much more directly focused on providing the funds necessary to shelter the homeless, minister to the sick and clothe the poor. In addition to supporting the underprivileged, the CSA also supports activities such as vocations, priest education, campus ministries and prison ministries. Capital Campaigns . There have been virtually no new parish construction projects for the past twenty years.