"I ask you to consider estate planning for St. Jude Parish and School, so that your legacy will enable the parish and the school to continue their missions for many generations to come.  This is the way that your love for our parish and our school will carry on for years after you return home to God for all eternity.
 
Estate Planning is not limited to Wills and Bequests, which is the primary way to leave a legacy to the parish (90% of all planned gifts), but it includes outright cash gifts, stocks and mutual funds, life insurance, real estate, gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, etc.  If you are interested in any of these forms of estate planning, The Catholic Foundation has the professional resources to help you. Please see the very helpful Planned Giving Guide, which will explain the variety of ways you can leave a legacy to St. Jude church or school. Click the image or the document below to view the guide.
 
I would like to begin The St. Jude Church and School Legacy Society for parishioners who have or would like to leave a legacy to our parish or school.  This Legacy Society will be both spiritual and social. 

I thank those parishioners who reached out to me in recent months concerning Estate Planning.  If you have placed St. Jude Church or St. Jude School in your will or if you would be interested in learning more about Estate Planning, please talk to me after Mass or contact me by calling the parish office, 215-822-0179.

Sincerely, 
Monsignor Beach