Our parish’s only source of income comes from you through offertory collections and other charitable donations. There are several options available to you.
Online Bill Pay
Set up online bill pay through your bank. Go to your bank’s website and set up St. Agnes or St. Matthias as the vendor you wish to pay. If you use offertory envelopes, use that as your account number. (An account number is not imperative). The bank will send us a paper check which will be deposited into the offertory collection. You can choose when to send the payment (one time or recurring, i.e. weekly, monthly). You can set up to pay an unlimited number of bills for up to a year in advance.
Mail Your Check
Mail your check (with or without an offertory envelope) directly to the church.
Please use 22 Haigh Avenue, Niantic 06357 as the mailing address (even if your check is written to St. Matthias). That will help us to facilitate the collection of mail at one location. Deposits will be made as the mail is received at our office.
Offertory Collection Boxes
Make your in-person donation during Mass. Collection boxes are available at the doors of both St. Agnes and St. Matthias.
AmazonSmile
AmazonSmile is a simple way to support your church community at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your church. Type ‘smile.amazon.com’ into your web browser and then choose the ‘Get started’ box from the newly opened webpage. Login as you normally would with your Amazon email and password. Then, look for the AmazonSmile tab on the left, search for ‘St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church’ of East Lyme, CT and select it as the recipient from the 2 other entries. Every time you shop through the AmazonSmile portal the church will receive up to 0.5% of the order. This is a simple way to help our church especially with the increase in on-line shopping. At this time, St. Agnes Catholic Church is currently not registered as a charity on that list.
