Parish Registry Program Launched by CatholicChurchSupply.com, a Division of Aquinas and More Catholic Goods
COLORADO SPRINGS, July 19 /
Christian Newswire/ -- The nation's largest online Catholic church supply source, and leading Catholic information provider, Aquinas and More Catholic Goods, announces the launch of its new parish registry program.
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parish gift registry program at CatholicChurchSupply.com works very much the same as wedding registry programs work in conventional retail stores. In this case, a parish selects items it would like to acquire, through the registry program, and parishioners or other benefactors then purchase those items for the parish.
Online parish registries can be set up by parishes anywhere in the country and they offer a great degree of flexibility. A parish no longer needs to be physically near a church supply store to purchase the church supplies they regularly use. Many brick and mortar church supply stores have closed in recent years, limiting availability of church supplies to many parishes. This new, online registry option opens a new era in church supply retailing.
Parish registries are especially helpful for financially challenged parishes, parishes undergoing a remodel, and for parishes yet to be built.
"These parish 'wish lists' are an excellent way for parishes to get the church supplies they need while not having to spend money from their declining weekly collections. We know that many parishes are hurting during this economic downturn so we created the parish registry program to help." says Ian Rutherford, President and founder of Aquinas and More.
"We developed this idea when the pastor of one of our local parishes told us how much people like to give "tangible" gifts to the parish. They take additional pride in being able to give something lasting, something visible, to their parish. We set up a registry for his parish and the parishioners spent thousands of dollars on church supplies. This was a great help, financially, to a relatively small parish." says Mike Davis, Sales and Product Manager at Aquinas and More.
CatholicChurchSupply.com, a division of Aquinas and More Catholic Goods, was launched in 2006 to provide a reliable on-line source for Catholic church supplies
