While the Pastoral Center will close at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 23, 2025 for the Christmas and New Year holidays and will reopen on Wednesday, January 5, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. The Office of Development will observe abbreviated hours (10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.) on December 29th and December 31st to ensure end of year donations are received and acknowledged appropriately.
Please note:
- all emails and phone calls will be returned in the order they are received.
- all donations received through our secure online giving page before midnight on 12/31/2025 will be credited to the 2025 tax year.
- all donations postmarked on or before 12/31/2025 and received before 1/9/2026 will be credited to the 2025 tax year. Please mail donations to:
Diocese of Saint Petersburg
ATTN: Gift Processing Team
PO Box 40200
St. Petersburg, FL 33743-0200
May the Lord bless you and those you love this Christmas season and throughout the coming year!
+ Catholic Ministry Appeal
+ Disaster Relief
+ Cash or Check
Direct donations of cash or check can be made to a variety of ministries and programs, including but not limited to Catholic Ministry Appeal, Parish Campaigns, Catholic Charities, or SpiritFM. When making a direct donation, it is vital for donors to include clear instructions on the intended recipient of this gift. Direct donations of personal checks/cash can be sent directly to the Diocese along with clear instructions of the intended recipient to this address:
Diocese of Saint Petersburg
ATTN: Gift Processing Team
PO Box 40200
St. Petersburg, FL 33743-0200
Other methods for personal contributions include using your credit or debit card. To make a credit card or debit card gift today, please click here.
For questions concerning direct donations, please contact the Gift Acceptance Team 727-341-6841.
+ Stock, IRA and Matching Gifts
All stock, IRA, and matching gift donations will be credited directly to the parish, school, or diocesan entity designated by the donor and in accordance with the donors’ wishes. These donations are processed through the Gift Acceptance Team of the Diocese of Saint Petersburg, and will be credited directly to the fund indicated by the donor in accordance with the donors’ wishes.
⨳ Stock Gifts
If donating stock, we request that the donor notify the Gift Acceptance Team by email at stock-iradonations@dosp.org (PDF form click here) and provide us with the number of shares, the name of the stock(s)/security(ies) being gifted, which diocesan entity the gift is to benefit, and how you wish your gift to be applied using the form below.
The mailing address is as follows:
Diocese of Saint Petersburg
ATTN: Gift Acceptance Team
P.O. Box 40200
St. Petersburg, FL 33743-0220
FOR DIRECT TRANSFERS (Broker to Broker) to the Diocese of Saint Petersburg and all diocesan entities, please use one of the following authorized listed brokerages:
Raymond James
Contact person: Colin Long
Email: colin.long@RaymondJames.com
Phone: (727) 567-8893
Address: 880 Carillon Parkway-32E
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Contact person: Robert Carney
Email: Robert.Carney@RaymondJames.com
Phone: (813) 634-5536
Address: 133 S. Pebble Beach Blvd., 1st Floor
Sun City Center, FL 33573
⨳ IRA
To initiate a donation from an IRA, the steps are:
- Contact the IRA plan administrator.Provide the IRA plan administrator with the following information:
- the Tax ID number and mailing address the gift should be sent to (Diocese of Saint Petersburg, ATTN: Gift Acceptance Team, PO Box 40200, St. Petersburg, FL 33743-0220) the total amount to contribute gift allocation. One distribution can be used to support multiple diocesan entities and ministries. For example, a total qualified charitable distribution of $10,000 can be split as follows: $1,000 for the offertory of “Parish Name”; $5,000 for the Catholic Ministry Appeal for “Parish Name”; $2,500 for the Capital Campaign for “Parish Name”; $1,500 for the endowment for Catholic Charities, DOSP.
⨳ Matching Gifts
Some companies match the charitable contributions of their employees or retirees dollar for dollar. As a registered not-for-profit, gifts to diocesan programs, services and schools sometimes qualify. Please contact your company’s Human Resources office to find out if they support a matching gift program. We request that the donor notify the Gift Acceptance Team by filling out the form below.
+ Parish Campaigns
+ Spirit FM
Celebrate the Spirit of Christmas with Spirit FM’s 72 hours of Christmas music and join Bishop Parkes at 10 PM live from the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle and celebrate the Nativity of the Lord.
Text Spirit FM at 1-800-223-9286!
You can now text our announcers in the studio by texting 1-800-223-9286 to participate in the conversation! Have questions, concerns, or prayer requests? Let them know!We also have text groups! You can join…
- The Spirit FM text group by texting “SPIRITFM” to 84576.
- Our Spirit Lifters text group by texting “SPIRITLIFTER” to 84576… you’ll want to join this group to get uplifting Bible and Saint quotes sent to you every day at noon!
- Our Contest text group by texting “CONTEST” to 84576… you’ll want to join this group to get a heads-up on giveaways and more!
- The Spirit FM Morning Show’s text group by texting “MORNING” to 84576.
- The Way Home text group by texting “WAYHOME” to 84576.
Visit https://www.myspiritfm.com/ to learn more!