Nottingham Diocesan Charities The following is recommended by the Diocesan Solicitor for your use or that of your solicitor when making your will, should you wish to leave money to the Diocese or to your parish or for one of the special purposes of the Diocese (see below). “I GIVE free of tax the sum of *** to NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES (Registered Charity Number 1134449) of Willson House Derby Road Nottingham NG1 5AW generally and without imposing any binding trust or legal obligation but with the wish that it be used for <insert name of Parish/preferred purpose such as clergy formation (education and formation of priests and deacons and funding an office to promote vocations) or for poor and needy parishes or for sick and retired priests. If no such wish is expressed the bequest will be used as directed by the Board for the general purposes of the Diocese.> AND I DECLARE that the receipt of the Chief Operating Officer or other proper officer for the time being of the said charity shall be sufficient discharge to my Trustees. A legacy for a special purpose will be credited to one of the following ‘Restricted Funds’ of the Diocese: Clergy Formation Fund Poor and Needy Parishes Fund Lourdes Pilgrimage Fund Sick and Retired Priests Fund (a separate charity) Housekeepers’ Retirement Fund (a separate charity) Your solicitor should be advised that a Catholic parish has no legal status in English civil law. A legacy expressed to be in favour of a Catholic parish directly may be held to be void or at least require an application to a court to determine whether the legacy can stand.
Clergy Formation Fund (formerly the Ecclesiastical Education Fund)
“God promises his people that he will never leave them without shepherds to gather them together and guide them.” This quotation is from Pope John Paul II in Pastores Dabo Vobis, referring to God’s words in the prophecy of Jeremiah, “I shall give you shepherds after my own heart.” The Clergy Formation Fund has been set up to provide for the education of future priests and deacons, for the ongoing formation of the clergy and to fund an office for fostering vocations. A second collection is traditionally usually taken for this purpose on the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Additionally many are kind enough to consider a legacy to this fund in their will. The form of bequest used is shown at the top left of this page requesting that the legacy should be applied to the Clergy Formation Fund. The Fund has taken over from the Ecclesiastical Fund in order to make clear to donors that the new Fund is now to have the wider uses more appropriate to the provision of the Sacraments in today’s Church. As originally established that Fund was only for the education of future priests.
Diocesan Sick and Retired Priests Fund
This fund exists for the assistance of diocesan priests in times of sickness, and also receives applications for a grant to priests of the Diocese of Nottingham who retire, with the Bishop’s permission, through old age or ill health. On 1 April 2018, the Fund was providing assistance to a total of 34 sick or retired priests, with a forecast grant liability for retired priests of £235,000 for the year ending 31 March 2019. General inquiries and donations should be directed to the Diocesan Finance Office. The Clergy Health and Well-Being Co-Ordinator: Mrs Frances Cordes Saint Hugh’s House, 1 Castle Quay, NOTTINGHAM NG7 1FW 07340 776495 Trustees: Nottingham Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustees
Johnson or Secular Clergy Fund
OBJECT: The relief or maintenance of superannuated, sick, or disabled diocesan priests, ordained or affiliated to the Diocese of Nottingham. Anyone may become a benefactor by a donation or bequest (free
Nottingham Diocesan Yearbook
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