Online Giving Instructions
NOTE: The following instructions and illustrations provided may differ from what you see on your screens as each church is able to customize various features of this web application.

Your Online Giving Home Page The Home Page of your Personal Online Giving account allows you to quickly enter a one-time contribution as your Sunday Offering, as well as a contribution to one or more of the Second or Special collections we have during the year. You can also see a summary of your giving activity. The “offering envelope” section lists the collections to which people give the most often, and also the Second or Special collections for the current month. You can enter an amount for one or more of these collections. Directly below the “envelope” is a list of other collections to which you can enter a donation. The Total Contribution at the bottom of the “envelope” includes the amounts entered in both lists. Payment – This field lets you select the bank account (or credit card) from which you want this contribution to be made. (Go to the Profile page to define your bank or credit account(s). Contribution Date – Today’s date displays, but you can change to a future date (up to 30 days in advance) if you want the contribution to be processed then.

Links - You can also click on links to –
-Edit basic personal information,
-View your giving history, or
-Set up a recurring contribution.
You can jump to one of the other pages of your account either by clicking on the toolbar or by clicking the graphic or text for the page you want to visit.

Profile Page
To update your profile, simply replace any information that is incorrect with your current information and click the Update Profile button.
• Field names that are in bold type are required. If you select the Update button without making an entry in one of these fields, red text (* Field Required) will display immediately after the field as a reminder to complete the information.
• Phone fields require a complete phone number with area code (and dashes between the segments) — 281-486-0337. Or, you may type parentheses around the Area Code and a hyphen following the prefix.
• Field names that are in regular type (Title, Suffix, etc.) are optional.
• Email – This email address is used to communicate with you about your online giving account. If you change email addresses, be sure to return here to update this field.

• Password – If you change the password, be sure to make note of it, as it will be required the next time you open your online giving account. No one at St. Bernadette has access to your password. If you lose your password, the login screen to this website has a Send Password option that will generate an automatic response to your email address with your username and a new password.

• Reminder – When this check box is marked, you will receive automated email reminders about making regular contributions. The reminders will be sent based on the Frequency selected here. Uncheck the box if you do not want to receive these reminders.

Update Profile
After making any entries in profile fields, click this button to update your account.

My Accounts
To define your bank and/or credit card account information that is used to make donations, click the My Accounts button to open the Accounts page. Use this page to enter or edit information on your bank account(s) from which contributions are to be made. As St. Bernadette has chosen to also accept contributions by credit card, you can edit or add credit card information. NOTE: The first five digits of any account number always display as “X’s” to protect your privacy.
Accounts
Any accounts that have been defined are displayed. You can click on Edit Account in the grid to modify information about that bank account or credit card.

Add Account Add Bank Account — Click here to jump to a page where you enter bank account information: Account Type, Name on Account, Bank Name, Routing Number, Account Number. See the sample check for the typical location of Routing and Account Numbers.

Add Card — Click here to jump to a page where you can enter credit card information: Card Type, Name on Card, Card Number, Card Expiration, Card Verification, Billing Zip Code.
Update Account — Select this button to save any changes. Once a bank account or credit card is defined, you are ready to enter a one-time contribution on the Home page or recurring contribution on the Contribute page.

Contribute/Recurring Page This page lets you set up one or more recurring contribution schedules. You must have first completed or verified the account from which the donation will be made. 1. This page is used only for defining Automated Contributions. Individual donations are entered on the Home page. 2. You can define more than one Automated Contribution, each with different Payment and/or Giving methods and different Collection and Amount entries. 3. You can define two Types of Automated Contributions: Continuous (no Ending Date is defined) and/or Date Range (both Starting and Ending Dates are defined). Please note: Monthly bank account transfers are more cost effective to the Parish than credit card or weekly donations. 4. Set Reminder – You may mark this check box to set an Automated Contribution so that a reminder notice will be sent seven (7) days in advance of when it will be processed. This will give you the opportunity to modify or stop the item before it is transmitted. 5. Active Contribution – You may unmark this check box to stop any processing of this item until you decide to re-activate it.

Giving Amounts
Accounts — Collections that have been defined by St. Bernadette to receive online contributions are listed. You can give to one or more collections at once.
Amount — Enter the dollar amount to be given to each collection.
Total — Verify this amount before proceeding.
Buttons
Make Contribution — Select this button to save your entry and the program will start your contributions to the Parish as and when you have indicated.
Delete Contributions — Use this button to stop an Automated Contribution record once the commitment has been fulfilled. If you make a mistake when entering an Automated Contribution this button will also stop the process. This has no impact on contributions that have already been processed.
Cancel — Select this button to return to the Home page without saving any entries.