Many calls have come into our office recently about a very important piece of information, the tax letters for your giving to Saint John the Evangelist. As some of you may remember from this Fall, we were directed by the Diocese of Venice to switch to a new computer Church Management System, called ConnectNow, from ParishSOFT. This migration, as with any complex change, caused several delays, from new parishioners to envelope mailings. Most of the issues that popped up have been expertly handled by our amazing team in our front office, including Deb Marsh, Geri Jostes and Kathy Mooney. However, the new software has caused a delay in our ability to send out the tax letters. ParishSOFT would not allow for the letters to be printed until about a week ago, so our staff and volunteers have been working overtime to get them together. They are getting into the mail now and you should have them within the week.
Additionally, if you have generously given to our parish via our online program, you are able to print out your own statements. Simply log into the WeShare site (https://stjohntheevangelist.weshareonline.org/) and choose the “View Giving History” button. This will allow you to choose which year you would like to see and provide you with the printout of the statement.
We are very sorry for any delay this transition has caused and we are hopeful that there will not be further requirements for the future tax seasons now that we have completed the transition to our new system.