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St. John the Baptist, Johnsburg
2302 W. Church Street
Johnsburg, IL 60051

Building and Maintenance Endowment Society
The purpose of this endowment is to provide a permanent, secondary source of earnings to St. John the Baptist, Johnsburg, Illinois to be used for repairs and improvements to the Church building. 10% of the annual earnings will be reinvested into the corpus prior to making a withdrawal from current earnings. If a withdrawal is not needed in a particular year, current earnings will be designated as retained earnings after the 10% reinvestment into corpus. The pastor should consult the St. John's Endowment Society prior to making a withdrawal of either current or retained earnings.

Cemetery Endowment
The purpose of the Endowment Program is to provide, through a program of planned giving, financial resources for the long-term continuation and growth of St. John the Baptist parish, its mission, programs and physical plant, and to provide the financial means to enable St. John the Baptist Church of Johnsburg, IL to meet its changing needs and demands. The Cemetery Endowment (created by Father Blitsch) is used as a conduit for gifts designated for the maintenance of St. John the Baptist Cemetery or for the perpetual care of individual cemetery sites and for the purchase and development of additional cemetery property.

Fr. Blitsch Parish Endowment
The purpose of the Endowment Program is to provide, through a program of planned giving, financial resources for the long-term continuation and growth of St. John the Baptist parish, its mission, programs and physical plant, and to provide the financial means to enable St. John the Baptist Church of Johnsburg, IL to meet its changing needs and demands. The Father Blitsch Education Endowment is to provide funds for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the Parish educational facilities, programs and goals and such other uses as may provide education in Catholic doctrine and principles to all.

Religious Education (1) Endowment
The earnings from this account are used at the discretion of the pastor to insure quality Catholic education at St. John the Baptist Catholic School for future generations.

Religious Education (2) Endowment
The account has been established in November 2000, by the Board of Directors of the McHenry County Catholic Education Foundation with funds from the dissolution of the Foundation to continue the purposes as designated when the Foundation was established in 1973. To operate exclusively for religious, educational, and charitable purposes. To provide financial support to all facets of Catholic education within the parish including Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Adult education, and any other present or future Catholic education programs. To reduce, but not guarantee the reduction of parish assessments levied to meet operating costs of the religious education programs; to reduce but not guarantee the reduction of tuition, fees and other assessments levied against students participating in the religious education programs; to reduce but not guarantee the reduction of the cost of education for needy students by providing scholarships; and to assist any other worthy educational programs or projects.

School Endowment
This account was established in November 2000, by the Board of Directors of the McHenry County Catholic Education Foundation with funds from the dissolution of the Foundation to continue the purposes as designated when the Foundation was established in 1973. To operate exclusively for religious, educational, and charitable purposes. To provide financial support to all facets of Catholic education within the school including full-time academic and religious training in the school and any other present or future Catholic education programs. To reduce, but not guarantee the reduction of parish assessments levied to meet operating costs of the school; to reduce but guarantee the reduction of tuition, fees and other assessments levied against students attending the school; to reduce but not guarantee the reduction of the cost of education for needy students by providing scholarships; and to assist any other worthy educational programs or projects.

Youth Ministry Endowment
The earnings from this account are used at the discretion of the pastor to provide, encourage and enhance on-going catechesis for our Youth Ministry Program now and in future years to come.