When making gifts of stock, it is preferable to transfer securities electronically from your brokerage firm to The Saint Paul Seminary's account at Merrill Lynch. 

Please contact both Merrill Lynch and The Saint Paul Seminary to get more information and to ensure a smooth transfer of funds:

• Merrill Lynch: Contact Gordon Bentley at (651) 298-1733 or Corinna Peterson at (651) 298-1711.
• The Saint Paul Seminary: Contact Nancy Johnson at (651) 962-5967 or nhjohnson@stthomas.edu.

When you make a planned gift that supports The Saint Paul Seminary, you ensure that seminarians receive solid formation to serve their parishes as faithful priests. And you ensure that graduate theology students grow in knowledge and faith, so that they may share their gifts with others.  In essence, your planned gift has a lasting impact on our Church and on our world.

The most common ways to make a planned gift to The Saint Paul Seminary include:

• a Bequest in a Will
• an IRA or Retirement Plan
• a Charitable Gift Annuity
• a Revocable Trust
• a Charitable Remainder Trust
• a Gift of Real Estate
• a Life Insurance Policy

Individuals who make a deferred gift or bequest to The Saint Paul Seminary are eligible to join the James J. and Mary Mehegan Hill Society, comprised of friends of The Saint Paul Seminary who sustain the work of priestly formation by remembering the seminary in their estate plan or who have made a gift of $5,000 or more to the seminary endowment.

A donor-advised fund is a unique charitable giving vehicle that allows individuals, families and organizations to contribute to a fund and then recommend grants to their favorite charitable causes. It combines the benefits of personal giving with the advantages of a professionally managed investment account, offering flexibility, convenience, and strategic philanthropy all in one.

To learn more about designating your donor-advised fund to The Saint Paul Seminary, contact your financial advisor or reach out to Nancy Johnson, director of institutional advancement operations, at nhjohnson@stthomas.edu.

Make your donation go further!  Many employers match charitable gifts made by their employees.  Check with your human resources department to see if your employer participates in a matching gift program. 

If your company does match gifts, please submit a completed matching gift form provided by your company.

The endowment at The Saint Paul Seminary provides a perpetual source of support for the seminary's mission.  Anyone can make a gift of any size to the seminary's general endowment.  Simply complete our online donation form and designate your gift to The Saint Paul Seminary endowment in the comments field.

You may also establish a designated or restricted endowment (now or as part of an estate gift) to honor a loved one or support a specific purpose (such as scholarships).  As an endowed fund, only a portion of the fund's investment income is used each year to support a specific component of the seminary's work which you may designate.  The fund's initial principle is retained, and the income provides the seminary with long-term, dependable resources.  

For more information about establishing a named endowed fund, contact Director of Institutional Advancement Tizoc Rosales at (651) 962-5056 or tizoc.rosales@stthomas.edu.

The Saint Paul Seminary has partnered with CARS Moving Forward Together, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that assists with all vehicle donations (running or not). This includes cars, trucks, RVs, trailers, motorcycles and more.

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