Parish Insurance for Mission

Since 2024, parishes have been contributing money, instead of traditional insurance premiums, into a Common Good Pool that will eventually accumulate up to $1 Million. This is not designed to cover property in the same way as a traditional insurance scheme, but rather, allow for the continuation of the Church's Mission in our Diocese should a disaster occur.

Should an event occur, all minor damage up to $25,000 is covered by the parish as maintenance cost.  Any response requiring investment of over $25,000 is assessed by the Diocesan Property Manager and approved or declined by the Diocesan Finance Committee, guided by the Disaster Management Plan.

The negotiated Disaster Management Plan for each Parish sets out the agreed initial and long term response in the case of catastrophic event. 

To maintain our Church's Mission, funds will be available to:

1.  rebuild an essential presbytery

2.  to support parish fundraising if there was the need to rebuild an essential church 

3.  to assist a parish with partial damage in the small, prespecified, number of situations identified within the Disaster Management Plan

The Disaster Management Plan is updated annually by Parish Finance Committees. The document displayed below. Please use your parish login to view and update the document.