National Make-a-Will Month Urges Estate Planning, Highlights 1,900 Church Bequest Donors
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Updated · catholicnewsherald.com · Aug 17
National Make-a-Will Month Urges Estate Planning, Highlights 1,900 Church Bequest Donors
3 articles · Updated · catholicnewsherald.com · Aug 17
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August’s National Make-a-Will Month is being used to push people to create or update wills and consider charitable bequests that can support ministries for years.
Dan Troy’s planned bequest will add to an endowment he created after his wife’s 2020 death, with the fund supporting Catholic Charities burial assistance for families who cannot cover funeral costs.
That endowment helped at least 2 families—Carolina, who needed cremation help for her sister, and Kathy, who faced her father’s funeral costs after a serious accident left her already struggling.
Catholic Charities’ Piedmont Triad office had exhausted its burial budget last fiscal year as need rose and costs increased, underscoring why permanent endowments are being promoted.
The Diocese of Charlotte says people who include the Church in their wills join its Catholic Heritage Society, which has nearly 1,900 members.