The Catholic Steward Tuition Rate is designed to support Catholic families in our parish community through a tuition discount. Catholic Steward families are those who are dedicated to raising their children in the Catholic faith and are active in the parish community, and so we work hard to recognize their contributions to our parish and their families by making Catholic education that matches those values more affordable. These active families attend Sunday Mass regularly and serve in the community through the gifts of time, talent, and treasure, and we are grateful for their dedication. Applications are accepted from St. Michael the Archangel Church families applying for the Stewardship Tuition Rate at the following schools: St. Michael Preschool, St. Michael School, Cardinal Gibbons High School, and other Catholic schools in our area. St. Michael families applying for Catholic Steward Tuition must complete the St. Michael Stewardship Application form online, which can be found in the following link.

2024-2025 St. Michael Catholic Steward Tuition Rate Application Deadlines  

October 31, 2023 | Families with Returning Cardinal Gibbons High School Student(s)

January 12, 2024 | Families with a New Cardinal Gibbons High School Student(s)

March 1, 2024 | All Other Families 

Families who are moving to St. Michael the Archangel parish from out of the Triangle area are welcome to apply for the Catholic Steward rate by submitting a letter from their most recent parish Pastor. 

Families who are registered parishioners of St. Andrew the Apostle in Apex or Mother Teresa Parish in Cary are welcome to apply for the Catholic Steward Rate and should follow their own Pastor’s stewardship guidelines and application process.  

Families who are registered in other local diocesan parishes are welcome to apply for the Catholic Steward rate and should follow their own parish’s application process. Once approved, they need to submit a letter from their Pastor stating that they are eligible according to their parish criteria and that their Pastor is willing to pay St. Michael the Archangel the subsidy of $500 per year/per student. 

CRITERIA FOR THE ST. MICHAEL CATHOLIC STEWARD TUITION RATE 

Catholic Steward Family Attestation

Catholic Steward families are those who are dedicated to raising their children in the Catholic faith and are active in the parish community. Attesting that your family is a Catholic Steward Family is a requirement to recognize your contributions to our parish and your family. 

Registered St. Michael Parish Members

To recognize the dedication of our own members, families applying for the Steward Tuition Rate must be fully registered members of St. Michael the Archangel at the time of application. Fully registered families include at least one adult who is a baptized Catholic or RCIA-initiated Catholic and who have completed the parish registration process. Adult sacrament information (including exact dates, parish name, and parish address) will be requested if it has not already been provided. If you are a current member of St. Michael and would like to update your parish membership information, please complete this form: Member Update Form.

If you are unsure of your parish membership status, please contact: Kate Helmedag, Coordinator of Member Information at [email protected].

Age-appropriate Sacraments 

Reception of the Sacraments is a pivotal part of living out the Christian life, and we want to recognize that in this pursuit of Catholic education. Therefore, students are required to have received age-appropriate sacraments at the time of Steward Rate application. This means the following for all children: that they are baptized in the Catholic Church, or, if validly baptized in another Christian denomination, have made a Profession of Faith and come into Full Communion with the Catholic Church. For older children, this also means having received First Communion and Confirmation at the appropriate times.  

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE CATHOLIC STEWARD TUITION RATE:

  1. Complete the St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church Stewardship Application form and submit online. Only ONE APPLICATION PER FAMILY, PER SCHOOL YEAR is accepted so please include all of your children’s information. 
    1. Cardinal Gibbons High School families also need to complete and submit the CGHS Parish Affiliation form found on the CGHS website. 
    2. The 2024-2025 St. Michael Stewardship Application can be found here: 2024-2025 Application 
  2. ONLY IF REQUESTED: submit the original copies of children’s sacramental certificates to the St. Michael Parish Office. Sacramental certificates may be obtained from the parish in which the sacrament(s) were received—the parish of record. Official Certificates may be submitted to the Parish Office in the Trinity Center, and you will be notified when they are available for pickup.

Questions regarding Stewardship may be submitted by email to [email protected].