The Ro­man Catholic Church in Trinidad and To­ba­go is pi­lot­ing dig­i­tal of­fer­ings across six church­es. Ac­cord­ing to The Catholic News, “This ini­tia­tive forms part of the arch­dio­cese’s on­go­ing ef­forts to make stew­ard­ship safer, eas­i­er, and more ac­ces­si­ble while sup­port­ing parish­es in their pas­toral and ad­min­is­tra­tive work.”

The pi­lot project will utilise End­Cash, the se­cure dig­i­tal pay­ment op­tion that al­lows the faith­ful to make parish con­tri­bu­tions us­ing their mo­bile phones. Through this sys­tem, parish­ioners can make con­tri­bu­tions by scan­ning a QR code dis­played in their parish, with­out the need to han­dle cash or cheques.

The six church­es across the arch­dio­cese in­clude St Joseph, St Joseph, St Mary’s, St James, St Fin­bar’s, Diego Mar­tin, Our La­dy of Per­pet­u­al Help, San Fer­nan­do, San­ta Rosa, Ari­ma and St Joseph, Scar­bor­ough, To­ba­go.