St Olaf Catholic Church

What St Olaf Catholic Church does

St. Olaf Catholic Church is a Catholic parish located at 3220 Monroe Street on the north side of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, operating under the Diocese of La Crosse. Founded in 1952 by Father Robert Agnew with 125 families, it now serves 1,000+ registered families through daily and weekend Mass (Tuesday-Friday 8:30 am, Saturday 5:00 pm, Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am), the seven sacraments, faith formation programs for children and adults, and a range of community ministries (PCCW, Men's Club, Sojourner House service, Casa Hogar mission trips, Vacation Bible School, RCIA, marriage and baptism preparation). The parish is staffed by a pastor (Fr. James Kurzynski), a business manager, a director of faith formation, a director of sacred music, administrative support, and maintenance personnel, with extensive lay volunteer participation.

The parish runs on a multi-channel digital platform that is standard for Catholic parishes: an LPi WeConnect website (saintolafparish.org), an active Facebook page, weekly bulletins distributed in-print and online, email communications, MP3 audio homilies, the My Parish App for iOS and Android (installed by texting 'App' to 55321), and the OSV Hub platform for online giving with recurring direct-payment capability. The Scrip gift card program purchases cards from 30+ retailers at 2-15% discounts and resells them at face value to parishioners, with the discount retained as fundraising revenue. There is no proprietary technology development; all digital tools are third-party, off-the-shelf parish-management and content-delivery products.

Revenue is generated through four streams: (1) tithes and offerings from 1,000+ families via weekly collections, special collections, and recurring online giving through OSV Hub; (2) the Scrip gift card program's retained 2-15% merchant discount; (3) annual fundraising events including Fun Fest (festival with car show, games, raffles, dinner) and Lenten Fish Fry dinners; and (4) Faith Formation tuition of $70 per student per year for the 2025-2026 program, with a $10 late fee after September 12, 2025. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Pricing on the only published fee (faith formation) is set as a low annual subscription, and the operating model is a non-profit religious organization under diocesan (not corporate) governance.

Name

St Olaf Catholic Church

Legal name

St. Olaf Catholic Parish

Website

https://saintolafparish.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

St. Olaf Catholic Church is a Catholic parish founded in 1952 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, serving 1,000+ registered families with daily Mass, sacraments, faith formation, school partnerships, and community programs, funded by tithes, Scrip gift card sales, and fundraising events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Eau Claire

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: The parish receives voluntary donations and tithes from its 1000+ registered families through weekly offerings, special collections, and online giving via the OSV Hub platform. Parishioners can set up direct payment (automatic monthly withdrawals) for their contributions.
2. Scrip Gift Card Program: The parish sells gift cards to over 30 businesses at a discount (2%-15%) and resells them at face value to parishioners. The discount percentage is retained by the parish as revenue. Available before/after weekend Masses and during office hours.
3. Fundraising Events: Annual community events including Fun Fest (annual festival with car show, games, raffles, and dinner) and Fish Fry generate revenue through ticket sales, raffle entries, and vendor participation fees.
4. Fish Fry Events: Lenten fish fry events where food is sold to community members attending the events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St. Olaf Catholic Church is a Catholic parish that provides weekly Mass, the seven sacraments, faith formation and religious education programs, sacramental preparation, and parish community events to 1,000+ registered families in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The parish operates under the Diocese of La Crosse and supplements on-site ministry with digital tools for online giving, communications, and parish engagement.

Product overview

St. Olaf Catholic Church operates as a traditional parish offering religious services and programs rather than a technology product company. Its digital offerings include the My Parish App for mobile access to spiritual content, Online Giving for donations, the Scrip Gift Card Program for fundraising, and various parish events including Fun Fest, Fish Fry, and Vacation Bible School. Faith Formation programs provide religious education to approximately 1000+ families. The parish also provides digital access to homilies through audio recordings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mass and Liturgical Worship Services Weekly Mass and Holy Day liturgical services for Catholic parishioners, including daily Mass and special liturgical celebrations. Targeted at registered parish families and visiting Catholics.
• Sacramental Celebrations Administration of the seven Catholic sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, First Holy Communion, Reconciliation (Confession), Marriage, Anointing of the Sick, and Holy Orders. For parishioners and their families seeking sacramental preparation and celebration.
• Faith Formation / Religious Education Program Religious education for children and adults covering Catholic doctrine, scripture, and spiritual growth, including sacramental preparation classes. For parish families and adult parishioners seeking continued faith formation.
• Parish Community Events and Ministries Parish-organized community events, fellowship gatherings, and lay ministry opportunities designed to build community and service among parishioners. For registered parish families and community members.
• Online Giving / Stewardship Digital donation and stewardship giving platform (OSV Hub) allowing parishioners to make one-time or recurring financial contributions to the parish. For registered parishioners and benefactors.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Diocese of La CrossecoreOthersSt. Olaf Parish operates under the Diocese of La Crosse. The Diocese provides episcopal oversight, liturgical guidance, and administrative framework. Bishop Battersby is the current bishop. The Diocese of La Crosse Facebook page is followed by the parish for official communications.
• Regis Catholic SchoolsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt. Olaf Parish is a proud supporter and partner of Regis Catholic Schools in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The parish actively promotes Catholic education and some parishioners' children attend these schools.
• McDonell Catholic SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSome St. Olaf parishioners participate in McDonell Catholic Schools in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
• Vatican ObservatoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPastor Fr. James Kurzynski collaborates with the Vatican Observatory as an author, presenter, and hobby astronomer, sharing the Catholic Church's support for science. The parish promotes the Vatican Observatory's official blog 'Sacred Space Astronomy' and its Facebook page.
• Sojourner HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt. Olaf Parish displays 'the hands of Christ' through service at Sojourner House among other service ministries, providing support to those in need in the community.
• LPi (WeConnect)Technology or IntegrationThe parish website and digital communications are powered by LPi's WeConnect platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Tithe.ly: Tithe.ly is a church giving and engagement platform offering mobile giving, text-to-give, and parish app solutions directly comparable to St. Olaf's My Parish App and online giving functionality.
• Planning Center (Church Center): Planning Center provides church management software (check-ins, groups, registrations, giving) used by thousands of churches. It competes in the parish management system category alongside OSV Hub that St. Olaf uses.
• Subsplash: Subsplash is a church engagement platform offering mobile apps, giving, media, and events tools. Its church app offering directly competes with the My Parish App solution used by St. Olaf for digital parishioner engagement.
• Our Sunday Visitor (OSV): OSV is the technology and content provider powering St. Olaf's online giving platform (OSV Hub). As a Catholic publishing and parish services company, OSV serves thousands of parishes with similar digital infrastructure, making it a directly comparable ecosystem enabler.
• Pushpay: Pushpay is a leading church giving and engagement platform serving thousands of churches including Catholic parishes. It competes in the same digital giving category that St. Olaf accesses through OSV Hub, serving an overlapping customer base of religious congregations.
• Flocknote: Flocknote is a parish and diocese communication platform for email, text, and group messaging. It serves the same Catholic parish communications use case as St. Olaf's email bulletins and Facebook communications.
• Breeze ChMS: Breeze is a church management software platform serving small to mid-sized churches with people, giving, and communication tools. It operates in the same parish management software category as the OSV platform St. Olaf uses.
• LPi (Liturgy Publications): LPi powers St. Olaf's website, bulletins, and WeConnect communications platform. LPi serves Catholic parishes nationally with website, bulletin, and digital communications tools, making it a directly comparable technology enabler serving the same customer base.
• Catholic Extension: Catholic Extension is a national Catholic fundraising and mission support organization that channels donations to under-resourced dioceses and parishes. It shares St. Olaf's Catholic donor base and mission-driven fundraising model, serving as a comparable ecosystem participant.

Broad incumbents

• EWTN Global Catholic Network: EWTN is the largest Catholic media network in the world, providing faith-based content that complements parish-level programming. While much larger and operating at national scale, EWTN shares the Catholic audience and content distribution model with parish-level digital offerings like St. Olaf's homily recordings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SaintOlafEauClaireWi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-olaf-catholic-church

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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