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Compensation and Benefits

Clergy Compensation:

  • Standard Clergy Compensation Guidelines (2022)

Health Insurance:

To help parish employees understand their health benefits, you’ll find important information about active clergy and lay employee benefits here:

  • Medical Open Enrollment Letter to Employees (2023)
  • Health Insurance Plans Comparison Chart (2023)
  • Health and Dental Insurance Rates (2022-2023)

For more information on health insurance benefits, please visit the Health and Wellness page of the Church Pension Group website.


Flexible Spending Accounts:

Download the following information for FSA enrollment:

  • FSA letter to employees (2022)
  • FSA enrollment brochure

Employee Assistance Programs:

Care & Counseling

The Diocese of Missouri has teamed up with Care and Counseling to provide pastoral care and counseling to diocesan clergy, employees and their families. Care and Counseling is a center staffed by ordained and non-ordained pastoral care consultants and pastoral counselors. The Pastoral Care and Employee Assistance Program is meant to address family, marital and relationship problems at home and at work. Consultation is also offered to clergy concerned about an individual or an issue within a church setting.

The Diocese will pay for up to five sessions through this program. To access your benefits simply call Care and Counseling at 314-878-4340 and ask for the Episcopal Diocese Pastoral Care and Employee Assistance Coordinator.

CIGNA Behavioral Health

Clergy and lay members, and their covered dependents, enrolled in a Church Medical Trust plan through the Diocese have access to EAP benefits through Cigna Behavioral Health. Assistance is available for work, life, and family issues. EAP services are free, confidential and cover unlimited telephonic consultations and up to 10 face-to-face counseling sessions per issue.

To access benefits call Cigna Behavioral Health at 866-395-7794 or login to www.cignabehavioral.com using Employer ID Episcopal.


Additional resources will be added to this page as they become available.

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For more info, contact:

Canon Desiree Brattin
Canon for Finance & Administration
314-231-1220, ext. 1371 
Rita Benson
Finance Assistant & Benefits Administration
314-231-1220, ext. 1384 

Canon Desiree Brattin

Canon for Finance & Administration
314-231-1220, ext. 1371 |

Desiree has been a member of the Bishop's staff in the Diocese of Missouri since 1994. She has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville and was given the title of Canon by Bishop Deon Johnson in 2020. She is married to Travis Brattin and has two children.

Rita Benson

Finance Assistant & Benefits Administration
314-231-1220, ext. 1384 |

Rita has worked for the Diocese of Missouri since 2011. She has a bachelor of science degree in business administration, with an emphasis in finance. Before coming to the diocese, Rita worked as a software computer specialist contractor for IBM and as an accounting coordinator for a local broadcasting company. Rita is married to Lewis Benson and the couple has two children and one grandson. Rita is from a large family and absolutely loves family gatherings!

Rita's duties include:

  • Changes in health, life, and disability insurance benefits, open enrollment, CPG
  • Changes in employee status
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • General check requests
  • Accounts receivables and payables
  • UTO Grants
  • Diocesan program financial reports
  • Parochial reports
  • Background checks
  • Diocesan payroll (not individual parish payroll)
Financial Compensation and Benefits Diocesan Investment Trust Grants and Loans Parochial Report


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