Giving Tuesday Now is a global day of giving to help nonprofits around the world. Please consider making a gift today. Your gift supports our diocesan ministries that reach out to so many families. Thank you for your continued support! #GIVINGTUESDAYNOW
Seventeen years ago, the Catholic Foundation established the Seminarian Collection with the theme, “Hope for the Future, Help Them Today!” This effort grew from a second collection in the first few years, to a mailing that reached every registered household in our diocese. Over the history of the collection, more than 100,000 gifts totaling nearly …
“Give and you will receive a hundred-fold. It’s amazing how giving is good for the soul,” shared Ken Deterville, who along with his wife Ruth, started the St. Faustina Endowment for Catholic Charities. The Detervilles’ generous and sustaining gift funds the services Catholic Charities provides for expectant birth mothers through their adoption program.
Thanks to the tremendous generosity of many people in our parishes, the 2021 Catholic Foundation Missionary Cooperation Plan Appeal (MCP) raised a record $425,260.65 in support of missionary groups. $11,191,07 was distributed to each of the missionary groups that participated in our 2021 Appeal. This is the largest-ever distribution provided through our MCP.
The Catholic Foundation is hiring. Be part of the great impact the Foundation has on our Catholic communities across northeastern Wisconsin. If you are interested in joining our caring and dedicated team, we look forward to hearing from you!
During this Holy Easter season, we rejoice with the disciples in Christ’s resurrection. Our risen Lord is our salvation and our renewal. On behalf of the Catholic Foundation, we wish you a most Happy Easter filled with the joy and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Lourdes Academy in Oshkosh is making their dream of a unified campus for students from 4-year-old Kindergarten to grade 12 a reality. In recognition of this success of this campus building project, Bishop David Ricken celebrated Mass and blessed part of the new building during a visit to Lourdes Academy.
The Bishop’s Appeal provides for youth ministry programs by supporting those who minister to young people in our parishes. Youth ministers in our Diocese are educating and inspiring these young people to grow deeper in their Catholic faith.
Your gift to the Bishop’s Appeal makes it possible for Catholic Charities to help thousands of people in Northeast Wisconsin. For many in our communities, Catholic Charities can provide a lifeline of hope. Their caring counselors live their faith and work to share the healing love of our Lord with those who need it most.
“It is sacred furniture that is set apart for holy things, to be the table of the Lord himself, where His Body and Blood are offered every time we have Mass,” said Bishop David Ricken. Bishop Ricken was speaking about the consecration of a new altar at Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Green Bay. The parish was able to make the renewal of their sanctuary a priority through the one by One capital campaign.
