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Paying It Forward to Help our Seminarians “I pray for vocations every day,” shared Mary Ann Parie before she passed away last fall.  “We need priests.  I don’t want money to be the barrier for them to enter the seminary.” Mary Ann created the Msgr. Joseph Marx and Rev. Henry J. Arens Endowment for Seminarians.  […]

“The world needs the full embrace of God’s love now more than ever.  Rising in Faith we can welcome, heal and educate!  It’s our opportunity to lift one another up and help one another see the real purpose and meaning of life,” said Bishop Ricken in his Bishop’s Corner article in The Compass. To read

“Faith can move mountains.” — Matthew 17:20 As Catholics we are called to actively live out our faith, rise to the challenge of the Gospel and share the love of Jesus with all people.  Gifts raised through the Bishop’s Appeal support the mission and ministries of the Diocese of Green Bay. These ministries help young

The Catholic Foundation has helped the Diocese of Green Bay launch the one by One campaign.  This mission campaign will raise funds to strengthen and ensure the future of our parishes by addressing their critical needs, enhance Catholic education, broaden social services programs and ministries and help support our seminarians. To learn more about the

As we usher in a new year and decade, all of us here at the Catholic Foundation are grateful for your continued support.  Thank you for your dedication to serving our parishes, Catholic schools and communities.  Because of your wonderful generosity, the Catholic Foundation has grown to more than $100 million and has distributed more

“And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star.” – MT 2:9-10 Like the magi, let us see the presence of God shining through and leading us to the Holy Child and

The Catholic Foundation celebrates 20 years of impacting lives thanks to your generosity!  What started as a vision by Bishop Robert J. Banks in 1997 has grown to more than $90 million today. Families partner with the Foundation to create a legacy for future Catholic generations.  Gifts are used for education, ministry and social service

As this year comes to an end, it is a time to count our blessings.  We are very thankful for you!  With your support, we raised more than $5.9 million from 27,993 families and individuals.  Your gift to the Bishop’s Appeal helped bring joy to young couples wanting to start their family through Adoption Services

World Mission Sunday is a day for Catholics worldwide to recommit to the Church’s mission through prayer and sacrifice. Your gift helps places like Uganda where people face food uncertainty and violence, the Philippines where local clergy face martyrdom, Oceania where people’s livelihoods are threatened by climate change and remote regions of Latin America where

As we celebrate a national holiday, Independence Day, may we all take time to relax, safely visit with family and friends and thank God for the many gifts He has given us. Happy 4th of July from the Catholic Foundation!  In observance of this holiday, our office will be closed  Friday, July 3.  We will