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Our Lady of Peace Parish, Erie

Our Lady of Peace Parish, Erie

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Catholic Foundation of Northwest Pennsylvania

provides a permanent and secure funding stream to strengthen and grow the Church's mission and ministries in Northwest Pennsylvania.

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Worship Evenings Bring Eucharistic Fervor

Worship Evenings Bring Eucharistic Fervor

"Father, we need this." A parishioner at Saint Joseph Parish in Lucinda said this to their pastor in response to the parish plan to hold a series of evenings of Eucharistic worship in collaboration with two other parishes in their region. A Catholic Foundation grant helped to make their plans a reality.

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Loftus Endowment Funds Future Needs

Loftus Endowment Funds Future Needs

Tom and Chris Loftus wanted to do something meaningful to help ease the challenges faced by their community's indigent population. "Money invested where Catholic principles are going to be applied," was meaningful to them. The endowment they established in the Catholic Foundation will provide resources in perpetuity to the work of Catholic Charities.

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Keeping the Parish Warm

Keeping the Parish Warm

Saint Callistus Parish in Kane used their 2019 endowment distribution to meet an unexpected parish need.

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Lisa Louis (Executive Director) presents grant awards to Susannah Faulkner (Neighborhood Network), John Collins and Samantha Stump (St. James Haven), Shelby Folga (St. Patrick's Haven) and Sr. Carol Morehouse, SSJ

RECENT NEWS & UPDATES

Catholic Foundation Awards $66,343 in Catholic Social Ministry Grant Cycle

The Catholic Foundation of Northwest Pennsylvania is pleased to announce eleven grants totaling $66,343 were awarded to support nine projects during its 2023 Catholic Social Ministry Grant cycle. Grants are awarded in this area to ministries and projects that embrace and align with Catholic social teaching and are answering the Gospel call to respond to needs within the community.