Read about our donors and the impact they are having on our community.
Deacon Martin “Marty” Eisert knows firsthand the financial struggle many face to give their children a Catholic education. He established the Deacon Martin P. Eisert Scholarship Endowment for Cathedral Preparatory School to provide tuition assistance to students in financial need.
There’s no doubt about it: Sister Denise Mosier, OSB, was an extraordinary spirit. Family and friends consistently use the words joy and love when describing her.
Eldred, PA
Paul Sullivan remembers fondly the years his family lived in Eldred, Pennsylvania and attended Saint Raphael Parish. Fast-forwarding many years, and after leading lives far away from one another, the Sullivan siblings are collaborating today in a special way.
Throughout her career as an attorney helping those on the margins of society and in her current role as an associate of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, Edith Benson is someone who sees Jesus in everyone and everyone as her neighbor. When considering the lasting legacy she will leave, it made sense for her to find a way to continue to help those in most need beyond her lifetime.
When Bill Steger realized he will mark his 50th year as a parishioner of Saint George Parish in Erie in the same year the parish celebrates its 100th anniversary he wondered – how can I give back to this community in a special way?
Visionary donors, Jane and Mike Zavasky, sought out the Catholic Foundation of Northwest Pennsylvania as a partner to make a meaningful impact on Catholic schools through charitable giving.
A humble upbringing, a remarkable call to the Catholic faith and a fulfilling career as a lawyer in a non-profit law firm highlight the path that brought Edith Benson to the Catholic Foundation of Northwest Pennsylvania.
John and Rose DeMarco are surely smiling from heaven as their son, Dale, says that everything about him was passed to him by his parents. The DeMarcos were faith-filled and practical people. Dale’s father was a full-time, blue-collar worker and his mother worked part-time when she wasn’t busy looking after her two sons.
Admiration for Monsignor James "Fr. Pete" Peterson and Bishop Lawrence Persico inspire gifts to the endowments bearing their names and supporting causes important to them.