2006 Grant Highlights

   
  In 2001, the Catholic Foundation began awarding grants to four main areas throughout the Diocese of Pueblo.  To date, a total of $691,281.83 has been distributed.  At the June 16, 2006 Pueblo Dinner Gala, the Board of Directors awarded $185,597 in grants.  Below is a list of grant recipients.
   
$111,000 Seminarian Education and Formation Fund
 


The Catholic Foundation Board of Directors awarded $111,000 to the Diocesan Vocation's Office to assist in the costs of educating seminarians studying fro the priesthood.  Seminarians are currently enrolled in Meinrad, St. Meinrad, Indiana; St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, MN; Sacred Heart of School of Theology, Hales Corners, WI; Conception Seminary College, Conception, MO; Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO; Santa Maria de Guadalupe, Mexico; University of Tepic and Prepatory Seminary Leonides Michoacan, Tepic, Nayarit.

$10,000 Humanitarian Concern Grants - $10,000
$4,000

 

  •  Hispanic Affairs Pastoral Project (HAPP), Grand Junction Deanery  - To assist in training of HAPP directors, board members and other local community Hispanic leaders.
$5,000
  •  Los Pobres Center, Avondale - For direct services to poor immigrants and the economically indigent in their rural community.
$49,946 Parish and Mission Assistance Fund
$31,169

 

  •  Saint Paul the Apostle, Pueblo West -  To carry out the beginning construction of a new church in Pueblo West.
$3,000
  •  Saint Joseph Parish, Monte Vista  - To aid the parish in replacing the deteriorating carpet in the church office and hallways.
$5,000

 

 

  •  Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Pueblo - To replace/repair the tempered glass for the "Assumption of Mary into Heaven" historical window.
$1,000
  •  San Juan Community, Monte Vista  - Help repair the building "La Casita de Jesus Retreat Center".  A historically significant cultural religious site.
$500
  • Sacred Heart Parish, Avondale - To purchase religious education material sin both English and Spanish for children and adults.
$1,500
  • Holy Name of Mary, Del Norte - Repair and replacement of carpet in main church structure.
$4,000
  • Saint Ann Parish, Palisade - Repairs to church structure, including roof, bathrooms and boiler system.
$1,777
  • Saint Francis Church, Pueblo -  Replace the water heater in the kitchen of the parish hall and additional upgrades.
$2,000
  • Historic Southside Catholic Community, Pueblo  - School supplies needed for children's religious education classrooms.
   
$15,650 Catholic School Tuition and Education Fund
$10,000
  • Saint Therese Catholic School, Pueblo - Tuition assistance for low-income students.
$2,650


 

 

  • Office of Worship and Spiritual Life, Pueblo  - Scholarships for lay ministers and volunteers to attend national training conference.

 

$3,000
  • Saint Columba School, Durango - Towards replacement of heating system and boiler in Hauser Building.
   
 

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