Catholic Foundation
Grants Distributed to Local Parishes and Programs
The Foundation of the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Buffalo has announced the disbursement of more than 20 grants
totaling $79,925 through the 2006 Request for Proposal for Catholic Education
Funding. The 23 awards support Catholic
education efforts at four high schools, 17 parish religious education programs
and two diocesan initiatives.
In addition to the grants, the
Foundation also authorized $125,000 in support of the Catholic School Development
Program (CSDP), an extension of the International Education Foundation. In a move to bolster efforts to strengthen
Catholic education, the Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has
partnered with the CSDP to effect change in the financial, administrative and
governance structure of Catholic elementary schools by providing free
consulting services for marketing, fund raising, management and
governance.
The proceeds from the annual Celebrate Catholic Education dinner and
Foundation endowments in support of Catholic education supply the funds for the
grant awards. The 2006 RFP for Catholic
Education Funding received 64 applications requesting more than $200,000 in
funding.
For more information or to donate in
support of Catholic education, please contact the Foundation at 847-8370 or visit
their Web site, www.frcdb.org.
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Foundation
of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo
2006
Recipients
|
St. Gerard
Church (Buffalo), St. James Church, Gerard Place, Buffalo |
$10,000 |
Summer
Bible camp and year round after school programming |
|
St. Martin
de Porres (Buffalo), SS. Columba-Brigid
(Buffalo) |
$4,100 |
Generations
in Faith religious education, Vacation Bible School, and Confirmation
programs |
|
Holy Angels
Church (Buffalo), St. Florian Church (Buffalo),
Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Sisters of St. Mary of Namur |
$ 10,000 |
Evangelization
of Hispanics |
|
Our Lady of
Loretto, Central Buffalo Ministries, Sisters of St.
Mary of Namur |
$ 8,800 |
Catechetical
materials and leadership training |
|
Corpus
Christi Church (Buffalo) |
$ 3,000 |
Bibles,
textbooks and catechetical resources, desk, computer |
|
St. Mary of
the Angels (Olean) |
$ 2,500 |
Being
R.E.A.L. youth ministry project |
|
St. Joseph Church
(Fredonia) |
$ 1,500 |
Generations
of Faith, Sacrament Program and Bible Camp |
|
Sacred
Heart Church (Lakewood) |
$ 2,500 |
Bibles,
manuals, workbooks |
|
St. John
the Baptist (Alden) |
$ 2,975 |
CDs, VHS
tapes, audio-visual equipment |
|
St.
Bernadette Church (Orchard Park), SS. Peter & Paul (Hamburg), St. Mary
(East Eden) |
$ 1,500 |
Catechist training
and adult formation programs |
|
Holy Name
of Mary Church (East Pembroke), St. Francis of Assisi Church (Corfu) |
$ 1,000 |
Life Teen
Program, training, religious education materials, Adult Education/Faith
Enrichment Program |
|
St. Cecelia
Church (Oakfield) |
$ 1,400 |
Speaker
series, Lenten mission, training, books and videos |
|
Immaculate
Conception Church (Ransomville) |
$ 900 |
Vacation
Bible School |
|
St. John
the Baptist Church (Lockport), St. Mary (Lockport) |
$ 3,500 |
Summer
Festival of Faith |
|
St. Charles
Borromeo Church (Niagara Falls) |
$ 1,000 |
Middle
School Quiz Bowl, Family Advent and Lent days, high school leadership and
retreat training |
|
St. Martin
Church (Langford), St. Mary Church (New Oregon), St. Francis Cabrini (Collins Center) |
$ 2,150 |
Vacation
Bible School, Confirmation/High School and Middle School retreat ministry |
|
St. Michael
Church (Warsaw), St. Mary Church (Silver Springs) |
$ 1,000 |
Education
materials for parents of newly baptized children and school-aged children |
|
Mount Mercy
Academy (Buffalo) |
$ 1,500 |
Summer Art
Program |
|
Immaculata Academy (Hamburg) |
$ 1,600 |
White board
and projector |
|
St. Mary’s
High School (Lancaster) |
$ 2,500 |
Classroom
Performance System hand-held student response system |
|
Niagara
Catholic High School (Niagara Falls) and |
$ 8,000 |
Multi-generational
Social Justice Infusion Program |
|
Religious
Education Department |
$ 2,500 |
Diocesan
Religious Education program for persons with disabilities |
|
Youth
Department, Hispanic Apostolate, Office of Religious Education |
$ 6,000 |
Training
expenses and programming |