
V Ordained Ministry Funds
V Lay Ministry Education Grants and Program Funds
V Priests’ Health and Retirement Funds
V Catholic Education Funds
V Catholic Charities Funds
V Diocesan Pastoral Care Funds
V Parish Funds
V Catholic School Funds
V Catholic Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
Ordained Ministry Funds
Provide income to support the education and formation of seminarians studying for the priesthood, ongoing education of clergy and education of the permanent diaconate.
Endowed Funds
1. Clergy Continuing Formation and Education Fund
2. John and Anne Duff Fund
3. Priestly Vocations Fund
4. Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Tambellini Fund
5. St. Joseph the Carpenter Fund
6. John and Elizabeth Sapara & John and Helen Ezzyk Memorial Fund
7. Permanent Diaconate Fund
8. John P. and Mary B. Baran Memorial Fund
9. St. John the Baptist Memorial Fund
Lay Ministry Education Grants and Program Funds
Provide income to support operations and various needs of lay ministry formation and education programs.
Endowed Funds
1. St. Anselm Fund
2. St. Francis of Assisi Fund
3. Ministry Formation Fund
Priests’ Health and Retirement Funds
Provide income to support the costs of health care and other needs of retired diocesan priests.
Endowed Funds
1. Neumann House Fund
2. Rev. Joseph A. Tamilowski Fund
3. Rev. Msgr. Augustine Marzhauser Memorial Fund
Catholic Education Funds
Provide income for tuition assistance for families of Catholic school students. Future plans include funds to support parish-based evangelization and faith formation programs for youth, young adults and adults.
Endowed Funds
1. Diocesan Catholic School Tuition Assistance Fund
2. Fayette County Catholic Schools Fund
3. St. Gerard Tuition Assistance Fund
Catholic Charities Funds
Provide income to support Catholic Charities programs for families and individuals in the four counties in the diocese.
Endowed Funds
1. Elijah Fund
2. Ministry for Seniors Fund
3. Catherine P. and Michael Moran Fund
4. Thomas Lynch Memorial Fund
Diocesan Pastoral Care Funds
Provide income to fund the needs of the diocese and support a variety of spiritual, educational and operational programs.
Endowed Funds
1. Bishop William G. Connare Memorial Fund
2. Bishop Hugh L. Lamb Memorial Fund
3. Charles L. and Rose Sweeney Melenyzer Memorial Fund
4. Rose and Michael Gribik Memorial Fund
5. Thomas L. Kinsey, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
6. Adolph and Julia Bartolomucci Memorial Fund
7. St. Maximilian Kolbe Fund
Parish Funds
Provide income for pastoral programs and other general needs of the parish. The following parishes and parish organizations have established endowment funds:
1. All Saints, Masontown
2. Ascension, Jeannette
3. Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Bethlehem Project Memorial Fund, Greensburg
4. Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg
5. Christ the King, Leechburg
6. Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent
7. Church of the Resurrection, Northern Indiana County
8. Holy Cross, Youngwood
9. Holy Family, Seward
10. Holy Family, West Newton
11. Holy Rosary, Catholic Education Fund, Republic
12. Holy Trinity, Educational Fund, Ligonier
13. Holy Trinity Operational Fund, Ligonier
14. Immaculate Conception, Connellsville
15. Mount St. Peter, New Kensington
16. SS. Simon and Jude, Blairsville
17. St. Agnes, Bishop Anthony G. Bosco Center, North Huntingdon
18. St. Barbara, Harrison City
19. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Indiana
20. St. Boniface, Latrobe
21. St. Florian, United
22. St. Hubert, Point Marion
23. St. James, New Alexandria
24. St. John Baptist de La Salle, Delmont
25. St. John the Evangelist, Latrobe
26. St. John the Evangelist, Uniontown
27. St. Lawrence, Cadogan
28. St. Margaret Mary, Lower Burrell
29. St. Patrick, Brady’s Bend
30. St. Regis, Trafford
31. St. Rita, Connellsville
32. St. Sebastian, Belle Vernon
33. St. Sylvester, Slickville
34. St. Therese, Little Flower of Jesus, Uniontown
33. St. Thomas More University, Indiana
Catholic School Funds
Provide income to assist in the overall operation of Catholic schools in the diocese. The following Catholic schools have established endowment funds:
1. All Saints Regional School, Masontown
2. The Cardinal Maida Academy, Vandergrift
3. Christ the Divine Teacher School, Latrobe
4. The Divine Redeemer School, Ford City
5. Geibel Catholic Middle-High School, Connellsville
6. Greensburg Central Catholic High School, Greensburg
7. Mary Queen of Apostles School, New Kensington
8. Queen of Angels Catholic School, North Huntingdon
9. St. Bernard School, Indiana
10. St. John the Evangelist School, Uniontown
11. St. Sebastian School, Belle Vernon
The following Catholic schools receive support from these specific funds:
1. Holy Trinity School, Ligonier: Sarni Family Tuition Assistance Fund
2. The Divine Redeemer School, Ford City: Wallace and Cecilia Burdette Memorial Fund
3. Conn-Area Catholic School, Connellsville: Rev. Thomas J. Kalasky Memorial Fund
4. Geibel Catholic Middle-High School, Connellsville: Rita P. and Stephen A. Peters Fund
Catholic Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
Provide income for the perpetual care of 68 parish cemeteries in the diocese. Interest revenue helps offset parish cemetery expenses.
1. Cemetery Perpetual Care (68 funds)