ENDOWMENTS
The Catholic Foundation has grown from $4.7 million in assets in 1987 to its current value of approximately $101,000,000 as of June 30, 2024. These assets provide a permanent source of additional funding to advance the church’s overall mission, including the diocesan Pastoral Center, parishes, Catholic schools, Catholic Charities, and Catholic cemeteries.
Endowment funds provide an essential source of financial stability for our Diocese. The Foundation Board of Trustees, which is comprised of laity from the Diocese, carefully oversees all investments and distributions.
For additional information, please contact Jennifer Miele, Chief Development and Stewardship Officer, Director of the Catholic Foundation, at 724-837-0901.
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.
- Cemetery Perpetual Care (68 funds)
Catholic Charities Funds
Provide income to support Catholic Charities programs for families and individuals in the four counties in the diocese.
- Elijah Fund
- Ministry for Seniors Funds
- Catherine P. and Michael Moran Fund
- Thomas Lynch 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.
- Diocesan Catholic School Tuition Assistance Fund
- Fayette County Catholic Schools Fund
- St. Gerard Tuition Assistance Fund
Catholic Schools Fund
Provide income to assist in the overall operation of Catholic schools in the diocese. The following Catholic schools have established endowment funds:
- Christ the Divine Teacher School, Latrobe
- The Divine Redeemer School, Ford City
- Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School, Connellsville
- Greensburg Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School, Greensburg
- Mary Queen of Apostles School, New Kensington
- Queen of Angels Catholic School, North Huntingdon
- St. Bernard Regional School, Indiana
- St. John the Evangelist Regional School, Uniontown
- St. Sebastian Regional School, Belle Vernon
- Mother of Sorrows Catholic School, Murrysville
The following Catholic schools receive support from these specific funds:
- The Divine Redeemer School, Ford City: Wallace and Cecilia Burdette Memorial Fund
- Conn-Area Catholic School, Connellsville: Rev. Thomas J. Kalasky Memorial Fund
- Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School, Connellsville: Rita P. and Stephen A. Peters Fund
Diocesan Pastoral Care Funds
Provide income to fund the needs of the diocese and support a variety of spiritual, educational and operational programs.
- Bishop William G. Connare Memorial Fund
- Bishop Hugh L. Lamb Memorial Fund
- Charles L. and Rose Sweeney Melenyzer Memorial Fund
- Rose and Michael Gribik Memorial Fund
- Thomas L. Kinsey Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Adolph and Julia Bartolomucci Memorial Fund
- St. Maximillan Kolbe Fund
Lay Ministry Education Grants and Program Funds
Provide income to support operations and various needs of lay ministry formation and education programs.
- St. Anselm Fund
- St. Francis of Assisi Fund
- Ministry Formation Fund
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.
- Clergy Continuing Formation and Education Fund
- John and Anne Duff Fund
- Priestly Vocations Fund
- Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Tambellini Fund
- St. Joseph the Carpenter Fund
- John and Elizabeth Sapara & John and Helen Ezzyk Memorial Fund
- Permanent Diaconate Fund
- John P. and Mary B. Baran Memorial Fund
- St. John the Baptist Memorial 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:
- Ascension, Jeannette
- Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Bethlehem Project Memorial Fund, Greensburg
- Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg
- Christ the King, Leechburg
- Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent
- Church of the Resurrection, Northern Indiana County
- Holy Cross, Youngwood
- Holy Family, Seward
- Holy Family, West Newton
- Holy Trinity, Educational Fund, Ligonier
- Holy Trinity Operational Fund, Ligonier
- Immaculate Conception, Connellsville
- Mount St. Peter, New Kensington
- Our Lady of Grace, Next Generation Endowment Fund, Greensburg
- SS. Simon and Jude, Blairsville
- St. Agnes, Bishop Anthony G. Bosco Center, North Huntingdon
- St. Barbara, Harrison City
- St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Indiana
- St. Florian, United
- St. Hubert, Point Marion
- St. James, New Alexandria
- St. John the Baptist de La Salle, Delmont
- St. John the Evangelist, Latrobe
- St. John the Evangelist, Uniontown
- St. Lawrence, Cadogan
- St. Margaret Mary, Lower Burrell
- St. Patrick, Brady’s Bend
- St. Regis, Trafford
- St. Rita, Connellsville
- St. Sebastian, Belle Vernon
- St. Sylvester, Slickville
- St. Therese, Little Flower of Jesus, Uniontown
- St. Thomas More University, Indiana
Priests’ Health and Retirement Funds
Provide income to support the costs of health care and other needs of retired diocesan priests.
- Neumann House Fund
- Rev. Joseph A. Tamilowski Fund
- Rev. Msgr. Augustine Marzhauser Memorial Fund
