Seeds of Faith

Catholic Foundation available specifically for Hispanic families who dem onstrate financial need through the Foundation’s Rothwell Endowments. This year’s earnings will allow us to distribute $16,500 to 28 families for the 2020-2021 school year. The application and process is the same for Seeds of Faith funds and Rothwell Monica Herman Executive Director Catholic Foundation of Southern Minnesota mherman@catholicfsmn.org Tuition Assistance Grants to Be Awarded for the 2020-2021 School Year funds. It is important to note that the funds “...will supplement, not replace, local efforts in providing parents with financial assistance. The Foundation will distribute annual earnings from this endow �atholic education realizes a threefold purpose to proclaim God’s message of love, build commu nity, and provide service. The Seeds of Faith Tuition Assistance Endowment, established in 2004 and stewarded by the Catholic Foundation of Southern Minnesota, was created to aid families who seek a Catholic education for their children and who dem onstrate financial need. Congratulations! Since our kick-off, the following parishes have met their goals for the 2020 Catholic Ministries Appeal: An endowed fund is a way of giving that cre ates a permanent, continuous source of income for a ministry or mission as designated by donors. The Seeds of Faith Tuition Assistance Endowment was first established with a $2,000,000 portion from the extensive Seeds of Faith Campaign, which the Foundation prudently invests by following Catholic Responsible Investing principles. From investment earnings, more than $990,068 has been granted to families with financial need since 2012. The endow ment will continue to grow, and with investment earnings each year, available funds for tuition assis tance grants are expected from year to year. The distribution of funds for the 2020-2021 school year will follow the Seeds of Faith Campaign case statement. It promised: ment in grants as assistance in tuition payments” (Seeds of Faith Case Statement). The intention of the Seeds of Faith Endowment is that “...no family shall be denied access to Catholic education because of the inability to pay.” Each year, the Catholic Foundation of Southern Minnesota receives letters from families who wish us to pass along their thanks to those who con tributed to the Seeds of Faith Campaign. To those who generously contributed to the Seeds of Faith Campaign over a decade ago, thank you for touching the lives of others in this unique and much-needed way. The Catholic Foundation of Southern Minnesota is committed to maintaining and preserving the endowment for generations of Catholic students to come. Holy Family Kasson …we will establish a $2,000,000 endowment fund designated to provide tuition assistance to par ents who seek a Catholic education for their chilThe Seeds of Faith Tuition Assistance Endowment is stewarded by the Catholic Foundation of Southern Minnesota (EIN: 41-11691198), an independent St. Ann dren and who demonstrate a financial need. This endowment also will respond to a special need Minnesota non-profit corporation that is tax exempt under the Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). Slayton to provide tuition funding for the newly arrived immigrants in our diocese. Contributions are used only for the benefit of desig nated purposes identified in the endowment state St. Casimir Last year, 200 families received tuition assis ment of purpose and for no other purposes. To learn Winona tance totaling $134,400. This year, 219 families will receive assistance totaling $135,800. Funds are also more about the Catholic Foundation of Southern Minnesota, visit www.catholicfsmn.org

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Lake Wilson May we who have no risk factors May we who settle in for a quarantine at home St. Rose of Lima Remember those most vulnerable. May we who have the luxury of working from Remember those who have no home. As fear grips our country,

Lewiston home Remember those who must choose between Let us choose love. During this time when we cannot physically preserving their health or making their wrap our arms around each other, rent. Let us yet find ways to be the loving embrace May we who have the flexibility to care for our of God to our neighbors. children when their schools close Amen.