By Marie Galetto-Dugoni Click here to read this article in Spanish At the end of August, some members of the Foundation’s Grants Committee visited the Food Distribution Program at Our Lady of Guadalupe. This program received a grant in the 2018 and 2019 Spring Grant...
By Marie Galetto-Dugoni Last year, the Catholic Community Foundation made our first-ever Two-Year Grant to Our Lady of La Vang Parish. The program, titled “One Bread, One Body Ministry,” includes many activities that support people in need both in and outside their...
by Marie Galetto-Dugoni When Bishop McGrath arrived in 1998 at coadjutor bishop, we had a Mass of welcome. In his homily, he said, “It is my promise and pledge to you that in all things and above all things I will open my life to the transforming love of God, in order...
One of the great pleasures of my job is having the opportunity to visit parishes I’ve never been to before and learn about each unique community. This year, I was able to talk to several pastors and staff who received a grant in our Spring Grant Cycle. They told me...
Marie Galetto, Marketing & Grants Program Manager It has been my privilege to be the Grants Program Manager at the Catholic Community Foundation for a little over a year now. In the past year, I oversaw my first Spring Grant Cycle and met (in-person or virtually...
Our Lady Star of the Sea may be one of the smallest parishes in our Diocese, but it has a wonderful and vibrant community. Star of the Sea has many different parish groups and programs, but the one that consistently brings everyone together is the parish kitchen...
