Strengthening our
Future
Litany of Supplication Bishop Hoeppner and Bishop Emeritus Victor Balke pray while Michael Arey, the Elect, lies prostrate on his ordination day June 15, 2019.
Diocese of Crookston | 1200 Memorial Drive | P.O. Box 610 | Crookston, MN 56716
Vocations Director Fr. Xavier Ilango, Major Seminarian John Wilebski, Seminarians Josh Johnson and Lawrence Wirries and Promoter of Vocations Fr. Matt Schmitz. Not pictured is Major Seminarian Mark Miller who was away studying Spanish for ten weeks in Antigua, Guatemala this past summer.
Vocation Prayer of Pope Francis God our Father, you made each of us to use our gifts in the Body of Christ. We ask that you inspire young people whom you call to priesthood and consecrated life to courageously follow your will. Send workers into your great harvest so that the Gospel is preached, the poor are served with love, the suffering are comforted, and your people are strengthened by the sacraments. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Who is supported by the Seminarian Education Endowments?
2 Major Seminarians and 2 Minor Seminarians … Mark Miller
John Wilebski
Mark is a second year student at St. Meinrad Seminary & School of Theology in St. Meinrad, IN. His home parish is Sacred Heart in Roseau, MN.
John is a first year student at St. Meinrad Seminary & School of Theology in St. Meinrad, IN. His home parish is Blessed Sacrament Parish in Greenbush, MN.
Joshua Johnson
Lawrence Wirries
Joshua is a second year student at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Winona, MN. His home parish is St. Joseph’s in Moorhead, MN.
Lawrence is a first year student at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Winona, MN. His home parish is St. Joseph’s in Moorhead, MN.
(Major Seminary is graduate level study in Theology)
Seminarian ENDOWMENTS
Adrian and Jane Fortier.......................10,000.00 Albert & Irene Kuznia...........................1,000.00 Alfonse & Helen DeCrans.....................1,550.00 Amon Family..........................................4,000.00 Andrew & Madeline Hanson...............2,000.00 Andrew and Kathryn Rominski..........1,000.00 Ann K. Brunner Endowment.............25,342.12 Anton Tschimperele Estate...................5,000.00 Arlin & Marcia Super...............................500.00 Assumption Barnesville - Hildebrand.....10,500.00 Assumption Church, Florian................2,000.00 Ben & Elizabeth Balke.........................12,000.00 Ben & Elizabeth Landowski.................2,500.00 Bernard & Frances Crummy.................1,000.00 Bill & Dee Sullivan.................................1,050.00 Bishop Balke..........................................15,200.00 Bishop Corbett Memorial....................10,035.00 Bishop Glenn........................................18,695.00 Bishop Peschges...................................20,000.00 Bishop Povish.......................................20,035.00 Bob and Bunny Dondelinger................9,929.01 Bob and Helen Widerski.....................10,000.00 Bray, Logan & Morin...........................10,000.00 Bud and Bernie Blokzyl.........................1,145.00 Candace Miller Memorial...................10,044.57 Cathedral of the Immac. Conception....1,554.49 Catholic Daughters, St. Justin Ct............250.00 Clarence Agnes.....................................10,000.00 Clarice & Peter Dieser Families.......... 17,211.10 Clem & Kathryn Foltz.........................15,000.00 E. Joseph & Jane E. Welle....................10,000.00 Edward Ignaszewski Estate..................3,000.00 Elmer Ricard Memorial.........................1,600.00 Elvern Vanyo.........................................85,194.22 Eugene R. Connelly Memorial.............5,000.00 Eva Charest Memorial.......................221,426.37 Father Bill Keefe...................................21,974.47 Father Ed Nistler....................................6,000.00 Father James P. Flynn...........................21,654.46 Father John Merth................................10,000.00 Father Keough Patnode.......................80,365.00 Fathers Sheehy & A.M.A.S..................10,000.00 Felix & Theresa Pietruszewski.............2,000.00 Fr. Louis McMahan................................2,800.00 Frances Karboviak.................................1,000.00 Francis and Alvina Desrosier...............2,000.00 Frank and Judith Kleinvachter.............2,000.00 Frank and Mabel Mallinger................15,000.00
Fred & Eva Rivard................................10,000.00 Gabe & Jenny Amon..............................3,000.00 George and Annie Baskerville..............1,000.00 George and Mary Rauenbuehler.........1,000.00 George M & Dee Korbel......................10,200.00 Georgine Casement & Sons................20,000.00 Glen St. Ives Memorial..........................5,000.00 Godfrey and Blanche Keller...............10,000.00 Grace Genereux......................................5,000.00 Harold and Ann Pakuer......................10,000.00 Harold & Shirley Cyr.............................4,000.00 Helen Gartner Memorial.......................1,000.00 Henry and Ida Ricard..........................33,099.22 Henry J. Schilling.................................15,000.00 Herbert and Lou Vicia Reese................1,000.00 Herbert X. Brunner..............................25,000.00 Holy Family Church, Halstad..............2,700.00 Holy Trinity, All Heavenly Beings.......8,600.00 Holy Trinity, Tabor.................................3,484.03 Izola McLaughlin Estate......................13,564.07 J.F.A.B. ..................................................... 5,135.11 Jaeger Family.............................................500.00 Jean & Ralph Beland..............................6,000.00 Jeanne Kotrba Estate..........................187,161.16 Jerome C. & Alice Steele........................2,000.00 Jerry & Eris Super................................20,000.00 James and Theresa Schmitz..................2,000.00 Joe and Jenny Prosby Family..............10,000.00 Joel & Nancy Kowalke..........................1,000.00 J. & M. Arends, F. & L. Hemberger......7,396.84 John A. and Victoria Kuznia...............10,000.00 John & Dorothy Morrisey Family........3,000.00 John Joseph.............................................1,105.00 Johnston Family Foundation................2,000.00 Joseph & Elizabeth Pulczinski Fam.....2,100.00 Joseph and Rose Parent.......................10,000.00 Joyce Rock....................................................1,000 Julius and Toni Kleinwachter...............2,000.00 Knights of Columbus...........................24,540.92 Lake of the Woods Cath Comm.........10,000.00 Leonard & Marie Hapka.....................10,000.00 Leonard and Isabelle Kuznia................1,000.00 Leonard E. & Veronica B. Boucher.......1,000.00 Linda & Steve Pavik..............................1,000.00 Lloyd and Dorothy Rivard.................10,000.00 Louis and Laura Baril............................2,500.00 Louis and Gertrude Staloch..................1,000.00 Louis J. Desrosier..................................33,647.58
Please continue to support Seminarian Education Louis J. Desrosier..................................33,647.58 Louis M. Theis........................................9,732.58 Lucille A. McGinnis Estate..................27,425.00 M. Joseph Walsh.....................................1,000.00 Marcel Novak.....................................124,321.68 Margaret & Celestine Maus..................9,000.00 Margaret Tembrock..............................15,000.00 Marie V. Connelly.................................10,000.00 Mary Immaculate.................................10,030.00 Matt & Ann Vorderbruggen...............10,000.00 Matthew J. and Anna Novak................8,000.00 Michael John Steffl Memorial.............52,500.00 Miller Family Seminary Support.........3,000.00 Miss Alice E. Chisholm Estate............45,088.40 MN Catholic Daughters........................1,250.00 Most Holy Redeemer, Ogema..............1,000.00 Mount St. Benedict Centennial...........10,000.00 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur and Maria Miles....1,000.00 Mr. & Mrs. Henry McAleer Mem......91,000.00 Mrs. Mae Lallier.....................................1,000.00 Mrs. Mary Plencner...............................3,000.00 Msgr. A. I. Merth..................................20,000.00 Msgr. Donald Krebs.............................25,000.00 Msgr. John Stearns...............................10,000.00 Nat’l Catholic Society of Foresters.....37,648.17 Neoma Madunich Memorial................1,000.00 Other......................................................21,029.73 Other........................................................1,600.00 Our Lady of the Pines, Nevis...............5,000.00 Pennies for Seminarians-MN KCs.....98,290.61 Peter and Julia Stauffenecker...............5,000.00 Peter J. Krolak.......................................20,000.00 Pope Pius X.............................................3,695.58 Ralph & Dolores Stocker.......................1,500.00 Randy & Jeanne Jaeger.............................500.00 Ray and Loretta Borowicz...................10,000.00 Richard Rude........................................10,000.00 Robert Kresl Family...............................2,000.00 Robert & Carmel Montgomery..........17,370.16 Sacred Heart, Baudette..........................4,438.00 Sacred Heart, EGF................................10,170.00 Sacred Heart I.......................................20,000.00 Sacred Heart, Frazee............................10,000.00 Sacred Heart Parish, Roseau.................1,720.60 Simon & Marion Super........................ 11,000.00 SS. Peter & Paul, Warren..................... 11,200.00 St. Aloysius, Leo...................................10,000.00 St. Bernard’s Parish, TRF.....................13,050.00 St. Cecilia, Sabin.....................................1,000.00 St. Francis, Moorhead..........................23,735.00
St. Francis of Assisi, Fisher....................2,020.00 St. Francis Xavier, Oklee........................2,890.28 St. John, Nebish, Sacred Heart, Wil.....9,000.00 St. John the Baptist, Georgetown.........2,000.00 St. Joseph’s, Ada........................................500.00 St. Joseph’s, Bagley................................1,250.00 St. Joseph’s, Brooks/Fr. Matt Schmitz.....10,290.00 St. Joseph’s, Moorhead..........................9,397.00 St. Joseph’s Church, Beaulieu.............10,500.00 St. Joseph’s of Benwood Youth Grp.....1,608.10 St. Joseph’s Parish, Oslo......................10,000.00 St. Lawrence Church, Mentor.............10,000.00 St. Mary of the Lakes...........................10,000.00 St. Mary’s, Badger.....................................500.00 St. Mary’s, Euclid...................................5,100.00 St. Mary’s Church of Fosston...............3,500.00 St. Mary’s, Two Inlets............................1,250.00 St. Mary’s, Warroad...............................1,000.00 St. Michael’s, Mahnomen....................15,500.00 St. Patrick, Hallock...............................10,000.00 St. Peter’s, Gentilly....................................100.00 St. Peter’s, Park Rapids.......................19,801.15 St. Philip’s, Falun.......................................851.00 St. Philip’s Church of Bemidji..............5,000.00 St. Rose of Lima, Argyle........................5,600.00 St. Stephen, Stephen.............................12,702.00 St. Theodore, Laporte............................1,000.00 St. Theodore, Ponsford..........................1,500.00 Stanley Bourassa..................................10,025.00 Stanley and Lucille Gruhot...................9,000.00 Steven and Agnes Kary Estate...........23,408.78 Sylvester & Clara Kasprowicz..............1,000.00 Sylvia Kukowski Memorial.....................500.00 Theodore and Susie Michalski.............3,000.00 Unallocated Matching Gifts................12,500.00 Vernard & Mae Dora Berberich............1,000.00 Virgil LaPlante........................................4,000.00 W. Donald Archer Memorial..............14,107.66 Walter & Monica Novak Memorial.....7,000.00 Wayne & Carol Dondelinger..............10,000.00 Wilhelmina Patnode............................20,000.00 William and Loretta Erickson...............1,000.00 William Jirik............................................8,000.00 Total...................................................2,425,756.22
Parishes listed in gold have seminarian endowments. Catholic Extension Society Seminarian Endowment
253,741.86
We need $5,000,000 to fully fund the Seminarian Education Endowment
STRENGTHENING OUR PARISHES
Future
Seminarian Education Burse Declaration Form
We would like to BEGIN OR ADD TO A PARISH BURSE for the education of seminarians. Name of Parish: _________________________________________________ Pastor:_____________________________ Address:________________________________________________________ Telephone:_________________________ Name of NEW burse: ________________________________________________________________________________ Name of existing burse: ___________________________________________________________________________ Amount of contribution to existing or new burse: _________________________________________________________ We will continue to fund this burse:
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INDIVIDUALS I/We would like to ADD TO OR BEGIN A NAMED BURSE for the education of seminarians. Name of donor/s: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________ Telephone: ______________________ Published name of NEW burse:________________________________________________________________________ Published name of the existing burse: _______________________________________________________________ Amount of contribution to a existing or new burse: _______________________________________________________ I/We will continue to fund this burse:
r Yes r No
I/We prefer this burse to be an anonymous gift:
Email: _______________________________________________
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Please make checks payable to: Diocese of Crookston Catholic Community Foundation Online donations are accepted! Please visit www.crookston.org/endowseminarians
See reverse page for FAQ’S and contact info
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. What is a burse and how is it different from an endowment?
Several years ago, the Diocese of Crookston Catholic Community Foundation (CCF) chose to use the word burse for named gifts that were given as part of a specific endowment. A burse given to the Foundation will become a permanent part of a larger endowment held for a specific purpose, in this case for the benefit of the education of our seminarians.
2. What is The Diocese of Crookston Catholic Community Foundation?
The Diocese of Crookston Catholic Community Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) corporation that is responsible for the stewardship and distribution of earnings from endowments, including the endowment for the Education of Seminarians. The Foundation owns a number of endowments both for the benefit of the Diocese and for the benefit of many of the parishes.
3. Will my contribution be spent on anything other than seminarian education?
No, contributions to seminarian education burses are restricted gifts that can only be used for the education of seminarians. Your gift is invested conservatively and in harmony with Catholic social principles in the Foundation’s investment fund to produce earnings for the seminarians.
4. What is the money used for?
The earnings from the burse are used to pay for tuition, books, room and board and other educational expenses including costs incurred by the Office of Vocations. Major seminary (graduate school in theology) currently costs about $50,000 per year per student. Minor seminary, also known as college seminary, costs about $15,000 per year per student.
5. Once I make a gift, can I continue to fund a seminarian education burse?
Yes, you may choose to make additional gifts at any time and in any amount.
6. Does my burse need to be named?
No, it may be anonymous. We do, however, encourage you to name your burse. It becomes a legacy in yours or your loved one’s name. The list of burses is currently published quarterly in Our Northland Diocese newspaper.
7. Is there a minimum contribution for a named burse?
Currently there is no minimum for a named burse. We suggest a contribution of $1000 be made to open the burse. Several parishes have begun a burse with $500.00.
8. Is my gift tax-deductible?
The Diocese of Crookston Catholic Community Foundation is recognized as tax-exempt by the IRS under section 501 c (3) for non-profits. An appropriate tax letter will be provided to donors to evidence deductibility under IRS regulations. Determining eligibility for any charitable tax deduction, or the amount that could be deducted, would depend on each person’s individual situation. Donors should consult with their own financial and tax advisers before finalizing a gift. The Foundation does not provide tax advice.
9. Can I make a change to the burse once it is established?
No, once a burse is established, it is considered permanent. An anonymous burse can later be named or the name may be changed but only by the donor.
10. Who do I contact about setting up or contributing to a named seminarian burse?
Contact Joe at 218-280-6858 or email jnoel@crookston.org or Reathel Giannonatti JD, Director, Office of Stewardship and Development at 218-281-4533 ext. 420, email rgiannonatti@crookston.org who can assist with questions or a personal meeting. Fill out the form on the reverse side of this insert. Forward the form with a check made payable to the Catholic Community Foundation (CCF) attn: Mr. Joe Noel, Executive Director, CCF, 1200 Memorial Drive, Crookston, MN 56716. Please fill out the form completely so your gift is properly attributed and named as you have directed.