Strengthening our
Future
Litany of Saints 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 | www.crookston.org
Dear Friends Our hope for good, happy, and holy priests to minister God’s Word and Sacraments rests on the shoulders of the young men in seminary. A call to the priesthood can be heard in a moment. It can be a call heard, resisted, and then accepted after years of dialogue with our Lord Jesus Christ and our Mother Mary. It can be a process of discernment that takes years to reveal itself. We want young men with a vocation to the priesthood to have every opportunity to study, reflect, pray and learn enough about themselves to fully accept the joys, burdens, and sacrifices of religious life. Support of our Seminarian Endowment provides funding for seminarian formation and education in both Major (Graduate School in Theology) and Minor (Undergraduate work) Seminary. It provides hope that we will have the priests we need to serve our parishes; priests happily dedicated to the spiritual needs of the people of the Diocese of Crookston. Your gifts to the Seminarian Education Endowment provide a solid foundation of hope and opportunity for every young man hearing a call to develop into the excellent ministers we want and need in our parishes. Please be generous. Sincerely, in the name of our Lord Jesus, Michael J. Hoeppner Bishop of Crookston
Who is supported by the Seminarian Education Endowments?
2 Major Seminarians and 2 Minor Seminarians … John Wilebski
Reilly Swanson
John is a second year student at Saint Meinrad Seminary & School of Theology in St. Meinrad, IN. His home parish is Blessed Sacrament Parish in Greenbush, MN.
Reilly is a first year pretheology student at Saint Meinrad Seminary & School of Theology in St. Meinrad, IN. His home parish is St. Francis de Sales in Moorhead, MN.
Joshua Johnson
Lawrence Wirries
Joshua is a third year student at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Winona, MN. His home parish is St. Joseph’s in Moorhead, MN.
Lawrence is a second year student at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Winona, MN. His home parish is St. Joseph’s in Moorhead, MN.
Esto Vir
“EstoVir” Making Men Stronger in Their Faith - in Their Family - in Their Community
Esto Vir! is a vocation camp for young men entering sophomore year of high school through young adulthood. It is an opportunity for men who may be open to the priesthood to come together and spend some days in community with each other and the seminarians of the diocese. Prayer, games and conversations about discernment, growing in holiness, and priesthood are key aspects of the camp. The camp encourages priestly vocations by building community among young men of the diocese who are pursuing holiness and who want what God wants for them. The camp is often a steppingstone prior to joining a monthly discernment group or attending a Come and See weekend at the seminary. It is powerful for a young man who attends two years in a row to see someone who, last year, was a camper like them, and this year, is now leading it as a seminarian. One camper said this: “I remember being surprised and excited that there were other young guys who were older than I was and who were more informed than I was, pursuing the priesthood and seeing them as human beings. Getting to know them, getting to know what they’re like – that really allowed me to take a look at myself and look at them and say, ‘you know it’s actually possible for me to do this.’” By Fr. Matthew Schmitz, Promoter, Office of Vocations
For more information, visit: www.crookston.org/estovir
Seminarian ENDOWMENTS
Adrian and Jane Fortier .................... 10,000.00 Albert & Irene Kuznia ....................... 1,000.00 Alfonse & Helen DeCrans ................. 1,550.00 Andrew & Madeline Hanson ........... 2,000.00 Andrew and Kathryn Rominski ....... 1,000.00 Ann K. Brunner Endowment .......... 25,342.12 Anonymous 1 ..................................... 34,801.72 Anonymous 2 ....................................... 1,600.00 Anthony & Amena Amon & Family 5,000.00 Anton Tschimperele Estate ............... 5,000.00 Arlin & Marcia Super ............................ 500.00 Assumption, Barnesville-Hildebrand ... 10,500.00 Assumption Church-Florian .............. 4,000.00 Ben & Elizabeth Balke ...................... 14,000.00 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 Blessed Sacrament, Greenbush ......... 1,000.00 Bob & Bunny Dondelinger ............... 11,001.00 Bob and Helen Widerski .................. 10,000.00 Bray, Logan & Morin ....................... 10,000.00 Bud & Bernie Blokzyl ......................... 1,165.00 Candace Miller Memorial ................ 10,044.57 Cathedral of the Immac. Conception ...... 1,564.49 Catholic Daughters of America St. Justin Court No 2020 ........................................ 500.00 Clarence Agnes .................................. 10,000.00 Clarice & Peter Dieser Families ....... 17,211.10 Clem & Kathryn Foltz ...................... 15,000.00 David & Carol Foltz ............................... 500.00 Deacon Courtney & Bernadine Abel 1,000.00 Dennis and Terri Brazier .................... 5,000.00 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 ................... 80,830.00 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 ........................... 5,000.00 George and Annie Baskerville .......... 1,000.00 George and Mary Rauenbuehler ...... 1,000.00 George M. and Dee Korbel .............. 15,000.00 Georgine Casement and Sons .......... 26,000.00 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 and Shirley Cyr ...................... 5,000.00 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, Halstad .......................... 2,800.00 Holy Rosary, Detroit Lakes ................ 2,000.00 Holy Trinity and 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 James & Theresa Schmitz .................... 2,000.00 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 Joe and Jenny Prosby Family ........... 10,000.00 Joel & Nancy Kowalke ....................... 1,000.00 John & Mary Arends and Frank & Louise Hemberger ............... 8,941.18 John A. and Victoria Kuznia ........... 10,000.00 John and 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 ............................................ 4,000.00 Julius and Toni Kleinwachter ........... 2,000.00 Keith and Lori Anderson ...................... 170.00 Knights of Columbus ........................ 24,540.92 Leonard & Marie Hapka ................. 10,000.00 Leonard and Isabelle Kuznia ............ 1,000.00 Leonard E. & Veronica B. Boucher .... 1,000.00 Linda & Steve Pavek ............................ 2,000.00 Lloyd and Dorothy Rivard ............. 10,000.00
Please continue to support Seminarian Education Louis and Laura Baril ........................ 2,500.00 Louis and Gertrude Staloch ............... 1,000.00 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 ...... 4,500.00 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 ........ 15,000.00 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Maria Miles ..... 1,000.00 Mr. & Mrs. Henry McAleer Memorial .. 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. Gerald L. Noesen .................... 10,445.00 Msgr. John Stearns ........................... 10,000.00 Msgr. Stanley Bourassa .................... 10,025.00 Nat’l Catholic Society of Foresters ........ 37,648.17 Neoma Madunich Memorial ............ 1,000.00 Our Lady of the Pines, Nevis ............ 9,000.00 Pennies for Seminarians-MN KCs ...... 117,540.61 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 Ray and Loretta Borowicz ................ 10,000.00 Richard Rude ..................................... 10,000.00 Robert Kresl Family ............................ 2,000.00 Robert R. & Carmel D. Montgomery .... 17,370.16 Sacred Heart, Baudette ..................... 12,642.00 Sacred Heart I ................................... 20,000.00 Sacred Heart, East Grand Forks ...... 13,870.00 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. Andrew, Hawley ............................ 2,000.00 St. Bernard’s Parish, TRF .................. 18,050.00 St. Cecilia, Sabin .................................. 1,500.00 St. Edward, Karlstad ........................... 1,000.00 St. Francis de Sales, Moorhead ........ 23,735.00 St. Francis of Assisi, Fisher ................. 8,365.00
St. Francis Xavier, Oklee ..................... 5,024.28 St. John’s, Georgetown ....................... 2,000.00 St. John’s, Nebish and Sacred Heart, Wilton ......................... 9,000.00 St. Joseph’s, Ada .................................. 1,000.00 St. Joseph’s, Bagley ............................. 1,250.00 St. Joseph’s Brooks/Fr. Matt Schmitz ... 12,890.00 St. Joseph’s, Fertile .............................. 1,100.00 St. Joseph’s, Middle River .................. 1,000.00 St. Joseph’s, Moorhead ..................... 12,527.00 St. Joseph’s Church, Beaulieu ......... 11,000.00 St. Joseph’s of Benwood Youth Grp ....... 1,608.10 St. Joseph’s Parish, Oslo ................... 10,000.00 St. Joseph’s, Williams .......................... 3,500.00 St. Lawrence Church, Mentor ......... 12,500.00 St. Mary of the Lakes ....................... 15,000.00 St. Mary’s, Badger .................................. 500.00 St. Mary’s, Euclid ................................ 7,531.00 St. Mary’s Church of Fosston ............ 4,000.00 St. Mary’s, Two Inlets ......................... 3,854.00 St. Mary’s Warroad ............................ 1,000.00 St. Michael’s, Mahnomen ................. 23,000.00 St. Patrick’s, Hallock ......................... 10,000.00 St. Peter’s, Gentilly ................................. 100.00 St. Peter’s, Park Rapids ................... 30,160.65 St. Philip’s Church of Bemidji .......... 5,000.00 St. Philip’s, Falun ................................. 1,001.00 St. Rose of Lima, Argyle ..................... 5,600.00 St. Stephen, Stephen .......................... 12,702.00 St. Theodore, Laporte ......................... 2,000.00 St. Theodore, Ponsford ....................... 2,000.00 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 Terrace J. Sebestl Estate ...................... 1,000.00 Theodore and Susie Michalski ......... 3,000.00 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 & Carolyn Dondelinger ........ 10,000.00 Wilhelmina Patnode ........................ 20,000.00 William and Loretta Erickson ........... 1,000.00 William H. Jirik .................................. 10,000.00 Total ..................................................2,569,642.04
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:
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I/We prefer this burse to be an anonymous gift:
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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 The Diocese of Crookston Catholic Community Foundation? The Diocese of Crookston Catholic Community Foundation (CCF) 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. Often times a parish cemetery fund for example is held in the CCF.
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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.
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Will my contribution be spent on anything other than seminarian education? Your gift will never be spent. The earnings generated from your gift are restricted in use and can only be used for vocations and the education of seminarians. Your gift is invested conservatively and in harmony with Catholic social principles in the Foundation’s investment fund.
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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 depending on the institution. Minor seminary, also known as college seminary, costs about $15,000 per year per student.
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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. This is strongly encouraged.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 or an authorized representative of the donor.
10. Who do I contact about setting up or contributing to a named seminarian burse? Reathel Giannonatti JD, Director, Office of Stewardship and Development can set up a burse for you. You can reach her at the Chancery, 218-281-4533 ext. 420 or email rgiannonatti@crookston.org. Reathel is available for a personal meeting and to assist you in filling out the enclosed form. Once completed, please forward the form with a check made payable to the Diocese of Crookston Catholic Community Foundation to 1200 Memorial Drive, Crookston, MN 56716. Be sure to completely fill out the form so your gift is properly attributed and named as you have directed.
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.
I was called to be a missionary. That is why I was given the name Francis Xavier. He was a great missionary to India. I ask you, “What is not to love and enjoy in priestly life and ministry?” To be merciful and offer the kind face of Jesus to everyone I encounter in this northland diocese is my life’s calling. It can be very cold here but to minister to God’s people is heartwarming and rewarding. My ministry in America is so compelling that I want to share this priestly life with our seminarians. It is a joy to walk with them in their formation. As I interact and help them to discern their vocation, my own vocation is reinforced and strengthened manifold. I am grateful to God that I can be a true support to these seminarians in their formation. Fr. Xavier Ilango, Vocations Director
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