Educating Children and Young People for Discipleship | $57.5 Million
Through the work of our parishes and schools today, over 56,000 young people in the Archdiocese are being empowered to become faithful missionary disciples of Christ and active members of the Church. By integrating faith into every aspect of learning, Catholic schools across our Archdiocese instill a holistic understanding of the world through a Catholic lens, as set forth in the Archdiocesan Roadmap for Excellence in Catholic Education. Funds raised through Lord, Renew Your Church will be used to directly support faith formation in schools and parishes and implement the Archdiocesan Roadmap for Excellence in Catholic Education.
- A $21.5 million endowment will be created for the Pursuit of Catholic Educational Excellence, as set forth in the Roadmap for Excellence in Catholic Education. These funds will assist every school in the Archdiocese in areas of talent recruitment, retention, and management, professional development for faith-filled educators, and curriculum development. Funds will also support the network of Drexel Mission Schools, augmenting their work with vital spiritual, operational, and social support.
- $20 million will support Access and Sustainability for the thousands of students currently receiving scholarships to our Catholic schools. These funds will be administered to recipients through the Aim Higher Foundation.
- A $13 million endowment will help fund Catholic Faith Formation Initiatives by investing in evangelization beyond the important work of Catholic schools to ensure the strong formation of our future generations by providing excellent catechetical training, sacramental and leadership formation opportunities for our catechists and youth ministers, and providing a high-quality curriculum to strengthen parish catechesis programs.
- $3 million of campaign funds will bolster Campus Ministries to help young adults navigate the challenges of academic and personal life with a strong sense of purpose and direction. These ministries include on-campus activities at the St. Lawrence Newman Center Minneapolis, retreats, service opportunities, building missional communities, and small group formation.
“Catholic education is also evangelization: bearing witness to the joy of the Gospel and its power to renew our communities and provide hope and strength in facing wisely the challenges of the present time…”
