financial assistance to individuals who
must eliminate personal debt in order
to pursue their vocation to priesthood
or religious life in the Catholic Church.
Saint
Catherine Laboure,
who promised herself to
God alone, pray for us.
Current Newsletter
May 2009
To those who love the Catholic Church, its priesthood and religious:
The Laboure Society offers an eternal return-on-investment opportunity!
“I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of you, praying always with every joy in my every prayer for you …” Phil 1:3-4
The Laboure Society exists for one purpose: to assist aspirants to priesthood or religious life who find themselves unable to answer their call due to personal debt, substantially in the form of education loans. Dioceses and religious communities cannot assume this debt; the aspirant must be debt free, before he or she can enter formation.
In the last five years, thanks be to
God, the courage and generosity of these aspirants, our donors, our
Board of Directors and consultants, we have 155 individuals either
ordained, professed or in various stages of formation:
- priesthood 31
- sisters 109
- brothers 15
| Lisa Abrusia Alexis Aikins Allen Alexander Henry Almaguer Toni Aragon Christina Barnett Shannon Barr Al Benthall Phillip Boelter Liza Boquiren Ann Marie Bruchalski Maria Caswell Eric Chloupek Patricia Ciavarella Tara Clemens Daniel Clough Keri Cole Ivitza Connolly Megan Conway Christian Cook Tracey Cummings Sandra Czybora Isaac Dale Luke DeMasi Mary Dobson |
Richard Dolan Tracy Dolan Rosa Estrada Nicole Ferko Eric Forrest Monica Fuentes Rosalie Garde Riccardo Gemelli Andrew Gill David Hogan Christine Hudson Christopher Johnson Josie Kampa Stephen Kiernicki Michelle Klobe Monica Kovach Annmarie Kowalczyk Karen Kysely Tyler Lontine Ruth Mallery Rafael Martinez Mark McPherson Michelle Medina Paul Muckle |
Catherine Nielsen Christopher Osgood Neven Pesa James Peterson Aulina Presendieu Andrew Prickel Jennifer Prickel Stephanie Prost Patrick Richey Kyle Ridley Therese Ringel Joseph Schutzman Cynthia Searcy Branden Seiwert Andrea Sims Megan Singer Amy Stark Ed Stocks Melissa Stunkel Alicia Torres Clara Torres Adam Ureneck Robert Ward Charley Westerhold |
The Laboure Society has managed these accomplishments on a wing and a prayer, thanks to our Lord’s amazing and abundant Grace, His precious mother, and our patroness, St. Catherine Laboure.
Please consider joining this important work; journey with these aspirants as they answer their vocational call. You will receive an ‘eternal’ return on investment as they and the communities they join promise to pray for their benefactors forever.
“I speak with many young women who have heard the call of God to enter the consecrated religious life. These are beautiful souls who have fallen in love with Jesus Christ and His Church and want nothing but to give the whole of their lives – possessions, affections and will – to Him whom they love. For many, only student debt holds them back from following this call of love. The sobering reality of major debt can often discourage such candidates. Not only does the Laboure Foundation offer practical means of quickly paying back such debt, but it gives hope to these women that following the call is indeed possible. The other beautiful aspect of the Laboure Foundation is that it enables lay members of the Church to become active participants in the beauty and gift of vocation. These lay faithful, by becoming benefactors to candidates for the priestly and religious life, are drawn into a web of grace that will last into eternity. Such a gift will not be forgotten.”
Sister Mary Gabriel, SV
Vocation
Director, Sisters of Life
Recognition of Exemption under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue
Code.