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.
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First Newsletter
- Feb 2006
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 four years, thanks be to
God, the courage and generosity of these aspirants, our donors, our
Board of Directors and consultants, we have 106 individuals either
ordained, professed or in various stages of formation:
- priesthood 21
- sisters 74
- brothers 11
| Lisa Abrusia Allen Alexander Henry Almaguer Toni Aragon Rami Baalbaki Christina Barnett Shannon Barr Al Benthall Sarah Bielejeski Phillip Boelter Liza Boquiren Ann Marie Bruchalski Maria Caswell Karl Chartier Daniel Clough Kathleen Collins Ivitza Connolly Megan Conway Christian Cook Tracey Cummings Sandra Czybora Isaac Dale Mary Dobson Richard Dolan Tracy Dolan Robin Duffy Andrew Farwick Jessica Fish |
Gwen Fojas Eric Forrest Monica Fuentes Rosalie Garde Riccardo Gemelli Mary Gibson Andrew Gill Esther Goedicke Mary Going Henrietta Gomes Angela Hoffmann David Hogan Christine Hudson Millie Jaeger Christina Johnson Christopher Johnson Josie Kampa Christine Keller Stephen Kiernicki Lynn Knapke Monica Kovach Annmarie Kowalczyk Kyle Kowalczyk Karen Kysely Bradley Lawrence Tarry Le Michael LeFever Ruth Mallery |
Jean Massad Michelle Medina Louis Merosne Catherine Nielsen Jacob Niemand Neven Pesa James Peterson Karen Petit Aulina Presendieu Andrew Prickel Nate Ramano Patrick Richey Kyle Ridley Therese Ringel Krystyn Schmerbeck Cynthia Searcy Branden Seiwert Andrea Sims Amy Stark Ed Stocks Kirk Struhart Melissa Stunkel Monica Tamayo Clara Torres Robert Ward Bethany Watson Kathy Webb |
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.