Our Catholic Appeal: Supporting Laity, Family & Life Ministries
Your gift to Our Catholic Appeal supports a host of children, youth, college, adult and family ministries. These ministries and sacraments help people and families to be God-centered, rooted in faith and grounded in our Catholic heritage. Each year, more than 50,000 Catholics are served in parish-based catechetical ministries by nearly 370 lay parish ministry professionals, and more than 6,000 catechists and other ministry volunteers. To read more, please click here.
Nuestro Llamado Católico: Ministerios para Laicos, Familia y Vida
Su donación a Nuestro Llamado Católico apoya a una gran cantidad de ministerios para niños, jóvenes, universitarios, adultos y familias. Estos ministerios y sacramentos ayudan a las personas y familias a estar centralizados en Dios, enraizados en la fe y en nuestra herencia católica. Cada año, más de 50,000 católicos son atendidos por los ministerios catequéticos parroquiales los cuales incluyen 370 ministros laicos profesionales en las parroquias, y más de 6,000 catequistas y otros voluntarios del ministerio. Por favor haga clíc aquí para más información.
Catholic Generosity: The Nexus of our Faith and Philanthropy
By: Colleen D. Mitchell Catholic philanthropy reflects some of the highest gifts we can give of ourselves to others – our time, our talents, treasure, increasingly our ties or networks of family, friends, and colleagues. Yet as valuable as all these gifts are for the common good of others, without love, without given with and through Him who Is Love, we fall short in sharing with others the beautiful and grace-filled virtue of generosity; one of the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Because God creates – or generates- each of us uniquely in His own multi-faceted image, out of His generosity, this dynamic impulse toward generosity is deeply implanted in our very being, from our very beginnings. Why be generous? …
Our Catholic Appeal: Supporting Catholic Schools
Your gift to Our Catholic Appeal supports more than 14,500 students in 42 Catholic schools throughout the Diocese of Orlando. Because of your generosity, our children, from PreK to 12th grade and including those with special needs, receive an educational experience rooted in high academic standards and steeped in the Catholic faith and traditions. To read more, please click here.
Nuestro Llamado Católico: Las Escuelas Católicas de la Diócesis de Orlando
Sus donaciones a Nuestro Llamado Católico apoyan a más de 14,500 estudiantes en 42 escuelas católicas en la Diócesis de Orlando. Gracias a su generosidad, nuestros niños de Pre-Kinder a 12º grado, incluyendo aquellos niños con necesidades especiales, reciben una experiencia educativa arraigada en altos estándares académicos e inmersa en la fe y las tradiciones católicas. Por favor haga clíc aquí para más información.
Our Catholic Appeal 2019: The Catholic Foundation of Central Florida
The Catholic Foundation works behind-the-scenes with pastors, parish staff and generous donors throughout the Diocese of Orlando. The result of this collaborative work benefits the community openly: The charitable gifts inspired by this work supports parishes, Catholic school tuition assistance, seminarian education, priest retirement, faith formation experiences, food for the hungry, and health care for the sick. These blessings grow our parishes, schools and Catholic faith throughout our diocese’s nine-county region. To read more in English, please click here. To read more in Spanish, please click here.
In the Community: Partnering with St. Andrew Catholic Church
As part of a broad strategic-planning process, The Catholic Foundation of Central Florida is studying ways to better serve Catholics throughout the Diocese of Orlando whose primary language is not English. In coordination with Rev. Leo Hodges, Foundation staff – led by Campaign Director Doris Quiñones – yesterday surveyed more than 40 St. Andrew parishioners in Creole. Sheila Henry, who assists the Haitian Community on behalf of St. Andrew in Orlando, and the Diocese, helped Doris arrange the focus group and provided access to translators. The Foundation has conducted similar research with Spanish-speaking parishioners at Santo Toribio Romo Mission in Mascotte, and St. Catherine Sienna Catholic Church in Kissimmee. The Foundation has also reached out to the Vietnamese community at St….
2019 Investor Conference Series
We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to our first 2019 Investor Conference. Our expert speakers will share perspectives about the 2019 economic outlook, faith-based investing and social screening, and family philanthropy. We invite: donors who wish to live their faith through philanthropy pastors, parish staff and finance council members responsible for stewarding the gifts of parishioners professional advisers interested in providing additional value to their philanthropic Catholic clients We will have one more in this series in 2019: October 10 at St. Teresa of Avila in Titusville To register for the conference, please see below. St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church (Titusville) Date: October 10, 2019 Click link below to register: One Session: 9am to 2pm…
2018 Tax Filing Update: The Catholic Foundation
As we begin the new year, many of us are beginning to think about filing our federal income tax returns and wondering how the partial government shutdown earlier this month may affect our refunds. Good news! The IRS announced on January 4th that they will begin processing 2018 tax returns this week (January 28) and issuing refunds despite the recent partial shutdown. As you prepare to file your return, remember that the Diocese of Orlando’s entities issue separate donation confirmation letters. Please be aware: Confirmation letters for gifts to Our Catholic Appeal and parish capital campaigns began mailing on January 25th from The Catholic Foundation of Central Florida. Confirmation letters for gifts to parish offertory and other parish programs will…
In the news: Catholic Foundation earns national award
The Florida Catholic newspaper published an article about The Catholic Foundation of Central Florida’s award-winning work in partnership with donors and pastors within the Diocese of Orlando. For the fifth time in seven years, The Foundation has captured the nation’s top Foundation award for Catholic stewardship by skillfully cultivating donor gifts for community needs throughout the Diocese’s nine-county region. To read the article, please click here.