LDFI Diocesan Endowments

 

Bill and Gail Gettings Family Endowment

Provide financial support for operational costs and expenses of the various religious educational and charitable programs and activities sponsored or conducted by the 
Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.

Cynthia L. Bouggy Memorial Fund

Provide financial support for operational costs and expenses of the various religious educational and charitable programs and activities sponsored or conducted by the 
Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.

Diocesan Retreat Center Building Fund

The purpose of the fund shall be to support the current and future needs of a Diocesan Retreat Center, including but not limited to the creation and build out of a master plan for the then current Diocesan Retreat Center and its ongoing maintenance needs.

Diocesan Retreat Center Endowment Fund

Provide support for the annual budget of St. Joseph Retreat and Conference Center, Tipton, Indiana.

Dorothy L. Spitznagle Memorial Hospice Fund

Provide financial support to the St. Elizabeth Hospice Program to assist in its comprehensive program of care and support for terminally ill patients and their families as administered by the St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette, Indiana.

Endowment for (ELM) Ecclesial Lay Ministry and Catechist Formation

Provide financial assistance for expenses in educating the laity in Lay Ministry and Catechist formation.

Endowment for Family Life

Provide financial assistance with the expenses of Family Life ministries, the Latino ministry, NFP, Pro-Life and counseling.

Endowment for the Permanent Diaconate

Provide for the expenses in educating men in the Permanent Diaconate program.

Endowment for Youth and Young Adult Ministries

Provide assistance for staffing, education, materials, programs, World Youth Day, etc... for Diocesan youth and Young Adult Ministries.

Father Christopher Roberts Youth Endowment Fund

The purpose of the Fund is to honor the memory, good works, and ministry of Fr. Christopher Roberts by assisting in funding youth programs, events, sponsorships, service projects, and activities targeted at engaging and evangelizing youth in the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana and helping youth grow in faith, hope and love.  In creating this memorial Fund the guiding scripture is from 1 Timothy 4:12, "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity."

Father Perry Trust to Educate Catholics for Service to Hispanics of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana

The purpose of the Trust shall be: (i) to assist men of Hispanic origin who wish to be educated for service in the priesthood in the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana (ii) to assist men and women of Hispanic origin who wish to be educated and work in the Spanish-speaking apostolate of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana (iii) to Assist men and women who wish to be educated and work in the Spanish-speaking apostolate of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana (iv) to assist with funding programs for men and women who wish to be educated and work in the Spanish-speaking apostolate of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana (v) to assist with funding of scholarships for Hispanic students who have been accepted or are already attending an accredited college or trade school and to assist the “Bishop’s Fund to Aid Hispanic Migrant Workers and Hispanic Immigrants Within the Lafayette Diocese”

Foundation’s Fund for the Future

The purpose of the bishop’s discretionary fund shall be to provide for the financing of the pressing needs of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana: growth, Catholic education, priest formation, lay formation, mission outreach, support for life, direct local support and other special purposes.

James Edwin and Marilyn Louise Ross Catholic Endowment Fund

Provide financial support for the vocations (priesthood, religious life, sacred married and family life and sacred single life) of individuals living within the
Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.

John Nichols ELM Scholarship Endowment Fund

Provide scholarships for enrolled students of the Ecclesial Lay Ministry program within the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.

Sharing With The Poor Fund

Provide financial support to tax-exempt religious or charitable institutions, organizations, programs and activities which are engaged in providing support and relief for poor and needy persons, either within or outside of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, including the provision of food, medicine, healthcare, affordable housing, educational and employment training and assistance or other necessities.

Thomas N. and Cecilia V. Slusser Catholic Endowment

Provide financial assistance for the general Catholic needs of the Logansport Deanery within the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.

Vocation Discernment Endowment Fund

The purpose of the Fund is to pay for any and all vocations office expenses related to the promotion and development of vocations, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, to include Priesthood, Permanent Diaconate, Religious Life for men and women, Holy Matrimony, and Single Life for men and women who have dedicated themselves to Christ in the service of the Church.  This fund is not to fund seminarian costs, staff salaries and scholarships or expenses for those who have made vocation decisions.