The Education Fund was established to provide financial assistance for advanced education or training to post-high school students who are members of our parish. Funding comes from donations made using the monthly envelope in the pack of church envelopes and from contributions made in memory of a deceased loved one. The funds accumulated each year are not very much and the amount awarded each applicant depends on the size of the applicant pool. For this reason we usually do not award grants to anyone pursuing a post-graduate degree (i.e. Masters or Doctors) but place our emphasis on the years immediately following high school—for both undergraduate college and for technical school education. 

Students: The Committee meets once a year, usually around Labor Day, to review applications and award grants to students. All applications are due by the last Sunday in August. We encourage you to take a personal part in filling out your own application. The information we ask for on the application form is minimal and we don’t do any personal interviews. Any other pertinent material you can attach to your application that augments the application information helps us to get to know more about you and distinguish you from the other applicants. 

Parish community: We are always looking for new committee members. This does not take very much of your time. We meet only once a year, usually around Labor Day, to read through the applications. There are only two committee officers. The Secretary is responsible for getting announcements into our Church bulletin and mailing the grants. The President/Treasurer schedules the annual meeting, assembles the applications, gets a financial report from the parish Business Manager, prepares a summary table of pertinent information for the committee to compare, and arranges with our parish Business Manager for checks for those awarded grants. The rest of the committee members attend the one meeting and have a great opportunity to learn about the latest generation of students going on from high school.

We encourage all of you to use your church envelopes to make a monthly donation for this very worthy purpose.

Education Fund Application Form

For more information, please call Don Brown at 610-358-3112.