President’s Message

 

 

 

 

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Janet Brunger

President

 

The Catholic Foundation of Manitoba was established in 1964 through the leadership of the Knights of Columbus, the support of our Archbishops and an initial donation of $10,000 from the Manitoba State Council. Since then, large and small bequests from various estates, along with ongoing donations from the Knights of Columbus State and local Councils, other organizations and hundreds of individual donors from all walks of life have helped to grow the Foundation’s capital funds through the years.

 

The Catholic Foundation of Manitoba strives to build a legacy where Catholic values can flourish in Manitoba. We do this by supporting education, service and works in the Catholic tradition through the disbursement of grants from the income derived from our general and designated funds to appropriate religious, educational or social agencies in keeping with its Mission and Vision.

In 2024, the Foundation celebrated 60 years of service to the Community.  To commemorate this milestone, we’ve celebrated!

This past spring, at the annual Caritas Dinner, we celebrated Youth, and the organizations that support them; in particular, CSE, CCO, and The Welcome Home. Following the Caritas Dinner, we hosted a Youth, Family and Community Dance on May 11th, which drew a lively, energetic group who burned up the dance floor all night long!  Following the success of the Youth Dance, and in keeping with our core value of supporting the family as the foundation of faith and society, we were honoured to host a Date Night on November 23rd, in support of couples.  This event sold out very quickly, and was very well received by all those in attendance, with many asking for a repeat of the event in the coming months.  We have heard you, and both of these events are scheduled to repeat in 2025! Plans are also well underway for Caritas 2025 – stay tuned for more information to come in the next few weeks!​

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