Earlier this month an acquaintance of mine, a young and very wealthy heiress, informed me with some relief that her accountant had finally calculated the amount she could “afford to give” before the end of the year in order to maximize the charitable income tax…
Day: July 7, 2010
Former Catholic Conference Executive Named Foundation Trustee
Richard J. (“Dick”) Dowling is NCCF’s newest trustee, having been elected to the Foundation’s board at the board’s quarterly meeting in January. He is the recently retired executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, a position he held for 24 years. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland,…
Alaska Archbishop to Head Foundation's Church Affairs Council
February 26, 2009—Crownsville, Maryland: Anchorage Archbishop Roger L. Schwietz, OMI, today assumed the chairmanship of the National Catholic Community Foundation’s Church Affairs Council, which is advisory to Foundation trustees and serves to ensure that NCCF activities are consistent with Catholic Church teachings. (more…)
State Catholic Conferences and the Leavening Role of Catholic Laity
When it comes to Catholic involvement in politics and public policy, the roles and responsibilities of clergy and laity are separate and distinct. Clergy’s job is to provide norms for the formation of conscience, to make the connection between Gospel values and the public order…
Hope for Haiti
The philanthropy of JoAnne and Carl Kuehner of Naples, Florida, is imbued with their Catholic faith, responsive to the urgings of the Gospel and guided by the example of Jesus. Programs serving the neediest are the regular beneficiaries of their family foundation. Carl is president…