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…
Category: Advancing the Kingdom
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…
"That in all things God may be glorified"
True to their calling, the Benedictine Sisters in Ridgely, Maryland, practice their goal of glorifying God in all things every day and in many ways.
Ground for encounter
In an earlier “Advancing the Kingdom” column, we reported on the efforts of Father George McLean’s to promote better inter-religious dialogue through his Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. What is strikingly evident in the history of this Council is the collaboration between adherents…
A call to serve in mission lands
More than 50 years ago Msgr. Anthony Brouwers, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, learned from various bishops in Africa of the pressing need for professional medical personnel willing to work and teach in hospitals throughout that continent. Responding to this need, Msgr. Brouwers founded…
Centers of Vitality
There are several places on the human body medical professionals can check as they attempt to gauge the heart beat of their patients. Ones that come to mind are the inside of our wrists or on the side of our neck. But there are other…
Being Informed
Christianity, at least according to Catholic Tradition, recognizes as a duty of discipleship the requirement to love and to serve. As recorded in Matthew’s Gospel (7:12) Jesus provides as a simple guide of what this means the “Golden Rule”: do unto others as you would…