List of Funds

Parish Funds

  • St. Peter Cathedral Fund – The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support for St. Peter Cathedral.
  • Catholic Campus Ministry – Northern Michigan University Endowment Fund – The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support for Catholic Campus Ministry – Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI.

School Funds

  • Anonymous Donor Bishop Baraga School Tuition Assistance & Building Endowment Fund – The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support to Bishop Baraga School in Iron Mountain, Michigan for the purpose of assisting students with financial need and maintain and/or replace buildings, as necessary. Distributions from the Fund are spent such that 25% of the distributable amount is allocated to tuition assistance and 75% of the distributable amount is spent on building maintenance and/or replacement.
  • Holy Name Catholic School Staff Support Endowment Fund – The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support to the Holy Name Catholic School in Escanaba, Michigan for the purpose of supplementing teacher salary and professional development for its teachers.

 

Diocesan Funds

  • Seminarian Endowment Fund – Income generated from the Seminarian Endowment assists in educating men in formation for the priesthood to serve the Diocese of Marquette.
  • Legacy of Faith – A permanent endowment to preserve and foster the Catholic faith in the Upper Peninsula. 50% of the annual distributable amount is allocated to Catholic Schools, 30% for parish faith formation, 10% to Catholic Social Services of the Upper Peninsula, and 10% for new and emerging Catholic ministries.
  • Diocese of Marquette Catholic School Endowment – The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support in equal portions to the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Marquette.
  • Reverend Thomas J. Anderson Mass Stipend Fund – The purpose of the Fund is to provide support for mass intentions being requested of poor parishes within the Diocese of Marquette, specifically mass intentions for the repose of the soul of Reverend Thomas J. Anderson, for deceased parishioners from parishes of the Diocese of Marquette, deceased priests and bishops of the Diocese of Marquette and the repose of the souls in Purgatory.
  • Reverend Conrad E. Suda Seminarian Fund – The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support for the education of seminarians in the Diocese of Marquette.
  • Lay Ministry Endowment Fund – The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support for the development of lay ministers and lay spirituality in the Diocese of Marquette.
  • William A. Vignetto Seminarian Fund – The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support to the seminarians in the Diocese of Marquette for the purpose of assisting needy students to meet their tuition and educational expenses.
  • Peter. M. Vukelich Seminarian Scholarship Fund – The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support for the education of seminarians in the Diocese of Marquette.