Roman Catholic Foundation Parish Endowment
“Stewardship is answering God. When the Lord calls, you answer.”
Ruby Douthet
The pastor at Our Lady of the Holy Cross, Fr. Vincent Nyman presides at the Eucharistic Liturgy for visiting Catholic youth in our beautiful church during the summer of 2019 (before the 2020 pandemic).
The Roman Catholic Foundation serves as the professional gift-planning partner, providing expertise, education, marketing, and support to build Our Lady of the Holy Cross Church’s planned giving program. With the help of the Roman Catholic Foundation, our parish has built an endowment fund that will fortify our parish mission for the future while solidifying our current annual giving. Our Lady of the Holy Cross has joined 63 other Catholic organizations who have started endowment funds with the Foundation.
The Foundation is critical to the future of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Having been established in 2013, the Foundation has achieved the following accomplishments: 1). Led the Beyond Sunday capital campaign raising $110 million to benefit parishes and Catholic education throughout the Archdiocese of St. Louis; 2). Had an impact of $86.6 million on our parishes and schools from the Beyond Sunday campaign; 3). Granted an additional $5 million from Endowment Funds and Donor-Advised Funds to local parishes, schools, and ministries and other non-profits; 4). Established over 175 funds—Endowment Funds, Donor-Advised Funds and others—currently valued at over $60 million.
