Danos Foundation awards grants to diocese

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Bishop Shelton J. Fabre accepts grants from the Mary and Al Danos Family Foundation. Pictured are Amy Ponson, executive director, Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana; Rene Danos David, Bishop Fabre and Sarah David Adams.

Danos Family Foundation awards grants to address several important diocesan needs

The Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana (CFSL) was recently presented generous grant funding from the Mary and Al Danos Family Foundation to support several critical ministries within the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. The Mary and Al Danos Family Foundation has supported initiatives within the diocese for many years and has been able to provide perpetual funding through their generous endowments with the Catholic Foundation for both seminarian education and Catholic Charities.

In addition, their support has allowed for the implementation of a number of projects to help further modernize the diocese. This coming summer and fall, the diocese will be able to upgrade their servers and necessary backups for all Pastoral Center offices, satellite offices and all of the Catholic Schools within the diocese, securing its data and technology. Bishop Shelton J. Fabre and Amy Ponson, executive director of the Catholic Foundation, recently accepted grants from Rene Danos David to support the following ministries: n $100,000 to support of Mary’s Manor n $60,000 for the Mary and Al Danos Family Catholic Charities Endowment n $60,000 for the Mary and Al Danos Family Seminarian Endowment n $25,000 Grant to upgrade servers and backups for Pastoral Center offices, satellite locations and all Catholic schools.

“I am sincerely grateful to the Danos family and their continued generosity in support of the Catholic Church and its mission here in South Louisiana,” says Bishop Fabre. “I know it was the expressed intent of Mary and Al that their legacy would provide this most valuable support, and I know they are smiling down in loving appreciation for these gifts from the next two generations of their wonderful family.” BC

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Over 80 people from church parishes across the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux attended the youth summit recently at the Pastoral Center in Schriever based on the theme, “New Wine.” “It was an awesome weekend, and everyone went home with a deep sense of hope that God has concrete plans for youth formation in each of their parishes, and he can and will speak to them and guide them to provide what he knows their young people need most,” says David Dawson, diocesan director of the Office of Parish Support, who hosted the event. “We were able to get into discussions about the nitty-gritty details of programming and sacrament preparation, share beautiful prayer experiences, and even have fun grilling and playing games outside. The sense of unity, joy and hope that God provided was more than we could have asked for or imagined!” Photos by Tyler Neil

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