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Archives Grants from 2013 Respect Life collection announced

June 19, 2013

Bishop Terry R. LaValley has approved 20 grants from the 2013 Respect Life collection held in January. The collection total was $71, 309.85, a slight increase from last year.

Recipients of this year’s grants include:
•Five Gabriel Projects (Gouverneur, Potsdam, Brasher Falls, Massena and Plattsburgh),
• Malone Catholic Charities,
• Three Youth Buses for Life and two March for Life family buses (Lewis County and Clinton County),
• Birthright in Plattsburgh,
• Lewis County Right to Life Fair Booth,
• Liferight of Watertown,
• Lighthouse CD program, pro-life media campaign,
• Carthage Brook Haven House for single mothers,
• Natural Family Planning materials,
• USCCB Respect Life Month pastor packets and
• Theology of the Body Institute scholarships.

A Respect Life Collection grant committee reviewed the applications before submitting its recommendations to the bishop. The committee members are Father Kris Lauzon, Deacon Gary and Gayle Frank, Angelo and Suzanne Pietropaoli and John and Colleen Miner

Further information on the grant process, is available on the diocesan respect life website: www.rcdony.org/pro-life.   

 

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