Welcome
The Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations is privileged to assist men and women to follow God's call to service in the Church through a life of consecration. We operate the St. Joseph Student Debt Relief Grant Program for religious life and the St. John Vianney Student Debt Relief Grant Program for the parish priesthood. These grants eliminate the delay many young people encounter as they struggle to pay off their student debts before they can enter religious life. A grant pays candidates' student loan payments while they are in formation for either religious life or the priesthood.
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April 2009
Founders interviewed on Sacred Heart Radio in Seattle
Corey and Katherine Huber, co-founders of the Fund for Vocations, were interviewed by Dr. Tom Curran on the Tuesday of Holy Week edition of his morning drive-time radio program Sound Insight. They spoke of the good news of the many new vocations within the Church. They also highlighted the difficulty of bringing vocations to fruition when student debt stands in the way. You can listen to the interview at Dr. Currans website
Founders featured in Register's Culture of Life Section
Corey and Katherine were aslo interviewed for the Culture of Life section of the May 3-9 issue of the National Catholic Register.
Please Help
We have had to turn away 31 young people who wanted to offer their lives to Christ, but could not because of their student debt. Will the Church lose these vocations?
We are helping 46 men and women follow their vocations, and each year we must raise the money necessary to make their student loan payments. These men and women are learning to become preists, monks and brothers, and nuns and sisters and pray each day for you, for the Church and for the world.
Please help us help them by making a tax-deductible contribution.
You can read about some of these men and women on our vocation stories page.
Milestones
(Progress of MEFV grantees)
» On the feast of St. Joseph, Carri Prewitt joined the Dominican nuns in Summit, NJ as a postulant. She received her St. Joseph grant in the Winter 2009 award period.
Above:
Sr. Carri in the center in her blue postulant's habit.
Also pictured (left to right):
Sr. Diana Marie,
Sr. Maria Teresa (another MEFV grantee),
Sr. Maria Joseph,
and Sr. Mary Amata.