Casitas San Mateo, a retirement living community for priests of the Diocese of El Paso, opened in 2014 on the grounds of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in El Paso’s Mission Valley. The four-building housing complex allows retired priests to share activities and prayer life, as well as to mentor young men preparing for the priesthood while studying at St. Charles Seminary. Support the men who offer their lives without expectation of financial gain.
April 08, 2020 — April 12th, 2020
Our 2020 Alamo Movie Night is on hold so we invite you to have Movie at Home Nights from Wednesday, April 8 through Easter Sunday, April 12. If you're social distancing but still want to feel connected, we have some great recommendations. We're in this together.
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April 08, 2020
Join the Catholic Foundation for a private screening of Hesburgh at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Tickets are $12 per person. Proceeds benefit the Seminarian Education Endowment Fund. Father Theodore "Ted" Hesburgh, CSC was known as mythic, a legend, and "one of the most influential men in American life". Be inspired by Fr. Hesburgh during Holy Week and let this be a call to action to pray, serve, and act.
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September 17, 2020
This year our guest is Emmy award-winning actor, director, producer, and philanthropist Jim Caviezel. The Foundation of Faith Dinner aims to bring the community together to celebrate faith, experience renowned national and international speakers, and disseminate the Stewardship message of, “Pray, Serve, Give.”
View DetailsEndowed funds provide a vehicle through which individuals make outright or planned gifts that will have an everlasting impact on the ministry/parish/school. In time the income generated by the gift will far exceed the original donation.
As a result, endowed funds provide a perpetual, supplemental source of income for such things as the enhancement of programs and ministries, facilities maintenance, scholarships and seminary assistance, priest retirement, etc. Learn more about endowed funds.
In addition to online donations, there are a variety of ways you can donate to support this fund.
To donate by phone, please call:
(915) 872-8412
(Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT)
To mail your donation:
Download our Donation Form PDF
Monthly giving can be a powerful way to provide sustainable, long-term support for our Catholic community. As little as $20 (66 cents a day) can make a difference for the people and parishes that are helped by the ministries and charities of the Diocese of El Paso.
Make a planned gift through a charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust, life insurance policy, retirement plan, or other planned giving instrument.
Donors may create a Named Fund with a gift or pledge of $10,000 or more over a five-year period benefiting the endowment fund of their choice. If you are interesting in establishing a Named Fund in honor of an endowment fund, please contact us online or call (915) 872-8412.
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