Vocations Scholarships

Father McGivney and Bishop Daily Vocations Scholarships
   

The Knights of Columbus annually awards dozens of new $2,500 scholarships and renews several more from its Father Michael J. McGivney Scholarships Fund and Bishop Thomas V. Daily Vocations Scholarships Fund.

In each program, preference is given to members or sons of members. Grants are renewable annually for up to four years. The Father McGivney scholarships are awarded on the basis of need, while the Bishop Daily scholarships are merit-based.

For the 2009-10 academic year, 33 new Father McGivney scholarships were awarded to 28 U.S. and five Canadian seminarians enrolled in 25 major schools of theology. In addition to the new scholarships, 53 were renewed. Bishop Daily awards were given to seven U.S. and two Canadian seminarians. An additional 22 scholarships were renewed. Of the new recipients, more than half of them are Knights or sons of Knights. Since these programs began more than $4.9 million has been awarded.

Vocations Endowment Funds

Fund Current Year Corpus Current Year Donation Cumulative Donations
Bishop Thomas V. Daily Vocations Scholarship Fund $1,500,000 $82,500 $700,000
Bishop Charles P. Greco American College Fund (Louvain, Belgium) $400,000 $14,900 $468,243
Count Enrico P. Galeazzi Fund for North American College in Rome $2,400,000 $140,000 $3,265,216
Father McGivney Fund for Advanced Studies for Priests in Puerto Rico $125,000 $12,000 $31,860
Father Michael J. McGivney Fund for Advanced Studies by Priests from the Philippines $500,000 $30,400 $363,023
Father Michael J. McGivney Fund for Advanced Studies for Priests in Canada (Pontifical Canadian College in Rome) $600,000 $42,500 $685,714
Father Michael J. McGivney Vocations Scholarship Fund $5,000,000 $191,250 $3,303,829
Father Michael J. McGivney Vocations Scholarship Fund (Canada) $800,000 $32,500 $494,250
Knights of Columbus Vocations Fund(Canada/Refund Support Vocations Program) $625,000 $31,100 $471,100
Knights of Columbus Vocations Fund RSVP) $4,000,000 $553,167 $7,591,724
Our Lady of Guadalupe Fund - Advanced Studies for Priests in Mexico (Pontifical Mexican College in Rome) $700,000 $45,500 $566,703
Total Vocation Endowment Funds $16,650,000 $1,175,817 $17,941,662
Source: Supreme Knight's Annual Report for 2007
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