Helping Those Who Help Others Learn
My wife Cindy and I attend St. Francis Catholic Church in Madison, MS. We have always supported our parish school, St. Anthony Catholic School. It is excellent and is blessed with many outstanding dedicated teachers.
“We wanted to do something more for these special teachers who give so much to their students. After much thought, we decided a trust should be created for teachers. We reached out to The Catholic Foundation to establish a trust to help make the teachers’ salaries equal to those of their public-school counterparts.
Our teachers’ willingness to serve St. Anthony should not be to their financial detriment. This trust will help bridge that pay gap over the long term and will hopefully raise an awareness of this issue, perhaps resulting in other ways to remedy this situation. Once the salaries are equal, any remaining distributable income will be used to fund the educational needs of the school at the principal’s discretion.
We liked that the trust would be perpetual and continue long after we are gone. The staff at the Catholic Foundation made it easy and worked with us throughout the process.
—Ed and Cindy Hannan, St. Francis Parish Madison, MS
If you would like to join Ed and Cindy in helping the Catholic parishes, schools and organizations of our community thrive, please contact Rebecca Harris at 601-960-8477 or rebecca.harris@jacksondiocese.org today.