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Non Profit Organization US Postage Paid Vol. IX, No. 1, 2012 Permit Number 227 Omaha, The Institute for Priestly Formation The Institute for Priestly Formation A Public Association of the Faithful in the Archdiocese of Omaha 2500 California Plaza Omaha, Nebraska 68178-0207 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Pope John Paul II Fund for Priests Is there a special priest in your life you would like to honor? The Institute for Priestly Formation the Institute’s new Center for Priestly invites you to support its mission Spirituality is constructed in Omaha Is there a Priest For more information Pope John Paul II of spiritual formationand to make a donationof diocesan please contact priests there will be a prominent place of who is a special part fund for priests and seminarians by becoming a part of remembrance of all the priests of your life? the Pope John Paul II Fund for Priests. being honored. This Fund was initiatedP. Thomas byPogge laity who A brief biography of the honored Executive Director want to Thehonor Institute priests for Priestly who Formation have beenFoundation priest and a list of all donors to his 2500 California Plaza instrumental in theirOmaha, lives.Nebraska 68178 account will be perpetually inscribed in a 402.280.3528 “For over 50 [email protected] Fr. Thomas J. Book of Remembrance. Every year a Mass www.priestlyformation.org The Pope John Paul II Fund for Priests is a wonderful Halley S.J. was an important part of my will be celebrated on the IPF campus in opportunity for you to honor a special priest in your g h life and at the same time support the mission of family, whether it was bringing commu- remembrance of all honored priests and The Institute for Priestly Formation. nion to my invalidThank grandmother,you for honoring our priests sitting listed donors. who have dedicated their lives to Christ for us. up all night in the hospital with my dying The Institute announced this Fund g h mother, co-officiating my marriage, or at its recent annual Celebration of Priest- Your generosity will help concelebratingThe my Institute father’s for Priestly funeral. Formation He hood Dinner, and the overwhelmingly as it assists Bishops in the spiritual formation prayed with us, oflistened diocesan priests to and us, seminarians shared meals positive response has been gratifying. with us, and wasin theour United friend. States and Ibeyond. will always The donors recognize that by honoring a treasure that he loved usg andh was always priest, they can, at the same, help The Institute for Priestly Formation Foundation there for us, justis like a 501 (c)Jesus” (3) tax-exempt (Lawrence entity. A. the Institute in the spiritual formation Dwyer, Omaha).All donations are tax deductible to extent permitted by law. of current and future priests. Individuals are beingg h invited, either Please contact Tom Pogge, Director of To learn more about IPF, check out the new The Institute for Priestly Formation solely or in collaborationTo learn more with about others, Mission Advancement, at 402.280.3528 The Institute for Priestly Formation “I will give you shepherds after my own heart.” website at www.priestlyformation.org. to fund an accountvisit our website: in www.priestlyformation.org honor of a priest, Jeremiah 3:15 or [email protected], to receive a living or deceased, diocesan or a member copy of the Pope John Paul II Fund for “Nothing is more practical than of a religious order. Each priest will have Priests brochure, or to make a donation. finding God, that is, than fall- an account within the Fund. lar priest, his name will be permanently Please continue to pray for the work and ing in love in a quite absolute, At the time five thousand dollars inscribed on a beautiful plaque on the the mission of the Institute.Thank you for final way. What you are in love ($5000) is donated in honor of a particu- Wall of Honor at the Institute. When the support. with, what seizes your imagina- tion, will affect everything. It Accounts in honor of the following priests have already will decide what will get you been opened within the Pope John Paul II Fund: out of bed in the morning, what Msgr. Charles F. Brodersen Msgr. Francis P. Kenny Fr. James F. Schwertley you do with your evenings, how Msgr. James C. Buckley Msgr. Eugene H. Kerwin Fr. Donald W. Shane you spend your weekends, what Msgr. James R. Cain Richard D. McGloin, S. J. Fr. Mark A. Toups you read, who you know, what Elden Francis Curtiss Msgr. Andrew H. Meister Fr. Patrick Walsh breaks your heart, and what Thomas J. Halley, S. J. Fr. Mel J. Merwald Msgr. William S. Whelan amazes you with joy and grati- Fr. Paul C. Hoesing Msgr. Edward J. Schad tude. Fall in love, stay in love, If there is a priest in your life you would like to memorialize, and it will decide everything.” please prayerfully consider opening an account within the – Father Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Pope John Paul II Fund.

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Bishops Advisory Council ber of individuals in the Omaha area. Memorials His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo Archbishop of Galveston-Houston We hope that many others from across Donations given in memory of a deceased friend or family member during 2011 His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, OMI the country who desire to honor a favor- Archbishop of Chicago His Eminence Sean Cardinal O’Malley, OFM Cap ite priest, living or deceased, diocesan or MR AND MRS REV MSGR Frederick and Marcia Backer Dr and Mrs Patrick Mahoney Mrs Betty Shrier Archbishop of Boston religious, will respond as well. GEORGE ALLEN EUGENE H KERWIN Anne and Madeleine Begley Mr Cornelius Maris Mr and Mrs Martin Sketch Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila In thanking all those whose names Mr and Mrs Kevin Amick Mrs Patricia Maggio Dr and Mrs Richard Belatti McAnay, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A. Dr and Mrs Joseph Skradski Archbishop-elect of Denver MR AND MRS F W AMICK LOUIS KINERK Mr and Mrs Marc S. Bendesky Dr and Mrs James McGill Mrs Timothy Slattery Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond are recorded on these pages, we want to Mr and Mrs Kevin Amick Dr and Mrs Perry Williams Mr and Mrs Duane D. Blake Mr and Mrs Robert McKeon Dr and Mrs Louis Sojka Archbishop of New Orleans assure them of our continuing prayer MR AND MRS JOHNNY KOOMEN Margaret Blodig Mr and Mrs John Micek Mr and Mrs Denis Sullivan Richard Booth, MD Mr Michael Micek Dr and Mrs Paul Tamisiea Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson Rev. Richard Gabuzda for them and their intentions. We rely JOHN P AMICK Mireya Insua Diaz Archbishop of Saint Louis Mr and Mrs Kevin Amick Mr and Mrs Tom Burke Mr and Mrs Marvin Miller Mr and Mrs Roman Uhing Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, OFM, Cap Executive Director not only on the financial assistance CATHERINE LOWE Mr and Mrs Frederick Cady Dr Joby and Dr Tessy Varghese Archbishop of Philadelphia LIESBETH CHERKO Mr and Mrs Robert Lowe Mrs Catherine Caggiano Dr and Mrs Daniel Wagner Most Reverend Paul S. Coakley of individuals and groups, but most Mr and Mrs Stephen Mainelli WILFRED MACAULEY Mr and Mrs Jim Carroll Awakening Minnie Walsh MR FRANK DUFFY Mrs Rita Macaulay Archbishop of Oklahoma City Dear Friends, importantly we depend on the prayerful Rev Donald M Cleary and Fuller Dr and Mrs Perry Williams Most Reverend Felipe J. Estevez As this Report goes to print, we are intercession of everyone. Especially as the Corinne Dineen REV ALOYSIUS MCMAHON Mr and Mrs Thomas Connolly Mr and Mrs Bernard Wilson Bishop of Saint Augustine MR JOHN P DUFFY Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Mrs Darlene Davis Prayer Life Margaret Woltman preparing to welcome 175 seminarians summer programs begin, please keep us Mrs Joann Doering Mr and Mrs Mark Woodruff Most Reverend José H. Gomez Mrs Joyce Duffy DONALD MUNCHRATH “This summer, IPF has Archbishop of Los Angeles to our ten week program of spiritual all in your daily prayers. MRS BETTY EGR Mrs Muriel Munchrath Patricia Duda MR ROBERT SOENER Mrs Jan Duffy opened my prayer life Most Reverend Joseph E. Kurtz Mr Donald Egr MRS MARIE O’NEILL Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Archbishop of Louisville formation for diocesan seminarians. Ms Mary Ann Horkan Mrs Joyce Duffy relationally to the Trinity Mr and Mrs Richard Garrigan Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Dr and Mrs James Dunlap Most Reverend George J. Lucas They will be joined here on the campus MR PAT FENNELL Mr and Mrs Richard P Garrigan through the Scriptures JOAN SWANTON Archbishop of Omaha Dr and Mrs Michael Dunn in ways I had only heard Rev Michael Swanton of Creighton University by 19 priests Rev James V Kramper Dr and Mrs Perry Williams Dr and Mrs Allen Dvorak Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades and read about, but never INEZ H THROENER Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend in the Spiritual Direction Seminar, 18 Mr and Mrs Dennis Dvorak Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer personally experienced. Mr and Mrs Dan Bopp Most Reverend David L. Ricken seminarians and priests who will be Mr and Mrs Ernest Bredar Bishop of Green Bay “...this report provides ample Mr and Mrs David H Eggleston I recommend IPF to attending the Spiritual Exercises of St. Mr and Mrs James Erixon anyone who is seeking Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Most Reverend J. Peter Sartain Mr Thomas Dwyer Archbishop of Seattle reasons for us to raise prayers Dr and Mrs Paul Esposito an awakening and fuller Ignatius and a group of 12 faculty from Dr and Mrs Dennis Esterbrooks Mr and Mrs George Fenger Most Reverend Allen H. Vigneron prayer life.” Mr and Mrs Richard P Garrigan Archbishop of Detroit various seminaries throughout the coun- Feldhaus Family Foundation of thanksgiving to the Lord Mr and Mrs Lou Finocchiaro – Trent Schmidt, Eugene W Peter, Trustee try and beyond. To serve these program Mr and Mrs Bill Rucker Mission Advancement Council Mr and Mrs William Fitzgerald Archdiocese of participants we will be joined by nearly for all those whom he Mr and Mrs James Flood Kansas City, Kansas MARY KAY TIGHE Mr. Richard J. Bené • Mr. Chris D. Berens Ms Jeane G Fontaine Dr and Mrs Perry Williams Mr. Jay B. & Mrs. Luci B. Bolding 100 faculty and staff who will be with us has brought into the family Mr and Mrs Furey MR GORDON R TOLLEFSON Deacon Michael J. & Mrs. Valerie H. Conzett anywhere from a day to ten full weeks Mr and Mrs Richard P Garrigan Mr and Mrs John Minton Community Bank Corporation Mr. Lawrence A. Dwyer Dr and Mrs Edward Gatz Mr and Mrs Michael Mooney Mr and Mrs Chuck Dimler Mr. John P. Mullen • Mr. Timothy O’Neill throughout the summer. of the Institute...” Mr and Mrs Fred Hansen Dr and Mrs Aryan Mooss Mr and Mrs Wilfred Duerr Mr. Claire (Tex) Oswald • Dr. Michael H. Sketch These, and other programs that take Mrs Judy Harvey Mr Jeff Nolde Ms Janice M Mason Mr. James A. Taphorn place throughout the year, are made pos- Mr and Mrs William Harvey Mr and Mrs William O’Connor Mr and Mrs James M May Mr. Patrick K. & Mrs. Sue M. Tucker sible by the many friends of the Institute Mr and Mrs Richard Hautzinger Mr John O’Leary Mrs Lorraine Pohlen Mr. Thomas F. & Mrs. Jane F. Werner Mr and Mrs Marshall Heck Mr Claire Tex Oswald Mrs Evelyn M Tollefson Dr. Perry T. & Mrs. Donna M. Williams who generously sacrifice so that seminar- Mr and Mrs Charles Heider Mr and Mrs Anthony Pautauro Leslie Torstenson ians and priests can have the opportunity Willam and Mary Helget Mr and Mrs David Pedersen Mr and Mrs Peter Westerhaus Finance Council Jeanne Henry Mr and Mrs Gregory Pflaum Mr. John (Pete) Jeffrey • Mr. John L. Maginn MR LEON TOUPS to “fall in love more deeply” with the Once again, please accept our sincer- Theresa Bush and Mary Honke Mr and Mrs Thomas Pogge Mrs Lynn Toups Mr. Herman D. Weist Dr and Mrs David Hoover Mr and Mrs C W Poore, Jr Lord who has called them to the life of est thanks for your generosity to the spiri- CYNTHIA J Justine Jeffrey Mr and Mrs Bill Ramsey ECKERT WAGNER IPF Foundation priestly service. The pages of this report tual formation of seminarians and priests. Mr and Mrs Pete Jeffrey Dr and Mrs Robert Recker Mr. P. Thomas Pogge, Exectutive Director provide ample reasons for us to raise JAMES AND WILLIAM D. PHILLIPS Mrs Helen Jenkins Mr and Mrs Robert Reed Mr and Mrs George Eckert GLADYS FITZPARTICK Rev Jonathan Kelly Mr and Mrs John Kaplan Ms Elizabeth Risko SUSAN WICKENHEISER Mission Advisory Council prayers of thanksgiving to the Lord for Dr and Mrs John Fitzpatrick ELLEN QUAM Mr and Mrs Robert Kathol Mr and Mrs Emmet Root Mr Edmund Wickenheiser Board of Electors all those whom he has brought into the Gratefully in the Lord, MRS MARGARET GABUZDA Mr and Mrs Thomas Pogge Janice Kilbride Mr George Rosness FR OTTO ZILLIG Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, Co-Chair family of the Institute and who continue Mr and Mrs Keith Borchers JOE, ED, AND LOUISE RIES Mr and Mrs John Kizer Mr and Mrs Jerry Ryan Mr and Mrs Bernie Schaefer Most Rev. Robert J. Carlson, Co-Chair Mrs Theresa Gabuzda Dr and Mrs Gerald Ries Dr Harold Kreski Dr and Mrs Wayne Ryan MR BERNARD Fr. George A. Aschenbrenner, S.J. to support the mission. Dr and Mrs Thomas G Gabuzda MR MARK ROZMAJZL Bernie and Becky Kurtz Marlys Scherlin ZIMMERMAN Msgr. John A. Esseff • Dr. Edward M. Hogan Ms Bernice M Lanspa Dr W J Schlueter Among the many new individuals MR ROBERT GAETA Ms Cornelia Rozmajzl Mrs Rita Macaulay Fr. John Horn, S.J. • Deacon James F. Keating Mrs Dee Gaeta Dr and Mrs Thomas Lanspa Ms Beth Schultz MRS VALERIE ZIMMERMAN Fr. Joseph J. Kelly • Mrs. Trudy McCaffrey and groups who have come forward to Rev. Richard J. Gabuzda MRS BARBARA RUEVE Mrs Pat Laughlin Libby Schumacher REV MSGR ROBERT J GASS Mr and Mrs Vincent Antonelli Mrs Rita Macaulay Teresa Monaghen, A.O. • Dr. Margarett A. Schlientz help us, we want to recognize the very Executive Director Ms Eileen Boyle Pat Leigh Mrs June Schweiger Fr. Scott S. Traynor JOHN AND LOUIS RUSSO generous gift from the national office of ANNA GERBER Rev Anthony Russo Ex-officio Members the Knights of Columbus. We have also Rev Edward Michelini DECEASED SAHD Lawrence A. Dwyer • Fr. Richard J. Gabuzda JO GRADOVILLE FAMILY MEMBERS Fr. Richard J. Hauser, S.J. • Kathy Kanavy received gifts from the Nebraska State Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Mrs Lucille Sahd Mr. John (Pete) Jeffrey • Fr. James A. Rafferty Council and other local councils as well. ANNE HIGLEY SUE, MARY PAT AND In recent months we have been able Dr and Mrs Thomas G Gabuzda J G SCHWEIZER Members Mr Jerry Ulmer to launch an exciting new initiative that Mrs June Schweiger Msgr. Michael Carruthers • Mr. Mark C. Conzemius MARIANNE JANEWICZ MRS NANCY SKETCH Fr. Andrew Cozzens • Dr. Karen L. Dwyer helps honor priests while contributing Rev Michal Lewon Ann Marie Abboud Mr. Gerald E. and Mrs. Suzanne I. Ganse to the support of the Institute’s mission. DEACON ROBERT Mr and Mrs James Adams Mr. George J. Esseff • Mr. Ralph C. Martin JERGOVIC Merikay Anderson Fr. Patrick J. O’Kane • Msgr. Robert J. Panke The “John Paul II Fund for Priests,” Deacon and Mrs Michael Conzett Mrs Mary Joy Anderson Mrs. Anne M. Pogge • Fr. James A. Rafferty described in this Report, has already met Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Mr Richard Andrews Fr. David L. Toups • Fr. Mark A. Toups with an enthusiastic welcome by a num- Dr and Mrs Ed Kolb Mr and Mrs Vincent Antonelli

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REV DANIEL ANDREWS Mr and Mrs Leroy Kerkman MOST REVEREND SAMUEL J AQUILA Mr Mark Conzemius CASEY BEAUMIER, SJ I Learned Dr and Mrs Timothy Baxter How to Pray Nearly 50 IPF alumni gathered at the JPII MR AND MRS DICK BENÉ “IPF has been a pearl Seminary in Washington D. C. in January Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer of great price to me. before joining thousands for the national Beloved Son: Living Christ’s Own MR DOMINIC BOUCK I learned how to pray here. March for Life. Fr. Mark Toups “rolled Filial Obedience was the focus of the 11th Ms Elaine Hussman Where would I have been At the annual Celebration of Priesthood Dinner, MOST REVEREND DANIEL out” IPF’s promotional video and website annual IPF Symposium held in collabora- without that?” held in Omaha in April. Fr. James Schwertley M BUECHLEIN OSB for those who attended. tion with Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in – Gabe Gubash, received the Pope John Paul II Award for Rev David Graham St. Louis in March. Archbishop J. Peter MOST REVEREND Eparchy of Priestly Service. Archbishop George J. Lucas ROBERT J CARLSON Our Lady of Lebanon Sartain of Seattle was the Keynote Speaker. Mr Mark Conzemius of Omaha was the evening’s speaker. GEORGE COAN Rev Edward Michelini MR AND MRS SERGIO DELGADO Mr and Mrs Ramon Mendez REV JOHN HORN, SJ REV MSGR JOHN ESSEFF AMDG Foundation Dr and Mrs Paul Latzko Rev Msgr John Cippel Mrs Lucille Sahd Most Reverend George J Lucas LUCILE MARIE FROST, O.P. DEACON JAMES KEATING Mr and Mrs Ray Stratman Mike Conrad presents a check from the George and Rosemary Esseff hosted a din- In response to a desire to serve the laity Mr and Mrs Brooks Joyner REV BILL O’LEARY SJ SCHOOL SISTERS OF MR AND MRS MOST REVEREND REV DANIEL KIRBY Dr and Mrs Perry Williams CHRIST THE KING RAY STRATMAN Supreme Council of the Knights of Colum- ner in Los Angeles with friends including and IPF supporters locally, a Morning ROBERT GRUSS Ms Lois Ann O’Gara REV CHRISTOPHER Joan Lawlor Mrs Betty Shrier bus to Fr. Gabuzda, as Director of Mission Archbishop José Gomez to help raise of Reflection was offered in Omaha in Most Reverend Samuel J Aquila MR AND MRS LESTER KUSH ONUOHA SERRA CLUB OF OMAHA REV ROLF TOLLEFSON Advancement, Tom Pogge, looks on. awareness of the IPF mission. December with over 200 in attendance. REV STEPHEN J GUTGSELL Ms Lucretia Danielson Mr and Mrs David Bentley Ms Lucretia Danielson Suzanne Berning Ms Kathleen Mallory ANN PIWOWARSKI Ms Joann Piwowarski MR PRESTON QUINTELA The Institute for Priestly Formation Mr and Mrs Gregory Morrison REV THOMAS ROACH SJ Rev Michael Roach 2011 Summary of Activities MR THOMAS TJ ROBICHAUX Mr and Mrs Thomas Pogge ADRIAN ROMERO Rev Elmer Romero MR BLAKE ROZIER Carol H Windler MRS MINNIE RUSSO Rev Anthony Russo REV PETER RYAN, SJ MRS BETTY SHRIER REV MSGR BILL WHELAN AMDG Foundation Mr and Mrs Ray Stratman Deacon and Mrs Michael Conzett REV STEVE STILLMUNKS DR AND MRS Deacon and Mrs Michael Conzett PERRY WILLIAMS Mr and Mrs Peter Guile SAVED MY LIFE “IPF saved my life. After years of living with clogged spiritual arteries, the Holy Spirit worked through IPF to perform Revenues: % Amount Expenses: % Amount a ‘quadruple bypass’ Program Fees, Tuition, Room & Board . . 61% . .$1,606,180 Program Services ...... 74% . .$1,942,116 on my heart. Now I truly feel the Holy Trinity Contributions & Special Events . . . .36% . . .944,537 Support Services ...... 11% . . .304,348 flowing freely within me!” Investments ...... 1% . . . 22,379 Fundraising & Mission Advancement . . 10% . . .272,131 – Fr. Brian Fallon, Contributed Services ...... 1% . . . 21,411 One-time Mission Adv. Consultation . . 5% . . .135,000 Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri Other Auxiliary Income ...... 1% . . . 38,718 Total Expenses ...... 100% . $2,653,595 Total Revenues ...... 100% . $2,633,225

Spring 2012 Newsletter.indd 3 6/7/12 11:15 AM 4 5 Blessings Received between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011 IPF regrets any errors or omissions. If you notice an error, please contact the Institute at 402-280-3901 or email [email protected] St. John Vianney Society Benefactors Msgr Robert A Nieneber Most Reverend Robert J Carlson Dr Scott Hahn Mr and Mrs Robert Lowe Rev Christopher Sahd Suzanne Berning Rev Paul C Hoesing Mr and Mrs Gregory Pflaum $25,000 + $500-$1,499 Most Reverend Edwin F O’Brien Dr and Mrs Christopher Celio Miriam Hahnenfeld OSU Mr and Mrs Tom Lund Franca Salvo, AO Sr M Antonia Bina, ND Rev Craig Holway Ms Joann Piwowarski Anonymous Anonymous Dr and Mrs Angelo Patil Central States Health Rev Dennis Hanneman Mr and Mrs Michael J Lynch Mr and Mrs Don Schaefer Mr and Mrs Duane D Blake Theresa Bush and Mary Honke Mrs Lorraine Pohlen Anonymous Anonymous Dr and Mrs Wayne Ryan and Life Co of Omaha Mr and Mrs Fred Hansen Rev Larry Maddock Mr and Mrs Al Schmid Margaret Blodig Rev Monte J Hoyles Mr Scott Potthoff Estate of Mr Frank Duffy Anonymous Mrs Lucille Sahd Mr John Cernech Rev Thomas J Hart Mr and Mrs Richard Maher Deacon and Mrs Charles Schultz Rev Jesse Bolger Rev Mark Ivany Dr and Mrs Robert Recker Ganse Family Foundation Access Bank Mr and Mrs Ronald Sahd Angela Chrystal Dr and Mrs John Hartigan Rev Paul Maier Rev Hugh Schwartz Richard Booth, MD Mr and Mrs Edward Janeczko Dr Jose Redondo Mr and Mrs Charles Heider Mr and Mrs John Ayers Dr and Dr David Sambol Rev Ray Clark Mrs Judy Harvey Ms Kathleen Mallory Mrs June Schweiger Mr and Mrs Dan Bopp Justine Jeffrey Rev Timothy Reilly Supreme Council of the Mr and Mrs Duane Banderob Mr and Mrs Phillip Sauvageau Rev Donald M Cleary Mr and Mrs William Harvey Mr and Mrs Nicholas Manhart Mr and Mrs Joseph Scott Rev Alan Bower Mr and Mrs Brooks Joyner Rev Christian Riesbeck Knights of Columbus Mr and Mrs Doug Barrett Mrs Betty Shrier Community Bank Corporation Mr and Mrs Richard Hautzinger Most Reverend John Manz Mr and Mrs Martin Sketch Mr and Mrs Ernest Bredar Mr and Mrs Rick Kalal Mr and Mrs Kent Riesberg Mr and Mrs Michael Lawler Mr and Mrs James Bausch Slattery Family Foundation Mr and Mrs Thomas Connolly Mrs Ann Hawk Rev Pius Mardian Rev Msgr Dennis Skonseng Mr and Mrs Robert Broghammer Mr and Mrs John Kaplan Ms Elizabeth Risko Mr and Mrs John Micek Dr and Mrs Richard Belatti St Charles Borromeo Parish Mr Mark Conzemius Mr Tom Heenan Ms Julie Masters Dr and Mrs Joseph Skradski Mr and Mrs Lloyd Brooks Mr and Mrs Robert Kathol Rev Michael Roach Sullivan Foundation Mrs Thomas Belford St Robert Bellarmine Mr and Mrs Patrick Corrigan Mrs John Heffron Mrs Anne VonDollen McAlister Lt Col Ann Smith, USAF NC Rev Jesse Burish Rev Jonathan Kelly Deacon Ronald Rojas Beringer Ciaccio Dennell St Wenceslaus Church Cosgrave Company Mr and Mrs William Helget Mcanay, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A. Ms Cece S Smith Mr and Mrs Tom Burke Mr and Mrs Daniel Kenney Mr Brian Romportl Founders Mabrey, Inc Mr and Mrs Ken Stinson Rev Richard Coy Rev Tim Hepburn Mr and Mrs Edward J McCarthy Very Rev Michael Smith Mr and Mrs Thomas Burnes Janice Kilbride Mr George Rosness $10,000-$24,999 Mr and Mrs Jay Bolding Mr Clarke M Thompson Creighton Federal Credit Union Mr and Mrs Roger Hermsen Mr and Mrs Tom McCarthy Mr and Mrs Emil Sodoro Mr and Mrs Frederick Cady Mr Steve Kluthe Imogene Rowen AMDG Foundation Mr and Mrs Keith Borchers Mrs Evelyn M Tollefson Mr and Mrs Richard Croker Mr and Mrs David Hilger Rev James McCormick Rev James Largoza Sorra Mr Mauricio Carrasco Knights of Columbus Ms Cornelia Rozmajzl Archdiocese of Omaha Mrs Diane Brown Rev Thomas J Topf Dr and Mrs Denis Cuka Rev Kirby F Hlavaty Dr and Mrs James McGill Mr and Mrs David Spargo Mr and Mrs Jim Carroll Council #10965 Mr and Mrs Bill Rucker Archdiocese of St. Louis Mr and Mrs Kim Cafferty Rev David L Toups STD Mrs Jean Curnyn Rev Mark Hollis Rev Brian McMaster Mr and Mrs James Spargo Ms Kay Chelberg Rev August Koeune Mr Charles Russell Mr and Mrs Chris Berens Mr and Mrs Harry L Capadano III Mr and Mrs Patrick Tucker Rev Eddie D’Almeida Mr Edward Hotz Rev Msgr Andrew Meister Mr and Mrs Doug Spellman Rev Frederick Close, Jr Rev Matthew J Koperski Mr and Mrs Jerry Ryan Mr and Mrs Jon Crane Mr and Mrs Tom Carney Mr and Mrs Roman Uhing Ms Mary Alice Daly Dr and Mrs Robert Howell Ms Sharon Melchior Rev Michael Speziale Mr and Mrs Kevin Cooper Dr Harold Kreski Sr Rosella Salvato Mr and Mrs Sergio Delgado Catholic Mutual Group Mr and Mrs Joe Vlock Rev Don E DeGrood Mr and Mrs Stephen Hruby Rev Michael Merkt Mr and Mrs Gene Steffensmeier Rev Anthony Costa Mary Ann Kuhn Mrs Ruth Sauser Esseff Foundation Church of Saint Paul Mr Denis Walsh Mr and Mrs Louis D’Ercole Dr James V Huerter Drs Shun Kwong and Laura Micek Mr and Mrs Robert Stier Mrs Marion Cowden Mr and Mrs John Kukula Mr and Mrs Bernie Schaefer Rev Andrew N Gehringer Rev John Cippel Mr and Mrs Herman Weist Mr and Mrs Stephen Dickas Rev Norman Hunke Rev Edward Michelini Mr and Mrs Mark Stinson Ms Mary Anne Cronican Mr and Mrs Herb Kupfer Rev Martin T Schaefer Nikolaus Family Foundation Most Reverend Joseph R Cistone Mr and Mrs Donald Wells Mr and Mrs Charles Diers Institute of The Apostolic Oblates Mary Kay Miller Rev Andrew Strobl Ms Lucretia Danielson Bernie and Becky Kurtz Rev Douglas P Scheinost Mr and Mrs Louis Mr and Mrs Larry Cochran Rev Brian Welter Corinne Dineen Mireya Insua Diaz Most Rev Anthony M Milone Mr Robert F Sullivan Rev Lawrence D’Anjou Mr and Mrs Gregory Lange Marlys Scherlin Henry Oberndorf Rev Andrew H Cozzens Ms Gail Werner-Robertson Dr and Mrs Tom Dobleman Mr Howard Irish Mr and Mrs John Minton Rev Michael Swanton Mr Connor Danstrom Mr and Mrs Robert Lario Dr W J Schlueter Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. Mr and Mrs Richard Cunningham Rev Anthony Wilwerding Rev B Thomas Donovan Mrs Jo James Mr and Mrs Michael Mooney Rev Andy Syring Mrs Darlene Davis Mrs Kimberly Lastauskas Ms Beth Schultz Mr and Mrs James Taphorn Most Rev Elden Francis Curtiss Mr Joseph Zaborowski Mr and Mrs Tom Donovan Mr and Mrs Jim Jandrain Mr and Mrs Gregory Morrison Rev William D Thompson Mr and Mrs Keith Deras Mr and Mrs Ken Lawson Rev Robert Schultz Jr Mr and Mrs Tom Werner Dr and Mrs Peter DeMarco Mr and Mrs William Drozda Mr and Mrs Michael Jarecki Most Blessed Sacrament Church Rev Randy Timmerman Mr and Mrs Chuck Dimler Mr and Mrs Thomas Lehmkuhl Libby Schumacher Diocese of Venice in Florida Patrons Rev David A Duffeck Mr and Mrs Pete Jeffrey Mr and Mrs James Moylan Rev Richard C Tomasone Mr John Dixon Pat Leigh Mrs Eloise Seward Companions Mr Dan and Dr Denise Drvol $100-$499 Mrs Joyce Duffy Mrs Helen Jenkins Rev Michael Muhr Mr and Mrs Clark Tomlinson Mrs Joann Doering Rev Michal Lewon Rev Joseph Sia $5,000-$9,999 Dr and Mrs James Dunlap Anonymous Mr and Mrs Jay Dunlap Mr Douglas Johnson Rev Thomas M Muldowney Leslie Torstenson Patricia Duda Mr and Mrs Tim Lonergan Mr and Mrs Roy Singleton Mr and Mrs James Czyz Mrs Georgia Ebel Anonymous Ms Shirley Dunlap Rev Daniel Kampschneider Mr and Mrs Douglas Munter Dr and Mrs James Tracy Mr and Mrs Wilfred J Duerr Ms Juliette Lopez Mrs Thelma Slattery Dr and Mrs Steven Doran Rev Stephen Eickhoff Anonymous Mr Thomas Dwyer Rev William Karg Rev William F Murphy Mr Khoi Tran Dr and Mrs Michael Dunn Rev Matthew Lorrain Rev Daniel H Smith Dr and Mrs David Hoover Mr Ralph Essay Anonymous Rev Paul Eberle Deacon and Mrs Mr and Mrs Charles Narmi Rev Ed Travers, MSC Dr and Mrs Allen Dvorak Mr and Mrs Steve Luna Rev Msgr Thomas Smith Miss Sue Kirkham Most Reverend Felipe J Mr and Mrs David Abboud Mr Pat Egan, Jr Duane Karmazin Mr and Mrs Raymond Neppl Ms Marjorie Uerling Mr and Mrs Dennis Dvorak Mr and Mrs Jerry Lundgren Miss Kathleen Smithberg Knights of Columbus Estevez, STD Mr Jeff Allan Mr Donald Egr Rev R Joey Kaump Most Reverend John C Nienstedt Mr Jerry Ulmer Mr and Mrs Marlyn Eckerson Mrs Benjamin Lynch Dr and Mrs Louis Sojka Nebraska State Council Rev Eugene Florea Alliance Comp and Benefit Group Mr and Mrs Robert Eischeid Mr and Mrs John Kellogg Ms Lois Ann O’Gara Most Reverend Kevin Vann Mr and Mrs George Eckert Mrs Patricia Maggio Mr and Mrs Gene Spence Mr and Mrs John Mullen Dr and Mrs Thomas G Gabuzda Mr and Mrs James Ambrose Mr and Mrs Don Erftmier Mr and Mrs Kevin Kelly Ms Joyce Olson Dr Joby and Dr Tessy Varghese Mr and Mrs David H Eggleston Dr and Mrs Patrick Mahoney Mr and Mrs Donald Spica Susan Resnick Rev Daniel Gallaugher American National Bank Mr and Mrs Patrick Ervin Mr and Mrs Richard Kelly Mr Claire Tex Oswald Most Reverend Allen H Vigneron Mr and Mrs Louis Ellis Ms Monika Maides St Augustine’s Seminary of Toronto Mr and Mrs E. Terry Sibbernsen Mr and Mrs Richard P Garrigan Mrs Mary Joy Anderson Rev Alberto Esposito Rev William T Kelly Rev Joseph Palermo Rev Hugh Wade Mr and Mrs James Erixon Mr and Mrs Stephen Mainelli Mr and Mrs Ray Stratman Mr and Mrs James Wulf Mr and Mrs Ronald Gartlan Mr and Mrs Vincent Antonelli Mr and Mrs Kirk Estee Mr and Mrs Leroy Kerkman Rev James Pankiewicz Mr and Mrs Martin Walsh Mr and Mrs Frank P Ervin Rev Charles Mangano Mr and Mrs Denis Sullivan His Eminence Francis Cardinal Rev Nick Argentieri Mr and Mrs John Fangman Mr Joseph Kirkconnell Mr and Mrs Jerry C Pape Very Rev Joseph L Waters Msgr John Esseff Mr Cornelius Maris Rev John Szmyd Sponsors George, OMI Rev Allan Arneaud Rev Frank Fano Mr and Mrs John Kizer Most Reverend Thomas Paprocki Mr and Mrs Charles Wear Dr and Mrs Dennis Esterbrooks Ms Janice M Mason Dr and Mrs Paul Tamisiea $1,500-$4,999 Dr and Mrs Gerald Haney Rev James F Arwady Mrs Joanna Farrugia Mr and Mrs William Kizer Most Reverend Richard E Pates Rev James M Weeder Rev George Evans Rev Burke Masters Rev Joseph Taphorn Mr and Mrs Dick Bené Rev Christopher Hartshorn Rev Raymond E Arwady Rev Matthew Fedewa Mr and Mrs William Kizer Mr Kenneth Patry Mr and Mrs Tom Wharton Richard Feldhaus Mr and Mrs James M May Mr and Mrs Mike Taylor Mr and Mrs Richard Celio Mr and Mrs Scott Heider Mr and Mrs Scott Aurit Rev Robert M Ferris Knights of Columbus Mr and Mrs Jim Patterson Mr and Mrs Dennis Wier Mr and Mrs George Fenger Mr and Mrs Robert McKeon Mr and Mrs Phil Thielen Mr and Mrs David Ciaccio Mr and Mrs John and Jacque Mr and Mrs Joseph Barmettler Deacon and Mrs Terry Ficenec Council #652 Mr and Mrs Anthony Pautauro Mr and Mrs Jim Wiles Mr and Mrs James Flood Mr and Mrs John Meyer Rev James R. Tiegs Mr Patrick Clarke Herdzina Mr and Mrs David Baumert Mr and Mrs Lou Finocchiaro Knights of Columbus Dr and Mrs Kenneth Pavlik Rev Dean E Wilhelm Ms Jeane G Fontaine Mr Michael Micek Deacon and Mrs Emmet Tinley III Deacon and Mrs Michael Conzett Rev James Himmelsbach Dr and MrsTimothy Baxter Mr and Mrs William A Fitzgerald Council #5064 Mr and Mrs Philip H Pogge Rev Peter J Williams Mr LeeAllen Fortin Mr and Mrs Marvin Miller Mr and Mrs Steve Tonn Cure of Ars Church, Merrick, NY Mr Jim Honz Mr and Mrs James Beckman Dr and Mrs Robert Fitzgibbons Knights of Columbus Mr and Mrs C. W. Poore, Jr Mr and Mrs Bernard Wilson Mrs Linda Frank Ms Jo Anne Mirabelli Mrs Lynn Toups Dr and Mrs Patrick Dean Ms Elaine Hussman Very Rev Andrew Beerman Dr and Mrs John Fitzpatrick Council # 10795 Rev Msgr Patrick J Pratico, JCD Rev Glen Wilwerding Mr Alex French Mr Raymond F Mohrman Mr and Mrs Kenneth Trani Diocese of Joliet Mrs Lisa Jergovic Mr and Mrs Marc S. Bendesky Rev Francis Frankovich Knights of Columbus Mr Matthew Quail Carol H Windler Mr and Mrs Furey Dr and Mrs Aryan Mooss Mrs Katherine Troia Diocese of Salina Kathy Kanavy Mr and Mrs David Bentley Mr and Mrs Daniel Fritsch Council #12392 Mr and Mrs Doug Quinn Mr and Mrs John Wise Mr Stephen Gadberry Rev Marvin A Mottet Dr and Mrs Daniel Wagner Mr Larry and Dr Karen Dwyer Mr and Mrs David Keller Mr and Mrs David Beringer Rev Msgr Thomas Furlong Mr and Mrs Michael Koenig Most Reverend John Quinn Mr and Mrs Patrick Wolff Mrs Dee Gaeta Mr and Mrs David Mucia Mr and Mrs Don Wall Dr and Mrs Paul Esposito Rev Joseph Kelly Rev Scott A Boeckman Mrs Theresa Gabuzda Dr and Mrs Ed Kolb Mary Ramm Sr Jane Gaughan IHM Mr and Mrs Eric Mueller Minnie Walsh Rev Msgr William Fitzgerald Rev Joe Kim Rev Kenneth Borowiak Most Reverend Joseph A Galante Mr Steven Koop Mr and Mrs Bill Ramsey Donors Mr and Mrs Philip Glatfelter Mr Sean P Mulligan Rev Joseph O Weber Estate of Virginia Flanagan Mr James Kineen Ms Eileen Boyle Rev William Ganci Mr and Mrs Craig Korkow Most Reverend George J Rassas Up to $100 Rev Martin Goetz Mrs Muriel Munchrath Mr and Mrs Peter Westerhaus Rev Richard J Gabuzda Knights of Columbus Kathleen Brinkman Rev Josephjude Gannon Rev Owen Korte Mr and Mrs Edward Regan Anonymous Rev Dan Greving Mr and Mrs BJ Mundt Mr and Mrs Christopher Wheeler Mr Thomas Heafey Council 6429 Mr and Mrs Steve Bruckner Dr and Mrs Edward Gatz Rev Russell Kovash Rev Timothy Reker Ann Marie Abboud Dr and Mrs Norm Grosbach Mr and Mrs Duncan Murray Mr and Mrs Ed Whelan Mr and Mrs Mike Jareske Mr Justin Lappe Mr and Mrs Thomas E Brusnahan Mr and Mrs Gerry Geiger Kara Kraemer Rev Keith D Rezac Pamela Acuff Kathy Gross Mrs Sharon T Neal Msgr William Whelan Mr J Allan Mitchell Mr and Mrs Les Lawless Mrs M. Patricia Buckley Rev Rick George II Mr and Mrs John Krager Rev Patrick Riffle Mr and Mrs James Adams Deacon and Mrs Randy Grosse Mrs Ellen Neary Mr Edmund Wickenheiser Mr and Mrs Tim O’Neill Most Reverend George J Lucas Rev Gerald J Buonopane Mr and Mrs Michael Geppert Rev James V Kramper Rev Daniel Roa Fuentes Mrs Betty Aiken Rev Msgr Roger L Grundhaus Mr and Mrs Martin Neberman Ms Susan Willrodt Physicians Mutual Insurance Mr and Mrs Robert Lynn Mr Michael J Burbeck Rev Msgr Joseph Goering Dr and Mrs Ralph Kramper Dr and Mrs David Roda Mr and Mrs Kevin Amick Mr and Mrs Peter Guile Mr and Mrs Joseph Neuberger Rev Thomas W Wilson Company Foundation Mrs Rita Macaulay Dr and Mrs Jerold Buresh Mr and Mrs Ron Gordon Rev Msgr Francis E Kubart Rev Elmer Romero Mr and Mrs Christopher Anadale Rev Kurtis Gunwall Mr and Mrs John Niggemeyer Mrs Josephine Witt Dr and Mrs Richard Pitner Dr and Mrs Ralph Martin Rev David G Burgard Mr and Mrs Patrick J Gorup Mr and Mrs Richard Kucirek Mr and Mrs Emmet Root Merikay Anderson Rev William Gurnee III Rev Francis Alexander Nigli Rev Przemyslaw Peter Wojcik Mr and Mrs Robert A Reed Dr Amy Haddad and Kathleen Burke Rev David Graham Mr and Mrs Lester Kush Rev Lucas Rossi Mr Richard Andrews Mr and Mrs David Haberman Rev Armand M Nigro, SJ Margaret Woltman Dr and Mrs Gerald Ries Mr Steve Martin Mr and Mrs Patrick Butler Rev John Greig Ms Bernice M Lanspa Mr and Mrs David Rossman Mrs Patricia Antonelli Mrs Mary Handwerk Mr Jeff Nolde Mr and Mrs Mark Woodruff Dr Michael Sketch Michael Massey Rev Nicholas Cachia Msgr Edmund Griesedieck Dr and Mrs Thomas Lanspa Rev Nicholas Rouch Mr and Mrs Frederick Backer Mr and Mrs John Hawkins Mr and Mrs William O’Connor Mr James Zimmer Mr and Mrs David Treinen Rev John McHale Mr and Mrs Ron Cacka Rev John Grimes Dr and Mrs Paul Latzko Rev Anthony Russo Rev Msgr Thomas V Banick Mr and Mrs Marshall Heck Mr John O’Leary Mr and Mrs Rob Zimmerman Dr and Mrs Perry Williams Rev Thomas Melvin Mrs Catherine Caggiano Rev Kenneth Gross Mrs Pat Laughlin Rev Paul Rutten Mr and Mrs Mike Beacom Mr David Hemken Deacon and Mrs Keith Pavlik Mr and Mrs Mark Zuroske Mr Gerard Wojtczak Mr and Mrs Ramon Mendez Most Reverend William Rev Jeffrey Gubbiotti Joan Lawlor Mr and Mrs Gary Sadi Anne and Madeleine Begley Jeanne Henry Mr and Mrs David Pedersen Mr and Mrs Kevin Methe P Callahan Mr and Mrs Jim Gustafson Rev Mark Lichter Ms Caroline Safford Mr Jeremy Belsky Rev Michael W Hickin Eugene W Peter, Trustee Mr and Mrs Dennis Murphy Rev Lachlan Cameron Rev Shaun Haggerty Mr Tom Linck Mr and Mrs James Safford Mr and Mrs Steve Berg Mr William Hinger Rev Michael Petering

Spring 2012 Newsletter.indd 4 6/7/12 11:15 AM 4 5 Blessings Received between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011 IPF regrets any errors or omissions. If you notice an error, please contact the Institute at 402-280-3901 or email [email protected] St. John Vianney Society Benefactors Msgr Robert A Nieneber Most Reverend Robert J Carlson Dr Scott Hahn Mr and Mrs Robert Lowe Rev Christopher Sahd Suzanne Berning Rev Paul C Hoesing Mr and Mrs Gregory Pflaum $25,000 + $500-$1,499 Most Reverend Edwin F O’Brien Dr and Mrs Christopher Celio Miriam Hahnenfeld OSU Mr and Mrs Tom Lund Franca Salvo, AO Sr M Antonia Bina, ND Rev Craig Holway Ms Joann Piwowarski Anonymous Anonymous Dr and Mrs Angelo Patil Central States Health Rev Dennis Hanneman Mr and Mrs Michael J Lynch Mr and Mrs Don Schaefer Mr and Mrs Duane D Blake Theresa Bush and Mary Honke Mrs Lorraine Pohlen Anonymous Anonymous Dr and Mrs Wayne Ryan and Life Co of Omaha Mr and Mrs Fred Hansen Rev Larry Maddock Mr and Mrs Al Schmid Margaret Blodig Rev Monte J Hoyles Mr Scott Potthoff Estate of Mr Frank Duffy Anonymous Mrs Lucille Sahd Mr John Cernech Rev Thomas J Hart Mr and Mrs Richard Maher Deacon and Mrs Charles Schultz Rev Jesse Bolger Rev Mark Ivany Dr and Mrs Robert Recker Ganse Family Foundation Access Bank Mr and Mrs Ronald Sahd Angela Chrystal Dr and Mrs John Hartigan Rev Paul Maier Rev Hugh Schwartz Richard Booth, MD Mr and Mrs Edward Janeczko Dr Jose Redondo Mr and Mrs Charles Heider Mr and Mrs John Ayers Dr and Dr David Sambol Rev Ray Clark Mrs Judy Harvey Ms Kathleen Mallory Mrs June Schweiger Mr and Mrs Dan Bopp Justine Jeffrey Rev Timothy Reilly Supreme Council of the Mr and Mrs Duane Banderob Mr and Mrs Phillip Sauvageau Rev Donald M Cleary Mr and Mrs William Harvey Mr and Mrs Nicholas Manhart Mr and Mrs Joseph Scott Rev Alan Bower Mr and Mrs Brooks Joyner Rev Christian Riesbeck Knights of Columbus Mr and Mrs Doug Barrett Mrs Betty Shrier Community Bank Corporation Mr and Mrs Richard Hautzinger Most Reverend John Manz Mr and Mrs Martin Sketch Mr and Mrs Ernest Bredar Mr and Mrs Rick Kalal Mr and Mrs Kent Riesberg Mr and Mrs Michael Lawler Mr and Mrs James Bausch Slattery Family Foundation Mr and Mrs Thomas Connolly Mrs Ann Hawk Rev Pius Mardian Rev Msgr Dennis Skonseng Mr and Mrs Robert Broghammer Mr and Mrs John Kaplan Ms Elizabeth Risko Mr and Mrs John Micek Dr and Mrs Richard Belatti St Charles Borromeo Parish Mr Mark Conzemius Mr Tom Heenan Ms Julie Masters Dr and Mrs Joseph Skradski Mr and Mrs Lloyd Brooks Mr and Mrs Robert Kathol Rev Michael Roach Sullivan Foundation Mrs Thomas Belford St Robert Bellarmine Mr and Mrs Patrick Corrigan Mrs John Heffron Mrs Anne VonDollen McAlister Lt Col Ann Smith, USAF NC Rev Jesse Burish Rev Jonathan Kelly Deacon Ronald Rojas Beringer Ciaccio Dennell St Wenceslaus Church Cosgrave Company Mr and Mrs William Helget Mcanay, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A. Ms Cece S Smith Mr and Mrs Tom Burke Mr and Mrs Daniel Kenney Mr Brian Romportl Founders Mabrey, Inc Mr and Mrs Ken Stinson Rev Richard Coy Rev Tim Hepburn Mr and Mrs Edward J McCarthy Very Rev Michael Smith Mr and Mrs Thomas Burnes Janice Kilbride Mr George Rosness $10,000-$24,999 Mr and Mrs Jay Bolding Mr Clarke M Thompson Creighton Federal Credit Union Mr and Mrs Roger Hermsen Mr and Mrs Tom McCarthy Mr and Mrs Emil Sodoro Mr and Mrs Frederick Cady Mr Steve Kluthe Imogene Rowen AMDG Foundation Mr and Mrs Keith Borchers Mrs Evelyn M Tollefson Mr and Mrs Richard Croker Mr and Mrs David Hilger Rev James McCormick Rev James Largoza Sorra Mr Mauricio Carrasco Knights of Columbus Ms Cornelia Rozmajzl Archdiocese of Omaha Mrs Diane Brown Rev Thomas J Topf Dr and Mrs Denis Cuka Rev Kirby F Hlavaty Dr and Mrs James McGill Mr and Mrs David Spargo Mr and Mrs Jim Carroll Council #10965 Mr and Mrs Bill Rucker Archdiocese of St. Louis Mr and Mrs Kim Cafferty Rev David L Toups STD Mrs Jean Curnyn Rev Mark Hollis Rev Brian McMaster Mr and Mrs James Spargo Ms Kay Chelberg Rev August Koeune Mr Charles Russell Mr and Mrs Chris Berens Mr and Mrs Harry L Capadano III Mr and Mrs Patrick Tucker Rev Eddie D’Almeida Mr Edward Hotz Rev Msgr Andrew Meister Mr and Mrs Doug Spellman Rev Frederick Close, Jr Rev Matthew J Koperski Mr and Mrs Jerry Ryan Mr and Mrs Jon Crane Mr and Mrs Tom Carney Mr and Mrs Roman Uhing Ms Mary Alice Daly Dr and Mrs Robert Howell Ms Sharon Melchior Rev Michael Speziale Mr and Mrs Kevin Cooper Dr Harold Kreski Sr Rosella Salvato Mr and Mrs Sergio Delgado Catholic Mutual Group Mr and Mrs Joe Vlock Rev Don E DeGrood Mr and Mrs Stephen Hruby Rev Michael Merkt Mr and Mrs Gene Steffensmeier Rev Anthony Costa Mary Ann Kuhn Mrs Ruth Sauser Esseff Foundation Church of Saint Paul Mr Denis Walsh Mr and Mrs Louis D’Ercole Dr James V Huerter Drs Shun Kwong and Laura Micek Mr and Mrs Robert Stier Mrs Marion Cowden Mr and Mrs John Kukula Mr and Mrs Bernie Schaefer Rev Andrew N Gehringer Rev John Cippel Mr and Mrs Herman Weist Mr and Mrs Stephen Dickas Rev Norman Hunke Rev Edward Michelini Mr and Mrs Mark Stinson Ms Mary Anne Cronican Mr and Mrs Herb Kupfer Rev Martin T Schaefer Nikolaus Family Foundation Most Reverend Joseph R Cistone Mr and Mrs Donald Wells Mr and Mrs Charles Diers Institute of The Apostolic Oblates Mary Kay Miller Rev Andrew Strobl Ms Lucretia Danielson Bernie and Becky Kurtz Rev Douglas P Scheinost Mr and Mrs Louis Mr and Mrs Larry Cochran Rev Brian Welter Corinne Dineen Mireya Insua Diaz Most Rev Anthony M Milone Mr Robert F Sullivan Rev Lawrence D’Anjou Mr and Mrs Gregory Lange Marlys Scherlin Henry Oberndorf Rev Andrew H Cozzens Ms Gail Werner-Robertson Dr and Mrs Tom Dobleman Mr Howard Irish Mr and Mrs John Minton Rev Michael Swanton Mr Connor Danstrom Mr and Mrs Robert Lario Dr W J Schlueter Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. Mr and Mrs Richard Cunningham Rev Anthony Wilwerding Rev B Thomas Donovan Mrs Jo James Mr and Mrs Michael Mooney Rev Andy Syring Mrs Darlene Davis Mrs Kimberly Lastauskas Ms Beth Schultz Mr and Mrs James Taphorn Most Rev Elden Francis Curtiss Mr Joseph Zaborowski Mr and Mrs Tom Donovan Mr and Mrs Jim Jandrain Mr and Mrs Gregory Morrison Rev William D Thompson Mr and Mrs Keith Deras Mr and Mrs Ken Lawson Rev Robert Schultz Jr Mr and Mrs Tom Werner Dr and Mrs Peter DeMarco Mr and Mrs William Drozda Mr and Mrs Michael Jarecki Most Blessed Sacrament Church Rev Randy Timmerman Mr and Mrs Chuck Dimler Mr and Mrs Thomas Lehmkuhl Libby Schumacher Diocese of Venice in Florida Patrons Rev David A Duffeck Mr and Mrs Pete Jeffrey Mr and Mrs James Moylan Rev Richard C Tomasone Mr John Dixon Pat Leigh Mrs Eloise Seward Companions Mr Dan and Dr Denise Drvol $100-$499 Mrs Joyce Duffy Mrs Helen Jenkins Rev Michael Muhr Mr and Mrs Clark Tomlinson Mrs Joann Doering Rev Michal Lewon Rev Joseph Sia $5,000-$9,999 Dr and Mrs James Dunlap Anonymous Mr and Mrs Jay Dunlap Mr Douglas Johnson Rev Thomas M Muldowney Leslie Torstenson Patricia Duda Mr and Mrs Tim Lonergan Mr and Mrs Roy Singleton Mr and Mrs James Czyz Mrs Georgia Ebel Anonymous Ms Shirley Dunlap Rev Daniel Kampschneider Mr and Mrs Douglas Munter Dr and Mrs James Tracy Mr and Mrs Wilfred J Duerr Ms Juliette Lopez Mrs Thelma Slattery Dr and Mrs Steven Doran Rev Stephen Eickhoff Anonymous Mr Thomas Dwyer Rev William Karg Rev William F Murphy Mr Khoi Tran Dr and Mrs Michael Dunn Rev Matthew Lorrain Rev Daniel H Smith Dr and Mrs David Hoover Mr Ralph Essay Anonymous Rev Paul Eberle Deacon and Mrs Mr and Mrs Charles Narmi Rev Ed Travers, MSC Dr and Mrs Allen Dvorak Mr and Mrs Steve Luna Rev Msgr Thomas Smith Miss Sue Kirkham Most Reverend Felipe J Mr and Mrs David Abboud Mr Pat Egan, Jr Duane Karmazin Mr and Mrs Raymond Neppl Ms Marjorie Uerling Mr and Mrs Dennis Dvorak Mr and Mrs Jerry Lundgren Miss Kathleen Smithberg Knights of Columbus Estevez, STD Mr Jeff Allan Mr Donald Egr Rev R Joey Kaump Most Reverend John C Nienstedt Mr Jerry Ulmer Mr and Mrs Marlyn Eckerson Mrs Benjamin Lynch Dr and Mrs Louis Sojka Nebraska State Council Rev Eugene Florea Alliance Comp and Benefit Group Mr and Mrs Robert Eischeid Mr and Mrs John Kellogg Ms Lois Ann O’Gara Most Reverend Kevin Vann Mr and Mrs George Eckert Mrs Patricia Maggio Mr and Mrs Gene Spence Mr and Mrs John Mullen Dr and Mrs Thomas G Gabuzda Mr and Mrs James Ambrose Mr and Mrs Don Erftmier Mr and Mrs Kevin Kelly Ms Joyce Olson Dr Joby and Dr Tessy Varghese Mr and Mrs David H Eggleston Dr and Mrs Patrick Mahoney Mr and Mrs Donald Spica Susan Resnick Rev Daniel Gallaugher American National Bank Mr and Mrs Patrick Ervin Mr and Mrs Richard Kelly Mr Claire Tex Oswald Most Reverend Allen H Vigneron Mr and Mrs Louis Ellis Ms Monika Maides St Augustine’s Seminary of Toronto Mr and Mrs E. Terry Sibbernsen Mr and Mrs Richard P Garrigan Mrs Mary Joy Anderson Rev Alberto Esposito Rev William T Kelly Rev Joseph Palermo Rev Hugh Wade Mr and Mrs James Erixon Mr and Mrs Stephen Mainelli Mr and Mrs Ray Stratman Mr and Mrs James Wulf Mr and Mrs Ronald Gartlan Mr and Mrs Vincent Antonelli Mr and Mrs Kirk Estee Mr and Mrs Leroy Kerkman Rev James Pankiewicz Mr and Mrs Martin Walsh Mr and Mrs Frank P Ervin Rev Charles Mangano Mr and Mrs Denis Sullivan His Eminence Francis Cardinal Rev Nick Argentieri Mr and Mrs John Fangman Mr Joseph Kirkconnell Mr and Mrs Jerry C Pape Very Rev Joseph L Waters Msgr John Esseff Mr Cornelius Maris Rev John Szmyd Sponsors George, OMI Rev Allan Arneaud Rev Frank Fano Mr and Mrs John Kizer Most Reverend Thomas Paprocki Mr and Mrs Charles Wear Dr and Mrs Dennis Esterbrooks Ms Janice M Mason Dr and Mrs Paul Tamisiea $1,500-$4,999 Dr and Mrs Gerald Haney Rev James F Arwady Mrs Joanna Farrugia Mr and Mrs William Kizer Most Reverend Richard E Pates Rev James M Weeder Rev George Evans Rev Burke Masters Rev Joseph Taphorn Mr and Mrs Dick Bené Rev Christopher Hartshorn Rev Raymond E Arwady Rev Matthew Fedewa Mr and Mrs William Kizer Mr Kenneth Patry Mr and Mrs Tom Wharton Richard Feldhaus Mr and Mrs James M May Mr and Mrs Mike Taylor Mr and Mrs Richard Celio Mr and Mrs Scott Heider Mr and Mrs Scott Aurit Rev Robert M Ferris Knights of Columbus Mr and Mrs Jim Patterson Mr and Mrs Dennis Wier Mr and Mrs George Fenger Mr and Mrs Robert McKeon Mr and Mrs Phil Thielen Mr and Mrs David Ciaccio Mr and Mrs John and Jacque Mr and Mrs Joseph Barmettler Deacon and Mrs Terry Ficenec Council #652 Mr and Mrs Anthony Pautauro Mr and Mrs Jim Wiles Mr and Mrs James Flood Mr and Mrs John Meyer Rev James R. Tiegs Mr Patrick Clarke Herdzina Mr and Mrs David Baumert Mr and Mrs Lou Finocchiaro Knights of Columbus Dr and Mrs Kenneth Pavlik Rev Dean E Wilhelm Ms Jeane G Fontaine Mr Michael Micek Deacon and Mrs Emmet Tinley III Deacon and Mrs Michael Conzett Rev James Himmelsbach Dr and MrsTimothy Baxter Mr and Mrs William A Fitzgerald Council #5064 Mr and Mrs Philip H Pogge Rev Peter J Williams Mr LeeAllen Fortin Mr and Mrs Marvin Miller Mr and Mrs Steve Tonn Cure of Ars Church, Merrick, NY Mr Jim Honz Mr and Mrs James Beckman Dr and Mrs Robert Fitzgibbons Knights of Columbus Mr and Mrs C. W. Poore, Jr Mr and Mrs Bernard Wilson Mrs Linda Frank Ms Jo Anne Mirabelli Mrs Lynn Toups Dr and Mrs Patrick Dean Ms Elaine Hussman Very Rev Andrew Beerman Dr and Mrs John Fitzpatrick Council # 10795 Rev Msgr Patrick J Pratico, JCD Rev Glen Wilwerding Mr Alex French Mr Raymond F Mohrman Mr and Mrs Kenneth Trani Diocese of Joliet Mrs Lisa Jergovic Mr and Mrs Marc S. Bendesky Rev Francis Frankovich Knights of Columbus Mr Matthew Quail Carol H Windler Mr and Mrs Furey Dr and Mrs Aryan Mooss Mrs Katherine Troia Diocese of Salina Kathy Kanavy Mr and Mrs David Bentley Mr and Mrs Daniel Fritsch Council #12392 Mr and Mrs Doug Quinn Mr and Mrs John Wise Mr Stephen Gadberry Rev Marvin A Mottet Dr and Mrs Daniel Wagner Mr Larry and Dr Karen Dwyer Mr and Mrs David Keller Mr and Mrs David Beringer Rev Msgr Thomas Furlong Mr and Mrs Michael Koenig Most Reverend John Quinn Mr and Mrs Patrick Wolff Mrs Dee Gaeta Mr and Mrs David Mucia Mr and Mrs Don Wall Dr and Mrs Paul Esposito Rev Joseph Kelly Rev Scott A Boeckman Mrs Theresa Gabuzda Dr and Mrs Ed Kolb Mary Ramm Sr Jane Gaughan IHM Mr and Mrs Eric Mueller Minnie Walsh Rev Msgr William Fitzgerald Rev Joe Kim Rev Kenneth Borowiak Most Reverend Joseph A Galante Mr Steven Koop Mr and Mrs Bill Ramsey Donors Mr and Mrs Philip Glatfelter Mr Sean P Mulligan Rev Joseph O Weber Estate of Virginia Flanagan Mr James Kineen Ms Eileen Boyle Rev William Ganci Mr and Mrs Craig Korkow Most Reverend George J Rassas Up to $100 Rev Martin Goetz Mrs Muriel Munchrath Mr and Mrs Peter Westerhaus Rev Richard J Gabuzda Knights of Columbus Kathleen Brinkman Rev Josephjude Gannon Rev Owen Korte Mr and Mrs Edward Regan Anonymous Rev Dan Greving Mr and Mrs BJ Mundt Mr and Mrs Christopher Wheeler Mr Thomas Heafey Council 6429 Mr and Mrs Steve Bruckner Dr and Mrs Edward Gatz Rev Russell Kovash Rev Timothy Reker Ann Marie Abboud Dr and Mrs Norm Grosbach Mr and Mrs Duncan Murray Mr and Mrs Ed Whelan Mr and Mrs Mike Jareske Mr Justin Lappe Mr and Mrs Thomas E Brusnahan Mr and Mrs Gerry Geiger Kara Kraemer Rev Keith D Rezac Pamela Acuff Kathy Gross Mrs Sharon T Neal Msgr William Whelan Mr J Allan Mitchell Mr and Mrs Les Lawless Mrs M. Patricia Buckley Rev Rick George II Mr and Mrs John Krager Rev Patrick Riffle Mr and Mrs James Adams Deacon and Mrs Randy Grosse Mrs Ellen Neary Mr Edmund Wickenheiser Mr and Mrs Tim O’Neill Most Reverend George J Lucas Rev Gerald J Buonopane Mr and Mrs Michael Geppert Rev James V Kramper Rev Daniel Roa Fuentes Mrs Betty Aiken Rev Msgr Roger L Grundhaus Mr and Mrs Martin Neberman Ms Susan Willrodt Physicians Mutual Insurance Mr and Mrs Robert Lynn Mr Michael J Burbeck Rev Msgr Joseph Goering Dr and Mrs Ralph Kramper Dr and Mrs David Roda Mr and Mrs Kevin Amick Mr and Mrs Peter Guile Mr and Mrs Joseph Neuberger Rev Thomas W Wilson Company Foundation Mrs Rita Macaulay Dr and Mrs Jerold Buresh Mr and Mrs Ron Gordon Rev Msgr Francis E Kubart Rev Elmer Romero Mr and Mrs Christopher Anadale Rev Kurtis Gunwall Mr and Mrs John Niggemeyer Mrs Josephine Witt Dr and Mrs Richard Pitner Dr and Mrs Ralph Martin Rev David G Burgard Mr and Mrs Patrick J Gorup Mr and Mrs Richard Kucirek Mr and Mrs Emmet Root Merikay Anderson Rev William Gurnee III Rev Francis Alexander Nigli Rev Przemyslaw Peter Wojcik Mr and Mrs Robert A Reed Dr Amy Haddad and Kathleen Burke Rev David Graham Mr and Mrs Lester Kush Rev Lucas Rossi Mr Richard Andrews Mr and Mrs David Haberman Rev Armand M Nigro, SJ Margaret Woltman Dr and Mrs Gerald Ries Mr Steve Martin Mr and Mrs Patrick Butler Rev John Greig Ms Bernice M Lanspa Mr and Mrs David Rossman Mrs Patricia Antonelli Mrs Mary Handwerk Mr Jeff Nolde Mr and Mrs Mark Woodruff Dr Michael Sketch Michael Massey Rev Nicholas Cachia Msgr Edmund Griesedieck Dr and Mrs Thomas Lanspa Rev Nicholas Rouch Mr and Mrs Frederick Backer Mr and Mrs John Hawkins Mr and Mrs William O’Connor Mr James Zimmer Mr and Mrs David Treinen Rev John McHale Mr and Mrs Ron Cacka Rev John Grimes Dr and Mrs Paul Latzko Rev Anthony Russo Rev Msgr Thomas V Banick Mr and Mrs Marshall Heck Mr John O’Leary Mr and Mrs Rob Zimmerman Dr and Mrs Perry Williams Rev Thomas Melvin Mrs Catherine Caggiano Rev Kenneth Gross Mrs Pat Laughlin Rev Paul Rutten Mr and Mrs Mike Beacom Mr David Hemken Deacon and Mrs Keith Pavlik Mr and Mrs Mark Zuroske Mr Gerard Wojtczak Mr and Mrs Ramon Mendez Most Reverend William Rev Jeffrey Gubbiotti Joan Lawlor Mr and Mrs Gary Sadi Anne and Madeleine Begley Jeanne Henry Mr and Mrs David Pedersen Mr and Mrs Kevin Methe P Callahan Mr and Mrs Jim Gustafson Rev Mark Lichter Ms Caroline Safford Mr Jeremy Belsky Rev Michael W Hickin Eugene W Peter, Trustee Mr and Mrs Dennis Murphy Rev Lachlan Cameron Rev Shaun Haggerty Mr Tom Linck Mr and Mrs James Safford Mr and Mrs Steve Berg Mr William Hinger Rev Michael Petering

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REV DANIEL ANDREWS Mr and Mrs Leroy Kerkman MOST REVEREND SAMUEL J AQUILA Mr Mark Conzemius CASEY BEAUMIER, SJ I Learned Dr and Mrs Timothy Baxter How to Pray Nearly 50 IPF alumni gathered at the JPII MR AND MRS DICK BENÉ “IPF has been a pearl Seminary in Washington D. C. in January Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer of great price to me. before joining thousands for the national Beloved Son: Living Christ’s Own MR DOMINIC BOUCK I learned how to pray here. March for Life. Fr. Mark Toups “rolled Filial Obedience was the focus of the 11th Ms Elaine Hussman Where would I have been At the annual Celebration of Priesthood Dinner, MOST REVEREND DANIEL out” IPF’s promotional video and website annual IPF Symposium held in collabora- without that?” held in Omaha in April. Fr. James Schwertley M BUECHLEIN OSB for those who attended. tion with Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in – Gabe Gubash, received the Pope John Paul II Award for Rev David Graham St. Louis in March. Archbishop J. Peter MOST REVEREND Eparchy of Priestly Service. Archbishop George J. Lucas ROBERT J CARLSON Our Lady of Lebanon Sartain of Seattle was the Keynote Speaker. Mr Mark Conzemius of Omaha was the evening’s speaker. GEORGE COAN Rev Edward Michelini MR AND MRS SERGIO DELGADO Mr and Mrs Ramon Mendez REV JOHN HORN, SJ REV MSGR JOHN ESSEFF AMDG Foundation Dr and Mrs Paul Latzko Rev Msgr John Cippel Mrs Lucille Sahd Most Reverend George J Lucas LUCILE MARIE FROST, O.P. DEACON JAMES KEATING Mr and Mrs Ray Stratman Mike Conrad presents a check from the George and Rosemary Esseff hosted a din- In response to a desire to serve the laity Mr and Mrs Brooks Joyner REV BILL O’LEARY SJ SCHOOL SISTERS OF MR AND MRS MOST REVEREND REV DANIEL KIRBY Dr and Mrs Perry Williams CHRIST THE KING RAY STRATMAN Supreme Council of the Knights of Colum- ner in Los Angeles with friends including and IPF supporters locally, a Morning ROBERT GRUSS Ms Lois Ann O’Gara REV CHRISTOPHER Joan Lawlor Mrs Betty Shrier bus to Fr. Gabuzda, as Director of Mission Archbishop José Gomez to help raise of Reflection was offered in Omaha in Most Reverend Samuel J Aquila MR AND MRS LESTER KUSH ONUOHA SERRA CLUB OF OMAHA REV ROLF TOLLEFSON Advancement, Tom Pogge, looks on. awareness of the IPF mission. December with over 200 in attendance. REV STEPHEN J GUTGSELL Ms Lucretia Danielson Mr and Mrs David Bentley Ms Lucretia Danielson Suzanne Berning Ms Kathleen Mallory ANN PIWOWARSKI Ms Joann Piwowarski MR PRESTON QUINTELA The Institute for Priestly Formation Mr and Mrs Gregory Morrison REV THOMAS ROACH SJ Rev Michael Roach 2011 Summary of Activities MR THOMAS TJ ROBICHAUX Mr and Mrs Thomas Pogge ADRIAN ROMERO Rev Elmer Romero MR BLAKE ROZIER Carol H Windler MRS MINNIE RUSSO Rev Anthony Russo REV PETER RYAN, SJ MRS BETTY SHRIER REV MSGR BILL WHELAN AMDG Foundation Mr and Mrs Ray Stratman Deacon and Mrs Michael Conzett REV STEVE STILLMUNKS DR AND MRS Deacon and Mrs Michael Conzett PERRY WILLIAMS Mr and Mrs Peter Guile SAVED MY LIFE “IPF saved my life. After years of living with clogged spiritual arteries, the Holy Spirit worked through IPF to perform Revenues: % Amount Expenses: % Amount a ‘quadruple bypass’ Program Fees, Tuition, Room & Board . . 61% . .$1,606,180 Program Services ...... 74% . .$1,942,116 on my heart. Now I truly feel the Holy Trinity Contributions & Special Events . . . .36% . . .944,537 Support Services ...... 11% . . .304,348 flowing freely within me!” Investments ...... 1% . . . 22,379 Fundraising & Mission Advancement . . 10% . . .272,131 – Fr. Brian Fallon, Contributed Services ...... 1% . . . 21,411 One-time Mission Adv. Consultation . . 5% . . .135,000 Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri Other Auxiliary Income ...... 1% . . . 38,718 Total Expenses ...... 100% . $2,653,595 Total Revenues ...... 100% . $2,633,225

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Bishops Advisory Council ber of individuals in the Omaha area. Memorials His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo Archbishop of Galveston-Houston We hope that many others from across Donations given in memory of a deceased friend or family member during 2011 His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, OMI the country who desire to honor a favor- Archbishop of Chicago His Eminence Sean Cardinal O’Malley, OFM Cap ite priest, living or deceased, diocesan or MR AND MRS REV MSGR Frederick and Marcia Backer Dr and Mrs Patrick Mahoney Mrs Betty Shrier Archbishop of Boston religious, will respond as well. GEORGE ALLEN EUGENE H KERWIN Anne and Madeleine Begley Mr Cornelius Maris Mr and Mrs Martin Sketch Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila In thanking all those whose names Mr and Mrs Kevin Amick Mrs Patricia Maggio Dr and Mrs Richard Belatti McAnay, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A. Dr and Mrs Joseph Skradski Archbishop-elect of Denver MR AND MRS F W AMICK LOUIS KINERK Mr and Mrs Marc S. Bendesky Dr and Mrs James McGill Mrs Timothy Slattery Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond are recorded on these pages, we want to Mr and Mrs Kevin Amick Dr and Mrs Perry Williams Mr and Mrs Duane D. Blake Mr and Mrs Robert McKeon Dr and Mrs Louis Sojka Archbishop of New Orleans assure them of our continuing prayer MR AND MRS JOHNNY KOOMEN Margaret Blodig Mr and Mrs John Micek Mr and Mrs Denis Sullivan Richard Booth, MD Mr Michael Micek Dr and Mrs Paul Tamisiea Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson Rev. Richard Gabuzda for them and their intentions. We rely JOHN P AMICK Mireya Insua Diaz Archbishop of Saint Louis Mr and Mrs Kevin Amick Mr and Mrs Tom Burke Mr and Mrs Marvin Miller Mr and Mrs Roman Uhing Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, OFM, Cap Executive Director not only on the financial assistance CATHERINE LOWE Mr and Mrs Frederick Cady Dr Joby and Dr Tessy Varghese Archbishop of Philadelphia LIESBETH CHERKO Mr and Mrs Robert Lowe Mrs Catherine Caggiano Dr and Mrs Daniel Wagner Most Reverend Paul S. Coakley of individuals and groups, but most Mr and Mrs Stephen Mainelli WILFRED MACAULEY Mr and Mrs Jim Carroll Awakening Minnie Walsh MR FRANK DUFFY Mrs Rita Macaulay Archbishop of Oklahoma City Dear Friends, importantly we depend on the prayerful Rev Donald M Cleary and Fuller Dr and Mrs Perry Williams Most Reverend Felipe J. Estevez As this Report goes to print, we are intercession of everyone. Especially as the Corinne Dineen REV ALOYSIUS MCMAHON Mr and Mrs Thomas Connolly Mr and Mrs Bernard Wilson Bishop of Saint Augustine MR JOHN P DUFFY Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Mrs Darlene Davis Prayer Life Margaret Woltman preparing to welcome 175 seminarians summer programs begin, please keep us Mrs Joann Doering Mr and Mrs Mark Woodruff Most Reverend José H. Gomez Mrs Joyce Duffy DONALD MUNCHRATH “This summer, IPF has Archbishop of Los Angeles to our ten week program of spiritual all in your daily prayers. MRS BETTY EGR Mrs Muriel Munchrath Patricia Duda MR ROBERT SOENER Mrs Jan Duffy opened my prayer life Most Reverend Joseph E. Kurtz Mr Donald Egr MRS MARIE O’NEILL Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Archbishop of Louisville formation for diocesan seminarians. Ms Mary Ann Horkan Mrs Joyce Duffy relationally to the Trinity Mr and Mrs Richard Garrigan Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Dr and Mrs James Dunlap Most Reverend George J. Lucas They will be joined here on the campus MR PAT FENNELL Mr and Mrs Richard P Garrigan through the Scriptures JOAN SWANTON Archbishop of Omaha Dr and Mrs Michael Dunn in ways I had only heard Rev Michael Swanton of Creighton University by 19 priests Rev James V Kramper Dr and Mrs Perry Williams Dr and Mrs Allen Dvorak Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades and read about, but never INEZ H THROENER Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend in the Spiritual Direction Seminar, 18 Mr and Mrs Dennis Dvorak Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer personally experienced. Mr and Mrs Dan Bopp Most Reverend David L. Ricken seminarians and priests who will be Mr and Mrs Ernest Bredar Bishop of Green Bay “...this report provides ample Mr and Mrs David H Eggleston I recommend IPF to attending the Spiritual Exercises of St. Mr and Mrs James Erixon anyone who is seeking Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Most Reverend J. Peter Sartain Mr Thomas Dwyer Archbishop of Seattle reasons for us to raise prayers Dr and Mrs Paul Esposito an awakening and fuller Ignatius and a group of 12 faculty from Dr and Mrs Dennis Esterbrooks Mr and Mrs George Fenger Most Reverend Allen H. Vigneron prayer life.” Mr and Mrs Richard P Garrigan Archbishop of Detroit various seminaries throughout the coun- Feldhaus Family Foundation of thanksgiving to the Lord Mr and Mrs Lou Finocchiaro – Trent Schmidt, Eugene W Peter, Trustee try and beyond. To serve these program Mr and Mrs Bill Rucker Mission Advancement Council Mr and Mrs William Fitzgerald Archdiocese of participants we will be joined by nearly for all those whom he Mr and Mrs James Flood Kansas City, Kansas MARY KAY TIGHE Mr. Richard J. Bené • Mr. Chris D. Berens Ms Jeane G Fontaine Dr and Mrs Perry Williams Mr. Jay B. & Mrs. Luci B. Bolding 100 faculty and staff who will be with us has brought into the family Mr and Mrs Furey MR GORDON R TOLLEFSON Deacon Michael J. & Mrs. Valerie H. Conzett anywhere from a day to ten full weeks Mr and Mrs Richard P Garrigan Mr and Mrs John Minton Community Bank Corporation Mr. Lawrence A. Dwyer Dr and Mrs Edward Gatz Mr and Mrs Michael Mooney Mr and Mrs Chuck Dimler Mr. John P. Mullen • Mr. Timothy O’Neill throughout the summer. of the Institute...” Mr and Mrs Fred Hansen Dr and Mrs Aryan Mooss Mr and Mrs Wilfred Duerr Mr. Claire (Tex) Oswald • Dr. Michael H. Sketch These, and other programs that take Mrs Judy Harvey Mr Jeff Nolde Ms Janice M Mason Mr. James A. Taphorn place throughout the year, are made pos- Mr and Mrs William Harvey Mr and Mrs William O’Connor Mr and Mrs James M May Mr. Patrick K. & Mrs. Sue M. Tucker sible by the many friends of the Institute Mr and Mrs Richard Hautzinger Mr John O’Leary Mrs Lorraine Pohlen Mr. Thomas F. & Mrs. Jane F. Werner Mr and Mrs Marshall Heck Mr Claire Tex Oswald Mrs Evelyn M Tollefson Dr. Perry T. & Mrs. Donna M. Williams who generously sacrifice so that seminar- Mr and Mrs Charles Heider Mr and Mrs Anthony Pautauro Leslie Torstenson ians and priests can have the opportunity Willam and Mary Helget Mr and Mrs David Pedersen Mr and Mrs Peter Westerhaus Finance Council Jeanne Henry Mr and Mrs Gregory Pflaum Mr. John (Pete) Jeffrey • Mr. John L. Maginn MR LEON TOUPS to “fall in love more deeply” with the Once again, please accept our sincer- Theresa Bush and Mary Honke Mr and Mrs Thomas Pogge Mrs Lynn Toups Mr. Herman D. Weist Dr and Mrs David Hoover Mr and Mrs C W Poore, Jr Lord who has called them to the life of est thanks for your generosity to the spiri- CYNTHIA J Justine Jeffrey Mr and Mrs Bill Ramsey ECKERT WAGNER IPF Foundation priestly service. The pages of this report tual formation of seminarians and priests. Mr and Mrs Pete Jeffrey Dr and Mrs Robert Recker Mr. P. Thomas Pogge, Exectutive Director provide ample reasons for us to raise JAMES AND WILLIAM D. PHILLIPS Mrs Helen Jenkins Mr and Mrs Robert Reed Mr and Mrs George Eckert GLADYS FITZPARTICK Rev Jonathan Kelly Mr and Mrs John Kaplan Ms Elizabeth Risko SUSAN WICKENHEISER Mission Advisory Council prayers of thanksgiving to the Lord for Dr and Mrs John Fitzpatrick ELLEN QUAM Mr and Mrs Robert Kathol Mr and Mrs Emmet Root Mr Edmund Wickenheiser Board of Electors all those whom he has brought into the Gratefully in the Lord, MRS MARGARET GABUZDA Mr and Mrs Thomas Pogge Janice Kilbride Mr George Rosness FR OTTO ZILLIG Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, Co-Chair family of the Institute and who continue Mr and Mrs Keith Borchers JOE, ED, AND LOUISE RIES Mr and Mrs John Kizer Mr and Mrs Jerry Ryan Mr and Mrs Bernie Schaefer Most Rev. Robert J. Carlson, Co-Chair Mrs Theresa Gabuzda Dr and Mrs Gerald Ries Dr Harold Kreski Dr and Mrs Wayne Ryan MR BERNARD Fr. George A. Aschenbrenner, S.J. to support the mission. Dr and Mrs Thomas G Gabuzda MR MARK ROZMAJZL Bernie and Becky Kurtz Marlys Scherlin ZIMMERMAN Msgr. John A. Esseff • Dr. Edward M. Hogan Ms Bernice M Lanspa Dr W J Schlueter Among the many new individuals MR ROBERT GAETA Ms Cornelia Rozmajzl Mrs Rita Macaulay Fr. John Horn, S.J. • Deacon James F. Keating Mrs Dee Gaeta Dr and Mrs Thomas Lanspa Ms Beth Schultz MRS VALERIE ZIMMERMAN Fr. Joseph J. Kelly • Mrs. Trudy McCaffrey and groups who have come forward to Rev. Richard J. Gabuzda MRS BARBARA RUEVE Mrs Pat Laughlin Libby Schumacher REV MSGR ROBERT J GASS Mr and Mrs Vincent Antonelli Mrs Rita Macaulay Teresa Monaghen, A.O. • Dr. Margarett A. Schlientz help us, we want to recognize the very Executive Director Ms Eileen Boyle Pat Leigh Mrs June Schweiger Fr. Scott S. Traynor JOHN AND LOUIS RUSSO generous gift from the national office of ANNA GERBER Rev Anthony Russo Ex-officio Members the Knights of Columbus. We have also Rev Edward Michelini DECEASED SAHD Lawrence A. Dwyer • Fr. Richard J. Gabuzda JO GRADOVILLE FAMILY MEMBERS Fr. Richard J. Hauser, S.J. • Kathy Kanavy received gifts from the Nebraska State Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Mrs Lucille Sahd Mr. John (Pete) Jeffrey • Fr. James A. Rafferty Council and other local councils as well. ANNE HIGLEY SUE, MARY PAT AND In recent months we have been able Dr and Mrs Thomas G Gabuzda J G SCHWEIZER Members Mr Jerry Ulmer to launch an exciting new initiative that Mrs June Schweiger Msgr. Michael Carruthers • Mr. Mark C. Conzemius MARIANNE JANEWICZ MRS NANCY SKETCH Fr. Andrew Cozzens • Dr. Karen L. Dwyer helps honor priests while contributing Rev Michal Lewon Ann Marie Abboud Mr. Gerald E. and Mrs. Suzanne I. Ganse to the support of the Institute’s mission. DEACON ROBERT Mr and Mrs James Adams Mr. George J. Esseff • Mr. Ralph C. Martin JERGOVIC Merikay Anderson Fr. Patrick J. O’Kane • Msgr. Robert J. Panke The “John Paul II Fund for Priests,” Deacon and Mrs Michael Conzett Mrs Mary Joy Anderson Mrs. Anne M. Pogge • Fr. James A. Rafferty described in this Report, has already met Mr and Dr Lawrence Dwyer Mr Richard Andrews Fr. David L. Toups • Fr. Mark A. Toups with an enthusiastic welcome by a num- Dr and Mrs Ed Kolb Mr and Mrs Vincent Antonelli

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Non Profit Organization US Postage Paid Vol. IX, No. 1, 2012 Permit Number 227 Omaha, Nebraska The Institute for Priestly Formation The Institute for Priestly Formation Creighton University A Public Association of the Faithful in the Archdiocese of Omaha 2500 California Plaza Omaha, Nebraska 68178-0207 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Pope John Paul II Fund for Priests Is there a special priest in your life you would like to honor? The Institute for Priestly Formation the Institute’s new Center for Priestly invites you to support its mission Spirituality is constructed in Omaha Is there a Priest For more information Pope John Paul II of spiritual formationand to make a donationof diocesan please contact priests there will be a prominent place of who is a special part fund for priests and seminarians by becoming a part of remembrance of all the priests of your life? the Pope John Paul II Fund for Priests. being honored. This Fund was initiatedP. Thomas byPogge laity who A brief biography of the honored Executive Director want to Thehonor Institute priests for Priestly who Formation have beenFoundation priest and a list of all donors to his 2500 California Plaza instrumental in theirOmaha, lives.Nebraska 68178 account will be perpetually inscribed in a 402.280.3528 “For over 50 [email protected] Fr. Thomas J. Book of Remembrance. Every year a Mass www.priestlyformation.org The Pope John Paul II Fund for Priests is a wonderful Halley S.J. was an important part of my will be celebrated on the IPF campus in opportunity for you to honor a special priest in your g h life and at the same time support the mission of family, whether it was bringing commu- remembrance of all honored priests and The Institute for Priestly Formation. nion to my invalidThank grandmother,you for honoring our priests sitting listed donors. who have dedicated their lives to Christ for us. up all night in the hospital with my dying The Institute announced this Fund g h mother, co-officiating my marriage, or at its recent annual Celebration of Priest- Your generosity will help concelebratingThe my Institute father’s for Priestly funeral. Formation He hood Dinner, and the overwhelmingly as it assists Bishops in the spiritual formation prayed with us, oflistened diocesan priests to and us, seminarians shared meals positive response has been gratifying. with us, and wasin theour United friend. States and Ibeyond. will always The donors recognize that by honoring a treasure that he loved usg andh was always priest, they can, at the same, help The Institute for Priestly Formation Foundation there for us, justis like a 501 (c)Jesus” (3) tax-exempt (Lawrence entity. A. the Institute in the spiritual formation Dwyer, Omaha).All donations are tax deductible to extent permitted by law. of current and future priests. Individuals are beingg h invited, either Please contact Tom Pogge, Director of To learn more about IPF, check out the new The Institute for Priestly Formation solely or in collaborationTo learn more with about others, Mission Advancement, at 402.280.3528 The Institute for Priestly Formation “I will give you shepherds after my own heart.” website at www.priestlyformation.org. to fund an accountvisit our website: in www.priestlyformation.org honor of a priest, Jeremiah 3:15 or [email protected], to receive a living or deceased, diocesan or a member copy of the Pope John Paul II Fund for “Nothing is more practical than of a religious order. Each priest will have Priests brochure, or to make a donation. finding God, that is, than fall- an account within the Fund. lar priest, his name will be permanently Please continue to pray for the work and ing in love in a quite absolute, At the time five thousand dollars inscribed on a beautiful plaque on the the mission of the Institute.Thank you for final way. What you are in love ($5000) is donated in honor of a particu- Wall of Honor at the Institute. When the support. with, what seizes your imagina- tion, will affect everything. It Accounts in honor of the following priests have already will decide what will get you been opened within the Pope John Paul II Fund: out of bed in the morning, what Msgr. Charles F. Brodersen Msgr. Francis P. Kenny Fr. James F. Schwertley you do with your evenings, how Msgr. James C. Buckley Msgr. Eugene H. Kerwin Fr. Donald W. Shane you spend your weekends, what Msgr. James R. Cain Richard D. McGloin, S. J. Fr. Mark A. Toups you read, who you know, what Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss Msgr. Andrew H. Meister Fr. Patrick Walsh breaks your heart, and what Thomas J. Halley, S. J. Fr. Mel J. Merwald Msgr. William S. Whelan amazes you with joy and grati- Fr. Paul C. Hoesing Msgr. Edward J. Schad tude. Fall in love, stay in love, If there is a priest in your life you would like to memorialize, and it will decide everything.” please prayerfully consider opening an account within the – Father Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Pope John Paul II Fund.

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