Catholic Extension Annual Report 2022

WHAT’S INSIDE:
15 years of progress pg. 4-5
The best is yet to come,
and here is why.
2022 Highlights pg. 6-7
Managing operations pg. 8-11
Building churches pg. 12-15
Developing leaders pg. 16-17
Innovating ministries pg. 18-21
The future pg. 22-25
Our mission pg. 26
Leadership pg. 27
Financial Report pg. 28-31
Dear Friends,
It is hard to imagine that 15 years have elapsed since I became
president of Catholic Extension. When the Holy See appointed me
to my first five-year term, I believed that Catholic Extension—with
all of its rich history in American Catholicism—had great potential
to be a major force of transformation in our country.
My conviction has proven to be correct.
Throughout my time at Catholic Extension, I have had the opportunity
to meet so many truly aspirational people who, despite being poor
and disadvantaged in so many senses of the word, nonetheless
possess the greatest wealth possible: the gift of faith. Our faith
reminds us that we are more than our circumstances, meaning
that there is a deeper purpose to our lives that propels us forward
into a future filled with hope, no matter how bleak the present
may look.
That is why our mission of building vibrant and transformative
Catholic faith communities continues to hold so much potential.
Many forces seek to pull us apart, dispirit us and discourage us,
but faith communities have the ability to change hearts, lives
and indeed society. Faith invites us to experience our oneness
with God and oneness with each other, and this unity is stronger
than all the forces of darkness and despair that exist around us.
So much has changed since I first came to Catholic Extension.
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