Extension magazine - Summer 2023
Our president, Father Jack Wall, met Pope Francis in a private audience in Rome as part of a Catholic Extension delegation that included our chancellor, Cardinal Blase Cupich; our vice chancellor, Bishop Gerald Kicanas; and more than 60 women faith leaders. The Holy Father thanked Catholic Extension for "caring for the needs of the poor and most vulnerable."
Our president, Father Jack Wall, met Pope Francis in a private audience in Rome as part of a Catholic Extension delegation that included our chancellor, Cardinal Blase Cupich; our vice chancellor, Bishop Gerald Kicanas; and more than 60 women faith leaders. The Holy Father thanked Catholic Extension for "caring for the needs of the poor and most vulnerable."
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Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan<br />
<strong>Extension</strong> | <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2023</strong> 7<br />
BUILD<br />
NEWS BRIEFS 10 | NEW CHURCH FOR THE OJIBWE PEOPLE 16<br />
News from<br />
around the country<br />
New, tax-saving<br />
opportunity!<br />
Your QCD can now be used to fund a Catholic<br />
<strong>Extension</strong> charitable gift annuity.<br />
Please support our mission!<br />
Saves you<br />
taxes<br />
For the first time ever, new legislation expands charitable, tax-advantaged possibilities for those who<br />
want to use their qualified charitable distributions (QCD) to create a charitable gift annuity (CGA).<br />
To learn more, please contact Betty Assell, Manager of Annuities, at 800-842-7804 or<br />
bassell@catholicextension.org.<br />
+<br />
Provides you<br />
payments for<br />
the rest of your life<br />
Deacon Eddie<br />
Grider incenses<br />
the faithful at<br />
St. Peter Claver<br />
in the Diocese<br />
of Lexington,<br />
Kentucky, at<br />
the church’s<br />
dedication.<br />
See story,<br />
page 12.<br />
catholicextension.org/annuities<br />
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