It is with a joyful heart that I have recently announced my retirement plans beginning in June 2022. It is my hope, and Bishop John’s hope, that a new Director of Stewardship & Development can be hired before then, to allow some overlap time that I could assist with orienting the new person.

I have so many wonderful memories from the past 22 years that I have served the Lord through my employment at the Diocese of Marquette. God has used me to get the work done, and he has used my work to shape and form my heart into a more mature disciple. I am so grateful to the many people that have shared their faith stories with me over the years.

I am confident that this vibrant ministry of stewardship and development will continue well into the future for the people of the Diocese of Marquette. If making a planned gift to the church is one of your resolutions, let's set some time aside during the next five months to discuss how best to leave your legacy. I would love to help you.
Gratefully,

Terri Gadzinski, Executive Director

Stewardship & Development, Diocese of Marquette
Upper Peninsula Catholic Foundation
tgadzinski@dioceseofmarquette.org906-227-9108

The Bishops of the United States are calling for a three-year grassroots revival of devotion and belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. They believe that God wants to see a movement of Catholics across the United States, healed, converted, formed, and unified by an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist—and sent out in mission “for the life of the world.”

We are so excited that recent gifts and pledges have helped to exceed the 2021 YFS match challenge goal! There is still time to give if you would like to make an online donation to YFS in 2021, just click here.

To learn more about YFS and the match challenge, visit the YFS website here.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Diocese of Marquette has participated in the national #iGiveCatholic giving day, and each year has drawn more givers and raised more money for parishes, Catholic schools, and ministries. This is a snowballing success for the people who will benefit from the 44 different ministries that were supported this year. For the full story click here.

A diocese-wide contest was offered to help organizations generate new online donors to #iGiveCatholic. Congratulations go out to three organizations that each achieved a 200% increase in the new online givers and will split the $1,000 cash prize:

“Chemotherapy was tough this weekend … but I have a streak of over 25 years of receiving [Communion] weekly,” Vitale wrote on Instagram.

Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale is relying on his Catholic faith and the power of prayer to help him through his battle with cancer. Read the full story here.

Here's a link to the Diocesan Daily Prayer Calendar for 2022. Please join us united in prayer together.