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SLW Grants
Mission Fund Grants This fund, established in the 90’s, is fed mainly by the annual Mardi Gras Event which was held February 1st of this year. It is also supported by other benefits and donations from families and friends. It was established to make it possible for the Sisters of the Living Word to engage in ministries directly addressing the SLW Mission. Grants from this fund help SLW take the Word that “frees the oppressed and brings new life” to people in dire circumstances. The recipients of the Mission Fund Grants for 2008 are as follows:
SLW Underfunded GrantsCarrie Miller, SLW for program ministry at Faith Community Homes, an agency that provides affordable housing for struggling families, Arlington Heights, IL. Jeannine Randolph, SLW for massage ministry to battered women and frail elderly, Arlington Heights, IL. Kris Vorenkamp, SLW for religious education ministry to the Latino youth of Mission San Juan Diego, Arlington Heights, IL. Vianney Moore, SLW for support ministry at the St. Jude Community Center soup kitchen, New Orleans, LA. Norma Thelen, SLW for parish ministry in an African American parish, Flint, MI. Jeannette Daniel SLW and Judiann Derhake, SLW for establishing a Montessori program at St. Anthony School, Bunkie, LA. Joanne Grib, SLW for her welcoming ministry with the homeless clients at JOURNEYS FROM PADS TO HOPE, Arlington Heights, IL.
Ministry Grants Very shortly after the Sisters of the Living Word were founded in 1975, the seed of an idea began to grow. Although the number of Sisters in the community was under one hundred, there was a desire to support and strengthen a wide diversity of ministries that shared the core values of the Living Word Mission Statement. In an act of faith that moved beyond limited financial capabilities, the Sisters of the Living Word invested in other innovative ministry efforts. In 1978, the first year of the Ministry Grants, three grants were distributed amounting to $2,700. In each of the original grants, a Sister of the Living Word was to be involved in the actual ministry. By 2005, $15,000 was distributed, no longer requiring that an SLW be involved. The amount available for these grants is based on 1% of the Sisters' salaries and 1% of Development net income.
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