An endowment fund is a way for benefactors to make a gift that keeps on giving every year towards a cause that is dear to their hearts. The interest earned from our Scholarship Endowment fund enables St. Mary’s Parish to provide support for families who find it a hardship to pay the school tuition.

Recently Father John Baluff visited with relatives of Mr. Robert B. Berkes who passed away in 2008. They related how their uncle spoke with great affection about St. Mary’s Parish School. He remembered  that when, due to financial hardship, his family was unable to pay his tuition at St. Mary’s,  the parish priest paid it. Robert never forgot that kindness and recently remembered St. Mary’s parish in his will.

In his honor the parish will be contributing $20,000 to St. Mary’s Scholarship endowment.

Please join us in remembering and thanking Mr. Robert B. Berkes and his family.

Thanks to Father John for submitting this article.