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The results of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux’s #iGiveCatholic are in! With more than 1,600 donors, a total of $900,422 was raised for our local community during the 24-hour online giving event held on #GivingTuesday (December 1, 2020). The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux raised the second highest figure of all Louisiana dioceses, and was ranked within the top five nationally.
“I want to personally thank the generous people of our diocese for their outpouring of love, prayers and financial gifts this past Giving Tuesday during iGiveCatholic,” said Bishop Shelton Fabre. “The words THANK YOU are not enough! I assure you that you are in my prayers and thank you for putting your trust in our ministries.”
Within the diocese, the top three ministries in funds raised all surpassed $100,000 during the daylong campaign, which included the advanced giving phase preceding the Giving Tuesday event:
- Office of Vocations (House of Formation plan) $269,825 from 60 donors 2. St. Bridget Catholic Church (Church renovation) $106,709 from 87 donors 3. E.D. White High School (Parking lot, band practice field) $104,415 from 82 donors
The House of Formation plan, where seminarians would live one full year before continuing their seminary formation, was the third most successful campaign in the entire country in this year’s iGiveCatholic.
Nationally, over $12.6 million was raised for 1,667 ministries this week – making this the most successful Catholic crowdfunding event to date.
“Like Bishop, I am profoundly thankful for all who have so graciously prayed for and given to this year’s iGiveCatholic campaign in support of their church parishes, schools and nonprofits,” said Amy Ponson, Executive Director of the Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana. “Despite the extremely challenging year, our amazing community came together and helped us raise more than double our proceeds from last year. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”
For more information about #iGiveCatholic or to view the full list of results visit https://houma thibodaux.igivecatholic.org, visit catholicfoundationsl.org or call 985-850-3116.
