May 18, 2016

Watertown - The Sacred Heart Foundation Board of Directors has announced that $78,000 in scholarship awards for 2016 was approved at the March board meeting.

The Scholarship Committee reviewed applications from ten different Missionary of the Sacred Heart (MSC) Provinces located in eight different countries. Eighty-eight MSC deacons and seminary students will receive financial assistance.

Through the generosity of our supporters since 1968, this is the highest annual award the Sacred Heart Foundation has given in scholarships.

The Sacred Heart Foundation raises funds through its annual membership drive, through memorial card donations and from two major fundraisers: an annual Golf Tournament (Frank Caprara Memorial) June 15 at the Watertown Golf Club and annual Benefit Dinner Sept. 21 at the Hilton Garden Inn.

Further information on the Sacred Heart Foundation and how to become a supporter is available at www.sacredheartfoundation.com or at the office at 315-782-3344.

The Mission of the Sacred Heart Foundation is to spread the word of God by raising funds which provide financial assistance for the education of those studying to be priests and brothers of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart anywhere in the world. Since 1876 the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart have had a presence in the Diocese of Ogdensburg.