They spread a little sunshine throughout their community, and the Board of Directors of Western Catholic Union have voted the St. Anthony Branch 253 in Union, MO, the winner of WCU’s Lakebrink Award for the fourth year in a row. The Lakebrink Award began in 1996 to recognize the very best branches in the organization. Throughout […]
Racine, WI, Branch 400 sponsored an ice cream social as a Matching Fund project to benefit residents of Lincoln Lutheran Home. Despite bad weather forcing it indoors, more than 200 people attended to enjoy the assortment of delicious pies or cake, ice cream, and a beverage. Over $2,700 was raised.
St. Martin of Tours Branch 14, East St. Louis, sponsored a golf tournament as a Matching Fund project to benefit Waterloo Gibault High School raising over $14,000. Gibault, a co-ed school, serves just over 250 students primarily from Monroe County, IL. Pictured at right is WCU Agent Ken Carrico presenting check to Gibault Catholic High […]
Sarah Frazier Kane, recording secretary/treasurer of WCU Branch 95, Davenport, IA, presented a Matching Fund check to Sabrina Gifford, Program Director of Kids First! Academy in Camanche, IA. Kids First! Academy sold candles September 30 through October 14, 2011, raising over $2,000. Kids First! Academy is a non-profit early childhood education center, providing a safe, […]
For 33 years Marian Mueth taught 2nd graders because, as she says, “They could be motivated so easily. I loved their exuberance.” For much longer, Marian has “lit the fire” for Western Catholic Union Branch 251 in Belleville. In March, she was named a Fraternalist of the Year by the Illinois Fraternal Alliance, at its […]
“I want to go see MY Santa Claus.” Jim Farmakis will never forget those words. For the past eight years he’s played the role of Santa Claus for the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence center for challenged adults, just around the corner from the Western Catholic Union fraternal hall in Chicago. This little […]
It’s 7 o’clock , one evening in July, and Phil Hildebrand is working up a good sweat over the grill at a Western Catholic Union swim party. He’ll cook up over 300 hot dogs for the party. And he’s never been happier. This is a labor of love for Phil. As he looks out across […]
“If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but actions and in truth.” — John 3:17-18 It’s a warm spring morning and 82-year-old Welton Gegg […]
