Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 8, 2023 / 07:00 am
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary has received the largest single programming grant from a charitable foundation in its more than 190-year history as Lilly Endowment awarded $1.2 million to establish programs to improve preaching by clergy in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The Indianapolis-based foundation announced the award Sept. 27 in the second year of its Compelling Preaching Initiative. It made grants ranging from $250,000 to $1.25 million to churches, universities, and organizations representing a broad base of Christian faith traditions around the United States totaling more than $95 million.
St. Charles was the only Catholic seminary in the country to receive a grant from the foundation this year.
Locally to Philadelphia, also receiving a grant were Eastern University in St. Davids, Delaware County, a private college in the Baptist tradition; and the Presbytery of Philadelphia, the corporate entity for Presbyterian congregations in the Philadelphia region. (See the full list of grantees.)