Join Catholic Extension Society on December 3, 2024, at the Metropolitan Club in New York, as we honor….
Kerry Alys Robinson
President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA
Kerry was the founding executive director of Leadership Roundtable and now serves as a member of its Board of Trustees. Leadership Roundtable is dedicated to promoting excellence and best practices in the management, finances and human resource development of the Catholic Church by harnessing the managerial expertise and financial acumen of senior level lay executives.
A member of the Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities and FADICA (Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities), Kerry has been an advisor to and trustee of more than 25 grant-making foundations, charitable nonprofits and family philanthropies. Kerry served as the executive director of the Opus Prize Foundation which is responsible for an annual international million-dollar prize honoring people of faith whose lives are dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering.
Kerry served as the director of development for Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale University and led a successful $75 million dollar fundraising drive to expand and endow the Chapel’s intellectual and spiritual ministry and to construct a Catholic student center, designed by Cesar Pelli, on Yale’s campus.
Kerry is the author of the prize winning book, Imagining Abundance: Fundraising, Philanthropy, and A Spiritual Call to Service.
She and her husband, Dr. Michael Cappello, a professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health and a professor of Pediatrics and Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale Medical School, have two children, Christopher and Sophie.
The Spirit of Francis Award
The Catholic Extension Society Spirit of Francis Award recognizes an individual or group who has made a significant impact on the mission of the Catholic Church in America through service or philanthropy. Spirit of Francis Award recipients are laudable for their commitment “to reach out to the margins of society” in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis, and the founder of Catholic Extension Society, Father Francis Clement Kelley.
Proceeds from this Spirit of Francis Award Dinner will benefit Women’s Leadership and Ministry in the Church.
Tenth Annual New York Spirit of Francis Award Dinner
Thursday, December 3, 2024
6:30 PM | Reception
7:30 PM | Dinner and Award Presentation
Venue:
Metropolitan Club of New York
1 E.60th Street
New York, NY 10022
New York Spirit of Francis 2024 Sponsor Tiers
HEROES OF HOPE …………………………………………..$75,000
In the spirit of Saint Francis
•Two tables of 10 with premier seating
•Invitations for your guests to attend a private reception with our honoree
•Personal recognition at the event from the podium
•Acknowledgment in the Dinner Journal and on-screen at the event
•Double-page advertisement in the Dinner Journal
•Prayers will be offered in an Extension diocese for you and your loved ones
•Sponsorship acknowledgment on Catholic Extension’s website
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE …………………………..$50,000
In the spirit of Pope Francis
•Table of 10 with prime seating
•Personal recognition at the event from the podium
•Acknowledgment in the Dinner Journal and on-screen at the event
•Full-page advertisement in the Dinner Journal
•Prayers will be offered in an Extension diocese for you and your loved ones
•Sponsorship acknowledgment on Catholic Extension’s website
VISIONARIES …………………………………………………..$25,000
In the spirit of our founder, Father Francis Clement Kelley
•Table of 10
•Acknowledgment in the Dinner Journal
•Half-page advertisement in the Dinner Journal
•Prayers will be offered in an Extension diocese for you and your loved ones
BUILDERS OF FAITH ……………………………………….$15,000
In honor of those who change lives in Extension dioceses
•Table of 10
•Acknowledgment in the Dinner Journal
•Prayers will be offered in an Extension diocese for you and your loved ones
TICKETS …………………………………………………………….$1,500
•One (1) Dinner Ticket
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For additional information or to make a reservation, please contact Catholic Extension Society’s Event Office at CatholicExtension@DaylaArabella.com or call 617.449.7384.