Our Boosters Make a Big Difference to our Success!
What Are the Boosters?
The CatholicCulture.org Boosters are a group of CatholicCulture.org users whose personal apostolic goals coincide so closely with those of CatholicCulture.org that they have decided to play a special role in promoting and supporting our mission to enrich Faith, strengthen the Church and form Catholic culture. The Boosters were formed in March of 2010.
What Do the Boosters Do?
Boosters provide feedback on our ideas for development; they promote the use of CatholicCulture.org among friends, associates and other contacts; as opportunity provides they alert Trinity Communications to possible support from foundations, parishes and interested associates; they make their own financial sacrifices to support our work; and they keep CatholicCulture.org firmly in their prayers.
A particularly important Booster activity is the development of the Booster Challenge Grant for our annual Fall Campaign. This grant is formed from the combined commitments of roughly a hundred boosters. Commitments have ranged from $100 to $5,000, and the total grant typically reaches about $60,000.
What is Required to Be a Booster?
The main requirement is a strong commitment to the mission of CatholicCulture.org. While each Booster undertakes to meet a personal financial goal each year, and this is obviously important, the minimum annual financial commitment is just $250. It is understood that each Booster’s financial situation is different. There are a variety of ways to support our mission, and Boosters do what they can when they can.
How Does Booster Communication Work?
CatholicCulture.org’s data record for each Booster is marked for Booster membership, and Boosters are removed from Trinity Communications' normal fund-raising program. Jeff Mirus, President of Trinity Communications, communicates periodically with Boosters by personal email, sometimes asking for feedback on new ideas or announcing new initiatives, firming up the Booster membership each year, recording Booster pledges to the Fall Challenge, and so on.
How Do I Become a Booster?
The original group of Boosters was formed through correspondence with about 125 of CatholicCulture.org's most active donors, of whom forty-eight joined the group. Early each year, key donors from the previous year are invited to join the Boosters, and volunteers from among all supporters are always welcome. The program grew over time, and membership now typically hovers around 100. If you wish to join, simply write to Jeff Mirus at [email protected] and indicate your desire to participate in the Boosters program.
Our Boosters
Irma Alvarez: Bonita, CA, USA
Rev. David Angelino: Houston, TX, USA
Donna Bethell: Washington, DC, USA
Derek Bonen-Clark: Limburg, The Netherlands
Harb Bou-Harb: Damour, Lebanon
Steve Brock: Charlotte, NC, USA
Keith Buckner: Saint Ann, MO, USA
Philip Camill: Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Rev. Richard Castro Huergo, MC: South Lyon, MI, USA
William and Ann Church: Grants, NM, USA
Randy Collins: Green Cove Springs, FL, USA
Charles Cornelio: Greensboro, NC, USA
Frederick Costello: Oak Hill, VA, USA
Virginia Czuba-Dobey: Macon, MO, USA
Samuel Danziger: Irvine, CA, USA
Donald Date: Frederick, MD, USA
Michael de Haas: Le Mesnil le Roi, France
Patricia Derr: Londonderry, NH, USA
Thomas Dietz: Springfield, VA, USA
Jeannie Dupont: Greenwood, PA, USA
Rev. Andrew Florez: Metairie, LA, USA
Kevin Gardner: Baltimore, MD, USA
Deborah Garwood: Houston, TX, USA
Elizabeth Gilleran: Wellesley, MA, USA
Rev. Michael Grisolano: Chicago Ridge, IL, USA
Rev. Gary Gurtler: Weston, MA, USA
Edward Hadas: London, United Kingdom
Joy Heebink: Forest City, IA, USA
Ann Heneghan: County Dublin, Ireland
Frank Heron: Quarryville, PA, USA
Linda Holleran: Houston, TX, USA
Thomas Hudock: Akron, OH, USA
Most Rev. Geoffrey Jarrett: Lismore, NSW, Australia
Robert Johnson: Airmont, NY, USA
David Jones: Ambler, PA, USA
Pilar Jones: Fairfax, VA, USA
John Kleinhenz: Corvallis, OR, USA
Jim Kolenich: Greenville, PA, USA
Anonymous: Elwood, IL, USA
Christopher & Ellen Lee: Alexandria, LA, USA
Donald Leeber: Marco Island, FL, USA
Paul Leone: Orchard Park, NY, USA
Janne Liu: Kent, WA, USA
Charles Maloney: Marshall, VA, USA
Mary Marten: Waggoner, IL, USA
John McCann: Tucson, AZ, USA
Michael McGrath: Carlsbad, CA, USA
Rev. Patrick McNamara: Dublin, Ireland
Robert Means: Lexington, KY, USA
Joseph Meilinger: Greeley, CO, USA
Brian Micke: Como, WA, Australia
David Miller: Falls Church, VA, USA
Thomas Morrison: Denver, CO, USA
Melita Motherway: Mystic, CT, USA
Perry Mowbray: Lawson, NSW, Australia
Richard Muller: Omaha, NE, USA
William Mureiko: Kerens, TX, USA
Anonymous: Limerick, Ireland
Rev. John Naugle: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Anonymous: Dulles, VA, USA
Richard Neves: Blacksburg, VA, USA
Mike Nichols: Saratoga, CA, USA
George Nolan: Montague, MA, USA
Vincent Ong: Singapore
Joseph Orchard: Union, NJ, USA
Brian Orcutt: Hyde Park, NY, USA
David Pennebaker: Chattanooga, TN, USA
David Peterman: Dallas, TX, USA
Nicholas Picini: Kearny, NJ, USA
Carolyn Pierce, Heuvelton, NY, USA
Mark Pilon, St. Paul, MN, USA
Kenneth Plato: Middleburg, FL, USA
Michael Reavey: Fort Worth, TX, USA
David Schnelly: Tampa, FL, USA
Peter Sebastian: Surbiton, Surrey, United Kingdom
Jim Sheldrup: Seattle, WA, USA
James Slabonik: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Anonymous: Boynton Beach, FL, USA
Marvin Spychaj: Alexandria, VA, USA
Daniel Sullivan: Potomac, MD, USA
Rev. John Szada: Hanover, PA, USA
Maurice Teo: Sham Tseng, NT, Hong Kong
Rev. Mathias Thelen: Jackson, MI, USA
Alan Veeck: Sewickley, PA, USA
Anonymous: South Bend, IN, USA
Matthew Walz: Irving, TX, USA
Maria Weiner: Arkadelphia, AR, USA
Mark Wheeler: Sea Cliff, NY, USA
Margaret Whitbread: Wrentham, MA, USA
