Raise the Paddle

In spring 2023, Frassati Catholic was awarded the first-ever Scanlan Foundation Building a Culture of Vocations grant, chosen from a competitive list of Catholic schools statewide. Over three school years, the $150,000 grant supported the formation of holy families and helped our students discern their vocation. It paid for subsidized pilgrimages, seminary visits, retreats, adoration services, and formation programming on campus. The fruit is visible: in fall 2025, two members of the class of 2025 entered the seminary, out of just 13 entrants from the entire Archdiocese. In our latest alumni survey in 2025, 100% of respondents shared they attend Mass regularly, 14% of college graduates have discerned the religious life, and 36% have begun their own holy families through marriage.

2025–2026 was the final year of the Scanlan grant, and our goal is to raise $150,000 for programming that supports vocations. By raising your paddle, you help us keep offering innovative opportunities for discernment beyond the everyday formation offered at Frassati Catholic. Please prayerfully consider a gift today.

• Pilgrimages: subsidizing pilgrimages for students who need extra financial support. Such as trips to the Mother House of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia in Nashville for young women, or school-sponsored pilgrimages.
• Retreats: men’s and women’s retreats that give students time to listen for God’s call. Funds will help us secure adequate retreat space for overnight retreats in spaces that help young men or young women grow in community, and grow in their relationship with the Lord.
• Staffing: the people who lead and accompany this formation work on campus, including special guest speakers, theologians, and clergy to support formation.
• Discernment opportunities: experiences like seminary visits for young men, adoration services, and formation programming that go above and beyond what’s possible through everyday formation.