Paying It Forward

Scholarship Fund Improves Access to Catholic Education

Our Sisters settled in the United States in 1913 to educate the children of Eastern European immigrants. For more than a century, we have carried on our ministry of education — first by establishing and staffing parish grade schools, and then by opening Mount Assisi Academy in Pittsburgh and St. Francis Academies in both Bethlehem, Pa., and San Antonio, Texas. Today, a handful of our Sisters are still in the classroom, where the value of education remains evident every day.

To carry forward our century of work in education and to empower the next generation of young women, we have established the Antonia Lampel Scholarship Fund.

In the spirit of our visionary foundress, Mother Frances Antonia Lampel, scholarships will be awarded each year (beginning in Fall 2024) to students who are or who will be attending a Catholic school or college. With support for Catholic education in grades K-12 and beyond, the scholarship is open to all students, regardless of religion, race or ethnicity. The number and amount of awards available will depend on the value of the fund each year.

As an educator in the 19th Century, Antonia Lampel knew that, in large part, the condition of future families and society was dependent upon the proper education and training of youth. Today, as a community devoted to the education of the whole person, we continue to respond. In accordance with Pope Francis’ encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, we are reaching out to families in need of tuition assistance.