Welcoming New ESPERA Partners in Guatemala and Honduras
We are excited to announce a significant expansion of our ESPERA program as we welcome four new organizations into our group of partners. After months of dedicated work, evaluations, and...
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New ESPERA Medical Assistance Fund
We are excited to announce the ESPERA Medical Assistance Fund. In response to an increasing number of unforeseen medical issues experienced by ESPERA members in the past year, this new...
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Mary’s Pence Announces Fall 2023 Grantees
Mary’s Pence is honored to announce the 12 organizations awarded grants for our 2023 Fall cycle. The following organizations were chosen because they embody our values of justice, dignity, and...
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Mary’s Pence Announces Spring 2023 Grantees
Mary’s Pence is honored to announce the 10 organizations awarded grants for our 2023 spring cycle. The following organizations were chosen because they embody our values of justice, dignity, and...
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35th Anniversary Celebration Invoked the Spirit of Saint Catherine of Siena
"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire!" Those are the words of Saint Catherine of Siena – a woman whose feast day...
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Mary’s Pence Releases New DEI Statement
In March 2022 Mary's Pence board members adopted a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) statement. Based on a version drafter by a special DEI committee composed of Mary's Pence...
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Celebrating 35 Years of Funding Women, Changing Lives
Let's Celebrate! Join us for our 35th anniversary celebration online on April 29, 2022. Thirty five years ago a community of justice-minded friends and colleagues in Chicago — Catholic women and Sisters — met...
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2022 Calendar Request Form
The 2022 Mary's Pence Calendar of Women, which celebrates our 35th anniversary of funding women and changing lives, is only available upon request until our limited amount of calendars are...
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Request Your Special 35th Anniversary 2022 Calendar of Women
The 2022 Mary's Pence Calendar of Women, which celebrates our 35th anniversary of funding women and changing lives, is only available upon request until our limited amount of calendars are...
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Mary’s Pence Board Member: “Extending Love, Working for Justice”
When Mary's Pence staff and board congratulated current board member Sr. Barbara Battista, SP, for being featured in National Catholic Reporter's Global Sister Report on May 27, 2021, for her...
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