Uplifting Changemakers: A Snapshot of the Mary’s Pence Grantee Gathering
Mary’s Pence hosted our annual Grantee Gathering October 20-23 in Farmington, Minnesota at the Mount Olivet Conference and Retreat Center. At the event grantees had the opportunity to network, build skills, learn from each other, share knowledge, rest and reflect. Grantees kicked off our new Public Health Cohort at Katherine Wotjan’s house. The cohort […]
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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SSND 2023 Women’s Leadership Luncheon
We were happy to help sponsor the School Sisters of Notre Dame 2023 Women's Leadership Luncheon on Thursday, March 30th. At the event, Louise J. Blissenbach Stemp spoke about Maintaining...
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Join us in Saint Paul’s Art Crawl
April, 2023 Mary's Pence will be part of the Art Crawl in St. Paul on the last weekend of April. So we're calling our supporters and friends to stop by...
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2023 Annual Grantee Retreat
After three long years, we are gathering with representatives of current Grantees in our annual Grantee Retreat. The event will take place in Minnesota on May 7-10th. This year's theme...
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Mary’s Pence Summer Reading List 2022
Mary's Pence 2022 Reading List Data Feminism Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein, 2020 Data Feminism offers strategies for data scientists seeking to learn how feminism can help them work...
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August – Inspiring Women
Asociación de Mujeres Emprendedoras por la Justicia de San Rafel de Cedros (CEDROS) San Rafael Cedros, El Salvador Building Economic Autonomy Through Family Farming. Asociación de Mujeres Emprendedoras por la...
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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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Mary’s Pence Invites People to Virtual 35th Anniversary Celebration
Thirty-five years ago this month on April 29, 1987, the Feast Day of Saint Catherine of Siena, Mary’s Pence was founded. It’s the day that our work to fund women-led,...
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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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