Fundraising Overview

The first and foremost responsibility of the Office of School Advancement, is to provide financial support for Catherine McAuley High School. The office staff consists of the Director of Advancement, Director of Special Events and Alumnae Relations, Director of Planned Giving, and the Advancement Services Manager.

This staff oversees all fundraising activities, which includes the annual fund through direct mail, personal solicitations and phonathon, memorial gifts, raffle calendar, the annual auction, the golf open, all major gifts that come through planned giving or bequests, the Sister Mary Denis Society (for those who have made a bequest to the school or who have said the school is being remembered in their estate plans, and the Good Cause Thrift Store, which is located at 693 Congress Street.

The Advancement Office keeps the database for all donors and generates all letters of thanks and gratitude. It publishes the Annual Report, which lists names of those who have given to the school through monetary support or volunteerism. The Annual Report also details monies raised and how these funds are spent.

The second major responsibility of the Advancement Office is to act as liaison between the school and the alumnae from Cathedral High School, St. Joseph's Academy, and Catherine McAuley High School. In fulfilling this responsibility, this office keeps a record of all the alumnae, updates these records, and puts alumnae in touch with each other through the publication of the Mercian Newspaper, which is published twice a year.

A deep debt of gratitude goes out to all who have invested their time and money in Catherine McAuley High School over the years.