| Diocese of El Paso Catholic Schools Scholarship Trust Fund |
| Bishop Raymundo Pena of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso created a fund for the Catholic schools in the 1980s to provide financial aid to needy students through the interest generated. In 1997, Bishop Armando X. Ochoa established this fund as a trust fund for the Catholic schools with the interest given out annually to needy students. The profit from the annual SEED Awards Dinner and the unused portion of the 20% from the Diocesan Raffle have been used to build up the principal and thereby provide more financial aid to our students. Currently, the interest is given out mid-year to students whose families have had unexpected financial difficulties due to illness, layoffs, or reduction in income, and the like. Without the financial aid, the students would not otherwise be able to continue their Cathoilic education. Application forms are available from the Office of Education and the local school in early January and are due in to the Office of Education by February 1st for processing. It is our dream to build up the principal to the extent that financial aid could be offered at the beginning of the school year rather than mid-year. |
| Donations to the fund are tax deductable. For more information, call the Office of Education at 872-8426 |
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