FADICA News
March 12, 2026 The Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities received FADICA’s 2026 Distinguished Catholic Leadership Award on March 12 during the organization’s 50th Annual Meeting and Symposium, recognizing the foundation’s extraordinary impact on Catholic philanthropy worldwide. This award honors visionary leadership, exceptional philanthropic initiative, and a deep commitment to strengthening
April 16, 2026 Richard and Angela Clark were honored with FADICA’s 2026 St. Katharine Drexel Award in Catholic Philanthropy on April 16 during a gathering of family, friends, and philanthropic leaders at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Doylestown, PA. In presenting the award, FADICA recognized the Clarks’ courageous and
FADICA, announces the public launch of the Funder Safeguarding Initiative resource hub after more than 5 years of network action and research. The hub provides free online resources that support sustainable safeguarding best practices to protect children and vulnerable people within non-profit and faith-based organizations.
On June 9, FADICA – Catholic Philanthropy Network awarded the St. Mary Magdalene Medal of Service to Anne Cullen Miller to celebrate her servant leadership and positive impact as president of the Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota and her service as a FADICA board member.
The award was conveyed at FADICA's 2025 Annual Meeting and Symposium on March 11. This prestigious lifetime achievement award recognizes visionary leadership, outstanding philanthropic initiative, and a deep spirit of service in advancing the renewal and vitality of the Catholic Church.
The award was conveyed during a particularly meaningful time and place, during FADICA’s 2024 Pilgrimage and Retreat in Rome, Italy in November. FADICA President and CEO Alexia Kelley and Board Chair Michael Wolohan presented the award on Wednesday, November 13 at a dinner for pilgrimage attendees and guests.
In November 2024, FADICA pilgrims attended a private audience with His Holiness Pope Francis at the apostolic palace in Vatican City. The audience was a blessed beginning to FADICA’s five-day Rome pilgrimage, in which FADICA members engaged multiple leaders at the Vatican on topics like safeguarding, global human development, faith
FADICA – Catholic Philanthropy Network was thrilled to convey the St. Mary Magdalene Medal of Service to Gabriela Smith—a FADICA member, board member, and the founder and executive chair of the Crimsonbridge Foundation—at a FADICA Advent gathering in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2023.
In early May, Alicia Simon and FADICA Board Chair Mike Wolohan traveled to Seattle to present the St. Joseph of Arimathea Medal of Service to Dick Abrams.
At its national gathering in New Orleans in February, FADICA the Catholic Philanthropy Network bestowed the St. Katharine Drexel Award in Catholic Philanthropy to Terrell Richardson, the St. Joseph of Arimathea Medal of Service to Dr. Reynold Verret, and the Mary Magdalene Medal of Service to Gayle Benson.