2023-24 President’s Circle Donors

终身捐赠社会

Membership in Avila University’s 终身捐赠社会 is the university’s most prestigious donor recognition. 通过社会, we honor the leadership and extraordinary support of those alumni, 父母, 朋友, 教师, and staff who have given generously to Avila over many years – often through their entire lives, 通过遗赠, gifts that support academic programs, 我们的学生, 我们的教师, 以及校园本身.

The names of the levels of our Annual Giving 社会 were assigned to celebrate and honor the rich herit年龄 of the 圣修女会. Carondelet的约瑟夫, memorializing the pioneers who created the community in our founding city of Le年幼的狗, 法国, and those that played a significant role in the establishment of the order in the United States.

1646年，耶稣会牧师， 让·皮埃尔·莫姆达耶神父 went where Jesuits were not allowed to go, gathering a group of women and helping them become a formal religious congregation. His partner in this endeavor, 莫帕斯主教, knowing that others had been thwarted in a similar plan, approved the apostolic congregation to serve in his diocese—a decision that expressed a counter-cultural appreciation of how women were capable of serving in the church. 这些第一姐妹, donned their widows’ garb and took to the streets to discern what God was asking of them, 为他们买球推荐软件app排名服务.

The sisters continued their mission until the 法国 Revolution caused them to disband

Membership in Avila University’s 终身捐赠社会 is the university’s most prestigious donor recognition. 通过社会, we honor the leadership and extraordinary support of those alumni, 父母, 朋友, 教师, and staff who have given generously to Avila over many years – often through their entire lives, 通过遗赠, gifts that support academic programs, 我们的学生, 我们的教师, 以及校园本身.

The names of the levels of our Annual Giving 社会 were assigned to celebrate and honor the rich herit年龄 of the 圣修女会. Carondelet的约瑟夫, memorializing the pioneers who created the community in our founding city of Le年幼的狗, 法国, and those that played a significant role in the establishment of the order in the United States.

1646年，耶稣会牧师， 让·皮埃尔·莫姆达耶神父 went where Jesuits were not allowed to go, gathering a group of women and helping them become a formal religious congregation, what we know today as the 圣修女会. 约瑟夫. His partner in this endeavor, 亨利·德·莫帕斯主教, knowing that others had been thwarted in a similar plan, approved the apostolic congregation to serve in his diocese—a decision that expressed a counter-cultural appreciation of how women were capable of serving in the church. 这些第一姐妹, donned their widows’ garb and took to the streets to discern what God was asking of them, 为他们买球推荐软件app排名服务.

The sisters continued their mission until the 法国 Revolution caused them to disband. After the revolution ended in 1799, 英雄的女人, 珍妮Fontbonne, who had narrowly escaped the guillotine herself, 重建了圣修女会. 约瑟夫在法国里昂. She was known in the congregation as “母亲圣. 约翰”Fontbonne, and served as the first Superior General. By 1836 the first group of sisters came to the United States from Lyon, answering a call from 约瑟夫·罗萨蒂主教 to establish a school to teach deaf mute children. 

. After the revolution ended in 1799, 英雄的女人, 珍妮Fontbonne, who had narrowly escaped the guillotine herself, 重建了圣修女会. 约瑟夫在法国里昂. She was known in the congregation as “母亲圣. 约翰”Fontbonne, and served as the first Superior General. By 1836 the first group of sisters came to the United States from Lyon, answering a call from 约瑟夫·罗萨蒂主教 to establish a school to teach deaf mute children. 

企业捐赠协会

Avila could not complete the great work that we do without the support of our business community. We are so grateful for our corporate donors that have donated more than $50,000 to the University.