DIOCESAN NEWS
04/09/10
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Foundation honors good stewards
JACKSON — A priest involved in outreach to the poor and undocumented in northeast Mississippi and a banker are the 2010 Catholic Foundation Good Steward Award nominees.
The Good Steward Award is given to active Catholic Foundation members who reflect Bishop William Houck’s spirit of stewardship for the Catholic Foundation.
The award will be presented at the annual membership meeting and dinner Thursday, April 15, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Country Club of Jackson.
The guest speaker is Joe Rice Jr. of Ridgeland, one of four vice presidents of the foundation and a member of the investment committee.
Father Tom Lalor, pastor of Tupelo St. James Parish, has been a member of the Catholic Foundation for over nine years. He is a member at the clergy/religious level and currently serves on the board of directors.
Father Lalor serves on the Arbol De la Vida Board in Tupelo, a ministry of doctors and nurses who provide health care to the poor and undocumented. Griffin Norquist Jr., a member of Yazoo City St. Mary Parish, has been a member of the Catholic Foundation for over 29 years and currently serves on the board of directors. He has also been an officer of the foundation and served on the executive committee.
In 1991, he established the Rev. John Patrick Egan Memorial Trust to benefit priest education and in 1992 served as interim president. He is currently chairman of the board and president of the Bank of Yazoo and trustee of the Luckyday Foundation.
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