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The goal of the Bishop’s Awards Dinner is to bring people together to pay tribute and honor those who model Catholic stewardship, minister to those in need and have demonstrated a lifetime of service. Net proceeds from the Dinner will be directed to SEEDS for Catholic Elementary School Scholarships and Catholic Charities of the
Diocese of Stockton. Since 2002, the Bishops Awards Dinner has raised over $1,740,000 to benefit SEEDS and Catholic Charities.
The 2022 Bishop's Awards Celebration will provide funds to send children in need to Catholic schools through the SEEDS program and supports the education of our seminarians who are discerning a call to the priesthood.
The road to becoming a priest is lengthy, challenging, and expensive. It is critical that we support these extraordinary young men who are following this journey of discernment with Christ.
The Diocese of Stockton currently has 7 promising young men who are discerning a call to the priesthood as they attend St. Patrick’s Seminary and University.
Our Diocese provides the full cost of seminarian education, which is approximately $50,000 per year for each of our seminarians.
SEEDS provides tuition assistance for needy students, who are equipped with a faith-based foundation that reinforces the teachings of the Church at one of the 11 Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of Stockton:
- Annunciation School-Stockton
- Our Lady of Fatima School-Modesto
- Presentation School-Stockton
- Sacred Heart School-Patterson
- Sacred Heart School-Turlock
- St. Anne School-Lodi
- St. Anthony School-Manteca
- St. Bernard School-Tracy
- St. George School-Stockton
- St. Luke School-Stockton
- St. Stanislaus School-Modesto