The St. Kateri Institute is proud to be a chapter of Catholic Rural Life (CRL), a national, Catholic nonprofit organization dedicated to the vitality of our Catholic faith in the American countryside. Since 1923, CRL has joyfully been promoting Catholic life in rural America. Their vision is to engage thriving families, farms, and parishes – centered on faith, community, and care of creation. CRL advances its mission by supporting our pastors through programs such as Thriving in Rural Ministry to support our Rural Pastors; Thriving Rural Congregations, to support our lay leaders collaborating with their rural priests and the continued development and support of locally organized CRL Chapters.
Catholic Rural Life Chapters bring together our agricultural and rural life workers and advocates to support and celebrate each other and the Catholic faith. Each chapter is developed with the
support of the local Bishop and the national Catholic Rural Life office.
As a CRL Chapter, we organize and develop activities around local needs in an effort to share the Catholic faith, God’s creation, and the importance of the rural and agricultural life for the sustenance of our families, our communities and our world.
From left: President of St. Kateri Institute, Dr. Jim Nolan, Program Manager of Catholic Rural Life, Laurie Forner, Part-Time Director of St. Kateri Institute, Dr. Marco Stango, Executive Director of Catholic Rural Life, James Ennis
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The St. Kateri Institute is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
