This endowment funds the Fr. Ev Hemann Scholarship Program at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Ames, Iowa.  This program provides scholarships each year to ISU students who are preparing for and /or actively discerning serving in professional ministry in the Church.  Examples include priesthood, religious life, pastoral ministry, youth ministry, campus ministry, or teaching in a Catholic school setting.

This fund provides for education of seminarians from the Archdiocese of Dubuque.

This fund assists the Archdiocese of Dubuque with the costs of seminarian education.

This fund provides for assisting the Archdiocese of Dubuque with the costs of seminarian education. Examples include: tuition, room and board, health insurance, books for education, and education-related travel expenses.

This fund assists with the educational-related expenses of seminarians and priests from Holy Spirit Parish.

This endowment is to help fund seminary visits, discernment groups, & other priesthood vocation awareness expenses at the discretion of the Vocation Director