Gala 2024

Gala Benefactor Sponsors

The Diocese of Arlington
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Holmer
Hon. Janice Obuchowski and Halprin Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Pryor

 

Gala Platinum Sponsors

Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Molano

 

Gala Mission Sponsor

Anonymous
The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
EWTN Global Catholic Network
Mrs. Barbara Keebler and Mrs. Terrence Giroux
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Maher
Mr. and Mrs. William Page
Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Stevens
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Wasaff

 

Gala Champion Sponsor

The Basilica of St. Mary
Mr. and Mrs Robert J. Smith
Good Shepherd Catholic Church

 

Gala Patron Sponsor

The Archdiocese for the Military Services USA
Mrs. Bertha Braddock
Tony Braddock/Loch Harbour Group
The Diocese of Brooklyn
Dr. Clarion Johnson
Korte Realty
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lalljie
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Lilley
Mrs. Blanche Moore
Dr. Marianne Evans Mount
The Order Of Malta Federal Association, Northern Virginia Friends
Saint Luke Catholic Church
Dr. and Mrs. Fritz Scheuren
Securiport

 

Gala Associate Sponsor

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jones
Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

 

Gala Friend Sponsor

Dr. Maria Sophia Aguirre
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas “Randy” Bender
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Birkofer
Mrs. Mary Ellen Bork
Dr. Araceli Carnazzo
Dr. and Mrs. Peter Casarella
The Catholic University of America Faculty and Staff
Mr. Dan Curtin
The Diocese of Venice
Mrs. Geraldine Hall
Ms. Jean Halle and Mr. Glenn Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hertz
Hobbs Properties, Inc.
The Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde
Hon. Susan R. Malone and Col. Geroge Malone
Mr. and Mrs. John McCabe
Jerry and Kelly McGinn
Dr. Margaret Melady
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Metteauer
Nativity Catholic Church
His Eminence, Christophe Cardinal Pierre
Mr. and Mrs. George Muñoz
Mr. and Mrs. John Palaszczuk
Saint Theresa Catholic Church
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilkins
Sr. Mary Brendon Zajac, SND
St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church

 

Trips Sponsor

Amfund

In 1983, Bishop Thomas Welsh founded CDU to bring the truth of Christ and His Church to the world through online distance education. CDU’s web-based learning community enhances adult faith formation and enables access to accredited degree programs in theology simply with a connection to the Internet.  Today, our graduates are proof that CDU’s digital learning is transformative. Nine out of ten graduates are using their knowledge in roles that serve the Church. For many students, CDU is their only option to enhance their professional work, to prepare for careers in the Church, to volunteer in parishes and dioceses, and to be parents who are both witnesses and missionary disciples, speaking with passion and knowledge about the faith. All this is accomplished at less than half the cost of attending a traditional Catholic university or college and would not be possible without the generosity of people like you.

Your generous donation to our annual event enables us to provide transformative Catholic education in fidelity to the teachings of the Church anytime, anywhere around the world, delivered 24/7 to smart phones and tablets, iPhones and iPads!  You make it possible for CDU to serve the underserved and those who serve, and to achieve our great mission to “Teach all Nations” by communicating the mind and heart of the Church in a digital world.  Your gift:

• Educates American service men and women deployed around the world.
• Prepares directors of religious education, teachers, and catechists to teach, promote, and defend the Catholic faith
• Brings the healing Word of God to Catholic prison inmates who take courses to deepen their faith and evangelize fellow inmates.
• Supports Mission Dioceses with scholarships for strong lay leaders.
• Holds down tuition rates. Most graduates share their knowledge and serve the Church.
• Supports isolated and marginalized Catholics around the globe with online campus resources.

Your generosity answers the need of the Church to provide transformative religious education in an online format that is essential for the New Evangelization so frequently mentioned by Pope Saint John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis.  Understanding and sharing our Faith will transform individuals, communities and cultures around the globe.  Thank you for supporting CDU’s 2021 Gala.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Previous Honorees:

2022 – His Excellency Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone

2021 – His Excellency Most Reverend Robert Barron

2019 – His Excellency Most Reverend Christophe Pierre

2017 – Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, SJ, PhD

2016 – Carl A. Anderson

Supreme Knight of The Knights of Columbus

2016 – His Excellency Most Reverend William E. Lori

Archbishop of Baltimore and Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

2015 – Helen Alvare, JD

Professor of Law, George Mason University

2014 – His Excellency The Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio

Archbishop for the Military Services

2014 – His Excellency The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio

Bishop of Brooklyn

2013 – Barbara & Tim Murphy

2012 – Dr. Margaret & Ambassador Thomas Melady

2011 – His Excellency, The Most Reverend Pietro Sambi

Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America

2011 – Joseph and Bertha Braddock

2010 – His Excellency, The Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde

Bishop of Arlington

2010 – EWTN

Mr. Michael Warsaw, Chairman of the Board

Previous Honorees:

2017 – St. James the Greater

Rev. John S. Ledford

2017 – St. Veronica Catholic Church

Rev. Dennis W. Kleinmann

2016 – Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church

Rev. John D. Kelly

2015 – Good Shepherd Catholic Church

Rev. Thomas Ferguson

2014 – St. John the Apostle Roman Catholic Church

Rev. John P. Mosimann

2013 – St. Mary Catholic Church

Rev.  Dennis W. Kleinmann

2012 – Holy Spirit Catholic Church

Rev.  John M. O’Donohue

2011 – St. Raymond of Penafort Catholic Church

2010 – St. Agnes Catholic Church

Rev. Frederick H. Edlefsen

2019 – Diocese of Brooklyn