The Metropolis Sentinel, Employees Report
OKLAHOMA CITY – The board of administrators for the Catholic Basis of Oklahoma introduced final month it has employed Owen Canfield to function the brand new affiliate director for present planning.
Canfield, 61, will assist lead the inspiration’s mission to information Catholics in property planning and in making items by means of the inspiration to learn parishes, faculties and ministries throughout the Archdiocese of Oklahoma Metropolis.
“Owen will convey a wholly new stage of assist to foster Catholic generosity all through the archdiocese,” Govt Director Peter de Keratry mentioned.
Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop of Oklahoma Metropolis, welcomed the announcement.
“Owen and his household have been trustworthy, beneficiant and devoted Catholics for a few years,” he mentioned. “This new place gives him an opportunity to convey collectively his religion and his information for the betterment of the archdiocese and the individuals we serve.”
Danny Stith, chairman of the inspiration’s board of administrators, mentioned he seemed ahead to Canfield’s efforts to advance the inspiration’s work to “assist donors make an affect on the applications and providers they care most about.”
Canfield joins the inspiration after a protracted and award-winning profession in journalism. He most not too long ago was the opinion editor for The Oklahoman newspaper the place he labored for 17 years. Previous to becoming a member of The Oklahoman, he spent practically twenty years within the Oklahoma Metropolis bureau of The Related Press.
Canfield and his spouse, Lori, have been married 36 years and are lively and longtime members of the Saint Eugene Catholic Church in Oklahoma Metropolis. They’ve 4 grown kids who attended Saint Eugene Catholic College and Bishop McGuinness Catholic Excessive College, and three grandchildren.
Established in 1965, the Catholic Basis of Oklahoma was included as a nonprofit with a mission to acquire and construct endowment funds to assist the ministries and entities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma Metropolis. With the religious management and steering of the Archbishop of Oklahoma Metropolis, the inspiration is managed by a board of administrators, consisting of clergymen, deacons {and professional} lay women and men who signify numerous geographic areas of the archdiocese.
In finishing up its mission, the inspiration gives property planning and charitable giving info and help, distributes earnings on its endowed funds to designated archdiocesan entities, and furthers the event of the Catholic Church in central and western Oklahoma.
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