Bureau of Catholic and Indian Missions

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions is a Catholic charity that was established in Washington, D.C. in 1874 to advocate for the needs of Catholic Native Americans. Supporting building projects, staffing schools, enabling parish religious education programs, raising awareness of the needs of Native American and Alaska Native Catholics, and calling others to share this mission has been at the heart of the Bureau’s work since its founding.

Christian Brothers of the Midwest District

The Christian Brothers Midwest District is one of four Districts in the Lasallian Region of North America, also known as the Région Lasallienne de l’Amérique du Nord (RELAN). RELAN is comprised of Lasallian ministries in the United States and Canada. The Midwest District encompasses seven states and includes 3 universities, 13 high schools, 4 middle schools, 4 retreat centers, 2 publishing houses, 1 pastoral leadership formation institute, and 1 Provincialate Office. Within the District there are over 130 Brother and hundreds of their lay partners, all working together to further the mission of the De La Salle Christian Brothers.

Diocese of Helena

The Diocese of Helena was established on March 7, 1884, and initially included the entire state of Montana. Its present boundaries were established on May 18, 1904, when the Diocese of Great Falls (now Great Falls-Billings) was formed from its territory. The diocese covers 51,922 square miles of western and north central Montana, encompassing 21 counties and parts of two others. The diocese’s 57 parishes and 38 missions are structured into six deaneries: Bozeman, Butte, Conrad, Helena, Kalispell, and Missoula.

NCEA

NCEA is the largest, private professional education association in the world. NCEA works with Catholic educators to support ongoing faith formation and the teaching mission of the Catholic Church. Our membership includes more than 150,000 educators serving 1.9 million students in Catholic education.

As a professional association whose focus is Catholic school education, NCEA’s focus is to lead, learn and proclaim by:

• Developing current and future leaders;
• Providing educational resources and strategically expanding professional development opportunities for those committed to the mission of Catholic education; and
• Serving as the national voice for Catholic schools.

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame was founded in November 1842 by Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a French missionary order. It is located adjacent to South Bend, Indiana, the center of a metropolitan area with a population of more than 300,000. Chartered by the state of Indiana in 1844, the University was governed by the Holy Cross priests until 1967, when governance was transferred to a two-tiered, mixed board of lay and religious trustees and fellows.