Forward Ever Forward Priorities

Saint John's University
$114 Million

Support for a state-of-the-art learning commons; substantially increased scholarship programs for undergraduate students, including those who are the first in their families to attend college; new and enhanced athletic fields and facilities; and innovative educational programs such as the Center for Global Education, the Benedictine Institute, the Chair in Global Business Leadership, the Entrepreneurship Center, the Center for Interfaith Learning and the Center for the Environment.

Saint John's Abbey
$20 Million

Support for monastic vocation programs, the Benedictine Volunteer Corps, the renovation of living spaces for the monastic community and Abbey healthcare and retirement.

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
$16 Million

Support for manuscript preservation projects around the world, including high-risk regions in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Ukraine, Ethiopia and India; groundbreaking scholarly research; and increased access to collections.

School of Theology·Seminary
$10 Million

Support for scholarship assistance for seminarians and lay graduate students, endowed chairs and professorships, the Center for Christian Community, youth programs such as Youth in Theology and Ministry and the restoration of Emmaus Hall Chapel.