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The Franciscan Center is a non-profit Incorporated 501 (C) (3)

Organization sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity. Our EIN number is 93-2455812. The contribution you make is completely tax-deductible. 

 

 

Please Support

2024-2025 Concert Series​

We offer several levels of sponsorship for your consideration:

       

1 Concert Series Level: $200.00 (Bronze)

Two tickets to October concert (October 13, Diana Shapiro’s Piano Trio)

Recognition at first concert in October AND recognition on website for contribution

 

2 Concert Series Level: $400.00(Silver)

Four tickets to concert of choice 

Recognition before 2 concerts (October 13 and December 15)

Recognition on website for contribution AND message within 2 concert programs

 

3 Concert Series Level: $600.00(Gold)

Six tickets to Concerts of choice (with Reserved Seating)

Recognition before 3 concerts (Oct.13, Dec.15 and Mar.15)

Recognition on website for contribution AND message within 3 concert programs

 

4 Concert Series Level: $800.00(Platinum) 

Eight tickets to concerts of choice (with reserved seating)

Recognition before all concerts AND recognition on website for contribution AND message within all 4 concert programs

 

To make a donation, please send a check to 6751 Calumet Ave., Manitowoc, WI 54220. All contributions are tax-deductible, and you will receive a receipt for your records.

We appreciate your consideration of this request and any support you choose to provide. Together, we can create a memorable concert series that will enrich our community and leave a lasting impact and transforms the ordinary.

Thank you for your time and generosity. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact Charyce at 920-645-6561.

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The 2024-2025 Concert Series season includes four concerts, featuring a variety of musical genres and artists. This season will begin with Diana Shapiro and her trio, the Music Mosaics Piano Trio (October Oct. 13 at 3:00 pm). The trio presents romantic, late-romantic, and 20th century music. We will celebrate Christmas with the beautiful tradition of Lessons and Carols with a ‘little’ audience participation during the Sounds of Christmas (Dec.15 at 3:00 pm). Our guest artists in March (Mar. 15 at 2:00 pm) are the Wisconsin Brass Quintet. The musicians will perform premium brass chamber music. The final concert in April (Apr. 27 at 3:00 pm) is dedicated to the Holocaust Remembrance Day and 80 years of liberation of Auschwitz, Nazi’s concentration camp in Poland. The audience will hear music composed by Jewish musicians who were killed in the concentration camps or who were Holocaust survivors. 

 

We are currently in our fourth season of hosting a Concert Series. Each year we offer new and exceptional performances for the Lakeshore communities. It is very enriching and stimulating to learn more from these diverse artists of all ages, from various parts of the United States or from abroad.

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However, it is impossible to provide high quality Concert Series performances at the Franciscan Center without the support of generous donors. Your contribution will directly impact the feasibility to sustain the Concert Series. By supporting this, you not only help bring cultural events to the Lakeshore Community but you also help develop culture and education for concert attendees of young families and future generation to come.

 

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Endowments 

We have two endowments through the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay, Inc. They are the following:

1. Franciscan Center for Music Education and Performance Endowment. The purpose of the endowment is to provide support and assistance to the Franciscan Center for Music Education and Performance by providing additional support for its operations, maintenance, capital requirements, and continued existence.

2. Holy Family Conservatory of Music Scholarship Endowment. The purpose of the endowment is to provide tuition and program fee scholarships to students enrolled at Holy Family Conservatory of Music. Additional gifts are most welcome.

MAIL YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO:

The Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay, Inc.
PO Box 22128,
Green Bay, WI 54305

MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO:
The Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay, Inc.

BE SURE TO INDICATE YOUR SPECIFIC MINISTRY ON THE MEMO LINE:

Ministry of Franciscan Center for Music Education and Performance Endowment
(or)
Ministry of Holy Family Conservatory of Music Scholarship Endowment

Thank you so much for considering a donation! Your generosity is needed and appreciated!

Franciscan Music Center

Named Rooms and Spaces

 

Bob & Pat Endries Hall named in honor of the Bob & Pat Endries Family Foundation

  • 464-seat performance hall, total audience capacity 500 with loge seating

Ariens Atrium named in honor of Michael & Mimi Ariens & Family 

  •  Capacity 200 seated for banquets   

Zemke-Daniel Rehearsal Hall

  • A gift from Alexa Maland named in honor of Katinka Daniel

Main Entrance (northwest corner)

  • named in honor of Gerald G. & Mary Jeanne Censky

Holy Family Conservatory Entrance

  • named in honor of the Frank G. and Frieda K. Brotz Family Foundation, Inc.

Lake’s Edge Gallery (hallway inside the Holy Family Conservatory Entrance)

  • named in honor of Charles J. Deibele & Denise Ristow Deibele

Commissioned art piece “The Canticle of the Creatures” oil on canvas painted by Sister Mariella Erdmann, OSF, MFA, Professor of Art and Director of the Art Program.

  •  A gift from the Lee & Eileen Kummer Family in honor of Sister Cecilia Byrns, former 47-year faculty member of Holy Family Conservatory of Music. 

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Major Capital Campaign Donors

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  • LEAD DONOR - Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity

  • DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTOR ($1,500,000+) - Bob & Pat Endries Family Foundation

  • BENEFACTOR ($250,000+) - Michael & Mimi Ariens & Family 

  • PARTNER LEVEL ($100,000+):

  • Frank G. and Frieda K. Brotz Family Foundation, Inc.

  • Gerald G. & Mary Jeanne Censky

  • Charles J. Deibele & Denise Ristow Deibele

  • Sister Ann Mary Hart Family

  • Lee & Eileen Kummer Family

  • Sargento Foods, Inc.

  • Ruth St. John & John Dunham West Foundation​

“The fact that children can make beautiful music is less significant than the fact that music can make beautiful children."

 Cheryl Lavender

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