The Friends of Sacred Heart Hospital is proud to announce the establishment of the Monsignor Edmund Klimek Healing Presence Endowment Fund. In honor of his 40 years of service to Sacred Heart Hospital, the hospital is paying tribute to Monsignor Klimek’s remarkable ministry into perpetuity by establishing the fund in his honor. Proceeds of the Monsignor Edmund Klimek Healing Presence Endowment Fund will support projects and programs representative of Monsignor’s life-touching ministry.

Friends of Sacred Heart Hospital has already raised nearly $500,000 for this endowment fund. With the help of the community, the organization expects to reach its goal of $1 million. There are several ways you can support the Monsignor Edmund Klimek Healing Presence Endowment Fund, including gifts of cash or check, pledges paid in installments, credit card donations or deferred planned giving.

Watch the Monsignor Edmund Klimek Healing Presence Endowment video here.

Monsignor Klimek’s priorities for the endowment include:

• Lectureship / education for hospital staff, physicians and the community. The purpose of this education is to enable others to minister to the spiritual needs of the sick, the aged and the poor, and to perpetuate the spiritual element of healing. Topics may include:
  - The patient’s spiritual experience
  - The importance of spirituality in healing and healthcare
  - Encouraging the spiritual enrichment of the healthcare worker
• The endowment is designed to provide start-up funding through seed grants to launch a new project or program within the hospital’s spiritual ministries.
• Materials promoting the spiritual experience of patients and their families, such as Bibles in patient rooms, devotionals or other reading materials.

Projects funded through the endowment fund will be those expenses that fall outside the responsibility of Sacred Heart Hospital, not to fund current operating expenses, nor capital items. Proposals will be reviewed and selected based on funding guidelines developed with Monsignor Klimek and approved by the Friends of Sacred Heart Hospital Foundation Board. The Board is made up of community and hospital representatives. Activities funded by the endowment will be reported to donors on annual basis.

For more information on how you can participate, please contact Friends of Sacred Heart Hospital at (715) 717-4925 or download a brochure here.

Read an article about the Endowment Fund, which was recently featured in Leader-Telegram:
Page 1 & Page 2.