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At its 30th anniversary awards dinner on May 7, Support Our Aging Religious — or SOAR! — honored Trudy Mazzarella and the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange and raised money to support aging Catholic sisters, brothers and priests.

At its May 2015 meeting, the SOAR! board of directors, members approved awarding grants totaling just over $1.1 million.

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded Support Our Aging Religious, Inc. (SOAR!) a $250,000 grant to assist SOAR! in educating and engaging the national public about the serious crisis facing retired religious sisters, brothers, and priests across the United States.

At the May 12, 2014 meeting of the SOAR! board of directors, members approved grants for a total of $1,157,028 to 65 religious congregations of women and men in 20 states.

At the May meeting of the SOAR! board of directors, members approved grants for a total of $1,125,621 to 644 religious congregations of women and men in 19 states.

Sister Francis Raftery and Father Benedict J. Groeschel will be the honorees at the 24th annual benefit dinner for Support Our Aging Religious (SOAR!). The dinner will take place at The Union League Club in Manhattan on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 beginning at 6pm. The dinner benefits the frail and elderly religious through grants for everything from life saving medical equipment to repair and construction costs.

At the winter meeting of the SOAR! board of directors, members approved 44 grants for a total of $3/4 million to 44 religious congregations of women and men in 17 states. These grants will benefit almost 3,000 women and men religious at a median age of 79.

At its winter meeting in Washington, DC, the board of directors of Support Our Aging Religious (SOAR!) approved the award of 58 grants totaling $1 million that will benefit 58 religious congregations across 24 states and Puerto Rico. This decision and the money SOAR! is raising now will have an impact on the lives of more than 1,900 elderly and infirm religious whose median age is about 78 years old.