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Catholic News Herald

Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina

CHARLOTTE — MiraVia, a Catholic, non-profit charity which helps abortion-vulnerable women choose life and build independent, healthy lives for themselves and their children, successfully completed a recent fundraising campaign that will help establish a new outreach center.

The campaign exceeded a gift matching goal to raise $77,700 by Divine Mercy Sunday, April 11.

An anonymous donor presented the challenge and donors responded, raising $106,203.

That means $183,903 will go towards the new outreach center in Charlotte, enabling MiraVia to build upon the program’s strong foundation and increase its services to expecting and new mothers in need.

— Megan Edahl

If you are interested in the possibility of serving as a permanent deacon in the Diocese of Charlotte, contact Deacon Ed Konarski at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by July 15.

Only those men who appear to have a genuine call to formation as a deacon will be invited by the Formation Team to complete application for admission to the next formation class.

The norms required for application to the formation program can be found on the Diocese of Charlotte’s website at www.charlottediocese.org/permanent-diaconate/permanent-diaconate/ and then clicking on Application Norms.