Medal, Commemorative
Medal, Commemorative
Medal, Commemorative

Medal, Commemorative

Object number2017.13.1
MediumMetal; Enamel
Credit LineGift of Father James W. Garvey
DescriptionCircular disk-shaped metal commemorative medallion with enamel decoration.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 3 × 0.125 in. (7.6 × 0.3 cm)
InscriptionsFront has gold text along top " "...not done for ourselves, but for You and for one another..." " and bottom "The Diocese of Pittsburgh".

Front center has black and orange text "OUR CAMPAIGN FOR / THE / CHURCH / ALIVE!"; the two H's in "THE" and "CHURCH" form a Latin cross.

Reverse has black and gold text along bottom "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD".
Historical NotesMedallion was distributed to local campaign donors and local parishes who were participants in the "Our Campaign for the Church Alive!" This was a historic capital and endowment fundraising campaign for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. This was the vision of Bishop David Zubik and was the first time in the Diocese's 170 year history that such a coordinated fundraising initiatve had taken place.
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