The Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Scholarship Fund was created from this concern. Today 40 schools in Baltimore City serve the needs of over 10,000 students in low to moderate income neighborhoods. Enrollment population is 40 percent non-Catholic and 41 percent minority. In 1989 the Fund served 1000 students from families in need. While costs have steadily increased, populations within the City have decreased resulting in lower income and less students.
Parishes find it impossible to meet the necessary financial requirements.
The Cardinal Shehan Scholarship makes a difference in a school's future and especially a child having an educational opportunity that otherwise may not be within reach. Charles A. Hall Elementary, West Baltimore Fr. Charles A. Hall Middle, West Baltimore Sts. These schools are institutions of moral stability in increasingly challenged neighborhoods. Henry J. Knott believed wholeheartedly in the value of Catholic education and wanted to see the best and the brightest Catholic scholars continue their education in area Catholic schools.