initiated with a $15,000 grant 
from the Metanexus Institute on Science & Religion (2005) 

supported through a $1,000 grant 
from the Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust (2005)
for the inaugural "winter ethics colloquium"

initiated with a $75,000 grant from the Fides et Ratio Group (2001)

initiated with a $100,000 bequest from the Ruggiero family

expanded through a gift from the Wills Hall Community at DSU

expanded through a gift from the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales

initiated with gifts from Carl & Peggy Frensky
in support of the general collection

expanded through gifts from the Barbieri Family, 
in support of works related to marriage and the family

initiated and maintained through $100,000 in grants 
from the Frank & Jane Ryan Family Foundation

supported through multiple gifts in memory of Frank & Jane Ryan

pilot course initiated (2000) with a $1,375 grant 
from the Wilmington-Philadelphia province of the DeSales Oblates 
and a $1,125 grant 
from the International Commission on Salesian Studies

expanded through a $4,000 grant 
from the International Commission on Salesian Studies (2001) 
for a faculty professional development workshop