For more than 100 years, Catholic Church Extension Society has supported Catholic missions in the U.S. by funding church construction, religious education and seminary formation, campus and outreach ministries, evangelization, and salaries for missionaries.

Catholic Extension recently awarded $100,000 to St. Augustine Church in Dardanelle, Ark. The money will allow the rapidly growing congregation to increase seating by 75 percent, to 280 from 160. The construction project will also expand the sacristy, bathrooms and vestibule.