The growth of the ‘green’ economy is amazing. What started small years ago has grown into a real force. Companies are aware of making their products environmentally friendly and advertising to this segment of the population. This trend has made its mark on mutual funds too.

All funds that have criteria other than economic factors are lumped into the category of Socially Responsible Investments (SRI). According to The Trends in SRI investing in the US Report, SRI funds grew 18% percent in asset versus 3% for the broader market from 2005-2007. Most of this growth has come from green SRI funds.

I wonder what Catholics could do if we joined forces. About 25% of the population is Catholic. Our goal is to introduce you to products and concepts with a Catholic voice. Get involved.

Most people are not investment experts and they don’t know where to start. Invest Catholic was created to solve this problem. The plan is to inform and to make you aware of the products that are available. Living your faith in your portfolio can be simple. Keep it that way.

Is a Catholic investment a Catholic company or a company with a Catholic CEO? Not always.

Simple ways to invest Catholic

Do you own mutual funds? You can invest in Catholic and Christian Value’s mutual funds. The options have grown. Call your investment company/advisor tomorrow and ask them about Catholic investment options. These mutual funds invest in real companiess competing in the market for profit.

Get an advisor. Invest Catholic is growing an advisor group to help you. Give one of them a call.

Make the decision invest Catholic. Money is written about in the Bible more than most subjects. Why? Everyone throuhout time has had to deal with it. Your dollar has a voice, what does it say?

Faith and good works.

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the first annual Illinois Prayer Breakfast. It was a great time. The event started with a Rosary and Mass(both optional) at 6:30am. Both were packed with people. They had to add 5 or so rows outside the room for everyone attending. I could feel the spirit of the people.

There were so many highlights. I came across someone new to me. Father Robert Barron spoke for about five minutes. He is well known in that area. He gave a very short and powerful speech. He has a website, blog, podcast and several books at www.wordonfire.org. You should take a look.

It reminded me of a point. We are all actors in the cultural fabric. The decisions we make, things we do, and things we let go all have an impact that last for eternity. So the way that I see it, whether we do something or nothing, there is still a consequence.

If you attended the breakfast, let me know what you thought.

Faith and good works,
Sam Saladino

Here we are. It is March 11, 2008. This Catholic investing movement started in August of 2006 and now we have entered the information age with a blog. For the first entry, I plan to give you an introduction.

The picture that comes to my mind is a kaleidoscope. When you look through this toy, you see different colors and patterns. But, they are not strictly planned or expected. I hope to cover different topics, conversations, and the details of this journey. We hear from so many people that say,”I don’t know anything about this stuff.” We can start to fill in some of the gaps.

Invest Catholic is a great resource and portal for information. It can serve as your ‘Catholic Yahoo Finance’ type page.

If you would like to submit a questions, please email sam@trinityfiduciary.com.

God bless,

Sam Saladino
www.trinityfiduciary.com