In memory of Fr. Earnest Hardesty

Fr. Earnest Hardesty gave twenty-six years to campus ministry at St. Leo's before he died in 2022. Every event on this page was held in his honour, and every dollar goes back into the ministry he spent those years building.


The events

Every one of these had its own site. Click through for the full story, the videos, and who ended up wearing what.

The Holy Heat: The Hot Wing Challenge fundraiser website

Holy Heat: The Hot Wing Challenge

Hot Ones, parish edition. Every dollar was a vote for which team had to face a gauntlet of increasingly unreasonable wings.

The $3,000 goal fell, so both teams faced the flames.

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The Slime Showdown: Brother vs Brother fundraiser website

Slime Showdown: Brother vs Brother

Kevin and Kyle Wewers put themselves at the mercy of the collection basket. Whichever brother drew the most donations got slimed.

Kyle got slimed. Kevin did the honours.

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The 100 Mile Mission fundraiser website

100 Mile Mission

Fr. Chittem took on 100 miles through the month of June, with sponsors backing him the whole way.

$2,000 raised for new altar linens and liturgical items.

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The Pie the Pastor fundraiser website

Pie the Pastor

Two brother priests, one pie, and donors deciding which of the Hart brothers would be wearing it.

$5,775 raised. Both brothers took a pie, and Fr. Andrew took a second.

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The Dunk a Monk fundraiser website

Dunk a Monk

Fill the tank, drop the monk. Fr. Cassian Elkins volunteered to get absolutely soaked and the parish was only too happy to help.

$5,006 raised for the spring break mission work trip.

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The Eat, Drink & Be Merry fundraiser websiteComing up

Eat, Drink & Be Merry

An evening of good food, good drink and good company, with a roast nobody at the table is safe from and an auction worth outbidding your friends over.

Friday, December 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM. Seats and roasts both still available.

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