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May 7, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20549
RE: CATHOLIC FUNDS, INC. (THE "REGISTRANT")
1933 ACT REG. NO. 333-69803
1940 ACT FILE NO. 811-09177
CIK #0001075375
RULE 497(j) CERTIFICATION FOR DEFINITIVE PROSPECTUS AND STATEMENT OF
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Registrant named above has authorized us to certify to the Securities
and Exchange Commission, on its behalf, that the definitive Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant to
Rule 497(c), with respect to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the "Amendment") to
its Registration Statement on form N-1A would not have differed from the
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information included in said Amendment
and, as permitted under Rule 497(j), the Registrant has elected not to file a
definitive Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information with respect to
the Amendment. For your information, the Amendment was accepted for filing on
April 28, 1999, and became effective on April 30, 1999 in accordance with
Section 8(a).
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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If you have any questions with respect to this filing, please call the
undersigned at (414) 277-5309.
Very truly yours,
QUARLES & BRADY LLP
/s/ Fredrick G. Lautz
Fredrick G. Lautz
291:jf
190928.30006
ccs: Theodore F. Zimmer, Esq.
Joseph F. Wreschnig, Esq.
