If Jenny Sanford, the wife of the philandering governor of South Carolina, puts her mouth where her money goes, then there’s no doubt she’ll glue that marriage back together.

Jenny Sanford

Why? According to public records, she obviously was raised a devout Catholic. For many Catholics, divorce isn’t an option.

Sanford is a director of her family’s foundation, the Stuart-based Susan R. and John W. Sullivan Foundation.

And according to latest filing of the non-profit, the family supports dozens of Catholic causes. Its 2008 filing shows it gave more than $63,000 to the church. That included $1,000 to the diocese of Palm Beach; $10,000 to the College of Holy Cross; $11,000 to Georgetown University, where Jenny went to college; $2,500 to Jesuit charities; and $3,000 to two orders of nuns.

Most members of the family of Jenny Sanford, whose husband Mark Sanford virtually abandoned South Carolinians to fly to Argentina to deal with a paramour, live in the area. A brother, Bolton Sullivan, lives in Jupiter. Her parents, golf course management company owner and developer John W. Sullivan and mom Susan, live in Hobe Sound.

The elder Sullivans, whose homestead is a $2.6 million-home at Loblolly Pines, are among the most generous people in the Stuart area. Their foundation last year gave a total $290,000, mostly in Martin County. Earlier this year, for example, they wrote a check for $140,000 to implement environmentally-friendly renovations in a low-income housing project in Indiantown.

Neither John nor son Bolton nor business partner Robert Kramer, a Stuart lawyer, returned calls for comment on Jenny’s problems.

No doubt, they must be all embarassed by these e-mail exchanges between the gov and his tango partner.

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