Catalog of Ministries
Our catalog is continually growing. It is provided here to help inform and inspire you to become engaged in philanthropy. Our hope is that you will get involved. The rewards will be great.
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Beatitude House
Biography
Beatitude House, sponsored by the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown, is committed to all disadvantaged women and children. By creating homes, providing educational opportunities and fostering healthy families, we provide them with the opportunity to transform their lives.
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, The (Washington, DC)
Biography
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is a non-profit, public interest, legal and educational institute dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions, and the equal participation of the religious in public life and public benefits. We implement this mission in the courts of law, in the court of public opinion, and in the academy. Our vision of religious liberty for all is rooted in Dignitatis Humanae, but we aim to share this vision with a general audience, and we draw on the talents of all people of good will who share in that vision.
Benedictine School for Exceptional Children (Ridgely, MD)
Biography
The mission of the Benedictine School for Exceptional Children is to educate children and young adults to the best of their individual abilities, to provide the social and daily living skills necessary for independent living within the community, and to provide vocational training so that they may become contributing and self-sufficient members of the workforce.
Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth, NJ at St. Walburga Monastery
Biography
The Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburga Monastery, Elizabeth, NJ, are monastic women who seek God in community through Sacred Scripture and the Rule of St. Benedict. Our fidelity to the monastic way of life is sustained by the Eucharist, the Liturgy of the Hours, lectio divina, and presence to one another. Through active lives balanced by contemplation, we witness to Jesus Christ in community, hospitality and ministry.
Benedictine Sisters of Erie
Biography
The Benedictine Sisters of Erie, founded in 1856, was the first Roman Catholic community of women religious established in the Erie area. Today, 77 sisters, ages 29-104, at Mount Saint Benedict Monastery share a life of work and prayer to create a more just and inclusive culture. Through our outreach ministries we are a presence in the Erie Community, including inner-city Erie, where we respond to the needs of children, women, the poor and the unemployed. Throughout our 165-year history, we have educated women and children throughout northwest PA, fed the poor and hungry, empowered low-income individuals to self-sufficiency, prayed for a world in need of healing and grace, and welcomed and journeyed with the stranger. The Benedictine way is to seek God in the communal life and to respond with prayer and ministry.
Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel (Mt. Angel, OR)
Biography
The Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel are women responding to the call to live community according to the Gospel and the Rule of Benedict. Together they seek God in a balanced life of prayer and work, hospitality and service. While their vow of stability leads them to special care of the people in the local area, they are deeply conscious of sharing the universal mission of the Church.
Birthright
Biography
Birthright believes that it is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth and the right of every baby to be born. Birthright provides non-judgmental support to girls and women who are distressed by unplanned
pregnancies giving them an alternative to abortion. Using our own resources and those of the community, Birthright offers friendship and emotional support; free pregnancy tests; legal, medical and educational assistance, referrals to social agencies, adoption agencies, and practical needs such as formula, diapers, and clothes. We also deliver layettes to moms and their babies directly to the hospital.
Birthright of Delaware, Inc.
Biography
Birthright is a free, confidential emergency pregnancy service founded by Mrs. Louise Summerhill of Toronto, Canada in 1968. Its guiding principle is: “It is the right of every woman to give birth, and the right of every child to be born.” Birthright of Delaware, Inc. was founded in 1972 in Wilmington. For 43 years we have provided compassionate, non-judgmental support to women facing an unplanned pregnancy. Our services include pregnancy testing, emotional support and guidance for women facing an unplanned pregnancy, community referrals, infant and maternity clothing, monthly check-in phone calls, and educational information on pregnancy and parenting
Bishop Ahr High School (Edison, NJ)
Biography
Bishop George Ahr High School is a co-educational college preparatory school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey. The school provides an atmosphere in which each individual’s God-given abilities are nurtured and developed. Every student is encouraged to strive for spiritual, academic, social, creative, and athletic excellence through the interaction of a caring community. With Christ as our model, the Bishop Ahr community fosters a uniquely Christian environment. Each individual can grow in self-esteem, in social and moral responsibility, and in those values needed to face the challenges of tomorrow’s world.
Bishop John King Mussio Junior High School
Biography
Bishop John King Mussio Central Junior High strives to integrate Catholic values and teachings into a total curriculum, creating a positive environment where students develop spiritually, intellectually, physically and socially as disciples of Jesus Christ
Bishop McNamara High School
Biography
Bishop McNamara High School, a college preparatory school in the Holy Cross tradition, exists to educate and to form young men and women in and through the Catholic faith. The school challenges its students to think with Christ: a thought animated by the gospel, manifested in service, and informed by academic excellence.
Bishop’s Guild Diocese of Fort Worth Advancement Foundation Catholic Center
Biography
The mission of the Bishop’s Guild is to be leaders in the Diocese of Forth Worth and support growth of the Catholic Church by 1). Supporting a continuous line of succession in the priesthood by way of spiritual as well as financial support of our seminarians and priests; 2). Sharing the Bishop’s vision in evangelizing to the diocese and beyond; and 3). Offering fellowship and education to Bishop’s Guild members.
Black and Indian Mission Office
Biography
The Black and Indian Mission established in 1884 serves Black, Indian, Eskimo and Aleute communities with evangelization and supervises the only annual collection mandated by the third plenary council. The funds collected annually are distributed as diocesan grants and have been responsible for continuing the Church’s faithful in supporting the evangelization needs of the Black and Native American communities in the United States.
BVM Restorative Justice Ministry (St. Paul, MN)
Biography
The BVM Restorative Justice Ministry seeks to implement the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary mission of