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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Jackson School
Biography
Jackson School is a private, Catholic, elementary school sponsored by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston. In an educational environment which instills mutual respect, we strive to meet the learning differences of children in order that each child may experience continuous success. We are committed to providing for the spiritual, intellectual, physical and social needs of the total school community. In all of our endeavors, we reinforce the Gospel mandate, “that all may be one;” and foster unity and reconciliation of people with God, with one another and with all of God’s creation.
Jackson Walnut Park Schools
Biography
Jackson-Walnut Park, and educational collaborative sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, is a Catholic elementary school and a Montessori pre-school serving children from 2.9 years of age through sixth grade. Together with our families, we sustain and perpetuate a reflective, spiritually driven, dynamic learning community.
Jeanne Jugan Residence (Newark, DE)
Biography
As Little Sisters of the Poor, we care for the elderly poor in the spirit of humble service which we have received from Jeanne Jugan. We welcome the elderly as we would Jesus Christ himself and serve them with love and respect until death. Mindful that we serve the Lord in the Poor, we seal our dedication by a special fourth vow of hospitality. In this evangelical mission we welcome the Elderly in Homes where we strive to meet their physical, medical, social, emotional and spiritual needs. In a family atmosphere we want the Residents to experience being loved, being needed and knowing they will receive care adapted to their eventual health changes. Respectful of their dignity and of the sacredness of life itself, we accompany them spiritually and assist them at the hour of death. The quality and spirit of this dedication is instilled in those who collaborate with us in this mission. At present Little Sisters are in 31 countries with 32 Homes in the United States.
Jesuit Volunteer Corps
Biography
Aspiring to create a more just and hopeful world, the Jesuit Volunteer Corps engages passionate young people in vital service within marginalized communities, fostering the growth of leaders committed to faith in action.
Jesus House Society
Biography
Mission: Joyful evangelization- through retreats, seminars, bible studies, book groups, prayer experience. Spiritual Growth- through spiritual direction and prayer support for and with others enabling reconciliation for those who have been separated from church or society. Hospitality- offering a welcoming, inclusive attitude toward all God’s people expresing the tender love of Jesus for them and a quiet and reflective atmosphere where people can refresh themselves spiritually, emotionally, and physically. Service- helping others in the spirit of the Beatitudes and the works of mercy taken from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25
John Cardinal Newman Fund for Theological Education (Brooklyn, NY)
Biography
The mission of the Cardinal Newman Fund for Theological Education is to provide tuition assistance to seminarians, religious and lay persons associated with the Pontifical Congregation of the Oratory (a religious community with approximately 80 houses in 17 countries) to study theology, to assist seminarians to become priests to serve the Roman Catholic Church and to assist lay persons and religious with theological education.
Joint Retirement Convent, Inc – d/b/a The Villa
Biography
The Villa is a retirement Community for Sisters of Mercy and Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart. The Villa provides quality care for its residents as well as skilled nursing care for its Sisters with medical needs. Residents continue their invaluable ministry of prayer and outreach. Residents and staff together strive to create an atmosphere of prayer, mutual respect, hospitality and compassionate response to the needs of each person.
Jonestown Learning Center (Jonestown, MS)
Biography
The SNJM Jonestown Learning Center prepares children and young adults for success in school. The Center provides after school tutoring, a pre-school program to ready children for the first grade, summer school, Girls to Women and Boys to Men programs, home visits, enrichment activities and training classes for parents and community volunteers to encourage adult involvement in education. The mission of Jonestown Learning Center is to be a place of educational opportunities; committed to working for justice and the improvement of life and to fostering self-respect and self-esteem for the children of adults of Jonestown, Mississippi.
Joseph’s Home
Biography
Joseph’s Home, A Ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System, provides a nurturing, caring environment for men without resources who have acute medical needs, helping them heal and achieve independence.
Just Haiti Inc.
Biography
Just Haiti works to alleviate poverty, hunger, violence, illiteracy and
disease in Haiti, while reducing Haitians’ dependence on charity.
Our current project uses a fair-trade-plus business model to develop a
coffee-export business owned by an association of subsistence farmers in
Baradères, Haiti. Their coffee is Kafe Lespwa, which in Haitian Creole means
“coffee of hope.” Kafe Lespwa, a delicious, shade-grown, organic coffee, can
provide the kind of economically and environmentally sustainable,
farmer-owned business venture that rural Haiti desperately needs.
Typical fair-trade coffee growers only receive earnings for their fresh
harvest; about 90 percent of the profit in the coffee business goes to
middlemen. But our growers’ association, the Kafe Devlopman Baradé, receives
100 percent of the profits.
Just Haiti sponsors training to help the growers improve quality,
productivity and business methods. We also created a revolving loan fund.
This enables the growers’ association to buy needed equipment and expertise.
Using funds from a 0-percent-interest, 5-year loan, the growers built and
now use two new processing sites. At these sites, growers process their
fresh harvest of coffee cherries into dry coffee beans. The beans are
exported to the US. Just Haiti arranges for roasting, packaging and sales.
Roast Kafe Lespwa is sold locally in the Washington, DC, and Chicago areas
as well as online at the Just Haiti website,
http://www.justhaiti.org/buycoffee.htm. Thirty percent of purchases are tax
deductible.
The farmers are repaying the loan, using a small portion of their profits,
so Just Haiti can re-invest funds in similar projects in Haiti. In 2010, the
growers used part of their coffee earnings to provide medical, food, tuition
and other assistance to refugees from the January 12 earthquake who arrived
in their community.
Justin-Siena High School Foundation, Inc.
Biography
To build and manage an endowment that will ensure the longterm financial viability of Justin-Siena High School. The Justin-Siena High School is a Catholic high school called to provide educational excellence in a loving, Christ-centered community that prepares students to serve and to lead in an ever changing world.