Catalog of Ministries
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Franciscan Friars, TOR, Province of the Immaculate Conception
Biography
The Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular (TOR) of the Immaculate Conception Province, follow Christ in the footsteps of Saint Francis. We are a fraternity of men who freely vow ourselves to living in communion as brothers. We strive to live the gospel through gentleness, hospitality, and service. We seek to address the changing needs of the Church and the world by calling ourselves and others to prayer and conversion. More about us: Since the 1920s friars from the Province of the Immaculate Conception have served in a wide range of ministries. Our friars continue to serve in parishes with immigrant communities, in schools as educators and counselors, staff retreat centers as spiritual directors, and are advocates for the poor through Peace and Justice Ministry. In the beginning we built a Monastery to minister to Italian immigrants in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and were blessed by generous donations that allowed us to reach out and build churches, schools, and communities of faith in Paraguay, and around the world through the international mission work of the TORs in South America, Africa, Asia and Europe. Our international body consists of friars in twelve countries. We rely on charitable donations to meet the needs of many of the Province’s earliest friars who are retired and to educate new priests to carry on our ministry. Our ministry continues to evolve and emphasize the spiritual path of continual conversion, constantly turning our lives over to God by dedicating ourselves to gospel poverty in the vision of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Assisi, and by sharing this gift with the Church, and the world.
Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America
Biography
For 800 years, the Roman Catholic Church has entrusted the guardianship of the Christian shrines in the Holy Land to the Order of St. Francis. This work by the Franciscan friars has grown to include schools and missions in the Holy Land, and care for the children, families, refugees and others in need throughout the region. The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, located in Washington, DC, sustains this 800-year mission of the Franciscan Friars in the Holy Land through education, vocations, pilgrimages and pastoral ministry for local and visiting Catholics and all people of good will. The Monastery is home to a thriving Franciscan community, self sustaining and capable of fulfilling its mission on behalf of the Holy Land, its Friars and the Church Universal.
Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation (New York, NY)
Biography
The Foundation’s vision is guided by a passionate dedication to the healing mission of the Congregation. Its hope-filled vision for the future of the Foundation is that it will generate the resources needed to support ministries that promote and perpetuate the compassionate healing of people and the earth. The Foundation endeavors to generate the resources needed to support programs and ministries in the Brazil, Italy, Senegal, and the United States. Foundation programs and services promote and perpetuate the compassionate healing of the disenfranchised and marginated poor.
Franciscan Sisters, TOR of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother
Biography
Founding Grace and Mission: After the example of St. Francis of Assisi, we are contemplative-active Sisters who spend half of our time interceding for the world through prayer, and the rest of our time in ministry among the poor, the elderly, youth, young adults on college campuses, and at parishes and retreats where we evangelize, seeking to bring renewal of the fullness of Catholic life. As a joyful, vibrant and growing religious community, founded in 1988 n Steubenville Ohio, we express our love for God and neighbor by devotion to prayer and to the spiritual and corporal works of mercy
Franciscan Spiritual Center and Clare House (Aston, PA)
Biography
Franciscan Spiritual Ministries is a ministry sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia and rooted in Gospel values and in the prophetic spirit of Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi. The staff seeks to provide environments, experiences and resources which enable persons to meet God in both stillness and activity. With hospitality, simplicity, and joy, all are welcome as brother and sister. The programs are holistic, ecumenical, collaborative in nature, and supportive of nonviolence. Clare House, a component of the Spiritual Center, is dedicated to providing contemplative space for persons of any faith who desire to deepen their relationship with God. Five Hermitages are available in a wooded area on the grounds of Clare House.
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Biography
Franciscan University of Steubenville educates, evangelizes, and sends forth joyful disciples empowered by the Holy Spirit. We form men and women to serve God and one another so they can be a transforming Christian presence in the world. Franciscan University is foremost an academic community. Our students are trained as professionals through rigorous courses built on the Catholic intellectual tradition. Together with expert faculty as mentors, they explore new ideas and participate in cutting-edge research across more than 80 graduate and undergraduate programs. The intellectual formation and hands-on experiences they receive here prepare them to excel in medical school, graduate school, and meaningful careers in almost any field. At Franciscan’s core is our commitment to dynamic orthodoxy. We engage our students’ hearts and souls along with their minds to help them discover their God-given dignity and purpose. They grow in their love for Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church, encountering both Christ and his Bride in liturgy and sacrament.Our work of proclaiming the Gospel extends far beyond our hilltop campus in Ohio. Through outreach and evangelization, we empower people across the country and throughout the world to deepen their relationships with Jesus Christ and to live as his disciples.
Freedom House (Detroit, MI)
Biography
Freedom House is a non-denominational non-profit organization established in 1983.Our mission is to address the needs of homeless and/or indigent refugees seeking asylum in either the U.S. or Canada.
Guided by our belief that all persons deserve to live free from oppression and deserve to be treated with justice, compassion and dignity, our goals are:
1. To offer a continuum of care and services to persons living in our shelter, as well as to offer refugees in need.
2. To advocate for systemic change which more fully recognizes the rights of refugees and asylum seekers.
Friends in Solidarity, Inc (with South Sudan)
Biography
Friends in Solidarity is a collaborative ministry initiated by Institutes of Women and Men Religious in the United States supporting the people of Africa, especially South Sudan, through capacity building initiatives that include the training of teachers, health care professionals and pastoral teams. Compelled by the suffering of our African brothers and sisters, we are committed to raising awareness of their situation and working in collaboration with the Church in Africa as it accompanies, equips and empowers the people to create a sustainable future where their full human potential may be realized.
Friends of the Orphans
Biography
Friends of the Orphans is dedicated to improving the lives of orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children through our support of the Nuestros Pequenos Hermarios (NPH) network of orphanages in Latin America and the Caribbean
Fully Alive Catholic
Biography
Cultivating Saints in true culture to bring mad to his true end; to know, to love, and to serve the Lord.
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Gabriel Network
Biography
Gabriel Network empowers a committed network of Christian Churches to accompany pregnant mothers and families in need by providing practical, emotional, and spiritual support through pregnancy and beyond. It realizes this mission through three programs: a helpline, a church-based ministry, and a housing ministry.
Gesu School
Biography
Mission: Gesu School is an independent Catholic school for grades pre-K to 8. Inspired by the Jesuit and IHM traditions of social justice, faith, hope and love, Gesu School strives, without selective admissions, to provide a quality, innovative education for our neighbor children to empower them to break the cycle of poverty and violence.
Gianna Women’s Clinic
Biography
Destiny for Women offers reproductive healthcare services in a christ-centered environment in order to serve, educate, and support women of childbearing age to flourish in mind, body, and spirit.
Girls Incorporated of Delaware (Wilmington, DE)
Biography
Girls Incorporated of Delaware was founded in 1954 the mission is to encourage girls, boys & families to live balanced and healthy lives. Girls Incorporated of Delaware is an advocate for and provides opportunities for girls & boys to achieve their full potential as equal members of society. The organization helps to preserve and strengthen families through quality education, childcare, and family focused programs. Girls Incorporated of Delaware teaches young people to take responsibility for their behavior and to respect themselves and others.
Global Health Ministry
Biography
Global Health Ministry’s mission is to provide cross-cultural healthcare and support healthy community development in underserved communities of Latin America and the Caribbean, while transforming the lives of the volunteer professionals who serve with us.
Global Health Promise
Biography
Our mission is to collaborate with partner organizations to prevent mothers and their children from being trafficked and sexually exploited and to provide comprehensive medical and social services to mothers and children who have been trafficked and exploited.To protect and provide services to trafficked and exploited mothers and their children we:
1.-Conduct research on the factors that result in the trafficking and exploitation of mothers and their children as well as the health impact on them so that evidence-based prevention and service programs can be implemented;
2- Collaborate with partner organizations to provide comprehensive health and social services to trafficked and exploited mothers and their children with the goal of assisting them to find permanent safety, health, and well-being; and
3- Advocate for policies and programs for these mothers and their children.
Good Shepherd Volunteers
Biography
Good Shepherd Volunteers collaborates with the Sisters of the Good Shepherd to provide full-time volunteers with the opportunity to work in social service ministries and to use their God-given talents serving women, adolescents, and children affected by poverty, violence, and neglect. Developing relationships with the marginalized of our world empowers volunteers to grow in knowledge and faith that inspire them to lead lives seeking justice.
Gregorian University Foundation
Biography
The Gregorian University Foundation was established in the United States in 1972 to raise the urgently needed funds for scholarships, academic chairs and professorships, libraries and capital improvements for the Gregorian University Consortium which includes the Pontifical Gregorian University, Pontifical Biblical Institute, and Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, Italy. The Gregorian University Consortium educates many of the most promising future leaders for the Church? alumni include over 900 bishops, about 1/3 of all current Cardinals, and 7 of the last 11 Popes. Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed the Gregorian University in its perennial role as a priority among priorities for the Society of Jesus.