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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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.
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KBVM-FM (Catholic Broadcasting Northwest, Inc)
Biography
Catholic Broadcasting Northwest, Inc. operates as KBVM-FM to proclaim the gospel through programs that embrace the Church’s magisterium and promote its devotions, particularly the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin. KBVM’s programs focus on Catholic: Prayer, Music, Education, Families and Latino Ministry. KBVM broadcasts in the greater Portland, Oregon and southwest Washington areas reaching a population of more than 2.4 million people
Koinonia Academy
Biography
The mission of Koinonia Academy, a private classical pre-K-12 school is to inspire courageous lives of personal holiness, virtue, and wisdom through authentic Catholic education. Our school may be small in size (240 students) but the impact it is making from a Roman Catholic perspective is profound. KA provides a high quality academic foundation, but our ultimate indicator of success is graduates who have continued to consciously and purposefully live their Catholic faith, whether that be by choosing religious life, missionary work or lay careers dedication to the protection of God’s people. Our daily faith formation activities have resulted in students who challenge themselves to BE a light in the world for more than three generations.
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L’Arche Portland
Biography
L’Arche Portland tranforms the lives of people with and without intellectual disabilities by working together to create home, share life, and build community. Those with intellectual disabilities form the heart of our shred life and invite others into mutual relationships. We welcome each person’s unique gifts and challenges, and offer opportunities for personal transformation. We trust in God and live as a sign that love, respect and interdependence are the path to a peaceful and just world.
L’Arche USA
Biography
We are people, with and without intellectual disabilities, sharing life in communities belonging to an International Federation. Mutual relationships and trust in God are at the heart of our journey together. We celebrate the unique value of every person and recognize our need of one another. Make known the gifts of people who have intellectual disabilities, revealed through mutually transforming relationships; Foster an environment in community that responds to the changing needs of our members while being faithful to the core values of our founding story; and engage in our diverse cultures, working together toward a more humane society.
Ladysmith Servite Sisters
Biography
The Ladysmith Servite Sisters are a diocesan religious institute founded in 1912 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. They share in the charism and mission of the international Servite Order. The Ladysmith Servite Sisters provide assistance for human and societal needs, with emphasis on women, children, families, education, health care and social services.
Lay Mission-Helpers Association
Biography
Lay Mission-Helpers Association recruits, prepares, sends and supports Catholic lay persons-single, married, married with children–from the Catholic Church in the United States who are willing to share their gifts and live their faith in response to requests of bishops in developing countries. Lay Mission-Helpers Association sends nurses,teachers, administrators, pastoral workers and technicians to area of the world which are in dire need of people with such skills.
Leviticus 25:23 Alternative Fund, Inc
Biography
The Leviticus 25:23 Alternative Fund is rooted in faith and the call for access to economic improvement. The Fund provides flexible capital, expertise, and advocacy to propel the growth of healthier communities. Leviticus creates opportunities for vulnerable, low-income people to thrive and live with dignity. We envision a society with a just and equitable distribution of God’s gifts, where all vulnerable, low-income people can live with dignity, free from exploitation, and where the Earth is respected and restored as a common home to all.
Life Choices Women’s Clinic
Biography
Life Choices Women’s Clinic provides Catholic Women’s healthcare and education to reduce abortion, build stronger families and teach teens pro-life apologetics.
Life Directions
Biography
Youth & Young Adult Development: The mission of Life Directions is to motivate young adults, ages 13-35, especially the economically poor and “at-risk” to mature into responsible, productive adults through self-direction. Life Directions currently works in churches and public high schools in poverty communities and in their surrounding neighborhoods in Detroit and Chicago. In celebration of Life Directions 40th Anniversary, Rev. John Phelps, CSsR, has published, Life Directions: Raising Hope, Building Peace.
LifeHouse Crisis Maternity Home-Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri
Biography
Mission: LifeHouse is a home for homeless pregnant women who need to be loved, encouraged and empowered to choose life and make a better future for them and their babies, either through adoption or parenting. LifeHouse is located in a previous Carmelite Monastery, and up to 20 women and their children under age five can live there at any given time. Lifehouse offers a safe loving home, clothing, nutritious meals and access to prenatal health care that leads to healthy deliveries. It also provides job and life skills training, education, counseling, and parenting classes. Not only do our residents receive pregnancy support in bringing a healthy new life into the world, they recieve a helping hand following birth to achieve a better future for all. Residents may stay for a full year after the baby’s birth as they work toward self-sufficiency.
LifeWay Network, Inc
Biography
LifeWay Network collaborates to combat human trafficking through safe housing and education
Little Sisters of the Poor (Oregon, OH)
Biography
At the Little Sisters of the Poor, we dedicate our lives to the loving service of the aged poor, continuing the legacy of our Foundress, Blessed Jeanne Jugan. 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. Regardless of their financial resources, each resident has a private room and bathroom. Regular income does not cover the cost of care. God’s providence and community contribution are essential for the daily operation of the Home.
Little Sisters of the Poor (Washington, DC)
Biography
Little Sisters of the Poor, we dedicate our lives to the loving service of the Aged Poor, continuing the legacy of our Foundress, Blessed Jeanne Jugan. 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 32 countries with 30 Homes in the United States.
Little Sisters of the Poor – Saint Mary and Joseph Home for the Aged (Cleveland, OH)
Biography
The Little Sisters’ only purpose for being in Cleveland for the last 131 years has been to provide care for the elderly who have limited financial means or social support and find it difficult to maintain their independence with dignity. The Home has a family-like atmosphere in which the Residents are respected and loved. The Home is licensed to provide nursing and personal care under the statutes of the State of Ohio. The continuum of care offered ensures that the Residents can remain in the Home as their needs increase. They know that the Little Sisters will be at their side in their last moments and the elderly deserve strength and peace from this assurance.