Catalog of Ministries
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Opening Doors (Dubuque, IA)
Biography
Opening Doors offers hospitality to women, alone or with children, who are in need of emergency transitional housing and related support services. In collaboration with existing community resources and services, the vision or Opening Doors is to offer a variety of opportunities for women to affirm their dignity and to achieve their potential for independent living in an environment that will benefit the neighborhood. Services such as job training, homemaking, financial planning, and parenting skills are offered. While the women in the program, they are expected to set developmental goals for themselves and work with staff to achieve them. Staff is available 24 hours per day. No rent is charged and, depending on the situation, residents could stay one night or up to 6 months.
Our Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church
Biography
Our Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church follows Jesus, proclaims His Gospel of Life, and through Him, with Him, and in Him, builds a Civilization of Love by offering and providing assistance to anyone regardless of their race, language, color, sex or creed. The outrach of Our Holy Redeemer touches lives both within and outside of our multi-cultural congregation. With a Catholic/universal faith, we feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, and welcome the stranger as if we were (and often we are) doing it for Jesus Himself.
Our Lady of Grace Catholic High School
Biography
Our Lady of Grace High School is a private, Catholic, co-educational college preparatory school, serving students and their families by providing a Scholastic Liberal Arts education in service to the Catholic Church. Students are expected to achieve academically beyond their expectations, to grow spiritually through study, worship, and service and to become leaders and role-models within their secular and church communities by their example and attitudes exemplified in their daily lives. To achieve (academically), To grow (spiritually), To become (a leader).
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School (Overbrook Farms, PA)
Biography
The purpose of Our Lady of Lourdes School is to educate the whole child spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, and physically. Our aim is to integrate Catholic Christian values with elementary school curriculum so as to foster full participation of our school community into the life and mission of the parish and universal Church. We participate in this mission by worshipping God, creating and nurturing our Christian community, growing in faith and holiness, and serving those in need especially the poor. We prepare students to succeed in a culturally diverse society respecting the dignity of others. We equip students with the life skills necessary to seek out opportunities and embrace the future. We recognize the role of parents as primary educators.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
Biography
We are dedicated to the creation of a Christian environment of care, love and encouragement. The pursuit of academic excellence and the joy of learning. We believe in the importance of personal self-esteem and community spirit and the principles of mutual self-respect and understanding among all people. The need for global awareness based on the Gospel values of Peace, Justice and Service. We take pride in the multi-ethnic student population of our school which reflects the great cultural diversity, and richness of our parish and surrounding community.
Our Lady’s Inn Maternity Homes
Biography
Our Lady’s Inn provides homeless pregnant women and their children shelter and hope for a new life through humble acts of love. OLI is a residential maternity shelter and aftercare support program serving the St. Louis and St. Charles communities. The Inn provides a safe haven for the homeless expectant woman and her children where she can achieve her personal goals for employment, stable housing, education, and family wellness while she awaits the birth of her child in a welcoming and supportive environment.
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Pacem in Terris, Ulster Project Delaware (Wilmington, DE)
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Ulster Project Delaware seeks to promote reconciliation between Northern Irish Catholics and Protestants by fostering tolerance, understanding, and friendship among future leaders. The project brings a group of 18 teenagers between the ages of 14 to 16 and four adult leaders from Northern Ireland, half of whom are Catholic and half of whom are Protestant, to the Wilmington area during the month of July. They live with host families with teenagers of the same age and through a variety of activities, ranging from spiritual and group building to social, recreational, sightseeing, and service, barriers are broken down and bridges of trust are built. The leaders who accompany the group continue to do follow-up activities with the N.I. teens once they return home. Started in 1976 by Charles A. and Josephine R. Robinson, Ulster Project Delaware is now the oldest, continuously running Ulster Project in the United States.
Padre Pio Academy
Biography
In cooperation with parents, Padre Pio Academy prepares young people for their academic and spiritual future by striving for a thorough formation as Catholics, body, mind, heart and soul.
Padre Pio Foundation of America
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Since 1977, the Padre Pio Foundation of America has spread devotion to Padre Pio and helped maintain his home village of Pietrelcina and the Capuchin Friary and Church where he resided for 50 years in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. We perform spiritual and corporal works of mercy in the name of Jesus and Saint Padre Pio, support religious and priestly vocations, and work with religious communities in Vietnam, the Philippines, Haiti, and South America. We provide financial assistance to Padre Pio’s hospital in Italy, La Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, have restored two churches in Pietrelcina, funded the Baptistry in Padre Pio’s new church in San Giovanni Rotondo, provide humanitarian aid both in the USA and internationally. Most importantly, our prayer group prays the Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart, the same prayer offered by Padre Pio daily, for the spiritual needs and welfare of our benefactors.
Parish Catalyst
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Parish Catalyst is a non-profit organization supporting pastors and leadership teams who are growing vibrant Catholic parishes. We are a platform for creative ideas in parish ministry that will inspire the devout, re-engage those who have turned away from the Church, and draw others to the joy of the Catholic faith for the first time.
Parish Catalyst (Los Angeles, CA )
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Parish Catalyst connects vibrant Catholic pastoral teams in a unique process proven to accelerate parish vitality and growth.
Partnership Schools
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As an independent 501(c)3 and private school management organization, our mission is to develop outstanding Catholic elementary schools that provide students from underserved communities with the academic preparation, values, and skills they need to break the cycle of poverty and lead fulfilling, productive lives.
Path to Life, Inc
Biography
Path to Life is an interfaith, life-affirming organization that provides resources and supportive services to pregnant women who lack the resources and support to cope with an unplanned pregnancy
Pauline Community of Saint Joseph
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The mission of the Pauline Community of Saint Joseph (PCSJ) is “to bring the Word to the world.” We do this by uniting and galvanizing members of the 10 religious and secular institutes of consecrated life founded by Blessed James Alberione—collectively known as “The Pauline Family”— to collaborate in dynamic and synergistic spiritual works of mercy that facilitate encounter with the Risen Christ. Our present objective is to establish Saint Joseph Guest House, a retreat center and community hospitality house, which will serve as a base of operations in the southeastern United States for the (Rome-based) Pauline Family and which, in the spirituality of Saint Paul, will offer powerful retreats, bible studies, catechesis, spiritual direction, and personal evangelism and faith-sharing workshops in English and Spanish languages. It is our belief that the works of Saint Paul, the Pauline spirituality of personal integrity, and Alberionian consecrated life offer the solid formation Catholics need today to be able to say with Saint Paul, “It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me” (Gal 2:20).
Pax Christi USA
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Pax Christi USA strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. This work begins in personal life and extends to communities of reflection and action to transform structures of society. Pax Christi USA rejects war, preparations for war, and every form of violence and domination. It advocates primacy of conscience, economic and social justice, and respect for creation.. Pax Christi USA commits itself to peace education and, with the help of its bishop members, promotes the gospel imperative of peacemaking as a priority in the Catholic Church in the United States. Through the efforts of all its members and in cooperation with other groups, Pax Christi USA works toward a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world
Penn Newman Center
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“We are an apostolic Catholic community entrusted to Mary, working with the university community and families to live a full Christian Life as missionary disciples through encountering Christ, growing in their faith and their reconciliation with God and themselves, and sending them to serve, from one heart to another.”
People of Life, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
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“People of Life”: In support of the”Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities”
At their meeting in November 2001, the U.S. Catholic bishops reaffirmed and approved for publication the Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Campaign in Support of Life. The staff of the Pro-Life Secretariat, with support from members of “People of Life,” implements this plan on a national level, as well as supports its implementation throughout the country. This pastoral plan calls upon all the resources of the Churchâ??its people, services, and institutionsâ??to pursue this effort with renewed energy and commitment in four major areas. Public Information and Education to deepen understanding of the sanctity of human life and the humanity of unborn children, the moral evil of intentionally killing innocent human beingsâ??whether at the beginning of life or at its endâ??and the mission of the Church to witness to and serve all human life. Pastoral Care for women with problems related to pregnancy; for all who have been involved in abortion; for those who are disabled, sick, and dying, and their families and caregivers; for those who have lost loved ones to violent crime; and for those in prison sentenced to death. Public Policy efforts directed to restoring legal protection to the lives of unborn children and those vulnerable to pressures to end their lives by assisted suicide, and to providing morally acceptable alternatives to abortion and assisted suicide. The staffs of NCHLA and the USCCB Office of Government Relations are key partners in this work. Prayer and Worship directed to participation in the sacramental life of the Church and in programs of communal and individual prayer, that the culture of death that surrounds us today will be replaced by a culture of life and love. This Pastoral Plan foresees dialogue and cooperation between the national episcopal conference and priests, deacons, religious, and lay persons, individually and collectively. We seek the collaboration of every Catholic organization in this effort. At every levelâ??national, regional, state, diocesan, and parishâ??it is important to seek the support of individuals and organizations involved in other ministries and, in turn, to be supportive of their work on behalf of human life as well. Together we are involved in God’s work in promoting the dignity of the human person.
Piarist Fathers Province of the United States and Puerto Rico
Biography
To follow Christ and to serve the Church in the modern world by promoting our unique way of life and by administering effectively to the educational needs of children and youth, especially the poor. It is through the financial partnership of our benefactors that a strong and continued Piarist presence in our ten schools, parishes and mission will continue and flourish.
Coto Laurel (Ponce), PR: Colegio Ponceno
Devon, PA: Devon Preparatory School
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Cardinal Gibbons High School
Martin, KY: The Piarist School
Miami, FL: Southeastern Pastoral Institute (SEPI)
New York City, NY: Annunciation Parish
Bronx, NY: St Helena Parish and School
Playa de Ponce, PR: Our Lasdy of Mount Carmel Parish and School
Ponce, PR: Piarist Seminary of Father Jose Mateo
Rio Piedras (San Juan), PR: Colegio Calasanz and the Parish of the Divine Savior
Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America
Macuspana, Mexico: The Piarist Fathers Latin Mission
Pontifical Foundation of St. Michael the Archangel, Gendarmeria, Vatican City State
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Mission Statement: The first and primary purpose of the Corps of the Gendarmeria is to provide personal security to the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church. The Corps of the Gendarmeria also has general responsibility for the security and public order which includes all regular police duties, including border control, crime prevention and investigation, and enforcement of financial and commercial regulations. Their areas of responsibility includes not only Vatican City State but all extraterritorial property such as St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and Castel Gondolfo. The Corps of the Gendarmeria is getting ready to celebrate its 200 anniversary. Pope Puis VII founded the Corps on the 14th of July 1816. Althoug the name has changes over the centuries the duties of these brave men have not. Many friends and supporters of the Vatican have asked how they can support the various activities and needs of the Gendarmeria. To this end, we have established a way for benefactors in the USA to support the Gendarmeria via the National Catholic Community Foundation supported 501 (C) 3 organization.
Pontifical Guards Foundation
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For over 500 years, the Swiss Guard has been at the service of the popes and has been watching over the Vatican. It all began in 1506 when the first Swiss arrived on request of Pope Julius II. Today, the Swiss Guard form an essential part of the Vatican and are still responsible for the personal security of the Holy Father. No visitor to the Eternal City would want to miss them. The popes 100 Swiss soldiers are a much beloved part of the Catholic Church around the world and many of its friends and supporters asked us to find ways in which they can support the various activities and needs of the Swiss guards. To this end, we have established this U.S. Foundation. Our friends and benefactors in the USA can now contribute tax free to support the Swiss Guards via this National Catholic Community Foundation supported 501 (c) 3 organization. For more information, please email andreaswidmer@gmail.com