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ALCOHOL
AND DRUG PROBLEMS
"As
I have loved you, so you also should love one another."
CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND OTHER GROUPS
 | Food for the Poor:
Restoring the poorest of the poor in the Caribbean and Latin America
with food and water and homes. 550 SW 12th Avenue, Deerfield Beach, FL
33442. (954) 427-2222. Charitable contributions to groups such as this
have huge significance in outreaching to others, particularly in Third World
countries where our dollars are multiplied many times over. Food for
the Poor, for example, indicates that a donation of $20 can buy 200 pounds
of beans and rice, providing a meal of complete protein for 800 children;
$50 can provide antibiotics and nutritional supplements for critically ill
children; $150 can furnish a foot-pedaled sewing machine and materials for a
skills-training workshop; $500 can provide the necessary school supplies to
educate an entire classroom of children for one year; and $2,000 can build a
basic house for a family living in a tin and cardboard shack. God
invites us to recognize His presence in the poor. To receive a video
about this ministry please call (954) 427-2222. |
|  Lay
Mission-Helpers Association.
We are a Catholic community of lay people (single men and women and
married couples) called through our baptism to mission. We share in
the ministry of Jesus to spread the Good News and work for the Reign
of God. We seek to walk with the poor of other countries, sharing our
talents, learning from one another, and joining together in the
struggle for a more just and compassionate world.
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Catholic Relief
Services:
Providing
emergency response and human rights for people throughout the world.
World headquarters: 209 West Fayette St., Baltimore, Md. 21201-3443; (410)
625-2220, (800) 736-3467. |
| Catholic
Medical Mission Board, Inc.: 10 West 17th St., New York, NY
10011; (800) 678-5659, Ext. 16. |
|
Catholic
Charities On-line. |
| Cross
International brings Christ's mercy to the poor of Haiti.
Through a special program the charity has introduced, a full 100
percent of all contributions help the poor -- none is used for
administrative or fund-raising costs because a group of donors has
underwritten these costs. Cross International; Dept. AW00104;
P.O. Box 63; Akron, OH 44309-0063. |
| Christian Foundation for Children and the
Aging:  Making ordinary miracles possible. The CFCA is a Catholic lay organization that sponsors
children and the elderly in more than 27 developing
countries around the world. The five newest projects include four in
Africa (in Gusau, Mafoluku, Neema and Antsirabe) and one in Haiti (in
Espwa). When
you become a CFCA sponsor, your monthly contribution provides life-changing
benefits such as education, nutrition, clothing, and medical care to your
sponsored friend. As of December, 2001, there were 223,754 children
and aging persons sponsored through CFCA, with 24,987 awaiting
sponsorship. CFCA is located at One Elmwood Av.; Kansas City, Kansas
66103. (800) 875-6564; mail@cfcausa.org. |
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Catholic
Extension is a group that supports missionary work in America. |
|
Society for the
Propagation of the Faith: By your prayers and sacrifices you are very
much a part of the Missionary call of Jesus. Your support, along with
the support of others, helps make chapels and schools, hospitals and
clinics, orphanages and refugee centers possible, especially the
education of Native seminarians and Sisters to serve among their own
people. Msgr. James J. Fitzpatrick, Director; Archdiocese of
Philadelphia; 222 N. 17th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-1299 - (215)
587-3944. |
"We shall never win the war
against terrorism as long as we allow conditions
in the world -- poverty, disease, ignorance -- that make people
desperate.
Nobel laureate Archbishop
Desmond Tutu
CATHOLIC
FAMILIES
|
Daughters
of St. Paul. |
|
Faith
First for Families. |
|
Ministry
of Moms Sharing (M.O.M.S.) is an outreach ministry developed by
the Sisters of St. Benedict of St. Paul's Monastery in St.Paul,
Minnesota. M.O.M.S. awakens in women an awareness of their inner
sacred self and teaches them new ways to inspire and affirm each
other. Through this personal and spiritual growth, women claim their
own giftedness and bring these gifts to the Christian Community. |
|
Living
Bridges. Adoptions from Latin America. Call (610)
525-4770. |
|
John
Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the
Catholic University of America. (202) 526-3799. |
|
Fullness
of Truth. Promoting authentic Catholic
spirituality, morality and family life. |
| Children
of Hope. Children's adoration before the Most Blessed
Sacrament. Community of St. John, 1116 West College St., Peoria,
Il. 61606. (More) |
| Parents
Television Council - The PTC Insider - The monthly newsletter of
the Parents Television Council. Bringing Responsibility to
the Entertainment Industry. |
|
PhillyKids
Connection: Right now, there are 200 Philadelphia children who
have no family to call their own. If you have love, patience and
commitment, pick up the phone and change a life. Sponsored by
the Department of Human Services. (800) TO-ADOPT. |
| Legionaries
of Christ serve the Church by forming and motivating enterprising
lay Catholics to take an active part in the Church's mission: to
Love Christ enthusiastically; and to live their Catholic Faith to the
full. |
| Your
Catholic Web. A discussion forum, portal and news site for
catholic families. When banner launches, click on forum or
portal. |
|
AVE
Project - A National Heritage Foundation. The apostolic
Voter Education project was founded to promote the religious and
educational teachings of the Roman Catholic Church in civil and public
life. |
| CatholicMom.com
is a Web site built especially for Catholic mothers and all those
interested in becoming better parents and Christians. |
|
Worldwide
Marriage Encounter: Marriage Encounter is 44 hours where
married couples can get away from jobs, kids, chores and phone and
focus only on each other. It is an opportunity to realize the
full potential of your marriage with all the joy and beauty that God
intended. For information on Marriage Encounter weekends, please
call (800) 456-8330. |
| Retouvaille,
which means discovery, is a program to help couples renew and heal
their own marriage relationship. It is a live-in weekend and
post-weekend program for married couples. For those thinking of
separation or divorce, Retrouvaille may be the life preserver a
marriage needs. |
|
CatholicFamilies.Net. |
|
The
Archdiocese of the Internet. |
|
JustCatholic. |
|
Faith
& Family is a magazine that is a sister publication to the
National Catholic Register. For a free sample issue of this
magazine, go to www.Catholic.net.
If the banner ad doesn't appear, hit "refresh" on your
browser menu bar. To order by phone, call (800) 421-3230. |
| Catholic
Familyland is an Apostolate for Family Consecration located in
Bloomingdale, Ohio. The AFC has recently introduced Catholic
Family TV, a 24-hour family-safe TV network. |
| The
Holy Family Institute is a Vatican approved, consecrated life for
married and widowed, living their normal married life, in their own
homes, working at their regular jobs while remaining and serving in
their own parishes but united in prayer. Just as Priests,
Brothers, and Nuns consecrate themselves to God through their
Vocations, so can married and widowed persons in their everyday
living. The Holy Family Institute is part of The Society of St.
Paul and The Daughters of St. Paul. For information, contact Father Tom Fogarty, St. Paul Monastery, Box 498, Canfield, OH
44406. |
| The Secular
Order of St. Francis. Contact Theresa Leone, S.F.O., at (215)
978-6147 or SKD_terri@msn.com
for more information. |
| The Monks of
Adoration monastery has put together some screensavers for
Windows. You can download them at www.monksofadoration.org/screench.html.
See the Monks online
directory for more free stuff. |
| Paul
John Paul II Cultural Center. The Center is located at 3900
Harewood Road, NE; Washington, D.C. 20017; (202) 635-5400.
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday; 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Sunday
12 noon to 5:00 p.m.; closed Mondays (except holiday Mondays).
General admission is $8; seniors, students and children 4-12 -
$6. There is no charge for children under 3 years of
age. |
| The Mass
Explained to Children, by Maria Montessori, has been reprinted and
is available through Roman
Catholic Books, P.O. Box 2286, Fort Collings, Co. 80522. |
| The
Knights of Columbus. |
| Natural
Family Planning. P.O. Box 111184, Cincinnati, OH 45211. |
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See also News and Related Resources, below. |
CATHOLIC
GRAPHICS AND ART
CATHOLIC
MUSIC
|
Come Alive
Communications, P.O. Box 436, West Grove, Pa. 19390. (610)
869-3660. "Singing the Rosary" is a fully-orchestrated
3-tap set of all 15 mysteries of the Holy Rosary sung to original
melodies. |
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
|
Catholic
Social Services - Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia. A multipurpose social service agency providing
assistance to children, families and adults. (215) 587-3900. |
| Can you make a place in your
family for a foster child? Thousands of children need the love
and support of a foster family. Catholic Social Services is
looking for married or single adults to become foster parents to
children of all ages, races and denominations. Homes also are
needed for children with special medical or emotional needs and for
siblings who wish to live together. Catholic Social Services
provides professional training, support, financial reimbursement and
Catholic school tuition for foster children. For more
information about foster family care, please call Carla or Pat at
(215) 587-3960.
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LIBRARY RESOURCES
MINISTRIES
BEYOND ST. PAT'S: A variety of opportunities exist for lay volunteers to
serve others. Some of these opportunities are part-time local
ministries (or can be begun locally should anyone wish to do so). Others are
full-time commitments in other areas of the United States and around the
world.
| Delaware Hospice
is in need of volunteers to stay with patients to
give caregivers relief, provide errand and transportation assistance,
make phone calls to reassure family members dealing with loss and grief
.... Please call Marguerite Werner at (302) 479-2577, ext. 127 for
more information. Delaware Hospice provides comfort, care, and
support for patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families
throughout the State of Delaware and Southern Chester County. |
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EWTN Media
Missionaries. This is a volunteer program dedicated to
creating awareness of the television, radio, and online services that we
offer. With your help, we can continue this great mission of
spreading the Eternal Word throughout the world. Join the family
and become a member of EWTN Media Missionaries.
"Go
into the whole world and proclaim the good news to all creation."
(Mark 16:15) Contact EWTN
Volunteer Support. (205) 795-5771;
volunteers@ewtn.com .
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|
Birthright
of West Chester. New
address -- 112 South High Street. (610) 436-0773.
Toll-free hotline - (800) 550-4900. |
|
Grief Support
Group of Southern Chester County. Healing Our Pain Effectively
(HOPE) is a grief support group formed in October 1989 by the Kennett
Area Senior Center, the Kennett Area Ministerium, West Chester
Psychiatric Associates, and the Kuzo and Gofus Funeral Home,
Ltd. The purpose of the group is to serve individuals who are
anticipating, experiencing, or recuperating from grief. This aid
is given in the form of seminars, reading materials, films,
fellowship, and friendship. Eleanor McKinstry is the group
facilitator. Meetings are generally held on the first and third
Wednesday of the month at the Kennett Area Senior Center, 427 S.
Walnut St., in Kennett Square. The sessions begin at 6:30 p.m.
and lasts for about an hour. For more information, please call
the Center at (610) 444-4819 or the Kuzo and Gofus Funeral Home at
(610) 444-4116. |
|
St.
Ann's Infant and Maternity Home; 4901 Eastern Avenue.;
Hyattsville, MD 20782; (301) 559-5500. |
|
Delaware
Hospice. The Delaware Hospice provides comfort, care, and
support for patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families
throughout Southern Chester County and the State of Delaware.
The hospice is in need of volunteers to stay with patients to give
caregivers relief. You also can provide errand and
transportation assistance, and make phone calls to reassure family
members dealing with loss and grief. You can assist in offices
with clerical and data entry needs, or help with fund raising events
and community awareness. You can assist with the New Hope
program, which helps children through their loss and grief. The
fall 2002 volunteer training classes will begin on October 2,
2002. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please
call Marguerite Werner at (302) 479-2577, ext. 127.
Speakers are available to meet with organizations to present their
programs. Topics include end-of-life concerns, bereavement, and
the volunteer program. |
|
Aid
for Friends: This
is a charitable non-profit organization that provides free home-cooked
dinners to almost 3,000 isolated, needy shut-ins -- primarily the
frail elderly -- in the five-county Greater Philadelphia area.
(215) 464-2224. |
|
The
Gabriel Project: The Angel Gabriel was sent as a messenger
from God. "Rejoice! Fear not!" God's
message was delivered by Gabriel. We are trying to assist
Gabriel in delivering this message through The Gabriel Project.
Gabriel Communications is an effort of our Mother Church to help
deliver this message and to help any pregnant women in what might seem
to be a crisis pregnancy. For more information, please call
(215) 379-LOVE, or e-mail us at
GABRIEL.PRO@aol.com.
The Gabriel Project is now in Southern Chester County.
(More) |
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Heartland
Hospice Services, Inc. is a ministry that allows you to make a
difference in someone's life. As a hospice volunteer you can
bring a smile and a loving touch to a patient or be a good listener to
a tired caregiver. You can read to a patient with failing vision
or console a bereaved spouse. If you wish more information about
being a hospice volunteer, please call Judith Dervaes at (800)
311-3184. Training will be provided for prospective volunteers. |
|
Project
H.O.M.E. is a nationally recognized non-profit organization based
in Philadelphia. The mission of this project is to provide
permanent solutions to homelessness and poverty through housing,
education, employment, health care and the revitalization of a
low-income community. Sister Mary Scullion is director of
Project HOME. Outreach hotline: (215) 232-1984. |
|
Thresholds is a
community of volunteers who teach decision making and problem solving
skills to prison inmates. This ministry is seeking caring
individuals who are willing to commit two hours of their time each
week to work one-on-one with a prison inmate. Please call (610)
459-9384 or (610) 497-7984, or write Thresholds at P.O. Box 334,
Media, Pa. 19063, for more information. Thresholds requires a
training session, which provides thorough instruction on the
program. |
|
Be a Pen Pal to
a prison inmate:
Mary, Mother of Captives, a support group for
those with a loved one in prison, on trial, or about to be sentenced
to prison, has started a Pen Pal Program where you can visit -- via
mail -- someone who is in prison. Total anonymity is
guaranteed. Please help us in this corporal work of mercy; more
than 400 people are needed for this endeavor
For additional information and meeting times, please call Jack or
Sophie Weber, P.O. Box 52416, Philadelphia, Pa. 19115; (215) - 698-7656.
mmocsprtgp@aol.com. Please also pray for those
in prison.
"When
I was in prison, you visited me . . . ."
Matthew 25:36. |
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For more
information on the prison ministry, please call the Office of Prison
Ministry at (215) 331-3640. |
|
Philabundance
is a hunger relief organization that "harvests" surplus food
from restaurants, grocers, wholesalers and manufacturers.
Volunteers then deliver it to emergency kitchens, shelters and food
cupboards serving those in need in the six-county area. If you
can help, please call (215) 339-0900 or (856) 665-0707.
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Chester County Compeer: A program that promotes maximum recovery of persons with serious and persistent mental illness by matching them in one-to-one relationships with caring trained adult volunteer advocates is seeking volunteers for active listeners for one hour per week. For more information call (610) 436-4445. |
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Elizabeth Ministry: The name evokes the story of Mary's visit to her cousin, Elizabeth, in the second chapter of Luke.
This ministry, begun by Capuchin Father Kurt Gessner and Jeannie Hannemann,
M.A., is intended to help the Church truly celebrate the gift of each child
conceived and born, and fully mourn each miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth
and infant or child death. By treasuring the gift of fertility,
supporting those suffering infertility problems, encouraging those in the
adoptive process, and assisting families experiencing an infant or child
crisis or special need, we will be a strong witness to our belief in the
dignity and worth of all life. International Elizabeth Ministry - 107 Idlewild
Street; Kaukauna, WI 54130; (920) 766-9380;
elizabethministry@yahoo.com. |
|
Other part-time
volunteer opportunities may be available within the Catholic
Social Services network in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. |
|
Full-time
Volunteer
Opportunities. |
NEWS,
WEB SITES, AND RELATED RESOURCES
PRAYER CARDS
|
Prayer
Intention Cards: Online cards are available and may be
sent for those in need of prayers. Intentions will be placed at the
altar and remembered in prayers before the Blessed Sacrament by the Friars
of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word. |
| Catholic
e-Greetings
from American Catholic. |
| Help support
missionaries with Mass cards offered by Augustinians
of the Assumption. (617) 783-0495. |
PRO-LIFE/POST ABORTION COUNSELING
|
The Gabriel
Project: See description above, under Ministries Beyond St.
Pat's. (More) |
|
Pregnancy
Hotline: Archdiocese of Philadelphia - 1 (800) CARE-002. |
|
Men
of Birthline |
| Adoptions
From the Heart: If you are pregnant and confused, adoption
may be right for you. Did you know that with Open Adoption you
can choose and meet the parents for your child and stay in touch as he
or she grows up? The caring, trained staff at Adoptions From the
Heart will answer your questions, and help and support you throughout
this process. For more information, please call the 24-Hour
Helpline at (800) 355-5500, or the Office at (610)
642-7200. |
| Birthright:
Many women make the painful decision to abort because they feel
there is no other alternative. At Birthright, we offer women an alternative to abortion
by providing real help that includes free pregnancy testing, maternity clothes, layettes, housing, adoption information,
and parenting information. In Chester County, Birthright is
located at 201-b North Walnut Street, West Chester, PA 19380.
Office hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Wednesday evening; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
You can call Birthright at (610) 436-0773; toll-free national hotline - (800) 550-4900.
For information on becoming a Birthright volunteer, please call (610)
436-0773 and ask for Kathleen Bradlee. |
|
Chester County Pro-Life Coalition: Help for mothers and their pre-born children; 232 West Market Street, West Chester, PA 19382. Referrals for Crisis Pregnancy Help, post-abortion counseling and adoption. (610) 692-4463. |
| Post-abortive
women's testimonies are on the web at Priests
for Life; Click on post-abortion testimonies. |
|
Mothers' Home: Providing consistent support to care for expectant mothers and their babies whom God sends their way.
Since the early days of Mothers' Home, concerned individuals have become our
"Guardian Angels" by committing to a monthly donation in support
of our ministry to homeless, expectant women before and after their babies
are born. If you can help, please call Mother's Home. 51 N. MacDade Blvd., Darby, PA 19023. (610) 583-4663. |
|
Rachel's Vineyard Retreats:
For hope and healing after abortion. The Church's ministry for those healing after abortion.
Project Rachel's national outreach is the National
Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing (NOPARH).
(800)-WE-CARE. |
|
National Office of Post Abortion
Counseling: The doors are always open. Please call: 1 (800) 5-WE
CARE. |
|
Adoption Services -
Archdiocese of Philadelphia: Prepares adults who wish to adopt
children; offers assistance to young pregnant women, fathers of their
children and their families; and provides post-adoption services.
Administrator, Mary Merman, L.S.W. - (215) 854-7050. |
| Ultimate
Pro-Life Resource List: Women
and Children First is a non-profit organization that uses the
boundless tools of the Internet to disseminate information about life
issues to people worldwide. |
REFRESHER COURSE
IN CATHOLICISM
RELIGIOUS BOOKSTORES
|
St. Francis Shop:
Lincoln Court Shopping Center, 215 Lancaster Avenue; Frazer, PA. (610)
647-6939. |
RETREATS AND CONFERENCES
|
Jesus House Prayer
and Renewal Center, at 2501 Milltown Rd.; Wilmington, Delaware, 19808;
offers occasional retreats for those dealing with illness. This is a
slow-paced, medically supervised, retreat with plenty of time for rest for
those who need help in coping with illness. Caregivers are welcome to
accompany a retreatant during the weekend. For more information,
kindly call (302) 995-6859. |
|
Malvern
Retreat House: St. Joseph's in
The
Hills; Malvern Retreat House, Malvern, Pa.;
malvernLRL@aol.com. |
|
The IHM Spirituality
Center is located on the campus of the Villa Maria House of Studies on King
Road in Immaculata, Pa. across the street from Immaculata College.
Call (610) 647-4136, ext. 1-1-3 for information about retreats. |
|
Dominican Retreat
House: 750 Ashbourne Rd., Elkins Park, Pa. (215) 782-8520. |
| Bethany
Center of Spirituality: Retreats for men, women, priests and
sisters. Spiritual direction and contemplative. For more
information contact Nicole Fedder, Program Director, at Bethany
Retreat Center; P.O. Box 129; Frenchville, Pa. 16836. (814)
263-4855. bethanyr@vicon.net. |
|
Franciscan
University of Steubenville. Please call the Conference Center at: 1
(800) 437-8368. |
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
| The
Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. |
| Jesuits
in Science. |
|
U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops. |
|
Do
No Harm - The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics. |
|
Institute for Theological Encounter with Science &
Technology.
ITEST is an
organization committed to ongoing dialog among contemporary thinkers,
assessing developments in science and technology for their theological
implications and to apply religious values to scientific processes. This
organization was begun in 1966 when Father Robert Brungs, S. J., a
physicist, and Dr. John Malschiner, a biochemist, recognized the need to
alert Christian Churches to the advances in the sciences and
technologies. Among other things, this site includes videos, and an
archive of articles and books published over the past several decades on matters related to
faith and science. For more information, please contact Sister
Marianne Postiglione, RSM, at postigm@slu.edu
or (314) 977-2703. |
|
The National Catholic Bioethics
Center. |
| See also NEWS
AND RELATED RESOURCES. |
SOCIAL GROUPS
Tribunal
- Archdiocese of Philadelphia
|
Please call
(215) 587-3750 for information. (More) |
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