Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States.Founded in 1943 by the Bishops of the United States, the agency provides assistance to 130 million people in more than 110 countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Catholic Charities USA is the national voluntary membership organization for Catholic Charities agencies throughout the United States and its territories. [1] Catholic Charities USA is a member of Caritas Internationalis , an international federation of Catholic social service organizations. [ 2 ]
LDS Charities donated food healthcare supplies to 16 countries affected by COVID-19. The church partnered with Project HOPE to offer personal protective equipment or PPEs, Moms Against Poverty and INTERSOS, a disaster relief nonprofit.
After the Reformation, the Church lost a large amount of property in both Catholic and Protestant countries, and after a period of sharply increased poverty, poor relief had to become more tax based. Within the United States, each diocese typically has a Catholic Charities organization that is run as a diocesan corporation, i.e., a civil ...
[1] Today the agency's mission has changed very little. According to the United Methodist Book of Discipline , UMCOR's current responsibility is "To provide immediate relief of acute human need and to respond to the suffering of persons in the world caused by natural, ecological, political turmoil, and civil disaster."
United in Charity, a general, unrestricted endowment fund, was introduced at the 2004 Supreme Council meeting to support and ensure the overall long-term charitable and philanthropic goals of the order. The fund is wholly managed, maintained, and operated by Knights of Columbus Charities, Inc., a 501(c)(8) charitable organization. [8]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Good Samaritan Hospital - Sponsored by the Bon Secours Charity Health System. St. Anthony Community Hospital - Founded by the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, now sponsored by the Bon Secours Charity Health System (BSCHS). St. Francis Hospital (Poughkeepsie) - Established by the Sisters of St. Francis of Hastings-on-Hudson. Branch location in ...