Gifts made to the Catholic Charities Appeal will provide necessary support to tens of thousands of people. These individuals are served by an array of organizations, programs and ministries throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The beneficiaries of the Catholic Charities Appeal are grouped into five key areas: Education, Social Services, Evangelization, Parish & Spiritual Life, Clergy, and Local Mission Activities.
Education
Catholic Special Education
- Saint Lucy School for Children with Visual Impairments
- Our Lady of Confidence Day School
- Saint Katherine Day School
Nutritional Development Services
Community Food Program (Over 50 sites)
Catholic Social Services
Family Service Centers
- Bucks County Family Service Center (Levittown)
- Mary’s Cupboard
- Fatima Catholic Outreach Center (Bensalem)
- Martha’s Choice Marketplace (Norristown)
- Delaware County Family Service Center (Chester City)
- Casa del Carmen Family Service Center (North Philadelphia)
- Casa Academy Preschool
- Northeast Philadelphia Service Center
- Southwest Philadelphia Service Center
Out of School Time (OST) Programs
- 8 sites offering 7 elementary, 1 middle and 1 high school afterschool and summer programs
Immigration Legal Services
Housing & Homeless Services
- Mercy Hospice
- McAuley House
- Saint John’s Hospice
- Good Shepherd Program
- Visitation Homes
- 2 Women of Hope sites– Lombard Street & Vine Street
Project Rachel (Post-abortion Counseling
and Support)
Foster Care & Adoption Services
St. Francis –St. Vincent Homes
- 5 campus-based cottages and 2 community group homes
- St. Katharine Drexel School
Catholic Community Services (Community Umbrella Agency - Greater Northeast Philadelphia)
Catholic Housing and Community Services
- 5 affordable senior housing facilities, 4 senior community centers
- Parish eldercare programs, In-home support, and senior clubs
- St. Mary’s Residence
St. Edmond’s Home for Children
Communities of Don Guanella & Divine Providence
- 9 campus-based cottages, 11 Community group homes
- 12 Community Living Arrangements and 60 life sharing partners
- 3 Day Programs, in-home services and respite care
Gifts made to the Catholic Charities Appeal will provide support needed to tens of thousands of people through countless organizations, programs and ministries throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Evangelization, Parish and Spiritual Life
Penn/Drexel University Newman Center
Temple University Newman Center
West Chester University Newman Center
Newman Clusters
- Bryn Mawr College Newman Center
- Swarthmore College Newman Center
- Haverford College Newman Center
CatholicPhilly / Communications
Office for Life and Family
Office for Persons with Disabilities & the Deaf Apostolate (OPD & DA)
Office for the New Evangelization
Office for Consecrated Life/Vicar for Religious
Office of Cultural Ministries
- Migrants and Refugees
- Hispanic Ministry
- Institute for Evangelization
- Office for Black Catholics
Clergy
Care for Retired and Sick Priests
- Villa Saint Joseph
- Regina Coeli Residence for Priests
Vocation Office for Diocesan Priesthood
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Mission Activities
Foundation and Archdiocesan Activities
Mission Parishes
- Sacred Heart – Oxford
- St. Laurence – Upper Darby
- Our Lady of Hope – Philadelphia
- St. Thomas Aquinas – Philadelphia
- St. John the Evangelist – Philadelphia
- St. Anne – Philadelphia
- St. Katharine Drexel – Chester
- St. Martin de Porres – Philadelphia
- St. Rocco – Avondale
- St. Veronica – Philadelphia
- St. Cyprian – Philadelphia
- St. Barbara – Philadelphia
- St. Ignatius of Loyola – Philadelphia
- St. Charles Borromeo – Philadelphia
- St. Gabriel – Philadelphia
- Divine Mercy – Philadelphia
- St. Barnabas – Philadelphia
In order to maintain adequate funding to the traditional ministries which received Catholic Charities funding in the past, up to $10 million will be reserved for their needs.
