I. Introduction to the Catholic Relief Services
The CRS or Catholic Relief Services is an Catholic agency sponsored by the US bishops that lists their mission statement as “Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas.” (crs.org). The Catholic Relief Service essentially looks to help the poor, destitute and those placed in unfortunate circumstances in a Catholic manner on behalf of the bishops. The Catholic Relief Services is a administrative body that looks to distribute funds, send volunteers, and supply goods to places of need. When there is so much support it hard to choose how to supply it to so many places in need, the Catholic Relief Services is there
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Their work and basis is deeply rooted in its Catholic origins and it's deep basis in the Exodus paradigm and the Mosaic covenant. The Catholic Relief Services commitment to the poor and destitute in aiding them around the world through several means while still maintaining strong moral and physical standpoint by sticking to teachings of the Bible shows kinds of things that they can do using the teachings of Jesus. The organization does great work to help those all over the world affected by natural disaster.They have the strength to be a solid Catholic Institution but the ability to enact change all over the world. The fact that they keep the Catholic Social teaching principles in their mission statement and listed the forefront of their website shows how deeply committed they are to it as an organization. Come to realize how important the work of the Catholic Relief Services is even though it may seem large-scale, without the large-scale,the small-scale is ineffective.Create way for one to continue the work of the Catholic Relief Services end or to benefit it would be to donate to their cause so they can give supplies to the needy, or to volunteer as a ground soldier to the Catholic Relief Services. the two things the Catholic Relief Services cannot live without our manpower and supplies;the Catholic Relief Services is purely administrative and without these it is unable to function. Overall the Catholic Relief Services is a administrative juggernaut organizing aid to those in need around the
Analysis of CAFOD (A Charity Organization) The charity I am going to analyse and explain is CAFOD. CAFOD was formed in 1961when the National Board of Catholic Women decided to carry out a family fast day, because the people of the Caribbean Island of Dominica had requested help for a mother and baby health care programme. A year after the family fast day the Catholic bishops of England and Wales decided to set up the “Catholic Fund for Overseas Development” or “CAFOD”. The main aim of this charity was to bring together the vast number of smaller charities and to educate Roman Catholics in England and Wales about the need for world development and also to raise money for developing countries. Even now CAFOD is still helping all around the world thanks to the support of Catholics in England and Wales.
What were your goals for this project? Our goals for this project is to raise at least $100 for Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, but also to earn a good grade. We decide to choose St. Jude because Manuela personally has a one year old boy and she had commented that she saw a television commercial were a young boy was suffering from this horrible disease, but unfortunately lost his battle against cancer. We want create consciousness that with just donating 63 cents a day and $19 a month we can make a big difference, which you can help save a life of one of these children. Families who kids are receiving treatment, they never receive a bill charging them transportation and other services for example St. Jude pays for the children who
First responders have different challenges compared to the rest of the population. The challenges are due to the motto’s they swear to uphold and the public they serve. They have their own culture consisting of beliefs, language, traditions and values that are specific to their group. They are more likely to witness traumatic events that are outside the norm. They are sometime expected to kill and even be killed, especially law enforcement and military. The culture is very different then the civilian or mental health culture, for example: collectivism versus individualism. Therefore, when it comes to building a relationship with combat veterans and first responders it is essential to understand the culture. Lastly, there are common diagnosis among first responders making it important to use specific assessments. These assessments are used to identify trauma and stress related disorders such as: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Depression, and Substance Use Disorder (SUD).
California currently faces the ominous blessing of the El Nino weather system, which promises to bring desperately needed rains in the form of storms and torrential rains. In preparation for these rains, California also has to address the homeless population, who will be stranded in the rains if adequate shelters are not provided for them. In his article, Sunnyvale: Fast-tracked Emergency Homeless Shelter Set To Open, Eric Kurhi cites expert opinions, utilizes emotional appeal, and employs rhetorical devices such as diction in order to provide information on the new homeless shelter opening in Sunnyvale while discussing the overall problem of homelessness.
What really sets this organization from the rest is how it is structured around their Christian faith, going into a rather historically culture where most of the population was devoted to the Roman Catholic Church. Being a Christian organization, it is rather obvious that they are not just there just to provide disaster risk reduction through aid, but as well spread the word of God with the attempt to “convert” over some people. The President of World Vision in 1987, Ted Engstrom, stated, “We analyze every project, every program we undertake, to make sure that within the [program] evangelism is a significant component. We cannot feed individuals and then let them go to hell” (qtd. in Hancock 9). This paper serves as an analysis of the fundamentals of the Christian humanitarian organization, World Vision International. As a humanitarian support, their service was of a great necessity in rebuilding Honduras that helped satisfy the voids other types of aid organizations were not able to provide or did not provide adequately by supplying disaster risk reduction to furthermore
Did you know that every 2 seconds someone in the United States needs blood? Where does that blood come from? The American Red Cross, is a nonprofit humanitarian organization. It assists with disaster relief and provides emergency services to those in need. The American Red Cross has been around for aver 100 years and has come a long way in the process.
The organisation that I have chosen to research is Caritas Australia. It is a non-profit international aid and development agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. Their motto is to help “end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity” for the poor so they won’t need to rely on charities anymore. Furthermore, the international symbol of Caritas is a flaming cross which represents Christ’s burning love for his people.
Louis donated to Hurricane Irma victims thousands of miles away, every organization that receives money from the Annual Catholic Appeal of the Archdiocese of St. Louis will give a service or provide help to St. Louis regional citizens. Catholic schools across the St. Louis area depend of the help of the Annual Catholic Appeal to keep their doors open. Thousands of young students attend Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the St. Louis area each year. Without financial help from the Archdiocese, some of these schools would be forced to close. Their closures would greatly hurt the St. Louis Catholic influence on the area by reducing the number of children who hear the Word of God each day in class and by preventing students from receiving the incredible education that comes through a Catholic
The Salvation Army prides itself in continuously offering needs based programs or service to communities that fall below the poverty line. The Salvation Army has a wide array of strengths including: 1) Professional networking; a channel through which ideas, resources and services can be exchanged between Salvation Army and other non-profit organizations 2) Global notoriety; the Salvation Army is a world-wide organization, sustained primarily through government funds and public donations 3) Longevity; a demonstrated history of success. This history of longevity affords them a positive, solid reputation in participating communities (The Salvation Army USA, 2018).
As Catholics, we profess a universal church; encountering Christ brings with it the responsibility of reaching out to those on the peripheries. This service and need to bring with us the joy of the Gospel to all starts with those around us who are overlooked and reaches to the furthest ends of the globe. As missionary disciples, we must make the Universal Church a presence at the peripheries; for example, we help persecuted Christians in Egypt, homeless and displaced civilians in Ukraine, child refugees from North Korea, typhoon survivors in the Philippines, flood victims in Mexico and people with physical disabilities in Vietnam, Cuba, and Haiti.
In 1975, the 32nd General Congregation (GC 32) further elaborated on the mission of Jesuit education as "the service of the faith and the promotion of justice.” This proclamation challenged Jesuits and all who worked at their institutions to work on behalf of the poor and youth. A few years later, former Father General Pedro Arrupe recognized the transnational dimensions of the refugee issue and founded Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) to coordinate the Society’s efforts on a global scale. Today JRS work to serve and educate refugees on 5 continents in over 50 countries.
The shepherd and sheep relationship is the best illustration for the relationship between pastor and parishioners. When Jesus asked Simon Peter does he love him three times and said to him “Feed my sheep”, the shepherd and flock relationship has been set. Since Jesus is our good shepherd (Jn. 10:11a), he laid out a good example for us to follow - to lay down his life for the sheep. (Jn. 10:11b) Thus, the wellness of both in and out of the parishioners should always be the concern in the pastors’ hearts. Soul care for the people is essential. Christian friendship is the foundation of Christian soul care. Pastoral ministry including preaching, teaching, and worship forms the broad context of pastoral counseling. Pastoral care is within pastoral ministry but broader than pastoral counseling. God’s love is the source and motivation. Within the pastoral care, there are spiritual direction and pastoral
The churches in the world play a huge role in the determination to access of food, clean water, and shelter. No matter what religious affiliation, people will donate money to churches to help this growing problem that has arisen. This is important because churches are a good way to give those in need the supplies they need. The churches give the money raised by the offerings that people donate. This is effective because there are so many churches around the world. If most people donate a little bit of money, a substantial amount of people will be helped. The Christ House is a p...
The reformation of the Charity Organizations didn’t grant relief themselves however they served as a resource to simplify the transaction of relief to relief applicants by: maintaining relief applicant requests, records of the aid given to them, and referring those worthy or unworthy to the proper agencies (Trattner, 1999). Their goal was to eradicate fraud and duplicity of services while also maintaining efficiency and treating poverty. The charity organization movement intended to treat poverty by enacting “friendly visitors” to look into each case and define the cause of destitution while also watching for overlapping relief. These “friendly visitors” and their investigations were the cornerstone of the Charity Organization Society’s (C.O.S) treatment; granting aid without investigation was like giving medicine without diagnosis (Trattner, 1999).
As the practical influence was the more important of the two, the Catholic Church developed an extremely large practical role in the social services before it evolved. Today this order is being reversed. The church’s role as a service provider was deteriorating mainly because falling vocations left the church without suitable persons to sustain their roles. The reputation of the Catholic Church has also been stained by the found information of the shocking abuses committed by members of the Catholic Clergy on vulnerable people, particularly children, whom had been placed in their care. Despite the effects of these scandals, the new means of influencing social policy debate has a substantial effectiveness and may well offer a means by which the church can play an important role in the development of social policy in the future (Socialjustice.com. 2014).