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Since 1917 the Catholic Charities Bureau has been providing services to the poor, the disadvantaged, the disabled, the elderly and children with special needs as an expression of the social ministry of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Superior. With more than 50 programs serving more than 10,500 people, Catholic Charities Bureau provides comprehensive health and human services for those in need regardless of race, color, national origin or religion.
Alan Rock, Executive Director
1416 Cumming Ave., Superior, WI, USA, 54880
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The National Council of Catholic Women supports, empowers and educates all Catholic women in spirituality, leadership and service. Its programs respond with Gospel values to the needs of the Church and society in the modern world.
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Catholic Daughters of the Americas was founded in 1903, is one of the largest women's organizations in the Americas. The purposes of the organization are to participate in the religious, charitable and educational Apostolates of the Church.
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Catholic Extension is a national fundraising organization committed to supporting and strengthening poor mission dioceses across the United States. Over the past decade, the Diocese of Superior has received over ONE MILLION DOLLARS in grants from Catholic Extension. It provides much needed resources to our diocese:
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The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization founded by the Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882. Originally serving as a mutual benefit society to low-income immigrant Catholics, it developed into a fraternal benefit society dedicated to providing charitable services, promoting Catholic education and actively defending Catholicism in various nations. Charity is the foremost principle of the Knights of Columbus. In 2012, the Order gave more than $167 million directly to charity and performed over 70 million man hours in volunteer service. According to Independent Sector, this service has a value of more than $1.6 billion.
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As part of the Catholic Church, Catholic Mutual is the leading provider of property, liability, and employee benefit coverage and related services for the Catholic Church in North America, currently serving more than 120 Diocese and Archdioces and 200 Catholic religious orders and institutions in the United States and Canada.
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Catholic Order of Foresters is a trusted, more than a century-old Catholic fraternal life insurance society dedicated to providing members with financial security and opportunities for spiritual, social, and charitable growth.
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Inspired by Gospel values, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic lay organization, leads women and men to join together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering in the tradition of its founder, Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, and patron, St. Vincent de Paul. Organized locally, Vincentians witness God's love by embracing all works of charity and justice. The Society collaborates with other people of good will in relieving need and addressing its causes, making no distinction in those served because, in them, Vincentians see the face of Christ.
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Catholic Rural Life (CRL) is a national, Catholic nonprofit organization dedicated to the vitality of the American countryside. Since 1923, we have been applying the teachings of Jesus Christ for the social, economic and spiritual development of rural America, strengthening and sustaining the Church in the countryside by educating and inspiring leaders and advocating on their behalf.
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