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Charity Detail
Catholic Charities
Diocese of St. Petersburg, Inc.
www.ccdosp.org
Mission Statement
Catholic Charities serves with charity and compassion to promote the sanctity and dignity of all people with God.
Value Statement
Catholic Charities makes a Commitment to Serve all people with Respect, Compassion and Cooperation in the spirit of a unifying God.
Catholic Charities was created as a non-profit corporation in June 1968, when the
Diocese of St. Petersburg was established. From 1945 to 1968, services were provided
in the area under the auspices of the Diocese of St. Augustine as the Tampa Office
for Charity. The agency serves all residents of Citrus, Hernando Hillsborough, Pasco,
and Pinellas counties regardless of race, creed, gender, national origin, handicapping
condition or socio-economic status.
Over the past 61 years, Catholic Charities has provided strategic alliances, advocacy
and a broad array of social services designed to provide support and preserve families
and promote self-sufficiency and social justice. Since it’s beginning, Catholic
Charities has provided a broad array of social services designed to support and
preserve families and promote self-sufficiency and social justice. Today, Catholic
Charities operates both Life and Shelter Ministries under the Diocesan "Ministries
of Mercy". Life Ministry services include: Adoption, Counseling, Family Outreach
and Support, Refugee Resettlement and Immigration, Pregnancy and Parenting Support/Pregnancy
Plus Medical and Respite. Shelter Ministry services include: Bethany Family Apartments,
HIV/AIDS, HUD 202 and San Jose Mission. The agency supports these services through
a variety of revenue sources including local, state and federal governmental funds,
United Way, Diocese of St. Petersburg, contributions and program fees.
The annual budget is approximately $8,000,000 with 100 employees and 149 volunteers.
During fiscal year ending 2006, Catholic Charities provided services to 14,841 clients.
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Christ The King Catholic School
Tampa, Florida
www.cks-school.org
Mission Statement
We are Christ the King Catholic School:
Alive with Catholic faith and Salesian spirit
Nurturing respect, responsibility and reason
Growing in loving kindness
And dedicated to academic excellence.
Statement of Beliefs
- We believe and are committed to the on-going development of faith in God, and a personal relationship with Jesus in every aspect of daily life: at home, at school, in the parish and in the community.
- We believe in God’s promises, his forgiveness of sins, and his plan of salvation for each of us.
- We believe that each person is created by God in his own image, and we respect each person’s inherent goodness, value and uniqueness.
- We believe in guiding each child toward discovering God’s plan for him/her.
- We believe that parents are the primary educators of their children with the school as a partner in facilitating lifelong learning.
- We believe in the teaching of St. John Bosco and that Mary, Help of Christians, is an active and vital presence in our school community.
- We believe that the education of the child sholid address his/her unique learning styles and individual needs.
- We believe all children are capable of learning and growing, and each child has the desire and ability to become a self-motivated learner.
- We believe that each child has a responsibility to forward the effort and work of the group by welcoming and respecting the ideas of others.
- We believe that education and formation to service is our response to Catholic social teaching which serves the common good.
- We believe in having respect for and accountability to one’s self and others, decision making based on sound criteria and in accepting the consequences of such decisions.
- We believe in honesty in thoughts, words, and deeds.
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M.A. Center
Mata Amritanandamayi’s Humanitarian Projects
International
www.amma.org
www.amritapuri.org
For the past 30 years Amma (Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi) has dedicated her life
to the uplifting of suffering humanity.
Amma has inspired innumerable humanitarian activities all over the world. Some of
them are free food and clothing programs, charitable hospitals, hospices, disaster
relief programs, free homes for the poor and the needy, medical camps, orphanage,
schools, educational institutions, widows' pension scheme, free legal advice, preservation
of nature and so on. The list is long and growing everyday.
Amma has earned international recognition for her outstanding contributions to the
world community. Amma is recognized as an extraordinary spiritual leader by organizations
including the United Nations (http://www.amma.org/amma/international-forum/un-sep08.html)
and by people all over the world whose lives she has touched.
Her tireless spirit of dedication to uplifting others has inspired a vast network
of charitable activities through which people are discovering the beauty and sense
of peace that come from selflessly serving others. Amma teaches that the Divine
exists in everything, sentient and insentient. Perceiving this underlying unity
in all things is not only the essense of spirituality but also the means to end
all suffering.
Amma's teachings are universal. Whenever she is asked about her religion, she replies
that her religion is Love. She does not ask anyone to believe in God or to change
their faith, but only to inquire into their own real nature, and to believe in themselves.
Amma says, " Compassion to the poor and the needy is our duty to God." Through the
example of her own life Amma has inspired people from all over the world to walk
in the path of selfless-service and compassion towards all beings.
Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation
Hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes and floods... Amma's helping hands reach out to provide relief and rehabilitation.
Under Amma’s guidance, the Ashram has been providing relief and rehabilitation to
the victims of a series of natural disasters—earthquakes in Gujarat and Kashmir,
floods in Mumbai, Gujarat and Bihar, hurricanes in the United States, the Indian
Ocean Tsunami… In the face of these tragedies, Amma’s Ashram has provided everything
from food, medicine and temporary shelter to new homes, counseling and jobs. Furthermore,
the Ashram’s provision of emotional succor and long-term support has carried thousands
through the darkest periods of their lives into the light of a hopeful tomorrow.
Healthcare
Charitable hospitals, AIDS carehomes, hospices, mobile care... Amma provides state-of-the-art
medical care for all. Free treatments or reduced fee-charges are offered for the
poor.
Education
In primary schools, colleges and universities, modern science and spiritual values
come together to create graduates capable of contributing to and benefiting society.
Social Welfare
Food, clothing and shelter; scholarships and self-employment; pensions and orphanages.
Service to poor is service to God.
Nature Care
“The creation and the Creator are not two,” Amma constantly reminds us. It is this
principle that informs and motivates the various environmental programs and ‘green
initiatives’ of Amma’s Ashram. For when we see Mother Nature as the embodiment of
God, we will automatically serve and protect her.
Through the planting of hundreds of thousands of saplings each year, through seminars
aimed at fostering ecological awareness and through the environmental group GreenFriends,
Amma’s Ashram is offering service to God through serving Mother Nature, reawakening
the world to principles that protected our environment for millennia.
Amma says, "The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away
from the face of the earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible,
that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible.
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Salesian Cooperators
Tampa, Florida
www.ctk-tampa.org
The Salesian Cooperators are single or married lay men and women, or diocesan clergy,
who dedicate themselves to the welfare of young people, and live guided by Saint
John Bosco’s Salesian Spirit. Generally the Salesian Cooperators are affiliated
with a local Salesian school, parish, or youth center. Some of the Cooperators work
directly with Salesian ministries while others bring the Salesian Spirit to their
workplace, profession, and family. The core of the Salesian Cooperator's commitment
is to live his or her life as a good Christian and Catholic, and to bring Christ
to society, especially the young. Christ the King Parish recently had ten parishioners
inducted into the Salesian Cooperators.
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Zonta International Foundation
International
www.zonta.org
Zonta's Mission Statement
Zonta International is a global organization of Executives and Professionals working
together to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy.
Zonta seeks to:
- Improve the legal, political, economic, health, educational and professional status of women through service and advocacy
- Work for the advancement of understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of executives in business and the professions
- Promote justice and universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms
- Be united internationally to foster high ethical standards, implement service programs, and provide mutual support and fellowship for members who serve their communities, their nations and the world
Nearly 33,000 members belong to more than 1,200 Zonta Clubs in 67 countries and geographic areas.
Zonta International and the United Nations
Zonta is committed to women’s development and has enjoyed a special relationship
with several United Nations agencies over its history including, participation in
and funding for projects in cooperation with UNICEF and UNIFEM. Zonta maintains
representatives at UN sites in Geneva, Switzerland; New York City, USA; Paris, France;
and Vienna, Austria.
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