Focusing on those most in need…
 

Religious Communities

"There is no limit to the generosity of heart of religious when we are faced with dire needs for help and are invited to respond."
 -- Donna Markham, OP
Prioress of the Adrian Dominican Sisters (MI) & past President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious
 
For more than 150 years, the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and other congregations of Catholic women religious have served America’s most vulnerable residents. Their ministries of health care, education and social service are significant, faith-based resources that strengthen a community’s capacity to help those most in need.
 
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland understands that thousands of families and individuals rely on the services provided by ministries of Catholic women religious every day.
 
The Foundation works in partnership with others to strengthen Sister-led/Sister-sponsored ministries. A key objective is to build awareness of the enduring impact of women religious and their ministries for individuals, communities and America.
 
Collaboration for Ministry Initiative
In 2001, the Foundation supported research which identified collaboration and capacity-building activities as an essential tool for strengthening and sustaining ministries. The following year, the Saint Ann Foundation began its support of collaborative efforts among congregations of Catholic women religious. The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland continues this work, which now includes a partnership with the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina to assist women religious throughout that state.
 
Saint Ann Legacy
Saint Ann Legacy grants are available to ministries of women religious in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee (Region VI of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious). These grants commemorate the Saint Ann Foundation, which was dedicated to supporting women, children and youth and the ministries of women religious.
 
 
The Foundation is pleased to announce that a grantee project, Women in Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, produced by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, will premiere this May at the Cincinnati Museum Center. The traveling exhibit will tour the United States until 2012.

Religious Communities Grants (Awarded 2008)

COLLABORATION FOR MINISTRY INITIATIVE $89,550.00
Coalition-Young Adults (fiscal agent: Catholic Charities Health & Human Services)   Inventory Project $10,000.00
Capuchin-Franciscan Volunteer Corps, Inc. Cleveland Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Program $10,000.00
Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center Cincinnati Immigration Project $20,000.00
Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Co-Sponsor of the 2008 Statewide CMI Conference & two Regional Workshops in Columbia & Charleston $25,000.00
Sisters of the Humility of Mary Rocky River Human Trafficking Awareness Education $24,550.00
SAINT ANN LEGACY $136,300.00
Archbishop James P. Lyke School Cleveland Skills for a Successful Future Program $10,000.00
Beatitude House Youngstown Collaboration Project $7,500.00
The Catholic Worker of Akron Akron
Project Horizon Music Program $15,000.00
Double ARC Toledo
Service Coordination and Advocacy Project $10,000.00
Glenmary Home Mission Sisters of America Owensboro, KY
Building Eastern Kentucky Project $3,000.00
Heartbeats Cleveland
Computer Equipment & Software Upgrade $9,000.00
Interfaith Wellness Ministry, Inc. Irvine, KY
Health Education Programs $15,000.00
Light of Hearts Villa, Inc. Bedford
Community Social Services Program $20,000.00
Metro Catholic School Cleveland
Special Education Resource Room Program $15,000.00
Power Inspires Progress Cincinnati
Fund Management & Staff Training $8,000.00
River's Edge - A Place for Reflection and Action Cleveland
Life Skills Training Program $7,500.00
Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine/Centering Space Lakewood, OH
Ministry Enhancement $6,300.00
Ursuline Academy of Cleveland Cleveland
Ursuline Piazza Program $10,000.00

 

Religious Communities Grants (Awarded 2007)

Leadership Council of Women Religious Silver Spring, MD “Pioneers, Poets & Prophets: Catholic Sisters in America” $15,000.00
Sisters of St. Dominic of Akron Akron Empathic Listening Training $5,000.00
Ursuline College Pepper Pike Internship Program $15,000.00
Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland Pepper Pike Discovering the Inner Wisdom of Elders $5,000.00