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Living With Loss
The loss of an important person in our lives is one of the most difficult
lifetime experiences. Our program, Living With Loss, is designed to offer
personal support, practical ideas and a spiritual perspective to help you move
through the bereavement process. Groups are limited in size and will meet weekly
for seven sessions, each lasting 1 ½ to 2 hours. Please plan to attend all
sessions. There is no fee for this program, just a commitment to attend.
Spring session begins on March 6, 2008. Twice yearly programs will be offered in the Fall and Spring.
To attend, please register by calling Ursula Boesch 301.762.7134 or Carolyn Huard at 301.881.7456 or email: livingwithloss@gmail.com
Living With Loss Brochure (MS Word)
Brothers of Mercy
in the Philippines, runs a long-term care
facility for 90-110 psychotic patients (men & boys), 60%
of whom suffer from drug-induced psychosis. Guidance clinic
for young people in public schools who show signs of emotional
disturbance. Home for unwed pregnant women. Hospice for long-term
psychotic women, especially prostitutes.
Camp St Charles
in Southern Maryland, 2 hours from DC., is
a fully accredited camp for boys. It has been run by the Salvatorian
Fathers & Brothers & lay Salvatorians for 45 years.
They provide a religious and educational environment with
summer fun! [301-933-3451, www.campStCharles.org]
CASA of Maryland
Court
Appointed Special Advocate recruits, trains & provides
ongoing support & supervision to volunteers who advocate
for each child's best interest in Juvenile Court in Montgomery
County & Rockville.
Catholic Charities
works with the homeless, among many other
programs. The parish provides matching funds for Dorothy Day
Place for women and Bethesda House for men through the Help
the Homeless Walkathon sponsored yearly by Fannie Mae Foundation.
Dorothy Day Place
is a transitional shelter that offers intensive
case management, life skills work and access to many related
services in a supportive setting for 20 homeless women in
Montgomery County (served 37 women during the year). Residents
contribute through paying fees (20% of their income) or by
doing volunteer work if they have no income. [301-762-8314,
Catholic Charities]
Bethesda House
is transitional housing for homeless men with
chronic mental illness. It can accommodate 15 men each night.
During their stay, the residents take workshops in life skills,
nutrition, art, health, hygiene, exercise and yoga. Churches
& volunteer organizations provide evening meals on a rotating
basis. They accept donations of food for breakfast and lunch.
[301-907-9597, Catholic Charities]
Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps
trains young lay leaders in the Church, thereby
extending the capuchin charism of service to the poor by fostering
a sense of service to the underprivileged. The volunteers
are young men & women, recently graduated from college,
who commit for one year to live in community as brothers &
sisters, share meals & prayer, and serve the poor. Volunteer
houses are in Baltimore & Washington DC. Volunteers work
in inner-city schools, adult literacy, with hispanic immigrants,
in soup kitchens, food banks, free medical clinics & various
social outreach programs. They receive no pay & are given
a stipend of $100 a month to live a simple lifestyle.
Christ House
is
a 32-bed health care facility in Washington, D.C., that is
a temporary residence for those who are ill and homeless.
It is a place where they can receive plenty of rest, nutritious
meals, medical care, and social services. They are treated
for fractures, pneumonia, AIDS, lacerations, gunshot wounds,
alcohol abuse, heart disease, etc. Building patients' self
esteem, social awareness & a sense of cooperation are
part of treating the whole person at Christ House. [202-328-1100,
www.christhouse.org]
CMR
Community Ministries of Rockville runs shelters
(Chase Partnership House for men; 3 Hope Houses), Latino Outreach
Program. Provides emergency Assistance (financial) for eviction,
utilities, food, medications, & other essentials. Served
1995 persons in 2003 [301-762-8682, www.rocknet.org/community/ministries]
CMMC
Community Ministry of Montgomery County manages
Hand to Hand Project (evication prevention), Friends in Action
(groups helping families get on their feet), Interfaith Clothing
Centers, homeless shelters (Community Based Shelter, Sophia
House, Horizons House); programs on microenterprise, education
& advocacy. Served 31,000 men, women, &children in
2003 [301-762-8682, www.communityMinistryMC.org]
Court Appointed Special Advocate
CASA of Maryland, is a private nonprofit organization,
supported by Montgomery County, Maryland State, corporations,
individuals, & congregations. Its mission is to advocate
for the timely placement of abused & neglected children
in safe, permanent homes, and for the highest quality of their
care while they are under court jurisdiction. To accomplish
this, CASA recruits, trains & provides ongoing support
& supervision to volunteers who work one-on-one with their
court-assigned CASA children to ensure that their medical,
emotional & educational needs are met and that they reach
a safe, permanent home quickly. In 2003, there are over 600
children in foster care in our County [301-340-7458 or www.casaMontgomery.org]
Crossway Community
runs educational & family-support programs:
Family Leadership School to end & prevent homelessness
through housing programs for 37 single-parent families; Community
Training Inst., Montessori School, Neighborhood Community
Center. [301-929-2505]
Covenant House
for homeless, at-risk & runaway youth
ages 16-21 in Washington DC (1) provides immediate shelter,
food, clothing & care, (2) provides sanctuary from the
dangers of street life or abusive homes, (3) communicates
positive values, (4) provides a constructive & structured
environment, & (5) assists youth to identify & make
positive life choices. [202-610-9600, www.covenantHouseDC.org]
Gabriel Home
in Silver Spring houses 3 pregnant women who
would like to give birth to their babies but who need support
for up to 12 months. We sponsor the House together with St
Peter's in Olney & St John the Baptist in Silver Spring,
providing financial and personal assistance through volunteers.
Gabriel Project manages this & other homes.
Gaithersburg HELP
An emergency assistance agency that provides
pantry & food delivery, transportation, $ for prescriptions,
and referrals.
Gift of Peace
is a home for homeless men & women that
is run and staffed by Missionaries of Charity that was founded
by Mother Teresa.
Hospice Caring
is the only nonmedical volunteer hospice in
Montgomery County. Trained & dedicated volunteers provide
practical & emotional support to terminally ill patients
& their families, and to anyone grieving the death of
a loved one. All services are free of charge. They run a comfortable
cottage in Gaithersburg that is a day-time alternative to
in-home hospice care for ambulatory, terminally ill patients.
Served 512 patients & family members + 463 bereaved in
2003 [301-869-4673, www.hospiceCaring.org]
House of Ruth
provides
housing, counceling, & life skills training in 13 sites,
for 500 women & children who would otherwise be homeless.
Served 1450 women & children in 12 locations in 2003 [202-745-2326
, www.houseOfRuth.org]
Interfaith Housing Coalition
provides affordable housing, intensive case
management & mentoring teams for 22 homeless families,
developing life skills for self sufficiency. Served 23 adults
& 44 children in 2004. It is managed starting in 2004
by CMMC [301-315-1103]
Latino Outreach Program
assists Hispanics in immigration issues through
education in English language & citizenship. Tutoring
is offered while the parents are in classes. Drug prevention
includes classes on self esteem, role models, peer pressure.
Medical education & screenings are also offered on diabetes
& colon cancer & tobacco. [Community Ministries of
Rockville (CMR)]
Manna Food Center
in
Rockville provides 3 days worth of food to individuals, families,
food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, emergency assistance
organizations, and group home in Montgomery County. Civic
groups, schools, corporations, individuals, and congregations,
in addition to government and foundations, donate food and
money. Manna is a nonprofit organization that has distributed
9 million pounds of food between 1983-1995. Approximately
1100 families are helped each month. [301-424-1130, www.mannaFood.org]
Mary House
is a transitional housing program that also
provides support services for homeless families in DC area.
Currently, it houses Latino families & Bosnian war-refugee
families. Houses 35 families at a time in 10 buildings, or
125 persons per year. [202-635-0534, www.maryHouse.org]
McKenna Center
in DC is a daytime drop-in center (showers,
washing clothes, lunch, counseling, job search, writing, etc.),
emergency assistance (rent, utilities, holiday baskets), winter
night shelter. It is a ministry of St Aloysius Cath. Church.
[202-842-1112, www.stAlsDC.org/mcKenna]
Mercy Health Clinic
in Germantown is a medical clinic with free
pharmaceutical support service, and lifestyle & diabetes
education/support program for the uninsured or low-income
residents of Montgomery County. [301-916-4499, www.mercyHealthClinic.org
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Metro Handicapped Encounter Christ
is an all-volunteer organization that brings
physically disabled & able-bodied individuals together
in Christian community. It sponsors 2 weekend retreats per
year. Our donation goes to attendant care and/or financial
assistance to disabled individuals to enable them to attend
the retreat. [301-762-2482]
Migrant & Refugee Cultural Support
provides interpretation, cultural competency,
domestic violence immigration services for persons in the
DC metropolitan area. Federal Law protects everyone from domestic
violence regardless of immigration status. [301-495-3733 in
Silver Spring]
Mobile Med
is
a nonprofit mobile primary health care to uninsured, underinsured,
homeless or undocumented residents of Montgomery County. They
also give free medications to those who cannot afford them.
More than 50% of their patient population suffers from hypertension,
diabetes, or other chronic care conditions. [301-493-2400,
www.mobileMedicalCare.org]
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless
provides programs to serve the homeless: An
overnight Men's Emergency Shelter for 100 men, Safe Havens
transitional housing & support services for mentally ill
homeless men & women, Partnership for Permanent Housing
for families from homeless shelters; Seneca Heights Apartments
providing permanent personal living quarters for 40 individuals
& transitional housing for 17 families. [301-217-0314,
www.mcch.net]
Mt Carmel House
is a transitional shelter in DC for women
which respects the dignity of each woman in its program. It
is dedicated to assisting women to create pathways to permanent
housing, employment, and personal stability. The House provides
individual case management, substance abuse counseling, and
educational program in career training & life skills.
[Catholic Charities, www.mtCarmelHouse.org]
Ministries United, Silver Spring &
Takoma Park
Emergency assistance agency provides financial
assistance for prescriptions, housing, utilities, etc. for
residents of Silver Spring & Takoma Park. Our donation
helps buy prescriptions to low-income persons. Served 204
persons in 2003. [301-495-4699]
Mizero Project
in Rwanda, is a vocational high school for
the youth who missed years of school because of the violence
& instability of the country. They are called the "redundant"
youth, having no skills, uneducated. The school is being built
by Jesuits.
Niños Incapacitados
in Mexico, provides surgery for children with
disfiguring conditions or chronic conditions, in Jalisco.
A couple of parishioners go down every year to help for several
months.
Nuestra Señora del Rosario
in Argentina, the sisters of the order Nuestra
Señora del Rosario are building a well for irrigation
to provide food, work, & skills to the low-income people
in their area. Parishioners are involved in raising funds.
NW Church Family Network
Faith-based semi-permanent apartnemtns for
formerly homeless families because of lack of affordable housing
in DC. Residents are expected to be self supporting in 3-5
years.
Orfanatorio La Paz
in Mexico, is an orphanage for girls run by
aging Sisters of the Holy Family. Parishioners visit &
bring supplies and donations.
Pax Christi
is the Catholic Church's peace organization.
We support both the national organization & new Montgomery
County chapter. [202-319-5543, www.paxChristiUSA.org]
Pregnancy centers
support women and their unborn babies:
Project Rachel
provides counseling to mothers, fathers &
families of aborted children, sponsored by the Archdiocese.
[202-269-hope or projectRachel@adw.org]
Reaching the Unreached of India
is a direct-action poverty relief ministry
founded by a De La Salle Christian Brother from the UK. Its
programs, focused on children, include: 3 Children's Villages
for children & mothers, 3 Hostels, 10 nursery schools,
5 day care centers, 4 full-time schools, 5 supplementary schools,
4 vocational training center, 6500+ houses, 1916 handpumps
+ 14 open wells, medical programs, aged/infirm services, community
health, people's committees.
RefWID
Refugee
Women in Development, Virginia, assists refugee organizations
worldwide, but especially Afghan women & children through
training & education. Assisted 30 community-based groups
in 2003 [703-931-6442, www.refWID.org]
Rockville FISH
makes emergency food deliveries; provides
transportation, referral, & some financial assistance
to Rockville residents. Assisted 937 individuals with a 3-day
supply of food, 224 with financial aid in 2003.
Rockville Meals on Wheels
delivers meals to elderly, disabled, or recuperating
persons who are unable to prepare their own meals. Serves
over 20,000 meals/year.
Rwanda--the Mizero Project
aims to provide training opportunities &
jobs for unskilled youth. Cyangugu is a town at the southernmost
point of Lake Kivu in southwestern Rwanda in central Africa.,
just 2 kilometers from the Congolese town of Bukavu. The Jesuits,
with the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi and lay residents
of the town, are in the process of establishing a center to
teach various skills & crafts to youth aged 12-23 years,
most of whom are orphans from or were misplaced by the '94
genocide. Many of these youth are unable to go to secondary
school and have no income-earning skills.
Shepherd's Table
in
Silver Spring, provides meals, clothing, showers, counseling,
resource center, referrals, mail service, prescription assistance,
mental health management, and medical & legal services.
Served over 1100 individuals in 2003 (136/evening meal). [301-585-6463,
www.shepherdsTable.org]
Sophia House
a shelter for women, served 188 (no double
counts) women and 7606 bed nights last year. They offer therapeutical
and educational activities, with staff counselors. [managed
by CMMC]
St Ann Infant & Maternity Home
opened 142 years ago to provide short-term
and emergency care to infants and young children in crisis,
and to provide residential care & services to pregnant
adolescents & to young mothers with their children. They
have a Children's Residential Program, Teen Mother-Baby Program,
Day Care Center, and Faith House transitional apartments for
8 young mothers. [www.saint-anns.com]
St. Ann's Catholic School
in Belcourt, North Dakota, educates 60 Turtle
Mountain Reservation youth aged 5-12.
St. Bernardine of Siena
has a food pantry that serves many Hispanic
families. Served 359 households or 712 individuals in 2003,
most of whom are homebound, living on social security income
only, and others are totally disabled. [301-736-0707]
Stepping Stones
Shelter
in Rockville aims to heal homelessness by
addressing the underlying problems that lead families into
homelessness, as well as by providing emergency shelter, food,
clothing, case management & supportive services to families
in crisis, all in an atmosphere of dignity & respect.
Last year, the Shelter helped 136 people (49 adults &
81 children).
Upper Montgomery Assistance Network
Emergency assistance agency provides financial
assistance for eviction or utility, and referrals.
St Martin of Tours, DC
our Twin Parish. Our donation goes to their
After-School Program for at-risk latch-key elementary school
children, providing a safe haven with tutoring, homework help,
recreation, computers & mentoring. 45% of these children
live below the poverty line. Served 21 children in 2003 [202-232-1144] |