Adoption - Catholic Charities
For more information, call Kim Alderson 815-723-3053
Securing permanent homes for children with special needs, older children and brothers and sisters who need to stay together. Adoptive services for younger, healthier children are also available.
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Alcoholics Anonymous representatives and counselors of Kankakee are available for those seeking help. For more information or to find a nearby chapter, please call 815-939-4996.
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Anger Management (Counseling Services Group) - Catholic Charities
This group is currently being offered at the Daybreak Shelter in Joliet. The group consists of a cycle of 8 weekly modules. The cycle repeats regularly. Participants may begin in any week of the cycle. For more information call 1-800-240-7011.
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Campaign for Human Development - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
The Campaign for Human Development is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops. Its mission is to address the root causes of poverty in America through promotion and support of community-controlled, self-help organizations and through transformative education. The grants, economic development, and education for justice program of the Campaign, implemented in collaboration of with local dioceses, is supported by the annual collection received each November. Click HERE for a grant application.
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Campus Ministry - Office of Campus Ministry
The Office of Campus Ministry directly serves four non-Catholic campuses in the Diocese of Joliet. Through weekly discussions at the College of DuPage, prayer services at Joliet Junior College, a class at Elmhurst College, or the Catholic Student Union at North Central College, campus ministers work with students, faculty and staff to offer programs and events that are particular to needs and interests of Catholics and those interested in the Catholic faith.
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Catholic Construction Corps for skilled & unskilled workers - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
The Joliet Catholic Construction Corps is a not-for-profit, ecumenical ministry sponsored by the Joliet Diocese Peace and Social Justice Ministry. The Catholic Construction Corps is a journey to find the Living Christ through an encounter with the poor. Volunteers can join the International Mission, National Disaster Recovery Program, Navajo and Local Missions.
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Catholic Relief Services - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
An outreach of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Services has been working to alleviate poverty, hunger and suffering since 1943. Those who suffer from the effects of war, famine and deprivation look to CRS for life-saving support and hope knowing that need, not creed, is the only criterion for assistance. CRS works with the poor in over 75 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Even while responding to emergencies, CRS helps local communities identify long-term solutions to poverty. CRS supports over 2000 development projects designed to build self-sufficiency. See also www.catholicrelief.org.
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Children's Services - Catholic Charities
Harry Wildfeuer, Division Director
For more information, call Jan Oldham at 815-723-3053
Serving Will, Grundy, DuPage, Kendall, Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois Counties
For information on adoption, foster care, call Toll Free # 877.844.HOPE
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Council on Global Solidarity and Missions - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
We are: a partnership between parishes, religious communities and institutions, the Peace and Social Justice Ministry, Catholic Relief Services, and other national, international and Vatican institutions; a Church of Joliet forum and planning group for discerning the call to global solidarity and missions; and Catholics involved in parishes and with the larger Church of Joliet who seek a just & peaceful world (just like you!).
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Counseling - Catholic Charities
Dr. Erika Driver, Program Director
To schedule an appointment please call our Centralized Intake at 1-800-240-7011.
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CRS Coffee Project: A Harvest for Justice for parishes - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
Catholic Relief Services and Equal Exchange invite you to visit a new website, www.crsfairtrade.org, where you will find information about the CRS Coffee Project, a parish-based initiative that offers people in the United States a way to live their faith in solidarity with farming communities around the world, simply by buying and drinking fair trade coffee, tea and cocoa.
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DAYBREAK Center - Catholic Charities
Providing emergency housing, food, supportive servicesand case management to individuals and families 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. more info
For more information, call 815-774-HOME
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Early Childhood Services - Catholic Charities
Kathy Fudge-White, Division Director
For more information, call Judy Easely at 815-723-3405
Serving Will County
Early Childhood Services is comprised of a variety of services for children under the age of five years and their low-income families. Programs include traditional Head Start and Early Head Start programs as well as childcare. Parents play a key role.
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Eight Weeks to Self Esteem (Counseling Services Group) - Catholic Charities
This group enrichment program is based on the work of Dr. David Burns and is run periodically throughout the year.
For more information, call 1-800-240-7011
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Elder Abuse and Neglect - Catholic Charities
Offering trained and caring professionals to help determine services most needed to stop abuse, protect the person who has suffered the abuse, and assist the individual in the healing process. Staff also provide intervention in getting help for the abuser.
Serving Kankakee County
For more information, call Ranelle Eigsti 815-933-7791
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Emergency Services/Homelessness Prevention - Catholic Charities
Providing food and travel vouchers; clothing and furniture vouchers; financial assistance for prescriptions; and rent/mortgage assistance, and information and referral to other community resources.
In Will County, call 815-774-4663
In DuPage County, call l 630-495-8008
In Kankakee, Ford & Iroquois Counties, call 815-933-7791
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Food Fast Hunger Awareness Program for grades 8-12 - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
A 24-hour experiential hunger awareness program, Food Fast challenge participants to help reduce world hunger and poverty through prayer, reflection and action. Food Fast calls participants to make an active commitment to their brothers and sisters around the world who are hungry and join in solidarity with other members of the human family.
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Foster Care - Catholic Charities
Recruiting, training and monitoring foster parents who are caring for children who need loving homes because they have suffered from abuse, neglect or a family crisis.
For more information call 1-877-844-HOPE
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Foster Grandparent Program - Catholic Charities
Offering adults, age 60 and over, an opportunity to work with children with special needs at local area schools, Head Start sites, daycare and preschool sites. Foster Grandparents earn a modest tax-free stipend and generally work about 20 hours per week.
Serving Will County
For more information, call John Jackson 815-723-3405
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Head Start / Early Head Start - Catholic Charities
Kathy Fudge-White, Division Director
For more information, call Judy Easely at 815-723-3405
Serving Will County
Early Childhood Services is comprised of a variety of services for children under the age of five years and their low-income families. Programs include traditional Head Start and Early Head Start programs as well as childcare. Parents play a key role.
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Hispanic Ministry - Catholic Charities and Office of Hispanic Ministry
For more information call Marcia L. Brown-Medina 815-933-7791
www.dioceseofjoliet.org/ohm/
Serving Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois Counties
An outreach of the Hispanic Ministry Office -- Diocese of Joliet, working in cooperation with Catholic Charities. A full-time bilingual social worker is available to serve and advocate with the Hispanic/ Latino community.
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Holy Childhood Association by children for children - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
The Holy Childhood Association Program in the Peace and Social Justice Ministry exists to be of service to schools and religious education programs in the Joliet Diocese.
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Hope House - Catholic Charities
Offering emergency housing for DuPage County families who are situationally homeless often due to job loss, divorce or depleted savings. Residents are required to secure employment, save money toward permanent housing and share in daily responsibilities at the shelter. Residents also receive intensive case management services, counseling, money management training and support as they work toward independence. Serving DuPage County
For more information, call Sr. Ruth E. Westmoreland 630-941-8681
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Information and Assistance for Seniors - Catholic Charities
Providing information about the many services and benefits available to older adults. Client advocacy and intervention are also offered.
Serving Kankakee County
For more information, call 815-933-7791
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JustFAITH for the parish - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
JustFAITH is a program to help you bring the message of Scripture and Catholic Teaching alive in your parish. The aim of JustFAITH is to empower participants to develop a passion and thirst for justice and to express this passion in concrete acts of parish social ministry.
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L.O.S.S. - Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide (Counseling Services Group) - Catholic Charities
For more information call 1-800-240-7011
The L.O.S.S. Program, founded by Father Charles Rubey of the Archdiocese of Chicago, is a collaborative effort between Catholic Charities in Diocese of Joliet and the Archdiocese of Chicago. The program offers support to those who have lost a loved one–relative or friend–to suicide. It offers a “safe” place for survivors to tell their stories and express their feelings with those who have walked a similar path. L.O.S.S. groups meet regularly at the following locations:
Wheaton, Illinois: St. Daniel the Prophet Parish
4th Tuesday of each month, 7-9 PM
101 West Loop Drive, Room 107
Wheaton, IL 60187
Joliet, Illinois: St. Paul the Apostle Parish
2nd Wednesday of each month, 7-9 PM
130 N. Woodlawn Ave., Room A-1
Joliet, IL 60435
Kankakee, Illinois: Catholic Charities Conference Room
1st Tuesday of each month, 7-9 PM
270 N. Schuyler Ave.
Kankakee, IL 60901
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Maternity Services - Catholic Charities
Helping women who are facing an unplanned pregnancy. Counseling, medical, educational and financial planning; and alternative living arrangements are offered.
Do You Need Emergency Assistance?
If you are a birth mother in crisis or you need emergency assistance, a Maternity Counselor can be reached 24 hours a day at pager # 815-532-2034.
For more information, call Kelly Kennedy 815-723-3053
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Medical Mission to Bolivia - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
The Diocese of Joliet Medical Mission is a not-for-profit, ecumenical ministry sponsored by the Joliet Diocese Peace and Social Justice Ministry. Our first mission site has been established in Sucre, Bolivia upon the invitation of Archbishop Jesus Perez. Teams travel to Bolivia, for two weeks, twice yearly in April and October. Working in the barrios of Sucre, our medical missionaries offer their talents in general, plastic, orthopedic, oral, and ophthalmologic surgery. In addition, the team is involved with pediatric care, dentistry, cardiology, and general health concerns. In 2000 we opened a new 44 bed hospital to better serve the needs of Sucre.
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Medical Mission to the Philippines - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
The Peace and Social Justice Ministry of the Diocese of Joliet announces the formation of a medical team to serve in Bago City on the Island of Negros in the Republic of the Philippines. This mission will leave on January 21st, 2005 and return on February 5th. This will be our first mission to this southeast Asian Nation. For further information, please call Helen Bills, RN at 815-834-4028 or e-mail hbills@dioceseofjoliet.org.
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Mission to the Navajo Reservation - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
Please join us at the St. Charles Pastoral Center in Romeoville at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 or Thursday, January 20, 2005 for an Information Night on the fourth annual mission to the Navajo Reservation. The trip is planned for June 4th – 18th, 2005 to repair homes for the poor of the Navajo Reservation and assist St. Michael’s Indian School in Arizona. This construction mission needs skilled and semi-skilled workers in carpentry, plumbing, and electrical, as well as men and women who are willing to learn a variety of construction tasks. Opportunities to meet the people and to learn the local culture are part of this mission.
For more information contact Art Sheridan, Missions Coordinator, at 815-834-4072 (asheridan@dioceseofjoliet.org).
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Money Management Program for Seniors - Catholic Charities
Offering money management services to low-income older persons who have difficulty budgeting, paying routine bills and keeping track of financial matters.
Serving Kankakee County
For more information, call Debbi Baldauff 815-933-7791
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Moving Faith Into Action for the parish - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
Moving Faith Into Action is a program to help you bring the message of Scripture and Catholic Teaching alive in your parish. The goal of Moving Faith Into Action is to form a parish committee for social justice. During the course of this program participants engage in: Discovery of the Church's Social Mission, Interaction which facilitates the development of leadership and group process skills, development of social action skills which lead to identification of social concerns and needs that the parish can and ought to address, and definition of attainable goals, Spiritual Reflection on the relationship of prayer and action, on our relationship to God and our concern for our neighbor.
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Operation Rice Bowl for students - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
Catholic Relief Services' Operation Rice Bowl seeks to instill within the student a sense of solidarity with the poor of this world. Operation Rice Bowl is a simple yet effective program that enables teachers to educate and inspire students to solidarity with the poor.
Operation Rice Bowl projects are designed to alleviate suffering in the short term while laying a foundation for permanent change. Twenty-five percent of the alms given to Operation Rice Bowl during Lent remains in the diocese for local poverty efforts.
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Parish Social Justice Ministry for the parish - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
Parish Social Justice Ministry is a service to help you bring the message of Scripture and Catholic Teaching alive in your parish. Through consultation, speaker services, workshops, conferences, networking, and other resources the office seeks to equip each parish for social justice ministry.
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Peace & Justice Institute for the parish - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
The Peace & Justice Institute is a program to help you bring the message of Scripture and Catholic Teaching alive in your parish. The Peace and Justice Institute is an educational experience to provide parish social justice ministers the knowledge, skills and resources to be effective ministers. See also Parish Resources.
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Permanent Supportive Housing - Catholic Charities
Serving five homeless families with children, in which one or more family members experiences mental illness, substance abuse, or emotional/behavioral impairments that limit their ability to live independently. Families live in scattered site apartments throughout DuPage County. Services provided include independent living skills, access to vocational skills training, behavioral health services and case management.
In DuPage County, call Pam Terrell 630-495-8008
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Refugee Resettlement - Catholic Charities
Serving Will, Grundy, DuPage, Kendall , Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois Counties
Working under an agreement with the United States Catholic Conference helping families and individuals relocated and begin the process of assimilation into the local culture. Case management and administrative services are provided by Catholic Charities.
For more information, call Annie Laven 630-495-8008
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Retired and Senior Volunteer Program - RSVP - Catholic Charities
Serving Will, Grundy, Kendall, Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois Counties
Helping people age 55 and older, find volunteer opportunities in their home communities by matching their personal interests and experience with the needs of an organization.
For more information, call 815-723-3405
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Senior Case Management Services - Catholic Charities
Offering frail, older adults and their families assistance as they assess the need for care and coordinate an over all plan of service to maximize the older person's independence in the home. Areas examined include medical care and supervision; home maintenance; personal care assistance; emergency response systems; financial needs; and living arrangements. Serving Kankakee County
For more information, call Debbi Baldauff at 815-933-7791
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St. Elizabeth's Residence - Catholic Charities
Located in Joliet, and serving Will, Grundy, Kendall, Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois Counties
Offering independent, self-sufficient women, age 55 and older, a safe, friendly and inexpensive place to live. Residents enjoy a private furnished bedroom, shared common living areas, meals and the security of 24-hour staff availability.
For more information, call Sherry Young 815-727-0125
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Senior Companion Program - Catholic Charities
Serving Will, Kankakee and Iroquois Counties
Offering adults, age 60 and over, the opportunity to support their homebound frail peers through regularly scheduled home visits. Senior Companions earn a modest tax-free stipend and generally volunteer 20 hours per week.
For more information in Will County, call Lynda Frystak 815-723-3405
In Kankakee & Iroquois Counties, call Kristin Ruda 815-933-7791
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S.T.E.P. (Steps Toward Eliminating Poverty) for parishes - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
STEP: Steps Toward Eliminating Poverty is the name of the new anti-hunger, anti-poverty program of the Diocese of Joliet’s Peace and Social Justice Ministry. The project involves more than a "walk" to relieve hunger – rather, a "progressive event" moving from church to church in the local area (much like Good Friday public Stations of the Cross or Advent "Las Posadas" rituals). For further information please contact by email or phone 815-834-4028.
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Summer Witness In Mission (S.W.I.M.) for jr. & sr. high school students - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
Summer Witness In Mission (S.W.I.M). offers high school teens an opportunity to participate in Christian service. It is a local mission centered in the Joliet Diocese. As participants travel to the different regions of the diocese, they are called to a unique ministry outreach. For more information and an application contact Art Sheridan at 815-834-4028 or asheridan@dioceseofjoliet.org.
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Transitional Housing - Catholic Charities
Providing housing and supportive services to homeless families and their children while they work toward permanent housing and a quality of life that supports their needs. The program represents a unique partnership which joins the participating family with the professional case management services of Catholic Charities and the loving support of local churches or community groups.
In DuPage County, call at 630-495-8008
In Kankakee County, call at 815-933-7791
In Will, Grundy & Kendall Counties, call at 815-774-4663
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University Mission for college students - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
While in Sucre, students from Lewis University, Benedictine University, St. Francis University, College of DuPage, Elmhurst College, Joliet Junior College and North Central College minister in several orphanages, day care centers, a home for delinquent boys, a home for abandoned boys, the hospital built by the our diocese as well as clinics in the barrios. This is a two week mission/retreat experience usually during June. The all inclusive cost is $1,300. Applications need to be made through the Campus Ministry office at each university or by contacting Natalie Bayci, Coordinator of University Missions, at 815-722-6606 or nbayci@dioceseofjoliet.org.
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Work of Human Hands - Peace & Social Justice Ministry
Work of Human Hands is a project initiated by CRS that provides vital, fair income to third world people by selling the handicrafts in North America. Work of Human Hands works with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed. Parish festivals, Christmas bazaars, school projects, and other events are perfect opportunities to sponsor a sale of international Handicrafts. There is no risk or cost to your parish or organization to participate. Click HERE for information about an educational kit.
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