A Different Kind of Christmas Shopping
Still looking for that perfect gift for the person that has everything? Here’s a list of websites of worthwhile Catholic Charitable organizations, courtesy of Loyola Press. Consider a gift to one of them instead of that tie or shirt.
Catholic Relief Services
The official international relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic community.Catholic Charities USA
This highly-recognized Catholic social justice/charity organization provides social services to millions of needy Americans.The Catholic Worker
Started by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, the Catholic Worker Movement maintains 185 communities through the U.S. and abroad “committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and foresaken.”The Cristo Rey Network
The national association of Jesuit high schools that provides “quality, Catholic, college preparatory education to urban young people who live in communities with limited educational options.”St. Vincent DePaul national organization
The national organizational Web site for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.Network
A Catholic social justice lobby run by religious sisters in Washington, D.C.Caritas Internationalis
A confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations working to build a better world, especially for the poor and oppressed, in over 200 countries and territories.Pax Christi USA
The national section of Pax Christi International, the Catholic peace movement.
