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History The Early Years: 1869 ~ 1917. The roots of Catholic Charities New York can be traced to the Catholic Benevolent League, the first major Catholic charitable endeavor in New York, which cared for children abandoned by the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
Catholic Charities USA is a member of Caritas Internationalis, an international federation of Catholic social service organizations. [4] Catholic Charities USA is the national office of 167 local Catholic Charities agencies nationwide. Founded in 1910 as the National Conference of Catholic Charities ( NCCC ), the organization changed its name ...
St. Agatha Home for Children ( Nanuet) - Opened in 1885 and staffed by the Sisters of Charity. Has now merged with the New York Foundling. St. Cabrini Home ( West Park) - Opened in 1890 and formerly known as the Sacred Heart Orphan Asylum. Staffed by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Archdiocese of New York ( Latin: Archidiœcesis Neo-Eboracensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the State of New York. It encompasses the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island in New York City and the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster ...
Pierre Toussaint (June 27, 1766 – June 30, 1853) was a formerly enslaved Haitian-American hairdresser and philanthropist, brought to New York City by his enslavers in 1787. He was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1996. Freed in 1807 after the death of his mistress, Pierre took the surname of "Toussaint" in honor of Toussaint ...
The New York Foundling, founded in 1869 by the Roman Catholic Sisters of Charity, is one of New York City's oldest and largest child welfare agencies. The Foundling operates programs in the five boroughs of New York City, Rockland County, and Puerto Rico. Its services include foster care, adoptions, educational programs, mental health services ...
Catholic Guardian Services is the product of three separate organizations, with discrete histories but similar missions. Each had the common goal of helping disadvantaged people and communities of New York City. The history of Catholic Guardian Services contains several narratives that eventually converge after a series of administrative mergers.
The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, commonly known as the Al Smith Dinner, is an annual white tie dinner in New York City to raise funds for Catholic charities supporting children of various needs in the Archdiocese of New York. [1] Held at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on the third Thursday of October, it is hosted by the ...